Posted on 02/05/2025 3:22:38 PM PST by DallasBiff
how bout a little “Crazy Train” LIVE with Randy Rhoads, Chicago, 1981..
No accounting for bad taste.
Always thought “In the Lap of the Gods” by Alan Parsons Project was much more complex and a very immersive experience listening to it. I used that song full blast to vex my extremely noisy tenant/neighbor who never, ever was noisy again.
Freegards
I enjoyed singing along to the lights in the city but never need to hear Don’t stop believing. Has been overplayed to the max. Wheel in the sky is alright. Haven’t heard that in a long time.
Larks Tongues in Aspic, Part One
I love Dust in the wind by Kansas. Melancholy masterpiece.
I did not know that! I thought Steve Perry was always their lead singer.
I tuned in as a teen in the late 70’s.
“Don’t Stop Believing” was only the third biggest hit on the Escape album when it came out.
No, Gregg Rolie (keyboards) was the lead vocalist in the beginning. Journey started out as basically Santana without Carlos Santana. (Think of the song “Black Magic Woman” and you’ll hear Gregg Rolie singing.)
Gregg Rolie went to Cubberley High School in Palo Alto (class of ‘65), and when the school closed down in the late 70s Journey played pro bono at their final graduation night party. Yes, all of us who attended the nearby schools were green with envy.
As an aside, Cubberley was also the scene of a fairly well-known psychological experiment: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Third_Wave_(experiment).
Here’s a track from the second Journey album with Gregg on vocals and keys. This song was accused of stealing the riff from “Carry on my Wayward Son” by Kansas. There are some similarities, but at this point, who cares? I think it was proven that Journey recorded their track first. Anyway, this one goes pretty hard, and features solos on keys and guitar.
I’m Gonna Leave You
https://youtu.be/5TlHv6UdIIM?si=Uk-N__FvO3sytuxK
Here endeth the Bay Area music history lesson (for now).
And thanks for sending me the Cliff Notes, LOL! :)
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