JourneyRox wrote:Wow what a show. I was out of my mind tonite. Jeff was so so so incredible. If you haven't seen him yet & still think he doesn't sound Journey enough, go catch a show. He is SO Journey, that he makes Journey rock. I can't even come close to describing it properly. Neal was on FIRE. Jon never played so well in any show I ever saw. Yeah, they rock. Jeff makes it happen, trust me. I'm a Perry loon.
When he did the "Cupid draw back your bow" bit during IBAWY, I realized Journey will be just fine w/o Steve Perry. & if you know anything about me, that's saying A LOT.
Message of Love was unbelievable. OMG I had goosebumps.
& the way Jeff sang all these songs well, it was amazing. His energy, his style. Wow. Now I saw him in July on his 3rd nite w/the band. It's not the same. He masters these songs & he makes them look every bit as easy as Perry did. He hits notes like you would not believe. & he holds them as long, maybe longer than Perry. No, I am not kidding.
Sucky crowd, not sold out even for the Lipps (ooops I mean Lepps). But by the end of Journey, everyone there was on their feet dancing, having fun. That was because of Jeff & the energy he brings. I'm positive of that. I was talking to some women who knew that Journey toured w/o Perry in the last few yrs. They said they were amazed that last yr "the singer" sounded so perfect b/c he hadn't before that. But THIS singer (JSS) was the energy of Perry that this band needed. People were just excited by Jeff. I've never seen that in people I've talked to at a Journey show in the last 8 yrs. But everyone was psyched up. People were talking about it in the smoking area (yep, sorry, I smoke). They were surprised Journey wasn't headlining. So was I. One woman said when she closed her eyes during IBAWY, she thought she heard Perry. I never thought I'd say this, but .... I'd have to agree. Altho as she said, Jeff has the energy & spice of Perry, but he's very much his own man too. It's not Perry, but it's something totally special.
For the first time in my life at a Journey show, everyone I met loved Journey. No one was wondering where Perry was, thinking the guy singing was Perry, etc. Everyone was going, who is that guy, he rocks. & yes, Jeff rocked the freaking house. I spent a lot of the break giving JSS education to the people I met. Everyone wanted to know more.
We stayed for a bit into the Lipps (I mean Lepps sorry) but man was it boring. When you could hear Joe, he sounded bad. Then he sounded so perfect for Rock On, but you could barely see him, especially not at the beginning & end. Photograph, the next song, he was back to sucking again. Am I paranoid or is Joe lipping?
I doubt I have pix. We had seats too far away (on the balcony) & none came out anything but blurred. That Jeff guy just moves around too muchOh & man does his hair grow fast. Wasn't it really short in July?
I was hoping to meet the band but something was wrong with our passes as they weren't specified as preshow or aftershow. By the time the box office figured it out, it was too late they told us & the preshow was over. Oh well. We still got to enjoy the show anyway, but I would have loved to have met them. Maybe next year?
I didn't write down the set list. I was just too high on the show.
I'm glad you had fun at the concert JourneyRox, but I just have to say this one thing, it WON'T be "Alright without Perry" for ME!
Lori
