I was a fan of Journey in the vein of everyone else who listened to Don't Stop Believin'. Then I heard this song and listened the entire original album. I truly feel it blows all their later stuff away.
this is my very favorite Journey song... I saw the band at The Starwood in Hollywood Ca and it was 1973 ? ( the 70's are kinda blurry) I was one of only a few in the room..and i'll always remember Greg Rolle "flirting" at me. Thanks for a wonderful memory
@TOAKSGIRL Lucky girl, seems like Gregg left a lasting impression on many ladies, no matter how brief the encounter. If Gregg flirted with me I would probably faint.
Gregg has a unique voice .i still cant understand why early Journey never made it big considering they sounded like a mix of Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd, progressive hard rock.
I know Neil Schon was never big on Perry joining the band, but you cannot deny the success they had during this period. I know they changed RADICALLY going into the 80's but really, i love all phases of Journey's career. Even the new stuff sounds good to my ears.
This is the real Journey! I saw them live in Moraga CA (Rheem Theater). The best concert ever. I wish that Steve Perry never joined them. Ansley Dunsbar one of the best drummers ever.
So when we saw The Neal Schon band last year, they played Kohoutek. I went absolutely nuts! All the other women around me who were all weaned on "Faithfully" had no clue about the song. This is probably my favorite Journey song. Thanks for posting!
I got to see the original Journey in 1977 and wow! For one, they had a world class drummer in the group and Schon was willing to extend the leads out and you know what that was like. His playing is incredible here.
Does anybody else hear a little "Free Bird" in there somewhere? Don't get me wrong, this is absolutely incredible, probably Neil's best guitar playing, except maybe for Santana's "Taboo", and I'm not implying it was influenced in any way by Skynyrd, but I was wondering if anyone else had any thoughts about it....I even tried, just for the Hell of it, to see which song came first, and it turns out that they were both released at about the exact same time.
The most significant part of this clip is at :24, when steve perry turns to leave, leave the stage and let the REAL Journey perform, minus Aynsley Dunbar, who Steve Perry forced out of the band.
@jamey1976 How does someone not in a band force someone out of a band? No. The rest of the band fired Dunbar because he was too "busy" for their new direction.
Even though Steve Perry wasn't there for this song when they first did it, it's nice how they found a way to work him into it for the live shows years later.
ACrackinthe wall. You could not be MORE correct. I saw them a bunch of times in 1974-77. They were far and away my favorite band back then. I was heartbroken when they made the jump.
Seeing them reunite and do the first album would be a dream of a lifetime.
As great a singer that Steve Perry is, it's a solid fact that if it wasn't for the superior muscianship of the first three Journey records then the band would never have evolved to what they became in the late 70's/early 80's.
Get the CD Next and listen to Hustler. The album isn't all that great but there are 3 really incredible tunes (forget the lyrics, Dunbar isn't Peart). Smith is, of course a monster drummer these days and probably one of the best in the world, but back in the late 70's the album version with Aynsley Dubar is classic San Fran Jam Band fare and the drumming is killer. Not sure where to find a vid though.
I remember seeing them at the Santa Monica Auditorium right after this album was released and this song, especially Schon's playing, just blew me away.
I noticed however, that that high E that Schon plays at 5:26 looks pretty easy to reach (normally that's the highest [bent] note on a standard electric).
And then I counted 5 extra frets on his guitar. Must be a custom job.
Schon is SUCH a tasty player although not as melodic as in his younger days. But he's still bad-ass.
Hes My ALL Time Favorite Player! I have Seen Him With Santana and Wheen he Started Journey and Been On The Band Wagon Ever Since..Love it all, But Miss the old days but the Music Must go on,SCHON FOR INFINITY! JOURNEY JUNKIE!
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I remember Seeing Journey on the Topaz Tour and Have ALWAYS Been A Fan Of Neal! 35yrs following him and I dont Plan on getting off the Journey Band wagon anytime soon..Shon On To INFINITY...
@sider420 He was the singer in 1980....if youd read the post you would have seen the year. This was obviously just a chance for him to rest his vocal chords. If you saw them live with Perry youd understand why he needed to......EVERY NOTE was over-the-top like it was his last performance. Bring back Steve Aujeri.
Could you provide me with some more information on that, please? That's the first I've heard about Dunbar being released because of SP (the liner notes in the box set glossed over it), and would like to know more. Thanks.
Steve Smith picked up the Ronnie Montrose gig after playing with Jean Luc Ponty and was touring with Journey as the opening act. Anysley Dunbar was getting really frustrated with the morphing from a San Fran Jam Band into a pop rock act and he was eventually asked to leave. Steve Smith had taken to Journey's tunes on the road and pretty knew the music and with his extreme capabilities fit right in and replaced Aynsley and the rest is history.
But, I would recommend a listen to the very first self-titled album version of this tune to hear Aynsley doing what he did so well. Dunbar joined Journey after playing with Zappa for a few years during the Just Another Band From LA era.
Gregg was my neighbor in Novato Ca and you could not have met a nicer guy. I hope people know that he's the vocalist on all of Santana's hits and one of the reason's why Journey was so amayzing in the beginning. He's very underrated as a songwriter, keyboardist and vocalist.
Absolutely! i wish he would rejoin along with Perry, that was quite a team of songwriters and singers. No bands use more than one singer anymore and it's a shame.
@MsDrummer666 Wow.. if Gregg had been my neighbor I would probably... heck I would definitely have been arrested for peeping in his windows.. Why can't the guys in my neighborhood look like that. ? LOL !!
@ACrackInTheWall2006 I do too.The original album sold 150.000 plus in the US,don´t know about how many globally.And then Look Into the Future 90.000 ,then Next less.All according to Neal Schon, from an interview.Anyway...The music was too good.too blues and rock infested for CBS.Please listen to Neal-he has his own site.And please-----do talk.
