Journey's Greatest Hits reaches 100 weeks on Billboard Chart

Voted Worlds #1 Most Loonatic Fanbase

Moderator: Andrew

Postby Red13JoePa » Tue Dec 01, 2009 8:10 am

Gunbot wrote:How many shows had Perry performed with Journey before that particular tour, 500+? Let's check back with the other singer when/if he gets to that point.



I don't know. How many had Pineda perfomed in his own life before they allegedly had to "tune down" for him?
He'd been singing for years as well.
Don't you see, dude?
It's the same thing.
"I love almost everybody."---Rocky Balboa 1990
"Let's reform this thing.Let's go out and get some guys who want to work and go do it"--Neal Schon February, 2001
"I looked at Neal, and I just saw a guy who really wants his band back"-JCain 2/01
Red13JoePa
MP3
 
Posts: 11646
Joined: Wed Jul 06, 2005 11:43 pm
Location: Happy Valley

Postby Michigan Girl » Tue Dec 01, 2009 8:11 am

Jana wrote:
Michigan Girl wrote:
Red13JoePa wrote:
Gunbot wrote:
No, I never gloated about anyone losing their voice. If people want to gloat about Perry's voice not being there as compared to Arnel's who happens to be 18 years his junior, I'm just saying what comes around goes around.


OK.
Many perry-only fans such as yourself did so I was just checking.
For my part I've never gloated about whatever declines may or may not be evident in "the voice's" voice because I've never been in love with it and fetishised over it anyway...
Far's him being 18 yrs Pineda's senior, I believe he was younger than pineda when they had to do the 90 second chipmunks version of AWYWI on ROR in deference to his vox.

Well, you know it just all depends on how you prefer your vox "LIVE"
90 second chipmunk speed or Barry White slow!!! :wink:


Barry White all the way. Love him. :wink: :lol: :lol:


Meee tooo...his version of Separate Ways is GREAT!!! :wink:
Michigan Girl
MP3
 
Posts: 13963
Joined: Tue Jan 15, 2008 8:36 am

Postby Don » Tue Dec 01, 2009 8:21 am

Barry was even better when he wasn't singing.

Love's Theme


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8Hw6yAaeBw
Don
Super Audio CD
 
Posts: 24896
Joined: Sun Jul 22, 2007 3:01 pm

Postby Chubby321 » Tue Dec 01, 2009 10:56 am

ScarabGator wrote:
steveo777 wrote:
ScarabGator wrote:
steveo777 wrote:
ScarabGator wrote:shit, they got arnie boy re-recording Augeri tunes(Faith in the heartland) for crying out loud!!!! What is the damn deal with forcing arnie down our damn throats???


What the fuck is wrong with you? It's one damn song. Forcing Arnel down our throats? All those people who bought Rev. were lead to the store with guns to their heads and all those sold out gigs last summer had people showing up handcuffed and being escorted into the buildings by police officers. Denial sucks dude. :roll:


It just so happens that for anyone to have Revelation they were also given a re-record package.....almost seems like brainwashing. And bro, if you think everybody who attended those concerts last summer was as up on Journey as this MR fanbase then you are in denial. According to local newspaper articles that covered the shows many were there only for the nostalgia, they had no idea who was singing and didnt care. The name JOURNEY and the classic songs sold out the shows.


More confirmation that Journey sounds like Journey and it sells. It just works. If they sounded bad they wouldn't have the draw that they do. Granted, Pineda will probably not be the household name that Perry is but he carries the band well. I don't see how it could be any better at this stage of the game. :wink:


or that many people who bought it didnt realize in advance that this was Journey without Steve Perry.


At the back of the Revelation album there's a picture of the current line-up. I don't think people are that stupid, that they cannot differentiate an oriental looking guy from Steve Perry.

Plus, the story of Arnel is so out there.
Arnel Pineda's official site.

http://arnelpinedarocks.com/
User avatar
Chubby321
Cassette Tape
 
Posts: 1743
Joined: Mon Feb 02, 2009 3:34 pm
Location: AP's Kingdom

Postby Don » Tue Dec 01, 2009 11:02 am

It's still bizarre that two weeks ago Revelation was back in top 200. Now this past week its gone and Journey's greatest hits is back in the top 200. There are plenty of discs available so I don't understand why the two albums are flopping back and forth. The DSB thing on X-factor is in Europe and I can't think it would have any baring on sales here. Well, come Thursday we can see if either album is still on the charts or maybe both of them at the same time.
Don
Super Audio CD
 
Posts: 24896
Joined: Sun Jul 22, 2007 3:01 pm

Postby Saint John » Tue Dec 01, 2009 12:42 pm

Gunbot wrote:How many shows had Perry performed with Journey before that particular tour, 500+? Let's check back with the other singer when/if he gets to that point.


