Guitarist HATED Song Till Singer FORCED Him to Play it LIVE & Fans CAME UNGLUED! | Professor of Rock

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How I learned to love a song I once hated… Journey and their #1 power ballad Open Arms…But I’m not the only one. Neal Schon the guitarist of Journey also loathed it and refused to play it live for some time. Written by Steve Perry and Jonathan Cain… Well first of all, et me ask you...Have you ever disliked a song so much, that for most of your life, you just couldn’t stand to listen to it? I’m talking about one of those tracks you always skipped on the album or that had you reaching for the dial when it came on the radio. Sure you have. We’ve all got songs like that. But let me ask you this. Have you ever had a song that you hated, that you later learned to love after hearing it in a different context? Well, today, we’re covering Open Arms by Journey… From their 1981 classic album Escape… I hated it for decades until I was caught off guard and heard it with new ears. And now I love it…Find out what changed my mind and how it became Journey’s biggest song ever even though it was rejected by Jonathan Cain’s 1st band… with interviews with the band members NEXT on the Professor of Rock.
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That being said, everyone has songs and artists that they just don’t care for. Even with wide open minds and ears, sometimes certain songs or artists just don’t resonate with us. For example, when I was growing up, I couldn’t stand the Carpenters. I didn’t like them. But then about 7 years ago I saw the light. I realized what a unique and soul-rapturing voice Karen Carpenter possessed. And now I absolutely love them. Has that ever happened to you? Likewise, I had a similar experience with today’s featured song: Open Arms, by Journey.
Anyone who watches this channel knows that I love Journey. And I consider their 1981 record Escape one of the greatest

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@ProfessorofRock 10 месяцев назад

Poll; What is an artist or band that you HATED for a long time but later learned to appreciate?

@killrmillr 10 месяцев назад

Van Morrison

@Ganja-jh6iy 10 месяцев назад

Also John Denver and Blondie

@christineml1476 10 месяцев назад

Led Zeppelin

@Whisper_292 10 месяцев назад

KISS Zeppelin Pink Floyd AC/DC And believe it or not, Queen

@surlechapeau 10 месяцев назад

Journey! They were in my &*it list with Styx and REO Speedwagon. I now appreciate all 3 bands.

@stevenyork3161 9 месяцев назад

I can't believe anyone would have been on the fence about any song from Steve Perry , Steve could sing the phone book and have a hit ... One of the most beautiful voices Ever. !!!

@wojopf88a 7 месяцев назад

One word, TRACES! GREAT ALBUM! PROUD TO HAVE IT ON MY IPOD AND SPOTIFY!

@wojopf88a 7 месяцев назад

The voice he earned that title!

@rentrespect6561 5 месяцев назад

what´s a phonw book?-- saida gen z

@ojh5131 5 месяцев назад

I agree

@ckendall9955 10 месяцев назад

I really wish you could get an interview with Steve Perry. It would be nice to hear his perspective on things. He is Journey to me.

@brianharris9949 10 месяцев назад

Another classic. Steve's voice is just damn amazing. Open Arms is an amazing song and always has been. I was a teenager and it was me and my gf's song. 😂😂😂

@cryhavoc38 3 месяца назад

Still They Ride is such a great song. I listen to it with headphones on so that I can drown out any outside noise and just get immersed into it. So much emotion in the song and the guitar solo.

@bentsonqueen2 3 месяца назад

Journey would be nothing without Steve Perry. After all, Steve Perry’s voice is what made them what they were.

@ricktheexplorer 10 месяцев назад

Oh man, I loved it. Steve Perry was a sing-along singer. Very romantic song, and I loved that it was on the radio several times every day, back when radio was good.

@ericpierce3660 8 месяцев назад

My swim coach was a massive Journey fan. We had to listen to Journey every single day while we swam laps until I was sick of hearing them. One Monday he came to after-school practice practically high because over the weekend he had attended a Journey concert. The girls on the team sucked up to him going "ooh and aah" and clapping their hands. The boys on the other hand weren't impressed. I asked "How much did you have to pay to see them?" He said "$400 dollars, and it was worth it!" I said "I'd pay $400 to never have to hear them again." Everyone burst out laughing and he was so pissed he made me swim extra laps that day hahaha.

@hallacar 10 месяцев назад

I loved the AT 40 countdown and at that time used to write down the top 10 every Saturday as I listened to it while cleaning my room. At any given time "Open Arms" is still my favorite song and it is in my top 5 regardless of my mood, but in junior high I really liked "Centerfold". It is still a fun and catchy song that I will sing along with unabashedly on the radio if it comes on. When those two were number one and two on the countdown it was fantastic. I was so upset when "I Love Rock and Roll" leapfrogged to number one. I like Joan Jett but thought the song was overrated. I recognize its place its place as a fist pumping party song, but its range is limited. "Open Arms" should have spent its last weeks in that number one spot in Joan's place in my opinion. I echo everything you said about Steve Perry as the GOAT and when I saw trailers for Cobra Kai, my curmudgeonly old heart skipped a beat that did not make me think I needed to report to my doctor. The music placement in that series is phenomenal. Keep up the great work Professor.

@goththicus 6 месяцев назад

I attended a Journey concert in 1981 at the Miami Stadium in Miami. Awesome concert. An all day event with opening acts featuring Billy Squire, Foghat and others. Those were the days….*sigh*

@Michellelovesanimals 7 месяцев назад

Steve Perry is # 1, 💯Percent ! ❤❤❤❤❤ GOAT.

@MultiCamdaddy 9 месяцев назад

Hopelessly in love with you (party's over) is my favorite journey tune great guitar intro gets you hyped

@smmyers5956 6 месяцев назад

As Manuel Pineda said when he joined the band post Steve Perry. I get to sing some of the most beautiful songs in the world. Nuff said.

@cashflowglo7262 Месяц назад

I apologize too. Love all of you guys BUT Steve ? Steve is on a how different plane …… It is what it is.

@RedDawn-c2f 10 месяцев назад

Can't believe I'm 52 going on 53 soon. Still can't believe it. Time flies doesn't it? Still remember when E.T. the movie came out then the ghost busters then back to the future and of course Rambo but the music in the 70s to the 80s would just take me back. 70 80s were the bomb. Riding my Evil Kenevil bike scrolling down the street with my skate board with my cutoff Levi jeans playing water balloon fights with our neighbors. Flying a kite now and then. Play football. Memories. Remember Cyndi lauper? What about Boy George? From Rock and Roll Ozzy to this. Oh the hair styles to I let my hair grow long trying to be like Eddie Van Halen. The ten layer make ups the girls wore to school. Me just trying not to stink by wearing men's cologne in my shoes trying to cover up the stench of my feet come on guys you know y'all did that to 😆😆😆. I was poor but happy listening to Journey, Van Halen, kiss, Ratt, and so on. I miss my Young days in my teens. Those were the days.

