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Glad I did this poll, it was fun. When Journey comes on the radio I'm about 50/50 to listening or turning the channel. Like others have also said I have just heard them too much in this lifetime. But liked listening to this comp to try and figure out my favorite song.
When I first opened this poll I thought my vote was going to be for "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'" but decided that I really don't like how it ends with all the na na na stuff. Ended up voting for "Lights" as that song is still undeniable.
― Bee OK, Monday, 3 October 2022 18:47 (one year ago) link
so, "Any Way You Want It" does bring back ONE fun memory, even if I'm kinda 'meh' on the song.
back when I was a Fundie (aka high school), my brother and I went on a few church retreats to Alabama. the most boring fucking thing imaginable, all Bible all the time, other than the few moments we got to spend water skiing and riding the SeaDoo, which was admittedly fun, but it was very brief. no tv, all the recreational activities had Bible lessons tied in (even somehow when we played VOLLEYBALL), and the only music we were allowed to play was Christian music, though I snuck Kansas in because it was close enough.
but there was always a talent show and my brother and I used to dominate it because nobody at this church had any talent - the singers in the Praise Band's harmonies sounded a bit like two trains derailing simultaneously. we always brought our dad's acoustic guitar, and the first year I went, I won the talent show, playing a cover of some lame tune by a Christian band called Nouveaux, who went from Def Leppard ripoffs to lame acoustic rock in a one album span. learned it in five minutes, fucked half of the chord changes up, but w/e.
the next year, my brother wanted to join me, and we decided to play that shit song "Iris" by the Goo Goo Dolls (I didn't do the actual tuning, I just fudged with the chords). so anyway, we finish, and they're all cheering, and jokingly shouting "encore", and then the minister's wife is like "you wanna do another song?".
well...my brother and I, without missing a beat, launch into "Any Way You Want It" by Journey, and we traded off verses. the kids were liking it, but the face of the Minister's wife grew more and more sour, and that's when, for the first time, I started paying attention to the lyrics I was singing and realizing quite quickly why maybe this wasn't the best choice for the setting. she let us finish and didn't do much more than scowl, but she definitely tried to vet what we were going to play the next time we did any performing.
so anyway, we won, and shortly after, I began worshipping Satan.
― stank viola (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 4 October 2022 03:37 (one year ago) link
That is an awesome story, glad you shared it.
I had the same type of Christian upbringing, so I can relate.
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 4 October 2022 03:46 (one year ago) link
Love the image of young Neanderthal bustin out Journey and scandalizing Church Lady. Imagine if you'd launched into "Hooked on a Feeling."
all the recreational activities had Bible lessons tied in (even somehow when we played VOLLEYBALL)
Bump, set, spike (o wait, sorry Jesus, shoulda given you a content warning about spikes)
― the floor is guava (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 4 October 2022 12:14 (one year ago) link