Nostrildamus was a less than 10 year flash in the pan. Let's say he performed 550 shows at 2.5 hours. That's 1,325 hours of singing. Pineda performed 5-6 nights a week, 5 hours a night for almost 6 years straight (which is well over 1,000 hours per year)from the ages of 35-40 in smoky Hong Kong bars singing everything from Journey to Zeppelin to Heart and still did a 70 show tour in the original key at 41. Perry did 2 tours after age 35 and they were both less than stellar. 1985-1986 showcased a guy that butchered the pre-ROR songs because they couldn't tune them down because the ROR songs would have sounded like shit and FTLOSM was tuned down a half step and featured the definitive "cracking of the stone" when he toured with guys that replicated the original music as well as Roy Orbison reading an eye chart.
User avatar
Saint John
Super Audio CD
 
Posts: 21723
Joined: Fri Jun 23, 2006 1:31 pm
Location: Uranus

Postby steveo777 » Tue Dec 01, 2009 12:48 pm

Saint John wrote:
Gunbot wrote:How many shows had Perry performed with Journey before that particular tour, 500+? Let's check back with the other singer when/if he gets to that point.


Nostrildamus was a less than 10 year flash in the pan. Let's say he performed 550 shows at 2.5 hours. That's 1,325 hours of singing. Pineda performed 5-6 nights a week, 5 hours a night for almost 6 years straight (which is well over 1,000 hours per year)from the ages of 35-40 in smoky Hong Kong bars singing everything from Journey to Zeppelin to Heart and still did a 70 show tour in the original key at 41. Perry did 2 tours after age 35 and they were both less than stellar. 1985-1986 showcased a guy that butchered the pre-ROR songs because they couldn't tune them down because the ROR songs would have sounded like shit and FTLOSM was tuned down a half step and featured the definitive "cracking of the stone" when he toured with guys that replicated the original music as well as Roy Orbison reading an eye chart.


Thats thick dude, thick. :lol:
User avatar
steveo777
MP3
 
Posts: 11311
Joined: Fri Feb 13, 2009 12:15 pm
Location: Citrus Heights, Ca

Postby Saint John » Tue Dec 01, 2009 1:06 pm

As far as GH being back in the Top 200 that's pretty incredible. Good to see people today are evolving with their tastes and that this new generation is being exposed to the greatest era of the greatest band ever. Congrats to all, past and present.
Last edited by Saint John on Tue Dec 01, 2009 1:10 pm, edited 1 time in total.
User avatar
Saint John
Super Audio CD
 
Posts: 21723
Joined: Fri Jun 23, 2006 1:31 pm
Location: Uranus

Postby Deb » Tue Dec 01, 2009 1:07 pm

steveo777 wrote:
Saint John wrote:
Gunbot wrote:How many shows had Perry performed with Journey before that particular tour, 500+? Let's check back with the other singer when/if he gets to that point.


Nostrildamus was a less than 10 year flash in the pan. Let's say he performed 550 shows at 2.5 hours. That's 1,325 hours of singing. Pineda performed 5-6 nights a week, 5 hours a night for almost 6 years straight (which is well over 1,000 hours per year)from the ages of 35-40 in smoky Hong Kong bars singing everything from Journey to Zeppelin to Heart and still did a 70 show tour in the original key at 41. Perry did 2 tours after age 35 and they were both less than stellar. 1985-1986 showcased a guy that butchered the pre-ROR songs because they couldn't tune them down because the ROR songs would have sounded like shit and FTLOSM was tuned down a half step and featured the definitive "cracking of the stone" when he toured with guys that replicated the original music as well as Roy Orbison reading an eye chart.


Thats thick dude, thick. :lol:


Ya, not quite the word I would've used. :roll: :lol: Pineda wouldn't be singing for Journey today if it wasn't for that "10 year flash in the pan".
Deb
MP3
 
Posts: 14934
Joined: Sun Aug 06, 2006 11:23 am
Location: Gotta Love The Ride!

Postby portland » Tue Dec 01, 2009 1:07 pm

Saint John wrote:As far as GH being back in the Top 200 that's pretty incredible. Good to see people today are evolving with their atstes and that this new generation is being exposed to the greatest era of the greatest band ever. Congrats to all, past and present.





See.....I can agree with SJ....it does happen :wink:
What's left After You Fall?.....A Cover Band?
portland
Compact Disc
 
Posts: 7457
Joined: Mon Apr 06, 2009 6:57 am
Location: Maine

Postby Saint John » Tue Dec 01, 2009 1:09 pm

Deb wrote:Ya, not quite the word I would've used. :roll: :lol: Pineda wouldn't be singing for Journey today if it wasn't for that "10 year flash in the pan".


We can play the "if" game till my balls sag to my knees if you'd like. :lol: :shock: :twisted:
User avatar
Saint John
Super Audio CD
 
Posts: 21723
Joined: Fri Jun 23, 2006 1:31 pm
Location: Uranus

Postby Deb » Tue Dec 01, 2009 1:18 pm

Saint John wrote:
Deb wrote:Ya, not quite the word I would've used. :roll: :lol: Pineda wouldn't be singing for Journey today if it wasn't for that "10 year flash in the pan".


