I admit it...

[PenPho]

Taking a stand against Journey is about as daring as Chip Cary taking a stand against murder.  Is there any single person at this board who likes Journey?  I just assumed that there wasn't.   I'd really be stunned--and disappointed--if there were.

I don't not like them.  I saw them in concert once and it was a good show.

Saw them in Fresno in '83. Place was crawling with chicks.

(/cancels auto and home insurance)

Liking Journey is like murder? How can a Journey song impact you so much Huey?

I was using Chip Caray as an example of someone seemingly going out on a limb on something that is not remotely controversial.  I honestly assumed hatred of Journey was unaminous, even with all of the variant tastes people have here.

I mean, fucking Journey?  WTF, people?

Journey, Kansas, Styx, REO, Foreigner, Boston are all the same awful, awful band.

IIRC, the last time you and I had this exact same discussion it led to you reminiscing about your teenage days in the basements of Buffalo Grove.

Hey, it's a nice memory.
(stares at finger)

Back when he was still alive, BK would have said something here defending Styx.

[Bort]

Taking a stand against Journey is about as daring as Chip Cary taking a stand against murder.  Is there any single person at this board who likes Journey?  I just assumed that there wasn't.   I'd really be stunned--and disappointed--if there were.

I don't not like them.  I saw them in concert once and it was a good show.

Saw them in Fresno in '83. Place was crawling with chicks.

(/cancels auto and home insurance)

Liking Journey is like murder? How can a Journey song impact you so much Huey?

I was using Chip Caray as an example of someone seemingly going out on a limb on something that is not remotely controversial.  I honestly assumed hatred of Journey was unaminous, even with all of the variant tastes people have here.

I mean, fucking Journey?  WTF, people?

Journey, Kansas, Styx, REO, Foreigner, Boston are all the same awful, awful band.

IIRC, the last time you and I had this exact same discussion it led to you reminiscing about your teenage days in the basements of Buffalo Grove.

Hey, it's a nice memory.
(stares at finger)

Back when he was still alive, BK would have said something here defending Styx.

Now Pen, there's no actual evidence that BK was a real person. More likely he's an amalgamation of several blogging myths.

[CT III]

Taking a stand against Journey is about as daring as Chip Cary taking a stand against murder.  Is there any single person at this board who likes Journey?  I just assumed that there wasn't.   I'd really be stunned--and disappointed--if there were.

I don't not like them.  I saw them in concert once and it was a good show.

Saw them in Fresno in '83. Place was crawling with chicks.

(/cancels auto and home insurance)

Liking Journey is like murder? How can a Journey song impact you so much Huey?

I was using Chip Caray as an example of someone seemingly going out on a limb on something that is not remotely controversial.  I honestly assumed hatred of Journey was unaminous, even with all of the variant tastes people have here.

I mean, fucking Journey?  WTF, people?

Journey, Kansas, Styx, REO, Foreigner, Boston are all the same awful, awful band.

IIRC, the last time you and I had this exact same discussion it led to you reminiscing about your teenage days in the basements of Buffalo Grove.

Hey, it's a nice memory.
(stares at finger)

Back when he was still alive, BK would have said something here defending Styx.

Now Pen, there's no actual evidence that BK was a real person. More likely he's an amalgamation of several blogging myths.

Evidence?  You require evidence of the existence of BK?!?  HERETIC

[Bort]

Taking a stand against Journey is about as daring as Chip Cary taking a stand against murder.  Is there any single person at this board who likes Journey?  I just assumed that there wasn't.   I'd really be stunned--and disappointed--if there were.

I don't not like them.  I saw them in concert once and it was a good show.

Saw them in Fresno in '83. Place was crawling with chicks.

(/cancels auto and home insurance)

Liking Journey is like murder? How can a Journey song impact you so much Huey?

I was using Chip Caray as an example of someone seemingly going out on a limb on something that is not remotely controversial.  I honestly assumed hatred of Journey was unaminous, even with all of the variant tastes people have here.

I mean, fucking Journey?  WTF, people?

Journey, Kansas, Styx, REO, Foreigner, Boston are all the same awful, awful band.

IIRC, the last time you and I had this exact same discussion it led to you reminiscing about your teenage days in the basements of Buffalo Grove.

Hey, it's a nice memory.
(stares at finger)

Back when he was still alive, BK would have said something here defending Styx.

Now Pen, there's no actual evidence that BK was a real person. More likely he's an amalgamation of several blogging myths.

Evidence?  You require evidence of the existence of BK?!?  HERETIC

Look, I respect your faith in BK, but I just find it hard to believe a real person would blog about the Chicago Cubs.

[CT III]

Taking a stand against Journey is about as daring as Chip Cary taking a stand against murder.  Is there any single person at this board who likes Journey?  I just assumed that there wasn't.   I'd really be stunned--and disappointed--if there were.

I don't not like them.  I saw them in concert once and it was a good show.

Saw them in Fresno in '83. Place was crawling with chicks.

(/cancels auto and home insurance)

Liking Journey is like murder? How can a Journey song impact you so much Huey?

I was using Chip Caray as an example of someone seemingly going out on a limb on something that is not remotely controversial.  I honestly assumed hatred of Journey was unaminous, even with all of the variant tastes people have here.

I mean, fucking Journey?  WTF, people?