@darylking265 6 месяцев назад

The song I hated, then learned to love: Everybody wants to rule the world by Tears for Fears. I was in my hard rock/heavy metal phase (still in that phase) and wouldn't listen to 'New Wave'. Dennis Miller had a show on HBO and the show would close with Everybody wants to rule the world, and it was listening to it as the show closed that I learned to appreciate the song.

@cowsharkdefin6376 10 месяцев назад

For me, Open Arms a bittersweet song. When I was a kid I was visiting a cousin and it was time to go. Open Arms was on the radio and my cousin began to dramatically lip sync to it, which made me giggle and we left. That turned out to be the last time I saw him alive. He died a year later from what sounded a lot like AIDS but no one spoke of that in polite company back then. Every time I hear it now there's a mixture of sad and appreciation of the song's beauty.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 10 месяцев назад

Oh, I am so sorry. Condolences 💐

@stevestrohacker8436 9 месяцев назад

Holes in the floor of heaven breaks my spine, and I become a blubbering mess. It was the first song I heard after my grandmother passed away. My wife at the time had just gotten out of the hospital after a car accident where I nearly lost her and my oldest daughter. Ultimately, it cost me the marriage, and all I think of is that time when Steve Wariner and "Holes in the Floor of Heaven" plays.

@karencahill4798 7 месяцев назад

A Beautiful and heavy memory.

@ac1646 6 месяцев назад

That is so vividly described. 😢😢🫶

@jeffgordon8346 5 месяцев назад

@@stevestrohacker8436 For me, it was Knocking On Heavens Door by GnR in 88 when my grandfather passed. It definitely took some time before I could listen to it again, and actually enjoy the song.

@dansemacabre6515 3 месяца назад

Steve Perry leaving Journey was the end of Journey. Nobody in the band will definatively say why they split, but whomever is to blame killed something beautiful.

@craigpittman9764 6 месяцев назад

There's a reason Steve Perry's called the Voice, nobody can sing like him. I love to listen to him sing.

@JM-db8ez 2 месяца назад

His voice also has a quality that doesn't resonate with a lot of people, myself included. Don't know who's calling him the "Voice", never heard that before, all I know is it sounds off to me and don't like to hear it except for a couple songs where it's not so weird. Beauty of music, one person's treasure is another person's torment. That's why I laugh when anyone makes any kind of absolute statement like "nobody can sing like him". Meh, GTFO with that nonsense. He had a following, he had a range. Lots of singers have great voices and ranges and some people still don't like it because it doesn't sound that great to their own ears. Wheel in the Sky is a good song and I can listen to it on the radio. Open Arms? Separate Ways? Nah, something just itches when they come on and I turn the station. To each his own, I guess, but I don't think Perry is the "Voice" above all others. No way, lots of other singers that are better, IMO.

@sharonmartin4036 2 месяца назад

@@JM-db8ez Only one voice better than Steve Perry, and that's Mark Knopfler in my opinion. I love every Steve Perry song I've ever heard. His voice is unique and pitch perfect.

@marmalade6681 21 день назад

Its hard to compare the 2 as they are different, and similar in some ways, but there is another singer refered to as 'the voice' Look up John Farnham Especially the song called 'The Voice' and quite a few others.

@nancyomond3996 10 месяцев назад

No one can sing Open Arms like Steve Perry!! Another great tune by Journey!!! Fond memories!!

@saradollins5142 9 месяцев назад

I totally agree, but, for me, there's only one voice that I've heard that comes somewhat close. The group's current drummer Deen Castronovo. I found a video here on RU-vid and it was pretty good. "Faithfully", "Who's Crying Now" and "Still They Ride" are a few others that I've found here that are pretty darn good.

@JunLucas-wl3xz 7 месяцев назад

Yup, totally agree. No one can sing Open Arms like Steve Perry did. Even the Steve Perry now can not sing it like the Steve Perry then.

@cathleenc6943 5 месяцев назад

Castronovo was fired in 2015 after being convicted of domestic assault(resulting in injury) use of a weapon, ra*e charges, all of which he blames on addiction. Sounds like you guys haven't heard Journey perform since Arnel Pineda became their singer. Give him a listen, he's amazing.

@jodiebristow3210 8 месяцев назад

I'm 60, and Steve Perry's voice is completely unmatched. He hit notes that others could only dream of hitting.

@suzyfarnham3165 7 месяцев назад

Steve Perry and John Farnham are my 2 fave singers EVER. BOTH rocked the power ballad. Their voices are unique and amazing, You know ...when a voice hits you in the heart.

@jodiebristow3210 7 месяцев назад

@@suzyfarnham3165 Oh yes, exactly.

@xzonia1 7 месяцев назад

So true. He could sing the phone book and I'd be entranced. What a voice! :)

@karencahill4798 7 месяцев назад

68 and they are still one of my favorites. Old, wonderful memories.

@jeanclaude7018 6 месяцев назад

Brad Delp certainly could hit those notes...but somehow he flies under the radar.

@pjw5328 10 месяцев назад

“Open Arms” was my older brother’s wedding song in 1984. He and his wife were both massive Journey fans. And yes, they’re still together almost 40 years later.

@mandyharewood886 10 месяцев назад

They're still Journeying together, no doubt. 😊

@davidbrunson3219 9 месяцев назад

lucky them! thats amazing

@dandan-sl3fc 9 месяцев назад

I believe it was everybody's wedding song if the woman had a say back then LOL

@georgec5614 9 месяцев назад

Yep, it was my wedding song too back in 1983.

@anniebalsbaugh2093 8 месяцев назад

That's awesome!

@QuackAttack63 3 месяца назад

The unmatched brilliance of Steve's voice is why I will NEVER see Journey live without him. Without Steve, they're just a cover band.

@nancyhughes8017 Месяц назад

Exactly, I saw Journey 5 times with Steve, who I loved dearly, and he is amazing. I saw them once without him, and I never saw them again. They just weren't the same.

@nancyhughes8017 Месяц назад

Open Arms is my favorite.

@MeisterHoora 5 месяцев назад

Without Steve Perry, Journey couldn't be Journey.

@tammywooley2635 5 месяцев назад

I agree and his voice has just gotten better with age very few artists can claim that.

@thonatim5321 4 месяца назад

I disagree. The Filipino is doing just fine. Steve Perry is good but he is not the band like Eddie was to Van Halen. I submit it is Neal Schon that is the key member. His writing and playing skills are the band.

@PriestoftheMetalGod 3 месяца назад

@@tammywooley2635 You need to listen to his last solo attempt, he doesnt have it anymore. He seems to have struggled to get these songs out.

