by StevePerryHair » Mon Mar 10, 2008 10:28 pm
Well, I was one who said I would not buy a new album. Actually I was never going to attend another concert, and originally was only going to Vegas to hang with friends and planned to skip the concert. Gayle had 2 extra tickets and was out the money, so Melissa and I decided we would buy them from her and check it out. Melissa and I are huge JSS fans and had never planned to see Journey live again, as we still are not happy with how they handled that whole situation.
Anyway, we attended the concert, fully expecting it would just not be the same for us. And to be honest, the first song or two, it was hard to get over that JSS was not on that stage. But we wanted to give Arnel a fair shot. How can you not root for that guy. He is having a blast on that stage. His interactions with the crowd have improved 100%. He is definitely much more comfortable up there than he was his first show. As far as I'm concerned, he nailed it. With some problems here or there we saw with the Chile performance I was not expecting to see the show I did on Sat. night. It was GREAT. He has an incredible voice and I am so glad we gave ourselves the opportunity to give him a chance live. It was really cool to get to hear the 3 new songs. I LOVED the first one, a ballad and the second song was great too. Very classic Journey sound. The 3rd I wasn't crazy about, but maybe it will grow on me.
So the answer is yes, from someone who last week would have had a definite NO. If these 3 songs are an indication of what the rest will sound like, I don't think many Journey fans will be disappointed.