Journey - Still They Ride - FIRST TIME REACTION 

THANK YOU SO MUCH for doing a reaction of the studio version of this song. This is such an incredible vocal performance by Steve and it is often criminally under-rated and/or over-looked.

Love that voice… The great Steve Perry♥️

Steve was SICK W/THE FLU😳 when he performed this live in Tokyo ‘83 & it was absolutely STUNNING-I’m on my knees BEGGING YOU TO WATCH!!!!!🙏😅🎶♥️

Who else but Steve Perry could make the words "traffic lights" sound so soulful?

If you lived through this era you knew Steve was the GOAT. I love watching videos like yours discovering Steve’s Amazing voice.

It's always a pleasure to experience the indescribable talents of STEVE PERRY & JOURNEY. not necessary to see a video. Just closing ones eyes and hearing that "VOICE" can transport one into a magical state of mind. FANTASTIC , HEARTFELT reaction, HAP!! 💜🎵💜🎵

Have a video already was amazing guy the golden voice ever still the best my goodness people wow no journey without Mr perry still 👑👑👑👑👑🎶🎶🎶🎶🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🎤🎤🎤🎤👍👍👍😃

The Live In Tokyo 83 is the one shown the most. Steve was sick during this concert. He has a “stopped up” sound but he still nails it! The ending is incredible! 🥰

Let's not forget how amazing the guitar work is while paying attention to Steve's obviously awesome vocals. Also the restraint of the rest of the band is epic to produce this top notch production. And Perry is on of the most celebrated vocalists of all time.

Thank you for this song. Escape was my first album from my brother. I have always loved this song. Steve is the GOAT.

I completely agree with you 1000%. Why isn't he recognized as one of the greatest? This man has a quality to his voice that not many people have. It baffles me. Have been a fan for many years, and still listen to all his music.

💥🎶🎼 What incredible vocal acrobatics!! This is one of my favorite Journey songs. It really evokes all the feels and I get such goosebumps. My take on the meaning is that no matter what, life goes on. Hap, I like your parsing of the lyrics and the way you are tying it back to hip hop and rap is interesting. The song was written by Jonathan Cain, Neal Schon and Steve Perry. They turned out some of the best songs of the 80's!!🎶🎸🎹. Even though the band has gone on and so has Steve Perry, to have great careers, they were at their very best together. I know my musical life is richer for having them in it. To me Steve Perry is the GOAT and the Voice. Peace J ✌ ☮ 💕

Back when gas was cheap, in the 1950s to the 1970s, it was common in small towns for young people to socialize by driving up and down the main street of a town, stopping at the local drive-in restaurant or theater along the way. This song was written about someone coming back to their home town and trying to relive their glory days. Perry wrote it about his home town of Hanford, California. There is a great live performance of this song in the 1983 Tokyo concert.

Very nice. High schoolers would cruise the Ave. in small towns for entertainment, stereo cranking. It's a great experience. When you come back to that old town, it's not small anymore. We get older, no one remembers our names. Beautifully composed and sung by in my opinion one of the best vocalist in my lifetime.

Don't get it twisted. Perry is absolutely named among the greats. Hence where the term "The Voice" came from.

The two voices of Steve’s vocals and Neil’s guitar are together magical. They play off of each other perfectly. There really isn’t a better pairing.

Steve said that his hometown was the inspiration for this song. The cool kids in town would drive their hot rod cars on main street on weekend nights to show off. Occasionally kids from neighboring towns would drive over and fights would happen. Think Anerican Graffiti movie 🙂. This is how Steve saw the drivers whose time had past but they hung on to their youth. Another great Journey song and performance by Steve!

I'm actually glad that you reacted to the studio version of this song. This is my favorite song of theirs. This is one of the Journey songs that I like the studio version more than the live version.

As other people have mentioned, Tokyo 1983 is another level. Perry uses his bag of tricks to sing a lullaby to the lyrics.

Steve is awesome! No doubt about it. Let's not forget Neil's accompaniment.

I wanted to tell you that Journey has their song "Don't Stop Believing " inducted in the U.S. Library Of Congress recently!! 😁💥

Haps, Don’t Stop Believing, has been inducted into The Library of Congress. It’s wonderful honor. It’s been popular since it came out in 1980-81 ? I hope you see this. Thank you

No worries and to be honest, for this song no visuals are needed at all. You said the thoughts that I had in my mind. As soon as Steve starts singing, he pictures the song with his beautiful voice and takes you on a Journey 😉. Better than all videos and so you are able to enjoy his beautiful and kind of captivating singing even better. And in addition to this this wonderful guitar interlude 🎸. I like Steve’s solo work too. It’s different and there are some beauties available, but the whole group with Steve as their singer for me too is just the „complete package“ 😊. Thanks to your channel that I got to know this wonderful group 🥰. What would I have missed. Thank you for another wonderful Journey🥰🙋🏻‍♀️

