Iconic Guitarist HATED Song & REFUSED to Play It LIVE-Then it Became Band's #1 HIT-Professor of Rock

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Legendary Journey Guitairst and Founder Neal Schond tells the story of working on the Journey 80s power ballad Open Arms from their 1981 classic record Escape. He hated the song and did not want to play it live but then it became a #1 hit, journey's biggest charts hit ever and so Steve Perry talked him into play it live on their sold escape tour and the crow came unglued. They loved it. So Neal knew he'd have to play it live for the rest of his live. The story of this 80s classic come from an interview with the band Journey who ruled stadiums and radio with their classic rock standards like Don't Stop Believin', Faithfully, Lights and Open Arms.

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@brentholladay3113 9 месяцев назад

Steve’s vocals and Neils leads are beautiful together

@bobbyw1510 6 месяцев назад

Steve's vocals and Greg Rollie's vocals together is pure amazement.

@beavis4play 5 месяцев назад

what i loved was steve and greggs harmonies - amazing

@JOHNNYSGIRL1960 5 месяцев назад

@@bobbyw1510 Greg didn't perform this song with them, Jon did.

@bobbyw1510 5 месяцев назад

@@JOHNNYSGIRL1960 ya think? Wow Einstein....knew that already had infinity in 78 as a kid. I was just stating what I like about Journey. Please refrain from sending me info I have known for 4 or more decades.

@bobbyw1510 5 месяцев назад

Referring to my love of Feeling that Way and Just The Same Way. Cain was in my fave band the Babys but he was horrible with them. Escape is a joke compared to infinity evolution departure eras. I do love Frontiers. Met Journey several times not with Perry. So you are stating the obvious because I know Journey like I know my dogs seen them 7 times. In 1083 I saw the Frontiers tour. Have a great day. Not mad at you either so keep rocking your Journey!

@jonasbarbury4013 Год назад

Steve perrys influence and direction rose the band to superstardom and it really grated on jon cain and neil schonn. Not only because steve literally took the reins, but that he was usually right.

@reddae6910 10 месяцев назад

Johnathan Cain actually really respected Perry. He valued Steve’s opinion’s and loved collaborating with him. I’m not sure where you got the impression Perry’s influence and success grated on Jon Cain. In fact, when Neil didn’t like Jon’s songs, and didn’t want them played… it was Perry that said “yes let’s do it” and shot Cain’s songs to the stratosphere! Cain’s success with Journey has everything to do with Steve’s support.

@oscarjetson128 7 месяцев назад

😂 please…

@MG-nq9sj 7 месяцев назад

Neil is an ass.

@aprilgosa5779 6 месяцев назад

Jon and Steve wrote a lot of the big Journey hits together as the one commentor said Jon respected Steve Neil was the one who didn't want Steve to join the band to begin with Herbie had to practically beg to even get Neil to give it a chance

@mepucket3029 6 месяцев назад

They haven’t had a hit or close to a hit since Steve Perry left

@bicyclist2 5 месяцев назад

I love Journey. I listened to them almost daily in the 80's and 90's. Steve Perry made the band what it was. Thank you.

@rebecaoliveira1946 4 месяца назад

Steve Perry e a voz a lenda. Ele fez a jornada

@nomopms1 Год назад

'Open Arms' is still one of my very favorite Journey songs. Love Steve Perry's voice!

@merin797 6 месяцев назад

I was just playing Open Arms for my mother today. Steve’s performance brings tears. Amazing.

@JeffStevens-fc9bw 3 месяца назад

😊😊😅😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

@jeffs5376 2 месяца назад

I randomly started listing to Journey to learn some guitar licks and listened to Open Arms and emotions of how much I love my daughter brought me to tears while driving my car.

@tdz69 Год назад

Looking at the shot of the radio chart and all those songs brings me back. Lol. What a great time of music. What I miss most is that music was an event….an event waiting for a new release that you had to go out to store and buy and bring home…an event to go see bands when they came into town and you didn’t have cell phones or RU-vid where you could see the show beforehand. Bands were larger than life and an even bigger part of yours. Today it’s all instant access and none of the event or anticipation or total enjoyment. Yeah I’m old. But I got to enjoy the magic of that time. Priceless.

@EwetoobSucks 21 день назад

Well, one must also take into consideration that back then the good bands and their songs were great. Todays crap is nothing worth mentioning , or for that matter remembering.