We can play the "if" game till my balls sag to my knees if you'd like. :lol: :shock: :twisted:


No thanks. :lol:

Image
Deb
MP3
 
Posts: 14934
Joined: Sun Aug 06, 2006 11:23 am
Location: Gotta Love The Ride!

Postby Chubby321 » Tue Dec 01, 2009 1:18 pm

Saint John wrote:
Deb wrote:Ya, not quite the word I would've used. :roll: :lol: Pineda wouldn't be singing for Journey today if it wasn't for that "10 year flash in the pan".


We can play the "if" game till my balls sag to my knees if you'd like. :lol: :shock: :twisted:


It would be that long? :shock:
Arnel Pineda's official site.

http://arnelpinedarocks.com/
User avatar
Chubby321
Cassette Tape
 
Posts: 1743
Joined: Mon Feb 02, 2009 3:34 pm
Location: AP's Kingdom

Postby Jana » Tue Dec 01, 2009 1:26 pm

Saint John wrote:
Gunbot wrote:How many shows had Perry performed with Journey before that particular tour, 500+? Let's check back with the other singer when/if he gets to that point.


Nostrildamus was a less than 10 year flash in the pan. Let's say he performed 550 shows at 2.5 hours. That's 1,325 hours of singing. Pineda performed 5-6 nights a week, 5 hours a night for almost 6 years straight (which is well over 1,000 hours per year)from the ages of 35-40 in smoky Hong Kong bars singing everything from Journey to Zeppelin to Heart and still did a 70 show tour in the original key at 41. Perry did 2 tours after age 35 and they were both less than stellar. 1985-1986 showcased a guy that butchered the pre-ROR songs because they couldn't tune them down because the ROR songs would have sounded like shit and FTLOSM was tuned down a half step and featured the definitive "cracking of the stone" when he toured with guys that replicated the original music as well as Roy Orbison reading an eye chart.


Exactly. It's not like before the age of 41 he wasn't singing since he was a teen consistently almost every night. I'm not comparing. I'm just saying leaving that out of the equation when throwing out the second tour with Journey tuning down a half step doesn't fly. Arnel never seemed to struggle at all this year for the most part. He seemed very comfortable and not stressed. And I'm glad Journey recognized they had a real talent with his unbelievably powerful vocal range and not to blow out his voice for the long run. They didn't hire a 35-year-old. It was never even mentioned in reviews or by many concert-goers, so it wasn't very noticeable. I never even thought about it in concert except can tell in Faithfully if I think about it, but still love that song with his powerful vocals live and was my favorite of the night and was my sister's favorite song of the night even half a step down. Very emotional delivery by Arnel.
Last edited by Jana on Tue Dec 01, 2009 2:01 pm, edited 2 times in total.
Jana
Digital Audio Tape
 
Posts: 8227
Joined: Fri Sep 19, 2008 12:21 pm
Location: Anticipating

Postby Art Vandelay » Tue Dec 01, 2009 1:57 pm

Saint John wrote:
Gunbot wrote:How many shows had Perry performed with Journey before that particular tour, 500+? Let's check back with the other singer when/if he gets to that point.


Nostrildamus was a less than 10 year flash in the pan. Let's say he performed 550 shows at 2.5 hours. That's 1,325 hours of singing. Pineda performed 5-6 nights a week, 5 hours a night for almost 6 years straight (which is well over 1,000 hours per year)from the ages of 35-40 in smoky Hong Kong bars singing everything from Journey to Zeppelin to Heart and still did a 70 show tour in the original key at 41. Perry did 2 tours after age 35 and they were both less than stellar. 1985-1986 showcased a guy that butchered the pre-ROR songs because they couldn't tune them down because the ROR songs would have sounded like shit and FTLOSM was tuned down a half step and featured the definitive "cracking of the stone" when he toured with guys that replicated the original music as well as Roy Orbison reading an eye chart.


There's also a big difference between being on tour for 1,325 hours, getting your voice adjusted to different climates and being sure that your voice and body is in good enough shape to perform in front of 17,000+ fans and singing in a smokey bar that holds only a few hundred people. And calling Perry a flash in the pan is an insult.

No need to respond to this...I already know what you're gonna say..."yeah and it's also an insult to let your bandmates and fand wait around for you to tour, yaddah yaddah yaddah..."
"Serenity now...insanity later."
Art Vandelay
Cassette Tape
 
Posts: 1637
Joined: Thu Jan 25, 2007 1:26 pm

Postby Author2 » Tue Dec 01, 2009 2:06 pm

Jana wrote:
Saint John wrote:
Gunbot wrote:How many shows had Perry performed with Journey before that particular tour, 500+? Let's check back with the other singer when/if he gets to that point.


