JSS in W.E.T.

[Trace123321]

Just heard the new song One Love by JSS' new band, W.E.T. The song is amazing, and as I know that most people are in love with Arnel, I could not help but to wonder what Journey would be today if they let JSS be JSS and write songs like this for a Journey album. Journey would have been transformed from a Legacy Act into something more relevant.

Check this song out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJJ77Og9_vQ

[YoungJRNY]

EUHH NOT THIS AGAIN!!!!!! This has been debated over... and over.. and overrrrrrrr we get it, "what could of been rah rah" shit! Journey is better off without JSS and vice versa! Stop bringing this shit up and just browse the countless number of pages that was made before this.

BTW: Welcome to MR

[Michigan Girl]

It is GREAT!!! Love it!!!

http://forums.melodicrock.com/phpBB/vie ... hp?t=43513

[Saint John]

I thought the song started off with a Separate Ways-ish guitar riff, had a Survivor-like sound and a Randy Rhoads rip-off solo at the end. In spite of all that I thought the song was pretty solid. The lyrics could have been a bit stronger too. Grade: B- or B

[Trace123321]

[quote="YoungJRNY"][size=24]EUHH NOT THIS AGAIN!!!!!! This has been debated over... and over.. and overrrrrrrr we get it, "what could of been rah rah" shit! Journey is better off without JSS and vice versa! Stop bringing this shit up and just browse the countless number of pages that was made before this.[/size]

BTW: Welcome to MR [/quote]

GO FUCK YOURSELF YOU WORTHLESS PIECE OF SHIT! I DO NOT CARE HOW MANY TIMES THIS HAS BEEN DEBATED!

[Michigan Girl]

LMAO!!!

[Behshad]

Trace1233212311231231331

first of welcome to MR. From your fifth post here , I get a feeling you've posted here before under another username.

YoungJRNY/Trav is one of the nicest guys around. So I suggest you cool it down and change your tone a bit. He may be a lot of things , but "worthless piece of shit" ain't one of them.

[JasonD]

Trace1233212311231231331

first of welcome to MR. From your fifth post here , I get a feeling you've posted here before under another username.

YoungJRNY/Trav is one of the nicest guys around. So I suggest you cool it down and change your tone a bit. He may be a lot of things , but "worthless piece of shit" ain't one of them.

I totally agree!!! YoungJRNY is a site favorite & definitely not a trouble maker. His post are always fair, informative, funny or any combination of those attributes. He WAS joking with you, Trace123321, so there was no need for the over-the-top insult.

[fightingilliniJRNY]

Here's what Uncle HeFTy (JSS' tour manager) had to say in another thread when I asked if there were any intentions for W.E.T. to tour:

If only you knew how difficult this would be to emulate live. The strain on anyone's vocal chords, let alone those of Jeff, would be phenomenal.

So what I gather from this is JSS wanted to stick it up Journey's asses and basically create a Journey-esque record with him on lead vocals, which he has called the album he never got to make with Journey. People around him realize that he could never produce vocals like that night after night in concert.

So why are people insistant that a JSS-fronted Journey would have worked? He used all of his "Journey voice" to create this record in the studio, knowing fully well he could never sing like that on a tour.

[Deb]

Trace1233212311231231331

first of welcome to MR. From your fifth post here , I get a feeling you've posted here before under another username.

YoungJRNY/Trav is one of the nicest guys around. So I suggest you cool it down and change your tone a bit. He may be a lot of things , but "worthless piece of shit" ain't one of them.

True dat. Besides, Travis can't help it.........like Dan, his taste is in his ass.

[Deb]

Here's what Uncle HeFTy (JSS' tour manager) had to say in another thread when I asked if there were any intentions for W.E.T. to tour:

If only you knew how difficult this would be to emulate live. The strain on anyone's vocal chords, let alone those of Jeff, would be phenomenal.