Freddie and Elvis were / are more celebrated for their showmanship, IMO. Freddie (awkwardly) strutted across the stage, pumped his fists a lot and interacted with the crowd, which was cool and new back in the 1970s. (But he was pitchy and couldn't control his vibrato.) Queen also had those adolescent songs that are still played every day in sports stadiums , arenas and gyms worldwide. (We Will Rock You / We Are The Champions). Girls loved Elvis' droopy eyes, pouty lips and swinging hips. Parents hated him, so that made kids and young adults love him even more (like The Beatles). He was accused of singing "black music", so that drew in black audiences. When he started adding gospel songs to his collection, he drew in those Christians who had previously demonized him. Elvis was also in a lot of movies. Both Freddie's and Elvis' legacies grew significantly after they passed away. All Steve Perry did was sing amazingly and flawlessly night after night after night. Journey was labeled as "Corporate Rock" and as a "Ballad Band" - and Rolling Stone magazine hated them - so that made people not even give them a chance. Queen and Elvis never endured that kind of hatred and unfair treatment. He is still living, but I imagine, he will be celebrated more when he passes. BTW, when are we going to see a Journey or Steve Perry picture on your wall?!

My favorite Journey song ever....

Please react to “I Stand Alone”…. Steve Perry. Steve is magnificent as always.

Yea there have been and are some great singers , but few had the tone, range and total control of their voice as Steve did even now he may not have the range in his 60s but he still has the tone you still know it's Steve.

When Steve left Journey, he has said he was Toast and told the rest of the Band he just couldn’t do it anymore, add too this his beloved mother had passed while they were on the Raised On Radio Tour. When Steve got the message his Mum was nearing the end of her battle with a from what I believe was some sort of of painful Neurology disease. They were extremely close and it was she who always encouraged him to join Journey. Steve had been in LA trying too break into the world of music and the band he was with had a record deal, and just when they were about to start recording, their Bass player was killed in a car accident. So Steve decided to go home where his Stepdad give him a job fixing Turkey coop’s. He’d thrown up his hands and thought it was a sign that he wasn’t meant to be in the music world. Then one day his Mum took a phone call from Herbie Herbert, Journeys manager asking him to come and spend a week with the band and see what would happen and by the way the band was not at all happy about this. However Herbie told them that’s the way it was going too be and too get used to it. So with his Mums encouragement he rang Herbie back and told him he couldn’t afford to, had bills to pay etc. So Herbie offered to pay for him to come out but it was his Mum who convinced him to try one more time , so Steve went and the rest as they say is History. That was in 1977. Also can I just say about Steve’s solo music, I don’t think you’ve dug deeply enough into it, yes Oh Sherri was good, however the song’s Strung Out, She’s Mine and Foolish Heart are real stand outs on his Street talk Album he recorded in 1984 and then For The Love of Strange Medicine in 1994 is another underrated Album, while a lot of the songs on FTLOSM are ballads, they are beautiful. So that’s just a little bit of history for you. 🎼❤️🇦🇺❤️🇬🇧🕺🏻💃🎸☘️

Oh you've got to experience the live in Tokyo version of Still They Ride. This song is so beautiful, Steve wrote this about his hometown high school days when teens cruised and raced their cars. But in this version Steve takes it to another worldly level and just extends his vocal range beautifully, and he was sick with the flu at this concert! And I agree with you about all the other singers who are praised for their vocals, and I'm a big fan of all of them, still vocally none comes close to Steve Perry, the Voice and the greatest of all time.

Live in Tokyo 1983 is the best

Love your reactions but particularly Journey/Steve Perry 🙂. Requests-Strung Out, Escape, After the Fall, Missing You.

As always, with Journey. Good song!

Where have you been , Steve Perry is revered around the world by millions even today.

I absolutely LOVE the studio version of 'Still They Ride'!!!!! I love everything about it!! I actually love it better than the live version!

Saw JOURNEY IN 1982, along with BLUE OYSTER CULT, TRIUMPH and ALDO NOVA, at the ROSE BOWL in PASADENA CALIFORNIA during 4th of JULY weekend, unforgettable and EPIC.👍🎶❤️

It’s interesting to me how Still They Ride would fit so well in Frontiers album, i was surprised to know it’s from the Escape album. It feels like it would fit so well with Send Her My Love

You can tell that he was singing much differently here. A different technique. Where he carried this same technique towards the next album.

Yes, check out the Tokyo live video of this song. Even with Steve Perry being a bit under the weather he does the best version vocally of Still They Ride that I've heard. The vocal acrobatics are amazing.

Remaining Journey songs to consider: Feelin' That Way / Anytime ( songs next to each other ), Something To Hide, Just The Same Way. Some are duets, featuring Perry and Greg Rolie.

I’m glad you mentioned that they’re better together. Perry’s solo stuff is still good, even sometimes great and Journey’s non-Perry stuff is good, sometimes great, but it’s missing the magic when the two aren’t together.