@Acc_Hugh 3 месяца назад

me too, whenever the radio plays open arms i got rid of that station, too cheezy for me to listen to it for even 10s

@sunlighttulips 2 месяца назад

@@thonatim5321 All members of a band are important to their success, and Schon, Cain and Perry were a potent triple threat for Journey. However, it can't be denied that Journey catapulted to super stardom when Steve Perry entered the equation. Journey had three moderately successful albums before Perry, but it was Perry who pushed Journey into the Top 10 limelight. Pineda has been terrific in carrying on Journey's success, but that success was built on Perry's vocals in conjunction with Cain and Schon's dedication and talent.

@jesslott7654 Месяц назад

I’m a brown girl who loves Rock n Roll and ALOT of people thought I was weird, but I have always been different as I loved Journey/ Steve Perry from beginning to end and now still . I love what I love and everything they made and Steve Sang it , to me it was a definite Hit ! STEVE made Journey Rock and that’s no secret. As he makes Journey Rock and he’s no longer a member of. Steve Perry , “The Voice “ will always be the reason Journey became so successful. Neal is however THE BEST GUITARIST EVER IN MY EYES . Love you Steve Perry, he will always be my first Love ❤️.

@clark4797 16 дней назад

I agree with you on Journey. Steve Perry's voice just soars! Amazing voice. You said you're a brown girl. I would say you're an American! As you said, you like what you like and love what (and whom) you love.

@bonnirose7479 10 месяцев назад

Journey, especially in the 80s, was phenomenal. I saw the Escape and Frontiers concert tours, and the band was fantastic in concert as well, confirming their undeniable talent and my fan status for life. ❤

@cjquinn729 9 месяцев назад

Journey was great in the late 70's too! Whattaya thinking?

@bonnirose7479 9 месяцев назад

@cjquinn729 I said, "especially in the 80's." Not dissing the 70's at all. 🙂

@tammyjackson-gq6jj 8 месяцев назад

Steve Perry is number 1 on my list of singers. No one comes close to his vocals.

@stephenrodgers5672 8 месяцев назад

Journey is the ultimate 80's band. Steve Perry has a voice that can cut through all the background clutter and touch your soul.

@wojopf88a 5 месяцев назад

Now try an album called TRACES, and let me know what you think of Steve Perry's voice in his 70's still great enough to want another one created the same way in his basement!

@Douglas-zd7mz Месяц назад

"CLUTTER"...? HAHA, dummy, the instrumental instrumentation musicianship of "JOURNEY"... and including ALL of the various Band members configurations R anything or somewhat there abouts, anything but "clutter"..! HeyoooooOOOOOOOO!

@kena1283 5 месяцев назад

Steve Perry is the greatest male vocalist ever. Any song he sang was so amazing that no one else could copy his singing style. Has anyone ever heard a Journey song remade? I think the reason is that Steve Perry set the barrier so high that anyone who tries to sing his songs would simply crash and burn. I fell in love with an ex girlfriend listening to Escape, Frontiers and Raised On Radio albums with a dash of the Supremes Touch Me In The Morning, My World Is Empty Without You, Do You Know and Ain’t No Mountain High Enough.

@kenrehill8775 3 месяца назад

That would probably be Freddie Mercury, but Steve was outstanding

@donnasparks2790 Месяц назад

@@kenrehill8775nope you are wrong on this. Freddy Mercury was a great singer but nobody on God's green earth can out sing Steve Perry.

@babyfurball 6 месяцев назад

Steve Perry was Journey

@DerSchatten137 6 месяцев назад

Without Steve perry there's no journey

@garyoconnordbaairrepair7775 4 месяца назад

I saw Journey in 1975 at the Memorial Auditorium in Sacramento. Journey had just released their first album entitled Journey. Journey formed after Gregg Rollie and Neil Schon left Santana. A lady that I worked with in 1973 told me she saw new band called Journey. She was from the San Fransisco Bay area. I have on LP are Look Into The Future, and Next. on CD I have Journey , Look Into The Future and Next. Perry ruined the sound of Journey. If your like the Steve Perry Journey? You have your likes and dislikes. I do too.

@Davesworld7 4 месяца назад

@@garyoconnordbaairrepair7775 I saw Journey open for ELP on July 31st, 1977 in the Seattle Center Coliseum, they were trying out Robert Fleischman and some of my classmates who were there liked the first three songs they played which was the progressive Journey with Gregg Rolie on vocals (co-founded Santana and co-founded Journey) but then Robert Fleischann comes out and they did new songs, he is a very good vocalist but some did not like it. We were at an ELP Concert after all and I met a beautiful girl who stayed with me the whole concert and I stupidly didn't get her phone number. Seriously dude? A beautiful girl who likes progressive rock and you didn't at least try to get her number? I say to myself. Not many like her during the Disco era. I swear I would kick my 18-year-old ass if I could go back. Her name was Anne but I digress. Then some dude named Steve Perry came along 5 months after and that is the Journey most people know. The first album with Steve, Infinity had Gregg Rolie doing lead on Are You Feelin' That Way Too and Anytime, the latter I believe Rober Fleschman wrote. The second album had Gregg doing the lead on a song or two also. He set the record straight that he was not competing with Steve Perry or did he feel threatened as he already had his hands full with keyboards and Steve Perry was a welcome burden relief. He also chose Jonathan Caine to replace himself as he had been go go go for more than a decade and wanted time off to start a family. Gregg Rolie's voice had the right drive for the songs he sang while Steve Perry was already in the band and I think he was underrated on the Hammond Organ. When Santana played Soul Sacrifice at Woodstock you could get a hint of his Hammond prowess, yes, Gregg Rolie sang all the early Santana Songs such as Black Magic Woman and was also the only vocalist on early Journey Albums.

@wojopf88a 4 месяца назад

I would have agreed with your opinion, but arnel happened. And he is SO Much closer to the sound of Steve Perry that even Steve Perry likes him and has said that publicly!!!!!!!

@wojopf88a 4 месяца назад

Also, as a foster child I was at that place for a journey concert back in the 70's arnel is a good replacement! And a great human being!

@johnpauljones9310 3 месяца назад

Wrong. Without Jonathan Caine there's no Journey sound. Listen to that 1970s groove shit they had Steve singing before Greg left and Jonathan showed up, then tell me with a straight face that the Journey sound isn't due to Jonathan Caine preferring piano and synthesizers over that damn organ.

@MsJimmysgirl 10 месяцев назад

I can't even imagine someone not liking Open Arm's. It has always been one of my favorite ballads from Journey.

@ac1646 6 месяцев назад

At the time I felt it was too 'schmaltz-y' (it was just a 'last dance' anthem with low disco lights) but now I appreciate it just as the Prof does.