So what I gather from this is JSS wanted to stick it up Journey's asses and basically create a Journey-esque record with him on lead vocals, which he has called the album he never got to make with Journey. People around him realize that he could never produce vocals like that night after night in concert.

So why are people insistant that a JSS-fronted Journey would have worked? He used all of his "Journey voice" to create this record in the studio, knowing fully well he could never sing like that on a tour.

Bullshit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDtHpo3I5vc

[YoungJRNY]

EUHH NOT THIS AGAIN!!!!!! This has been debated over... and over.. and overrrrrrrr we get it, "what could of been rah rah" shit! Journey is better off without JSS and vice versa! Stop bringing this shit up and just browse the countless number of pages that was made before this.

BTW: Welcome to MR

GO FUCK YOURSELF YOU WORTHLESS PIECE OF SHIT! I DO NOT CARE HOW MANY TIMES THIS HAS BEEN DEBATED!

I take it you are illiterate, so let me help you out with some things. This board here.. is the Journey forum. If you would see at the top left of the page, which is labeled "Melodicrock.com Forum Index" you will see multiple words.. usually those words consists of band names, which is a separate forum like this one. (Example: Survivor, Styx, Def Leppard, etc) If you would click on those bands names, it will take you to a forum with people talking about THAT BAND. Pretty amazing, I know. Just in case you haven't noticed, there is a J.S.S forum. If you aren't familiar with this, or just was confused by the initials, "JSS" stands for Jeff Scott Soto, who sings that EXACT song you just posted, and is coincidentally the topic of your message.

I've worked with the mentally challenged before, and have tons of experience with The LITERACY VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA, INC (LVA). I suggest you get help while you can, and talk it over with your parents to see if this is the right program for you. All you have to do is visit this site ( http://207.10.202.151/NetCommunity/Page ... 1&srcid=-2), and contact the official F.A.Q agency. I suggest having someone read it to you, since obviously you can't comprehend anything that that site says, but don't worry, this will help you. If you want, you could suggest myself as your personal tutor, which would save the trouble of going through contracts, and start up fee's and things like that. I know highly qualified people in this agency, and we can hook you up with my lawyer to overstep the first couple weeks of this process. Overall, I charge 20$/hour, and willing to negotiate. Let me know when you could start, how's Saturday sound? GOOD LUCK!

-YoungJRNY

[kgdjpubs]

Just heard the new song One Love by JSS' new band, W.E.T. The song is amazing, and as I know that most people are in love with Arnel, I could not help but to wonder what Journey would be today if they let JSS be JSS and write songs like this for a Journey album. Journey would have been transformed from a Legacy Act into something more relevant.

Check this song out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJJ77Og9_vQ

likely in the same, or worse, shape than they are right now. Journey + Jeff Scott Soto wasn't going to transform magically into this magnificent hybrid between the two. It was still going to be Journey. A lot of the Revelation material would be very close, if not identical to what you ended up with. That means JSS singing After All These Years as the first single.

As far as publicity goes, the reviews would be "Journey hires an 80s hairband metal singer". At least the youtube thing gets Arnel a bit of a push. Journey releasing an album with JSS would be the same as Foreigner releasing an album with Kelly Hansen---nobody cares. JSS means nothing in the US as far as the average Joe Public goes. He doesn't even have enough of a following to do a club tour. He should be huge, but he isn't. Fact of the matter is Arnel is more of a name in the US than JSS.

Don't get me wrong. JSS is a great singer, and would bring a nice addition to the songwriting, but quality and sales have ZERO in common today. End result is WET will sell about 5,000-10,000 copies in Europe. It won't get major airplay. There won't be a hit single. There likely won't even be a tour. Doesn't have anything to do with the quality of the album.

For the record, my thoughts on One Love is average to slightly above average. Basically B. Nothing "wrong", but nothing mind-blowing. JSS sounds great, song is just ok. Some of the other clips sound better. We'll see.

