Journey Looking Forward: Best Case Scenario

[jrnyman28]

Motley Crue has that new fanbase becuase of their touring partners. Cruefest pairs them up with younger "hipper" bands in the rock market. Something "we' argued for Journey to do for many of the Augeri years.

[Jana]

By removing Augeri and Soto and in the manners that they were both removed.

You know, I never paused to consider how Augeri was dismissed. Arguably worse, since he had eight years or so with the band.

Well, to me, the ending was bad b/c of tapegate, but, honestly, singing that catalogue of music more than five years at his age was probably a bad idea. His voice wasn't as powerful and it took its toll. I love it when he sings on Arrival more in his own style. So contrary to what others think, I believe it's because Neal is a really good guy and loyal and they kept Steve Augeri on with the band longer than they should have because he had been with them so long, even though he couldn't handle the catalogue anymore, and then used poor judgment at the end re the tapes to do the tour and Steve Augeri went along with it.

[Don]

Now that I'm going to lunch, we get some conversation, damn.

[steveo777]

Now that I'm going to lunch, we get some conversation, damn.

Don't worry much, we'll save the thread for when you come back with a full belly!

[Jana]

The best case scenario is that everyone remembers that it's no longer 1983 and LETS the band move on. Journey is still a great band to hear and see live. If people don't go, it's their loss because this version is firing on all cylinders.

So true. Neal and Jon are thankful for the success they're having. They don't expect it to be like it was in the hayday with Perry in the '80s. They have great energy right now. Neal is on fire playing. Arnel sounds great. They're happy with where they're at at. I doubt they have unrealistic expectations, but they are still successful and talented as hell.

[Rick]

They're happy with where they're at at.

I've been corrected when I end a sentence in a preposition. This makes me feel better.

[Jana]

They're happy with where they're at at.

I've been corrected when I end a sentence in a preposition. This makes me feel better.

ha-ha. I sit in depositions all the time and want to correct attorneys when they do that when asking questions, and look what I did.

[Ehwmatt]

They're happy with where they're at at.

I've been corrected when I end a sentence in a preposition. This makes me feel better.

ha-ha. I sit in depositions all the time and want to correct attorneys when they do that when asking questions, and look what I did.

That stuffy English rule is much-debated, if not altogether discarded in present day. It's the stuff of dusty grammar tomes that give 14-year-old freshman English students nightmares.

[Don]

You guys are impressive.

[Saint John]

lol...another thread for lame motherfuckers to try and trivialize what Journey has done over the past 1+ year. The checklist used to look something like this:

-They'll never survive after getting rid of Soto...WRONG

-They'll never release new music...WRONG

-They'll never release a DVD with Arnel...WRONG

-They'll never tour successfully again...WRONG

-They'll never see another album chart again...WRONG

So here we are a year later with these guys firing on all cylinders, criss-crossing the globe and there are still dumb motherfuckers willing to debate whether or not they've been successful? This is irrefutable. The ticket sales, the albums sold and the million plus people played in front of are all that matters. And I don't give a fuck what the Journey corporation does with old Journey songs. Re-record them, sell them, put them in a time capsule and have the Octomom's kids jam 'em in their asses when they're 60. I don't fucking care, but for the love of consensual sodomy, please quit boring us by rehashing the topic of the "re-records." If they're cherished in their original form by you, the way they are by me, then nothing can change that. The more people bitch and bring it up the more I tend to believe that, like me, they realize Arnel smokes on a few songs (gasp) better than Nostrildamus. I swear to Christ, I hope they re-record one of them shitty albums like Infinity and/or Departure and add it in with the next CD/DVD combo just to elicit a response out of the fucking losers that can't seem to let it go. Fuck it, re-record every Journey song ever.

[jrnyman28]

SJ, I really hate it when you hold back!!

[Gideon]

lol...another thread for lame motherfuckers to try and trivialize what Journey has done over the past 1+ year. The checklist used to look something like this:

-They'll never survive after getting rid of Soto...WRONG

-They'll never release new music...WRONG

-They'll never release a DVD with Arnel...WRONG

-They'll never tour successfully again...WRONG

-They'll never see another album chart again...WRONG

So here we are a year later with these guys firing on all cylinders, criss-crossing the globe and there are still dumb motherfuckers willing to debate whether or not they've been successful? This is irrefutable. The ticket sales, the albums sold and the million plus people played in front of are all that matters. And I don't give a fuck what the Journey corporation does with old Journey songs. Re-record them, sell them, put them in a time capsule and have the Octomom's kids jam 'em in their asses when they're 60. I don't fucking care, but for the love of consensual sodomy, please quit boring us by rehashing the topic of the "re-records." If they're cherished in their original form by you, the way they are by me, then nothing can change that. The more people bitch and bring it up the more I tend to believe that, like me, they realize Arnel smokes on a few songs (gasp) better than Nostrildamus. I swear to Christ, I hope they re-record one of them shitty albums like Infinity and/or Departure and add it in with the next CD/DVD combo just to elicit a response out of the fucking losers that can't seem to let it go. Fuck it, re-record every Journey song ever.