@lynsthoughts3576 6 месяцев назад

I'm a 62yr old Black Woman and I love Steve Perry and Journey

@dianerendon8150 4 месяца назад

You can be any color and appreciate The Voice

@hubriswonk 3 месяца назад

@@dianerendon8150 It is the dream of keeping racism alive she speaks of.

@troyspain7073 3 месяца назад

62 isn't old and no one cares about colors, your taste in music shows the world who you are, I have a very large music library and think that you Rock!😮

@LeeBrown-zi4bh 3 месяца назад

67yr old black man. I loved Journey with Steve Perry🎼💪🏾💙

@hubriswonk 3 месяца назад

@@LeeBrown-zi4bh 53 year old white man, and like them too.

@justinskullhead 5 месяцев назад

One of my favorite bands ever...their songs are so great. If a Journey song comes on, the volume gets turned to max and we're listening (SINGING) until the last note is played.

@IronSikh44 10 месяцев назад

Journey is all time. No question. Neil Schon is a guitar icon and Steve Perry’s voice….will never be duplicated (shout out to Mr. Pineda). Your comment about not being stuck in one musical genre. So true. People used to complain about my mix tapes because it would go from Metallica to Nazareth to Steve Earle (who needs an episode) and then to Cyndi Lauper. Great music is everywhere! Keep up the great work Adam. To coin an old phrase, you make our day!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 10 месяцев назад

My mom is mostly stuck in hip hop and R&B but I learned to appreciate all kinds of different musical genres because I might miss out on something totally cool otherwise.

@davidcollver6155 10 месяцев назад

I made my own personal series no love no intentions of mixtapes that's about the way it went just all genres they got lost in the moves somewhere in the shuffle. But yeah I'm mixing the genres same style of songs kind of different Generations the best.

@rosameryrojas-delcerro1059 10 месяцев назад

Same here, Janis Joplin, the DefLeppard and Madonna then Genesis, Donna Summer and Jim Croce. Nobody "gets it". Good music is good music, no matter what genre.

@michaelmccray8610 10 месяцев назад

Sounds like you borrowed one of my tapes! 🤣🤣🤷‍♂️

@debbieomi 10 месяцев назад

Ha! My playlists exactly!

@CA7VINBACH 10 месяцев назад

Steve Perrys voice on this song transcends you to another world. 'Open Arms' driven by Steve's voice/vocals is breathtaking, always loved this song!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 10 месяцев назад

It’s goosebumps every time.

@CA7VINBACH 10 месяцев назад

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 aint it just.

@fivestring65ify 10 месяцев назад

I love it in the Heavy Metal movie.

@jhandle4196 10 месяцев назад

Always kind of made me nauseous.

@gingercollier7949 10 месяцев назад

Steve Perry’s voice is hard to beat. I purchased the greatest hit double adult for my car and play it all the hit. Girl can’t help it is my favorite. I also saw them two times in Long Beach, California. Before the concert was over I knew I had to go again and I did by myself. One of the best concerts I’ve been to and I’ve seen over 50 concerts in the 80’s.

@MrJeffcoley1 10 месяцев назад

Check out the hilarious band, "Rock Sugar." The singer taught himself to sing by imitating Steve Perry's vocals on "Don't Stop Believing". His imitation is so perfect Perry sued them because he thought they had actually lifted his vocal track to use in one of their mashups. Twist: Even though Rock Sugar DIDN'T steal the track, the court ordered them to stop performing that song because the imitation was so indistinguishable from Perry's that it was copyright infringement. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Mr4HffbAUTk.html

@just-sayin67 8 месяцев назад

To be honest, I was not a big Journey fan in the 80's, but now in my 50's I can't get enough of Steve Perry!

@obiecat3341 10 месяцев назад

Open arms was one of my favorites. No one can match Steve Perry’s voice!

@animemanganet 5 месяцев назад

Brad Delp could hit the notes too. But yes Steve Perry is amazing!

@eightiesmusic1984 10 месяцев назад

I got into Journey in 1989 when someone at work did a mix tape for me of rock and AOR. I am so grateful that I learned to love a band who never had any real success in Britain in the seventies and eighties, despite being massive in America. Ironic that they went on to have a resurgence in popular and critical acclaim at least in part as a result of their inclusion in Glee almost fifteen years ago. I understand it was meant to be a mickey take. Seems Journey have had the last laugh. There are not enough superlatives to describe how good their music is.

@franktaylor7978 10 месяцев назад

So true. And some of their best music never gets radio play.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 10 месяцев назад

I’m surprised they didn’t hit in Britain.

@eightiesmusic1984 10 месяцев назад

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980Britain has often been very resistant to American rock and AOR with some exceptions. No rhyme or reason to it but Journey were overlooked and not played on radio, except on specialist rock shows that few listened to, hence they did not reach a wide audience. BBC Radio 1 airplay was vital for a hit but they never made it onto the coveted playlist.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 10 месяцев назад

@@eightiesmusic1984 America, on the other hand, had often been very resistant to British new wave, at least until MTV promoted those artists.

@franktaylor7978 10 месяцев назад

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 true as well. I’m shocked how many Americans don’t know who Joy Division is even when they’re wearing the album cover.

@deanberry5679 9 месяцев назад

I felt sorry for Steve Perry because of the interview I saw here on youtube. He said he never really felt like part of the band. HE BROUGHT THEM OUT OF THE STONE AGE!

@brendaelder6 7 месяцев назад

I saw an interview with Neal and Jon and I lost respect for them. They were smack talking about Steve like catty high school girls. I saw their true colors.

@suzyfarnham3165 7 месяцев назад

@@brendaelder6 Neal Schon is a total flog?!! I cant stand him. Him and his plastic surgery, Barbie wife, glasses and whining!!

@mrwilly41 7 месяцев назад

Ozzy Osborne said the same thing about Black Sabbath.

@leslieannwolff3122 6 месяцев назад

Steve dug Journey out of the quick-sand. He’ll always be the best frontman and lead singer for eternity 🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@catto66 6 месяцев назад

No doubt Steve Perry is a phenomenal singer but even he admitted that he done things at the time that he wouldn’t do now like sacked the bass player and drummer, not to mention he didn’t want to tour anymore he’s definitely not a victim

@Chronicmom68 10 месяцев назад

I would have to say that Open Arms, perhaps especially for girls, was that major coming of age song we look back on. Our first love and all the emotions that came with it. It is very likely one of the most significant songs of my youth, and when I hear it today, after 40 years with my husband, it still brings back every single emotion. Man, the 80s were the BEST time to be young. Steve Perry will forever be that ONE VOICE you can never forget. I often wonder if these men realize the effect they had on so many lives.