[portland]

Here's what Uncle HeFTy (JSS' tour manager) had to say in another thread when I asked if there were any intentions for W.E.T. to tour:

If only you knew how difficult this would be to emulate live. The strain on anyone's vocal chords, let alone those of Jeff, would be phenomenal.

So what I gather from this is JSS wanted to stick it up Journey's asses and basically create a Journey-esque record with him on lead vocals, which he has called the album he never got to make with Journey. People around him realize that he could never produce vocals like that night after night in concert.

So why are people insistant that a JSS-fronted Journey would have worked? He used all of his "Journey voice" to create this record in the studio, knowing fully well he could never sing like that on a tour.

Bullshit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDtHpo3I5vc

Oh man here we go!!!

[Behshad]

Here's what Uncle HeFTy (JSS' tour manager) had to say in another thread when I asked if there were any intentions for W.E.T. to tour:

If only you knew how difficult this would be to emulate live. The strain on anyone's vocal chords, let alone those of Jeff, would be phenomenal.

So what I gather from this is JSS wanted to stick it up Journey's asses and basically create a Journey-esque record with him on lead vocals, which he has called the album he never got to make with Journey. People around him realize that he could never produce vocals like that night after night in concert.

So why are people insistant that a JSS-fronted Journey would have worked? He used all of his "Journey voice" to create this record in the studio, knowing fully well he could never sing like that on a tour.

This isn't his Journey voice. This is his true Soto voice.And with all due respect to uncle, I think Jeff COULD nail these songs night after night. Much like he did the Journey songs 3 years ago.just like he managed to hit those yngwie notes nite after nite ,ages ago in his teens.

[kgdjpubs]

Here's what Uncle HeFTy (JSS' tour manager) had to say in another thread when I asked if there were any intentions for W.E.T. to tour:

If only you knew how difficult this would be to emulate live. The strain on anyone's vocal chords, let alone those of Jeff, would be phenomenal.

So what I gather from this is JSS wanted to stick it up Journey's asses and basically create a Journey-esque record with him on lead vocals, which he has called the album he never got to make with Journey. People around him realize that he could never produce vocals like that night after night in concert.

So why are people insistant that a JSS-fronted Journey would have worked? He used all of his "Journey voice" to create this record in the studio, knowing fully well he could never sing like that on a tour.

He might be able to pull it off live. He did pretty good with some of the Journey material (I'll Be Alright Without You, Opened the Door) that is similar. I doubt he will get a chance. WET is a project. I doubt there will be a tour. Maybe some song will surface on his solo tours, but I doubt you'll ever know what a full 80-date WET tour would do for his voice. It will never happen.

Maybe there is some resentment that he never got to record with Journey. More likely that Frontiers Records is capitalizing on his time, and offered him a set amount of money to do an "AOR album", because that's their market. 95% of these albums never get a tour anyways. Half of them aren't even recorded in the same place. In some, the band members don't even meet face to face. AOR is a very small niche market. It's just the way it is.

[treetopovskaya]

Here's what Uncle HeFTy (JSS' tour manager) had to say in another thread when I asked if there were any intentions for W.E.T. to tour:

If only you knew how difficult this would be to emulate live. The strain on anyone's vocal chords, let alone those of Jeff, would be phenomenal.

So what I gather from this is JSS wanted to stick it up Journey's asses and basically create a Journey-esque record with him on lead vocals, which he has called the album he never got to make with Journey. People around him realize that he could never produce vocals like that night after night in concert.

So why are people insistant that a JSS-fronted Journey would have worked? He used all of his "Journey voice" to create this record in the studio, knowing fully well he could never sing like that on a tour.

Bullshit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDtHpo3I5vc

+1!!

}=C))

jss can sing anything... we got lots of witnesses to that fact. }:C) even better... LIVE!

[treetopovskaya]

since jss was in journey it should be okay to bring him up once in a blue moon here.

[Deb]

since jss was in journey it should be okay to bring him up once in a blue moon here.

