Open Road

by **Rockindeano** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 4:21 am

Anyone here watch ESPN? Of course you do. It's the number one show on TV.

50 states in 50 days..well, You notice the song they play about 50 times a day on there..Open Road from Bryan Adams. You think he gets a lot a free publicity? The CD is very very good, but he, like Journey, has a problem reaching demographics.

I wonder who thought of the song? Do you think He pitched it to ESPN? Probably not. Was it an ESPN executive who happened to be a fan of BA's? If so, BA is lucky dog. Reminds me of "Like a Rock" for Bob Seger, even though that was a commercial...

We need Journey to do something like this...Now I am not going to blame management for this, for I don't know how this would work..

Any thoughts?

By the way, I just broke out his latest CD, "Room Service." It gets my vote for CD of the year.. I think Journey should do a co-headlining tour with him...

by **Eric** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 4:39 am

I just saw Bryan Adams with Def Leppard and the Leps blew him out of the venue. For some reason, he was closing the show, and a lot of people left anyway, but his encore was played to about 20 people as he decided to close his set with three unknown ballads.

Anyway, Adams would make a nice opener for Journey, just like 20 years ago....but co-headlining? Naaaaw. Journey is a bump up from him.

by **Rockindeano** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 4:44 am

I feel the the opposite.

BA was so much better than Def Leppard, it wasn't close...Where did you see them?

I saw opening night(snuck in!) , at San Bernardino minor league stadium..20,000 easy... hopped the fence and flashed a phony badge!!

Anyway, it was co-headlining tour and they alternated closing.. I thought the musicianship was far superior Adams over DL... Anyway, I wasn't trying to start a us vs them thread(unless troll pokes his beak in here), then it's on..

by **NealIsGod** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 4:57 am

It seems like every other commercial around here is a car commercial that uses Dust in the Wind. I remember a couple years ago Be Good to Yourself was used in a car commercial.

by **Rockindeano** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 5:04 am

NealIsGod wrote:It seems like every other commercial around here is a car commercial that uses Dust in the Wind. I remember a couple years ago Be Good to Yourself was used in a car commercial.

Really? I knew Just the Same Way and Anyway You Want It were..

I do know Be Good to yourself was in the movie, "Whitewater Summer"..Kevin Bacon..at the end..

by **jrnyman28** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 5:32 am

I have been trying to get "Every Generation" involved with a car company. It has huge commercial potential.

I would love Journey to get a new song involved with a TV show, or movie. "Remember Me" would have solved all of Journey's problems if Sony had left it in the movie where it was supposed to be...and then did a video.

So now, a TV show or a new movie, with NEW music, would reach a TON of people. And, again, if handled right it could be HUGE for the band.

I would guess that the BA deal was a fan of his at ESPN.

by **Eric** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 6:03 am

I saw them at Frontier Field in Rochester, NY.....not even 5,000 people despite the heaviest promotion for a concert I have ever seen.

My main point was I don't see Adams being on par with Journey...but he would be a great opener.

by **NealIsGod** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 6:22 am

Eric wrote:I saw them at Frontier Field in Rochester, NY.....not even 5,000 people despite the heaviest promotion for a concert I have ever seen.

Heavy promotion? That's good to hear. The place I am seeing them next month only holds about 2,000, I think.

by **Rockindeano** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 8:13 am

Eric wrote:I saw them at Frontier Field in Rochester, NY.....not even 5,000 people despite the heaviest promotion for a concert I have ever seen.

My main point was I don't see Adams being on par with Journey...but he would be a great opener.

He already was in 1983. Then He got bigger than Journey, and then the genre burned out.

He might have as many hits as Journey

by **jrnyman28** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 9:46 am

Brian Adams "hits"
(The number after the date appears to be the highest chart position acheived on the date)

May 1983 #4 Straight From The Heart
Jul 1983 # 9 Cuts Like A Knife
Oct 1983 #11 This Time
Jan 1985 Kids Wanna Rock
Jan 1985 #3 Run To You
Apr 1985 # 8 Somebody
Jun 1985 #1 Heaven
Aug 1985 #5 Summer Of '69
Oct 1985 #8 One Night Love Affair
Jan 1986 #13 It's Only Love Bryan Adams/Tina Turner
May 1987 #4 Heat Of The Night
Jul 1987 #27 Hearts On Fire
Sep 1987 #30 Victim Of Love
Jul 1991 #1 (Everything I Do) I Do It For You
Oct 1991 # 1 Can't Stop This Thing We Started
May 1992 # 13 Thought I'd Died And Gone To Heaven
Sep 1992 #10 Do I Have To Say The Words?
Dec 1993 # 1 All For Love Bryan Adams/Rod Stewart/Sting
Jan 1993 # 2 Please Forgive Me
May 1995 # 1 Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?
Jun 1996 The Only Thing That Looks Good On Me Is You

20 songs that charted. All in the top 30.
I did omit several songs that did not chart in the US and I had never heard/heard of. And "Open Road" appears to have been released in Sept 2004, peaking in Oct. But there was no chart position listed.

