Music I Love: Open Arms by Journey
May 23, 2012 22 Comments
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Listen, kiddo, you can’t beat vinyl (in excellent condition, of course) for sound quality, as long as it’s played on a superb stereo system. A lot of people would thump me but good just to get their hands on my collection of LPs and 45s.
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Is it wrong that I don’t know alot of Journey songs? But, this one was nice Thorny. Thanks for sharing!
So are you guys all going to go see that 80s musical hitting theaters next month? Rock of Ages: http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=60203
Oh yes!!! Can’t wait to see it! I must say Tom Cruise looks pretty hot as a rock star.
Like, duh!
Wow, that goes back. My fave Journey tune is “Lights”.
And now I have it looping in my head…
Thornton, oh my. I am crying a bit. So 27 and a half years ago the man I love more than life itself danced with me at our wedding reception to this song. He sang in my ear as he moved us across the dance floor. We play it every August 18. And dance to it in our living room. Oh dear boy. I hope this song comes to mean as much to you and Jazz as it does to Kenner and I. Thank you for this lovely reminder of how we should love.
Phhht, you whippersnapper, get off my damn lawn.
I meant this as a reply to your comment below, Thorny. You know, the internet can be hard to handle for us oldsters.
Love that song!
I’ve always been a big fan of Journey. This song was popular when I was in high school (a very long time ago).
How in the world do you know Journey?! Next you’ll tell me you also listen to Foreigner!
I do own a radio and most of the time they’ll tell you who was just on. Plus I’ve ridden in elevators before. Oh and my dad has these little plastic things called cassette tapes, but I’m getting him an iPod for Father’s Day so he can join us in this century
**determines it’s not a good idea to tell Thorny about her 45 collection from the 70s and 80s**
By the way that’s NINETEEN seventies and eighties.
Don’t feel bad. I still have all my old 45′s, albums, cassette tapes, and a case full of eight track tapes. I have upgraded to an iPod now.
Lisa, my sister, I used to have eight-tracks, too! I remember Donna Summer and Foreigner Four, off the top of my head. I have several boxes of cassettes as well.
Mine are all classic rock bands, AC/DC, Van Halen, Foreigner….
One of them happens to be Journey (Escape) which has Open Arms on it. Those were the good old days…lol.
Ooh. I had Shawn Cassidy’s EP and 8 track. Sigh… ::eyelash flutter::
I also liked the Violent Femmes, the English Beat, Talking Heads…do you remember “Tainted Love?”
OK, Thorny, I have to stop hijacking your thread.
Um, no 8-tracks but two big boxes of cassettes and all Journey on actual vinyl (along with Queen and many many others and a couple of boxes of 45s as well). And I saw Journey live when I was 18 and in college. Wow, am I old!
However I do have 3 iPods and an iPhone and iPad and a Kindle so I have moved on. I just can’t seem to part with those
I never went to a lot of concerts, but my first one was Eurythmics (of the cropped orange hair period). Knocked my socks off.
I think Grams might have some of those in the attic…