steveo777 wrote:portland wrote:Chubby321 wrote:SP Fan in Oregon wrote:Gunbot wrote:SP Fan in Oregon wrote:My two cents worth is probably worth about that much, but I agree that you should be able to post freely in a "JOURNEY" forum.
Like it or not, Journey is going forward with Arnel. Most of the posts I see on other forums and twitter are positive towards Arnel and the job he is doing.
I have nothing against Arnel, and I actually like his personal story of his shocking rise from his small band to being the frontman to Journey. How could
anyone not like that story? Nevertheless, I believe that Journey's decision to go on without Steve Perry when they did, changed Journey for what it was or will ever be again
to the detriment of JOURNEY. I do not fault the band for trying to pick up the pieces and move on. All good things come to an end. Journey ended when Steve Perry left.
The band is Journey in name only. I wish them the best, but I'll never buy a ticket to see them, as the "current" Journey doesn't interest me mostly because their singer doesn't
move me emotionally. I feel nothing when he sings. It was the voice of Perry that will live forever as JOURNEY. Anything else is something a whole lot less for me.
There is nothing wrong with how you feel. The best course is just to ignore Chubby's threads like she said. Let those who want to partake in those threads have their fun. We have plenty of other topics to follow up on and we can all create our own threads concerning our own interests if we wish. No one has to like Perry or Arnel or Augeri. there are plenty of threads beyond the review threads to express those differing opinions. Obviously we are partial here to Perry based threads (and more and more Foreigner threads it looks like).
It's when people go into another person's thread and try to force what they like on others because their particular thread or subject of interest is being ignored, that's when there is going to be a problem. That's when the thread ninjas (me) are going to come in and take over.
I agree. Respectful dissent on the subject, as opposed to personal attacks on the person.
Thanks guys.
I agree with Gunbot as well.....for me I will try to stay away from the AP lovefest threads.....it's when it creeps into the threads that are not about AP that I look for the "Thread Ninjas" to put the world right again.
I told Chubby.....I get that she is a current Journey fan....and maybe if I did not have such a love for the Perry lead Journey then I would like the current line up more.
For me I just don't understand people who say they are Journey fans....but don't like or listen to Perry....that I don't get and NEVER will.
There is room at the MR table for us all....that's what makes this place fun and interesting if we all agreed it would be boring.
So post on and so will I
I just bought the only Journey album in Walmart the other day for $5.49 LOL
It was to replace my old worn out cassette of it. I once liked Journey without Perry, then I liked Journey with Perry, then today I like Journey without Perry.
You can buy a nine year old album like Arrival at Wal-Mart for five dollars but you can't order Revelation from them. That's the difference between having a record company behind you and going independent.
Like Jeremey said, Journey is probably thinking if they should sign up with a big distributor who can't even begin to match the royalty rate they got with Revelation or do they just sell the next album to the promoter to give away their at their concerts like they did with Generations.