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Journey: Milking It Good
I can’t say I’m a Journey fan. I think they kinda stink, actually. Maybe I haven’t spent enough time listening to them. Probably true, considering I haven’t spent any time listening to them. I don’t own an album. I can probably name three songs, including “Don’t Stop Believing”, which I will happily admit is a classic. “Wheel In The Sky”? I can hum the chorus, I think. “Lovin, Touchin’, Squeezin”? Lame. I’d rather hear Steve Perry sing “Oh Sherry”. Just barely.

So here’s the thing. Ever since Steve Perry left Journey, his one time bandmates have gone through a series of lead singers. As Jeff and Carly have talked about a few times lately, the newest singer to fill Perry’s shoes is Arnel Pineda, who the band found on youtube, of all places. The guy sounds exactly like Steve, which I suppose is good for Journey and the people who could care less who might be in the band, as long as they hear the hits.

This week, Journey announced their next release. It’s called “Revelation” and will be a 2cd/1DVD package sold exclusively at Wal-Mart (trailblazers REO Speedwagon did the same thing last year with some album of theirs. Forgive me for forgetting the title)

The DVD will feature a live show recently filmed in Las Vegas. Then, 1 cd will feature all new material. Ok, good luck with that. I’m sure someone cares. But then there’s this - the second cd will feature rerecordings of “classic” Journey tunes.

Why? Why? WHY?

Why hire a new singer who sounds EXACTLY like your old singer and then go rerecord your old songs!? It makes no sense to me. There’s no way it’s going to be better. And it’s probably not going to be different. And why would you want it to be? Chalk this up to cashgrabbing and sheer stupidity.

For a taste of what the new guy sounds like, check out the video below.

frfksakes wrote:http://blog.rogersradiointernet.com/andrewsrockblog/2008/03/12/journey-milking-it-good/

Journey: Milking It Good
I can’t say I’m a Journey fan. I think they kinda stink, actually. Maybe I haven’t spent enough time listening to them. Probably true, considering I haven’t spent any time listening to them. I don’t own an album. I can probably name three songs, including “Don’t Stop Believing”, which I will happily admit is a classic. “Wheel In The Sky”? I can hum the chorus, I think. “Lovin, Touchin’, Squeezin”? Lame. I’d rather hear Steve Perry sing “Oh Sherry”. Just barely.

So here’s the thing. Ever since Steve Perry left Journey, his one time bandmates have gone through a series of lead singers. As Jeff and Carly have talked about a few times lately, the newest singer to fill Perry’s shoes is Arnel Pineda, who the band found on youtube, of all places. The guy sounds exactly like Steve, which I suppose is good for Journey and the people who could care less who might be in the band, as long as they hear the hits.

This week, Journey announced their next release. It’s called “Revelation” and will be a 2cd/1DVD package sold exclusively at Wal-Mart (trailblazers REO Speedwagon did the same thing last year with some album of theirs. Forgive me for forgetting the title)

The DVD will feature a live show recently filmed in Las Vegas. Then, 1 cd will feature all new material. Ok, good luck with that. I’m sure someone cares. But then there’s this - the second cd will feature rerecordings of “classic” Journey tunes.

Why? Why? WHY?

Why hire a new singer who sounds EXACTLY like your old singer and then go rerecord your old songs!? It makes no sense to me. There’s no way it’s going to be better. And it’s probably not going to be different. And why would you want it to be? Chalk this up to cashgrabbing and sheer stupidity.

For a taste of what the new guy sounds like, check out the video below.

Gin and Tonic Sky wrote:

frfksakes wrote:http://blog.rogersradiointernet.com/andrewsrockblog/2008/03/12/journey-milking-it-good/

Journey: Milking It Good
I can’t say I’m a Journey fan. I think they kinda stink, actually. Maybe I haven’t spent enough time listening to them. Probably true, considering I haven’t spent any time listening to them. I don’t own an album. I can probably name three songs, including “Don’t Stop Believing”, which I will happily admit is a classic. “Wheel In The Sky”? I can hum the chorus, I think. “Lovin, Touchin’, Squeezin”? Lame. I’d rather hear Steve Perry sing “Oh Sherry”. Just barely.

So here’s the thing. Ever since Steve Perry left Journey, his one time bandmates have gone through a series of lead singers. As Jeff and Carly have talked about a few times lately, the newest singer to fill Perry’s shoes is Arnel Pineda, who the band found on youtube, of all places. The guy sounds exactly like Steve, which I suppose is good for Journey and the people who could care less who might be in the band, as long as they hear the hits.

This week, Journey announced their next release. It’s called “Revelation” and will be a 2cd/1DVD package sold exclusively at Wal-Mart (trailblazers REO Speedwagon did the same thing last year with some album of theirs. Forgive me for forgetting the title)

The DVD will feature a live show recently filmed in Las Vegas. Then, 1 cd will feature all new material. Ok, good luck with that. I’m sure someone cares. But then there’s this - the second cd will feature rerecordings of “classic” Journey tunes.

Why? Why? WHY?

Why hire a new singer who sounds EXACTLY like your old singer and then go rerecord your old songs!? It makes no sense to me. There’s no way it’s going to be better. And it’s probably not going to be different. And why would you want it to be? Chalk this up to cashgrabbing and sheer stupidity.

For a taste of what the new guy sounds like, check out the video below.

Yeah but is this guys opinion relevant when he doesnt know Jack about Journey. Hell, thats like one of us melodic rock fans putting up a blog criticising the music of Wanderley Cardoso and expecting someone in RIO to give a flying rats ass about our opinion

I might agree with what he say about the rerecordings, but I damn sure dont have any interest in hearing his opinion about it when hes never listened in the first place. !