Journey in the 70s -- Never ceases to amaze me.

[JRNYFan]

So I had a grad school interview yesterday and we got on a tangent about music. I mentioned that I liked classic rock and specifically, Journey. Then he goes off on "More Than a Feeling." I told him that was Boston.

Then he says that classic rock is the 60s and 70s and that I made a mistake by putting Journey in the classic rock genre. This isn't the first time this type of thing has been said to me. I guess because Journey peaked in the 80s the previous five albums of the 70s vanished.

Has anyone else ever encountered someone who thinks Journey originated in the 80s?

[MrsPerry]

i know people who think Whitesnake and the Scorps started in the 80s.

[Don]

There's a shit load of people who think they originated last year.

[finalfight]

There's a shit load of people who think they originated last year.

Sad but true-a!

[MrsPerry]

There's a shit load of people who think they originated last year.

Sad but true-a!

that makes me physically sick.

[finalfight]

There's a shit load of people who think they originated last year.

Sad but true-a!

that makes me physically sick.

What does, Metallica or the fact that for a veritable legion of fans who hopped on board last year think the band started when Arnel jumped onboard?

[MrsPerry]

There's a shit load of people who think they originated last year.

Sad but true-a!

that makes me physically sick.

What does, Metallica or the fact that for a veritable legion of fans who hopped on board last year think the band started when Arnel jumped onboard?

that think the band started when Arnel came on board.

[Suzanne]

Dontcha love people who are know it alls? Serieouly, the man thought More Than a Feeling was Journey?

[finalfight]

There's a shit load of people who think they originated last year.

Sad but true-a!

that makes me physically sick.

What does, Metallica or the fact that for a veritable legion of fans who hopped on board last year think the band started when Arnel jumped onboard?

that think the band started when Arnel came on board.

Thank goodness for that, I seem to have offended enough people tonight! Interesting though how James Hetfield and Arnel often end-a their-a words-a the same-a when singing!

[finalfight]

Dontcha love people who are know it alls? Serieouly, the man thought More Than a Feeling was Journey?

.

Many attribute Eye of the Tiger to Journey too!

[JRNYFan]

Dontcha love people who are know it alls? Serieouly, the man thought More Than a Feeling was Journey?

.

Many attribute Eye of the Tiger to Journey too!

Yep, that's a common one. It must be hard being a casual fan.

[S2M]

Dontcha love people who are know it alls? Serieouly, the man thought More Than a Feeling was Journey?

.

Many attribute Eye of the Tiger to Journey too!

I've seen some things on WINMX that make my head spin.....

Everybody is credited with 'I Just Died in your Arms Tonight'....

And Journey's been credited with - Too Shy

[finalfight]

And Journey's been credited with - Too Shy

That's a great song! Cain wishes he wrote something that good!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKIs_6qc4cQ

[Ehwmatt]

So I had a grad school interview yesterday and we got on a tangent about music. I mentioned that I liked classic rock and specifically, Journey. Then he goes off on "More Than a Feeling." I told him that was Boston.

Then he says that classic rock is the 60s and 70s and that I made a mistake by putting Journey in the classic rock genre. This isn't the first time this type of thing has been said to me. I guess because Journey peaked in the 80s the previous five albums of the 70s vanished.

Has anyone else ever encountered someone who thinks Journey originated in the 80s?

I HATE people who quibble over the definition of "classic rock" and who does/doesn't belong. I've had people on here tell me certain things "aren't" classic rock for whatever reason. The thing is, classic rock can mean so many things/different sounds - just look at the variety of bands played even on your local, homogenized syndicated classic rock station. You'll get anything from Sly and the Family Stone to Steely Dan to The Cars to Journey to Black Sabbath and everything in between.

To me, the best way to identify classic rock is this: Back then, the common link was "good," more than any stylistic similarities. The musicians were good, the songs were good, the performances were good. To make some silly arbitrary distinction like cutting off anything after 1979 from being "classic rock" is foolish. No exhaustive definition of classic rock can be made, imo.

[bluejeangirl76]

And Journey's been credited with - Too Shy

That's a great song! Cain wishes he wrote something that good!

Playing it kind of fast with the word "great" there, don't you think?

