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NEAL SCHON Says JOURNEY Recalled Older Styles For New Album - Aug. 24, 2011

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbe ... mID=162388

JOURNEY guitarist Neal Schon told The Pulse Of Radio that he called upon keyboardist Jonathan Cain to use one of the band's classics as the template of the new material he wanted for the group's latest album, "Eclipse". "Jon, y'know, he had brought in some ballads and they were good, but I felt that we had other stuff that was more relevant for this record," he said. "And I said, 'Y'know, you wrote 'Separate Ways', man, with [Steve] Perry,' I said, 'Go grab one of those. I know you have one of those sitting somewhere. And so 'Resonate' he brought in and I went, 'That's frickin' great!' Y'know, I love that."

"Eclipse" arrived in May and is being sold exclusively through Wal-Mart.

Perhaps the album's nod toward JOURNEY's older style is what led Schon to recently say that former singer Steve Perry is welcome to join the band as a special guest on tour.

Schon said current singer Arnel Pineda is "totally down, and such a humble human being, that he would be overjoyed" if Steve performed with the band.

JOURNEY is currently on the road with FOREIGNER and NIGHT RANGER. The tour stops on Wednesday (August 24) in Holmdel, New Jersey and wraps up on October 21 in Seattle.

Neal wrote:And so 'Resonate' he brought in and I went, 'That's frickin' great!' Y'know, I love that."

Oh where to fucking begin.......

Neal wrote:'Go grab one of those. I know you have one of those sitting somewhere.......

Yeah, go look in the trunk over there marked 'Stuff that's too cool for the 80s' and see what we got laying around.

Gideon wrote:

Neal wrote:And so 'Resonate' he brought in and I went, 'That's frickin' great!' Y'know, I love that."

Oh where to fucking begin.......

I love the song. Not commercial in the sense that Separate Ways is, but a great album track that I tend to like better than the pop singles anyway. It's a heck of a lot better than some of the songs that made side B of Frontiers. To some extent, that's Eclipse in a nutshell--album tracks without the made for radio hit.

kgdjpubs wrote:

Gideon wrote:

Neal wrote:And so 'Resonate' he brought in and I went, 'That's frickin' great!' Y'know, I love that."

Oh where to fucking begin.......

I love the song. Not commercial in the sense that Separate Ways is, but a great album track that I tend to like better than the pop singles anyway. It's a heck of a lot better than some of the songs that made side B of Frontiers. To some extent, that's Eclipse in a nutshell--album tracks without the made for radio hit.

Ditto, it just annoys me that they aren't playing it.

tater1977 wrote:NEAL SCHON Says JOURNEY Recalled Older Styles For New Album - Aug. 24, 2011

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbe ... mID=162388

JOURNEY guitarist Neal Schon told The Pulse Of Radio that he called upon keyboardist Jonathan Cain to use one of the band's classics as the template of the new material he wanted for the group's latest album, "Eclipse". "Jon, y'know, he had brought in some ballads and they were good, but I felt that we had other stuff that was more relevant for this record," he said. "And I said, 'Y'know, you wrote 'Separate Ways', man, with [Steve] Perry,' I said, 'Go grab one of those. I know you have one of those sitting somewhere. And so 'Resonate' he brought in and I went, 'That's frickin' great!' Y'know, I love that."

"Eclipse" arrived in May and is being sold exclusively through Wal-Mart.

Perhaps the album's nod toward JOURNEY's older style is what led Schon to recently say that former singer Steve Perry is welcome to join the band as a special guest on tour.

Schon said current singer Arnel Pineda is "totally down, and such a humble human being, that he would be overjoyed" if Steve performed with the band.

JOURNEY is currently on the road with FOREIGNER and NIGHT RANGER. The tour stops on Wednesday (August 24) in Holmdel, New Jersey and wraps up on October 21 in Seattle.

Well that is a long way from "so fuck him were done".....guess the winds of change have blown in the other direction.

or it could just be hot air....hard telling!

Gideon wrote:

kgdjpubs wrote:

Gideon wrote:

Neal wrote:And so 'Resonate' he brought in and I went, 'That's frickin' great!' Y'know, I love that."

Oh where to fucking begin.......

I love the song. Not commercial in the sense that Separate Ways is, but a great album track that I tend to like better than the pop singles anyway. It's a heck of a lot better than some of the songs that made side B of Frontiers. To some extent, that's Eclipse in a nutshell--album tracks without the made for radio hit.

Ditto, it just annoys me that they aren't playing it.

