Journey - Higher Place (Live in Las Vegas - 2000) 

This is one of the most underrated Journey songs ever. Augeri didn't get much respect for some of the great music Journey put out while he was singing lead.

Steve Augeri is under-rated! Castronovo's backup vocals are amazing.

Is it just me or has anybody else noticed the Castronovo is slamming the shit out of the drums and holding all the high harmonies, and very impeccably might I add, He worked very well with Augeri

Augeri totally killed it on arrival. Super underrated.

No one could ever replace Steve Perry's vocal talents. That being said, Steve Augeri made a great effort and overall, I truly believe this album was very under-rated. It has some great songs on it, with this track being one of the best rockers Journey had done in years. Augeri was not only a good singer, but the man was a total class act and a very nice guy to boot. I sent him an e-mail once and actually got an e-mail back from him...not from an answering service or a web assistant. We talked about family and his voice issues....even about where I was from. I was floored when I received the e-mail and even questioned it being genuine. I really think he got a raw deal from Journey but that's a whole other long discussion. Glad Augeri's voice is better and he is back doing what he loves to do.

This is Steve Augeri's song. Him and Deen singing together is incredible!

This album is so good! It deserved more praise than it got. Steve Augeri really did a fabulous job singing for Journey during this time. Love Journey! ♥

Journey just got all the best singers...Steve Perry, Steve Augeri, Jeff Scott Sotto & Arnel Pineda......what more can you ask for? THEY ARE REALLY GREAT!

Augeri is seriously underrated. He’s really got an incredible voice.

God this song has such a good hook! Steve Augeri was such a good frontman!

This has to be the BEST Post-Perry song they have written ! ♫

Deen Castronovo on drums... Fantastic!!!

This is one of my all time FAVORITE Journey songs. It's got a high energy to it like Only the Young. Obviously a much different song but a build up to a crescendo chorus, both songs.

Augeri is an excellent singer and he played a significant role in Journey's history. He cannot be compared to Perry, because they constitute two completely different vocal entities. They are both, however, best at what they do. Respect and admiration to Journey, one of the best bands ever.

This song definitely has the journey vibe

Steve A. and Deen really compliment each other singing. Wish this Steve was still with the band.

Augeri at his best!! His album Arrival with Journey.

Deen’s snare during this show could end a war

Holy crap Deen is really feeling it. Awesome performance

This song gives me chills all the time it is playing. Amazing!

I give this man credit...he had some HUGE shoes to fill. No one can replace Steve Perry..but this man is GOOD.

Drummer stuff: notice how at around 0:24 Castronovo checks out the hardness of his sticks, and later at 1:41 he tosses his right stick and swiftly grabbed another one, while still maintaining the groove. Surely he felt something wrong with that stick and discarded it. An event that almost went unnoticed.

This 'song' - "Higher Place"... done every night on tour, would have torn out anyone's pipes !! This piece was better released as a record and not part of a regular line up, while touring. Steve A. does a great job !!

Who would still listen to journey with Steve perry back in the band 🎶 👀

I saw this line up several times and thought Auger nailed each show as well as doing some of the best Journey songs post Perry. This is a great tune.

augeri was great here!

well i just enjoy each journey's phase with perry, with augeri, and pineda!! It's like an evolution, I never criticize them!! each one has magic.

This song is definitely a master piece ✨ 👏 🔥 💯 🎵 👌 🙌

I used to have this DVD. I argued with my brother at the time that I thought it was Deen singing the really high parts. He didn't buy it at all... Then years later I find the video of Deen singing "Mother Father"... Now that I listen to this again, it's very clear that Deen is rocking those high notes.

I am the biggest Perry fan ever but this song belongs on Journeys Greatest hits or on the Essential Journey CDs! Had this been a different band or different name this song could easily been on the charts and it's a shame it didn't get major radio play! This belongs right along side When You Love A Woman as far as being a newer song that belongs up there with their best!

This guy is great A perfect patch Steve Augerie is a very good vocalist Bless you Steve

Great band, great song. Love the vocal duets before the solo. Incredible! Augeri and Castronovo kicking asses

What I would give to go back and see Journey with Steve Augeri. He wasn't Steve Perry, and didn't try to be. He was himself and did the songs his own way plus helped them write new material! Every singer Journey has had all brought something different to the table and it's all been great! Massive respect to you Mr. Steve Augeri!

I know I'm late to the party, but so happy to read all these comments giving Steve Augeri the respect he so richly deserved. There are SO many Steve Perry sycophants out there who trash him just because his last name isn't Perry. Don't get me wrong, there's only one Perry, and he will always be Journey defined, and probably my favorite pop rock vocalist of all time, but Mr. Augeri was simply great. And it takes nothing away from Steve Perry to appreciate and respect Augeri's awesome work with the band. Cheers!

Castroovo's backing vocals are awesome here. They hired a back-up singer for the last tour but the sound still wasn't the same.

3:22 Deen Castronovo amazing on lead vocals!!!