@kathybrockman8363 8 месяцев назад

I agree the 80s were the BEST time to be a teenager. So many great memories falling in love and even breaking up. I miss those days, no cell phones and waiting for the phone to ring. Running to answer the phone with my heart pounding, hoping its the boyfriend. I wish I could go back in time. Thats where I would go. Just before my first love and hearing Journey for the first time also.

@Chronicmom68 8 месяцев назад

@kathybrockman8363 yes!! I totally agree!!

@donnasparks2790 Месяц назад

@@kathybrockman8363well I'm a generation before you but I got the same feelings about Journey and Open Arms. I was still young enough to get those same excited feelings when the phone rang and I was so much in love with my boyfriend that my heart would race just like you described.

@stephaniebowen2793 Месяц назад

Steve Perry is one of the ICONIC voices in American music....Journey has not been the same without him.

@trinaq 10 месяцев назад

It's so relatable to not really be fond of a certain song when you're younger, but as you mature, you develop more of an appreciation towards it, and the message it's conveying.

@ProfessorofRock 10 месяцев назад

What are some examples for you?

@trinaq 10 месяцев назад

@@ProfessorofRock Probably Lady IN Red, Fairytale of New York, or A Town Called Malice.

@GIBBO4182 10 месяцев назад

Edwin Collins - Girl Like You Is EXACTLY this song for me! Not because of any great life experience, but just a change of taste with maturity

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 10 месяцев назад

True that! I’ve had this experience with several artists and bands, and even other forms of entertainment such as books and TV shows.

@Dirshaun 10 месяцев назад

@@ProfessorofRock or you can maybe relate to my burden. I like almost every single thing Bob Dylan ever put out. I think he is one of the worst singers I've ever heard, but his songs say something, and I just don't care, that he can't sing. I love his words.

@tracymorse7628 6 месяцев назад

Love my Steve Perry and Journey! Saw them numerous times in the 80's. They put on a great live show every time. Steve was the man, and then he came out with Oh Sheri. The video was him singing and walking down the stairs so sexy. I'm 62 now and still love me some Journey.

@donnasparks2790 Месяц назад

Oh yeah I completely get that. Oh Sherrie was a vastly under appreciated song. I love that song.

@trulyc56cw 6 месяцев назад

Journey w/Steve Perry will always be #1 for me.

@rayjackson6917 10 месяцев назад

I do love this song! I love Journey. Most of all I love Steve Perry! ♥️ For me, "Still They Ride" is in another stratosphere! The live in Tokyo version is unmatched! Steve seems like something AI created, it's so unreal!!! And he had the flu! Would LOVE for you to do more episodes on The King! ELVIS!! Talk about unmatched! And if Elvis had lived into the 80's, I know in my heart of hearts, he would have LOVED Steve Perry! Just like the rest of us, he loved great music and great voices as well. Loved the episode! -Colleen 🙂

@sajiddannamirza1529 4 месяца назад

To this day, I still find my eyes closing when Open Arms starts playing. Steve Perry's voice will always hit the heart for me.

@openskyphotography 10 месяцев назад

Glad you came around! 😊Open Arms is one of the most beauitful ballads ever written (in my opinion, of course). It's the 6/8 timing, flatting the 3rd in the 4 chord (to make it minor) and other wonderful chord progressions, and so much more that makes it so special. And really so unique compared to a lot of the chord choices in many rock ballads at that point in time.

@robinspencer7426 6 месяцев назад

Journey isnt journey without Steve Perry❤ that's just my opinion

@donnasparks2790 Месяц назад

Mine too!

@chuckgraham1695 3 месяца назад

Late 70's thru early 90' music just cannot be beat. Amazing voices, songs, concerts, just so glad I lived through that time period.

@davidfountain4229 5 месяцев назад

Still They Ride is one of my all time favorites. That guitar solo gets me every time.

@jrnyfan_57 Месяц назад

That's my 2nd all time favorite by Journey.

@tthappyrock368 9 месяцев назад

It blows me away that Journey didn't have a number one hit! Open Arms played at all the dances. They were huge in our area!

@donnasparks2790 Месяц назад

The DJ at my youngest daughter's wedding reception played Don't Stop Believing and all of these young people who weren't even born for a couple of more decades after the song was released all knew every single word of the song. That's how you know that a song is a classic when people who were born more than 20 years after it was released still love it.

@greghood9481 10 месяцев назад

In the last 10 years I have come to greatly appreciate Glen Campbell. It's not that I didn't care for his music before, but I was neutral. Now, I see what an incredible vocalist, musician and songwriter he was. In a lot of ways, as I've gotten older (I'm 58 now) my musical tastes have expanded greatly across many genres of music.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 10 месяцев назад

Wichita Lineman is just…one of the greatest songs period. Glad to hear this.

@guystephens2881 10 месяцев назад

he was a guitar great , played with "the wrecking crew" awesome session musician.

@dougbultemeyer439 10 месяцев назад

Glenn was right there with Paul McCartney , Brian Wilson, John Fogerty, Stevie Wonder, Sly Stone. Smokey Robinson and others I can't think of.

@jhandle4196 10 месяцев назад

Glen, part of "the wrecking crew." He's on a lot of pop songs you'd never think like Sinatra's "Strangers in the Night."

@jhandle4196 10 месяцев назад

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 The clip of his solo performance of Wichita Lineman from the Craig Kilborn Show is as good as it gets. Besides that song, he talks "Wrecking Crew" history like replacing Brian Wilson in the Beach Boys on tour while Brian was in rehab. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-eXfNTEi2CIc.html

@michaelroberts3898 10 месяцев назад

Mother Father is still my favorite Journey song. No topping the combination of guitar solos and vocals, especially the angelic falsetto vocals of Perry at the end. Just search live version Mother Father on RU-vid, it’s mind blowing good

@newfiemom8696 9 месяцев назад

Same… and Faithfully

@jeffgordon8346 5 месяцев назад

There's an interview with Jonathan Cain talking about Mother, Father. He says Steve did that song in one take. SP is definitely on the Mt. Rushmore of rock vocalists.

@Murjam100 5 месяцев назад

I am 57 and I don’t remember music before Journey. Seems like they were always part of my life.

@scottburton9701 10 месяцев назад

"Open Arms" is definitely a classic song from Journey-It's one of the best power ballads of all time.

@roberthodges7834 10 месяцев назад

Been a Journey fan and went to a concert in 1979. Blown away by ‘the voice’ live. “Too Late” was fantastic and of course “Lovin, touchin, squeezin”

@timothykeller4481 2 месяца назад

Finally for somebody that saw the band back when I did they were unbelievable

@jerryporras4564 6 месяцев назад

The first time I heard Open Arms was in an animated film called Heavy Metal. My best friend bought the soundtrack, and we cruised our little hometown listening to it over and over again. I couldn't get enough of that song or Journey. That's when I became a fan. Does anyone else remember this film? It came out in 1981.

