In my all time top 10 EVER. Steve Perry's voice is perfection. When Jamel starts snappin' his fingers and groovin' you just can't stop when the magic hits ya!
My favorite song by Journey! On my 18 birthday, I called in to a radio station and told them it was birthday and to play "Lights". And they did! I'm in my 60's now. Awww...memories! Still my favorite by Journey!
Before joining Journey, singer Steve Perry had written the lyrics in Los Angeles, with the line 'when the lights go down in the city and the sun shines on LA.' But he changed the lyrics when moving to San Francisco, and joining Journey.
True fact, yup. Nothing on earth like watching the entire Los Angeles basin, from downtown to LAX, catch the first rays of the day from the top of Sunset Plaza Drive above the Strip --and SF'll take your breath away, too. Been 30-plus years since I've laid eyes on either...
It fits San Francisco way better than LA. I can't imagine anyone writing a song about being homesick for LA. San Francisco, yes. Plus San Francisco's NorCal nickname is "The City".
Neal Schon grew up in San Mateo. I was one year ahead of him in elementary school. A mutual friend who went to high school with him told me he was recruited by Carlos Santana for his second or third album. A week later he was approached to join the then forming Derek and the Dominos. A week or two later it was either Mike Bloomfield or Dave Mason. Heady stuff for a high school junior. I later read this again on Wolfgang's Vault, IIRC.
One of the years the SF GIANTS were in the world series, they played this in between innings and Steven Perry was there. He was out of his seat conducting the fans on the big screen.
@@maine420grow I was at Fenway on Memorial Day right after the Boston Marathon bombing. I'm a Phillies fan, but everyone was a Boston fan as they sung Sweet Caroline that night
Steve Perry is a huge SF Giants baseball fan! They play this during the 7th inning stretch! He is so cool; he gets out of his seat and sings with the crowd on the bleacher stairs!!! I love that man!! And I love you and your channel too! ❤
Saw them 2015 with Steve Miller Band then in 2016 with, wait for iiiit, The Doobie Brothers. Journey is a perfect live band, plus the wife is a Pinay so we have to see Arnel !
I've never heard anyone bag on Journey, ever. I'm 52 years old. That's a lot of years for me to notice if Journey ever was bagged on. But this is the first time I've ever heard the term "bag on", LOL Do you mean "rag on"?
The 70’s-80’s San Francisco sound is greater than most imagine. Jefferson Starship changing to Starship, Journey, Huey Lewis & The News and hardly anyone touches or knows of Pablo Cruise. Oakland gave us the rise of the Pointer Sisters. Definitely San Francisco. The band formed there and Steve Perry is from Hanford in the Central Valley.
@@Kilroy-h5u Thank you! “Whatcha Gonna Do” and “Love Will Find A Way” were the staples of their awesome work together but “I Go to Rio” and “Cool Love” were great live.
yes, Pablo Cruise was also known in Germany, I had all their records from 1975-77, great band "Island Woman" and "Place in the sun" are one of my faves, greetings from Berlin
Yes! Journey is from San Francisco. In fact on their Captured album, Steve Perry says “We wrote a song about our hometown ,San Francisco...it’s called Lights.” Also Steve Perry was a big fan of Otis Redding. It is a small homage to “Dock of the Bay” when he says “So you think you’re lonely. Well my friend, I’m lonely too.”
Yes, definitely a San Francisco based band. Guitarist Neal Schon and keyboardist Greg Rolie started out being in Carlos Santana's band (Schon was a teenage prodigy). Rolie sang lead on "Black Magic Woman".
Wow! So many of the songs Mr. Jamel reviews have been "my songs" in the past, but I somehow made it to the ripe old age of 65 without knowing this very interesting fact! I lived in the Bay Area in the early 80's and owned every Journey album on vinyl at the time. Have loved Santana since Woodstock. I was a little young then but my dad played guitar for his own pleasure so I always noticed great guitar players.
Yup and when Steve Perry joined he pushed Rolie out of the band. Rolie knew by them getting Steve he was out. Rolie was a talented singer and keyboardist
I went on an evening dinner boat cruise through the San Fran Bay. The band played "Sitting on the dock of the Bay". The last song of the night was "Lights" though. It was so beautiful to dance to. I'll never forget how magical the view was with this song.
Yes. I remember seeing this first public show with Santana. We were all 15 too. After he was with Journey I remember seeing him out in the clubs. He drove a white Ferrari back then. The good old days in the Bay!
