Suddenly, I'm starting to like Journey songs

Jerry Johnson

[Rodamala]

Danny Joe Brown, GBNF

[9YearLurker]

Ha—so that was his, eh?

[chopperman]

You know you’re getting old when you hear your favorite songs in the nursing home.

[fatnotlazy]

LOL

Last year, I had to spend some time in a combination nursing home/rehab center (physical rehab that is — not drugs or alcohol). You would be surprised at the music those older folks were listening to. Sure you still hear Frank Sinatra and others from that era, but some of these seniors are actually big fans of more contemporary music.

[BufordP]

Journey - pre-Steve Perry. Wheel in the sky my butt.

[BufordP]

HEAR, HEAR!

[Richard Kimball]

I was about 22 or 23 when I finally quit pretending I liked music or hated music because the cool kids liked it. Glad to see that at whatever side of forty this guy is, he finally figured it out.

Maybe, he'll reach the point some day that he can talk about his music without going into a Roy D. Mercer routine.

[Mr. Silverback]

I think the reason Thomas is compared to great songwriters because he comes up with a neat turn of phrase now and then. The lyrics to “Smooth,” for instance, are very evocative and stand out in a sea of manufactured pop lyrics.

[McGruff]

I don't know anything about music, I'm just a Lynyrd Skynyrd - Simple Man .

[relictele]

Great minds etc.

Covers albums usually leave me a bit cold but Dave outdoes the original on every track.

[SoothingDave]

“Stone in Love” is great, but try “Feelin’ That Way”/”Anytime” from before that.

[madamemayhem]

don’t feel bad about journey. some of their stuff is pretty good. wheel in the sky is one of my faves.
now if you find yourself becoming addicted to the music of....say maybe kc and the sunshine band, or perhaps the bay city rollers, then you should seek therapy.

[mickey finn]

“Well, wouldn't you know it, the cd got STUCK in the player, so from Iowa all the way to Chicago we listened to Zamfir playing Billy Joel tunes.”

I don't care who you are, that is one of the most hilarious stories ever! At least you did not have to endure it all the way to NJ.

Zamfir is big in Europe, according to his old TV advertisements.

[freedomtrail]

Any thing by Little Feat. When Lowell George was alive.

[SilvieWaldorfMD]

Ping

[rdl6989]

Any way you want, that’s the way you need it.

[Rebelbase]

There’s P’oco song off of Poco 7 called Drivin’ Wheel that I’ve been tryin.g to find a sample of from anywhere on the net. Can’t find it. It was a rocking song for that band.

[ncdrumr]

Their first 3 albums were great and never got the attention they deserved. I love their Perry albums, too, though.

[ncdrumr]

Don’t forget “Mother, Father”, possibly my favorite Journey song.

[Drew68]

>>>A big part of their success was having a great guitar player (whose name I can’t remember). <<<

Elliot Easton and yes he was/is fantastic.

Easton is alive and well and posts frequently over at the Les Paul Forum where he's just a regular dude who was famous once a long time ago.