I haven't lol'd like this in a while. I agree with most of it.

[steveo777]

lol...another thread for lame motherfuckers to try and trivialize what Journey has done over the past 1+ year. The checklist used to look something like this:

-They'll never survive after getting rid of Soto...WRONG

-They'll never release new music...WRONG

-They'll never release a DVD with Arnel...WRONG

-They'll never tour successfully again...WRONG

-They'll never see another album chart again...WRONG

So here we are a year later with these guys firing on all cylinders, criss-crossing the globe and there are still dumb motherfuckers willing to debate whether or not they've been successful? This is irrefutable. The ticket sales, the albums sold and the million plus people played in front of are all that matters. And I don't give a fuck what the Journey corporation does with old Journey songs. Re-record them, sell them, put them in a time capsule and have the Octomom's kids jam 'em in their asses when they're 60. I don't fucking care, but for the love of consensual sodomy, please quit boring us by rehashing the topic of the "re-records." If they're cherished in their original form by you, the way they are by me, then nothing can change that. The more people bitch and bring it up the more I tend to believe that, like me, they realize Arnel smokes on a few songs (gasp) better than Nostrildamus. I swear to Christ, I hope they re-record one of them shitty albums like Infinity and/or Departure and add it in with the next CD/DVD combo just to elicit a response out of the fucking losers that can't seem to let it go. Fuck it, re-record every Journey song ever.

Goddammit, I wish you'd tell us how you really feel!

BTW, I almost wrote something like this, but being a relative n00b here, I figured I'd need a more expensive flame retardant suit than I could afford.

[S2M]

IMHO Journey is a nostalgia act now.....Good to go see, have a couple of beers, hang with friends. In other words, a good excuse to get hammered with friends. Other than that they bring NOTHING to the table. They are music's equivalent of that sports star that has stayed in the game too long. Think Nolan Ryan, Cal Ripken, Jerry Rice.....Journey is nothing but a longevity act now. An accident you stare at while you drive by, unable to keep from looking.....always waiting for the next chapter of drama....

[steveo777]

IMHO Journey is a nostalgia act now.....Good to go see, have a couple of beers, hang with friends. In other words, a good excuse to get hammered with friends. Other than that they bring NOTHING to the table. They are music's equivalent of that sports star that has stayed in the game too long. Think Nolan Ryan, Cal Ripken, Jerry Rice.....Journey is nothing but a longevity act now. An accident you stare at while you drive by, unable to keep from looking.....always waiting for the next chapter of drama....

Yeah, they lost all their musical talent over the years. They sound like shit and out of sync. The drummer can't keep time. The lead guitarist misses half the notes and looks like he's gonna keel over from old age. The bassist is as old as my dad and who the hell is that guy on keyboards? That lead singer, man, jumpin all over the place and singing those really high notes...and the damn audiance dancing, yelling and screaming. What's up with all that crap anyways?

A nostalgia act is when you go to the state fair and on your way back from the goat barn you just happen to catch Mel Tillis singing. LOL

[Don]

lol...another thread for lame motherfuckers to try and trivialize what Journey has done over the past 1+ year. The checklist used to look something like this:

-They'll never survive after getting rid of Soto...WRONG

-They'll never release new music...WRONG

-They'll never release a DVD with Arnel...WRONG

-They'll never tour successfully again...WRONG

-They'll never see another album chart again...WRONG

So here we are a year later with these guys firing on all cylinders, criss-crossing the globe and there are still dumb motherfuckers willing to debate whether or not they've been successful? This is irrefutable. The ticket sales, the albums sold and the million plus people played in front of are all that matters. And I don't give a fuck what the Journey corporation does with old Journey songs. Re-record them, sell them, put them in a time capsule and have the Octomom's kids jam 'em in their asses when they're 60. I don't fucking care, but for the love of consensual sodomy, please quit boring us by rehashing the topic of the "re-records." If they're cherished in their original form by you, the way they are by me, then nothing can change that. The more people bitch and bring it up the more I tend to believe that, like me, they realize Arnel smokes on a few songs (gasp) better than Nostrildamus. I swear to Christ, I hope they re-record one of them shitty albums like Infinity and/or Departure and add it in with the next CD/DVD combo just to elicit a response out of the fucking losers that can't seem to let it go. Fuck it, re-record every Journey song ever.

