Journey
Journey is a band from the 70's who were ranked the 5th greatest American Rock Band in a USAToday poll, right between The Eagles and Jimmy Taps & His Forced Sodomy Quartet.
Just The Facts
- Journey is inexplicably still touring
- Famous for songs like Don't Stop Believin' and Any Way You Want It, which is like being famous for punching babies
- American Idol judge Randy Jackson was once a member of Journey
The Band
Though Journey has had many members over the years, 19 in total, the most famous lineup consisted of Steve Perry and 4 other greasy, hairy men.
Perry, who looks a bit like what you'd expect the child of the Joyce DeWitt from Three's Company and Robert Carlyle from Trainspotting to look like, went on to have a solo career after leaving the band, then joining the band, then leaving the band. No one cared.
For sure, Steve-O. Tying your shirt at your belly is a manly look.
Though having a career spanning several decades and having performed many songs that became huge hits, the band is most notable for being an eclectic blend of suck and awesome. Suck in that they suck, but awesome in that you will sing along with their music when you hear it because you can't not do that.
If you must insist that Journey is bad, I must insist that your head and body must go separate ways.
ReplyI love Journey, and I love when amateurs try to sing the lyrics. But I HATE baseball cards....
ReplyTo be fair, those 7 year olds are badass. I bet they have cute 7 year old girls throw their footie pajamas on stage.
ReplyAnyone, who is alive likes journey, my apparent "hard-ass" cousin still raises his lighter to journey.
ReplyI hate Journey. And I mean HATE. I guess I must be dead.
I think Journey killed me.
Yeah, Journey's not the greatest band out there, but if you can't admit that Steve Perry can sing, I don't know what to tell you. Dude's got one of the top 5 rock voices of all-time.
ReplyJourney's songs are simple and empty. They didn't DO anything culturally, and, as we just saw, children can play the damn songs. They are catchy songs that everyone sings to, but there's nothing about their music that's commendable, as opposed to, say, Metallica or Nirvana, both of which essentially created an entire genre.
Reply Hide All See All 7 RepliesWOW, you said that Journey wrote catchy and simple songs, unlike Nirvana? That is either very clever jab at Niravna or you are an idiot. And what genre did Metalica start? I can't wait to see this.
My f*****g God..I Like Nirvana...But They Are The Most Over-Glorified, Overrated Band In Rock History...BTW Nirvana Didnt Create Grunge They Brought It To Mainstream And Metallica As Well As Slayer Megadeth And Anthrax Are All Credited With The Popularity/Creation Of Thrash Metal...
Ha ha. I love it when pretention totally backfires. Like it totally just did. Right in your face. Bang, b***h
My first album i ever bought was Nevermind. also - u want to know who created entire genres? Black Sabbath, the Beach boys, and the Stooges (all of whom except the beach boys and journey are badass)(only including beach boys because brian wilson is genius songwriter, rest of them can go to hell MIKE LOVE!)
Nirvana didn't create grunge. As someone said, they merely popularized it. Listen to Mudhoney and Soundgarden before 1989. The grunge sound is already well in place.
No one group create entire genres. They lay a brick and other groups add bricks until the building starts to take shape.
I think it's a mix of suck and awesome. Songs like Anyway You Want It have pretty darn stupid lyrics. But Faithfully is one of my favorite love songs and an inspiration for those in long distance relationships.
I conceded the songs are very singable and they are awesome, but if you're arguing Don't Stop Believin is a good song, I'm forced to conclude you're either quite insane, or one of those 19 band members. Journey is a pop culture joke.
Reply Hide All See All 4 RepliesWhy do you hate America and love cancer?
No, Hannah "gonna get pregnant and snort a line" Montana is a pop culture joke, along with screamo and Cher(I mean seriously, why the f**k is she famous?)
I know of no one who DOESN'T like "Don't Stop Believin.'" I assume you'll pull the nonconformist card on me here, but it's kind of an awesome classic song.
Gog, that was the most beautiful thing I have ever read.
I agree with you OneSolution. I've enjoyed Journey since they first began. They have some good album's with a lot of good songs. And many of their songs climbed pretty high on the charts.
ReplyIMHO I think they are one of the best groups America has to offer.And it was always wise to have their music in your car when your taking a babe out on a date. You pop in the music and your girl will be heating up fast and the next thing you know your in heaven with a smile dynamite can't remove.
There's no way Journey sucks.they are one of Americas best creations.Who ever wrote this article needs to turn up their hearing aids volume or go get their hearing checked. Because something must wrong with ears.
Since when does Journey suck? The article was alright, but you'd have to be pretty bold to say that Journey is a bad band.
Replyjourney is a BAD band. I'm so bold I'm gonna grab a bag of doritos from my neighborhood's hennessy supplier