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This was posted on the JSS Official Facebook page. Absolutely love seeing this!

Jeff Scott Soto Official

Reunited with an old friend last night in Portland - TSO , Nov 27, 2011.

Great to see. Heard from Jeff after the show. He was happy.

That's awesome! Wish he would come my way!

Deen and JSS in Portland

Hehe...I wonder how Portland felt?

Where's the Deen interview where he blasted JSS over a lawsuit or something?

Archetype wrote:Where's the Deen interview where he blasted JSS over a lawsuit or something?

Deen is a passionate guy and often folks do not understand that It happens a lot with Sicilians .. you really have to hear the vocal inflection first hand/ear to get what he is saying.

they need him back in Journey.
Just imagine how good Eclipse could have been?

scarab wrote:they need him back in Journey.

ABSOLUTELY!

scarab wrote:they need him back in Journey.
Just imagine how good Eclipse could have been?

Ya think so? Doesn't matter anyway..because people would have still bitched that it rocks too hard and doesn't sound like typical Journey.

jrnyjetster wrote:

scarab wrote:they need him back in Journey.
Just imagine how good Eclipse could have been?

Ya think so? Doesn't matter anyway..because people would have still bitched that it rocks too hard and doesn't sound like typical Journey.

If Journey had gone away from the signature sound of Perry, then this album would have had a much much better reception from the public. I agree that it would have been awesome to hear JSS on the Eclipse album, I think it would have done nicely sales wise and really given them the chance to spread their wings in a way was more receptive.

Rich the Signature Guy

cinkidd wrote:

jrnyjetster wrote:

scarab wrote:they need him back in Journey.
Just imagine how good Eclipse could have been?

Ya think so? Doesn't matter anyway..because people would have still bitched that it rocks too hard and doesn't sound like typical Journey.

If Journey had gone away from the signature sound of Perry, then this album would have had a much much better reception from the public. I agree that it would have been awesome to hear JSS on the Eclipse album, I think it would have done nicely sales wise and really given them the chance to spread their wings in a way was more receptive.

Rich the Signature Guy

JSS would have done well with the material, but the simple problem that there weren't any "radio-friendly" songs on the album would have still doomed the album--and this is coming from someone who actually likes Eclipse. Doesn't mean it's a bad album, but it never had a chance at radio airplay, and you need that to get sales. No singer (even Perry) would have made a major hit with that album the way it was.

kgdjpubs wrote:

cinkidd wrote:

jrnyjetster wrote:

scarab wrote:they need him back in Journey.
Just imagine how good Eclipse could have been?

Ya think so? Doesn't matter anyway..because people would have still bitched that it rocks too hard and doesn't sound like typical Journey.

If Journey had gone away from the signature sound of Perry, then this album would have had a much much better reception from the public. I agree that it would have been awesome to hear JSS on the Eclipse album, I think it would have done nicely sales wise and really given them the chance to spread their wings in a way was more receptive.

Rich the Signature Guy

JSS would have done well with the material, but the simple problem that there weren't any "radio-friendly" songs on the album would have still doomed the album--and this is coming from someone who actually likes Eclipse. Doesn't mean it's a bad album, but it never had a chance at radio airplay, and you need that to get sales. No singer (even Perry) would have made a major hit with that album the way it was.

I don't know about that. I believe, like Perry, JSS is a stronger personality and would have been all up in it, when it came to the songwriting. So it's hard to say whether the songs (non radio friendly) would have even been the same on Eclipse. Would have been nice to get at least one album out of the Soto fronted Journey, very curious to see what the writing team of Schon/Cain/Soto could have produced. IMO, like with Perry, I believe you need a little friction to bring out the best in the music/songwriting.

Awesome pic! Too small.

Deb wrote:

kgdjpubs wrote:
JSS would have done well with the material, but the simple problem that there weren't any "radio-friendly" songs on the album would have still doomed the album--and this is coming from someone who actually likes Eclipse. Doesn't mean it's a bad album, but it never had a chance at radio airplay, and you need that to get sales. No singer (even Perry) would have made a major hit with that album the way it was.

I don't know about that. I believe, like Perry, JSS is a stronger personality and would have been all up in it, when it came to the songwriting. So it's hard to say whether the songs (non radio friendly) would have even been the same on Eclipse. Would have been nice to get at least one album out of the Soto fronted Journey, very curious to see what the writing team of Schon/Cain/Soto could have produced.

that is a difference though.....if you are talking JSS co-writing Eclipse, maybe you'd get something radio friendly on it. If you simply put JSS on vocals singing those songs as written changing only the phrasing to fit his style, no difference at all saleswise. If you put Perry singing those songs changing only the phrasing for his style, no difference at all saleswise.

Deb wrote:IMO, like with Perry, I believe you need a little friction to bring out the best in the music/songwriting.

Agreed 100%. That's the reason most co-writing partnerships work. You push the people a little beyond their comfort zone of what they would have accomplished on their own by bringing another personality in. The key is for them not to become toxic.

jrnyjetster wrote:

scarab wrote:they need him back in Journey.
Just imagine how good Eclipse could have been?

Ya think so? Doesn't matter anyway..because people would have still bitched that it rocks too hard and doesn't sound like typical Journey.

Who bitched that it rocked too hard? Myself and a few others' main complaint is that there weren't any hooks or examples of great songwriting underneath otherwise solid rocking. I don't think JSS would've saved that album, it just wasn't a great set of Journey songs.

Jeff Scott Soto - Vocals
Glen Drover - Lead Guitar
Deen Castronovo - Drums/Backing Vocals
Ricky Philips - Bass Guitar
Oliver Palotai - Keyboards

Let's make this happen.

Archetype wrote:Jeff Scott Soto - Vocals
Glen Drover - Lead Guitar
Deen Castronovo - Drums/Backing Vocals
Ricky Philips - Bass Guitar
Oliver Palotai - Keyboards

Let's make this happen.

Probably would be a good band, but what would they call themselves? There's other penises out there that sound like Journey.