In his prime, Steve Perry's vocals were incredible and Neil Schon is an under appreciated guitarist. Infinity was the gold standard album for Journey and the old Journey is their best music IMHO. 👍🤘✌️
I remember the audience cheering when this song started playing during a laser light show in the planetarium of the Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park, way back in 1980. I’ve always loved this song. Thanks for your reaction!
The "Voice" was born and raised in Hanford, CA. about 30 min south of Fresno. And yes, this song is about SF. The line "When the lights go down in the city.. and the sun shines on the bay" is in reference to the tall skyscrapers in downtown, and anybody who lives around here knows, that they leave the lights on in those buildings all night long.. So as the day is dawning the lights go "down" or turn off in the city and aren't as visible when the sun starts to rise.. That's where the "sun shines on the bay part comes in".. The lights go down in the city when the sun shines on the bay basically.. 🙂
Steve Perry actually wrote the song about Los Angeles when he was living out there. Once he joined Journey, he changed the words to city by the bay and made it about San Francisco since the rest of the band were from there.
LOVE your reactions! The great Chaka Khan did background vocals on the studio track of this song. As you may have been told, the keyboard player, Greg Rollie was in Santana and is seen in the Woodstock video for Soul Sacrifice. Later guitarist Neal Schon joined Santana. The two later formed Journey...Keep spreading the love.
Man what a great song. Even though I'm not from SF whenever I heard this song played on my playlist while deployed (6 times) it always made me think of home (Texas). Thanks for sharing it. 👍👍🤘🤘
Look for: "Steve Perry & 43,000 Friends NEVER 'Stop Believing' in the GIANTS - NLCS Gm 5". They played Journey over the PA system and Steve Perry was in the crowd.
Neil Schon always seems to play the perfect solo... Appreciate the reaction. So much more in Journey's deep, deep catalog to react to. 'Stone in Love' is a must listen.
Jamal had done numerous journey hope he does a lot more please hope he does wheel the one video where he is dressed in white when he 1st started when he hits the note with NS playing unbelievable . PLEASE JAMAL more SP and Journey being they r from Cali lol
Journey had two descent albums but when Steve Perry joined and they made Infinity, it blew up. Gregg Rollie great harmony. But Steve Perry changed everything. Neil Schon had some great licks with Santana that a lot of people thought was Carlos. Like Everybody's Everything.
you know i have always loved journey but what amazes me is when i see them play live in the videos from back in the day and watch them in the present and they are still kicking it!
Just such a gorgeous song. I love this band, musicianship, vocals, lyrics, songwriting. Journey is just one of the best, never had a bad song in my opinion. Thank you for your reactions, they are genuine and heartfelt.
I just have to recommend Journey Stone In Love to you, Jamel! Talk about a song that will take you straight to Throwbackness! I guarantee you will love it. 🎶❤
The harmonies of Greg Rolie and Steve Perry were one of my favorite things about Journey in the early parts of their careers. Both keyboardist and singer Greg Rolie and Guitarist Neil Shon played with Carlos Santana who is from San Francisco on the song Black Magic Woman.
@Ponyboy Curtis, I saw them together at the Hard Rock in Vegas. It was my 5th time seeing Santana, but the first with Schon and Rolie. That first album is the only complete Journey album I own. I love Perry’s voice, but it was the big reason Journey went more commercial.
Fun side story: In the mid-2000s, I was in college and had season tickets to the student section for our hockey team. One day, in the very literal middle of the 3rd period, the lights went out in the entire arena and stayed that way for more than bit. No one knew what was going on. When the emergency lights came up, two guys were fighting for reasons we don't know, they couldn't get all of the arena systems working again. They had to put the rest of the game on hold and finish playing it the next day (it was Friday night, and it's pretty customary for college hockey teams to play a two-game series on Friday/Saturday). After that night, for the next season or two, the student section would sing Journey's "Lights" at the 10:00 mark of the third period to commemorate the occasion. I'm not a big Journey fan, but "Lights" remains my favorite song of theirs because of this memory.
My favorite Journey song has always been "Raised on Radio". It never got a lot of airplay, nor was it very popular, but dang - it has a beat that will get you up dancing, and it has a LOT of musical reminiscing in it.
If you want a great live performance by Journey check out "Still They Ride" - Live Tokyo 1983. I heard he had the flu that show but you would never know it, his voice was magic. I love Journey and I was so glad I got to see them back in the day!