Yep, I see your point and I stand corrected. I never saw Journey once Steve Perry joined / ruined the band. They should have changed their name to something different, something as gay as Steve Perry. How about " Steve Perry and the Perriers " ?
Naw, that's pretty harsh. Frankly, after "Next" they were done. Their contract was not going to be picked up and Herbie was getting ready to dump the concept. They knew they needed a front man, and their first guy was a disaster. I saw Steve Perry live with Emerson, Lake, and Palmer and Journey right after he joined. You could tell the dynamic was there, no matter how "commericial" they obviously were becoming. So, Journey would have simply disappeared in the original incarnation regardless.
stixx, Or, it could be that I saw Journey before this microphone sucker joined and ruined the band. I saw them pre-Perry, at Winterland and there was never a better live act. Then Steve Perry showed up and it was all downhill to the top of the pop charts. George Michaels and Steve Perry are 2 peas in a pod. You could slip inbetween them and make it a threesome. Stixx was another fag whiner band.
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when neil schon and greg rollie left santana to form journey they did not worry about selling it. they were too busy kickin fuckin ass. and when they allowed steve perry to join it was for a brief moment ...infinity.... then im sorry to say downhill slide to more fag songs . but they are famous ..... so what the fuck
Ok, I get it now, this was 1980, after Journey went commercial with the croner Steve Perry. That was the end of the band, but at least here they still were doin some of the first three albums, which was Journey's best stuff.
yeah,i think the same about rolie's voice. Journey were an awesome band on their first album! They were such an awesome jazz-fusionesque band. Shame the Journey album did not sell more. it suffered the same fate as the album Todd Rundgren's Utopia, but nevertheless, they both had their most devoted fans and a growing fan base even!
in other words i prefer rolies voice cuz its less commerical and more prog-rock. just my opinion. im sure perry is a great singer, but not for the genre of music that i like
I will never miss a Journey show,I just love to watch a see Neal Play,Sooo awesome.Always been my fav since Santana...And the Early yrs of Journey with or with out Perry,I Just LOVE JOURNEY PERIOD. Schon On in Infinty!
Not many guitarists give me goosebumps, but Journey's Neal Schon back in the day sure does! Saw them 4 times after each one of their first 4. The last time was with Perry....RIP Journey...
look man Journey IS Steve Perry, Steve Perry IS Journey.....Besides any prejudices you might have against the man...he was a great singer and performer.
This and kahoutek were my fav tracks off this amazing LP. One of my favorite studio jams of all time. Props to Ainsley Dunbar for kicking ass all over this album.
Thanks sbw999, because frankly "Of a Lifetime" and 5 tracks off of Next were Aysnley Dunbar at arguably as good as it gets. This video has the estimable Steve Smith doing his best, but the guitar solo drumming on the first Journey album, particularly on Of a Lifetime was one of those very special moments in recorded music history. Almost like the 1972 Made in Japan recording of Child in Time. Thank you for remembering Aynsley. And Mr. Smith of course is totally competent here. But it isn't magic
Steve Smith is more than competent. He is a drumming god. Look up Vital Information and check out his talent...he is one of the best in the world-seriously..
I know all about Steve Smith and I agree. Jean Luc Ponty, Montrose, and then Journey into VI. I have all the VI CD's and I love Easier Done than Said. He is an absolute master, but he also have been studying with Freddie for several years and he has continued to improve dramatically. During this specific performance he is intentionally just playing solid to back the band as the "new" drummer. SS is one of the best drummers in the world now. And has been for many years. I agree 100%
I would give my left nut to see Rolie and Schon back together again. Santa brought me the 3 pre-Steve Perry CDs and I can't stop listening to them. What great music. When Perry came along it was just different. Great but different. I hope I get to see these two guys play together again before I die.
Neal came onstage with the Gregg Rolie Band a few years ago. The show was at the Paramount in Oakland. Neal did a few songs with them. Mike Carabello, Adrian Areas, and Chepito Areas came onstage with Journey at Konocti Harbor a few years ago also.
That isn't Steve Perry singing that song! It's Gregg Rolie. Steve Perry wasn't even in the band when the album which contains that song was released!! Gregg Rolie and Jon Cain (more recently) are the only two vocalists to sing that song at a Journey show.
A blast from the past! Neal is smokin'! But, God, that wardrobe of his is idiotic. Two camps--pre-Perry and the Perry years. Those of us who dug this band in the mid 70s loved those years. But that band could not sell the vast amount of records that the Perry group did. And who can blame them? Playing music for a living, even in a moderately successful band like early Journey, does not always = financial security.
THIS IS THE STUPIDEST THING EVER. BUT I LOVE MY MOM SO I AM NOT TAKING ANY CHANCES.If you don't copy and paste this onto 10 videos your mom will die in 4 hours. dumb i no ..o
I'm gonna be seeing Journey tomorrow night in Phoenix, I'm so sorry they won't be playing songs like this, or any from their first 3 progressive rock albums. Their 3rd album "NEXT" was my all time favorite. I guess Separate Ways is my favorite Steve Perry sung song. It'll still be a good show, just because Neal Schon will be there, and he's one of the best all round musicians in the world. Guitar guru-master extroardinair.
Sweet video, i like how Steve Perry stepped off stage, or this one, i've always preferred Pre Steve Perry Journey, Their music had more soul. Greg Rollie rocks!
Neal Schon is the greatest guitarist of all time (a bold statement i know), i challenge anyone to name me someone more virtuoso and, someone who can sustain their virtuosity in as many different styles as he plays in(jazz, fusion, rock, metal, blues ect)..........?????????? Come on he was in Santana when he was like 15
thanks, I finally feel that i'm not the only one who feels this way about neal schon. The very best and greatest at anything, largely, go unnoticed. It's not until the people who failed to notice the unnoticeable one, will the unnoticeable be noticed. Sooner or later when he is not around people will notice something is missing, and will want to know what the something is.
