Journey in concert

Capt W

Capt W

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My wife and I attended the Journey farewell concert two nights ago and I have to report they put on one heck of a show. I was very curious if they could still get after it after almost 50 years, and the answer is a resounding "yes." Even my wife - who is a bona fide metal head - enjoyed the show immensely. Just short of three hours of an electric performance. It's interesting to note how Ariel Pineda has a longer tenure than Steve Perry as the lead singer, and at age 58 is still a great showman. Neil Schon (at 72) can still shred and Jonathan Cain (at 76) sings and plays like it's still 1982.

The farewell tour is quite extensive. If you were (or are) a fan, just go if you can. Absolutely no disappointment.
 
Arnel Pineda is the closest thing we have to Steve Perry. It’s very rare that the sequel is as good as the original. Close….but no cigar!
 
I watch this video at least once a week in on my 75" TV with a very decent 5.1 setup. It keeps the blood pumping.
Schon rips without goofy fake special effects.
Used to listen to it in the early 80s on a cassette player in my car when I was a young cop headed in for the 4-12...got the blood pumping then too.
 
My wife and I saw them in Bakersfield earlier this year.

One thing, though--we've seen them before with Arnel a few years ago. Their earlier show was essentially a greatest hits compilation, as would be expected for a long-tenured band on tour. This time around, their show of course had some of their hits, but it seemed like their material was more evenly distributed as a musical autobiography (that's not the term but whatever). They had a few songs in their show that actually sounded like they were played by Santana (and yeah, Schon played with him for a while). So they spent less time on their favs, but more time on all the different types of music they've played over the years. I still liked their show, but there was more material I wasn't familiar with, this time around. I don't know if that was the same for the show you went to or not.

My wife really likes them, and I could read the writing on the wall about how they are all getting along, so I figured one more concert and then who knows what their future will hold.

Capt W said:
My wife and I attended the Journey farewell concert two nights ago and I have to report they put on one heck of a show. I was very curious if they could still get after it after almost 50 years, and the answer is a resounding "yes." Even my wife - who is a bona fide metal head - enjoyed the show immensely. Just short of three hours of an electric performance. It's interesting to note how Ariel Pineda has a longer tenure than Steve Perry as the lead singer, and at age 58 is still a great showman. Neil Schon (at 72) can still shred and Jonathan Cain (at 76) sings and plays like it's still 1982.

The farewell tour is quite extensive. If you were (or are) a fan, just go if you can. Absolutely no disappointment.
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I remember being at a McDonald’s where they were playing one Journey song after another like it was elevator music. But there was something a little odd about it. I asked an employee and he said the franchise owner was a big Journey fan. But the versions he had to play were rerecordings. Probably a matter of a cheaper public performance licensing deal.
 
paulri said:
My wife and I saw them in Bakersfield earlier this year.

One thing, though--we've seen them before with Arnel a few years ago. Their earlier show was essentially a greatest hits compilation, as would be expected for a long-tenured band on tour. This time around, their show of course had some of their hits, but it seemed like their material was more evenly distributed as a musical autobiography (that's not the term but whatever). They had a few songs in their show that actually sounded like they were played by Santana (and yeah, Schon played with him for a while). So they spent less time on their favs, but more time on all the different types of music they've played over the years. I still liked their show, but there was more material I wasn't familiar with, this time around. I don't know if that was the same for the show you went to or not.

My wife really likes them, and I could read the writing on the wall about how they are all getting along, so I figured one more concert and then who knows what their future will hold.
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Pineda supposedly wanted to quit a while ago because his personal life is a wreck.
 
97prizm said:
I'm guessing ticket prices will be astronomically high?
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I think it probably depends on the venue. The arena here in Corpus is smallish (about 6K capacity), so there is a fair amount of intimacy. All I could muster were upper deck seats adjacent to the stage for $105.00 each. They were actually pretty good, though.

Floor seats were in excess of $300.00.
 
paulri said:
This time around, their show of course had some of their hits, but it seemed like their material was more evenly distributed as a musical autobiography (that's not the term but whatever).
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I get you and fully concur. About 1/4 of the show was comprised of several 1970s pre-Steve Perry lead vocal hits, which I especially liked. These included "Of a Lifetime" from the 1975 debut album, "Feeling that Way" from 1978 and "Just the Same Way" from 1979.

The lead vocals for the show were pretty evenly distributed with Arnel only leading about half the songs overall. The rest were carried by Cain and the drummer (Deen Castronovo), with the latter performing lead vocals for "Lights"...and doing a bang-up job. There was a younger dude on keyboards who performed two songs as well.
 
Capt W said:
I think it probably depends on the venue. The arena here in Corpus is smallish (about 6K capacity), so there is a fair amount of intimacy. All I could muster were upper deck seats adjacent to the stage for $105.00 each. They were actually pretty good, though.

Floor seats were in excess of $300.00.
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I took my dad to see Getty Lee from Rush a couple of years ago give a talk and it came with his new book. Paramount theater upper seats were $70 but floor seats were $550 and very empty.
 
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