@timcourville8452 Год назад

Without Cain and Perry, Journey would be a long lost memory.

@beavis4play 6 месяцев назад

without perry , all of those guys wouldn't have the success they've had. perry made journey successful long before john cain came along.

@drdre4397 5 месяцев назад

Like most bands, it was actually a combination of all of them.

@beavis4play 5 месяцев назад

@@bobbyw1510 you whine like you're 10 yrs old - grow up. you don't like the music - don't listen to it.

@SiberianHusky666 3 месяца назад

Well, duh. You oughta read the court filings, they make for interesting reading.

@bobbyw1510 3 месяца назад

@@SiberianHusky666 you never read them. Wake up.

@cherriphelps0108 Год назад

Amazing song! Steve's voice is phenomenal! ❤

@gracey-the-good9005 Год назад

I was a teenager in the 80's I saw Journey in concert (my second concert, J Giles was my first). Journey was one of the most famous bands at the time. It was amazing and just like he says, when they played Open Arms, the entire huge venue went crazy!! Whenever Open Arms played at highschool dances, everyone went crazy. Lots of memories come to the surface for Gen-Xers

@openskyphotography 6 месяцев назад

One of the best ballads ever written.

@kenbourekas420 Год назад

Just shows some people have true love in their heart, and then other people walk the Earth, oblivious

@kevinmillerelizondo439 8 месяцев назад

Who's crying now is a banger. Love live version in Houston back in the 80s. Still can't get into open arms. But it works.

@Saybleu Год назад

This dates me a bit but I saw them in 1981. It was everything you’re imagining.

@frankrichards3089 Год назад

It wasn't Van Halen.

@boxertwinjeff Год назад

A bit 😂

@ChrisFerguson-zm4gt Год назад

Boring?

@Fearzero Год назад

Generic music made for chix?

@Saybleu Год назад

@@Fearzero true.

@marklovelace297 Год назад

Just pause and look at that top 10, man I grew up in such a great era!

@tejanosbestcom1531 Год назад

Side Note: Open Arms was written by Jonathan Cain and he presented it to John Waite while in The Baby’s but John Waite thought it was to pop for his taste and refused to record it. Jonathan later joined Journey and the rest is history 😮

@MU-rx1tc Год назад

Not only that but Waite said , nobody wants to buy that sappy love crap , so he shelved the tune till he got with Journey, he’s over at Steve’s house , it’s about 1am and he plays the melody for him , an hour later Perry had the lyrics to the song done , Jonathan Cains old manager used to manage one of my former bands .

@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle Год назад

Perry had the ear and knew what could be done with it

@MU-rx1tc Год назад

@@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle , absolutely, Perry’s ability to hear any melody and come up with lyrics in a short amount of time is just unreal , that’s a talent on another level .

@WhiteDove73-888 Год назад

John Waite is way more pop than Journey…

@FUYT888 Год назад

Journey? 😂😂😂😂😂😂

@gilbertspader7974 8 месяцев назад

Every year me and my metalhead friends would go to Saratoga Perf. Art Center and watch Journey. Every year we got to hear all the new songs live and it was magical. We always sat upfront in front of Neil and screamed and he would really respond by playing extra aggressively !!!!

@staceycoates1418 Год назад

Open Arms is one of my favorite songs. I just love the melody.

@ArrowMaster_ Год назад

Not so weird, buddy. Its awesome!

@velvetbees Год назад

The soaring vocals and Perry's perfect pitch are as beautiful as any song can possibly get.

@roberttrevino2861 Год назад

Anyone in their 50s who didn't slow-dance to a rock ballad like Open Arms in Jr. High (or The Best of Times by Styx or other similar 80s tunes) just wasn't living!!

@scottmendoza8989 10 месяцев назад

You got that right seems like yesterday

@MarcusStevens-jx9pe 10 месяцев назад

I was at a "different" high school. It was Always and Forever by Heatwave for me.😅😅😉😉😉😉😉

@chrismurray6200 9 месяцев назад

so true. I went to Lincoln Savage Middle School near Grants Pass, Oregon. Open Arms was the shit!!!

@bobbyw1510 9 месяцев назад

@@chrismurray6200 a big pile 4 sure. I prefer Winds of March or Daydream or People and Places....3 of Journeys all time bestest songs over Open Arms...Journey best CD is Trial by Fire....Can't tame the Lion....pure gold!