Journey was dying and they made a choice. That choice is usually refered to as "selling out". They went from a progressive band to a pop band. That was quite a shock to those who liked the progressive Journey. There is really nothing wrong with Steve Perry's voice, it's the sickening love songs. I couldn't take it. Too drastic a shift.
I think that everyone should just calm down. Though Journey has changed a lot, I love every part of them. With Greg, Steve, Gregg and Steve, Steve Augeri, and Arnel, not so much Jeff Scott Soto, but he was a decesnt fill-in for touring. Just sit back and enjoy all of Journey.
Wow, prior to viewing this I was under the impression that I was the only one that bought the first Journey album. Neal Schon is an awesome guitar player. As a woman, may I say, Steve Perry love tuned me to death!
You guys must all be total idiots! Without Perry, Journeys last album would have been in 1978. They were already given the ultimatum. SELL RECORDS OR BE CUT FROM THE LABEL. You can call that "selling Out" if you want, but if Perry hadn't saved them, Neal would not be a rich man today. Neal could have told Herbie,"Fuck That, I'll quit if SP joins this band" but he didn't! He saw dollar signs as well!! You guys would have kissed Perry's ass as well if he was raking in millions of dollars for you
Where is the universe where this band continued to evolve in the same vein as first 3 albums? Why aren't I there too? The world made no sense to me the day I first played the Infinity album in 1978. That's the day I learned how corporate greed can destroy soul-saving art.
Why did they have to sell out and add Steve Perry and become a crappy pop band. All that talent wasted on lovin, touchin, squeezin. You can see how much they enjoy playing their real music in this video.
I grew up in N CA and saw these guys a lot. Steve Perry was the last thing they needed. What a fag. These guys were up there with Robin Trower before SP showed up and f*cked them. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> RV
Journey should have kicked Steve Perry off the tour bus at a rest stop someplace and continued to play songs like this rather than the garbage they put out after w/SP...
This is the best song Journey has ever recorded, also the Best ever played live.
Journey...and Gregg Rolie as always playing fantastic keyboards and singing.Neal Schon playing unbelievable guitar,as he had on Santana 3and Caravanserai.Even on Abraxas.
Awesome video! My best friend's brother in law is Gregg Rolie. I have seen journey well over 100 times in their heyday. I saw the 1st Bay Area performance with Steve Perry at The Old Waldorf. I think most of you may have missed the point on how Journey became a mega-hit machine. They brought in Roy Thomas Baker,who had just produced Queen.He told them to cut out the long solos,condense the
songs and write more melodic tunes.The rest is history !
@ soldonhim, why dont we start one then? nothings going to happen untill we do something about it! we are sitting here, wishing for that, why dont we do it? it will be awesome! =)
Sure, that's why they built a huge fan base after he left. And isn't it a shame that they brought in one of the greatest, if not the greatest, voices in rock history. Gee, they are all crying all the way to the bank because of that aren't they? AND are still trying to revive the Steve Perry era of Journey, NOT the Greg Rolie era....hmmmmm
And I'm not saying that Greg wasn't talented because he is and if personalities hadn't clashed they may have done incredible things with a Greg/Steve colaboration over the years. It's just that to say Journey sucked after Greg left is of course a point of view, but one that is definitly in the minority.
Moonpie99....The the Journey before Steve Perry was indeed, awesome. The three release before Perry and Gregg Rolie on vocals were amazing. Still, Perry was their platnium voice. I was able to see them before Perry, and the were much heavier on guitar with some great guitar riffs and solos. I recommend any true Journey fan to check out the pre-perry material. If you don't, you are missing out.
lyrics, first verse = the mist is slowly lifting, the sound of life misplaced your mind, you're sitting spelbound thru out time. I hope that you remember what you find, singin' of a lifetime, yeah!
Steve is beyond awesome, definitely Not Gay, and of course anyone with a brain knows he made Journey. I agree that it was very average band (with the exception of Neal's musicianship) before Steve came, and would have never made it much farther than they did.
Journey were made well before Perry came along as this song shows. Agree all the commercial success came along, but this band was great and had a stamp of quality about them well before the Perry days. It was just another chapter in a great story. It was, is and always will be Neals band.
colombia records was ready to DROP Journey before Steve P came along... SP saved Journey and neal and Steve can sing I love the stuff they did after he joined
The band was created for and around Neal. Neal wrote or co-wrote almost every song on the first 3 albums. The monster hits from Infinity were written by Fleischman. The mega-hits from Escape forward were written by Jon Cain. Steve Perry is a spectacular talent, but he is not Journey
I was a fan of Journey in the vein of everyone else who listened to Don't Stop Believin'. Then I heard this song and listened the entire original album. I truly feel it blows all their later stuff away.
davewhyare 4 months ago
5+ REAL MUSIC:)
MrPerry4me 7 months ago
THIS WAS JOURNEY THE VERY BEST LINE UP ...... PERRY AND ROLLIE
WITH THE MOST UNDERATED AND SOMETIMES LAZIEST BLUES GUISTARIST
OF ALL TIME...... TELL HIM TO GET CAIN OFF HIS LAZY BLUES ASS HE IS THE THE " LITTLE WALLTER OF BLUES PIANO " NOT PINETOP
JRNYNEXT 7 months ago
this is my very favorite Journey song... I saw the band at The Starwood in Hollywood Ca and it was 1973 ? ( the 70's are kinda blurry) I was one of only a few in the room..and i'll always remember Greg Rolle "flirting" at me. Thanks for a wonderful memory
TOAKSGIRL 7 months ago
@TOAKSGIRL Lucky girl, seems like Gregg left a lasting impression on many ladies, no matter how brief the encounter. If Gregg flirted with me I would probably faint.
