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Anyone know exactly what it's about?

I thought it had something to do with kids that do dangerous things at a young age, maybe at the urging of their parents, or at least not stopped by their parents. These kids that die on boats or planes trying to beat world records, etc. I thought I read that somewhere, but I could be wrong. Damn good song though.

Memorex wrote:Damn good song though.

Very...

Sounds like a hard-rock Christian song to me. Wouldn't be their only song to have some Christian / biblical undertones in it.

Journey doesn't play politics with any of their music. They are a "safe" band when it comes to that.

One of my favorite Journey songs ever.... Steve sings his face off on this one... it also has one of my favorite lines ever in a song: "Holy vengeance is the justice of Hell... Mercy, Mercy..."

I think that song has held up well over the years and lyrically was very relevant last week with the Boston incident...

Great tune. TBF's rockers, although few, are classic. In hindsight, TBF's Colors of the Spirit also seems like a lyrical precursor to the New Age-y, Deepek Chopraish Eclipse.

Pelata wrote:

Memorex wrote:Damn good song though.

Very...

It's one of my favorite Journey tunes.

Love "One More". It does have some sort of "biblical" approach to it. When the album came out, I let my friend listen to it (who has never been a Journey fan at all) and he said that was the best song off of TBF. I think it has held up pretty well.

Smith, Schon, and Valory rescue this song from Perry's withered voice. Great musicianship.

Don wrote:Journey doesn't play politics with any of their music. They are a "safe" band when it comes to that.

That's one of the things that I like about Journey. I will only purchase, listen to, promote and support political-free music.

My favorite post Perry version of this song played live.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otCEkFmT4T0

steveo777 wrote:My favorite post Perry version of this song played live.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otCEkFmT4T0

Arnel is more equipped, I think, singing the ballads. He is screaming, not singing, this song...ouch, my ears.
Anyone got a sample of JSS singing this song? I think he would knock it outta the park.

annie89509 wrote:

steveo777 wrote:My favorite post Perry version of this song played live.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otCEkFmT4T0

Arnel is more equipped, I think, singing the ballads. He is screaming, not singing, this song...ouch, my ears.
Anyone got a sample of JSS singing this song? I think he would knock it outta the park.

While I don't profess to have the greatest musical ear, I didn't hear screaming. I guess it's all in the ear of the beholder. Maybe you should go listen to Open Arms or Faithfully.

steveo777 wrote:

annie89509 wrote:

steveo777 wrote:My favorite post Perry version of this song played live.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otCEkFmT4T0

Arnel is more equipped, I think, singing the ballads. He is screaming, not singing, this song...ouch, my ears.
Anyone got a sample of JSS singing this song? I think he would knock it outta the park.

While I don't profess to have the greatest musical ear, I didn't hear screaming. I guess it's all in the ear of the beholder. Maybe you should go listen to Open Arms or Faithfully.

Like I said, Arnel is more equipped singing the ballads. But that's just my opinion...

Annie may be an Arnel-hating Loon, but a broken clock is right twice a day and she's on the mark here. Arnel sucks on One More and Edge of the Blade (in my opinion). He's got the range and the power, but he's too clumsy with his pronunciations for any of it to sound good. Contrast with Perry on One More, who has the pronunciation but none of the range and power.

Gideon wrote:Annie may be an Arnel-hating Loon, but a broken clock is right twice a day and she's on the mark here. Arnel sucks on One More and Edge of the Blade (in my opinion). He's got the range and the power, but he's too clumsy with his pronunciations for any of it to sound good. Contrast with Perry on One More, who has the pronunciation but none of the range and power.

Huge difference between a live performance and a studio recording. Show me a Perry live performance of this song, in fact, show me any better live performance of the song. Hell, I was just happy they played it.

I thought I read somewhere that the song has something to do with the issues that were going on in the Middle East at the time it was recorded.

Here's Augeri singing it. Not any better or worse than Arnel though I believe Steve is singing in the correct key while Pineda was down a 1/2.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMqKdyDTVOk

Thanks Don. I still give it to Arnel, as there was video and I like the thicker vocals with Arnel. Augeri sounded fairly weak on this song.