Journey "hits"
(# courtesy of Time3, except Higher Place and All The Way, I running on memory for those)

May 1978 #57 Wheel In The Sky
Jul 1978 #83 Anytime
Sep 1978 #68 Lights
May 1979 Do You Recall
May 1979 #58 Just The Same Way
Oct 1979 #16 Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'
Jan 1980 #70 Too Late
Apr 1980 #23 Any Way You Want It
Jul 1980 #32 Walks Like A Lady
Sep 1980 #55 Good Morning Girl/Stay Awhile
Apr 1981 #34 The Party's Over (Hopelessly In Love)
Sep 1981 Stone In Love
Sep 1981 #4 Who's Crying Now
Dec 1981 #9 Don't Stop Believin'
Mar 1982 #2 Open Arms
Jul 1982 #19 Still They Ride
Sep 1982 Only Solutions
Mar 1983 #8 Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)
Jun 1983 #12 Faithfully
Aug 1983 #23 After The Fall
Nov 1983 #23 Send Her My Love
Jan 1984 Ask The Lonely
Mar 1985 #9 Only The Young
May 1986 Raised On Radio
Jun 1986 #9 Be Good To Yourself
Aug 1986 #17 Suzanne
Oct 1986 #17 Girl Can't Help It
Mar 1987 #14 I'll Be Alright Without You
May 1987 #60 Why Can't This Night Go On Forever
Oct 1996 Message Of Love
Nov 1996 #4 When You Love A Woman
Feb 1997 Can't Tame The Lion
Apr 1997 If He Should Break Your Heart
Apr 2001 #56 (I think) Higher Place
Apr 2001 #34 (I think) All The Way

27 songs that charted. 16 in the top 30.

by **Eric** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 9:50 am

In terms of touring, he never sold out stadiums at the rate Journey did, and he doesn't draw like them now either, however, he did have more hits than I thought....although, I haven't heard of some them. The highlight of his set was when he did that tune he did with Tina Turner....

by **jrnyman28** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 9:55 am

True that Bryan Adams was never selling out multiple nights in venues. And I doubt he ever played football stadiums. But he did sell well in the early to mid 80's. I saw him once, but due to other circumstances I had a lousy time. I never gave him another shot. Although I wanted to when the Storm was opening up for him.

by **Rockindeano** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 10:22 am

28 I did not want a JRNY v BA thread..

But, it is interesting tho.

Of BA's top hits, he did have a couple #1's and some top 5's.

How did Journey never get a number 1?

Unbelievable.

by **Red13JoePa** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 10:28 am

Cuz during that era Deano my "cyberpal" things like Olivia Newton John's Let's Get Physical were hitting #1.
Don't hear that one anymore but you hear Open Arms and Waiting For A Girl Like You by Foreigner, neither of which could dislodge Sandy from the top spot every day.

by **Rockindeano** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 11:14 am

Red13JoePa wrote:Cuz during that era Deano my "cyberpal" things like Olivia Newton John's Let's Get Physical were hitting #1.
Don't hear that one anymore but you hear Open Arms and Waiting For A Girl Like You by Foreigner, neither of which could dislodge Sandy from the top spot every day.

I don't think that is valid. During those days, Journey had the number one album in the world for a year..

I am thinking more about critics hating them..

by **Abitaman** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 12:45 pm

jrnyman28 wrote:I have been trying to get "Every Generation" involved with a car company. It has huge commercial potential.

I would love Journey to get a new song involved with a TV show, or movie. "Remember Me" would have solved all of Journey's problems if Sony had left it in the movie where it was supposed to be...and then did a video.

So now, a TV show or a new movie, with NEW music, would reach a TON of people. And, again, if handled right it could be HUGE for the band.

I would guess that the BA deal was a fan of his at ESPN.

Where in the movie was it suppose to be?-ERIC

by **jrnyman28** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 12:50 pm

Abitaman wrote:Where in the movie was it suppose to be?-ERIC

Closing credits, over the wedding snapshots.
Instead, it wsa played for about 12 seconds in the cab as the first meteors hit Earth.

by **Monker** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 12:54 pm

jrnyman28 wrote:
Abitaman wrote:Where in the movie was it suppose to be?-ERIC

Closing credits, over the wedding snapshots.
Instead, it wsa played for about 12 seconds in the cab as the first meteors hit Earth.

...and most of it is played at such a low volume that you wouldn't even know it's on - unless you are listening for it.

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