PHENOMENAL!! Journey - Mother, Father | LIVE HOUSTON 1981 | REACTION 

YES!❤

Isn't it sad? They actually are amazed that people play their own instruments, write their own music and sing live without autotune. It's not their fault, it's the fault of the music industry. Watching these reactions gives me chills

Bummer. Especially when i have a nasty suspicion that a lot of the most popular now can't sing or have breathy little voices heavily augmented.

I got the DVD off ebay.

They're still touring. Saw Journey a month ago. Deen Castronovo, the drummer, sings Mother Father very well! Not sure that it's on the current tour's setlist though. Band still sounds great! 🔥

I did see them on 1983 - it must have been later in the tour cuz his voice was nowhere this good!

I had the chance to see them but being a stupid, smart assed teenager, I did something stupid and got grounded. I kick myself when I watch this concert. 😢

I remember when they tried to autotune his voice and it was exactly the same. Flawless.

Your not kidding Tony, I miss music, performers playing an instrument, vocals, etc. Now, except for country music, there are no musicians anymore just someone performing up front, with background music playing, that’s not music to me. But just 1 persons opinion, though I do miss bands/individuals really playing an instruments and really enjoying what they do!! Thanks for bringing that up, you are so right!!!!

@@kimee910 You are so RIGHT!!! And lets just avoid the so-called "singers", of today, that run their voice thru a computer, even when "live" , they run their voices thru "AutoTune", to Pitch-correct their god-awful voices, and no one can sing like this, anymore!!! I miss Steve, and David C., and Elvis, and John Denver, and all magnificent singers that we used to have. I wish I had a time machine!!! I loved your touching comment!!!

Oh God Judy, yes miss Elvis so much too!! A performer, singer, charisma, playing his guitar, and doing up on stage what only Elvis can do!!! Made you happy and so impressed that all that is happening from one person with so much talent, it can’t & won’t be duplicated again. As for Steve Perry, I was 11 yrs old when “Don’t stop Believin’” was released, and even at that age, I was memorized that vocals like that could come out of human being. He amazed me then, and even more now that I’m older and realize that a talent like his comes along once in a lifetime. He will always be my favorite singer of all times!! A man with a 6 Octive range, unbelievable!!! Thank you for the very nice compliment Judy😊!!!

@@kimee910 you're so welcome! So true! and I adored David Cassidy, from the Partridge Family--that was the "David C.", that I put there!!! I follow a brilliant Elvis tribute artist, named Dean Z. --his videos are on YT!! I just could hardly believe my eyes and ears!!!Hes' the closest that I have ever seen, to Elvis, and I used to go to those Conventions, so I've seen most all of them! lol!!! I think that you would enjoy him!!!

THIS LADY WENT THRU ALL YOUR ABOVE ARTIST AND THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING YOUR TRUTH AND THE TRUTH. I MISS IT ALL❤❤❤

Absolutely!!

Totally agree with you!

Speechless....yes...THAT's the word I was looking for. Greatest of all time.

Amen Steve Perry every nuance of his voice is magical, ethereal, beautiful ❤️

The most underrated vocalist...SP IS THE BEST, THE GOAT

The Gibb brothers

BTW Steve Perry is from the city by the bay!! Most beautiful place in the US!!

Born in 67!!

Um, you forgot Freddie Mercury. He and Steve Perry have/had the greatest voices in rock and roll.

Too many voices of that era to list actually. Steve was the GOAT, but with bands like Foreigner, Kansas, Styx etc, it was a time when music was to each his own. Every artist had its own original sound and I'm not talking just vocally, I'm talking instrumentally as well. One lick from Eddie Van Halen's guitar and you knew who it was instantly. Singers, guitarist, keyboardists, drummers, even bass players all had their own sound which culminated to each of their respected bands having their own sound. The most phenomenal decade ever in my opinion. Cookie cutter bands of today that all share the same vocalist and drummer and guitarist, there's nothing to differentiate them and the singers can't sing their way out of a wet paper bag. I'm 58 and I'm certainly not opposed to today's music. I have evolved over the years with the music. There are many bands that I actually do like, some of which I like a lot. But to compare rock of today to rock back in the '70s and early '80s, there's just no comparison.

We old folks born in the mid-50s witnessed all the very best in music.

You blessed and lucky guy!

I’m with you Kim, totally agree & get everything you said.

I think he also said that he really loved Open Arms at this show.

He may have said that, but right here he makes it look just effortless! Pretty much what he always did whenever he took the stage!

Definitely my favorite live of both songs

Any song from this concert is legendary. Crazy!!

Agree..love the version of Who's crying now..a must reaction.

I can't argue with that logic.

Definitely best version of Who's Crying Now! Wonderfully insane, so awesome ' ❤️

Absolutely! It’s so funny because Steve was perfection in the studio, and then he’d walk onstage and say, “Hold my beer.”

Lucky you!! I saw them on this tour in Philly....front row!

@@dawndipierro9557, I would have killed to be in the front row! I saw them later in this tour in Portland, and it’s one of my all-time favorite concerts ever. (ironically, I DO have front row seats to see them and Def Leppard in Portland in September! I was all about those two bands back in the early 80’s. I saw them both just two weeks apart in ‘83…and if I’d had these seats to see them together back then on the same night, I would have lost my ever-lovin 19 year-old mind! And yes, I know Steve Perry won’t be there this time, but after about 20 years, I’ve reached the “acceptance” stage in my grief about that, LOL! Plus my Def Leppard boys will be closing that night, so it won’t be bittersweet for long…just SWEET!) 🎸

Top 5? Greatest of all time

For me the best

In rock, he’s the BEST vocalist ever and it’s not even close.

You must have seen them early on in the tour cuz I saw that same tour. Steve's vocals seemed worn out and the performance just wasn't there unfortunately! On the other hand, Bryan Adams warmed up for them for his Cuts Like A Knife album and he blew Journey away in a big way!!

@@pollynicklas5220 Check out when Atlanta was, then you can see if it was early or later at the tour !

@@pollynicklas5220 Bryan Adams opened for them during the Frontiers tour in '83. I saw them in May '83 at Brendan Byrne Arena in East Rutherford, NJ. Greg Khin, Billy Squier and Loverboy opened for them during the Escape tour. Greg Khin opened for them when I saw them in '82

@@vernhoke7730 I stand corrected - I realized it after I replied!

@@pollynicklas5220 that's okay, I have a hard time remembering who was where when. I've seen Billy Squier twice, once as the main act in '81 at Brendan Byrne Arena and as the opening act for Queen at Madison Square Garden in '82. Forgot the first concert.

Agreed. Love Escape from this concert!

He was. And the overall musicianship is stunning. Then the ending with Perry simply vocalizing. Gah! I wore the tape out in a couple of months. The entire album is unbelievable. Then *this* played. Words really don't suffice.

Totally agree!!!