@craigp75 5 месяцев назад

I remember it. That's actually where I first heard Open Arms. Loved the song right away.

@Ghatbkk 5 месяцев назад

Heavy Metal was an awesome film (based on the Heavy Metal Magazine) with an absolutely stunning soundtrack - Radar Rider (Jerry Riggs) Veteran of the Psychic Wars (Blue Oyster Cult) True Companion (Donald Fagan) Heartbeat (Jerry Riggs) Blue Lamp (Stevie Nicks) Open Arms (Journey) Reach Out (Cheap Trick) Taking a Ride (Don Felder) Queen Bee (Grand Funk) I Must Be Dreaming (Cheap Trick) Crazy (Nazareth) All of You (Don Felder) Prefabricated (Trust) Heavy Metal (Sammy Hagar) The Mob Rules (Black Sabbath) Through Being Cool (Devo) Working in the Coal Mine (Devo) Talk about some of the best artists of the 70s and 80s...

@jamesemick1452 4 месяца назад

Hey man ,you got anymore of that plutonium nyborg ,man

@jonfraser5299 10 месяцев назад

It would be interesting to hear more from Jonathan Cain & how he got into the Babys, then Journey & how that resulted in Bad English. He is such a gifted song writer to be able to produce great music with 2 different bands & then bring various members to form a 3rd band & finally reach #1 on Billboard!🎉😊

@frankledbetter6069 9 месяцев назад

I have to say John Denver. I was a Rocker. First album whole Lotta love From Led Zeppelin, it may not be the name of that album, but you get it. Then, as these years went by, I heard the song sunshine from John Denver. I had lost my wife of 35 years and it just made sense. Now I listen to more of his songs, like country road. But, Journey, Scorpions and all those heavy metal bands of the 70s and 80s still hold my heart. Thank you for you show. I love it. You break down all the songs of my youth and adulthood.

@bottomfeeder1307 9 месяцев назад

Bad English was a phenomenal band, but it was a band that most Journey fans don't know about and or simply just don't want to remember.

@raynman67 3 месяца назад

Stone in love is still my favorite track off that album. Live Neil’s solo ranks up there as one of the greatest solos you could hear.

@Rick-nh3ld 9 месяцев назад

I fill so blessed to have grown up in the 80’s and to have experienced many Journey Concerts, the band was truly incredible live and Steve Perry never disappointed.

@rogernegrete4680 7 месяцев назад

Open legs is what it really did lots of kids were born when this song was played LoL.

@trinapatterson8872 10 месяцев назад

I love this song… maybe it’s because I’m a woman but it truly does show case Steve’s voice. He definitely is in the top 5 of all time best voices. Especially when it comes to going to the higher ranger. Journey deserves being in the top 5 of all time best bands especially out of the 80s

@map3384 10 месяцев назад

To be 15, turning 17 in 1981 and Escape really shined the light on being a high school kid. MTV, record stores and the Jersey shore you heard Escape everywhere and on every boom box. Steve Perry’s voice lit up the heart.

@dougjenkins8749 9 месяцев назад

Morey's Pier, Wildwood N.J.

@cindye8307 6 месяцев назад

I agree with you 100 percent when you say that, vocally, Steve Perry is better than Robert Plant and Freddie Mercury. I adore all three, but Steve is the best!

@JOSETXO2112 5 месяцев назад

Totally. SP, is heavily underrated

@Allie-oop 3 месяца назад

Mmmmmm, Robert Plant is always gonna be number one in my book but still love Steve too! I guess it’s because I’m really a child of the 70’s.☮️

@joehaas5306 3 месяца назад

I do not agree... Brad Delp is my #1. The warmth in his voice is more. It hooks you. Not hating on Perry, he is great too, just Delp is my #1.

@JOSETXO2112 2 месяца назад

@@joehaas5306 Love Delp too !!!!, very clean and magical voice. He is not all that "well known", maybe becase Boston put less records out...and did less touring.

@lindalou6105 Месяц назад

Got to include Ian Gillan in with the top voices

@blackdawg7361 10 месяцев назад

The Carpenters were phenomenal! Before reading about Karen's eating disorder, their music was only background music to me. By the age of 30, over twenty years ago, I can freely admit that Karen was undeniably the voice of the 1970's rock, possibly ever.

@bryansimmons4550 9 месяцев назад

Don't forget that "Goodbye to Love" was the first rock power ballad ever recorded, and Tony Peluso's guitar solos were awesome.

@stevestrohacker8436 9 месяцев назад

Karen had the most beautiful calming voice ever, in my opinion. Roy Orbison has the same effect on me.

@jackpearson1110 9 месяцев назад

There was a girl named Linda that was pretty popular.....

@helendayle6502 10 месяцев назад

I was born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee-the capitol of country music. Like you, Professor, I liked all music genres EXCEPT country music. I was surrounded by it and I was grossed out. My great-uncle even teased me by saying he invited Dolly Parton and Porter Wagner to sing at my high school graduation. But fast forward to 9/11. I had just moved to Los Angeles, California. I didn't know what drove me to do this, but I tuned into the country music station as I cleaned my house. When I listened to Alan Jackson's "Where Were You When The World Stopped Turnin'?", my heart just melted. I see now why people love country music. Alan's song was so simple, personal, and it allowed you to feel what you're thinking but don't speak about. I still don't love country music today. In fact, it makes me sad that today's country music doesn't have the soul like it did in the past; but now, I can appreciate it.

@donnasparks2790 Месяц назад

I grew up in Texas and my daddy is from Gallatin Tennessee and I never liked Country music but in the 90's I was going through a bad divorce and if you want to cry Country music has some songs which will make you cry. My first songs that made me fall in love with country music are Friends in Low places by Garth Brooks and Neon Moon by my favorite Country music singer Ronny Dunn of Brooks and Dunn. He is still one of my all time favorite singers along with Steve Perry who I have had a secret,(and completely one sided unfortunately) love affair with in my mind LoL. It's not just his voice,(although he's the greatest singer ever in my opinion) but it's that HAIR! 💝💖💝💝🤩💝🤩🤩🤩😍😍😍😍

@kpopf4nmom 10 месяцев назад

When everyone across the music industry dubs someone "The Voice", you know they are loved and respected. Steve Perry is an amazing vocalist and a gem of a human being. Loved him from the first time I heard "Lights" on my local FM album rock station KNCN aka C101. Thanks for sharing your... Journey. 😊

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 10 месяцев назад

His voice is powerful enough to blast through mountains.

