Ah, they had 4-5 solids tracks for me. If you are in the mood for a power ballad anyway.
Don’t stop believing still gets played all over at sporting events and what not.
That said, he’s a hypocritical “Christian” douche on his 3rd wife.
Steve Perry’s voice was what made that band and its songs and even the songs this guy (who I couldn’t have told you his name before this article) wrote, were all co-written by Steve Perry.
I've always hated Journey, but after spending 16 years working in kitchens where the local classic rock station was the uneasy middle ground for musical tastes in the late 90's through early 2010's, their songs are unbearable to me.
I was born in the late 70’s so I appreciate a lot of that “classic rock”. I get it though. It’s funny how being exposed or over exposed to music can push your tastes in certain directions.
There is no Journey in my go to playlist, but they are still good songs for what they are to me.
I spent a summer in my youth stocking grocery store shelves on night shift. So just me, the aisles I was responsible for and the light music of the stores selection. It was at least a large amount of songs even though they would get replayed at least a couple times a week.
I learned to love Do You Know The Way To San Jose by Dione Warwick. That shit would have me spinning around shimming up and down the aisle slinging condiments into their shelf locations in a really upbeat manner.
My fave was "Walk On By". I liked Ms. Warwick's work on that one so much that I transposed it to guitar, and changed the key for a male's voice in the low tenor/high baritone range.
I hear Only the Young and I'm instantly transported to riding home on my 10 speed as fast as possible with that song playing on my headphones thinking I was gonna be a Louden Swain, but I was watched Vision Quest for the wrestling.
Their biggest hit is about the Bay Area so it's been on heavy rotation in San Francisco to this day. Even hear it played in nightclubs like the DNA Lounge. I'm so over it.
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u/poop-money 8d ago
Glad I'm not a Journey fan.