Journey live in Houston DVD/CD

[icubud]

Ramblings......
One of the items I received for Christmas was the Houston DVD/CD. I figured it was an easy buy for me by someone for Christmas.

It is a great production and the extras are nice.

Now about the concert and my feelings (sure nothing new here):
I can definitely understand why this was such an emotional experience for SP. As I - a mere fan - watched it it drudged up the memories of my youth and the new music, experiences, and hopes/dreams at that time. It also brought back the tough things going on in my life at that time. Lot of baggage - but for SP I am sure it is so much more.

I remember reading where he mentioned that his memories go from the creation of the song forward so it is definitely an experience for him. That the songs are like babies to him. I can definitely understand and why it is so important to him that his babies are always seen in the best possible light. [So having some "replacement" sing his songs has got to hurt and has to be at the heart of a lot of emotions] I can only hope that the concerts were definite highlights for him and he can and does remember the fans (us) reactions to the songs and the performance.

I enjoyed the songs and watching the concert again when the songs were new. When Journey was in the process of soaring to the top of their form. The group changed a lot in these years - musically, looks, and spirit. HH rode 'em hard during this time - and hindsight shows - too hard. The questions popped in my head during the concert: "what if:
- the tour would have been half as long?
- Frontiers would have been produced after a small break from one another?
- they were given time to enjoy the success - privately?

I hope SP does produce and release to us Frontiers & ROR tour packages like this. I really hope to see FTLOSM package with a couple new songs on the CD.

Finally - if anyone has persevered and read this rambling to the end - I really can say with complete certainty that Journey and my youth are tightly connected and I would not have it any other way. And today - I can hear those tunes - and my spirit can still be lifted to push on another day when times are tough or rejoice when things are going great.

Thanks Journey

[gwenied]

Could'nt have said it any better, and do you think, even thought as SP said this was a very hard project to do in so many ways,, that this is also healing in some sort of way going back and reliving can make you look at things in a different way it theraputic! not that its easy I don't want to sound like its a easy and a breeze......everyone has to deal in a way that works for them .... gwen

[loveperry]

Loved what you wrote. Yes this is quite a gift Steve put together for us all to love over and over again. I too hope he does more.

[properry]

This Houston DVD/CD is definitely an exceptional gift for us fans!!!

Lori

[lecalla]

icubud, I also love what you have written. It rings true for so many of us fans that Journey's songs and our youth go hand in hand. Wow, could you imagine a DVD of Steve's own? From Street Talk and FTLOSM, some extra stuff thrown in. Wonder what goodies he could find for us? If more DVD's are to come from the Classic Line up of Journey, I hope that Steve is the one to produce them as well. I don't think anyone else would put their heart into it as much as he has done for us with the first two.

Lee

[loveperry]

lecalla said:

icubud, I also love what you have written. It rings true for so many of us fans that Journey's songs and our youth go hand in hand. Wow, could you imagine a DVD of Steve's own? From Street Talk and FTLOSM, some extra stuff thrown in. Wonder what goodies he could find for us? If more DVD's are to come from the Classic Line up of Journey, I hope that Steve is the one to produce them as well. I don't think anyone else would put their heart into it as much as he has done for us with the first two.


I totally agree!!! ;D

Lee

[ultraswt]

Watching the Dvd Brought back so many great memories for me. I was 14 when I saw the Escape tour and how Steve and the band just blew me away. The special connection they had at the time was untouchable. It also made me sad to see ho wfast time has gone by and the loved ones that have moved on to higher places. All the dreams I had then and had hardly any issues in my life. My youth.......

[gwenied]

Those were the days !!!!!!!!!!

[sexxymofo]

Those summer nights are calling stone in love.... yes those were the days when we were naive and innocent and believed everything the radio fed us. I miss my MTV of the 80's up until 1990 after that it just went downhill! Nowadays everyone in the entertainment industry is in it for the money. Only a hand full have true talent and they don't get no respect. I love the CD/DVD can't get enough of the one and only Successful Classic Journey.

[ultraswt]

I can't stand MTV today. It is full of all reality shows and no music, plus rap, hip-hop, and full of half nekked people pouncing around teh screen. It is really sad the way how younger people today buy into this crap. I am so blessed to have gorwn up in th 70's, 80's and 90's. The 80's I just loved. It was a great time for music and just that whole era. The one band that have stood the test of time is U2. If it weren't for U2 , there would be absoulutely nothing........

[arden]

The Houston DVD/CD was clearly a labor of love from Steve Perry. It showed them at their best. You could hear every instrument clearly in every song. No one...including the voice was ever drowned out. He made sure of that.

Steve's interview's promoting the DVD/CD showed how strongly he felt about his time in Journey and how emotional about it he gets to this day.

It must have been a real boost to all of them to hear the roar of the crowd when they introduced some of their new music. Obviously, the crowd was already familiar with it and recognized the song within a few notes.

I hope that Steve continues to be the producer of all the future Journey DVDs because he truly puts his heart into it.

I hope even hope that there is enough footage from his solo concerts and music video to produce a DVD of his solo work as well.