@TheScourge-sg5vv 8 месяцев назад

Beth

@rebeccaclark3362 Год назад

It literally broke my heart when Steve Perry left. It will never be the real journey, no matter how hard they try

@EastDetroitMusic-Sirens3000A Год назад

It’s called Moving on? Perry had a hip injury which required surgery, something that delayed the band. After 10 years and then another disappearance for another 2 years. Absolutely ridiculous. Journey is still a good band.

@goshdarnit8656 6 месяцев назад

@@EastDetroitMusic-Sirens3000AJourney were and are absolute shite. Corporate crap rock. The Matchbox 20 of the 80s

@aprilgosa5779 6 месяцев назад

He didn't exactly leave the last time Neil decided they couldn't wait on him and Steve had discovered a degnerative hip disease and Neil wanted him to rush and get surgery and go back on the road and thats not that simple and Steve wanted to think about it and there were probably ither reasons too but Neil essentially used those excuses to get Perry out which he never wnated him there in the first place

@JOHNNYSGIRL1960 5 месяцев назад

@@aprilgosa5779💯

@joemunoz7347 4 месяца назад

Yup, there is no Journey without Steve Perry ! My favorite band of all times! Still listen to them almost daily. Takes me back to the 80’s . The music and songs are not what they were back then . REO , foreigner. Toto , etc . The days were so awesome.

@mauibuilder1239 Год назад

Nothing like Journey....junior high, high school, and college 😃

@thedcbroker7264 Год назад

There must have been some crazy drama behind the scenes…. This group was awesome. Steve perry said he never felt like one of the guys, yet he still rocks 30 years later on the radio

@dannytse8767 Год назад

Steve was hired to get some hits out of Journey because their label was about to drop the band. Obviously, it worked.

@thedcbroker7264 Год назад

@@dannytse8767 oh so he came after the band was established? He was a perfect fit… the dudes voice and style are still on the radio to this day…, hell, they found and rolled with arnel because he sounded like Steve saving the sound that everyone loved

@dannytse8767 Год назад

@@thedcbroker7264 Steve Perry was not a founding member of Journey. Once Steve was in Journey, he added his songwriter skills in addition to his singing. It has to be said that Journey's music became more commercialized after Steve joined, but if that's what it takes to be successful. Certainly better than being dropped from a major label.

@EastDetroitMusic-Sirens3000A Год назад

@@dannytse8767I’ll agree with you on that. Especially since it’s a band that had potential, we would be living in a different world without their music.

@aprilgosa5779 6 месяцев назад

Steve went through a lot the first time he took a break from Journey his mother was dying of cancer and he went down to visit her and then she did die in his arms and after that he lost his way for a while then the 2nd time the last time he was hiking in between tours and albums and he felt a pain in his hip and was diagnosed with a hip problem and Neil wanted him to have surgery then go back on the road Steve thought that should be jos decision not the group or Neil's and even if Steve had surgery right away his recovery would still take probably a year a hip replacement is no simple thing you just jjump up from

@toddcrockett Год назад

Yes, it is a ballad but my God it crushed the charts. I saw that concert tour. Best ever.

@linmonash1244 Год назад

GREAT Song. Perry is an incredible and versatile Vocalist. Remember the days BEFORE all the 'wannabe's' with auto-tune and a thousand other electronically enhanced 'tricks'? Who couldn't hit a note on pitch if their lives depended on it!? Yes- that IS the sound of my teeth grinding. This is what a real singer is.

@paulletchworth2036 Год назад

Dude if you had listened more the whole band would still be together

@Christian_Willoughby 11 месяцев назад

100%

@kensurrency2564 5 месяцев назад

it’s a little more complicated than that. perry was hard to work with. as are most great artists. steve knew his voice was burning out. there’s a reason you don’t hear him sing much anymore.

@MrRaddude1 5 месяцев назад

@kensurrency2564 have to be whe. Your vocals aren't replaced. Every one else can fix their instruments when they break steve couldn't

@uversa7 Год назад

Neal, just put the song where your bread and butter boss man wants it. He is the reason the crowd is there. Just play your little side man signature guitar riffs, do your part, and back up the angel.

@eyeheartsushi2212 Год назад

😂😂😂😂

@steviewonderland2630 Год назад

I am a black guy who is a huge fan of Journey and Steve Perry. "Highway run, into the midnight sun, wheels go round and round in my mind. Restless hearts, sleep alone tonight, sending all my love lost without you .They say that the road ain't no place to start a family, but right down the line it's been you and me, and lovin a music man ain't always what it's s'pose to be, oh girl, but you stayed on by me, and I'm forever yours FAITHFULLY.🎼🎤

@steviewonderland2630 Год назад

I just happen to Prefer Faithfully over Open arms.

