A Journey To The Heart

And we're entering into the third week today ... Well, apparently I'm being able to update a bit more this blog ... Hopefully I'll always have some time for this blog ...

So ... what can I throw off tonight? Last week I included an AOR band (and I obviously refer to 'Toto') so I'll carry on with this tonight... What band? Well probably a very similar one, that has been as long as Toto, if not more: Journey.

Journey, the band being around since 1973, has left a humongous number of songs as Top Hits in radio ... Of course among classic rock fans, songs as 'Wheel In The Sky' or 'Open Arms' and obviously the arch-renowned 'Don't Stop Believing' are tracks of devotion.

Well I had no need to write that up ... Just felt like it ... Anyway... I'll include a few songs by them, which I fear are pretty wide known around the genre (so this time no hide tracks or anything, just a bunch of old-but-still-cool songs).

First, to start of with a song previously mentioned: 'Wheel In The Sky', a song that I got through while investigating a bit on what probably is Journey's top hit: 'Don't Stop Believing'... Powerful song, I must admit, even though I didn't like it at first, it grew on me after a few plays... And now it's between my favorite. Here it is...

Wheel In The Sky - Journey

Winter is here, again, Oh Lord
Haven't been home in a year or more
I hope she holds on a little longer
Sent a letter on a long summer day
Made of silver, not of clay
Ooh I've been runnin' down this dusty road

The wheel in the sky keeps on turnin'
I don't know where I'll be tomorrow 
Wheel in the sky keeps on turnin'

I've been trying to make it home
Got to make it, before too long
Ooh, I can't take this very much longer, no
I'm stranded, in the sleet and rain
Don't think I'm ever gonna make it home again
The mornin' sun is risin'
It's kissin' the day away 

Oh, the wheel in the sky keeps on turnin'
I don't know where I'll be tomorrow 
Wheel in the sky keeps on turnin'
wohohohohoh mymymy For tomorrow

Oh the wheel in the sky keeps on turnin'
Ooh I don't know where I'll be tomorrow 
Wheel in the sky keeps me yernin'
Ooh I don't know I don't know

Oh the wheel in the sky keeps on turnin'
Ooh I don't know where I'll be tomorrow
Wheel in the sky keeps turnin' 
Ooh I don't know I don't know I don't knowohoh
Wheel in the sky keeps on turnin'
Don't know where I'll be tomorrow
Ooh the wheel in the sky keeps turnin'
Wheel in the sky keeps on turnin'

(BTW, I'll leave a video of this song being performed by the latest  band members, where an interesting Arnel Pineda can get near the epic vocals Steve Perry once got to)

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Next, a bit of an interesting ballad: 'Faithfully' ... This is the typical romantical song ... Really ... But it's totally acceptable ... Well, I don't need to explain that this one I heard from radio before, since it airs almost everyday without a doubt. If you don't fall for this song ... well ... you have an empty chest ...

Journey_-_Faithfully
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(A better video here ... too bad Youtube didn't allow embedding for any video)

Highway run into the midnight sun 
Wheels go round and round 
You're on my mind 
Restless hearts sleep alone tonight 
Sending all my love along the wire 
They say that the road 
Ain't no place to start a family 
Right down the line it's been you and me 
And loving a music man 
Ain't always what it's supposed to be 

Oh Girl 
You stand by me 
I'm forever yours 
Faithfully 
Circus life under the big top world 
We all need the clowns to make us laugh 
Through space and time 
Always another show 
Wodnering where I am lost without you 
And being apart ain't easy on this love affair 
Two strangers learn to fall in love again 
I get the joy of rediscovering you 

Oh girl 
You stand by me 
I'm forever yours 
Faithfully 
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh 
Oh oh oh oh oh oh 
Faithfully 
I'm still yours 
I'm forever yours 
Ever yours 
Faithfully

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Well, to go along with the rythm of 'Faithfully', I'll include: 'Open Arms', another kick-ass radio song ... 

Open Arms - Journey

Lying beside you
Here in the dark
Feeling your heart with mine
Softly you whisper
You're so sincere
How could our love be so blind
We sailed on together
We drifted apart
And here you are
By my side

So now I come to you
With open arms
Nothing to hide
Believe what I say
So here I am
With open arms
Hoping you'll see
What your love means to me
Open arms

Living without you
Living alone
This empty house seems so cold
Wanting to hold you
Wanting you near
How much I wanted you home

But now that you've come back
Turned night into day
I need you to stay

So now I come to you
With open arms
Nothing to hide
Believe what I say
So here I am
With open arms
Hoping you'll see
What your love means to me
Open arms

(And well for those who wanted a video... Here's Arnel Pineda against ... I mean ... at Viña del Mar)

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Well, apparently with every song I feel like including, I think of 2 or 3 more I want to add ... So this might be a long post ... (ok longer than this) ... This one differs from the last two ballads ... This one's a la 'Wheel In The Sky'... a bit ... Well, I think ... It's 'Only The Young'

Another night in any town
You can hear the thunder of their cry
Ahead of their time
They wonder why

In the shadows of a golden age
A generation waits for dawn
Brave carry on
Bold and the strong

Only the young can say
They're free to fly away
Sharing the same desires
Burnin' like wildfire

They're seein' through the promises
And all the lies they dare to tell
Is it heaven or hell?
They know very well

Only the young can say
They're free to fly away
Sharing the same desires
Burnin' like wildfire

Only the young can say
They're free to fly away
Sharing the same desires
Burnin' like wildfire

Only the young can say
Only the young can say
Only the young can say
Only the young can say

(And again ... Arnel Pineda in the video)


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Two or three more songs before closing up for tonight ... This one is more like 'Only The Young' but much more rockier ... It does seems pretty 80's (or well, final 70's ... i probably wasn't alive by then ... so yeah ...). Name: 'Any Way You Want It' ... Rating: 5/5 (according to my iTunes) ... It's impossible not to love this song or to (try to) dance to it ... (after the third listen at least)...

