he means Toledo!
If Journey’s good enough for Tony Soprano in the last moments of his life, dammit, they’re good enough for me!
My favorite of theirs is “Faithfully.” Love that song.
How is that possible? Certainly there is a southern half of Detroit. Is Detroit’s northern half all of Detroit? Unless you men that Journey implied that there is a municipality named “South Detroit”? Otherwise, born and raised in the southern portion of the city of Detroit is a valid interpretation. Say down within city limits near Melvinville or Allen Park.
It’s just a local joke because downtown Detroit sits on a river, and south of downtown, across the river, is Canada, hence no south Detroit. There are certainly cities that lie southwest of Detroit, but they’re not south and they’re not Detroit. Because of this, no one (outside of Journey world) uses the term South Detroit, they call it Down River.
It’s just a nitpicky thing to say to be annoying (like the fact that it’s Melvindale, not Melvinville 
).
Now, back to the Journey Love-fest!
I, as a rule, cannot stand “Don’t Stop Believin’.” I think that one is just overplayed.
But, I must admit, “Faithfully” is an excellent song for relationships. I have some favorite memories associated with that one. I love it.
“Lights” is pretty catchy. So is “Open Arms.” Hell, that’s probably a huge part of their appeal–how catchy the songs are.
If they wanted a girl to sing they should have gotten one instead of stefanie ferry.
By the way I grew up downriver.
Doh
Classy!
That doesn’t even make sense, Steve Perry’s voice isn’t feminine.
I’m convinced that in another 30 years Separate Ways will be the defining music video of the 80’s. It’s just spectacularly terrible. Bad hair, comical clothes, cheap production values, tilty camera angles, slo-mo, tracking shots, creepy close-ups…but the best part is Steve Perry giving it 110% like he’s Pacino shooting for an Oscar. I picture him storming around between takes yelling “GODDAMMIT CAN YOU GUYS GIVE ME A LITTLE MORE INTENSITY PLEASE?!!”
Not sure why other people are still posting. We got it in one this time, guys.
There’s no east side of Chicago, either. The lake is east.
I never really got into Journey myself, either. Steve Perry’s voice seemed just way too high for rock. I was never a big ballad fan, either.
They just didn’t seem like rockers to me.
Sure there is, that’s where they keep the lovin’ things.
There is no “East Side” of Chicago in the general sense (as an analogue to our North, South, and West Sides), but “East Side” is one of the 77 official community areas (one classification of neighborhoods) in the city.
Journey had a lot of hit songs and were in heavy rotation in the early years of MTV. I don’t think I ever bought a Journey record but I know many of their songs by heart. “Don’t Stop Believing” is fun to play on Rock Band too.
and thats why I love him!
AND the '80s.
Also, they were damned good musicians. Neal Schon is a hell of a guitarist. The rest of the band was way tight.
I was never a huge fan but totally respected the level they played at.
Slee
Wow, I’ve seen a lot of 80s videos in my day, but somehow missed that one. That is definitely Top 5 Worst of All Time. You description is spot on.
Still a great song, though
Seriously, I love watching him throw himself into it with reckless abandon. I bet the other band members were exchanging glances between takes.
I saw Paul Rodgers touring in the pre-internet days of 1993, doing blues tunes mixed with some Hendrix. I didn’t really know much about what I was going to see - back then, you only knew what the radio and TV fed you, and what you heard through the grapevine. I won the tickets off a radio station, and I wasn’t really aware of this tour previously. Nonetheless, I went because I liked Bad Company, Hendrix, and I was getting into the Blues at that time. Besides, hey, free tickets.
In the middle of one Hendrix tune, I was thinking that Rodgers’ vocals didn’t do Jimi justice, while the guitarist was kicking some serious ass. Later the band was introduced, and it turns out Schon was touring with him. I was surprised that the vocals didn’t really measure up, since Jimi wasn’t known to be a great vocalist, but at the same time, the guitar work, which Jimi was famous for, held up VERY well. I was just enjoying the concert in a mellow, glad-to-be-out-of-the-house kind of way, the guitar solo kicks in, and I think, “Holy shit! That was really very cool!”