Nostrildamus was a less than 10 year flash in the pan. Let's say he performed 550 shows at 2.5 hours. That's 1,325 hours of singing. Pineda performed 5-6 nights a week, 5 hours a night for almost 6 years straight (which is well over 1,000 hours per year)from the ages of 35-40 in smoky Hong Kong bars singing everything from Journey to Zeppelin to Heart and still did a 70 show tour in the original key at 41. Perry did 2 tours after age 35 and they were both less than stellar. 1985-1986 showcased a guy that butchered the pre-ROR songs because they couldn't tune them down because the ROR songs would have sounded like shit and FTLOSM was tuned down a half step and featured the definitive "cracking of the stone" when he toured with guys that replicated the original music as well as Roy Orbison reading an eye chart.


Exactly. It's not like before the age of 41 he wasn't singing since he was a teen consistently almost every night. Arnel never seemed to struggle at all this year for the most part. He seemed very comfortable and not stressed. And I'm glad Journey recognized they had a real talent with his unbelievably powerful vocal range and not to blow out his voice. They didn't hire a 35-year-old. It was never even mentioned in reviews or by many concert-goers, so it wasn't very noticeable. I never even thought about it in concert except can tell in Faithfully if I think about it, but still love that song with his powerful vocals live and was my favorite of the night and was my sister's favorite song of the night even half a step down. Very emotional delivery by Arnel.



Pineda supposedly did all that singing in nightclubs for those years then one tour did in him, huh? I guess that heavy touring schedule with real performance time is lot more exhaustive than hanging out in nightclubs,huh? Maybe Journey should have taken a year off in Perry's second year?

Loved ROR and the guys who played with Perry on FTLOSM. I'll take Perry's Faithfully any day!
Author2
Ol' 78
 
Posts: 157
Joined: Wed Sep 09, 2009 1:14 pm

Postby Jana » Tue Dec 01, 2009 2:13 pm

Author2 wrote:
Jana wrote:
Saint John wrote:
Gunbot wrote:How many shows had Perry performed with Journey before that particular tour, 500+? Let's check back with the other singer when/if he gets to that point.


Nostrildamus was a less than 10 year flash in the pan. Let's say he performed 550 shows at 2.5 hours. That's 1,325 hours of singing. Pineda performed 5-6 nights a week, 5 hours a night for almost 6 years straight (which is well over 1,000 hours per year)from the ages of 35-40 in smoky Hong Kong bars singing everything from Journey to Zeppelin to Heart and still did a 70 show tour in the original key at 41. Perry did 2 tours after age 35 and they were both less than stellar. 1985-1986 showcased a guy that butchered the pre-ROR songs because they couldn't tune them down because the ROR songs would have sounded like shit and FTLOSM was tuned down a half step and featured the definitive "cracking of the stone" when he toured with guys that replicated the original music as well as Roy Orbison reading an eye chart.


Exactly. It's not like before the age of 41 he wasn't singing since he was a teen consistently almost every night. Arnel never seemed to struggle at all this year for the most part. He seemed very comfortable and not stressed. And I'm glad Journey recognized they had a real talent with his unbelievably powerful vocal range and not to blow out his voice. They didn't hire a 35-year-old. It was never even mentioned in reviews or by many concert-goers, so it wasn't very noticeable. I never even thought about it in concert except can tell in Faithfully if I think about it, but still love that song with his powerful vocals live and was my favorite of the night and was my sister's favorite song of the night even half a step down. Very emotional delivery by Arnel.



Pineda supposedly did all that singing in nightclubs for those years then one tour did in him, huh? I guess that heavy touring schedule with real performance time is lot more exhaustive than hanging out in nightclubs,huh? Maybe Journey should have taken a year off in Perry's second year?

Loved ROR and the guys who played with Perry on FTLOSM. I'll take Perry's Faithfully any day!


First of all, I said they hired someone in their 40s, who had been singing their whole life, which Gunbot leaves out when mentioning the tune down. It was the age factor to me that causes it. And anyone would love Faithfully by Perry any day. I listen to Perry all the time on CD with that song. Put me right there at the head of the line for Perry live with that song. But if you haven't noticed, he hasn't sung that song live since '94, and there was an eight-year drought b/f that, so what's your point? Thank God for Augeri, Deen, and Arnel for carrying on that song live all these years with Neal and Jon still doing such a beautiful job on it for those of us who want to hear Journey music live. And God forbid to a purist loon, but I love Arnel singing that song. :wink:
Last edited by Jana on Tue Dec 01, 2009 2:29 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Jana
Digital Audio Tape
 
Posts: 8227
Joined: Fri Sep 19, 2008 12:21 pm
Location: Anticipating

Postby Author2 » Tue Dec 01, 2009 2:15 pm

Chubby321 wrote:
Saint John wrote:
Deb wrote:Ya, not quite the word I would've used. :roll: :lol: Pineda wouldn't be singing for Journey today if it wasn't for that "10 year flash in the pan".