'When the lights go down in the City/and the sun shines on the Bay...' Lived in Palo Alto for a year and loved it--spent weekends in the city going to clubs and hanging out at friends apartments in North Beach. Best year of my life. This is one of Journey's best songs, you can feel the love in Steve's voice. Thanks for posting this, Jamel :)
So excited you did this song! One of my all time favorites and it hardly gets mentioned. It became a song about San Francisco and since I'm from the Bay Area it was played A LOT. Does anyone remember oh, oooh oh being sung as KFRC?
Yes! One of my favourite Journey songs that I grew up hearing as a kid, thanks to my mom. Along with the songs Wheel in the Sky and Lovin', Touchin, Squeezin'. For so long I pictured the singer as a black woman. lol
I still remember my one Journey concert. 1987 if I recall, general admission, standing room only. In a group dancing & singing to every song. Before the days of cell phones, I couldn't locate my friends until leaving and walking to my car. We went out for pizza and partied the rest of the night. A night to remember.
I saw Journey in 1986 at Richfield Coliseum in Ohio, and Randy Jackson from American Idol was the bass player on that tour. The next day, I boarded a plane and moved to Denver. I was 19.
Neal Schon, from SF, started playing guitar with Carlos Santana at age 14. Later he formed his own band, Journey. Their management found Steve Perry in LA. Talent was mutual. Their first meeting in a Denver hotel room... they wrote their first some together called Patiently.
Consider doing the live version of 'Girl Can't Help It'. Perry's vocals are off-the-chart fantastic, especially considering it's live, and the band kills it as well.
Jamel, listen to "Feeling That Way / Anytime" you must listen to both songs together. It's a sin to us Journey fan not to. Feel good lover's song most definitely.
My favorite Journey song since high school. I would bring my guitar to beach parties and this was the song everybody sang as I played. I eventually added "Stay Awhile" to it, just like Journey did on their live album, so every time I now play "Lights" on the guitar, I automatically continue with "Stay Awhile" since all you have to do is stay on the "D" chord when you transition.
Got to see these guys 3x back in the 1980's and damn!... What a show they put on! Steve loved it to see the audience singing and swaying along. And the band interacts with their fans.
The song is still loved in the Bay Area. When they turn the lights down at the Oakland Coliseum after an A's game for a fireworks show, this song is always played and the crowd sings along.
Journey has some awesome tunes Jamel! Hope you get to enjoy listening to more from Journey! You might enjoy "Faithfully" and "Any way you want it" by Journey! Peace! ✌☮
In ‘89 I was on break from college and the drummer in a Journey-sounding band with 10 originals and 30 covers of various songs including Lights on which we nailed the harmonies...won several battle of the bands on our harmonies alone...but we also rocked. If you were in the D/FW area then, remember us? Played a lot of gigs that year...Trees, Dallas City Limits, On the Rocks, Pink Flamingo, Mary’s & John’s, The Basement, etc... The 80’s...such great times and great music. (Went back and got my bachelors; our band wasn’t a needle in the hay stack that made it.)
"And you see all the lights, right before you're making out".... Yes. It was a dream that became a reality. It was a moment, as will happen with all musical moments, where the desire from the music becomes the reality with the self. And Journey, for us from when it was closer in time, those of us in our fifties, this was not yet a memory; it was our daily reality, living in that moment. We lived this song and these feelings in that moment. I'm glad listeners have new songs within which they live in the moment, I feel them with my son of seventeen. I am also glad to look back with you to that moment to remember, in many things and in many ways, that we are one and the passage of time is less meaningful. It's no big deal. We just are. Thank you
I live in the East Bay and used to commute from Walnut Creek to Berkeley via the tunnel on 24. If you know the area, you know when you pop out of the tunnel on the west side, you are on a hill, and when you go around a brief curve, the Bay is laid out in front of you. One morning, I was heading out early. I came through the tunnel and around to that vista, when this song came on the radio exactly as the sun rose over the bridge....and shone on the Bay. I'm honestly not a big Journey fan but that moment was magical.
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They are indeed from frisco
Praise the Lord We are finally here!!!!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Yes Yes San Fran !!!~ Santana CCR G. Dead and Jefferson Airplane and many many more from the Bay area !~!
Saw them in 1982. Cow Palace, they brought the SF 49 era on stage....wow...they opened with this I think.....
Yeppers. I’m in Santa Cruz. The lights on the bridges are like strings of pearls across the water if you see them from Tilden Park😉
In my all time top 10 EVER. Steve Perry's voice is perfection. When Jamel starts snappin' his fingers and groovin' you just can't stop when the magic hits ya!
My favorite song by Journey! On my 18 birthday, I called in to a radio station and told them it was birthday and to play "Lights". And they did! I'm in my 60's now. Awww...memories! Still my favorite by Journey!
