The band Journey has sold over 75 million albums worldwide, had 18 top 40 hits and “Don’t Stop Believin’” is the top selling catalog track on iTunes. It goes without saying that arena rock like this is tailor made for young kids to dance to. It seems a little harder for the tykes to get into the ballads than the rock anthems but here are three reasons why your kid will dig Journey.
3. Haircuts
Check out any picture of Journey from the late seventies to the early eighties and your kids will ask why their hair looks like a shaggy lion’s mane. Even current pictures of the band’s line up prove that Journey are still rockin’ some awesome do’s.
2. Album covers
Get past the first three albums Journey released in the seventies and you’ll see a pattern emerge. Each album beginning with Infinity is multi-colored offering out of this world imagery on what seems like a psychedelic trip. The art work is cool for parents but fascinating for kids as well.
1. So What? – So let’s dance!
Now I am fully aware that you would have to be a derelict parent in order to let your youngster check out the rated-R Caddyshack. But it couldn’t hurt to let them check out the few seconds where Rodney Dangerfield cranks “Anyway You Want It” from his golf bag.
When people think of Journey they think of the last scene of The Sopranos, Rodney Dangerfield telling us to dance, and Steve Perry pledging undying love as he balls up his fists in “Faithfully.” But Steve was not the first singer to lead the band, in fact he wasn’t even the second. Perry joined the band in 1977 and was on board when they recorded their best known hits including “Don’t Stop Believin,’” “Any Way You Want It,” and “Open Arms.” Can you name the first two singers to lead Journey?
Gregg Rolie was the first to handle lead vocals for the band and then Robert Fleischman joined Journey for a short lived stint in 1977 before Steve Perry took over until 1998. How many singers came after Perry and what were their names?
Steve Augeri replaced Steve Perry in 1998, but he was dropped in 2006 and Jeff Scott Soto took up the position for a few months until Arnel Pineda took the helm after Journey saw him on Youtube singing covers of Journey songs. And you thought posting those little videos online of your kids singing would lead nowhere. Of the five founding members, only guitarist Neal Schon has been with the band the whole time since 1973.
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When the lights go down in the nursery, try these gentle renditions of Journey’s biggest power ballads. We’ll have your small town girl or city boy on the midnight train to sleepytown in no time. Who’s crying now? Not your little angel. Don’t stop believin’ in peace and quiet.
