What Journey song unfairly gets a bad rap?

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Postby NoMoreTails » Wed Feb 15, 2006 3:06 am

The_Noble_Cause wrote:Yeah, much like "Once You Love Somebody", "It Could Have Been You" and "Happy to Give" - all of ROR is so dull. Alot like FTLOSM, I find myself listening mainly to hear Perry's astonishing vocal acrobatics.


Perry's goal, to reduce Journey to being only about him.
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Postby Red13JoePa » Wed Feb 15, 2006 3:18 am

...and he almost got away with it.

OYLS and ICHBY as mentioned by TNC are 2 of my favorite ever JRNY tracks, though. 2 of Schon's best pieces of work ever.
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Postby ohsherrie » Wed Feb 15, 2006 3:20 am

The_Noble_Cause wrote:
Red13JoePa wrote:It was a Perry pet song. That's how. Cain talks about it in the Time liner notes.


I thought Cain's "Perry's pet song" comments were made in regards to "Happy to Give", and not "Eyes of a Woman."
If I had my box set with me I would double check.



It was Happy to Give and he did say Steve was obsessed with it. Maybe that's why it's so beautiful. I like Eyes of a Woman too. But then, I love the whole album.

I think all of their music has been underrated by music critics. I don't think the fans underrate any particular song. We all have such diverse tastes that every song seems to have it's share of fans.
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Postby NoMoreTails » Wed Feb 15, 2006 3:21 am

Red13JoePa wrote:...and he almost got away with it.

OYLS and ICHBY as mentioned by TNC are 2 of my favorite ever JRNY tracks, though. 2 of Schon's best pieces of work ever.


Yes, Neal still has his moments but the reigns should have been off.
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Postby NealIsGod » Wed Feb 15, 2006 3:30 am

NoMoreTails wrote:
The_Noble_Cause wrote:Yeah, much like "Once You Love Somebody", "It Could Have Been You" and "Happy to Give" - all of ROR is so dull. Alot like FTLOSM, I find myself listening mainly to hear Perry's astonishing vocal acrobatics.


Perry's goal, to reduce Journey to being only about him.


Yeah, you ever notice that the ROR BG vox are layers of Perry's voice, not the other band members? That was a sign of the end right there.
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Postby NoMoreTails » Wed Feb 15, 2006 3:36 am

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Yeah, you ever notice that the ROR BG vox are layers of Perry's voice, not the other band members? That was a sign of the end right there.


Thats a great point, for the most part I never liked the choir of Perrys. I love the bg of Infiity-Departure in particular with a lot of Gregg in evidence. I like to hear alot of Gregg and/or Neal, the way Neal's voice is more up front than the others on Chain Reaction.
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Postby NealIsGod » Wed Feb 15, 2006 4:40 am

NoMoreTails wrote:choir of Perrys


:lol: :lol: :lol:
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Postby Rockindeano » Wed Feb 15, 2006 4:54 am

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jrnyman28 wrote:I agree completely: Eyes Of A Woman actually bores me! It is the ONLY Journey song to do that!


Yeah, that tune is pretty lame. One of the lamest tunes on the lamest Journey album. When you compare it to all the songs Perry has sung, it ranks toward the bottom.


Are you guys serious?

The Eyes of a Woman is great. I think Perry really sings his ass off on that one.
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Postby *Laura » Wed Feb 15, 2006 5:15 am

Rock'ndeano wrote:I think Perry really sings his ass off on that one.


He sings his ass off on every song.But TEOAW was a song about Sherrie,so maybe he put in a little more 'steam'.
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Postby jrnyman28 » Wed Feb 15, 2006 6:10 am

Rock'ndeano wrote:Are you guys serious?

The Eyes of a Woman is great. I think Perry really sings his ass off on that one.


Sure he sings his ass off, but that doesn't change the fact that the song sucks!
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Postby Moon Beam » Wed Feb 15, 2006 6:32 am

Eye's of a woman is one of the best songs on
Raised On Radio well aside from the title track
because that one is just musical mayhem to me!
I love how it rocks and doesn't stop
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Postby A Fire Inside » Wed Feb 15, 2006 10:06 am

Red13JoePa wrote:...and he almost got away with it.

