Moderator: Andrew
Don wrote:This is Neal's Band..Neal's Band.
StElmoQn wrote:Yeah, yet another reason they should rename the band into the Neal Schon Project...
Saint John wrote:If the name of the band didn't change when it was hijacked and intentionally run into the ground from 1986-1998, it never will.
Saint John wrote:StElmoQn wrote:Yeah, yet another reason they should rename the band into the Neal Schon Project...
If the name of the band didn't change when it was hijacked and intentionally run into the ground from 1986-1998, it never will.
Seven Wishes wrote:"Abysmal? He's the most proactive President since Clinton, and he's bringing much-needed change for the better to a nation that has been tyrannized by the worst President since Hoover."- 7 Wishes on Pres. Obama
StElmoQn wrote:Yeah, yet another reason they should rename the band into the Neal Schon Project...
SF-Dano wrote:Borrowed from Don in another thread:
Great quote from Neal;
http://www.kshe95.com/musicnews/story.aspx?ID=1368928
We asked Neal Schon if Journey ever thinks about recapturing their early-'80s success with new material:
"I'm not even thinking about that. What we need to bring to the table is what we all have. I'm just bringing what I have, and that's good enough for me.....so if it's not good enough for everyone else, then I'll just cater to that audience out there that likes what I do. Whoever digs it, great."
I think this tells exactly where Neal was coming from with this album. I for one have no problem with it. I know others do.
slucero wrote:So what's "new" is "old" again... "coming full circle"... "what goes around comes around".... sorta like 1977... I kinda wish Neal had gone back to 1973...
Don wrote:Thinking back to Journey's 2008 show at Planet Hollywood, everyone just knew After All These Years would be an A/C hit. This time around, everyone has gotten different take on the songs; a lot of people liking Resonate, some preferring Chain Of Love and a few digging City Of Hope.
With no clear consensus, I think Neal achieved what he wanted. There is just not one song out of the bunch that sounds like an A/C hit or anything really that sounds like it was tailored for radio.
This really does sound like an album for the more hardcore fans and NOT for the radio heads this time around. I mean a real album, not just seven or eight songs filling around two potential hit songs like is the norm.
Kudos (so far) to Neal for taking his band back (again).
StElmoQn wrote:Yeah, yet another reason they should rename the band into the Neal Schon Project...
But I'll also add, that just as much as some think that 'Journey is Perry', many of us think that Journey is also Jon Cain. I think he's added so much to the creatvie sound that made it as successful as it's ever been. If this record is lacking Cain's 100% percent, then it's unbalanced. (And it wouldn't surprise me one bit, if this is JC's last tour.)
SF-Dano wrote:I agree with the sentiment that this may very well be Friga's final ride with the band. It may very well be the final tour for the band Journey itself. I really don't think this latest album was made to garner radio airplay. It is a style that Neal has wanted to put out on a Journey record for a long time. With the very real possibility of this being Journey's last ride, I think Neal wanted/needed to get this album done the way he had been planning for quite a while.
Of course, this is all speculation and may very well be completed BS.
The_Noble_Cause wrote:I think some fans are reading way too much into Cain's move to Nashville. At one point, Neal was going to move to Minnesota to be closer with his then wife (forget her name). It didn't spell the end of Journey. Aside from rehearsal, I don't think these guys hang that much together. With modern technology, there's no need to live in the same state. I will admit, Cain has looked pretty bored on-stage lately.
The_Noble_Cause wrote:I think some fans are reading way too much into Cain's move to Nashville. At one point, Neal was going to move to Minnesota to be closer with his then wife (forget her name). It didn't spell the end of Journey. Aside from rehearsal, I don't think these guys hang that much together. With modern technology, there's no need to live in the same state. I will admit, Cain has looked pretty bored on-stage lately.
StElmoQn wrote:Read the update from him on the main page of the JonathanCain.com website. He is INTO Nashville (and country music) from reading the post. If he ain't happy with the direction NS is taking the band, dollars to doughnuts, he's doing his last tour.
The_Noble_Cause wrote:I did read it. Means little. Neal's heart hasn't been into sappy Journey ballads for years now, and still he's soldiered on. It's the biggest claim to fame they've both got. You really think Jon is going to launch his daughter's career as "Journey's ex-keyboardist." Ain't happening. Jon and Neal need Journey. When the party's over, they will make a mutual decision to end the band for good.
slucero wrote:So what's "new" is "old" again... "coming full circle"... "what goes around comes around".... sorta like 1977... I kinda wish Neal had gone back to 1973... I'd love another Kohoutek... or Of A Lifetime...
StElmoQn wrote:But I'll also add, that just as much as some think that 'Journey is Perry', many of us think that Journey is also Jon Cain. I think he's added so much to the creatvie sound that made it as successful as it's ever been. If this record is lacking Cain's 100% percent, then it's unbalanced. (And it wouldn't surprise me one bit, if this is JC's last tour.)
I'm with you on Cain - I think most of the really successful "radio" J-tunes were co-penned primarily between JC and SP, with NS as a distant third on the writing. I'm not dizzing NS here, but I have to say in my book his strongest contribution to Journey has always been his phenomenonal guitar work, not songwriting.
However, I think Cain's interests are really moving to the production side of the business, and to the promotion of his daughter's career in country music. I think short of a a full blown Journey reunion tour with SP, this will be his swan song.
And that my friends, will give NS the freedom to do whatever the heck he wants...
P.S. Wouldn't it be interesting to see if they trot out "WCTNGOF" on this tour...that would say a LOT!
Archetype wrote:I really don't think Cain is going anywhere. He got his way from 1981-2008. Maybe they made a deal that Revelation would be mostly Cain (AATY, WIN, TDTWT, softer rock songs (Sunshower) and now they're doing an album that's more Neal oriented. It isn't the apocalypse.
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 20 guests