Great Song. The live from Japan is pretty good. Could have better sound quality but still good!!♥️

Kudos to you for reacting to this one - a lot of reactors don't dive deep enough on Journey & they are truly missing out on one hell of a band. When they started making CD's the first one I bought was Journey's Greatest Hits 😂

FINALLY... Someone reacted to my wife and my song. Insta subscribed, looking forward to more reactions

Steve is one of the top top singers ever. Even Freddie

My favorite Journey song. LOVE Neil Schon's guitar work! And let's not forget...we..EVERYONE ELSE in the band!!! Btw, pretty much EVERYONE on the planet recognizes Steve Perry is the greatest singer in pop/rock like EVER. You could challenge anyone to put themselves or any vocalist that they like up against Steve Perry and they will pretty much shut up and not even touch it!

Wasn't there a story that when Freddy Mercury was once asked what's it like being the world's greatest singer he replied "I don't know, ask Steve Perry". LOL. even if it's urban legend, it's brilliant.

Steve Perry the one and only ❤

The group's first three albums were built on drums and guitars, with Rolie being the vocalist. Perry wasn't there yet. It's a major difference in voice types. Guitar and drum people are really into these albums. Schon ( guitarist ) was a founding member. Ansley Dunbar was the drummer for these albums, at some point being replaced by Steve Smith, who is on a lot of the Perry albums. Just typical things that happen with bands I suppose. People leave, get fired/replaced, sometimes they come back.....

Arnel has a good singing voice but lacking the dynamics which Steve utilizes much in his performance

I agree.

Have you reacted to the Journey song " Why can't this night go on forever" ?

Steve Perry and Elvis r the two greatest vocalist ever...They both sang with heart and soul

I saw them during the Escape and Frontiers tour and this band/Perry sounded as good live as they did on their albums...

If you really want to see what a vocal "freak of nature" Steve was, check out "Lay it Down" off this same album (Escape). Dude was and still is the GOAT...better than Freddie, Plant, Elvis...any of them. No one could touch Perry in his prime!

Mr. HAP3SPKZ!!!!!!!🤗😁 5:06 I very humbly ask if you’ll react to the LIVE version of this😊, Tokyo, 1983, LIVE- absolutely AMAZING!!!!!🥰 (..as they ALL are😅) As you listen to #StevePerry🥰, PLEASE keep in mind that he’s SICK AS HELL😅 during this & STILL sounds beautifully otherworldly!!!!!😳 😅♥️🎶🎸🎤🤗😅

i beg to differ. perry stands on his own very well. i can enjoy his solo albums as easily as the journey albums. journey has proved you can get anyone to play bass, drums. but journey has yet to adequately replace the voice.

There was no "official video". There is a RU-vid channel that claims to show a lot of "official videos" that were not released by the band, management or label. They are mostly just pictures of the band with the track playing. You can skip those.

I think the most underated rock singer is robin zander.

OOPS sorry😂, I forgot I’d already asked a few weeks ago!!!!!😂😂

So beautifully sung, such an amazing voice on Steve Perry 💙... but IMHO, the reason he may not be so celebrated as Freddie Mercury is for several reasons, the main being Freddie's PASSION when singing, no matter if in a studio or on a stage performance... there's his musical passion others don't exhibit, like SP. Surely SP HAS IT, but he just stands there, while Freddie interacts with his audiences & that makes his singing come alive ! ABSOLUTELY, SP is up there near the top but nobody has the voice nor passion of Freddie. I hate to compare, it's almost wrong, but the world gave Freddie more attention & praise all those years with Queen AND alot, not all, of his beautiful solo work due to his talents & his PASSION as he sings & writhes his body into contortions almost. to bring the sounds up out of his chest. And might I remind all that his applauded operatic collaboration with Monserrate Caballe was epic, truly, for a rock artist to be so praised by the opera community as Freddie was for his Barcelona opera album!! Mind you, they praised his singing,, but also that he wrote most of those opera songs, lyrics AND the music for BOTH his parts AND Montsy's parts for her, an opera diva ( alone & some with his friend Mike Moran), AND... one is written & SUNG by him in Japanese & another one he wrote & sings in Spanish !!!Who does that? Freddie was & is & may ALWAYS be the GOAT 🐐 & now 50 YEARS LATER NO ONE HAS TOPPED HIM. 📝 Note: one cannot help notice Freddie's perfectly chisled jawline, his sensual lips, his fiery eyes, his sculpted Patrician nose, his sexy body, & above all his confidence & passion don't hurt either 😊!!! People who love him & young people who never knew much about him but wanted to,, spread the word about the 2018 movie Bohemian Rhapsody & to date it has made well over a Billion $$. Yes, the inaccuracies of actual timing & events are all mixed up but the music speaks loud & clear that this musical genius stands far above the rest. He's not a Star, he's a LEGEND 😇

I think Steve doesn't get as celebrated as other amazing singers like Mercury or Dio because Journey was seen as more "corporate rock".. in other words, rock engineered to make money with hit pop singles. They were seen as more of a pop act. Also Steve is seen as being a bit "schmaltzy"... sentimental, emotional, lacking edge.. which to some rock folks, isnt "cool". All that aside, I think most would agree he has one of the greatest voices of the last 100 years.

Sadly, the band told us nothing. They just dissapeared.

No perry no journey 🤔🤔🤔🤔😁😁😁😁

There was no hip hop at this time

Steve Perry is definitely something without Journey. Also Journey aren't doing too bad either.