:lol: "I would have gotten away with it if it weren't for those meddling kids!"
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Postby Abitaman » Wed Feb 15, 2006 10:25 am

jrnyman28 wrote:
Rock'ndeano wrote:Are you guys serious?

The Eyes of a Woman is great. I think Perry really sings his ass off on that one.


Sure he sings his ass off, but that doesn't change the fact that the song sucks!


I like the quitar and key trade in the song-ERIC
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Postby Conservative Rocker » Wed Feb 15, 2006 12:03 pm

And, you people call yourselves Journey "fans." HA! What a joke!
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Postby jrnyman28 » Wed Feb 15, 2006 12:54 pm

Conservative Rocker wrote:And, you people call yourselves Journey "fans." HA! What a joke!


Being a Journey fan does not mean you think everything they do is perfect...
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Postby Conservative Rocker » Wed Feb 15, 2006 12:58 pm

jrnyman28 wrote:
Conservative Rocker wrote:And, you people call yourselves Journey "fans." HA! What a joke!


Being a Journey fan does not mean you think everything they do is perfect...


No shit? But! Hey! Something that was nominated for a Grammy award is pretty good. Ya think?
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Postby jrnyman28 » Wed Feb 15, 2006 1:07 pm

Conservative Rocker wrote:
jrnyman28 wrote:
Conservative Rocker wrote:And, you people call yourselves Journey "fans." HA! What a joke!


Being a Journey fan does not mean you think everything they do is perfect...


No shit? But! Hey! Something that was nominated for a Grammy award is pretty good. Ya think?


Grammy does not equal quality either. But I didn't see too many people dogging WYLAW.
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Postby Red13JoePa » Thu Feb 16, 2006 12:53 am

A Fire Inside wrote:
Red13JoePa wrote:...and he almost got away with it.

:lol: "I would have gotten away with it if it weren't for those meddling kids!"


:lol: Yea....rip the mask off the monster and the villain always said that. And in Casey Casem's voice, to boot. Love it!!!!
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Postby Greg » Thu Feb 16, 2006 11:48 am

Conservative Rocker wrote:
jrnyman28 wrote:
Conservative Rocker wrote:And, you people call yourselves Journey "fans." HA! What a joke!


Being a Journey fan does not mean you think everything they do is perfect...


No shit? But! Hey! Something that was nominated for a Grammy award is pretty good. Ya think?


In today's standards I dunno! I was surprised when Journey was nominated back in the 90's for WYLAW. I mean, it was definitely worthy of it, but I am still very much disgruntled with the state of the music business as it stands today.
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Postby lshphrd » Fri Feb 17, 2006 11:02 am

it could have been you from raised on radio.
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Postby The_Noble_Cause » Fri Feb 17, 2006 12:03 pm

catlady wrote:it could have been you from raised on radio.
Butterfly and beleive


Great answers!
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Postby Jeremey » Fri Feb 17, 2006 12:27 pm

Have I responded to this thread? I don't remember. Anyway, what song gets a bad rap - Meaning what do I like that most people don't? For me it would be Positive Touch. Despite the Sax. Gotta love the husk in Perry's voice in the first few lines, and the pristine coda at the end is magic.
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Postby lshphrd » Fri Feb 17, 2006 2:42 pm

The_Noble_Cause wrote:
catlady wrote:it could have been you from raised on radio.
Butterfly and beleive


Great answers!
We should hook up.

I always liked it could have been you for the lyrics and the
sound itself. I guess I could kind o f relate to it.
I never got why they never played it live.
Butterfly and beleive I think are good also.
The 2 songs seem to get ripped apart when the cd got reviewed.
The melody on believe was catchy to me.
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Postby NealIsGod » Fri Feb 17, 2006 10:30 pm

The_Noble_Cause wrote:
catlady wrote:it could have been you from raised on radio.
Butterfly and beleive


Great answers!
We should hook up.


Careful, catlady, it's a trap! I think I remember TNC saying he doesn't care for Believe once or twice... :P
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Postby anonymousse » Sun Feb 19, 2006 4:16 pm

Gone Crazy is underrated.
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Postby Red13JoePa » Sun Feb 19, 2006 11:06 pm

anonymousse wrote:Gone Crazy is underrated.


It is. Word has it that Reardon went uncredited as the primary creative inspiration on this rockabilly little number off Generations. :mrgreen:
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