Journey - Any Way You Want It
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Any way you want it
Thats the way you need it
Any way you want it

She loves to laugh
She loves to sing
She does everything
She loves to move
She loves to grove
She loves the lovin things

Ooh, all night, all night
Oh, every night
So hold tight, hold tight
Ooh, baby, hold tight

Oh, she said,
Any way you want it
Thats the way you need it
Any way you want it
She said, any way you want it
Thats the way you need it
Any way you want it

I was alone
I never knew
What good love could do
Ooh, then we touched
Then we sang
About the lovin things

Ooh, all night, all night
Oh, every night
So hold tight, hold tight
Ooh baby, hold tight

Oh, she said,
Any way you want it
Thats the way you need it
Any way you want it
She said, any way you want it
Thats the way you need it
Any way you want it
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Now I'll include a personal favorite of mine: 'Still They Ride' ... An amazing rock ballad (this was the first Journey ballad I really got into) ... I'll only niclude the video for this one ... I'll probably upload the song in another moment...

'Still They Ride' - Journey

Jesse rides through the night
Under the Main Street light
Ridin' slow

This ol' town, ain't the same
Now nobody knows his name
Times have changed, still he rides.

Traffic lights, keepin' time
Leading the wild and restless
through the night

Still they ride, on wheels of fire
They rule the night
Still they ride, the strong will survive
Chasing thunder

Spinning 'round, in a spell
It's hard to leave this carousel
'Round and 'round
And 'round and 'round

Still they ride, on wheels of fire
They rule the night
Still they ride, the strong will survive
Chasing thunder

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Third to last, another amazing ballad, probably better than 'Open Arms' or 'Faithfully' .... 'When You Love A Woman' ... Simply amazing ... It might bring anyone to tears at the right (or wrong, if you prefer) time ...

'When You Love A Woman' - Journey

In my life I see where I've been 
I said that I'd never fall again 
Within myself I was wrong 
My searchin' ain't over...over 
I know that...

When you love a woman 
You see your world inside her eyes 
When you love a woman 
You know she's standin' by your side 
A joy that lasts forever 
There's a band of gold that shines waiting somewhere...oh yeah 

If I can't believe that someone is true 
To fall in love is so hard to do 
I hope and pray tonight 
Somewhere you're thinkin' of me girl 
Yes I know...I know that 

When you love a woman 
You see your world inside her eyes 
When you love a woman 
You know she's standin' by your side 
A joy that lasts forever 
There's a band of gold that shines waiting somewhere...oh 

It's enough to make you cry 
When you see her walkin' by 
And you look into her eyes 

When you love a woman 
You see your world inside her eyes 
When you love a woman 
Well you know she's standin' by your side 
A joy that lasts forever 
There's a band of gold that shines 
When you love a woman... 
When you love, love, love, love 
When you love a woman 
You see your world inside her eyes
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Second to last, my personal favorite at the top with the one that's next: 'Stone In Love', I've added here well because ... probably the other one is a better ending. This one has an amazing feeling to it ... Enjoy!

Stone in Love - Journey

Those crazy nights, I do remember in my youth
I do recall, those were the best times, most of all
In the heat with a blue jean girl
Burnin' love comes once in a lifetime
She found me singing by the rail road track
Took me home, we danced by moonlight

Those summer nights are callin',
stone in love
Can't help myself I'm fallin'
stone in love

Old dusty roads, led to the river
Runnin' slow
She pulled me down, and in clover
We'd go 'round
In the heat with a blue jean girl
Burnin' love comes once in a lifetime
Oo the memories never fade away
Golden girl, I'll keep you forever.

Those summer nights are callin',
stone in love
Can't help myself I'm fallin'
stone in love

Stone in love...
Stone in love...

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Lastly (finally), the top song in my (and who knows how many else's) Journey's favorite: 'Don't Stop Believing' ... Amazing song, amazing lyrics, amazing music, amazing message ... Well this only leads to one thing: amazing band.

Don't Stop Believing - Journey

Just a small town girl, livin' in a lonely world
She took the midnight train goin' anywhere
Just a city boy, born and raised in south Detroit
He took the midnight train goin' anywhere

A singer in a smokey room
A smell of wine and cheap perfume
For a smile they can share the night
It goes on and on and on and on

Strangers waiting, up and down the boulevard
Their shadows searching in the night
Streetlights people, living just to find emotion
Hiding, somewhere in the night

Working hard to get my fill,
everybody wants a thrill
Payin' anything to roll the dice,
just one more time
Some will win, some will lose
Some were born to sing the blues
Oh, the movie never ends
It goes on and on and on and on

Strangers waiting, up and down the boulevard
Their shadows searching in the night
Streetlights people, living just to find emotion
Hiding, somewhere in the night

Don't stop believin'
Hold on to the feelin'
Streetlights people

Don't stop believin'
Hold on
Streetlight people

Don't stop believin'
Hold on to the feelin'
Streetlights people

(Because, well, I've invaded almost every post with Arnel Pineda's live cover as the new vocalist of Journey... Well here you go again... Again in Chile)

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Maybe at another moment I'll post the other songs  ... Not as good as his era... But pretty worthy too ...

Well, luckily this now closed my post for tonight ... A pretty long one I must admit