@cassiehowder9782 10 месяцев назад

Steve Perry had me at Lights. Open Arms is another beautiful ballad and Steve Perry sells it. Love him❤❤❤

@dianamgallagher 10 месяцев назад

Songs in cinema can really affect your feelings about the music itself...the movie scene and the music melt into one and the emotion... This womans work by Kate Bush in the movie She's having a baby with Kevin Bacon.. that kills me every time.

@105rogue 10 месяцев назад

Exactly Journey isn't Journey without Perry

@sherrystanko2669 10 месяцев назад

Jon Bon Jovi dubbed him The Voice and was the first to introduce him as such😊

@michaelgeisdorf6641 10 месяцев назад

As I left home for the US Navy, going through boot camp being emptied of who I was, Escape was the album as I went to A School and then Nuclear Power School that was huge in allowing me to “escape” in who I was becoming. I absolutely love this album for that reason!

@StephanieMT 8 месяцев назад

how can you hate the angelic voice of karen carpenter

@karentudor2567 6 месяцев назад

You nailed this like you were in my head and lived my youth! Journey and Steve Perry will always bring me to my knees....they are the only artist that I will stop and listen to the exclusion of everything else...a soul healing session everytime. Yes we lived in the best time in music!! Thank you for reminding me ! What a buzz

@magneto7930 10 месяцев назад

There were many songs in the 80s that I absolutely hated and yet I pretty much love them now. I think when you hear a lot of the garbage that there is today, you suddenly realize that you had something pretty special after all.

@riversan90 10 месяцев назад

In my first year of marching band, way back in the yesteryear of 2004, our field show that year was Journey- a band I somehow had never heard of. It consisted of Lights, Don't Stop Believing, Any Way You Want it, and ended with Open Arms. Continuing through my high school career, we did other, popular music, and anything I was familiar with, as an adult, I cannot stand to listen to anymore after performing the same songs every day for 4-5 months of the year. Except for Journey. Absolutely fell in love with them, and have been a fan ever since.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 10 месяцев назад

What grade were you in that year?

@riversan90 10 месяцев назад

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 8th, I think? That sounds right.

@anthonyotte5223 10 месяцев назад

Great video , I grew up with Journey , my folks were huge fans and I always had a spot in my heart for them even in my metal phase through junior high ! Thanks for the content , every time I think of a band or song , I look you up and you have it , thanks for being awesome 👍

@ProfessorofRock 10 месяцев назад

Rock on!

@Abber64 10 месяцев назад

Open Arms was huge here in Canada at that time. I remember going to dance bars and the dance floor was packed whenever 'Open Arms' came on. Journey is one of those bands that have music you can still listen to at any age and any musical era.

@BrandonGavin_EDC 10 месяцев назад

As people get older they recognize new music and the talent the people had to create it. They appreciate things more than when they were younger. Peoples taste constantly evolves.

@DivineHealing-cv9uv 9 месяцев назад

I’ve always said Steve Perry is the best! My opinion is Very few humans can compare to his vocals, I don’t know of any names yet LOL

@jamesweible5357 10 месяцев назад

When I was a teenager I was stuck hard on country music, I was trying to find my identity and I wasn't solid enough in myself to be able to widen my experiences. Then my sister BEGGED me to listen to ONE song from her rock collection, and that was Every Rose has it's thorns. After that I couldn't get enough. Journey is my absolute favorite though, and I've ALWAYS loved open arms, but I'm also a sucker for ballads.

@johneichmann1028 10 месяцев назад

Actually heard this song for the first time on the "Heavy Metal" soundtrack, and I thought immediately that this could be a huge hit for them. "Believing" and "Who's Crying" were already a staple on rock radio in NYC at the time. Then it was finally released, and it like was stuck at #2 for a few weeks. One of the rare times I got a "told you so" correct.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 10 месяцев назад

Can you believe they never had a #1 song? Blows my mind.

@jdavis7515 8 месяцев назад

I've been made fun of for years - but I'll never waiver. There is no better voice in rock history than Steve Perry! On the question of grown to love, I could never get into Peter Frampton, but have a totally different outlook today. One of the best live shows I've ever seen was Frampton, and I'm not just talking about his traditional gadgets - the whole show was electric.

@CabinFever52 3 месяца назад

Steve Perry and his crystal clear voice! How can you not love?!?!

@rhondawilkins2017 5 месяцев назад

Steve Perry, FOREVER THE GOLDEN “Voice”, was voted by his Superfans thru BILLBOARD as “The Greatest Rock Singer” ever in September, 2023. Steve acknowledged the WIN with his usual humble self and was shocked. Btw, my Uncle worked at A&M RECRDS, Hollywood from 1967-1999. “The Carpenters” were signed by Herb Alpert at A&M in 1969. One of the greatest moments of my life… as you can imagine, I have many! Thanks Uncle D and Herb Alpert!

@cindysnow2123 10 месяцев назад

Open Arms is the song that turned my Mom into a fan of Journey!! She had never heard of them until my oldest brother sang Open Arms at a bowling banquet!! She talked about the song the next day!! I told her who they were!! She then made me buy the album at a local record store!! That was my first Journey album!! To this day, I still list Escape as one of my Must Own albums and I probably always will!! Such an awesome song and band!!

@ericbgordon1575 10 месяцев назад

If memory serves, "Open Arms" was my second Journey song (the first being "Faithfully"). It didn't occur to 3-year-old me to either like or hate it. However, I'm not surprised to learn about Neal's loathing of it.I later learned that Steve obligated Journey to cut the song from their set. Now, I may have thought it would've been Neal who made that push. Incidentally, near the beginning of the video, Adam, you mentioned resisting listening to Carpenters. Yesterday (11/24/23), I took delivery on CD of the *Close to You* album. Thirty years ago in December, I heard that album with teen ears and was motivated by the closing cut ("Another Song") and Karen's drumming to make my third pass at trying to be a drummer myself. Everyone else was into Nirvana, Green Day, Metallica, Snoop Dog, Tupac - and I wanted no part of it. I switched to the guitar and bass in the upper 90s, but it began with Richard and Karen.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 10 месяцев назад

Karen’s drumming skills were impeccable!

@jhandle4196 10 месяцев назад

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Her drum tracks were actually replaced by a session drummer for their studio work.

@dranet47 10 месяцев назад

I loved this song as a kid and I still love it now. I loved it even before I had ever experienced true love. It's just so beautiful. Glad you're on board now. :)

@ProfessorofRock 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for listening

@SteveC-Shaman 10 месяцев назад

Me too... my first experience and longtime love of it was on the Heavy Metal movie soundtrack.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 10 месяцев назад

It’s short and sweet.

@Journey_Escape_81 10 месяцев назад

@@ProfessorofRockplease change your ad setting Professor...every 5 minutes a YT duo of ads! C'mon now...

@crazyivan49 6 месяцев назад

Good music is good music, I listen to whatever I like! My opinion is all the vote I need!

