by ArnelRox » Sun Oct 01, 2006 11:18 am
Dean man, I gotta thank u from the bottom of my heart. Slow nite at work so I bailed as I've put in too many hrs of late. Came home & saw these much anticipated boots & grabbed them. This is what I've been waiting for. Is there still room on the JSS/Journey gravy train for me? Cos I want on real real real bad. These boots made tears run down my cheeks. Sorry for the sappiness but I can now love my fave band of all time again.
I havent been 100% convinced until now. I'm sorry for saying that. But I was getting real discouraged with earlier boots and seeing Jeff live in WPB. I kept telling myself he was awesome in SS & I loved his pre-Journey music & he just needed a chance. But as time went on I wasnt hearing it the way many of u were. I knew I had to be missing something so I kept holding onto some hope. In the last coupla weeks, I started getting real discouraged. No boots, nothing to grab me. & Dammit I didnt get the real good seats for the show on 11/7. I bought tickets but they suck. I am now kicking my own ass. This is dynamite. I'm not a musician w/the critical ear some here have but Jeff is totally hitting the notes. The only iffy one for me was Escape, a hard song for anyone to sing. Give Jeff a bit more time w/it and I now believe he's gonna nail that too.
The man is a dream come true for Journey fans. He communicates w/us. He reaches out to us. He goes up there & puts his all into this music. That much I knew. But could I be sold that he could totally do it? I wanted to so bad. But it wasn't happening from the boots I heard. This has totally turned me around. WTF took me so long?
My apologies to Jeff for ever having any doubt. This has completely won me over. I just went on ebay looking for better seats but the only ones I found are $400 a shot. Dammit. I can't afford that. I gotta find some more affordable good seats.
I wanna be at that show & I wanna rock. JSS will take me there. Anyone who isn't hearing this from these boots needs to listen again, turn up the volume, ignore Augeri's bg vocals (which I wish they'd take the hell out) & just listen, really listen, & feel it. If u still can't hear it & feel it, then I dunno what to say to u.
Dean ur the man. AR thanks for EOTB from the bottom of my heart too.
Jeff Scott Soto, ur a gentleman, an incredibly nice guy to all ur fans & even to those who aren't quite sure they're ur fan yet, u roll w/the punches & u give it back better than u get, u have one hell of a sense of humor, ur one amazing performer, u have unbelievable energy, & dammnit, u can really realy really sing. How anyone w/a naturally low deep voice like u can master those Perry highs is beyond me. U have a range that is beyond belief & more power & soul in that voice of urs than I've heard in a long long time. Oh & ur gorgeous looking on top of all that. I hope this is as great an honor for u as it is for us. Because Journey fans are more than lucky to have u. Bring on the future Jeff, because ur it. I bow to u sir because u deserve it & so much more.