HMACDONALD69 5 months ago
The first 3 albums are the best. So cool to see Greg rollie get into the rrhof with Santana. Midnight Dreamer is the classic keyboard guitar song.
10INCHCRUSHER 8 months ago
Gregg has a unique voice .i still cant understand why early Journey never made it big considering they sounded like a mix of Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd, progressive hard rock.
r4scuache 9 months ago 2
I know Neil Schon was never big on Perry joining the band, but you cannot deny the success they had during this period. I know they changed RADICALLY going into the 80's but really, i love all phases of Journey's career. Even the new stuff sounds good to my ears.
Soulgrenade 9 months ago
This is the real Journey! I saw them live in Moraga CA (Rheem Theater). The best concert ever. I wish that Steve Perry never joined them. Ansley Dunsbar one of the best drummers ever.
sorry1001 10 months ago 2
@sorry1001 saw em in Salinas during the short period they were BOTH in the band
mloaks 10 months ago
@sorry1001 That is Steve Smith on drums, not Ansley in the video.
becharger1 9 months ago
For Me I Always Wondered What Journey Would Of Sounded Like With Gregg Rolie And Jonathan Cain In The Band At The Same Time !!
steelersjourney 10 months ago
Gregg was so cute, but did he ever wear a shirt that he buttoned up the front !! LOL !
HMACDONALD69 10 months ago
my favourite of Journey!
oP310o 11 months ago
of a lifetime is always the music to the soul of Journey
DeludedPerryfan1980 1 year ago
My Favourite Journey song . Awesome!
tupac9322 1 year ago
So when we saw The Neal Schon band last year, they played Kohoutek. I went absolutely nuts! All the other women around me who were all weaned on "Faithfully" had no clue about the song. This is probably my favorite Journey song. Thanks for posting!
piranhablues1 1 year ago
that guitarist just melted my face.
yolo1998 1 year ago
I got to see the original Journey in 1977 and wow! For one, they had a world class drummer in the group and Schon was willing to extend the leads out and you know what that was like. His playing is incredible here.
soltisimba 1 year ago
Does anybody else hear a little "Free Bird" in there somewhere? Don't get me wrong, this is absolutely incredible, probably Neil's best guitar playing, except maybe for Santana's "Taboo", and I'm not implying it was influenced in any way by Skynyrd, but I was wondering if anyone else had any thoughts about it....I even tried, just for the Hell of it, to see which song came first, and it turns out that they were both released at about the exact same time.
cathoderoy 1 year ago
The most significant part of this clip is at :24, when steve perry turns to leave, leave the stage and let the REAL Journey perform, minus Aynsley Dunbar, who Steve Perry forced out of the band.
jamey1976 1 year ago 5
@jamey1976 Hmm...could you give me some more info on that? The box set just said that it was a band 'decision', not that it surprises me.
dharmaseed 1 year ago
@jamey1976 How does someone not in a band force someone out of a band? No. The rest of the band fired Dunbar because he was too "busy" for their new direction.
yesspaz 2 months ago
Gregg and Neal's relationship still pretty solid, i'll hope Gregg will reunite and if not even just a collaboration with Journey.
DeludedPerryfan1980 1 year ago
Great song!!
connerjd 1 year ago
I think this song is Neal's absolute best guitar work.
tk848 1 year ago
Even though Steve Perry wasn't there for this song when they first did it, it's nice how they found a way to work him into it for the live shows years later.
johnsmith2046 1 year ago
I thought I'd never find this.
EPIC WIN!!! Neal rocks!
jwfergie24 1 year ago
Best Journey work ever
LowBid86 1 year ago
Neal does just a fantastic job of reproducing live what was just an out of this world solo from the original album. Man is he jamming here.
ls1959 1 year ago
This is the dude who sang Black Magic Woman? OMG! No wonder I have always loved him. Unbelievable!
dmobile2go 1 year ago
the first three journey albums are the best by far
pageisarockgod 1 year ago 2
ACrackinthe wall. You could not be MORE correct. I saw them a bunch of times in 1974-77. They were far and away my favorite band back then. I was heartbroken when they made the jump.
Seeing them reunite and do the first album would be a dream of a lifetime.
VeichVasch 1 year ago
As great a singer that Steve Perry is, it's a solid fact that if it wasn't for the superior muscianship of the first three Journey records then the band would never have evolved to what they became in the late 70's/early 80's.
StarX81 1 year ago
ja ja ja ja ja bring rollie back to sing with Arnel.
NoJboysAPN0Journey 1 year ago
It's a Fantastic
mekomanius 1 year ago
este tema me relaja
marco64galrza 1 year ago
:-)
marco64galrza 1 year ago
does anybody know where I can get a video of these guys pre Steve Perrry that is when Journey was a kick ass band
tobin1624 1 year ago
Get the CD Next and listen to Hustler. The album isn't all that great but there are 3 really incredible tunes (forget the lyrics, Dunbar isn't Peart). Smith is, of course a monster drummer these days and probably one of the best in the world, but back in the late 70's the album version with Aynsley Dubar is classic San Fran Jam Band fare and the drumming is killer. Not sure where to find a vid though.
EdgeSuper 1 year ago
I remember seeing them at the Santa Monica Auditorium right after this album was released and this song, especially Schon's playing, just blew me away.
I noticed however, that that high E that Schon plays at 5:26 looks pretty easy to reach (normally that's the highest [bent] note on a standard electric).
And then I counted 5 extra frets on his guitar. Must be a custom job.
Schon is SUCH a tasty player although not as melodic as in his younger days. But he's still bad-ass.
dadduorp 1 year ago
Hes My ALL Time Favorite Player! I have Seen Him With Santana and Wheen he Started Journey and Been On The Band Wagon Ever Since..Love it all, But Miss the old days but the Music Must go on,SCHON FOR INFINITY! JOURNEY JUNKIE!
