Journeys worst ever ballad?

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Postby Maui Tom » Mon Mar 17, 2008 3:48 pm

Rhiannon wrote:
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Maui Tom wrote:Journey's worst ever ballad...

Fucking A....this thread smells like cupcakes and ponies*...

*credit to Rhi


To think I could've married you for 55 minutes... :P 8)


Had the Tux and everything... :)


Sigh... that's twice in one year I've almost eloped & missed out. I'm just hard to pin down, I guess! Plus, I couldn't find any Pabst Blue Ribbon. :lol:


I almost had the Pabst...but I blew the budget on the tux....

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Postby tj » Mon Mar 17, 2008 3:49 pm

youkeepmewaiting wrote:
Maui Tom wrote:Piece of shit thread.


was that on the Escape album? never liked that one either.


Bonus track on ROR remastered.
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Postby Saint John » Mon Mar 17, 2008 3:53 pm

tj wrote:
Saint John wrote:I know I'm in the minority with this opinion, but the first 1/3 of "Patiently" makes me want to put dynamite in my ears.


That's gonna leave a mark.


If it's that or the first 1/3 of Patiently I'll take my chances. :lol: :twisted: :shock: :wink:
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Postby Just Sara » Mon Mar 17, 2008 4:11 pm

youkeepmewaiting wrote:
Maui Tom wrote:Piece of shit thread.


was that on the Escape album? never liked that one either.


:lol:
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Postby Sarah » Mon Mar 17, 2008 4:43 pm

Saint John wrote:I know I'm in the minority with this opinion, but the first 1/3 of "Patiently" makes me want to put dynamite in my ears.

Ok now we fight. :twisted:
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Postby Just Sara » Mon Mar 17, 2008 4:59 pm

Sarah wrote:
Saint John wrote:I know I'm in the minority with this opinion, but the first 1/3 of "Patiently" makes me want to put dynamite in my ears.

Ok now we fight. :twisted:


Oh boy! jello or mud? :twisted:

kidding

I actually didn't really care for Patiently myself until I heard this version;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yCGz7Khpms

now I'm in love :)
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Postby Enigma869 » Mon Mar 17, 2008 10:28 pm

Journey's three most suck-ass ballads:

1. Open Arms
2 Open Arms
3. Open Arms

That song flat out blows! Neal said it best about "Open Arms" on "Behind The Music" when he said "Man, I just don't get that song"! Neither do I, Neal! :twisted:


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Postby Vladan » Mon Mar 17, 2008 10:30 pm

Enigma869 wrote:Journey's three most suck-ass ballads:

1. Open Arms
2 Open Arms
3. Open Arms

That song flat out blows! Neal said it best about "Open Arms" on "Behind The Music" when he said "Man, I just don't get that song"! Neither do I, Neal! :twisted:


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I think I may of found a worse ballad!

Butterfly! c'mon man, that is a much worse tune! lol
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Postby conversationpc » Mon Mar 17, 2008 10:30 pm

Loved By You
Don't Be Down on Me Baby
Stay Awhile
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Postby Vladan » Mon Mar 17, 2008 10:33 pm

conversationpc wrote:Loved By You


Oh man, that song is just... well it's, bad.
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Postby conversationpc » Mon Mar 17, 2008 10:34 pm

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conversationpc wrote:Loved By You


Oh man, that song is just... well it's, bad.


Damn...I forgot "All the Way", too. As much as I like "Arrival", it still has two of the worst Journey power ballads ever.
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Postby Silvio Rodrigues » Mon Mar 17, 2008 10:35 pm

Don't Be Down on Me Baby
Happy to Give
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Postby Vladan » Mon Mar 17, 2008 10:36 pm

conversationpc wrote:
Vladan wrote:
conversationpc wrote:Loved By You


Oh man, that song is just... well it's, bad.


Damn...I forgot "All the Way", too. As much as I like "Arrival", it still has two of the worst Journey power ballads ever.


Oh my god, hahah this is bringing back memories hey. Arrival is good still, I feel anyway. But "All The Way" seems like it was written to be a hit, and it just bombed and made people throw up all over the shop.
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Postby NealIsGod » Mon Mar 17, 2008 11:59 pm

Arrival is a good album, but I have to agree that All the Way blows dead goat.
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Postby youkeepmewaiting » Tue Mar 18, 2008 12:09 am

I quite like All The Way, I love the bridge in that song
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Postby brywool » Tue Mar 18, 2008 12:21 am

Just the Rain
Trial by Fire


BEST:

Little Girl
Why Can't This Night Go On Forever
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Postby youkeepmewaiting » Tue Mar 18, 2008 12:23 am

brywool wrote:Just the Rain
Trial by Fire


BEST:

Little Girl
Why Can't This Night Go On Forever


Trial By Fire is certainly no ballad. It is however one of the best Journey songs every recorded, a whole new level of song writing for the lads from Journey that day
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Postby Lady Luck » Tue Mar 18, 2008 12:28 am

STORY_TELLER wrote:
7 Wishes wrote:Fucking "BUTTERFLY".