Before joining Journey, singer Steve Perry had written the lyrics in Los Angeles, with the line 'when the lights go down in the city and the sun shines on LA.' But he changed the lyrics when moving to San Francisco, and joining Journey.
Very interesting.
Joe...you get the prize!
Living in LA before being signed.
Well done.
True fact, yup. Nothing on earth like watching the entire Los Angeles basin, from downtown to LAX, catch the first rays of the day from the top of Sunset Plaza Drive above the Strip --and SF'll take your breath away, too. Been 30-plus years since I've laid eyes on either...
It fits San Francisco way better than LA. I can't imagine anyone writing a song about being homesick for LA. San Francisco, yes. Plus San Francisco's NorCal nickname is "The City".
@@jeffmorse645 Plus I've never heard of LA being referred to as "the city by the bay".
They are from San Francisco. As a matter of fact two members of Journey were with the original Santana band.
I knew Neal Schon was in Santana, but who was the other one? I love Santana.
Keyboard player Greg Rolie
@@mreye73 Thanks for the info.
Neal Schon grew up in San Mateo. I was one year ahead of him in elementary school. A mutual friend who went to high school with him told me he was recruited by Carlos Santana for his second or third album. A week later he was approached to join the then forming Derek and the Dominos. A week or two later it was either Mike Bloomfield or Dave Mason. Heady stuff for a high school junior. I later read this again on Wolfgang's Vault, IIRC.
@@nina1522 It was Greg Rollie.👍👍👍👍
"lovin touchin sqeezen" please ☮️
He did that reaction already I think
If you search Jamel plus the song in the search box, you'll find all his Journey reactions. ❤️
oh yes!!! and " any way you want it " !!!
Along with, and followed by, 'city of the Angels'. Early 80s, Hit Radio always played these two songs together.
Journeys best song
In the seventies we called this babe magnet music. Extremely great song.
As a babe from the seventies, I can confirm.
See also “Faithfully” from Journey and “Babe” from Styx. 💋
@@ms.chuckfu1088 Nice!
It still IS babe magnet music!!!!
@@ms.chuckfu1088 what happened when you heard it? Was it like you went into a trance and guys used the Jedi mind trick on you?
@@grandadneal8114 ROFL
One of the years the SF GIANTS were in the world series, they played this in between innings and Steven Perry was there. He was out of his seat conducting the fans on the big screen.
Zito Game 1 of the 2012 WS. I was there. Steve was there, doing his thing. James Hetfield too.
@@timothyjamesjones I'm a Sox fan but I love a great baseball moment. We had Neil Diamond come sing Sweet Caroline at Fenway.
@@maine420grow I was at Fenway on Memorial Day right after the Boston Marathon bombing. I'm a Phillies fan, but everyone was a Boston fan as they sung Sweet Caroline that night
@@timothyjamesjones I was there, too! My brother flew out from NY, and paid a ridiculous amount for the tix, but it was a great game!
Which makes the hat choice for this video all the more perfect.
I've said it before. Steve's voice just scoops one up and hugs you. It's an experience to listen to with one's eyes closed
So true
Steve Perry is a huge SF Giants baseball fan! They play this during the 7th inning stretch! He is so cool; he gets out of his seat and sings with the crowd on the bleacher stairs!!! I love that man!! And I love you and your channel too! ❤
People like to bag on Journey, but they have some great tunes, and their greatest hits collections are non-stop enjoyment. ~Be Blessed
Baggin’ on Journey? Not in my universe.
@Rich Rogers and yet Lights is the only song of theirs(that I've heard) I actually like. I don't understand either.
Bag on Journey?? Never heard of that. Only someone who hates music maybe lol.
Those guys are legends
Saw them 2015 with Steve Miller Band then in 2016 with, wait for iiiit, The Doobie Brothers. Journey is a perfect live band, plus the wife is a Pinay so we have to see Arnel !
I've never heard anyone bag on Journey, ever. I'm 52 years old. That's a lot of years for me to notice if Journey ever was bagged on. But this is the first time I've ever heard the term "bag on", LOL Do you mean "rag on"?
One of my favorite Journey songs.
Love this song. Steve Perry's voice is incredible.
Yeah- those guys crushed it.
The 70’s-80’s San Francisco sound is greater than most imagine. Jefferson Starship changing to Starship, Journey, Huey Lewis & The News and hardly anyone touches or knows of Pablo Cruise.
Oakland gave us the rise of the Pointer Sisters.
Definitely San Francisco. The band formed there and Steve Perry is from Hanford in the Central Valley.