Journey, Kansas, Styx, REO, Foreigner, Boston are all the same awful, awful band.

IIRC, the last time you and I had this exact same discussion it led to you reminiscing about your teenage days in the basements of Buffalo Grove.

Hey, it's a nice memory.
(stares at finger)

Back when he was still alive, BK would have said something here defending Styx.

Now Pen, there's no actual evidence that BK was a real person. More likely he's an amalgamation of several blogging myths.

Evidence?  You require evidence of the existence of BK?!?  HERETIC

Look, I respect your faith in BK, but I just find it hard to believe a real person would blog about the Chicago Cubs.

And I find it hard to believe a real person could not blog about the Cubs, po(m)p culture, punching Hitler and VCR repair all at once, yet here we are.

[Bort]

Taking a stand against Journey is about as daring as Chip Cary taking a stand against murder.  Is there any single person at this board who likes Journey?  I just assumed that there wasn't.   I'd really be stunned--and disappointed--if there were.

I don't not like them.  I saw them in concert once and it was a good show.

Saw them in Fresno in '83. Place was crawling with chicks.

(/cancels auto and home insurance)

Liking Journey is like murder? How can a Journey song impact you so much Huey?

I was using Chip Caray as an example of someone seemingly going out on a limb on something that is not remotely controversial.  I honestly assumed hatred of Journey was unaminous, even with all of the variant tastes people have here.

I mean, fucking Journey?  WTF, people?

Journey, Kansas, Styx, REO, Foreigner, Boston are all the same awful, awful band.

IIRC, the last time you and I had this exact same discussion it led to you reminiscing about your teenage days in the basements of Buffalo Grove.

Hey, it's a nice memory.
(stares at finger)

Back when he was still alive, BK would have said something here defending Styx.

Now Pen, there's no actual evidence that BK was a real person. More likely he's an amalgamation of several blogging myths.

Evidence?  You require evidence of the existence of BK?!?  HERETIC

Look, I respect your faith in BK, but I just find it hard to believe a real person would blog about the Chicago Cubs.

And I find it hard to believe a real person could not blog about the Cubs, po(m)p culture, punching Hitler and VCR repair all at once, yet here we are.

I'm also not drawing on Tumblr.

[Wheezer]

Taking a stand against Journey is about as daring as Chip Cary taking a stand against murder.  Is there any single person at this board who likes Journey?  I just assumed that there wasn't.   I'd really be stunned--and disappointed--if there were.

I don't not like them.  I saw them in concert once and it was a good show.

Saw them in Fresno in '83. Place was crawling with chicks.

(/cancels auto and home insurance)

Liking Journey is like murder? How can a Journey song impact you so much Huey?

I was using Chip Caray as an example of someone seemingly going out on a limb on something that is not remotely controversial.  I honestly assumed hatred of Journey was unaminous, even with all of the variant tastes people have here.

I mean, fucking Journey?  WTF, people?

Journey, Kansas, Styx, REO, Foreigner, Boston are all the same awful, awful band.

Don't be absurd. The guitar spaceships of Boston are in an entirely different league from the Voyager-level cosmic-egg-scarab-oh-look-now-it's-kind-of-like-a-phoenix stylings of Journey.

[Bort]

In Journey's defense, their Atari game was top-notch when I was seven.

[Wheezer]

In Journey's defense, their Atari game was top-notch when I was seven.

I designed a Boston pinball machine in the seventh grade.

[Internet Apex]

In Journey's defense, their Atari game was top-notch when I was seven.

I designed a Boston pinball machine in the seventh grade.

I'll allow it. Pinball is cool.

[Oleg]

The opposite of love...eh, fuck it.  I hate Journey.

But Steve Perry's solo work...just kidding.  It's worse than Hitler's soundtrack.

[Powdered Toast Man]

Back when he was still alive, BK would have said something here defending Styx.

Styx is the greatest band in the world and the only got a bad rep because most critics are cynical assholes!

[PANK!]

Taking a stand against Journey is about as daring as Chip Cary taking a stand against murder.  Is there any single person at this board who likes Journey?  I just assumed that there wasn't.   I'd really be stunned--and disappointed--if there were.

I don't not like them.  I saw them in concert once and it was a good show.

Saw them in Fresno in '83. Place was crawling with chicks.

(/cancels auto and home insurance)

Liking Journey is like murder? How can a Journey song impact you so much Huey?

I was using Chip Caray as an example of someone seemingly going out on a limb on something that is not remotely controversial.  I honestly assumed hatred of Journey was unaminous, even with all of the variant tastes people have here.

I mean, fucking Journey?  WTF, people?

Journey, Kansas, Styx, REO, Foreigner, Boston are all the same awful, awful band.

Don't be absurd. The guitar spaceships of Boston are in an entirely different league from the Voyager-level cosmic-egg-scarab-oh-look-now-it's-kind-of-like-a-phoenix stylings of Journey.

Yeah, I'm not going to take to the streets for Boston or anything, but mentioning them in the same breath as Journey (and REO) is fucking disheartening.

[Bort]

I would agree that Boston is a step up from the others.

[BH]

I would agree that Boston is a step up from the others.

Tom Scholz left quite a mark on music, particularly around guitar harmonies and how music is recorded. He also built his own equipment, which is still used.