Schon2112 1 year ago
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deagla2 1 year ago
This is from the 1979 tour with steve smith on drums ,
journeyvail 1 year ago
you can tell they're all really having a blast...it must've been really hard to adjust to the easier mainstream stuff
tannertehpianist 1 year ago
I remember Seeing Journey on the Topaz Tour and Have ALWAYS Been A Fan Of Neal! 35yrs following him and I dont Plan on getting off the Journey Band wagon anytime soon..Shon On To INFINITY...
Schon2112 1 year ago
1:02 "Uh, hey Steve, go backstage and comb your hair or something."
It's amazing, all they have to do is shut off Perry's mic and suddenly Journey becomes an epic rock band again.
deyoungparker 1 year ago 3
and jonathan cain is just a wet spot on the wall backstage, somewhere on a Babies tour!!!!!!!!!
Stratoblaster01 1 year ago
Steve Perry may have brought success and a pop spark to the band, but IMO, they have ever regained the fire you can hear here.
maestrojon 2 years ago
My favorite Journey right here. DAMN!
stixx2000 2 years ago
The Best Journey Track - Forever.
Arosinma2008 2 years ago 3
why is Steve on the start of the video,
sider420 2 years ago
@sider420 He was the singer in 1980....if youd read the post you would have seen the year. This was obviously just a chance for him to rest his vocal chords. If you saw them live with Perry youd understand why he needed to......EVERY NOTE was over-the-top like it was his last performance. Bring back Steve Aujeri.
TheMexicanJulio 2 years ago
we need more journey pre steve perry
tobin1624 2 years ago 4
how the heck did Steve Smith of Massachusetts get hooked up with the dudes from CA? so great that he did!
maidenjuice 2 years ago
replaced aynsley dunbar after perry complained
mloaks 2 years ago
Could you provide me with some more information on that, please? That's the first I've heard about Dunbar being released because of SP (the liner notes in the box set glossed over it), and would like to know more. Thanks.
dharmaseed 1 year ago
Steve Smith picked up the Ronnie Montrose gig after playing with Jean Luc Ponty and was touring with Journey as the opening act. Anysley Dunbar was getting really frustrated with the morphing from a San Fran Jam Band into a pop rock act and he was eventually asked to leave. Steve Smith had taken to Journey's tunes on the road and pretty knew the music and with his extreme capabilities fit right in and replaced Aynsley and the rest is history.
EdgeSuper 2 years ago
But, I would recommend a listen to the very first self-titled album version of this tune to hear Aynsley doing what he did so well. Dunbar joined Journey after playing with Zappa for a few years during the Just Another Band From LA era.
EdgeSuper 2 years ago
yup...truely the best of jouney in those days!!! I sure miss the originals!!!!!
jeffry44dervily 2 years ago
THE BEST
wing59 2 years ago
Gregg was my neighbor in Novato Ca and you could not have met a nicer guy. I hope people know that he's the vocalist on all of Santana's hits and one of the reason's why Journey was so amayzing in the beginning. He's very underrated as a songwriter, keyboardist and vocalist.
MsDrummer666 2 years ago 32
Hell yes!
yamazuki600 2 years ago
Not by us here true Journey fans, he ain't. ;)
dharmaseed 2 years ago
@MsDrummer666
Absolutely! i wish he would rejoin along with Perry, that was quite a team of songwriters and singers. No bands use more than one singer anymore and it's a shame.
Soulgrenade 9 months ago
@MsDrummer666 Wow.. if Gregg had been my neighbor I would probably... heck I would definitely have been arrested for peeping in his windows.. Why can't the guys in my neighborhood look like that. ? LOL !!
HMACDONALD69 3 months ago
i had a great interview with gregg a few years ago; had great things to say about journey in the early days.
one of the things i offered was how i felt the first time i heard "of a lifetime".
neal is on gregg's release from around 03. i think it's called "roots"?
i mourned the passing of journey when gregg gave up lead vox!
drofrockology 2 years ago
i wish the original journey line up would reunite and play this one album in it's entirety live.
ACrackInTheWall2006 2 years ago 29
@ACrackInTheWall2006 Especially without Steve perry or any other frontman they had.
psychodelicrock12 1 year ago
@ACrackInTheWall2006 then i should be there with some 70's acid. valhala i'm coming
kleinattie 1 year ago
@ACrackInTheWall2006 Oh hell yea!!!
moonpie99 1 year ago
@ACrackInTheWall2006
Amen brother just one f..king time I would pay bug bucks to see it
tobin1624 1 year ago
@ACrackInTheWall2006 I do too.The original album sold 150.000 plus in the US,don´t know about how many globally.And then Look Into the Future 90.000 ,then Next less.All according to Neal Schon, from an interview.Anyway...The music was too good.too blues and rock infested for CBS.Please listen to Neal-he has his own site.And please-----do talk.
69MC97gc 8 months ago
I think I'm gonna puke, I never saw Journey after Steve Perry, now I know why.
P2055516 2 years ago
this was journey before steve perry!
this was the real journey!!
drofrockology 2 years ago
after? dude...
maidenjuice 2 years ago
maidenj,
Yep, I see your point and I stand corrected. I never saw Journey once Steve Perry joined / ruined the band. They should have changed their name to something different, something as gay as Steve Perry. How about " Steve Perry and the Perriers " ?
P2055516 2 years ago
Naw, that's pretty harsh. Frankly, after "Next" they were done. Their contract was not going to be picked up and Herbie was getting ready to dump the concept. They knew they needed a front man, and their first guy was a disaster. I saw Steve Perry live with Emerson, Lake, and Palmer and Journey right after he joined. You could tell the dynamic was there, no matter how "commericial" they obviously were becoming. So, Journey would have simply disappeared in the original incarnation regardless.