@eyeheartsushi2212 Год назад

@@steviewonderland2630 Same.

@allenglasco6077 Год назад

Im also a Black man but perfers the Journey Band before Steve Perry. They had more of a rockish, funky vibe to them without the chessy ballads. You can tell the old Journey was bagat from Santana.

@KRISDAWN.B Год назад

I'm a white women lol and I think for me I don't care about what pigment of skin you have peeps, so I think God made allllllllll of are ear the same. So whatever YOUR EAR HEARS IS YOU, I LOVE R&B more then anything. I don't think I overnight turned to black, but you never know lol lol . Amen to all us human beings.

@steviewonderland2630 Год назад

@@bobbyw1510 My only interest is quality music, everyone else can sort out everything else.

@jpro112185 Год назад

How can you NOT "get" or even love that song!?!?!

@RyanBrown-hr7ct 6 месяцев назад

👍👍👍 Exactly

@RyanBrown-hr7ct 6 месяцев назад

Maybe if your ego is threatened by the singer who vaulted your flailing band to Superstar Status and worldwide success

@maya_coqsalonga Год назад

Not every band goes on and on, it's the except not the rule. A band is lucky if they can stay intact for 5 albums. Journey has given the world a period of great great music. The soundtrack to every 80's teenager's sexual awakening. They'll always be one of my favorite bands.

@melodyszadkowski5256 2 месяца назад

Seven straight double platinum albums don't lie. And Steve Perry is on them all.

@Notonmywatch1340 Год назад

Egos a hellacious drug!

@stuartwiner7920 Год назад

This guy is one of the immortals. May they live forever.

@idalucero1260 Год назад

Neal doesn't like this song... that's why Steve is the vocalist so talented, and you add to the song with your guitar. 1000.000 people are not wrong! Stay in your lane Neal😂

@EastDetroitMusic-Sirens3000A Год назад

The story he’s talking about was 42 years ago. He’s been in his lane.

@RyanBrown-hr7ct 6 месяцев назад

Exactly.....The Jealousy Lane

@RobertJohnson-on7hc Год назад

I saw Journey in '81 and '83...I always loved 'Still They Ride' 🎵🎸💕

@Mick_Ts_Chick Год назад

Agreed. Beautiful song!

@eyeheartsushi2212 Год назад

One of my favorites.

@joeschrelner1134 9 месяцев назад

I see them also un 81 Bush stadium St. Louis it was called super jam

@marshaflorom730 Год назад

What a surprise! What a song ! Love JOURNEY!!

@puppycat58 Год назад

Love steve Perry 💙

@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle Год назад

who doesn't

@HI-RISER Год назад

@@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle Taliban...they're fickle.

@markheidema3699 Год назад

Journey got rid of the wrong guy. Guitarists are a dime a dozen but Singers are priceless. Perry for ever!

@Livinghighandwise Год назад

I disagree. While Steve's voice failed him early into his old age, Neil's playing didn't start to fade until very recently.

@bobbyw1510 Год назад

Can't replace Vito Bratta or Mick Mars.

@bobbyw1510 Год назад

@@Livinghighandwise he may be 74 this year or close. Eyesight fades. Hair falls out. Fingers get arthritis. Aging is the reality of the blame. His playing will always be cemented into rock greatness. Check him out in 83.....untouchable!

@EastDetroitMusic-Sirens3000A Год назад

Perry left not because Journey necessarily fired him but rather he delayed touring because of a hip injury which was gonna need surgery, the only problem was it would delay the band. But after a few years the band finally parted ways with Steve Perry saying, this is nothing against you, but we’re moving on. I mean Journey came back just about 10 years after their disappearance. The fact that Steve had to delay all of that all of the sudden again for another few years is ridiculous. I don’t blame the whole band for making that decision, because at that point, it’s all about the fans, not them anymore.

@EastDetroitMusic-Sirens3000A Год назад

@@LivinghighandwiseNeal can still play really good. Yeah he’ll mess up but that’s not entirely because of age. Well partially… his fingers are getting bigger and fatter which can easily become screwy when playing guitar. Other than that however he’s still playing very good. It’s different, but he has fun doing it and if the fans love it either way. It doesn’t matter.