I miss perry alot but I still think this was a frikkin awesome era in Journey history cause that album is great :)

almost everyone has lost their voices and such excellent singers

To all of you HATERS! Steve Augeri did an excellent job as a vocalist for Journey. It is very hard to top a legend like Steve Perry. However, much respect and credit should be given to Augeri for the great job he did with Journey. By the way, this song kicks MAJOR ass!!!!!!

Yes that's Deen singing the high harmony with Steve in the bridge...amazing!

love that part with Castronovo and Augeri singing, they sing well together.

Love this version - Castronovo beating shit outta those drums and signing the high harmonies too - awesome, Augeri's vocals great, and loved what Schon was doing at the time experimenting with Dropped-D tuning and Sustainers - brilliant track and one of my journey favs.

This song is so good i feel all journey singers should be singing it in concert

who in December 2019, I will not get tired of hearing them 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

I have loved Journey since I was 16 years old. I love Steve Perry. He is such a talented person He is the best of the best. Hands down no questions asked. With that being said and to give credit where credit is due I think this singer has talent in his own right. Journey as a band is talented and they have with stood the test of time. If you keep an open mind and only then you can enjoy this song. I have listened to this song 10 times now and it has grown on me. Long live Journey and of course Steve Perry.We as fans are truly lucky to be able to enjoy both Journey and Steve Perry. My Dad god rest his soul said that the one thing you can count on in life is change. And as with most things he was right.

Shon's guitar tone and playing is exceptional.....

Deen is a beast on the drums!

Higher Place So I think I got it all in place now No distractions under control Yet there's something missing inside me I'm chasing shadows of myself And the clocks are ticking Oh my world is spinning Spinning 'round and 'round And 'round and 'round again And I try I try to reason why Don't you know I can't go on this way Baby please don't walk away there is this place Where I toss away my pride So you can see that I'm the one To take you to a higher place this time I am on the outside looking in To a place where I will be Let me give you what you need from me I surrender my soul to you And my heart is pounding And a fire's burning And my head is spinning, 'round and 'round again And I try I try to reason why Don't you know I can't go on this way Baby please… Oh, I crash, and burn inside my mind It happens time and time again, I can't explain the way you make me feel Oh, I know, I don't have much to give But what I have I give to you with all the madness left inside of me With the madness left inside of me, oh And I try I try to reason why Don't you know I can't go on this way Baby please don't walk away there is this place Where I toss away my pride So you can see that I'm the one To take you to a higher place this time

I love all the songs on the ARRIVAL CD, but especially this one and "Loved by You"!

Deen castronova, epic legend. I was fortunate to see this lineup live and damn he's got some pipes playing the drums at the same time. In the lead up to the last chorus you can hear deen singing a higher harmony and it sounds great. When I saw them he sang open arms from Steve Perry era, you could have closed your eyes and thought it was Steve singing. Effortless. Great range, tone, energy and emotion. All whilst playing a kit. Revolution saints his other band have some great music where he does vocals and drums 🎶

Dean Castronovo's backing vocals make up this entire song. Wow.

This was the line up I saw in 2004 in SC. I had blast guys. Good thing the storm passed us by. Take care.

My all-time favorite from Journey (Augeri era).

Awesome! Neal Schon's guitar work on this song is perfect...

Deen is amazing then, and still today in 2023! This was during a time when Steve A. Could actually sing, sounded really good on that album, in studio atleast ..

On my playlist EVERY morning

Journey will always be Journey, times change and people change. With whoever is with the band they have stayed with the tradition of fantastic music, stunning performances and playing all the songs we have come to love. We all have our preference as to singers or musicians but lets all get together and realize Journey is still one of the finest bands there has ever been.

Really really bothers me that the minute Augeri was having vocal issues, Journey peaced out on him. Arnel is awesome but Augeri kept the Journey dream alive for nearly 10 years!!! That counts for something....especially when it comes to the Hall of Fame!

Steve Augeri is very talented singer!!!!!

I like Deen Castronovo Awesome 🥁

Absolutely! members come and go. I thought Steve Augeri was very talented. I don't think Steve Perry is as obsessed with himself as some people on here. Let go and just enjoy the music.

I was fortunate enough to see Journey live with Augeri at Lake Okoboji in 2002 or there abouts. They did this song and blew everyone away! My gosh, what an amazing band and I have seen them live about 3 times since. Augeri had voice problems prior to his departure and I have to admit I miss his talent and the way cool style he brought to the stage.

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I was at this concert!! Still loving it in 2024❤

Steve Augeri sounds soooo much like Steve Perry it's uncanny. The Arrival album, which Higher Place is off, is VERY VERY underated. It has two GREAT ballads,All The Way and With Your Love. Very unique as 99% of bands,whatever their genre, only have one ballad per album except maybe for Air Supply and Chicago who are really Ballad Bands. I think AOR/ Soft Rock artists have the best ballads. Maybe it's because I'm a true romantic at heart even though I'm 49 years old and single❤️❤️😂😂

Awesome singer and a class act! Thanks Steve Augeri for Higher Place!! Great song!

