Journey

I'm gonna do something a little different. I started this blog mainly as an Iowa Sports blog. Ok mainly an Iowa Football blog. But now that the football season's over for the most part, I'm going to change directions a little. I'll still talk about Iowa sports like the Outback Bowl and Iowa basketball. But I'm also going to talk about a little more.

To start out with, I'm going to talk about the new Journey CD. Steve Perry left the group a few years ago saying he refused to work with them. And since him and his voice basically was the band, he ended it. That is unless they could find a new lead singer with a similar style and voice as Steve. And amazingly, they found him. How did they do it? YouTube. His name is Arnel Pineda and he is Philippino.

When you first hear him talk, you would think no way. He has a small voice with a heavy accent. But then he opens his mouth and sings. When i first heard him, my jaw dropped. Some songs sound exactly like Steve Perry, or just as good in his own way.

The CD includes 2 CD's and one special edition comes with a live DVD of them. The first disk on the CD is 11 new songs. I only liked a few select songs of these, but the ones i did like sounded just like the classics. And in my opinion just as great as them. The second disc is 11 of their most popular songs, rerecorded with Arnel singing.

For 12 dollars, this is a great buy for any Journey fan. The classics sound great, some new songs sound great, and the DVD is awesome.