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Post by icubud on Dec 23, 2009 16:36:00 GMT -5
everymansjourney.com/DON’T STOP BELIEVIN’: EVERYMAN’S JOURNEY A Film By Ramona S. Diaz This film transcends generations. On one hand, this is a documentary for the post-YouTube, post-American Idol generation. It is an aspirational, rags-to-riches story set against the backdrop of some of the most anthemic songs of recent rock n’ roll history. This generation may not necessarily know the provenance of the songs, but they know they’ve heard it somewhere before – at a ball game, as a soundtrack to a movie, TV show (including the last episode of the Sopranos) or a commercial, on their parents’ Ipod. On the other hand, it is for their elders – their mothers and fathers and aunts and uncles – whose memories dance with images of Camaros, platform shoes, and Miami Vice. THE STORY How it started: halfway around the world Journey, the iconic, quintessentially American rock band who recorded 8 platinum-certified albums during their heyday between 1978–1986, has chosen a lead singer in a manner befitting this internet age: they found him through YouTube.
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Post by properry on Dec 28, 2009 13:57:08 GMT -5
I watched this and let me say first that I'm very happy for Arnel that he is no longer homeless and hungry, and can now provide and take care of himself & his family. I truly wish him and his family all the best! However I don't know how others feel about the making of this movie, but my own view is that the movie should be about the "original members" of Journey, who actually wrote all these wonderful classic songs and made famous first. Again, I'm not slamming Arnel , NOR Augeri , or JSS either, but without the original members Perry, Schon, and Cain these other singers would not ever been in Journey. We would have not had all these GREAT classic songs to listen to and enjoy all these years. So for me, the focus is too much on the rags to riches story, and not given proper credit to the ones who really deserve the credit for creating the music that so many( including myself) still love to hear today. This is just my opinion and I hope that I didn't offend anyone.
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