We can play the "if" game till my balls sag to my knees if you'd like. :lol: :shock: :twisted:


It would be that long? :shock:



Let's not go with the "if" game for Pineda new why he had the job from the get go:

"From Pineda's perspective, he's not trying to be Steve Perry, one of his idols, but he's trying to sound as much like him as he can.
"We have to make sure the hard-core fans will be satisfied listening to the songs," he said. "They're so used to Steve Perry's voice, so we have to be really close to how Steve Perry has done it. That's the hardest part." 12/2007.
Author2
Ol' 78
 
Posts: 157
Joined: Wed Sep 09, 2009 1:14 pm

Postby Don » Tue Dec 01, 2009 2:46 pm

Saint John wrote:
Gunbot wrote:How many shows had Perry performed with Journey before that particular tour, 500+? Let's check back with the other singer when/if he gets to that point.


Nostrildamus was a less than 10 year flash in the pan. Let's say he performed 550 shows at 2.5 hours. That's 1,325 hours of singing. Pineda performed 5-6 nights a week, 5 hours a night for almost 6 years straight (which is well over 1,000 hours per year)from the ages of 35-40 in smoky Hong Kong bars singing everything from Journey to Zeppelin to Heart and still did a 70 show tour in the original key at 41. Perry did 2 tours after age 35 and they were both less than stellar. 1985-1986 showcased a guy that butchered the pre-ROR songs because they couldn't tune them down because the ROR songs would have sounded like shit and FTLOSM was tuned down a half step and featured the definitive "cracking of the stone" when he toured with guys that replicated the original music as well as Roy Orbison reading an eye chart.


Then Journey's schedule should be a walk in the park. So two years after keeping that hectic schedule, he now can't perform more than two nights in a row? What gives with that? Why the enormous decline in stamina after only two years? Age? The catalog? Or a combination of both?

Of course its both. My whole thing with this is that if people want to dog on Perry for not having a voice anymore, that day will also come for Pineda and probably sooner than later BECAUSE of all those hours singing in bars in Hong Kong.

AP is going to be half a year shy of 44 years old by the time the band goes back out on the road again if they really are waiting until 2011 to tour again. I just don't see the guy having an evergreen set of vocal cords like Mickey Thomas.
Don
Super Audio CD
 
Posts: 24896
Joined: Sun Jul 22, 2007 3:01 pm

Postby Jana » Tue Dec 01, 2009 3:04 pm

Gunbot wrote:
Saint John wrote:
Gunbot wrote:How many shows had Perry performed with Journey before that particular tour, 500+? Let's check back with the other singer when/if he gets to that point.


Nostrildamus was a less than 10 year flash in the pan. Let's say he performed 550 shows at 2.5 hours. That's 1,325 hours of singing. Pineda performed 5-6 nights a week, 5 hours a night for almost 6 years straight (which is well over 1,000 hours per year)from the ages of 35-40 in smoky Hong Kong bars singing everything from Journey to Zeppelin to Heart and still did a 70 show tour in the original key at 41. Perry did 2 tours after age 35 and they were both less than stellar. 1985-1986 showcased a guy that butchered the pre-ROR songs because they couldn't tune them down because the ROR songs would have sounded like shit and FTLOSM was tuned down a half step and featured the definitive "cracking of the stone" when he toured with guys that replicated the original music as well as Roy Orbison reading an eye chart.


Then Journey's schedule should be a walk in the park. So two years after keeping that hectic schedule, he now can't perform more than two nights in a row? What gives with that? Why the enormous decline in stamina after only two years? Age? The catalog? Or a combination of both?

Of course its both. My whole thing with this is that if people want to dog on Perry for not having a voice anymore, that day will also come for Pineda and probably sooner than later BECAUSE of all those hours singing in bars in Hong Kong.


Last year people were all over Neal & Co for performing three nights in a row and being greedy without thought to the singer. You must be the only one on here to think it's fine to sing three days in a row on this tour and bringing it up several times that they aren't doing it this year like it's a bad thing. I remember Perry talking about the third day in Texas and how bad it was. Common sense tells you not to make a practice of singing three nights in a row with the Journey catalogue of music since they're doing so many of the big Greatest Hits songs. I don't think most people dog Perry saying he doesn't have a voice at all left on here. (A few probably do :lol: ) It's mostly in response to some on here acting like he can still sing like he did or tour with Journey now and he should be with Journey now. I have a feeling his voice had something to do with not wanting to tour TBF and never seeing him live all these years. But it's not dogging him. Just in response to those that think Neal and Jon were so mean to not wait forever for something that was never going to happen.
Jana
Digital Audio Tape
 
Posts: 8227
Joined: Fri Sep 19, 2008 12:21 pm
Location: Anticipating

Postby Don » Tue Dec 01, 2009 3:11 pm

Jana wrote:
Gunbot wrote:
Saint John wrote:
Gunbot wrote:How many shows had Perry performed with Journey before that particular tour, 500+? Let's check back with the other singer when/if he gets to that point.