Speaking of Journey, I can't wait to hear the whole song of "Comes Down Like Rain." I can tell from the little snippet in the Trailer...... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVvPtCdAfV8 ......that I'm going to love that one. It's got that soulful/emotive 'Still They Ride' grandiose-vocal type vibe that I totally dig.

[Andrew]

GO FUCK YOURSELF YOU WORTHLESS PIECE OF SHIT! I DO NOT CARE HOW MANY TIMES THIS HAS BEEN DEBATED!

Excuse me. You may wish to re-think your posting strategy.

[YoungJRNY]

Here's what Uncle HeFTy (JSS' tour manager) had to say in another thread when I asked if there were any intentions for W.E.T. to tour:

If only you knew how difficult this would be to emulate live. The strain on anyone's vocal chords, let alone those of Jeff, would be phenomenal.

So what I gather from this is JSS wanted to stick it up Journey's asses and basically create a Journey-esque record with him on lead vocals, which he has called the album he never got to make with Journey. People around him realize that he could never produce vocals like that night after night in concert.

So why are people insistant that a JSS-fronted Journey would have worked? He used all of his "Journey voice" to create this record in the studio, knowing fully well he could never sing like that on a tour.

Bullshit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDtHpo3I5vc

+1!!

}=C))

jss can sing anything... we got lots of witnesses to that fact. }:C) even better... LIVE!

I agree, and he is one helluva vocalist, which is why he was the chosen man to step in and save the DL tour in '06, who had history with Neal and Deen in S.S. I've seen JSS twice during that '06 tour and thought the band sounded great and had wonderful times each time. Looking back, and as that tour went on, I felt more and more that his voice didn't fit Journey's criteria, and even though it would have worked with him at the helm, I believe it wouldn't of even came close to working out when comparing to Pineda. I think Pineda is perfect for the band today. Still, even though in the end I wasn't THAT high on JSS as lead vocalist to Journey, I would have accepted it and moved on and bought the new album and rocked out to another 7-8 shows up until this point. This has been said over 1,000 times, JSS is great, but not for Journey.

[Deb]

Here's what Uncle HeFTy (JSS' tour manager) had to say in another thread when I asked if there were any intentions for W.E.T. to tour:

If only you knew how difficult this would be to emulate live. The strain on anyone's vocal chords, let alone those of Jeff, would be phenomenal.

So what I gather from this is JSS wanted to stick it up Journey's asses and basically create a Journey-esque record with him on lead vocals, which he has called the album he never got to make with Journey. People around him realize that he could never produce vocals like that night after night in concert.

So why are people insistant that a JSS-fronted Journey would have worked? He used all of his "Journey voice" to create this record in the studio, knowing fully well he could never sing like that on a tour.

Bullshit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDtHpo3I5vc

+1!!

}=C))

jss can sing anything... we got lots of witnesses to that fact. }:C) even better... LIVE!

I agree, and he is one helluva vocalist, which is why he was the chosen man to step in and save the DL tour in '06, who had history with Neal and Deen in S.S. I've seen JSS twice during that '06 tour and thought the band sounded great and had wonderful times each time. Looking back, and as that tour went on, I felt more and more that his voice didn't fit Journey's criteria, and even though it would have worked with him at the helm, I believe it wouldn't of even came close to working out when comparing to Pineda. I think Pineda is perfect for the band today. Still, even though in the end I wasn't THAT high on JSS as lead vocalist to Journey, I would have accepted it and moved on and bought the new album and rocked out to another 7-8 shows up until this point. This has been said over 1,000 times, JSS is great, but not for Journey.

.......you're back in my "cool" book!

[kgdjpubs]

since jss was in journey it should be okay to bring him up once in a blue moon here.

Speaking of Journey, I can't wait to hear the whole song of "Comes Down Like Rain." I can tell from the little snippet in the Trailer...... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVvPtCdAfV8 ......that I'm going to love that one. It's got that soulful/emotive 'Still They Ride' grandiose-vocal type vibe that I totally dig.

