Schon says Journey to record a "conceptual album"

by **fightingilliniJRNY** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 12:45 am

"...Journey will head into the studio after the tour wraps up in October to record what Schon says will be a conceptual album."

http://www.gotriad.com/content/2009/09/ ... _believing

Hmmmmm...

by **bluejeangirl76** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 12:47 am

fightingilliniJRNY wrote:"...Journey will head into the studio after the tour wraps up in October to record what Schon says will be a conceptual album."

I could take that in so many directions. Come on, Schonny, at least give me a challenge. :lol:

by **Arianddu** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 1:14 am

Wasn't the last one a concept album? Admittedly the concept was 'let's keep this money making fucker on the road'...

by **Ehwmatt** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 1:18 am

Journey's returning to its prog roots! :evil:

Haha, I'll believe this shit when I see it.

by **fightingilliniJRNY** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 1:20 am

Ehwmatt wrote:Journey's returning to its prog roots!

Haha, I'll believe this shit when I see it.

They definitely have the concepts of saving grace, faith and looking into someone's eyes down pat.

by **Ehwmatt** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 1:26 am

fightingilliniJRNY wrote:
Ehwmatt wrote:Journey's returning to its prog roots!

Haha, I'll believe this shit when I see it.

They definitely have the concepts of saving grace, faith and looking into someone's eyes down pat.

Hehe... the Ballad of Friga.

A 12-part love story buttressed by Friga's haunting keyboard lines, Arnel's gritty tenor, Ross's root note bass playing, and Neal's slow melodic soloing. Oh the possibilities

by **Rhiannon** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 1:28 am

fightingilliniJRNY wrote:They definitely have the concepts of saving grace, faith and looking into someone's eyes down pat.

And don't forget other over-used vanilla concepts like not giving up against the odds, sunshine, and how swell some girl is.

by **fightingilliniJRNY** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 1:33 am

Ehwmatt wrote:Hehe... the Ballad of Friga.

A 12-part love story buttressed by Friga's haunting keyboard lines, Arnel's gritty tenor, Ross's root note bass playing, and Neal's slow melodic soloing. Oh the possibilities

Oh God.

I'd rather have this album be a one-track re-record of "It's Just The Rain", complete with 35-minute extended rain-sound soloing. And a bonus track of "Baby I'm A Leavin' You" sung by Ross Valory.

by **Rockindeano** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 1:35 am

Wanna bet there is a redux of BGTY/NWA/MOL all meshed into one, retitled to lead off the record?

by **Red13JoePa** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 1:38 am

Rockindeano wrote:Wanna bet there is a redux of BGTY/NWA/MOL all meshed into one, retitled to lead off the record?

Maybe.
TBF led off with Sep Ways put sideways in Message Of Love and that doesn;t mean it was a bad song.

by **Michigan Girl** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 1:56 am

Arianddu wrote:Wasn't the last one a concept album? Admittedly the concept was 'let's keep this money making fucker on the road'...

I am LMAO!!! :evil:

by **portland** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 1:56 am

fightingilliniJRNY wrote:
Ehwmatt wrote:Hehe... the Ballad of Friga.

A 12-part love story buttressed by Friga's haunting keyboard lines, Arnel's gritty tenor, Ross's root note bass playing, and Neal's slow melodic soloing. Oh the possibilities

Oh God. I'd rather have this album be a one-track re-record of "It's Just The Rain", complete with 35-minute extended rain-sound soloing. And a bonus track of "Baby I'm A Leavin' You" sung by Ross Valory.

I just spit out my coffee on this post!!! :lol:

by **pinkfloyd1973** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 2:03 am

I heard it's going to be about robots :lol:

Robin as she makes a run for it back downstairs 8)

by **lights1961** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 2:45 am

Arianddu wrote:Wasn't the last one a concept album? Admittedly the concept was 'let's keep this money making fucker on the road'...

another classic...

by **Don** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 2:51 am

So we went from harder rocking album to concept album? Ala Days Of Future Passed?
Will the storyline be centered around an impoverished singer in a faraway land living on the streets, collecting recyclables and singing in smokey clubs until one day, he opens up a discarded Wonkabar and low and behold he finds a golden ticket?

Friga will love it!!!

by **portland** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 2:59 am

Gunbot wrote:So we went from harder rocking album to concept album? Ala Days Of Future Passed?
Will the storyline be centered around an impoverished singer in a faraway land living on the streets, collecting recyclables and singing in smokey clubs until one day, he opens up a discarded Wonkabar and low and behold he finds a golden ticket?

Friga will love it!!!

OMG!!! Gunbot you are the best!

by **journeyrock** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 3:04 am

portland wrote:
fightingilliniJRNY wrote:
Ehwmatt wrote:Hehe... the Ballad of Friga.

A 12-part love story buttressed by Friga's haunting keyboard lines, Arnel's gritty tenor, Ross's root note bass playing, and Neal's slow melodic soloing. Oh the possibilities

Oh God. I'd rather have this album be a one-track re-record of "It's Just The Rain", complete with 35-minute extended rain-sound soloing. And a bonus track of "Baby I'm A Leavin' You" sung by Ross Valory.