This is why you need an IPhone, so you can get back to us in real time, with your take on the world of Journey. I almost forgot to come back and check on this thread until I saw you on the scene in another thread further up the page.

[Don]

lol...another thread for lame motherfuckers to try and trivialize what Journey has done over the past 1+ year. The checklist used to look something like this:

-They'll never survive after getting rid of Soto...WRONG

-They'll never release new music...WRONG

-They'll never release a DVD with Arnel...WRONG

-They'll never tour successfully again...WRONG

-They'll never see another album chart again...WRONG

So here we are a year later with these guys firing on all cylinders, criss-crossing the globe and there are still dumb motherfuckers willing to debate whether or not they've been successful? This is irrefutable. The ticket sales, the albums sold and the million plus people played in front of are all that matters. And I don't give a fuck what the Journey corporation does with old Journey songs. Re-record them, sell them, put them in a time capsule and have the Octomom's kids jam 'em in their asses when they're 60. I don't fucking care, but for the love of consensual sodomy, please quit boring us by rehashing the topic of the "re-records." If they're cherished in their original form by you, the way they are by me, then nothing can change that. The more people bitch and bring it up the more I tend to believe that, like me, they realize Arnel smokes on a few songs (gasp) better than Nostrildamus. I swear to Christ, I hope they re-record one of them shitty albums like Infinity and/or Departure and add it in with the next CD/DVD combo just to elicit a response out of the fucking losers that can't seem to let it go. Fuck it, re-record every Journey song ever.

I haven't lol'd like this in a while. I agree with most of it.

It was all good until I saw the edit at the bottom, that ruined it for me.

[Saint John]

lol...another thread for lame motherfuckers to try and trivialize what Journey has done over the past 1+ year. The checklist used to look something like this:

-They'll never survive after getting rid of Soto...WRONG

-They'll never release new music...WRONG

-They'll never release a DVD with Arnel...WRONG

-They'll never tour successfully again...WRONG

-They'll never see another album chart again...WRONG

So here we are a year later with these guys firing on all cylinders, criss-crossing the globe and there are still dumb motherfuckers willing to debate whether or not they've been successful? This is irrefutable. The ticket sales, the albums sold and the million plus people played in front of are all that matters. And I don't give a fuck what the Journey corporation does with old Journey songs. Re-record them, sell them, put them in a time capsule and have the Octomom's kids jam 'em in their asses when they're 60. I don't fucking care, but for the love of consensual sodomy, please quit boring us by rehashing the topic of the "re-records." If they're cherished in their original form by you, the way they are by me, then nothing can change that. The more people bitch and bring it up the more I tend to believe that, like me, they realize Arnel smokes on a few songs (gasp) better than Nostrildamus. I swear to Christ, I hope they re-record one of them shitty albums like Infinity and/or Departure and add it in with the next CD/DVD combo just to elicit a response out of the fucking losers that can't seem to let it go. Fuck it, re-record every Journey song ever.

I haven't lol'd like this in a while. I agree with most of it.

It was all good until I saw the edit at the bottom, that ruined it for me.

I had a typo and I'm an anal prick about that shit.

[bluejeangirl76]

It was all good until I saw the edit at the bottom, that ruined it for me.

I had a typo and I love an anal prick stabbing my shit.

Fixed 4 u. Ur welcum.

[Don]

lol...another thread for lame motherfuckers to try and trivialize what Journey has done over the past 1+ year. The checklist used to look something like this:

-They'll never survive after getting rid of Soto...WRONG

-They'll never release new music...WRONG

-They'll never release a DVD with Arnel...WRONG

-They'll never tour successfully again...WRONG

-They'll never see another album chart again...WRONG

So here we are a year later with these guys firing on all cylinders, criss-crossing the globe and there are still dumb motherfuckers willing to debate whether or not they've been successful? This is irrefutable. The ticket sales, the albums sold and the million plus people played in front of are all that matters. And I don't give a fuck what the Journey corporation does with old Journey songs. Re-record them, sell them, put them in a time capsule and have the Octomom's kids jam 'em in their asses when they're 60. I don't fucking care, but for the love of consensual sodomy, please quit boring us by rehashing the topic of the "re-records." If they're cherished in their original form by you, the way they are by me, then nothing can change that. The more people bitch and bring it up the more I tend to believe that, like me, they realize Arnel smokes on a few songs (gasp) better than Nostrildamus. I swear to Christ, I hope they re-record one of them shitty albums like Infinity and/or Departure and add it in with the next CD/DVD combo just to elicit a response out of the fucking losers that can't seem to let it go. Fuck it, re-record every Journey song ever.

