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Gunbot wrote:I think the review is spot on. The best nostalgia act money can buy. The new stuff is fine for a New York minute but the majority of people at the show want to be transported back to 1986 again and the band delivers in spades.
donnaplease wrote:Gunbot wrote:I think the review is spot on. The best nostalgia act money can buy. The new stuff is fine for a New York minute but the majority of people at the show want to be transported back to 1986 again and the band delivers in spades.
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Gunbot wrote:donnaplease wrote:Gunbot wrote:I think the review is spot on. The best nostalgia act money can buy. The new stuff is fine for a New York minute but the majority of people at the show want to be transported back to 1986 again and the band delivers in spades.
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I know what I meant but I just couldn't put it into the proper words to show my true intentions.
Major Fail on my part.
donnaplease wrote:Gunbot wrote:donnaplease wrote:Gunbot wrote:I think the review is spot on. The best nostalgia act money can buy. The new stuff is fine for a New York minute but the majority of people at the show want to be transported back to 1986 again and the band delivers in spades.
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I know what I meant but I just couldn't put it into the proper words to show my true intentions.
Major Fail on my part.
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I think basically you're saying that they are a great cover band reliving the heyday of Journey. Am I close?
Maui Tom wrote:Gunbot wrote:Maui Tom wrote:God the "cover band" shit gets so old and just exposes you guys as 100% haters...
Whateverrr.
Shit GB...go put on Crazy Eyes by Poco and chill.....
Gunbot wrote:Maui Tom wrote:Gunbot wrote:Maui Tom wrote:God the "cover band" shit gets so old and just exposes you guys as 100% haters...
Whateverrr.
Shit GB...go put on Crazy Eyes by Poco and chill.....
I just finished listening to Arrival to tell you the truth. Would be nice to see that acoustic version of Kiss Me Softly that everyone was talking about.
Crazy Eyes. Richie Furay's homage to Gram Parsons. Good stuff.
Gunbot wrote:I think the review is spot on. The best nostalgia act money can buy. The new stuff is fine for a New York minute but the majority of people at the show want to be transported back to 1986 again and the band delivers in spades.
paste wrote:In the row in front of me, there were a group of five or six women. When Cain announced that they were going to do a song off the new album, they all sat down in unison and pulled out there phones, blackberrys, etc... and started texting. The next song was "Lights," and all except one of them stood right back up and got back into the show. When they played stuff from Arrival, they sat right back down again.
I hate bikers at concerts they are rude and reak of flat beer and stale Marlborospaste wrote:I enjoyed the show and thought Arnel was great, but was a bit disappointed in the setlist - would have loved to have had some of the extended jams on some of the songs condensed so they could have added more songs. Would have liked to have heard "Escape," "Chain Reaction," "Send Her My Love," "After the Fall," something other than "Be Good to Yourself" off of Raised on Radio,"Just The Same Way," "Party's Over," "Anytime," "Feeling That Way," and a few others. Not a huge fan of the song, but I wouldn't have minded hearing "Who's Crying Now," too.
Weird crowd. Behind us was a biker, his girlfriend/wife, and another biker, who seemed like a third wheel. He spent most of the show trying to carry on a conversation with the people around him, much to the annoyance of most of the people around him. Luckily, he took off towards the end of the show.
In the row in front of me, there were a group of five or six women. When Cain announced that they were going to do a song off the new album, they all sat down in unison and pulled out there phones, blackberrys, etc... and started texting. The next song was "Lights," and all except one of them stood right back up and got back into the show. When they played stuff from Arrival, they sat right back down again.
Night Ranger opened and put on a tight, one hour set. They played all the major singles, Damn Yankees' "Coming of Age" and two older album tracks, "Eddie's Coming Out" and "This Boy Needs to Rock," the opening song. Nothing from the latest album or the other two post reunion albums. It was my sixth NR show and I think it was the first time they didn't play "Touch of Madness" or "Rumors in the Air." The crowd reaction was kind of subdued and a bit sparse in some areas at first, but by the time they finished with "Don't Tell Me You Love Me," "Sister Christian" and "You Can Still Rock in America," the crowd had filled in and people were standing up and cheering.
fightingilliniJRNY wrote:Gunbot wrote:I think the review is spot on. The best nostalgia act money can buy. The new stuff is fine for a New York minute but the majority of people at the show want to be transported back to 1986 again and the band delivers in spades.
So, according to you, a band that plays any of their hits in concert is a nostalgia act. Correct me if I'm wrong on that.