Pablo Cruz. Definitely
I think the Doobie Bros were from San Jose. That counts too?
@@Kilroy-h5u Thank you! “Whatcha Gonna Do” and “Love Will Find A Way” were the staples of their awesome work together but “I Go to Rio” and “Cool Love” were great live.
@@Kilroy-h5u “Love Will Find a Way”.
yes, Pablo Cruise was also known in Germany, I had all their records from 1975-77, great band "Island Woman" and "Place in the sun" are one of my faves, greetings from Berlin
Yes! Journey is from San Francisco. In fact on their Captured album, Steve Perry says “We wrote a song about our hometown ,San Francisco...it’s called Lights.” Also Steve Perry was a big fan of Otis Redding. It is a small homage to “Dock of the Bay” when he says “So you think you’re lonely. Well my friend, I’m lonely too.”
Steve Perry is from Houston
cRAzy A Do you mean Hanford?
@@maryklacik5358 ,yes thx you,freakin spell check,guess I should read it after,lol
The other members of the band were from the SF bay area.. they were a band before Steve Perry joined.
Yes, definitely a San Francisco based band. Guitarist Neal Schon and keyboardist Greg Rolie started out being in Carlos Santana's band (Schon was a teenage prodigy). Rolie sang lead on "Black Magic Woman".
Wow! So many of the songs Mr. Jamel reviews have been "my songs" in the past, but I somehow made it to the ripe old age of 65 without knowing this very interesting fact! I lived in the Bay Area in the early 80's and owned every Journey album on vinyl at the time. Have loved Santana since Woodstock. I was a little young then but my dad played guitar for his own pleasure so I always noticed great guitar players.
Yup and when Steve Perry joined he pushed Rolie out of the band. Rolie knew by them getting Steve he was out. Rolie was a talented singer and keyboardist
I went on an evening dinner boat cruise through the San Fran Bay. The band played "Sitting on the dock of the Bay". The last song of the night was "Lights" though. It was so beautiful to dance to. I'll never forget how magical the view was with this song.
Very sweet! !!
Neil was a hell of a guitarist at the young age of 15 with Santana.
Neil was born, at Tinker Air Force Base, Midwest City, Oklahoma. I worked there for 32 years. Born the same year.
NEAL Schon is AWESOME
Yes. I remember seeing this first public show with Santana. We were all 15 too. After he was with Journey I remember seeing him out in the clubs. He drove a white Ferrari back then. The good old days in the Bay!
Agree...
Yes, they are. He originally wrote the song about Los Angeles before he joined Journey but changed the lyrics to SF when he joined.
3:36, you know a song is fire when Jamel goes all Stevie Wonder.
I was going to say he felt it at 1:26 when he started snapping his fingers, and feeling like he just got wrapped up in a warm blanket.
Steve Perry also LOVES the San Francisco Giants fan and can be seen in several photos wearing a baseball cap just like the one you're wearing!
In his prime, Steve Perry's vocals were incredible and Neil Schon is an under appreciated guitarist. Infinity was the gold standard album for Journey and the old Journey is their best music IMHO. 👍🤘✌️
NEAL SCHON IS ONE OF THE BEST
While Infinity is a good album imo evolution tops it. Evolution is my fav album
Raised on Radio was the last true album they made in my opinion.
Thank you for avoiding the dreaded U word. I swear if I hear that one more time! 🤣
I was born in the Bay Area and my parents are huge Journey fans. Whenever I hear this song, it takes me home.
Neal Schon can freaking wail on guitar, he’s so underrated.
I don't think he's underrated.
@@karingraf536 I think Rick Beato has him in his top 25. That's saying something!
He’s one of the “Best”!
He’s perfectly rated
Lots of people forget that he was in Santana when he was a teenager.
Love this song, love Journey, love Steve Perry and I LOVE “THE CITY” OF SAN FRANCISCO!!!!!!!
I confess I was never a big Journey fan, but I swear, this is one of my favorite songs. It's perfection.
Props to the founding member singing vocals with Steve Perry! They are talented vocalists in their own right.
Not only did we have Steve's epic vocals here, but the vocal harmonies are just spine-tingling!
I've spent several summers in the bay area visiting family. This song sits in a special place in my heart. Love....
Journey live was an amazing event. Not only did Steve sing, he literally ran around the stage like a track.
Yes they are from San Francisco ,in fact Steve perry is a huge giants fan
Other members may be from SFO but Steve is from Hanford, California.
Steve has been known to be sitting in the crowd and lead them in song during the 7th inning stretch during Giants games.