This is by far the best live I've ever heard.

I LOVEEEEE STEVE PERRY! BUT AS WELL I LOVEEEEE STEVE AUGERI! #ROCKON!♥

Holy shit! They were so damn good!! Steve Augeri and Deen Castronovo both on vocals, they really nailed it! Deen is Mr. Groove in person! Cool stuff! Love it!

Augeri nailed it, nailed them, and showed a personal and stylish, soft and awesome way of performing as a frontman. Unique

This is a post Steve Perry CLASSIC that didn't get the due or deserved 😤 I love this song and album. Love this tune OMG so much energy, Augeri sounded GREAT here 😉

GREAT song. Just reading the post below me: "...most underrated Journey song..." That's absolutely true. This is vintage Journey stuff. They opened with it at the Hollywood Bowl many years ago. It was kind of a bummer: I was up ROCKING and some dorky lady behind me says "Could you sit down?" I didn't sit down. But most of those old fogies hadn't heard this new song or new album. These old fogies were all my age...but man, where did all the passion go?! Get up!! I don't know about them. I'm 56 and I'll party like I'm 16!

Deen is great on this song.. Backing vocal n drumming.. Superb

Love this song! It may have come out in 2000, but is still awesome to listen!

Wow, I can't believe that Journey is rocking an Ensoniq TS-10!

journey has had lead singers that have done there share of bringing the feel and essence of journey....... enough said..

I love Dean's voice as well...

Guys, I don't see a point in spamming all the Journey videos with opinions on who was the best: Perry, Augeri or Arnel. Don't you realise that this song embodies the true spirit of Journey like no other? Let me explain: I am talking about Journey's logo: scarab beetle. I don't know who chose it to be the band's logo but he couldn't have chosen better. In ancient Egypt scarab beetle was a symbol of a worker, rolling a turd ball for eternity. But at some point he would spread his wings and become one of the incarnations of god Amon. To put it simply, there would come a moment that this little fella would realise that he is destined to do things greater than rolling a turd ball for eternity, he would spread his wings and fly trying to reach his dreams. He was a symbol of hope for simple people; hope that one day they would be also able to abandon their miserable lifes and reach the sun. And that's what this song is about: a man who lives a quiet boring life, who at some point realises that this isn't the way he's supposed to live because perhaps there are greater things awaiting him and sets off on his own journey to find a Higher Place. And this is what many other Journey songs are about, this is what this whole band has always been about: hope for a better life and chasing your dreams. Oh wow, wasn't that a long comment. Hope someone will read it

One guitarist to another....NOBODY BENDS THOSE NOTES LIKE NEIL SCHON....Every solo, he consistently sets those frets afire!!!! He's one of the most UNDER-rated guitarists out there. I absolutely love his playing!!

Can pros of this caliber appreciate each other? The drummer's working his a** off on this song......the band sounds frickin' great. I saw them on this tour....too bad a lot of people my age (46-ish) like to sit instead of stand at concerts that rock!

I feel very lucky to have seen Steve Augeri on this tour with Journey, He was amazing....... far better than this new guy.

Great song, and agree so underrated. Imo the band never sounded so good and Augeri had a great sound with Dean pounding those drums..and man his vocals were superb too. Hard to find a drummer that can sing like that. Maybe if he sang more Steve would have been able to save his voice, who knows.

Had Augeri not lost his voice in 2006, he would be the lead singer of Journey today

Steve nails it and Jack Blades should NEVER be under estimated !

Steve Augeri was also quite amazing. I for one wish him the very, very best.

Steve A should be proud of this one! Great song and performance! Deen kills it too!

This is def a great tune.

This song sounds, just so fucking awesome! It takes me back to memories of friends , I used to hang with.

This is one of those Augie Songs that wouldn't be the same sung by Pineda or Perry.

One of my all time fav journey songs.

oops better refine my last comment wish i couldve seen a STEVE PERRY Journey concert..Theres just something about him and the interaction with the other members that’s magic..its gold....its.… JOURNEY!!!!

I wonder if Journey as a band now realizes how beloved this era was. It seems glossed over and unfairly so. To some of us, it’s our favorite era… out of all of them. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Never heard this song before or much else from the Augeri days but this is a damn good song. Very much in the classic Journey vein.

the best Journey line up to me; Perry, Schon, Cain, Castronovo, jackson. just my opinion.

Steve was fantastic on arrival

When i was like, seven, my dad gave me his old busted up phone, it didn't even work as an actual phone but i adored it, and on the phone he had a saved version of this video and i would listen to it on loop constantly, it was favourite thing, and watching this just gave me so much nostalgia for that

Great song. Love Castronovo's high 5th harmony vocals on the middle 8. Awesome

Great band whoever is singing

I love that Augeri and Castronovo part singing together

i thought i could never listen to journey without steve,but after listening to this song,both the vocals,and the musical arrangement.i have changed my mind,and maybe became a little more open minded.my hat is off to the men of journey.