@thomascarpenter7415 Год назад

Neil is so talented , unbelievable

@adspur Год назад

I agree he is.Without Steve Perry Journey would never have reached the heights they did.Steve was the difference maker

@russellpinkie9775 Год назад

Brilliant song, one of the best love rock songs ever, 👌, Steve's vocals on this song are amazing

@jacquessimmons7981 Год назад

That song is a great song

@dewitthobson2279 Год назад

John Waite also passed on Faithfully. According to the late great Keith Olsen, when Waite was offered the song, he turned up his nose and said “It’s a song about the bloody circus, and I’m not going to do it.” Keith repeated that quote in a huffy English accent, and it became a staple in my circle of friends. Anytime there’s something we don’t want to do, we declare in our best disdainful English accent “…I’m not going to do it!”

@walshy2116 Год назад

Neil. "Where are we gonna put that thing?" Only one of the best songs of my youth! He's something else.

@JOHNNYSGIRL1960 5 месяцев назад

He's a jerk. No wonder Steve never had coffee with him. For Steve's mental well-being that was a good decision.

@DozierLee Год назад

I listened to Only the Lonely today. Great band & great balance in their music--guitar, vocals, drums, bass, it's all so well laid out

@seashoree1 Год назад

Slash thought the same about "Sweet Child of Mine"

@EastDetroitMusic-Sirens3000A Год назад

Except Sweet Child O’ Mine still isn’t Slash’s favorite song. Neal Schon the day he played open arms I remember in an interview and a documentary he looks to Perry and says, “Wow, that song really kicked ass”. And Perry looks at him like he wanted to take his head off lol.

@MissingDrew815 Год назад

He doesn't get much, not too bright Schon.

@vernhoke7730 Год назад

I saw them on the Escape tour and that song blew the place up!

@windermere2330 Год назад

Man I would’ve loved to see them live! I was too young at the time and not into them at all.

@BambiDextrous Год назад

That’s what Neal was talking about.

@BambiDextrous Год назад

@@windermere2330 Those are two good reasons not to have seen them.

@RobertJohnson-on7hc Год назад

Yes, I saw them in Houston in '81...awesome show and remember Open Arms. ❤

@eyeheartsushi2212 Год назад

@@BambiDextrous 😂😂😂😂

@tommypowell1137 Год назад

I remember when Neal said" but what am I going to do in the song". I don't recall Brian Deacon, or Rodger Taylor asking Freddy " what am I going to do" in the songs with just piano or it doesn't call for that instrument. Neil didn't appreciate the fact that Steve Perry we're making them multi-millionaires. They would have broke up and been forgotten about had it not been for Steve Perry.

@herbiesnerd Год назад

I saw these guys live when I was in high school, before Steve Perry was part of the band. They were the warm up band for Thin Lizzy who we were there to see. Santa Monica Civic circa 1976.

@bradcrawford1998 Год назад

So we're they any good pre Steve Perry? Journey did a double set live 3 hour show in the early 2000's with Steve Augeri at vocals. They played the first set with all they're old pre Perry stuff, took a break and closed the show with stuff from Infinity on. I didn't really care for the old stuff. I didn't even know Journey was around until Infinity was released in 1978 and my High School girlfriend turned me onto them. I HONESTLY thought Perry was a female voice when I first heard Infinity 🤯 She was like that's a man, I was like what 😂

@herbiesnerd Год назад

@@bradcrawford1998 Honestly, I still remember this which is funny because we were smoking weed and even sharing with the door guard. The had one good song and it’s the only one I remember. I think it was called Saturday or Saturday Night or something like that. That was it. At some point, including us, the crowd was chanting “Thin Lizzy, Thin Lizzy…….” I don’t know where all there hit songs came from. Steve Perry’s voice was icing on the cake because their songs were good regardless.

@nancywyatt821 Год назад

@@herbiesnerd They had hit songs after Perry joined because he was a talented song writer who could collaborate with them. One semi hit since he left. After Steve joined, Thin Lizzy opened for them.

@jamiecarey9456 Год назад

Neal is an awesome, underrated artist❤

@plasticrap4577 Год назад

You guys are still the greatest! Long live Rock!

@joycemayfield2690 10 месяцев назад

Not the same with the wanna be singing lead.. Arnel may be able to mimic Steve but he'll never BE Steve.