Who isn't??
😁
Don't know who the Giants are.
@@karingraf536 it’s baseball
on the bay for sure . Stone in Love is another good one from journey
The guitar solo on this track is undeniable.
I remember the audience cheering when this song started playing during a laser light show in the planetarium of the Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park, way back in 1980. I’ve always loved this song. Thanks for your reaction!
The "Voice" was born and raised in Hanford, CA. about 30 min south of Fresno. And yes, this song is about SF. The line "When the lights go down in the city.. and the sun shines on the bay" is in reference to the tall skyscrapers in downtown, and anybody who lives around here knows, that they leave the lights on in those buildings all night long.. So as the day is dawning the lights go "down" or turn off in the city and aren't as visible when the sun starts to rise.. That's where the "sun shines on the bay part comes in".. The lights go down in the city when the sun shines on the bay basically.. 🙂
Steve Perry actually wrote the song about Los Angeles when he was living out there. Once he joined Journey, he changed the words to city by the bay and made it about San Francisco since the rest of the band were from there.
@@flowergirl2090 .. Yup. A few lines had to be changed I'm sure.. Like "and the sun shines on the bay" Don't think there's a bay in LA..... LOL
My second favorite Journey song. My favorite is " I'll Be Alright Without You".
Definitely another great one!
Definitely a favorite
A favorite of mine too👍🏻
I don't that one. What? My favorite is faithfully then don't stop believing and lights is 3rd
Jamel, you will enjoy “Good morning girl” great song and “Dead or Alive” a whole different sound and, Journey rocking it, like they did best.
“What in the Tye-dye is goin on?” Sounds like a new t-shirt 🤣
LOVE your reactions! The great Chaka Khan did background vocals on the studio track of this song. As you may have been told, the keyboard player, Greg Rollie was in Santana and is seen in the Woodstock video for Soul Sacrifice. Later guitarist Neal Schon joined Santana. The two later formed Journey...Keep spreading the love.
Man what a great song. Even though I'm not from SF whenever I heard this song played on my playlist while deployed (6 times) it always made me think of home (Texas). Thanks for sharing it. 👍👍🤘🤘
@@helenmalina799 you're very welcome. thank you for the kind words. 😃
@@Sigbue98 you're very welcome. I appreciate you taking the time to tell me. 👍😃
Look for: "Steve Perry & 43,000 Friends NEVER 'Stop Believing' in the GIANTS - NLCS Gm 5". They played Journey over the PA system and Steve Perry was in the crowd.
Neil Schon always seems to play the perfect solo... Appreciate the reaction. So much more in Journey's deep, deep catalog to react to. 'Stone in Love' is a must listen.
Saw them on that Tour in 1978... I was twenty years old 🎶
I saw them in concert 1983 in Charlotte N.C. I was 19. I still have my tshirt from the concert. ❤❤❤
saw the same tour. second loudest show I've ever been to. loud but crystal clear. (Montrose, and John Niles opened the show) cheers...
Chicagofest 1978
Cool
Steve Perry....one of the GOAT lead singer. Just awesome! Separate Ways is an all time favorite as well as Foolish Heart (very romantic song).
Stone in Love is one of my favorites! React to this song if you haven’t already 🤘🎧😎💯🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥✌️
Still gives me chills after 40 years...and I think I was only 10 the first time...it's a classic piece of music that nobody can ever take away 🎶
1978
Steve Perry, incredible voice! Met Steve and the band at Orpheum Theatre in Boston back in the day. Lights is one of my favorite Journey songs.
You should do Wheel in the Sky next!
Jamal had done numerous journey hope he does a lot more please hope he does wheel the one video where he is dressed in white when he 1st started when he hits the note with NS playing unbelievable . PLEASE JAMAL more SP and Journey being they r from Cali lol
And Stone in Love
@@giannitriv1888 Oh, yes! I love that one.
And Who's crying now. This band goes soooooo far back.
His fucking voice man.... everytime it just pulls you in. He makes it look so easy, it's not!!! 😆
Now that you are going down the Journey road - you need to listen to Feeling That Way and Anytime (preferably together as they are meant to be heard).
I think he did that one already?
Journey had two descent albums but when Steve Perry joined and they made Infinity, it blew up. Gregg Rollie great harmony. But Steve Perry changed everything. Neil Schon had some great licks with Santana that a lot of people thought was Carlos. Like Everybody's Everything.
you know i have always loved journey but what amazes me is when i see them play live in the videos from back in the day and watch them in the present and they are still kicking it!