[finalfight]

And Journey's been credited with - Too Shy

That's a great song! Cain wishes he wrote something that good!

Playing it kind of fast with the word "great" there, don't you think?

hush, hush!

[TRAGChick]

And Journey's been credited with - Too Shy

That's a great song! Cain wishes he wrote something that good!

Playing it kind of fast with the word "great" there, don't you think?

hush, hush!

eye-to-eye

[Don]

And Journey's been credited with - Too Shy

That's a great song! Cain wishes he wrote something that good!

Playing it kind of fast with the word "great" there, don't you think?

hush, hush!

eye-to-eye

LIMAHL!!!

[TRAGChick]

And Journey's been credited with - Too Shy

That's a great song! Cain wishes he wrote something that good!

Playing it kind of fast with the word "great" there, don't you think?

hush, hush!

eye-to-eye

LIMAHL!!!

Great.....waiting for somebody to 'Shop Steve's face on there.....

[ProgRocker53]

My local classic rock station plays everything from Beatles to Journey to GNR to Collective Soul to Nickelback to Audioslave to King Crimson.

Obviously no set definition.

[wastingbeerz]

There's a shit load of people who think they originated last year.

Sad but true-a!

that makes me physically sick.

What does, Metallica or the fact that for a veritable legion of fans who hopped on board last year think the band started when Arnel jumped onboard?

that think the band started when Arnel came on board.

Thank goodness for that, I seem to have offended enough people tonight! Interesting though how James Hetfield and Arnel often end-a their-a words-a the same-a when singing!

[mikemarrs]

i may be wrong but my definition of classic rock begins in the mid 60's with the beatles,stones and who and carries on through all of the sixties,through all of the seventies,through all of the eighties all the way up until nirvana and alternative hit in 1991.basically anything from 1965-1990 to me qualifies....

1990 is almost twenty years ago anyway.

[squirt1]

Classic rock started for me in 1970 with Elton,Led Zep,Rolling Stones. They pushed aside the Beatles and their copy want to be's. The one thing these guys did consistently is WRITE, PLAY LIVE, AND HAVE A SINGER !! They needed no one but themselves and fans to buy.Therefore,tons of hits and sales. Aerosmith quickly followed and in a few years Journey, Styx, Bon Jovi sold some records. I left out Chicago earlier on and also liked Foreigner, Survivor, Kansas and then the 90's became technology music. To this day I don't see real rock music. So enlighten me !

[Duncan]

Classic rock started for me in 1970 with Elton,Led Zep,Rolling Stones. They pushed aside the Beatles and their copy want to be's. The one thing these guys did consistently is WRITE, PLAY LIVE, AND HAVE A SINGER !! They needed no one but themselves and fans to buy.Therefore,tons of hits and sales. Aerosmith quickly followed and in a few years Journey, Styx, Bon Jovi sold some records. I left out Chicago earlier on and also liked Foreigner, Survivor, Kansas and then the 90's became technology music.

OK. try this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB2S_pcx ... re=related

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Now playing: Loggins & Messina - Pathway To Glory To this day I don't see real rock music. So enlighten me !

[annie89509]

So I had a grad school interview yesterday and we got on a tangent about music. I mentioned that I liked classic rock and specifically, Journey. Then he goes off on "More Than a Feeling." I told him that was Boston.

Then he says that classic rock is the 60s and 70s and that I made a mistake by putting Journey in the classic rock genre. This isn't the first time this type of thing has been said to me. I guess because Journey peaked in the 80s the previous five albums of the 70s vanished.

Has anyone else ever encountered someone who thinks Journey originated in the 80s?

I believe that's the thinking. Classic rock started in the '60s with the Beatles ... through bands in the 70s. The '80s ushered in Pop music.

[squirt1]

Annie ,I think you expressed it better than me. Jr yr high school and even senior year Sister Mary Thomas let us play the Beatles. They definitely changed music forever !!! Elvis took backstage and a whole host of names disappeared. I remember telling my mom who was shocked at their hair Mom" symphonies will play their music".That was in 1963-1964 and symphonies were playing Yesterday and Michelle by 1969. I hope music gets back to musicians writing , playing and singing live. The 90's and up to 2008 are not significant .