@FleetAdmiral215 11 месяцев назад

One of the Greatest Rock Bands Ever !!!

@nickseviltwin1580 Год назад

I wore out the first Escape cassette out in 6 months of it being released, Journey was hitting on all 8 cylinders and back in the day when 6×9 speakers (4 in the back 2 in the doors) and a Craig powerplay and a 500 watt power boost Amp and a equalizer was under the dash and it was easily the best sounding cassette that everyone wanted to hear out in the woods around a bonfire with a cooler full of beer and a girl (age group 17-21) the best of times

@matthewoffenbacher6548 Год назад

A phenomenal song as done by them❤

@wsfwsf1497 Год назад

His guitar play on the live "Girl Can't Help It" is insane.

@bobbyw1510 Год назад

U r so RIGHT!

@reneeheknowsmyname6771 Год назад

I'm so in love with that song!!!!

@martinjaramillo2429 6 месяцев назад

❤

@danielabilez3619 9 месяцев назад

It won't end well for this guy. Without a singer like the one you have... nothing will happen. So if you want to kerp your lifestyle... treat him correct.

@billbruno7163 Год назад

It helped buy your wife the $million ring, dude.

@philmullineaux5405 Год назад

I was like 13, 6th row center, in Houston and heard, I remember that shirt!😮

@CherylBattista Год назад

That concert is of LEGENDARY proportions ❤

@graysonmichael8335 Год назад

neil schon was the man when i was growing up....i wasnt a big journey fan, but to me neil was a total bad ass on guitar

@electricianron_New_Jersey Год назад

It’s hard to admit when you’re wrong but it’s necessary to correct yourself immediately.

@briantrash Год назад

You're wrong.

@karpabla Год назад

You admire chatGPT, isn't it?

@ericbgordon1575 Год назад

I am a man of two hearts on it. Can't help but relate to what Neal says about how little he liked it at the same moment that it's inescapable how huge the song became for Journey and for Steve.

@Skiddoo42 Год назад

Neal never wanted Journey, he wanted a metal version of Santana. He made a huge sacrifice for the band, fame and fortune.

@paulwojnilowicz5265 Год назад

And for mariah carey!

@johnypitman2368 Год назад

He said he was wrong

@JOHNNYSGIRL1960 5 месяцев назад

@@Skiddoo42He never wanted Steve either and got jealous of Steve in the end.

@lloydthompsonart 10 месяцев назад

Steve was the goat so much infact that Journey went and got a GMO version of him. Reigning on Steve's golden voice.

@stephanieredden8861 Год назад

That guitar is amazing looking. Journey was my first concert, a very long time ago, in the early 80s. Capital Center in D.C..

@timothycreamer8610 Год назад

I'm 59 and was born at Providence Hospital DC we lived in DC , Arlington, Alexandria....Fond memories of the Capital Centre.

@rudygracia5573 Год назад

Same story for many other Rock band's guitarist's when they went power ballad mode.

@doriwilson6991 Год назад

Open Arms is my all time favorite Journey Escape album song. I would listen to it over and over. Totally wore a cassette out listening to the whole album over and over❤❤❤

@eyeheartsushi2212 Год назад

Escape is an incredible album.

@stephenkessel1990 Год назад

If you dont know,Neal is one of a few players that grew up playing gigs and doing high school at the same time . Ditching school isnt good for most but if you live in L A. And recording as a studio guy n your like 15..yes he did and almost played woodstock missed it by a yr. With Santana...Truly a bad ass player and truly a Rock Star

@jimmyj5035 Год назад

Steve Perry and the beautiful Song "Open Arms" is the Very Reason that JOURNEY is the Legendary Band it is Today... it being on the Soundtrack to the animated Cult Classic film HEAVY METAL just helped the Legend

@ullyssesthuller 5 месяцев назад

I love you guys. Neil thank you for all the songs...

@strattuner Год назад

NEIL SCHON played rhythm for SANTANA,and he was doing that when he was 14 years old,he is brilliant,but you must understand the whole damn band is playing their best,JUST FOR THE VOCALIST TO OPEN UP,STEVE PERRY IS IN THE TOP 5 IN THE WORLD

@williamriley9904 Год назад

JOURNEY...... powerful band in the beginning 😊. Too bad so much ego destroyed so much music 🎵🎶🥴

@dougayers8222 Год назад

Hate that record

@williamriley9904 Год назад

@@dougayers8222 who really cares what you think

@thomascolbert2687 Год назад

@dougayers8222 Yeah, me too. It was my class song for graduation. We all hated it and most of us believed the vote to select it was rigged.😄

@maestroaxeman Год назад

Neil Schön is an egomaniac. I despise his personality. I love the albums, but there's a deep-seeded reason as to WHY I DO NOT LIKE Neil. Long explanation. Not gonna put it here because I respect Prof. Of Rock too much for his music appreciation approach.

