I’m not sure what’s up with or even why there is Journey bashing in this Blogcritics thread:

David writes:

I don’t think I’ve ever met anyone who was into Journey

Well David, though we haven’t technically met, I am/was/still am ‘into Journey’. They wrote some great catchy love songs with some rhythmic Neal Schon guitar riffs. I have them in my Rhapsody playlist. I’m listening to their Greatest Hits Live while I type this blog entry.

Craig Lyndall writes:

I will never be a Journey fan because #1, their biggest hits were a little bit before me, and #2, I am still bitter that Faithfully was my prom theme in 1997. There is no good reason why Faithfully should be a prom theme in 1997.

The prom things sounds more about the folks running the prom (perhaps Journey was more about the chaperoning the prom), then about Journey.

Eric Olsen writes:

Journey had many assets, primarily in the musicianship department but also some pretty good songs, but they were never in any way important other than to their families. There is nothing to distinguish them from any number of similar groups, no personality, no indelible point of view, no transcendent song - they were just a melodic hard rock group with some nice ballads. There is no there there.

I disagree that there was no personality to them. Journey was great backseat music in the 80’s. I’m sure that many of those reading this who enjoyed that era musically either bought Escape or have listened to songs on it. They sold a ton of records and toured sold-out venues around the world. It’s silly and erroneous to even suggest that they weren’t important in music history.

Journey sold more records than Wyclef Jean most likely ever will (this isn’t say that Wyclef is necesarily bad, but I personally only care for his song: Gunpowder). Folks like Wyclef are perhaps more stylistic than Journey ever was, but Journey wrote a string of anthems that stick in your head (bad, good or otherwise).

What’s next, Foreigner bashing? I suppose Foreigner wasn’t ‘important’ either? I can’t identify with the music of today, but before bashing a band today I’ll at least listen check out their library of music and try and identify with what they are doing. Ok, well, rap and country are exceptions.

Besides, who really cares if a band writes music which stands the test of time like The Beatles did except the artists and their direct benefactors?

I do agree that many of these 80’s band stars have fallen, but I think that has more to do with the change in the music scene and the fact that people got tired of the same music over and over and over.  The same happened with disco, grunge and will happen with rap as well. Too many copycat bands in the 80’s. Too many clones.

Did this post make you go hmm?

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