EdgeSuper 2 years ago
You're a woman or gay. You're in the wrong room. George Michael is a few vids. over.
stixx2000 1 year ago 2
stixx, Or, it could be that I saw Journey before this microphone sucker joined and ruined the band. I saw them pre-Perry, at Winterland and there was never a better live act. Then Steve Perry showed up and it was all downhill to the top of the pop charts. George Michaels and Steve Perry are 2 peas in a pod. You could slip inbetween them and make it a threesome. Stixx was another fag whiner band.
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Steve suck ,Haggay is really GAY MONGOLOID MORONIC.
Steve Augeri is better than Steve Perry ,but ARNEL PINEDA is an OUTSTANDING VOCALIST.
15monella 2 years ago
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STEVE PERRY SUX
N0SteveNoJ0urney 2 years ago
This song is off their first album which is their best album.
The Steve Perry albums are no where near as good as the 1st album.
HuckMeHard 2 years ago 5
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when neil schon and greg rollie left santana to form journey they did not worry about selling it. they were too busy kickin fuckin ass. and when they allowed steve perry to join it was for a brief moment ...infinity.... then im sorry to say downhill slide to more fag songs . but they are famous ..... so what the fuck
goallnight 2 years ago
Wow, this song - like the rest of the album - rocks like hell, Great musicians.
This album knocked me off my socks those days. Impressive and remarkable drumming, by the way.
MrSunshine58 2 years ago 4
Ok, I get it now, this was 1980, after Journey went commercial with the croner Steve Perry. That was the end of the band, but at least here they still were doin some of the first three albums, which was Journey's best stuff.
mybourbon 2 years ago
I love Journey, Look into Future and Next the rest is bollocks!
furakkueroru 2 years ago 5
Thanks for posting this Journey classic!
BigTimeJourneyFan 2 years ago
Neal is great here, as always, but Steve MADE Journey! Without, Steve, it's just another band.
janeaustinadmirer 2 years ago
Although Perry made Journey a commercial success, the Perry Era albums are not as good as the first 3.
progrockr78 2 years ago 2
yeah,i think the same about rolie's voice. Journey were an awesome band on their first album! They were such an awesome jazz-fusionesque band. Shame the Journey album did not sell more. it suffered the same fate as the album Todd Rundgren's Utopia, but nevertheless, they both had their most devoted fans and a growing fan base even!
closetothehedge 2 years ago
perry=KISS
rolie=pink floyd
in other words i prefer rolies voice cuz its less commerical and more prog-rock. just my opinion. im sure perry is a great singer, but not for the genre of music that i like
r4scuache 2 years ago
I will never miss a Journey show,I just love to watch a see Neal Play,Sooo awesome.Always been my fav since Santana...And the Early yrs of Journey with or with out Perry,I Just LOVE JOURNEY PERIOD. Schon On in Infinty!
Schon2112 2 years ago
One thing about Neal, one of The BEST Guitarist EVER , and I always love to hear Greg sing.
jfanalways 2 years ago
No question about it ....Steve Perry Was Journey...the lead singer almost always makes or breaks the group.
TzzX78 2 years ago
exactly...someone out here actualy gets it!
alwaysshere 2 years ago
Not many guitarists give me goosebumps, but Journey's Neal Schon back in the day sure does! Saw them 4 times after each one of their first 4. The last time was with Perry....RIP Journey...
mtzimm 2 years ago
Who gave Stevie the microphone? They sped it up, too! Now we know why Greg Rolie quit the band!
dirtyratmiller 2 years ago
look man Journey IS Steve Perry, Steve Perry IS Journey.....Besides any prejudices you might have against the man...he was a great singer and performer.
TzzX78 2 years ago
He was a great singer and performer, but he's no longer in the group...Neal Schon IS journey and will always BE Journey.
dharmaseed 2 years ago
Neal Schon and Herbie Herbert.
DrShrinker 2 years ago 3
This and kahoutek were my fav tracks off this amazing LP. One of my favorite studio jams of all time. Props to Ainsley Dunbar for kicking ass all over this album.
sbw999 2 years ago
Thanks sbw999, because frankly "Of a Lifetime" and 5 tracks off of Next were Aysnley Dunbar at arguably as good as it gets. This video has the estimable Steve Smith doing his best, but the guitar solo drumming on the first Journey album, particularly on Of a Lifetime was one of those very special moments in recorded music history. Almost like the 1972 Made in Japan recording of Child in Time. Thank you for remembering Aynsley. And Mr. Smith of course is totally competent here. But it isn't magic
EdgeSuper 2 years ago
Steve Smith is more than competent. He is a drumming god. Look up Vital Information and check out his talent...he is one of the best in the world-seriously..
..oh, and Neal Schon is a fucking monster..
NastyNole1 2 years ago 3
I know all about Steve Smith and I agree. Jean Luc Ponty, Montrose, and then Journey into VI. I have all the VI CD's and I love Easier Done than Said. He is an absolute master, but he also have been studying with Freddie for several years and he has continued to improve dramatically. During this specific performance he is intentionally just playing solid to back the band as the "new" drummer. SS is one of the best drummers in the world now. And has been for many years. I agree 100%
EdgeSuper 2 years ago
Doesn't sound good with such a fast tempo!
Nickandggg 2 years ago
this song such indeed be played slower
RatherStupid 2 years ago
Gregg Rocks!!! Best Journey song ever!!!
moonpie99 2 years ago
awesome awesome awesome
65astonmartin 3 years ago
I would give my left nut to see Rolie and Schon back together again. Santa brought me the 3 pre-Steve Perry CDs and I can't stop listening to them. What great music. When Perry came along it was just different. Great but different. I hope I get to see these two guys play together again before I die.