@d.s.8733 3 месяца назад

Steve Perry is Out of this World!

@juicesarewild 10 месяцев назад

I play clarinet and for many years I was in a community concert band with whom I toured twice in Europe. For our Germany/Denmark trip we played a Journey medley arrangement, which included Open Arms, I remember playing it as soulfully as I could with Steve Perry as the guide in my mind. 'When You Love A Woman' is my favourite ballad and his voice is just 🥰

@benamisai-kham5892 10 месяцев назад

Also a fellow clarinet player here, we used to play don't stop believing in school band and it was always sooo fun to play! I always thought wheel in the sky would be a fun song to play, I need to find some sheet music to it 😂

@juicesarewild 10 месяцев назад

@@benamisai-kham5892 yeah man, Wheel In The Sky is a great tune. An underrated gem, in my opinion. I love singing along to it.

@sariahut1 10 месяцев назад

I absolutely love this song! I remember listening to this as a kid but for some reason I completely misunderstood the lyrics of the chorus. (Keep in mind I was 6 when it came out) I thought it said “here I am with broken arms”. I have told people about this mistake and like good friends do, they harass me about it every time the song comes on. It’s a good thing I can laugh at myself. 😂

@dravont73 10 месяцев назад

Made my day..thnx😂

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 10 месяцев назад

Now, this makes me crack up. 😂

@sariahut1 10 месяцев назад

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 I also though the lyrics to You Spin Me Round by Dead or Alive were “you spin me right round like a raccoon baby” I can’t say I was an intelligent child. 😳

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 10 месяцев назад

@@sariahut1 You spin me ruh-roh baby…

@flavellinator 10 месяцев назад

I just couldn't get the lullaby aspect of Open Arms out of my head no matter what. Professor, you've got to listen to the new album by Hugo's Voyage called Inception. It's a fabulous tribute to Perry-era Journey, and Hugo sounds very much like Mr. Perry in certain phrases! Best Journeyesque album since Raised on Radio...

@popsequentialism7213 10 месяцев назад

The Hugo's Voyage track "Don't Want to Live Without Your Love" totally cribs the same chord progression as Don't Stop Believin'. They used to just be a Journey cover band. I'm glad they decided to record their own material, though.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 10 месяцев назад

I have to look up Hugo’s Voyage. 🧐

@procrastinator9 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for including Brad Delp in that pantheon of all-time R&R vocalists.

@EsausHeel 8 месяцев назад

I was so sure that he was about to name Paul Rodgers, and then he trailed off. So, I will mention Paul Rodgers as a top 5 rock singer. For me, it was Cummings, Rodgers, and Plant.

@joshuawalls7102 4 месяца назад

Yes I loved Brad's singing!

@ponzo1967 10 месяцев назад

This was my favorite song at 14 , I heard it laying in bed one morning using the radio as an alarm clock. It woke me up that morning and set the tone for the day, it put me in like a soothing twilight state and I've loved it ever since. It's such a dreamy piece of music I skipped lunch that week and bought Journey Escape which was just great all over.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 10 месяцев назад

You know, I should set this as my wake up song.

@rachelkatoch2869 9 месяцев назад

Love, much love for Journey! Agree, Steve Perry's vocals 😊 are the best!

@lizjo7213 5 месяцев назад

Steve Perry's voice broke me, so beautiful truly a gift from heaven...for the single We Are The World, in a recording studio with the biggest named artist of the time I'd wait for Steve Perry's part...

@ld3640 10 месяцев назад

In grade school when that song came out I wrote My Own lyrics I titled it Broken Arms I think one of the verses went "My Life Choices weren't so great ..so now I'm standing here with .......broken arms .." 😂 but now you're right it just punches a hole in my chest crazy how that happens ..

@memowilliam9889 9 месяцев назад

LOL ..... same And his other hit: "Don't stop buh-leedin'! Hold on to the filling.

@leonardoordaz2594 10 месяцев назад

Ever since Journey got into the R&RHOF I bacame aware of the fact that there a lot of individuals out there that HATE Journey, especially their balllads! It baffles me to the bone. I have loved this band ever since I first heard them, and Open Arms was the first song I heard from them back in 1980!

@ProfessorofRock 10 месяцев назад

Yes. There are a lot of haters. Don't know why!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 10 месяцев назад

Sure, they can be cheesy, but the delicious kind of cheese. These guys have actual talent.

@waltgaffert2554 9 месяцев назад

I always considered Perry the high water mark for a vocalist, of which I am one. I have loved Escape since it''s release when I was 13 and have worked hard to have the control Perry has. I am considered a good vocalist, and have good control but Steve Perry? Spotless, dead on!

@pennywells9824 Месяц назад

Journey was around before Steve Perry. They were getting nowhere. Steve Perry made Journy. They got a new guitar player because he thought they were selling out. I guess he thought being broke was fun. I got a new drummer. And then they got freaking famous. I lived on journey they work spectacular to me. When Steve Perry left the band I left journey. All that crap about finding somebody that sounded just like Steve Perry. NOT EVEN. There is only one Steve Perry. And sometimes you can't replace someone. No doubt they scred him. He got the last laugh. Every time the second-rate journey sings The Steve Perry song he gets paid.

@wishingb5859 10 месяцев назад

When you told your story about Journey's Open Arms, I can relate to it because it is a song that I got sick of but decades later that is no longer true. I watched a documentary on the Bee Gees and they were talking about how all of society seemed to get sick of them but that Barry Gibb could perform with other people and sound just like himself and people made those songs #1 while boycotting him in the Bee Gees. People are strange.

@lindamcfarland9656 10 месяцев назад

Goodness, Professor, your musical journey sounds a lot like mine! Lol! I had many songs I shelved because I wasn't into that genre of music or I kept my love of others under wraps because people wouldn't understand. By the time I was in my later teens, I realized I didn't care what people thought of my personal taste; I never needed their permission anyway😊. I did change my mind about Simply Red's I Keep Holding On and that was thanks to your deep dive into the song, Prof! Recently I had my mind changed about Firefall's Just Remember I Love You. I had heard that song almost all of my life but I'd never, ever really listened to it. I could sing the chorus and I knew evey twist and turn of the music, but I'd never listened to the lyrics. About 3 weeks ago, I'd been in the midst of an emotional funk and on a day I was especially low as I was driving home from a frustrating trip to the store. That song came on and for the first time ever, I listened to the lyrics. It felt directed and personal and just like a messege sent. I've been singing it every day this last month and it really does comfort me😊

@Whisper_292 10 месяцев назад

Just Remember I Love You is a beautiful song. I'm glad you came around. 😊

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 10 месяцев назад

Had the same experience with Close to You by the Carpenters.