It baffles me the people who think that just because Journey has good songs that people know, they are labeled a nostalgia act. 99% of the other bands out there would KILL for two or three songs that are still staples of rock and roll 30 years later, let alone 10 or 11. The songs are good, therefore people want to hear them. Journey plays them, and the fans are happy. Is U2 a nostalgia act when it plays anything from The Joshua Tree album in concert? Is AC/DC a nostalgia act when they break into Thunderstruck and You Shook Me All Night Long?
The nostalgia act insult is probably the most ridiculous and over-blown thing on this board, other than stevew2's rantings on Jonathan Cain.
Since 78 wrote:No, the Band without Perry is a nostalgia act.
fightingilliniJRNY wrote:Gunbot wrote:I think the review is spot on. The best nostalgia act money can buy. The new stuff is fine for a New York minute but the majority of people at the show want to be transported back to 1986 again and the band delivers in spades.
So, according to you, a band that plays any of their hits in concert is a nostalgia act. Correct me if I'm wrong on that.
It baffles me the people who think that just because Journey has good songs that people know, they are labeled a nostalgia act. 99% of the other bands out there would KILL for two or three songs that are still staples of rock and roll 30 years later, let alone 10 or 11. The songs are good, therefore people want to hear them. Journey plays them, and the fans are happy. Is U2 a nostalgia act when it plays anything from The Joshua Tree album in concert? Is AC/DC a nostalgia act when they break into Thunderstruck and You Shook Me All Night Long?
The nostalgia act insult is probably the most ridiculous and over-blown thing on this board, other than stevew2's rantings on Jonathan Cain.
Gunbot wrote: Journey is not the only one I consider as a nostalgia act. It has nothing to do with Perry. It's the music they're playing. if I go their show, 80% of the setlist is songs I heard in the 80's. They're playing 4 or 5 songs tops that are newer than 1986. It that not nostalgia?
Yes, AC/DC, U-2 are all Nostalgia acts as far as I'm concerned. Look, every year from 79 -86, the band would play five new songs. the Next year they would keep those songs and add 4 or 5 more news ones, so on and so on. Where are they even playing two songs from TBF, Arrival, Generations? Are they not skipping over these albums to go back 20 years to get 80% of their setlist? if you want to talk about their new music, other than Revelation where is it? Did the Augeri years not even happen? Higher Place. Wow one song in Eight+ concerts.
They're nostalgia. Why is that an insult?
fightingilliniJRNY wrote:Gunbot wrote: Journey is not the only one I consider as a nostalgia act. It has nothing to do with Perry. It's the music they're playing. if I go their show, 80% of the setlist is songs I heard in the 80's. They're playing 4 or 5 songs tops that are newer than 1986. It that not nostalgia?
Yes, AC/DC, U-2 are all Nostalgia acts as far as I'm concerned. Look, every year from 79 -86, the band would play five new songs. the Next year they would keep those songs and add 4 or 5 more news ones, so on and so on. Where are they even playing two songs from TBF, Arrival, Generations? Are they not skipping over these albums to go back 20 years to get 80% of their setlist? if you want to talk about their new music, other than Revelation where is it? Did the Augeri years not even happen? Higher Place. Wow one song in Eight+ concerts.
They're nostalgia. Why is that an insult?
I understand where you're coming from, but I still question a few things.
I'm wondering what your distinction is between a "nostalgia" act and a band that has been around for a long time. I'm pretty amazed that you feel U2 are a nostalgia act. These guys support a new album more than any band I know, and their new albums consistently sell well (unlike Journey's poor success with Arrival and Generations).
Why is it a bad thing that the band plays songs that are huge hits, and just so happen to be from the 1980s? If Higher Place had charted in the top 10 and was still played on the radio, would they be nostalgia if they played it in concert since it was released eight years ago?
I'm not sure what the setlist would have to look like for you to approve of what Journey is doing. The setlist from Grand Rapids is just about perfect for a 105-minute set. If they played for four hours, then yes, I would expect them to represent the Augeri years better and play more deep cuts. Why would a band deliberately avoid playing songs that are such staples of everyday life from the 1980s through today?
fightingilliniJRNY wrote:Since 78 wrote:No, the Band without Perry is a nostalgia act.
Really? A band that has put out three albums and an EP since said lead singer left the band is a nostalgia act? You really think that?
RaisedOnRadio92 wrote:Poor success with Arrival and Generations? One was leaked onto the internet well before it's release AND wasn't promoted at all by the record label. The other one was given away for free at every concert.
Get real. Arrival didn't stand a chance after Sony dumped them, and it'd be hard to believe that Journey really had big dreams for Generations to go anywhere...They showed what they are capable of when it comes to marketing when they released Revelation.
Since 78 wrote:fightingilliniJRNY wrote:Since 78 wrote:No, the Band without Perry is a nostalgia act.
Really? A band that has put out three albums and an EP since said lead singer left the band is a nostalgia act? You really think that?
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