Gayest Journey Moment

[Rhiannon]

The gayest Journey moment has GOT to be "Happy to Give". I have ALWAYS thought it sounded gay. It makes me think Perry is frolicking through a field of wildflower, like on the intro to "Little House On the Prairie"...and he's looking for froyline, who actualy loves the song.

Holy hell, that's amazing. Yes, exact mental picture I get too.

Gayest Journey moment might have to be from the press runs for TBF. In an interview the DJs ask Steve about his 'sex kitten' stories, he plays coy. Before you know it, Jon is talking about how it makes Steve moist, Neal asks for a towel cause Perry's draining the lizard over there. And Perry just giggles.

Of course Jon's paint dropcloth made into a smock during ROR was pretty fluffy too...

[Jeremey fan forever]

Perry is no queer or bi. You are all sick homos to say it. Take your perverted gay fantasies somewhere else. please.

[Moose]

Career wise,

Their best song, gayest video!

A true paradox!

[Matthew]

My wife thinks Journey's gayest moment is...Jonathan Cain crying in the BTM documentary.

Should I divorce this cold-hearted woman? Or did I marry the right girl?

[Red13JoePa]

My wife thinks Journey's gayest moment is...Jonathan Cain crying in the BTM documentary.

I happen to agree with her on that.

I appreciate the Kenny situation, but come on Cain. ZERO aplomb at all and by the by, Dave28 and myself have analyzed that thing like the damn Zapruder film looking for an actual tear.


Still looking.

BTW, someone who's computer literate please slap the utube of that sequence up.
My favorite part might be when he "starts to lose it (right on cue )" and does the adjust-seated-posture/exhale-breath-forcefully-with-wide-eyes manuever.

[Rockindeano]

I disagree on that.

I think Friga ia a big bitch, but showing emotion on a kid who had his life ripped from him is completely understandable. Some of you need to check yourselves and your emotions. Wearing a hairdressers smock and playing a Keytar are much more gay than crying over a kid who lost his life.

[Red13JoePa]

smock

LOL. greatest ever.

[Matthew]

I disagree on that.

I think Friga ia a big bitch, but showing emotion on a kid who had his life ripped from him is completely understandable. Some of you need to check yourselves and your emotions. Wearing a hairdressers smock and playing a Keytar are much more gay than crying over a kid who lost his life.

Sure Deano - but the other guys showed emotion too - and somehow they didn't seem remotely gay or theatrical about it.

[Rockindeano]

Like I said, Friga gets a bad rap on this.

[Red13JoePa]

How's he get a bad rap?

1) his eyes were dry as the Mojave Desert.
2) even if they WEREN'T, what guy cries like THAT?

[NoMoreTails]

.......posture/exhale-breath-forcefully-with-wide-eyes manuever.

You sure you're not watching your FTLOSM boot?

[Red13JoePa]

.......posture/exhale-breath-forcefully-with-wide-eyes manuever.

You sure you're not watching your FTLOSM boot?

Nope.

Pissed I lost that boot.

Must be where Caino derived his inspiration from, though.

"It's only what they got paid to dooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo !"

[summergirl]

How's he get a bad rap?

1) his eyes were dry as the Mojave Desert.
2) even if they WEREN'T, what guy cries like THAT?

I SO agree! It was embarrassing to watch! Yuck!

[Matthew]

How's he get a bad rap?

1) his eyes were dry as the Mojave Desert.
2) even if they WEREN'T, what guy cries like THAT?

I SO agree! It was embarrassing to watch! Yuck!

I have to say that I agree with this...and I've been known to defend the smock and the keytar in the past.

[Red13JoePa]

How's he get a bad rap?

1) his eyes were dry as the Mojave Desert.
2) even if they WEREN'T, what guy cries like THAT?

I SO agree! It was embarrassing to watch! Yuck!

I have to say that I agree with this...and I've been known to defend the smock and the keytar in the past.

The lab coat and keytar are Imminently defendable. They're part and parcel to ROR era.

Of course you know that...


the blubbering?
Cain's on his own with that.

[scarygirl]

I never quite bought it, Cain crying on BTM. Seemed kind of rehearsed to me.

I disagree on that.

I think Friga ia a big bitch, but showing emotion on a kid who had his life ripped from him is completely understandable. Some of you need to check yourselves and your emotions. Wearing a hairdressers smock and playing a Keytar are much more gay than crying over a kid who lost his life.

Sure Deano - but the other guys showed emotion too - and somehow they didn't seem remotely gay or theatrical about it.

[ohsherrie]

I never quite bought it, Cain crying on BTM. Seemed kind of rehearsed to me.

Jon should never go into acting. That was just so obviously phoney. It should have been real, but it just wasn't.

[nolippin]

It might have been more believable if he actually shed a tear. The smock can be chalked up to bad 80's fashion, but the blubbering seemed far too fake.

How's he get a bad rap?

1) his eyes were dry as the Mojave Desert.
2) even if they WEREN'T, what guy cries like THAT?

I SO agree! It was embarrassing to watch! Yuck!

I have to say that I agree with this...and I've been known to defend the smock and the keytar in the past.

