Journey - Greatest Hits Poll

My sole vote for Faithfully rings mournfully through the night like the lonely Schon guitar riff

It's forever yours... Vegemite

It inspired "Purple Rain," so I guess Prince is in your corner.

Hmph. INDEED.

the song that “faithfully” really reminds me of is “winner takes it all” by ABBA

(harmonically or whatever)

It's impressive how they waste Schon chugging away on an E5 for four minutes before he finally plays the triumphant lead on "Separate Ways"

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.

That's the way you need it!

Great story.

That is an awesome story, glad you shared it.

I had the same type of Christian upbringing, so I can relate.

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)

Haha I never thought of that song as that dirty. Who says he's not singing about the joys of married life??

Sadly Google gives me no video or audio of any Christian band rewriting it as "Any Way God Wants It."

Audience at Neanderthal's church camp:

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