RememberDeath2112 3 years ago 4
Neal came onstage with the Gregg Rolie Band a few years ago. The show was at the Paramount in Oakland. Neal did a few songs with them. Mike Carabello, Adrian Areas, and Chepito Areas came onstage with Journey at Konocti Harbor a few years ago also.
journeyfanforu 2 years ago
This is my favorite non perry song.
jolvra233 3 years ago 3
Perry ruins this song. His voice just does not fit. He should stick to his songs, not the "pre-Perry" songs.
SoberLibra 3 years ago 3
That isn't Steve Perry singing that song! It's Gregg Rolie. Steve Perry wasn't even in the band when the album which contains that song was released!! Gregg Rolie and Jon Cain (more recently) are the only two vocalists to sing that song at a Journey show.
sbigshot 3 years ago 2
Maybe you should find out what you're talking about before you post a comment. That was not Steve on vocals during this song.
californiaman2112 2 years ago
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Nails on a chalkboard?!?!!?! Steve's voice is way stronger than Greg's in my opinion, it's amazing, gives me chills.
mlbows11 3 years ago
Yea gives me chills too, like when you have the flu!!!
moonpie99 3 years ago 2
Damn! I got the same chills hearn the end of the song!!
timhealy1959 2 years ago
Its cool that even with Perry they still play these songs from their first 3 albums which are far better!
furakkueroru 3 years ago
A blast from the past! Neal is smokin'! But, God, that wardrobe of his is idiotic. Two camps--pre-Perry and the Perry years. Those of us who dug this band in the mid 70s loved those years. But that band could not sell the vast amount of records that the Perry group did. And who can blame them? Playing music for a living, even in a moderately successful band like early Journey, does not always = financial security.
jongreek 3 years ago
got any video of 74 or '75 Journey on that PBS special?
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gokwanglovehimalles 3 years ago
I'm gonna be seeing Journey tomorrow night in Phoenix, I'm so sorry they won't be playing songs like this, or any from their first 3 progressive rock albums. Their 3rd album "NEXT" was my all time favorite. I guess Separate Ways is my favorite Steve Perry sung song. It'll still be a good show, just because Neal Schon will be there, and he's one of the best all round musicians in the world. Guitar guru-master extroardinair.
reoufo 3 years ago
Sweet video, i like how Steve Perry stepped off stage, or this one, i've always preferred Pre Steve Perry Journey, Their music had more soul. Greg Rollie rocks!
ocularfactitus 3 years ago 7
Greg's vocals were so much stronger and had feeling!!! Steve's vocals always sounded like a finger nails on a chalk board to me!!!
moonpie99 3 years ago
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greg was the founder but dont slag steve of he was the one raised on radio platinum ialso saw them with ap in notts uk fookin brill
garyperkins07 3 years ago
THis is a alltime great. Fantastic guitar....
886071 3 years ago
Neal Schon is the greatest guitarist of all time (a bold statement i know), i challenge anyone to name me someone more virtuoso and, someone who can sustain their virtuosity in as many different styles as he plays in(jazz, fusion, rock, metal, blues ect)..........?????????? Come on he was in Santana when he was like 15
tromboneblowmaster 3 years ago 3
I totally agree with the opening line of your post!
And that's why I'll be at all 3 Northern California show this week, starting with tonight's show in Concord, CA.
I've been a Neal Schon fan since 1971, and my enthusiasm for his awesome guitar playing has never diminished.
mickflaire 3 years ago
thanks, I finally feel that i'm not the only one who feels this way about neal schon. The very best and greatest at anything, largely, go unnoticed. It's not until the people who failed to notice the unnoticeable one, will the unnoticeable be noticed. Sooner or later when he is not around people will notice something is missing, and will want to know what the something is.
tromboneblowmaster 3 years ago
too bad they never continued that 70s sound. They could have been really great. instead of some p***y band from the 80s.
daddyo 3 years ago 6
Journey is one of the greatest bands ever but these early tracks are the ones that made me a true fan. That guitar player is INSANE!!!!!!
dmobile2go 3 years ago
Journey was dying and they made a choice. That choice is usually refered to as "selling out". They went from a progressive band to a pop band. That was quite a shock to those who liked the progressive Journey. There is really nothing wrong with Steve Perry's voice, it's the sickening love songs. I couldn't take it. Too drastic a shift.
Buddah186 3 years ago 3
Of a Lifetime great song more "the guitar solo" of the mr. Neal Schon
infexest 3 years ago
F'n awesome!
Buddah186 3 years ago
They need to put this concert on DVD!
sdr3192 3 years ago 2
I think that everyone should just calm down. Though Journey has changed a lot, I love every part of them. With Greg, Steve, Gregg and Steve, Steve Augeri, and Arnel, not so much Jeff Scott Soto, but he was a decesnt fill-in for touring. Just sit back and enjoy all of Journey.
sdr3192 3 years ago
hey ditto
garyperkins07 3 years ago
Wow, prior to viewing this I was under the impression that I was the only one that bought the first Journey album. Neal Schon is an awesome guitar player. As a woman, may I say, Steve Perry love tuned me to death!
whitedress01 3 years ago
Gregg fucking rocks!!!
moonpie99 3 years ago 2
You guys must all be total idiots! Without Perry, Journeys last album would have been in 1978. They were already given the ultimatum. SELL RECORDS OR BE CUT FROM THE LABEL. You can call that "selling Out" if you want, but if Perry hadn't saved them, Neal would not be a rich man today. Neal could have told Herbie,"Fuck That, I'll quit if SP joins this band" but he didn't! He saw dollar signs as well!! You guys would have kissed Perry's ass as well if he was raking in millions of dollars for you
Haggardfan123 3 years ago
Where is the universe where this band continued to evolve in the same vein as first 3 albums? Why aren't I there too? The world made no sense to me the day I first played the Infinity album in 1978. That's the day I learned how corporate greed can destroy soul-saving art.
ricorreze 3 years ago 4
Why did they have to sell out and add Steve Perry and become a crappy pop band. All that talent wasted on lovin, touchin, squeezin. You can see how much they enjoy playing their real music in this video.
duncman21 3 years ago 4
a triple synth... who does that anymore? kudos to gregg rollie being able to play that AND sing.
iiiz 3 years ago 5
No Crack Glen.
