ScarabGator wrote:Don, you left a very intelligent response here and it deserves a reply. I was in Journey/Arnels corner at first. Even though I was a fan of Augeri and JSS, I thought Neal Schon knows more than I do about his band. So I heard all the concerts, interviews, CD's, etc. I really believed patience was in order on the diction thing. Well, its no better and then the Super Bowl thing where he looked like he was going into a drug induced frenzy left me speechless, especially when everyone in the room at my Super Bowl party looked at me and said "what the hell is this...this is Journey?????" I was ashamed of what the band has become and embarassed for being such a total Journey fanatic when the rest of my friends are into Avenge Sevenfold, Linkin Park, Lynrd Skynrd or even country acts like Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson or Hank Williams Jr. I felt like the village idiot. Patience left me then and hasnt given me any reason to return. I wanted Journey to be great with Arnel (there, better?) Augeri, or JSS. Even Hugo, Jeremey, or Chalfant. I just wanted the Journey to go on as I knew it. But reality is they are not a great band with Arnel, not even on the level of Foreigner, Styx or REO.
And maybe another part of me is pissed at the JSS thing, or Augeri being thrown under the bus, or that they cannot seem to do anything to entice Steve Perry into a reunion and it finally grew a head.
I agree with you, I like the music, but Journey is not the band I liked back in 2002 when I them rediscovered again.They had a good run with Steve Augeri,then they blew it, and did okay with Arnel but it was different ,the third time around,and this year they havent done shit but live off of the walmart money they made from last year.Its a different band that I really enjoyed almost 10 years ago,I am glad I had them times though.Friga can still blow me