Just such a gorgeous song. I love this band, musicianship, vocals, lyrics, songwriting. Journey is just one of the best, never had a bad song in my opinion. Thank you for your reactions, they are genuine and heartfelt.
Man, I love this song. Timeless classic, this song never gets old or overplayed.
Brings back memories of the 70's, Skate City, bell bottom corduroy pants and foxy chicks with big feathered hair! Ahh, those were the days!
Possibly my favorite Journey song to sing along to, in harmony. 🥰
I just have to recommend Journey Stone In Love to you, Jamel! Talk about a song that will take you straight to Throwbackness! I guarantee you will love it. 🎶❤
Yes. They are from the SF Bay Area. Steve Perry was at an SF Giants game during the World Series & got people in the bleachers to do a sing along.
This song always brings on the goosebumps on top of goosebumps 🤗
Journey is an American rock band formed in 1973 in San Francisco, California.
In my top 3 favorite Journey songs 🥰
The harmonies of Greg Rolie and Steve Perry were one of my favorite things about Journey in the early parts of their careers. Both keyboardist and singer Greg Rolie and Guitarist Neil Shon played with Carlos Santana who is from San Francisco on the song Black Magic Woman.
Perry’s voice is incredible! The core origin of Journey came from Santana, Neal Schon (guitar) and Greg Rollie (keys)
@Ponyboy Curtis Yessss!!! ❤️❤️❤️
That's right. I saw journey live in 2016 with Santana. It was awesome seeing Neil and Carlos jamming together.
His voice had always kinda reminded me of Geddy Lee from rush.
@Ponyboy Curtis, I saw them together at the Hard Rock in Vegas. It was my 5th time seeing Santana, but the first with Schon and Rolie. That first album is the only complete Journey album I own. I love Perry’s voice, but it was the big reason Journey went more commercial.
Steve Perry wrote this for Los Angeles originally, but changed the lyrics when the band went to San Francisco
oooooh my man touching a nerve now.....loooove me some Journey!!!!
Fun side story:
In the mid-2000s, I was in college and had season tickets to the student section for our hockey team. One day, in the very literal middle of the 3rd period, the lights went out in the entire arena and stayed that way for more than bit.
No one knew what was going on. When the emergency lights came up, two guys were fighting for reasons we don't know, they couldn't get all of the arena systems working again. They had to put the rest of the game on hold and finish playing it the next day (it was Friday night, and it's pretty customary for college hockey teams to play a two-game series on Friday/Saturday).
After that night, for the next season or two, the student section would sing Journey's "Lights" at the 10:00 mark of the third period to commemorate the occasion. I'm not a big Journey fan, but "Lights" remains my favorite song of theirs because of this memory.
My favorite Journey song has always been "Raised on Radio". It never got a lot of airplay, nor was it very popular, but dang - it has a beat that will get you up dancing, and it has a LOT of musical reminiscing in it.
Album cover is from radio station from home town of Steve in Hanford California
If you want a great live performance by Journey check out "Still They Ride" - Live Tokyo 1983. I heard he had the flu that show but you would never know it, his voice was magic. I love Journey and I was so glad I got to see them back in the day!
One of my all time favorites. It's over before I'm ready for it. Hey Jamel 🖐 Hey Adrienne 🖐 😊
'When the lights go down in the City/and the sun shines on the Bay...' Lived in Palo Alto for a year and loved it--spent weekends in the city going to clubs and hanging out at friends apartments in North Beach. Best year of my life. This is one of Journey's best songs, you can feel the love in Steve's voice. Thanks for posting this, Jamel :)
So excited you did this song! One of my all time favorites and it hardly gets mentioned. It became a song about San Francisco and since I'm from the Bay Area it was played A LOT. Does anyone remember oh, oooh oh being sung as KFRC?
Yes! One of my favourite Journey songs that I grew up hearing as a kid, thanks to my mom. Along with the songs Wheel in the Sky and Lovin', Touchin, Squeezin'. For so long I pictured the singer as a black woman. lol
I still remember my one Journey concert. 1987 if I recall, general admission, standing room only. In a group dancing & singing to every song. Before the days of cell phones, I couldn't locate my friends until leaving and walking to my car. We went out for pizza and partied the rest of the night. A night to remember.
Journey is my all time favorite band. There is no one like Steve Perry.
I saw Journey in 1986 at Richfield Coliseum in Ohio, and Randy Jackson from American Idol was the bass player on that tour. The next day, I boarded a plane and moved to Denver. I was 19.
You have got to check out “Wheel In The Sky”. Excellent Journey song.