I haven't lol'd like this in a while. I agree with most of it.

It was all good until I saw the edit at the bottom, that ruined it for me.

I had a typo and I'm an anal prick about that shit.

The best post you ever did on the fly without any edits was that response to to John Cleese and his 14 points about America. I circulated that text around work and you were promptly hailed as an American Hero through out the entire company.

[steveo777]

lol...another thread for lame motherfuckers to try and trivialize what Journey has done over the past 1+ year. The checklist used to look something like this:

-They'll never survive after getting rid of Soto...WRONG

-They'll never release new music...WRONG

-They'll never release a DVD with Arnel...WRONG

-They'll never tour successfully again...WRONG

-They'll never see another album chart again...WRONG

So here we are a year later with these guys firing on all cylinders, criss-crossing the globe and there are still dumb motherfuckers willing to debate whether or not they've been successful? This is irrefutable. The ticket sales, the albums sold and the million plus people played in front of are all that matters. And I don't give a fuck what the Journey corporation does with old Journey songs. Re-record them, sell them, put them in a time capsule and have the Octomom's kids jam 'em in their asses when they're 60. I don't fucking care, but for the love of consensual sodomy, please quit boring us by rehashing the topic of the "re-records." If they're cherished in their original form by you, the way they are by me, then nothing can change that. The more people bitch and bring it up the more I tend to believe that, like me, they realize Arnel smokes on a few songs (gasp) better than Nostrildamus. I swear to Christ, I hope they re-record one of them shitty albums like Infinity and/or Departure and add it in with the next CD/DVD combo just to elicit a response out of the fucking losers that can't seem to let it go. Fuck it, re-record every Journey song ever.

I haven't lol'd like this in a while. I agree with most of it.

It was all good until I saw the edit at the bottom, that ruined it for me.

I had a typo and I'm an anal prick about that shit.

The best post you ever did on the fly without any edits was that response to to John Cleese and his 14 points about America. I circulated that text around work and you were promptly hailed as an American Hero through out the entire company.

Can't you two just get a room?

[Saint John]

It was all good until I saw the edit at the bottom, that ruined it for me.

I had a typo and I love an anal prick stabbing my shit.

Fixed 4 u. Ur welcum.

Har-har-har-dee-har-har. Reminds me of the other day when I was wiping my ass and the cheap toilet paper at work broke and I was left sitting there with a chocolate covered finger.

[Ehwmatt]

It was all good until I saw the edit at the bottom, that ruined it for me.

I had a typo and I love an anal prick stabbing my shit.

Fixed 4 u. Ur welcum.

Har-har-har-dee-har-har. Reminds me of the other day when I was wiping my ass and the cheap toilet paper at work broke and I was left sitting there with a chocolate covered finger.

Did you lick it

[Saint John]

It was all good until I saw the edit at the bottom, that ruined it for me.

I had a typo and I love an anal prick stabbing my shit.

Fixed 4 u. Ur welcum.

Har-har-har-dee-har-har. Reminds me of the other day when I was wiping my ass and the cheap toilet paper at work broke and I was left sitting there with a chocolate covered finger.

Did you lick it

Thought about it, but I opted for writing "Journey Rules" in brown on the inside of the stall, instead.

[Ehwmatt]

It was all good until I saw the edit at the bottom, that ruined it for me.

I had a typo and I love an anal prick stabbing my shit.

Fixed 4 u. Ur welcum.

Har-har-har-dee-har-har. Reminds me of the other day when I was wiping my ass and the cheap toilet paper at work broke and I was left sitting there with a chocolate covered finger.

Did you lick it

Thought about it, but I opted for writing "Journey Rules" in brown on the inside of the stall, instead.

Jesus, how much poop did u have on ur finger

[steveo777]

This thread has gone to shit

[PianoMan1986]

Motley Crue has that new fanbase becuase of their touring partners. Cruefest pairs them up with younger "hipper" bands in the rock market. Something "we' argued for Journey to do for many of the Augeri years.

Exactly what is was thinking (would rather see both bands perform alone or with their peers personally).

[FishinMagician]

This thread has gone to shit

i like moosic

[strangegrey]

This thread has gone to shit

I dunno, I'm fairly certain the shit's on the stall at this point...

[7 Wishes]

Yeah, you're probably right about VH. I read at the end of the tour, everything fell apart as far as ticket sales went and some promoters lost a lot of money at some of the venues.

The tour played to 98% capacity. This simply is not true. That tour was the fourth-highest grossing act of 2007-2008.