Amen! I'm still sitting at work before the show in NJ tonight. Looks like I'll be cutting it close!

portland wrote:

tater1977 wrote:NEAL SCHON Says JOURNEY Recalled Older Styles For New Album - Aug. 24, 2011

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbe ... mID=162388

JOURNEY guitarist Neal Schon told The Pulse Of Radio that he called upon keyboardist Jonathan Cain to use one of the band's classics as the template of the new material he wanted for the group's latest album, "Eclipse". "Jon, y'know, he had brought in some ballads and they were good, but I felt that we had other stuff that was more relevant for this record," he said. "And I said, 'Y'know, you wrote 'Separate Ways', man, with [Steve] Perry,' I said, 'Go grab one of those. I know you have one of those sitting somewhere. And so 'Resonate' he brought in and I went, 'That's frickin' great!' Y'know, I love that."

"Eclipse" arrived in May and is being sold exclusively through Wal-Mart.

Perhaps the album's nod toward JOURNEY's older style is what led Schon to recently say that former singer Steve Perry is welcome to join the band as a special guest on tour.

Schon said current singer Arnel Pineda is "totally down, and such a humble human being, that he would be overjoyed" if Steve performed with the band.

JOURNEY is currently on the road with FOREIGNER and NIGHT RANGER. The tour stops on Wednesday (August 24) in Holmdel, New Jersey and wraps up on October 21 in Seattle.

Well that is a long way from "so fuck him were done".....guess the winds of change have blown in the other direction.

or it could just be hot air....hard telling!

I don't remember the "we're done" part.

Gideon wrote:

portland wrote:

tater1977 wrote:NEAL SCHON Says JOURNEY Recalled Older Styles For New Album - Aug. 24, 2011

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbe ... mID=162388

JOURNEY guitarist Neal Schon told The Pulse Of Radio that he called upon keyboardist Jonathan Cain to use one of the band's classics as the template of the new material he wanted for the group's latest album, "Eclipse". "Jon, y'know, he had brought in some ballads and they were good, but I felt that we had other stuff that was more relevant for this record," he said. "And I said, 'Y'know, you wrote 'Separate Ways', man, with [Steve] Perry,' I said, 'Go grab one of those. I know you have one of those sitting somewhere. And so 'Resonate' he brought in and I went, 'That's frickin' great!' Y'know, I love that."

"Eclipse" arrived in May and is being sold exclusively through Wal-Mart.

Perhaps the album's nod toward JOURNEY's older style is what led Schon to recently say that former singer Steve Perry is welcome to join the band as a special guest on tour.

Schon said current singer Arnel Pineda is "totally down, and such a humble human being, that he would be overjoyed" if Steve performed with the band.

JOURNEY is currently on the road with FOREIGNER and NIGHT RANGER. The tour stops on Wednesday (August 24) in Holmdel, New Jersey and wraps up on October 21 in Seattle.

Well that is a long way from "so fuck him were done".....guess the winds of change have blown in the other direction.

or it could just be hot air....hard telling!

I don't remember the "we're done" part.[/quote


http://www.gq.com/blogs/the-q/2008/05/f ... perry.html


Last paragraph....we’re completely done. I told you about the VH1 thing, which is true, about crackin’ the stone—I’ve been wanting to set that straight for a while. It’s the truth. So fuck him.

Thanks.

I still don't see that as an "I don't ever want anything to do with him again" sort of 'we're done'. Given the context and the way Perry himself used the phrase (and by that I mean "we're done"), I take it to mean the legal separation between the two.

Gideon wrote:Thanks.

I still don't see that as an "I don't ever want anything to do with him again" sort of 'we're done'. Given the context and the way Perry himself used the phrase (and by that I mean "we're done"), I take it to mean the legal separation between the two.

Gid, it was pretty clear.

portland wrote:Gid, it was pretty clear.

You're right, it is. But probably not the way you intend.

"He barely ever talks to the public, and he doesn’t want us talking about him, and he doesn’t want to talk about us, but when people ask me for stories about the band’s history, and things that went down, I’m gonna talk about it. I mean—we’re completely done."

^ This clearly refers to their legal and public separation; we can even dissect it phrase-by-phrase if need be. Given that Schon extended invitations for Perry to join them as far back as the Walk of Fame event (2005), which was several years before this interview was conducted, it seems that both context and continuity dictate the obvious conclusion is that Neal was talking in public and legal terms.

Gideon wrote:

portland wrote:Gid, it was pretty clear.

You're right, it is. But probably not the way you intend.

"He barely ever talks to the public, and he doesn’t want us talking about him, and he doesn’t want to talk about us, but when people ask me for stories about the band’s history, and things that went down, I’m gonna talk about it. I mean—we’re completely done."

^ This clearly refers to their legal and public separation; we can even dissect it phrase-by-phrase if need be. Given that Schon extended invitations for Perry to join them as far back as the Walk of Fame event (2005), which was several years before this interview was conducted, it seems that both context and continuity dictate the obvious conclusion is that Neal was talking in public and legal terms.

Paint it how you want....but Neal has pretty much done a 360....just sayin.

Everyone pretty much mellows with age, and most things eventually just don't matter that much any more. But what does matter is keeping the money-machine in tune. Everything has context - past, present, & future. Interpretation often blurs.


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