Love when Greg Rollie the keyboard player sings dual rolls with Steve Perry "Anytime". Miss that lineup.
Neal Schon is a master of line and melody. His solos sing like Perry’s voice. Love his style.
I love this song so much...it’s the ringtone on my phone. Been loving Steve Perry and Journey for 40 years.❤️
There is even a video on RUclips of Steve Perry singing with the crowd around him at a San Francisco Giants game
Journey was my first concert at 12 years old. I love them. They introduced me to so many other bands. They were my first glimpse into rock.
“She walks like a lady” is a killer live track!
Neal Schon, from SF, started playing guitar with Carlos Santana at age 14. Later he formed his own band, Journey. Their management found Steve Perry in LA. Talent was mutual. Their first meeting in a Denver hotel room... they wrote their first some together called Patiently.
Consider doing the live version of 'Girl Can't Help It'. Perry's vocals are off-the-chart fantastic, especially considering it's live, and the band kills it as well.
My absolute fav!!
RELEASED IN 1978 love me some 70s BABY
saw Journey in concert 2 times. 2017 and 2018. they are one of my favorite 70'5 and 80's rock bands!
Jamel, listen to "Feeling That Way / Anytime" you must listen to both songs together. It's a sin to us Journey fan not to. Feel good lover's song most definitely.
I would love to see Jamal and other reactors do this combo packed song/songs...Thanks for the request because this is one of their best songs!!!
Yes another beautiful song. Love it and Journey as well.
Couples, all skate!
A girl and a boy or a boy and a girl!
My favorite Journey song since high school. I would bring my guitar to beach parties and this was the song everybody sang as I played. I eventually added "Stay Awhile" to it, just like Journey did on their live album, so every time I now play "Lights" on the guitar, I automatically continue with "Stay Awhile" since all you have to do is stay on the "D" chord when you transition.
Try Stone in Love. Journey
Got to see these guys 3x back in the 1980's and damn!... What a show they put on!
Steve loved it to see the audience singing and swaying along.
And the band interacts with their fans.
When I saw Jamel was wearing a SF Giants ball cap, I thought...was that intentional or a coincidence while listening to this song? Coincidence. LOL
The song is still loved in the Bay Area. When they turn the lights down at the Oakland Coliseum after an A's game for a fireworks show, this song is always played and the crowd sings along.
Journey has some awesome tunes Jamel! Hope you get to enjoy listening to more from Journey! You might enjoy "Faithfully" and "Any way you want it" by Journey! Peace! ✌☮
In ‘89 I was on break from college and the drummer in a Journey-sounding band with 10 originals and 30 covers of various songs including Lights on which we nailed the harmonies...won several battle of the bands on our harmonies alone...but we also rocked. If you were in the D/FW area then, remember us? Played a lot of gigs that year...Trees, Dallas City Limits, On the Rocks, Pink Flamingo, Mary’s & John’s, The Basement, etc... The 80’s...such great times and great music. (Went back and got my bachelors; our band wasn’t a needle in the hay stack that made it.)
Yes, Journey is from the Bay Area. This song is played during the tail end of SF Giants all the time!!! I see the hat, bro!!
Ah...the memories..... Journey.....saw them live many times back in the 70's / 80's.....and yes, San Francisco.....
This is officially called the "na na na na na na na na" song.
Nope, wrong song. It’s “Lovin’, Touchin’, Squeezin’”
@@kgunitkeese17 Right you are. Now wonder no na nas.
"And you see all the lights, right before you're making out".... Yes. It was a dream that became a reality. It was a moment, as will happen with all musical moments, where the desire from the music becomes the reality with the self. And Journey, for us from when it was closer in time, those of us in our fifties, this was not yet a memory; it was our daily reality, living in that moment. We lived this song and these feelings in that moment. I'm glad listeners have new songs within which they live in the moment, I feel them with my son of seventeen. I am also glad to look back with you to that moment to remember, in many things and in many ways, that we are one and the passage of time is less meaningful. It's no big deal. We just are. Thank you
"Feeling That Way / Anytime" if you haven't done it yet.
Yes. Both together in that order.
I live in the East Bay and used to commute from Walnut Creek to Berkeley via the tunnel on 24. If you know the area, you know when you pop out of the tunnel on the west side, you are on a hill, and when you go around a brief curve, the Bay is laid out in front of you.
One morning, I was heading out early. I came through the tunnel and around to that vista, when this song came on the radio exactly as the sun rose over the bridge....and shone on the Bay. I'm honestly not a big Journey fan but that moment was magical.