Don wrote:Here's Augeri singing it. Not any better or worse than Arnel though I believe Steve is singing in the correct key while Pineda was down a 1/2.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMqKdyDTVOk

I really dug that. Steve sounded good!

Going away from the live performance debate and going back to the studio version of the song... Th only thing bugs with with the studio version of the song (especially listening on headphones) is that there's a weird jump in the sound during the chorus of the 2nd verse. After Steve sings "One More Cry in the Night" Steve the holds on "more" but then it seems like jumped into a "yeah"... like they spliced two vocal takes together or something. Otherwise that was one of my favorites off TBF.

I am not an Arnel-hater... and leave it to Giddy, the master loon-baiter, to get a wile from me.

Like always, I call it like I see(hear) it ...never even mentioned SP (Giddy compared the 2 singers). I thought maybe JSS may have/would have done a better job singing that song.

Truth be told, I didn't think SP was that special singing this song. Musically, great song, but vocals sounded a little strained. Saving grace was the patented SP nuances that we fondly savor as perryisms.

Don wrote:Here's Augeri singing it. Not any better or worse than Arnel though I believe Steve is singing in the correct key while Pineda was down a 1/2.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMqKdyDTVOk

Hey, there, SA was very good...enjoyed it a lot. You'll never catch me preferring SA over SP in anything.... but St-o is right...different standards: record vs. live performance. Also, on yt, I see SA sang WYLAW in the same '98 Japan concert.
Very credible renditions of the 2 TBF songs. He sang within his range and has nice tone (something his fans always said of him). You don't always have to have power to sing a song. It all depends on the delivery.

jestor92 wrote:I thought I read somewhere that the song has something to do with the issues that were going on in the Middle East at the time it was recorded.

Yeah, I believe you are right. Somewhere, there are anecdotes from the guys of every song on the album. I remember a few:
MOL - sequel to SW
OM - turmoil in the ME
WYLAW - 1st song back together. Steve had the melody and lyrics in his head driving up to Jon's house where Neal was waiting. They wrote it together sitting by Jon's piano.
WITOY - Steve's remembrance of his Mom w/Jon's piano accompaniment.
CTTL - Jon's grandiose references to the band performing on stage looking out toward the delirious crowd.
ETF & TBF - I think these 2 songs carry the same reference following the same vein of Steve's last solo album, FTLOSM.
COTS - I think this song originated with Neal's penchant for coming up with edgy instrumentation.
BIALY - This was a jam song when they were just fooling around...a homage to reggae music.
CB has a cool story, too, but I don't remember what it was at the moment.
Time for bed...

annie89509 wrote:I am not an Arnel-hater... and leave it to Giddy, the master loon-baiter, to get a wile from me.

Like always, I call it like I see(hear) it ...never even mentioned SP (Giddy compared the 2 singers). I thought maybe JSS may have/would have done a better job singing that song.

Truth be told, I didn't think SP was that special singing this song. Musically, great song, but vocals sounded a little strained. Saving grace was the patented SP nuances that we fondly savor as perryisms.

We agree that Arnel sounds like shit on that song, but I'm mocking the old double standard: criticize Perry? You must have an agenda born from irrational hatred! Criticize Arnel? Well I'm calling it like I see it.

steveo777 wrote:My favorite post Perry version of this song played live.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otCEkFmT4T0

Great call. The more I think about it, 2009 may have been my favorite tour of theirs. A lot of solo dates playing in front of good crowds with long setlists filled with newbies and rarities. And done with a flair+vibe...with energy...with jam.

Gideon wrote:Smith, Schon, and Valory rescue this song from Perry's withered voice. Great musicianship.

I wish they would come and save us from your withered posts

Gideon wrote:Smith, Schon, and Valory rescue this song from Perry's withered voice. Great musicianship.

Giddy have you ever heard Perry live in your whole life? I mean except for youtube?

I love that song.