How long HAVE you been sleeping with Steve?
gonzo888 3 years ago
Gonzo8888 Get off the crack brother.
Glen3467 3 years ago
I grew up in N CA and saw these guys a lot. Steve Perry was the last thing they needed. What a fag. These guys were up there with Robin Trower before SP showed up and f*cked them. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> RV
gonzo888 3 years ago
Journey should have kicked Steve Perry off the tour bus at a rest stop someplace and continued to play songs like this rather than the garbage they put out after w/SP...
boxerpoop 3 years ago
Sweet song.
RogerBigham68 3 years ago
This is the best song Journey has ever recorded, also the Best ever played live.
Journey...and Gregg Rolie as always playing fantastic keyboards and singing.Neal Schon playing unbelievable guitar,as he had on Santana 3and Caravanserai.Even on Abraxas.
They were the nucleus.Steve Perry came later.
Please listen to "Revelation".
69MC97gc 3 years ago
I would listen to Gregg's voice anyday over Steve's!!! After he left the band the music went to shit!!!!!!!
moonpie99 3 years ago
THIS is the Journey I like.
iiiz 3 years ago
Yes, I do too. This is like the dark side of Journey. That is how it all started for them.
ernest1218 3 years ago
we need to get journey to release this concert on cd,if anybody knows where i can get this music let me know
tmklunk 3 years ago 3
Awesome video! My best friend's brother in law is Gregg Rolie. I have seen journey well over 100 times in their heyday. I saw the 1st Bay Area performance with Steve Perry at The Old Waldorf. I think most of you may have missed the point on how Journey became a mega-hit machine. They brought in Roy Thomas Baker,who had just produced Queen.He told them to cut out the long solos,condense the
songs and write more melodic tunes.The rest is history !
madmax6921 3 years ago
bad to tha bone,gregg rollie.
MIKEH75 3 years ago 2
Can somebody explain the Live version of Kohoutek was rarely ever played in concert? Wow, 2 lead singers in one band. pretty cool. ok Later.
ElvisonTour1972 3 years ago
i cant find guitar tabs for this song.. anyone know where.
9914087 3 years ago
simply the best...
snowbuthead 3 years ago
Yep the best there is.
Edge620 3 years ago
whng?ere is Greg Rolie now? What is he doing?
loveperry4ever 3 years ago
Gregg has his own band, The Gregg Rolie Band.
He also has a website with info regarding appearances the band does.
sueintexas 3 years ago
Guitar heaven...
Fritha71 3 years ago
@ soldonhim, why dont we start one then? nothings going to happen untill we do something about it! we are sitting here, wishing for that, why dont we do it? it will be awesome! =)
123hodges123 3 years ago
moonpie has it right
wallylando1 3 years ago 2
Sure, that's why they built a huge fan base after he left. And isn't it a shame that they brought in one of the greatest, if not the greatest, voices in rock history. Gee, they are all crying all the way to the bank because of that aren't they? AND are still trying to revive the Steve Perry era of Journey, NOT the Greg Rolie era....hmmmmm
soldonhim 3 years ago 5
And I'm not saying that Greg wasn't talented because he is and if personalities hadn't clashed they may have done incredible things with a Greg/Steve colaboration over the years. It's just that to say Journey sucked after Greg left is of course a point of view, but one that is definitly in the minority.
soldonhim 3 years ago 2
After Gregg left this band sucked shit!!!
moonpie99 3 years ago
Moonpie99....The the Journey before Steve Perry was indeed, awesome. The three release before Perry and Gregg Rolie on vocals were amazing. Still, Perry was their platnium voice. I was able to see them before Perry, and the were much heavier on guitar with some great guitar riffs and solos. I recommend any true Journey fan to check out the pre-perry material. If you don't, you are missing out.
lxlandia 3 years ago 5
lyrics, first verse = the mist is slowly lifting, the sound of life misplaced your mind, you're sitting spelbound thru out time. I hope that you remember what you find, singin' of a lifetime, yeah!
123hodges123 3 years ago
Steve is beyond awesome, definitely Not Gay, and of course anyone with a brain knows he made Journey. I agree that it was very average band (with the exception of Neal's musicianship) before Steve came, and would have never made it much farther than they did.
soldonhim 3 years ago
Journey were made well before Perry came along as this song shows. Agree all the commercial success came along, but this band was great and had a stamp of quality about them well before the Perry days. It was just another chapter in a great story. It was, is and always will be Neals band.
alroy65 3 years ago 3
colombia records was ready to DROP Journey before Steve P came along... SP saved Journey and neal and Steve can sing I love the stuff they did after he joined
jumpygirl3 3 years ago
The band was created for and around Neal. Neal wrote or co-wrote almost every song on the first 3 albums. The monster hits from Infinity were written by Fleischman. The mega-hits from Escape forward were written by Jon Cain. Steve Perry is a spectacular talent, but he is not Journey
ricorreze 3 years ago 2
OK,OK,OK. But nevertheless, for most people the Journey never really began until Mr. Perry stepped on board, and the Journey ended when he left.
soldonhim 3 years ago 2
I understand. Neal was what I always loved most about the band. For others it was S. Perry.
ricorreze 3 years ago
i agree with you...
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