Nostrildamus was a less than 10 year flash in the pan. Let's say he performed 550 shows at 2.5 hours. That's 1,325 hours of singing. Pineda performed 5-6 nights a week, 5 hours a night for almost 6 years straight (which is well over 1,000 hours per year)from the ages of 35-40 in smoky Hong Kong bars singing everything from Journey to Zeppelin to Heart and still did a 70 show tour in the original key at 41. Perry did 2 tours after age 35 and they were both less than stellar. 1985-1986 showcased a guy that butchered the pre-ROR songs because they couldn't tune them down because the ROR songs would have sounded like shit and FTLOSM was tuned down a half step and featured the definitive "cracking of the stone" when he toured with guys that replicated the original music as well as Roy Orbison reading an eye chart.


Then Journey's schedule should be a walk in the park. So two years after keeping that hectic schedule, he now can't perform more than two nights in a row? What gives with that? Why the enormous decline in stamina after only two years? Age? The catalog? Or a combination of both?

Of course its both. My whole thing with this is that if people want to dog on Perry for not having a voice anymore, that day will also come for Pineda and probably sooner than later BECAUSE of all those hours singing in bars in Hong Kong.


Last year people were all over Neal & Co for performing three nights in a row and being greedy without thought to the singer. You must be the only one on here to think it's fine to sing three days in a row on this tour and bringing it up several times that they aren't doing it this year like it's a bad thing. I remember Perry talking about the third day in Texas and how bad it was. Common sense tells you not to make a practice of singing three nights in a row with the Journey catalogue of music since they're doing so many of the big Greatest Hits songs. I don't think most people dog Perry saying he doesn't have a voice at all left on here. (A few probably do :lol: ) It's mostly in response to some on here acting like he can still sing like he did or tour with Journey now and he should be with Journey now. I have a feeling his voice had something to do with not wanting to tour TBF and never seeing him live all these years. But it's not dogging him. Just in response to those that think Neal and Jon were so mean to not wait forever for something that was never going to happen.


As you can see, I said his age and the catalog are what has to do with the change in schedule. If he could only sing twice a week I wouldn't mind that if he could perform in the correct key. I have always advocated an easier schedule, just not detuning. After seeing him first hand singing in the right key in 2008, I'll take quality of music over quantity of shows everytime.
Last edited by Don on Tue Dec 01, 2009 3:15 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Don
Super Audio CD
 
Posts: 24896
Joined: Sun Jul 22, 2007 3:01 pm

Postby Jana » Tue Dec 01, 2009 3:14 pm

Gunbot wrote:
Jana wrote:
Gunbot wrote:
Saint John wrote:
Gunbot wrote:How many shows had Perry performed with Journey before that particular tour, 500+? Let's check back with the other singer when/if he gets to that point.


Nostrildamus was a less than 10 year flash in the pan. Let's say he performed 550 shows at 2.5 hours. That's 1,325 hours of singing. Pineda performed 5-6 nights a week, 5 hours a night for almost 6 years straight (which is well over 1,000 hours per year)from the ages of 35-40 in smoky Hong Kong bars singing everything from Journey to Zeppelin to Heart and still did a 70 show tour in the original key at 41. Perry did 2 tours after age 35 and they were both less than stellar. 1985-1986 showcased a guy that butchered the pre-ROR songs because they couldn't tune them down because the ROR songs would have sounded like shit and FTLOSM was tuned down a half step and featured the definitive "cracking of the stone" when he toured with guys that replicated the original music as well as Roy Orbison reading an eye chart.


Then Journey's schedule should be a walk in the park. So two years after keeping that hectic schedule, he now can't perform more than two nights in a row? What gives with that? Why the enormous decline in stamina after only two years? Age? The catalog? Or a combination of both?

Of course its both. My whole thing with this is that if people want to dog on Perry for not having a voice anymore, that day will also come for Pineda and probably sooner than later BECAUSE of all those hours singing in bars in Hong Kong.


Last year people were all over Neal & Co for performing three nights in a row and being greedy without thought to the singer. You must be the only one on here to think it's fine to sing three days in a row on this tour and bringing it up several times that they aren't doing it this year like it's a bad thing. I remember Perry talking about the third day in Texas and how bad it was. Common sense tells you not to make a practice of singing three nights in a row with the Journey catalogue of music since they're doing so many of the big Greatest Hits songs. I don't think most people dog Perry saying he doesn't have a voice at all left on here. (A few probably do :lol: ) It's mostly in response to some on here acting like he can still sing like he did or tour with Journey now and he should be with Journey now. I have a feeling his voice had something to do with not wanting to tour TBF and never seeing him live all these years. But it's not dogging him. Just in response to those that think Neal and Jon were so mean to not wait forever for something that was never going to happen.


