Open Arms w/ solo section

by **Pelata** » Wed Oct 17, 2012 1:01 am

When I saw Journey 10/3 in Greensboro, there was an absolutely killer solo section added to "Open Arms"...I'm sure they've done it the whole tour this way, but it was the first time I had heard it like this.

Is this something new? Or perhaps a resurrection of an older version of the song?

Either way, my LOF guitarist and I both were like "Damn, that was awesome! They should have recorded it like that!"

by **The_Noble_Cause** » Wed Oct 17, 2012 2:09 am

Is it the same solo they added and recorded on the Manilla dvd?
(go to the 5:15 mark)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUi41Itj4M8

by **Eric** » Wed Oct 17, 2012 2:20 am

The_Noble_Cause wrote:Is it the same solo they added and recorded on the Manilla dvd?
(go to the 5:15 mark)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUi41Itj4M8

Yep...they added a bunch of new twists on songs for the '09 tour. In the Download Fest show you can hear it on DSB, SW and AWYWI.

Good stuff.

by **Pelata** » Wed Oct 17, 2012 2:38 am

I've never seen the Manilla DVD...but, again, that added solo section then turn-around back to the chorus is awesome! I wish they would have thought of that when recording Escape...

by **Ritchie** » Wed Oct 17, 2012 5:07 am

Pelata wrote:I've never seen the Manilla DVD...but, again, that added solo section then turn-around back to the chorus is awesome! I wish they would have thought of that when recording Escape...

Indeed great arrangement!
Back then Neal was trying to figure out what he should play on Open Arms,I guess now he knows.

by **Rick** » Wed Oct 17, 2012 10:01 am

For a song that I thought wouldn't benefit from a guitar solo, I was sure wrong. Schon makes that one fit like a glove, as usual.

by **Ehwmatt** » Wed Oct 17, 2012 12:53 pm

The_Noble_Cause wrote:Is it the same solo they added and recorded on the Manilla dvd?
(go to the 5:15 mark)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUi41Itj4M8

This (and the other innovations they made on some of the classics on this DVD/tour) is definitely one of the bright spots of Journey's otherwise dismal last few years. This turns an otherwise dogshit uninteresting song into something worth listening to every now and then.

by **KingdomOfMan** » Wed Oct 17, 2012 5:31 pm

I found there was a dip in that particular solo that spoiled it

Website · by **steveo777** » Wed Oct 17, 2012 5:55 pm

This is arguably the best rendition of this song ever played live. I tried and could not find one better. True it doesn't have Perry's vocals, but the arrangement tops all efforts on this song, ever. The vocals are pretty spot on, actually, not implying anything here, but Arnel does this song justice.

by **KingdomOfMan** » Wed Oct 17, 2012 8:34 pm

I couldn't fault the vocals, I have to agree

by **The_Noble_Cause** » Thu Oct 18, 2012 12:11 am

Ehwmatt wrote:
The_Noble_Cause wrote:Is it the same solo they added and recorded on the Manilla dvd?
(go to the 5:15 mark)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUi41Itj4M8

This (and the other innovations they made on some of the classics on this DVD/tour) is definitely one of the bright spots of Journey's otherwise dismal last few years. This turns an otherwise dogshit uninteresting song into something worth listening to every now and then.

Yeah, It's great that Neal and Co. stepped it up and tweaked the tunes...now only if they had a real frontman with balls, swagger, and total command of the audience. Foreigner sounds like it may be dissolved. I wonder if Kelly Hansen can hit these notes....

by **Eric** » Thu Oct 18, 2012 12:31 am

The_Noble_Cause wrote:
Ehwmatt wrote:
The_Noble_Cause wrote:Is it the same solo they added and recorded on the Manilla dvd?
(go to the 5:15 mark)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUi41Itj4M8

This (and the other innovations they made on some of the classics on this DVD/tour) is definitely one of the bright spots of Journey's otherwise dismal last few years. This turns an otherwise dogshit uninteresting song into something worth listening to every now and then.

Yeah, It's great that Neal and Co. stepped it up and tweaked the tunes...now only if they had a real frontman with balls, swagger, and total command of the audience. Foreigner sounds like it may be dissolved. I wonder if Kelly Hansen can hit these notes....

Wait..wassup with Foreigner?

by **fightingilliniJRNY** » Thu Oct 18, 2012 1:15 am

Eric wrote:
The_Noble_Cause wrote:Yeah, It's great that Neal and Co. stepped it up and tweaked the tunes...now only if they had a real frontman with balls, swagger, and total command of the audience. Foreigner sounds like it may be dissolved. I wonder if Kelly Hansen can hit these notes....

Wait..wassup with Foreigner?

Ditto!!

MR

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