Phil Collen w/ nice things to say about Journey
Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 2:19 amIn an interview with Phil Collen, he had nice things to say about Journey. Snippets:
Jeb: Let’s talk about the tour. Journey and Def Leppard was an odd pairing to hit the road.
Phil: At first people thought that but then they realized they are getting three hours of nonstop hits. Yesterday, I was jamming on stage with Journey and we were doing a slow blues version of "Crossroads." It was fucking great. Everyone is having the best time.
Jeb: How is it with Jeff Scott Soto on vocals for Journey?
Phil: The big difference is that he doesn’t sound a lot like Steve Perry where the other singer did. It is just another version of Journey but with Jeff in there it gives it a bit more of a hard rock edge. It still sounds like Journey as he is singing the same notes but it is different. Whoever is singing in that band has a hard job as they are hard songs to sing.
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Jeb: Some of the fans have emailed Classic Rock Revisited and complained that Def Leppard’s set lists in the United States are more hit oriented while the set lists overseas were more liberal. Why is that?
Phil: We try to put new songs in the set. We were opening with "Hell Raiser" and we were trying different things. If you are going to follow Journey and they are doing one of the top downloaded songs of all time, "Don’t Stop Believing" – they are one of the premier rock bands of all time in America. If you are going to follow them and follow that song then you had better be fucking good and you better open with a huge hit. I love the fact that Journey are great as they keep us on our toes. They are amazing every night. We are playing two songs off of our new album and I think at the moment that is enough. When we get a three-hour set then we will put more new stuff in. We are promoting the new album and one of the highlights of set, production -wise, is "Rock On." Actually, this is a great problem to have. We did more stuff in Europe but I don’t think that would work in America.
Here's a link to the full interview:
http://www.classicrockrevisited.com/Int ... en2006.htm
Jeb: Let’s talk about the tour. Journey and Def Leppard was an odd pairing to hit the road.
Phil: At first people thought that but then they realized they are getting three hours of nonstop hits. Yesterday, I was jamming on stage with Journey and we were doing a slow blues version of "Crossroads." It was fucking great. Everyone is having the best time.
Jeb: How is it with Jeff Scott Soto on vocals for Journey?
Phil: The big difference is that he doesn’t sound a lot like Steve Perry where the other singer did. It is just another version of Journey but with Jeff in there it gives it a bit more of a hard rock edge. It still sounds like Journey as he is singing the same notes but it is different. Whoever is singing in that band has a hard job as they are hard songs to sing.
* * * *
Jeb: Some of the fans have emailed Classic Rock Revisited and complained that Def Leppard’s set lists in the United States are more hit oriented while the set lists overseas were more liberal. Why is that?
Phil: We try to put new songs in the set. We were opening with "Hell Raiser" and we were trying different things. If you are going to follow Journey and they are doing one of the top downloaded songs of all time, "Don’t Stop Believing" – they are one of the premier rock bands of all time in America. If you are going to follow them and follow that song then you had better be fucking good and you better open with a huge hit. I love the fact that Journey are great as they keep us on our toes. They are amazing every night. We are playing two songs off of our new album and I think at the moment that is enough. When we get a three-hour set then we will put more new stuff in. We are promoting the new album and one of the highlights of set, production -wise, is "Rock On." Actually, this is a great problem to have. We did more stuff in Europe but I don’t think that would work in America.
Here's a link to the full interview:
http://www.classicrockrevisited.com/Int ... en2006.htm
He is the man for the band.