As you can see, I said his age and the catalog are what has to do with the change in schedule. If he could only sing twice a week I wouldn't mind that if he could perform in the correct key. I have always advocated an easier schedule, just not detuning.


they were singing three times a week. And you might not mind it if he goes down to two times a week, but the bottomline would re the tour being a financial success. Detuning will always bother you, so I guess you will never see Journey again - until the next singer. :lol:
Jana
Digital Audio Tape
 
Posts: 8227
Joined: Fri Sep 19, 2008 12:21 pm
Location: Anticipating

Postby Author2 » Tue Dec 01, 2009 3:14 pm

Jana wrote:
Author2 wrote:
Jana wrote:
Saint John wrote:
Gunbot wrote:How many shows had Perry performed with Journey before that particular tour, 500+? Let's check back with the other singer when/if he gets to that point.


Nostrildamus was a less than 10 year flash in the pan. Let's say he performed 550 shows at 2.5 hours. That's 1,325 hours of singing. Pineda performed 5-6 nights a week, 5 hours a night for almost 6 years straight (which is well over 1,000 hours per year)from the ages of 35-40 in smoky Hong Kong bars singing everything from Journey to Zeppelin to Heart and still did a 70 show tour in the original key at 41. Perry did 2 tours after age 35 and they were both less than stellar. 1985-1986 showcased a guy that butchered the pre-ROR songs because they couldn't tune them down because the ROR songs would have sounded like shit and FTLOSM was tuned down a half step and featured the definitive "cracking of the stone" when he toured with guys that replicated the original music as well as Roy Orbison reading an eye chart.


Exactly. It's not like before the age of 41 he wasn't singing since he was a teen consistently almost every night. Arnel never seemed to struggle at all this year for the most part. He seemed very comfortable and not stressed. And I'm glad Journey recognized they had a real talent with his unbelievably powerful vocal range and not to blow out his voice. They didn't hire a 35-year-old. It was never even mentioned in reviews or by many concert-goers, so it wasn't very noticeable. I never even thought about it in concert except can tell in Faithfully if I think about it, but still love that song with his powerful vocals live and was my favorite of the night and was my sister's favorite song of the night even half a step down. Very emotional delivery by Arnel.



Pineda supposedly did all that singing in nightclubs for those years then one tour did in him, huh? I guess that heavy touring schedule with real performance time is lot more exhaustive than hanging out in nightclubs,huh? Maybe Journey should have taken a year off in Perry's second year?

Loved ROR and the guys who played with Perry on FTLOSM. I'll take Perry's Faithfully any day!


First of all, I said they hired someone in their 40s, who had been singing their whole life, which Gunbot leaves out when mentioning the tune down. It was the age factor to me that causes it. And anyone would love Faithfully by Perry any day. Put me right there at the head of the line. But if you haven't noticed, he hasn't sung that song live since '94, so what's your point? Thank God for Augeri, Deen, and Arnel for carrying on that song live all these years with Neal and Jon still doing such a beautiful job on it for those of us who want to hear Journey music live.


Like I said there's a big difference with singing your whole life and having a heavy touring schedule. Lots of artist struggle, including Perry, before making it, it isn't just something peculiar to Arnel. Some artist take regular jobs to supplement their struggles.

And, my point is Thanks to Steve Perry who sang live when he could so now I can listen to CDs or hear him on the Radio. Steve Perry is one of the reasons those three could faithfully carry on the song. I don't think there can be a future without a past.

Enjoy your Journey music live and let up on your efforts to diminish Steve Perry's importance.
Author2
Ol' 78
 
Posts: 157
Joined: Wed Sep 09, 2009 1:14 pm

Postby Jana » Tue Dec 01, 2009 3:17 pm

You're nuts. I've never ever ever diminished Steve's importance. That's the music I listen to save TBF. The loons even know that about me. And of course I know he's a big reason those three sing those songs. I've never said differently.
Last edited by Jana on Tue Dec 01, 2009 3:18 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Jana
Digital Audio Tape
 
Posts: 8227
Joined: Fri Sep 19, 2008 12:21 pm
Location: Anticipating

Postby Don » Tue Dec 01, 2009 3:18 pm

Jana wrote:
Gunbot wrote:
Jana wrote:
Gunbot wrote:
Saint John wrote:
Gunbot wrote:How many shows had Perry performed with Journey before that particular tour, 500+? Let's check back with the other singer when/if he gets to that point.


Nostrildamus was a less than 10 year flash in the pan. Let's say he performed 550 shows at 2.5 hours. That's 1,325 hours of singing. Pineda performed 5-6 nights a week, 5 hours a night for almost 6 years straight (which is well over 1,000 hours per year)from the ages of 35-40 in smoky Hong Kong bars singing everything from Journey to Zeppelin to Heart and still did a 70 show tour in the original key at 41. Perry did 2 tours after age 35 and they were both less than stellar. 1985-1986 showcased a guy that butchered the pre-ROR songs because they couldn't tune them down because the ROR songs would have sounded like shit and FTLOSM was tuned down a half step and featured the definitive "cracking of the stone" when he toured with guys that replicated the original music as well as Roy Orbison reading an eye chart.