I just spit out my coffee on this post!!!

I spit out my coke just reading the new Forum name! :lol:

And It just went downhill from there. OMG, I love this place!!!!

by **lights1961** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 3:14 am

heard over the last 10 years... the evolution of Journey...

we dont want to do a pop record schon... 2002 and 2003 and 2004.... want to get HEAVY...I dont want to do poppy... ;-)

we want to go back to legacy sound... that was the mantra of 2007 through today...
and yet more... next up conceptual albumb...

R

by **stevew2** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 4:01 am

Ehwmatt wrote:
fightingilliniJRNY wrote:
Ehwmatt wrote:Journey's returning to its prog roots!

Haha, I'll believe this shit when I see it.

They definitely have the concepts of saving grace, faith and looking into someone's eyes down pat.

Hehe... the Ballad of Friga.

A 12-part love story buttressed by Friga's haunting keyboard lines, Arnel's gritty tenor, Ross's root note bass playing, and Neal's slow melodic soloing. Oh the possibilities

The Ballad of Friga? I almost lost my lunch

by **strangegrey** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 4:33 am

How can anyone take the article with any level of credibility. The writer thinks Brad Gillis is the guitarist.... :roll:

by **Don** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 4:37 am

strangegrey wrote:How can anyone take the article with any level of credibility. The writer thinks Brad Gillis is the guitarist....

Forget the writer, how can anyone take what Schon says seriously? He's a walking contradiction.

by **fightingilliniJRNY** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 4:46 am

Gunbot wrote:
strangegrey wrote:How can anyone take the article with any level of credibility. The writer thinks Brad Gillis is the guitarist....

Forget the writer, how can anyone take what Schon says seriously? He's a walking contradiction.

by **Michigan Girl** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 4:50 am

Gunbot wrote:
strangegrey wrote:How can anyone take the article with any level of credibility. The writer thinks Brad Gillis is the guitarist....

Forget the writer, how can anyone take what Schon says seriously? He's a walking contradiction.

I don't know, he's pretty consistant w/ "Journey is the BEST it's ever been"!!! :wink:

by **marco17** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 6:23 am

lights1961 wrote:heard over the last 10 years... the evolution of Journey...

we dont want to do a pop record schon... 2002 and 2003 and 2004.... want to get HEAVY...I dont want to do poppy...
we want to go back to legacy sound... that was the mantra of 2007 through today...
and yet more... next up conceptual albumb...

R

The conceptual talk seems to sort of come up with each new singer. Wasn't Red 13 considered to Neal as "conceptual" and a way to test the waters? While it isn't bad imo, the masses didn't accept it or know about it. If they follow suit, it will tank, and then Neal will come back 2 years later saying that the bread and butter fans want a record that sounds like the dirty dozen and they'll do something inline with Revelation. He seems to say the same things over and over.

by **strangegrey** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 7:15 am

You know, if Journey does a concept album...I'd be all over that shit, I don't care who's singing.

Like Dean has said, and I echo....if they continue to push the envelope, I'm back on board. I'm liking the fact that they're slowly shedding the DD for some other stuff...it's great news. I should have gone to see them in august....I might have been impressed.

I just think writers should edit their papers before posting them. There's 100 people here who could have done a better job....

by **Don** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 7:27 am

strangegrey wrote:You know, if Journey does a concept album...I'd be all over that shit, I don't care who's singing.

Like Dean has said, and I echo....if they continue to push the envelope, I'm back on board. I'm liking the fact that they're slowly shedding the DD for some other stuff...it's great news. I should have gone to see them in august....I might have been impressed.

I just think writers should edit their papers before posting them. There's 100 people here who could have done a better job....

Michigan Girl emailed one of the writers who said Journey was doing better than it ever has. The guy admitted he overstated his case and basically said he was merely repeating what Schon had said to him in an earlier interview. His faux pas was that he didn't clarify in the review that the views he was expressing were Neal's and not necessarily his own.

I think a lot of writers do this to gain favor with the subject of their interview, especially if it's someone they have a positive bias towards already.

by **ProgRocker53** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 7:39 am

Can't....stop.... creaming....

by **Jana** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 7:45 am

I love the idea of a conceptual album.

by **Don** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 8:45 am

When you write a concept album, that's only half the picture. You have to tour that album, meaning five six or seven songs. That's the whole point of it. To convey the message of the album. Is Journey willing to do that? Do a show revolving around an album instead of their greatest hits?
Let's see if Neal walks the walk on this one.

by **Don** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 8:52 am

All songs contributing to a single overall theme or unified story This is the reason a live show promoting the album has to carry so many of the new songs on the setlist.

Concept albums

The Rise & Fall Of Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars

Dark Side Of The Moon

Quadrophenia

At Folsom Prison

Mothership Connection

MR

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