portland wrote:Monker wrote:fredinator wrote:From what I've read, it was a deal they made with WalMart. I agree that "people" love the DD and equate them with Perry which in turn makes it seem like it is their legacy sound. Neal has always taken a backseat to recognition--he says that isn't his bag. So "people" hardly know who Neal is and define Journey as Perry based on the DD. Pre-Perry Journey has that legacy sound all over it. Neal is that legacy sound.
when Neal hired Arnel and made the decision to go back to the 'legacy sound', and rerecord Journey songs, he solidified the OPNION of Steve Perry = Journey into anybody's head who wanted to believe it. He also solidified Journey as a nostalgia band. They will never be anything more - no matter how many tickets or albums they sell...because it is all based on the "legacy sound' and old songs from the 80's, all pointing back to when Perry was in the band.
GOOD GOD..........this ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^is it and someone finally sumed it up in a paragraph!!!
I agree with this as well...nail on the head.