Yup, that one and If I Fall both sound really good.

btw, totally unrelated, but you might want to check a guy named Johnny Adams on youtube. Very obscure New Orleans soul singer. Something tells me you'd flip over the vocals.

[Andrew]

since jss was in journey it should be okay to bring him up once in a blue moon here.

Of course it is ok!

[Andrew]

since jss was in journey it should be okay to bring him up once in a blue moon here.

Speaking of Journey, I can't wait to hear the whole song of "Comes Down Like Rain." I can tell from the little snippet in the Trailer...... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVvPtCdAfV8 ......that I'm going to love that one. It's got that soulful/emotive 'Still They Ride' grandiose-vocal type vibe that I totally dig.

It is nothing short of incredible...soulful and sultry before blowing up into a mega-ballad.

[Deb]

since jss was in journey it should be okay to bring him up once in a blue moon here.

Speaking of Journey, I can't wait to hear the whole song of "Comes Down Like Rain." I can tell from the little snippet in the Trailer...... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVvPtCdAfV8 ......that I'm going to love that one. It's got that soulful/emotive 'Still They Ride' grandiose-vocal type vibe that I totally dig.

Yup, that one and If I Fall both sound really good.

btw, totally unrelated, but you might want to check a guy named Johnny Adams on youtube. Very obscure New Orleans soul singer. Something tells me you'd flip over the vocals.

Good call! Just had a listen to this one of his http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEMmiPtXwLw and yep.....love that soulful R&B style of vocal. A little old-schoolish for me though, I like a little more of a modern flare to it, but it did remind me a little of this type style...... loooooove this live performance. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvONkB05g0w

[YoungJRNY]

Here's what Uncle HeFTy (JSS' tour manager) had to say in another thread when I asked if there were any intentions for W.E.T. to tour:

If only you knew how difficult this would be to emulate live. The strain on anyone's vocal chords, let alone those of Jeff, would be phenomenal.

So what I gather from this is JSS wanted to stick it up Journey's asses and basically create a Journey-esque record with him on lead vocals, which he has called the album he never got to make with Journey. People around him realize that he could never produce vocals like that night after night in concert.

So why are people insistant that a JSS-fronted Journey would have worked? He used all of his "Journey voice" to create this record in the studio, knowing fully well he could never sing like that on a tour.

Bullshit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDtHpo3I5vc

+1!!

}=C))

jss can sing anything... we got lots of witnesses to that fact. }:C) even better... LIVE!

I agree, and he is one helluva vocalist, which is why he was the chosen man to step in and save the DL tour in '06, who had history with Neal and Deen in S.S. I've seen JSS twice during that '06 tour and thought the band sounded great and had wonderful times each time. Looking back, and as that tour went on, I felt more and more that his voice didn't fit Journey's criteria, and even though it would have worked with him at the helm, I believe it wouldn't of even came close to working out when comparing to Pineda. I think Pineda is perfect for the band today. Still, even though in the end I wasn't THAT high on JSS as lead vocalist to Journey, I would have accepted it and moved on and bought the new album and rocked out to another 7-8 shows up until this point. This has been said over 1,000 times, JSS is great, but not for Journey.

.......you're back in my "cool" book!

I'm glad I moved from the back of the bus, to the front!:lol:

[Deb]

Here's what Uncle HeFTy (JSS' tour manager) had to say in another thread when I asked if there were any intentions for W.E.T. to tour:

If only you knew how difficult this would be to emulate live. The strain on anyone's vocal chords, let alone those of Jeff, would be phenomenal.

So what I gather from this is JSS wanted to stick it up Journey's asses and basically create a Journey-esque record with him on lead vocals, which he has called the album he never got to make with Journey. People around him realize that he could never produce vocals like that night after night in concert.

So why are people insistant that a JSS-fronted Journey would have worked? He used all of his "Journey voice" to create this record in the studio, knowing fully well he could never sing like that on a tour.