What an awful piece of shit-garbage that song is.


Wouldn't classify that as a ballad though.


For the purpose of this thread it is. LOL
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Postby Red13JoePa » Tue Mar 18, 2008 12:46 am

Silvio Rodrigues wrote:Don't Be Down on Me Baby
Happy to Give



Total paradox of an answer.
Couldn't be more correct on the former, or further off base on the latter.

Happy To Give is AMAZING.
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Postby X factor » Tue Mar 18, 2008 12:50 am

7 Wishes wrote:Fucking "BUTTERFLY".

What an awful piece of shit-garbage that song is.


DAMN YOU 7, you beat me to it!

Allthough, picking that one...kinda like shootin' fish is a barrel, no?
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Postby Angiekay » Tue Mar 18, 2008 12:55 am

Saint John wrote:
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Open Arms and [b]Faithfully

[/b]



WHAAAAAT?!?!?! :x :x :x


I'm sorry...did I stutter? LOL! ;)

They just don't do it for me ESPECIALLY Faithfully....ugh, I can't change the channel fast enough when that song comes on. A lot of it has to do with the fact, I just got SOO burned out on them.








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Postby conversationpc » Tue Mar 18, 2008 1:04 am

Red13JoePa wrote:
Silvio Rodrigues wrote:Don't Be Down on Me Baby
Happy to Give



Total paradox of an answer.
Couldn't be more correct on the former, or further off base on the latter.

Happy To Give is AMAZING.


I agree...Let's lynch Silvio.
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Postby ScarabGator » Tue Mar 18, 2008 2:10 am

Happy to give, Its just the rain, and all the way were really good songs.
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Postby MrsPerry » Tue Mar 18, 2008 2:13 am

Its just the rain is my fav song off TBF.

Paitently drives me nuts.
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Postby Tomulator » Tue Mar 18, 2008 2:36 am

youkeepmewaiting wrote:
ProgRocker53 wrote:Not a big fan of:

Open Arms
Knowing That You Love Me
It's Just The Rain
Don't Be Down On Me Baby
Most of the Arrival ballads


That was the other one i coudnt think of!


That song was ABSOLUTELY Perry's FINEST vocal performance on TBF.

Great song.

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Postby mistiejourney » Tue Mar 18, 2008 2:44 am

Open Freakin' Arms - BLECH!
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Postby ScarabGator » Tue Mar 18, 2008 2:48 am

conversationpc wrote:Loved By You
Don't Be Down on Me Baby
Stay Awhile


Not Stay Awhile!!!! Thats a great sing along song!!!
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Postby scarab » Tue Mar 18, 2008 3:16 am

Open Arms - "kind of marry poppins!"
Something to Hide - "not a true ballad but worst song off infinity
Im cyring - The bluesy ballad #1 clowns are creepy anyway
dont be down on my baby - Didnt they learn from Im Crying? hate the chorus, verses aint to bad.
All the Arrival ballads - they all suck big time aint there about 10 of em?(except Kiss me Softly, the most original journey song with SA) should have been the lead single.
Knowin that you love me - Double ack! lyrics are creey too, "if i could go back to the day you were born just to hold you????"
buttefly, makes this song seem rocking!
Butterfly - ACK! What the heck is Journey singing about butterflys,
makes this song seem rocking!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ2zAqAMOdI

#1,

the magic moment song....Triple ACK!!!!!!!!
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Postby BobbyinTN » Tue Mar 18, 2008 3:44 am

Without ballads like "Open Arms", "Faithfully" and "Lights", Journey wouldn't have gotten the radio play they did. I wish more of you could appreciate the slower songs, I certainly love almost all the music that Journey makes, the hard rockers and the slow groovers.
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Postby annie89509 » Tue Mar 18, 2008 5:23 am

Don't mean to be down on SA, the guy suffered enough with TG. But I have to say Butterfly is the worst Journey ballad I ever heard, and Believe not far behind. I understand SA wrote both those songs.

That said, there were some pretty bad songs that SP was responsible for, mainly the lame lyrics, in these early ones: Can Do, Homemade Love, the 2 Love Easy songs in Evolution. City of the Angels is pretty bad, too. I don't think he had main writing credit on that one, though.
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