Then Journey's schedule should be a walk in the park. So two years after keeping that hectic schedule, he now can't perform more than two nights in a row? What gives with that? Why the enormous decline in stamina after only two years? Age? The catalog? Or a combination of both?

Of course its both. My whole thing with this is that if people want to dog on Perry for not having a voice anymore, that day will also come for Pineda and probably sooner than later BECAUSE of all those hours singing in bars in Hong Kong.


Last year people were all over Neal & Co for performing three nights in a row and being greedy without thought to the singer. You must be the only one on here to think it's fine to sing three days in a row on this tour and bringing it up several times that they aren't doing it this year like it's a bad thing. I remember Perry talking about the third day in Texas and how bad it was. Common sense tells you not to make a practice of singing three nights in a row with the Journey catalogue of music since they're doing so many of the big Greatest Hits songs. I don't think most people dog Perry saying he doesn't have a voice at all left on here. (A few probably do :lol: ) It's mostly in response to some on here acting like he can still sing like he did or tour with Journey now and he should be with Journey now. I have a feeling his voice had something to do with not wanting to tour TBF and never seeing him live all these years. But it's not dogging him. Just in response to those that think Neal and Jon were so mean to not wait forever for something that was never going to happen.


As you can see, I said his age and the catalog are what has to do with the change in schedule. If he could only sing twice a week I wouldn't mind that if he could perform in the correct key. I have always advocated an easier schedule, just not detuning.


they were singing three times a week. And you might not mind it if he goes down to two times a week, but the bottomline would re the tour being a financial success. Detuning will always bother you, so I guess you will never see Journey again - until the next singer. :lol:

I guess you're right. like I said, quality over quantity. Them making more money by playing more shows doesn't benefit me.
Don
Super Audio CD
 
Posts: 24896
Joined: Sun Jul 22, 2007 3:01 pm

Postby Jana » Tue Dec 01, 2009 3:20 pm

I don't think it's making more money. I think for it to be a financial success being on the road with the crew, bringing all the equipment around, airplane flights, on and on, it wouldn't make sense to do two shows a week. The overhead off the top is too much for such an undertaking in Europe and U.S.
Jana
Digital Audio Tape
 
Posts: 8227
Joined: Fri Sep 19, 2008 12:21 pm
Location: Anticipating

Postby Don » Tue Dec 01, 2009 3:23 pm

Jana wrote:I don't think it's making more money. I think for it to be a financial success being on the road with the crew, bringing all the equipment around, airplane flights, on and on, it wouldn't make sense to do two shows a week. The overhead off the top is too much for such an undertaking in Europe and U.S.


With 18 months off, we'll see if they go back to singing in tune in 2011. Arnel has been singing in tune on Philippine TV nearly every day. He hasn't stopped since the tour ended.
Don
Super Audio CD
 
Posts: 24896
Joined: Sun Jul 22, 2007 3:01 pm

Postby portland » Tue Dec 01, 2009 3:26 pm

Gunbot wrote:
Jana wrote:I don't think it's making more money. I think for it to be a financial success being on the road with the crew, bringing all the equipment around, airplane flights, on and on, it wouldn't make sense to do two shows a week. The overhead off the top is too much for such an undertaking in Europe and U.S.


With 18 months off, we'll see if they go back to singing in tune in 2011. Arnel has been singing in tune on Philippine TV nearly every day. He hasn't stopped since the tour ended.



YEP Journey's legacy.......nice
What's left After You Fall?.....A Cover Band?
portland
Compact Disc
 
Posts: 7457
Joined: Mon Apr 06, 2009 6:57 am
Location: Maine

Postby Jana » Tue Dec 01, 2009 3:27 pm

Gunbot wrote:
Jana wrote:I don't think it's making more money. I think for it to be a financial success being on the road with the crew, bringing all the equipment around, airplane flights, on and on, it wouldn't make sense to do two shows a week. The overhead off the top is too much for such an undertaking in Europe and U.S.


With 18 months off, we'll see if they go back to singing in tune. Arnel has been singing in tune on Philippine TV nearly every day. He hasn't stopped since the tour ended.


They won't. He will be 43. And he's only singing a few songs a week that are not that I've seen the belting out songs like Journey. Though, I agree, believe me, he needs to take a bunch of time off by next year and work on diction and get ready to record. That's what I care about, him doing what is necessary for a great album.
Jana
Digital Audio Tape
 
Posts: 8227
Joined: Fri Sep 19, 2008 12:21 pm
Location: Anticipating

Postby Don » Tue Dec 01, 2009 3:30 pm

I don't think he can even think about singing stepped down on those shows. The big thing there is who can hit the highest note, not to mention he's usually paired up with some other singer who is not even thinking about performing at a lower key. Is he going to do these shows for the whole time he is away from Journey? Is this all part of his contract with his manager where he has to work for him when is off tour with the band?
Don
Super Audio CD
 
Posts: 24896
Joined: Sun Jul 22, 2007 3:01 pm

PreviousNext

Return to Journey

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 70 guests