Bullshit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDtHpo3I5vc

+1!!

}=C))

jss can sing anything... we got lots of witnesses to that fact. }:C) even better... LIVE!

I agree, and he is one helluva vocalist, which is why he was the chosen man to step in and save the DL tour in '06, who had history with Neal and Deen in S.S. I've seen JSS twice during that '06 tour and thought the band sounded great and had wonderful times each time. Looking back, and as that tour went on, I felt more and more that his voice didn't fit Journey's criteria, and even though it would have worked with him at the helm, I believe it wouldn't of even came close to working out when comparing to Pineda. I think Pineda is perfect for the band today. Still, even though in the end I wasn't THAT high on JSS as lead vocalist to Journey, I would have accepted it and moved on and bought the new album and rocked out to another 7-8 shows up until this point. This has been said over 1,000 times, JSS is great, but not for Journey.

.......you're back in my "cool" book!

I'm glad I moved from the back of the bus, to the front!:lol:

No dear, you were on the short bus.

[kgdjpubs]

since jss was in journey it should be okay to bring him up once in a blue moon here.

Speaking of Journey, I can't wait to hear the whole song of "Comes Down Like Rain." I can tell from the little snippet in the Trailer...... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVvPtCdAfV8 ......that I'm going to love that one. It's got that soulful/emotive 'Still They Ride' grandiose-vocal type vibe that I totally dig.

Yup, that one and If I Fall both sound really good.

btw, totally unrelated, but you might want to check a guy named Johnny Adams on youtube. Very obscure New Orleans soul singer. Something tells me you'd flip over the vocals.

Good call! Just had a listen to this one of his http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEMmiPtXwLw and yep.....love that soulful R&B style of vocal. A little old-schoolish for me though, I like a little more of a modern flare to it, but it did remind me a little of this type style...... loooooove this live performance. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvONkB05g0w

It sounds old-schoolish because it is. That's running about the same time as Sam Cooke, or just slightly after. After All the Love Is Gone is slightly better with a little more updated sound, IMO. He was active into the late 90s.

As far as Eric Martin goes, very good singer, but he'll never be one of my favorites because he always sounds like he's got the start of laryngitis-which just perpetually bugs me. No doubting his talent though.

[YoungJRNY]

Here's what Uncle HeFTy (JSS' tour manager) had to say in another thread when I asked if there were any intentions for W.E.T. to tour:

If only you knew how difficult this would be to emulate live. The strain on anyone's vocal chords, let alone those of Jeff, would be phenomenal.

So what I gather from this is JSS wanted to stick it up Journey's asses and basically create a Journey-esque record with him on lead vocals, which he has called the album he never got to make with Journey. People around him realize that he could never produce vocals like that night after night in concert.

So why are people insistant that a JSS-fronted Journey would have worked? He used all of his "Journey voice" to create this record in the studio, knowing fully well he could never sing like that on a tour.

Bullshit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDtHpo3I5vc

+1!!

}=C))

jss can sing anything... we got lots of witnesses to that fact. }:C) even better... LIVE!

I agree, and he is one helluva vocalist, which is why he was the chosen man to step in and save the DL tour in '06, who had history with Neal and Deen in S.S. I've seen JSS twice during that '06 tour and thought the band sounded great and had wonderful times each time. Looking back, and as that tour went on, I felt more and more that his voice didn't fit Journey's criteria, and even though it would have worked with him at the helm, I believe it wouldn't of even came close to working out when comparing to Pineda. I think Pineda is perfect for the band today. Still, even though in the end I wasn't THAT high on JSS as lead vocalist to Journey, I would have accepted it and moved on and bought the new album and rocked out to another 7-8 shows up until this point. This has been said over 1,000 times, JSS is great, but not for Journey.

.......you're back in my "cool" book!

I'm glad I moved from the back of the bus, to the front!:lol:

No dear, you were on the short bus.

At least I headlined the front! Does this now mean I get 30 min more of recess and bat first in kick ball?