@InUnfunky no- I’m not saying Perry is to blame. If there’s a blame to be applied, it’s to Columbia records who wanted to move units.

I’m merely saying that his arrival coincided with a change of direction I find really sad.

Well, that and he sings through his nose. The MAGA-fication and abundant litigiousness are also unfortunate, but what can you do?

@MookyTroubadour

Now ya got me looking at their discography so there’s that…😂

Prairie Prince, demo drummer…

Aynsley D, then post-Zappa…

Perry and Rolie, co-singing (with Perry join)

Fleischman? Who? Vinnie Vincent?

And Steve Smith was in Montrose???!

Yes, we know Cain was in the Babys. Ugh.

Well, now I’ve brushed up on my Journey history thank you very much. 😉😱😂

Be good to yourselves! 😝

Hey @InUnfunky don’t stop believing’. 🤣

Now tell me about how good Angel was before they went commercial. 😜

@MookyTroubadour

@CanisPundit @MookyTroubadour @JoyfullyDazed @Mfieck @Bix

Hey CP —

I’ll be alright without you…there’ll be someone else, I keep telling myself…

Kidding!!! 😁

Also —

Everyone here who knows me knows I HAD NO IDEA WHO OR WHAT “Angel” WAS until I was fortunate enough to hear a certain tune…

“…the pooched-out succulence of his insolent pouting rictus…”

@InUnfunky @CanisPundit @JoyfullyDazed @Mfieck @Bix 🤣

@InUnfunky @MookyTroubadour @JoyfullyDazed @Mfieck @Bix

I could at Guantanamo Bay with electrodes attached for enhanced interrogation and couldn’t name a single Angel song. ⚡️

@CanisPundit @MookyTroubadour @JoyfullyDazed @Mfieck @Bix

I heard Punky’s as fluid as Jeff Beck, though…

@InUnfunky @MookyTroubadour @JoyfullyDazed @Mfieck @Bix

Well, now.

@Idissent @MookyTroubadour

In Perry's defense...he admits he ripped off Sam Cooke. 😆 😎

But my universe, I could go the rest of my life never hearing "Oh Sherrie" and I would be 👍

"Foolish Heart," tho? Guilty pleasure BULLSEYE! 😜

@Bix
@CanisPundit
@JoyfullyDazed
@Mfieck

@InUnfunky @MookyTroubadour @Bix @CanisPundit @JoyfullyDazed @Mfieck
I agree with "Oh, Sherrie" but People/Places is a wonderful song

@Idissent @MookyTroubadour @Bix @CanisPundit @JoyfullyDazed @Mfieck

Will check it out; it's been years that "I had to listen to the whole album," ahem. 😉

"Foolish Heart" will pop up every once in a while on the various soft/yacht rock rando mixes coworkers and I torture ourselves with. 😀

@InUnfunky @MookyTroubadour @Bix @CanisPundit @JoyfullyDazed @Mfieck
I can't even remember the album but it's a really good song. One of their best in my opinion

@Idissent @MookyTroubadour @Bix @CanisPundit @JoyfullyDazed @Mfieck

Sorry; Journey or Perry solo? 🤔

@InUnfunky @MookyTroubadour @Bix @CanisPundit @JoyfullyDazed @Mfieck
Journey, never was a big fan of his solo work

@InUnfunky @MookyTroubadour @Bix @CanisPundit @JoyfullyDazed @Mfieck
Trey, it's from "Departure" and I just listened to it because it's been a couple decades and I stand by original assessment. It's a really good song

@Idissent @MookyTroubadour @Bix @CanisPundit @JoyfullyDazed @Mfieck

Gotcha. Saw it on my Journey brush-up.

Thx, Sarah! ❤️👍

Related — a chef I used to work for (he was/is still very much a musical snob, surprise 😁) asked me if I would “sell out” and fill in for Schon (cuz I know all their tunes) if mgmt called me. (Kitchen convos are ALL OVER THE PLACE, you may know) “Hell YES” I said. This was before the Cain Trumpiness.

The songs we know, amirite? 🤔😏

@InUnfunky @MookyTroubadour @Bix @CanisPundit @JoyfullyDazed @Mfieck
Absolutely

@InUnfunky @Idissent @MookyTroubadour @Bix @JoyfullyDazed @Mfieck

Pre Perry Journey is a very talented jam band for musicians. Perry made them wealthier than they could ever have been if they stayed the course. It’s a shame, though, that Greg Rolie couldn’t stick it out.

@CanisPundit @InUnfunky @MookyTroubadour @Bix @JoyfullyDazed @Mfieck
Same with R.E.O but I love Kevin Cronin

@Idissent as you wish. I’m not trying to pin ugly things on Perry. He’s merely a marker on a turning point.

@MookyTroubadour
No, you're right