@williamriley9904 Год назад

@@maestroaxeman yeah I think I was trying to make that point.....EGO. That, unfortunately,plays a good part in the downfall of many people who join together to make music. Your point is valid but there was enough to go around..... I just don't care for the TROLLS response when you try to make a personal view..... that's why it's called comment..... it's a viewpoint. No reference to your opinion but to some others. I watched Van Halen blow up numerous times.....EGO

@EricWood-o4d 7 месяцев назад

I saw them at Mountain Aire 1882 and 4 times after that ❤

@mattgibbons8381 Год назад

Ansley Dunbar and Steve Smith had a lot to do with my drumming in my teens. That was like one of those pallets that really taught me how to play a ballad and like play it at a nice slow m but don't drag it out. I'm not sure what to say because this is one of the coldest motherfuking guitarist in rock and roll. Remember kids this cat played at Woodstock when he was 15 years old!!!! It is an honor to hear a really cool f****** story like that. I used to hang out with Chris Jones the son of Philly Joe Jones....

@thomasboren3580 Год назад

The recording live in Houston is what he is talking about because Steve Perry told us it went number 1 in charts , was there both night recording and still one of my favorite memories of Journey in concert

@bobbear4437 Год назад

It demonstrates the great Perry voice, and why it was so good

@stephenvolt1730 Год назад

Truly a great rock ballad!

@michelecarson2360 Год назад

Thank goodness for Steve's expert ear!

@Tony-w5x Год назад

One of the most underrated guitar players. He’s sensational.

@shanewise7625 Год назад

Without some of their slower ballads, it would be hard to fully appreciate the full spectrum of their talent. There are lots of fast Rock players, but many of them could never in their lifetime even begin to compose such a Soulful, heartfelt, brilliant guitar solo like Neil did in Open Arms, mother father, send her my love... absolutely phenomenal, every one of them! This band will live on forever!

@francus7227 Год назад

Faithfully ??

@rhondamadrid4071 Год назад

Neal didn't play on Open Arms.

@francus7227 Год назад

@@rhondamadrid4071 Better check that. I'm pretty sure he did.

@shanewise7625 Год назад

Yes he sure did. It starts at about the 1-minute 30-second Mark and goes to the 1 minute 45 second mark. It's interesting that he chose to be so subdued on that one. Brilliant choice. Also, the rhythm guitar on Open Arms is exceptional!

@rhondamadrid4071 Год назад

@shanewise7625 Yes, my bad. I'm going from an old interview (not this one) where Neal is talking about how he didn't want to do this song because he wouldn't be able to play guitar on this song and than when they did it Live, I didn't remember seeing Neal on stage. But, yes, you're correct.

@leesagomez6615 Год назад

My personal inspection to want to play. Neal Schon years later in Petaluma Ca. I had the honor of playing on stage with Miles Neals son.

@stevespring6430 Год назад

Neil never could figure out he wasn't the star Steve and Johnathan made the band

@trickjones3345 6 месяцев назад

Neil is , in my opinion, The Greatest of the Greats guitarist of all time. His compositions are so unique. He never overplays but still shreds. And its within the spirit of the song His solos touch my soul . His solos make me cry and remember those years His tone is out of this world!!!!! He plays different style guitars better than anyone

@dandtintennessee7675 Год назад

I love Journey music but this guy has gone full Roger Waters and i just even deal with their drama anymore. Arnel brought them back to life .. he certainly deserves more credit than he gets.

@lisamoore6804 Год назад

This song is one of the best songs ever.

@keyranger9749 Год назад

That’s why Steve Perry is the entire band!!

@latinboy906 8 месяцев назад

Man, that top 10 list was all pop music bangers. I was about ten and liked all those songs.

@OhNoNotAgain42 Год назад

“Escape” was my first concert. The best part of this video is the top 10 list. “Pac man fever”. OMG. I still remember the words.

@eyeheartsushi2212 Год назад

That’s awesome you saw them on the Escape tour. I remember Pac Man Fever as well.