[Jeremey]

Over the years I've thought about this scene, and something that happened to us last year definitely made me believe JC is truly emotional in this scene, whether he's shedding a tear or not. He appears to be an emotional dude anyway, but I can see how this experience would truly affect you, regardless of the editing job that VH-1 did. As for the paint spattered labcoat and keytar - Hey, it was cool back in 1986, wasn't it? Frontiers performed last year at a "living wake," which was a party for a dude that was dying of brain cancer - With him and his wife and small child there, along with about 200 of his closest friends. He was about my age, early to mid 30s...It was supposed to be a "festive" occassion that everyone could enjoy their time with the guy while he was still up and about. Second song of the night after "Separate Ways" was "Only The Young," and just looking across that crowd at the black balloons and this guy's kid and wife, and people putting on a brave, "party" face and I could not keep it together singing that song. No, I didn't have tears running down my face, but my voice sure as hell broke on more than one occassion. Not a gig I would ever like to relive.

[conversationpc]

Second song of the night after "Separate Ways" was "Only The Young," and just looking across that crowd at the black balloons and this guy's kid and wife, and people putting on a brave, "party" face and I could not keep it together singing that song. No, I didn't have tears running down my face, but my voice sure as hell broke on more than one occassion. Not a gig I would ever like to relive.

Thanks for sharing that. Kinda makes you think twice about that BTM scene.

[Blueskies]

Know that must have been a hard gig to play, Jeremy, but living wakes are a good idea. People dont say enough of what the person means to them while they're still alive. They let opportunities pass by, then after the person is gone they regret things they didn't say, then say them after the person is no longer there to hear it. It is also a good idea that their life is not mourned but celebrated while they are here.
...It serves to remind us to tell those you love how you feel consistently, you never know when they'll be gone.
.....don't let opportunities slip away.

[bluejeangirl76]

Reading this thread, I can't believe just how many gay moments there actually were.
When viewed individually they don't seem as bad, but collected all together like this make Journey look gayer than N'Sync. (I'm not saying they ARE gayer than N'Sync. Calm down).

I'm adding to the list the entire video for After The Fall (yeah - the whole damn thing!) and the song "Baby I'm Leaving You" - who was smoking what when they thought that was gonna be a good idea?

Hard for these to compete with the wiggle dance, the piano slide, the pink polka dot bass guitar and the cryfest, but I think I would rather watch Jon Cain cry on TV for 4 1/2 hours than listen to that reggae thing.

No. You know what. It was the pink polka dot bass. Just typing that made me cry.

[Ms_M]

I agree about the pink polka dot bass, but I think Randy Jackson's overall COOL factor balanced it out a little. LOL!

[Red13JoePa]

Randy Jackson's overall COOL factor

You're joking.

[NealIsGod]

Randy Jackson's overall COOL factor

You're joking.

Yeah, it was like having Rerun play bass for Journey.

[Deb]

Over the years I've thought about this scene, and something that happened to us last year definitely made me believe JC is truly emotional in this scene, whether he's shedding a tear or not. He appears to be an emotional dude anyway, but I can see how this experience would truly affect you, regardless of the editing job that VH-1 did. As for the paint spattered labcoat and keytar - Hey, it was cool back in 1986, wasn't it? Frontiers performed last year at a "living wake," which was a party for a dude that was dying of brain cancer - With him and his wife and small child there, along with about 200 of his closest friends. He was about my age, early to mid 30s...It was supposed to be a "festive" occassion that everyone could enjoy their time with the guy while he was still up and about. Second song of the night after "Separate Ways" was "Only The Young," and just looking across that crowd at the black balloons and this guy's kid and wife, and people putting on a brave, "party" face and I could not keep it together singing that song. No, I didn't have tears running down my face, but my voice sure as hell broke on more than one occassion. Not a gig I would ever like to relive.

Thanks for sharing that Jeremey. Gotta wonder how many times Perry thought of Kenny when he performed that song night after night.

[The_Noble_Cause]

TNC, so glad you're back!! Laughed once again out loud at Perryfaithful defending Perry cannibal. I guess you can justify just about anything . Hope you stick around--seems like you energize Dean, too, into some hilarious posts and thread topics.

That 'Canibal' post is from years ago.
Don't know who's the resident self-appointed TNC archivist, but its nice to get a laugh around here without having to say anything new.
I feel like a Dean Martin celebrity roast late-nite infomercial.

P.S. I still think John Edwards may be a dark horse. (Your thoughts?)
Nancy

Erstwhile Howard Dean spin-doctor, Joe Trippi, has signed on to help Edwards.
Edwards certainly looks presidential, his wife is appealing, smart and a strong asset.
He has strong union support and a very strong internet base.
On it's face, you have all the makings of a great president.
Sadly, I think the "$400 dollar haircut" albatross may prove to burdensome to shake.
Sean Hannity makes a point of mentioning it almost daily - and he's not alone.

Alot like Kerry and the "flip-flop" stereotype, once you’ve been labeled, you're fucked.

[Ms_M]

Randy Jackson's overall COOL factor

You're joking.

Yeah, it was like having Rerun play bass for Journey.

Of course, I'm joking! LOL! I don't think it would matter HOW cool Randy was or wasn't - he couldn't be cool enough to overcome the pink polka dot bass AND spandex.

[bluejeangirl76]

Of course, I'm joking! LOL! I don't think it would matter HOW cool Randy was or wasn't - he couldn't be cool enough to overcome the pink polka dot bass AND spandex.

Make that playing a pink polka dot bass while wearing a pink & yellow plastic bracelet, a pink jacket with epaulettes... AND the spandex.

Pitchy outfit, I tell ya. Way out there.

[Rick]

Make that playing a pink polka dot bass while wearing a pink & yellow plastic bracelet, a pink jacket with epaulettes... AND the spandex.

Pitchy outfit, I tell ya. Way out there.

That's got to be the avatar of the month right there. Hilarious!