@screwyootube1 Год назад

I would’ve rather heard Pac-Man Fever than Open Arms.

@Heidi-cd4ff Год назад

I remember seeing him playing with Carlos Santana...he was so young back then but he played beautifully!.

@ATK10155 Год назад

Takes himself WAY too damn seriously and it ultimately costed his band in the long run. That song will be timeless. Long after his death.

@nummynutz1 Год назад

He wasn't the problem

@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle Год назад

@@nummynutz1 Napoleon is clearly the problem ....look at his act. Him and his wife.

@mikedixon9742 Год назад

He was in Carlos Santana band when he was 15.... I think that buys him some leeway... What color was the bicycle you were riding when YOU were 15 ?

@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle Год назад

@@mikedixon9742 he is still an absolute bag...that does not change that fact. I would not defend that bag versus a guy posting on youtube who is aligning with reality

@mr.intensity2685 Год назад

@@mikedixon9742In Santana @ WOODSTOCK... at 15!

@stratdx Год назад

Incredible mixture of chops and phrasing. One of the greats

@BaconIsNotBiceps Год назад

I mean one of the greatest bands of all time. And the cover band they've had since Perry left is pretty good too. 😉😝

@EastDetroitMusic-Sirens3000A Год назад

Not a cover band.

@walmyvlad2966 Год назад

I can see the tension building up just from his story. What a pity. I wasn't a huge fan but I knew they were good.

@vonniedemers5683 Год назад

That was the song for our junior prom in 82.

@EastDetroitMusic-Sirens3000A Год назад

Sounds wonderful

@lovesafrica111 Год назад

Jonathan Cain was amazing in his own right...Journey, such an unbelievable band.

@rickytoddbotelho9555 11 месяцев назад

I know Neil because we partied hardy together. He's a ' party boy!'❤️🎃😍🤣

@davidnorth3411 Год назад

Reason #1 , Girls could sing it while at the concert looking starry eyed at Steve ,, “ her I am” is punched up with exuberance . It’s for the females and the guys just folded their arms as the swooning took hold .

@Mick_Ts_Chick Год назад

Speaking as a woman, I wouldn't have been among the swooners. The song is good but Stone in Love blows it out of the water. Plus I never thought Steve Perry was very cute (he did have great hair though, lol). Jonathan Cain was better looking, IMO.

@eyeheartsushi2212 Год назад

@@Mick_Ts_Chick Stone In Love is amazing as well as Still They Ride

@rhondamadrid4071 Год назад

He knew how to do it. Using that voice, that emotion, that hair!!❤ Speaking of Steve Perry, of course.😊

@nancywyatt821 Год назад

@@Mick_Ts_Chick I always thought Steve Smith was the cutest guy in the band.

@Mick_Ts_Chick Год назад

@@nancywyatt821 When I saw them in concert Steve did a drum solo that was just awesome. I didn't realize just by their songs that he was that good. They made a mistake cutting him loose!

@jackwezesa1081 Год назад

17 years old on the 71 Santana album!

@robertmartinez3268 Год назад

Tour with Steve one last time!!!!!

@EastDetroitMusic-Sirens3000A Год назад

I’ve always wondered even if he can’t sing the same, just an appearance on stage would be enough. I don’t think that dude has seen the light in that band in a long time. I’m sure an entire arena would go nuts.

@JOHNNYSGIRL1960 5 месяцев назад

@@EastDetroitMusic-Sirens3000AHe said he wants nothing to do with the band now. He's not coming back.

@ladamyre1 Год назад

"Lights" has always been my favorite of Journey, closely followed by Don't Stop Believin'. Actually it depends on my mood: One day it's "Lights", an hour later it's "Don't Stop..."

@georgedecker5925 Год назад

Neil is amazing... but nuts. He's sued SO many people for NUTSO reasons.

@DeltaElites 5 месяцев назад

Having seen them perform Open Arms live, it gave me chills hearing the opening and brought me right back to the Pasadena Rose Bowl.

@jamesmccarn7775 Год назад

Journey never reached number one on the Top 100 Billboard...crazy because you'll hear at least 3 or 4 of their songs on the radio...everyday!

@EastDetroitMusic-Sirens3000A Год назад

Imo, radio play is just dead. A lot of the music that’s played on there is mostly older hits and hip hop pop songs from as early as 1998 to present. Terrible…

@nomopms1 Год назад

I think 'Open Arms' did.