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Originally Posted by Macfan4life
It sounds weird because I am not a Journey fan and never bought any of their music.
Lets define cool. I was a teen in the 80s and not the 70s. Fleetwood Mac was definitely not cool anytime during the 80s and the Mac lost most of their rock chops and rock credibility after Rumours. Tusk and Sara were not played on rock stations and neither was Mirage. Journey was on the front page of almost every Hit Parade magazine during the 1980s. For those of you across the pond, that was the #1 teen rock magazine. Journey is a rock band with your typical cheezy 80s ballads thrown in. My sister had the Frontiers album and it rocked pretty good. I don't think Separate Ways is cheezier than any other music video of the 1980s. IMHO Lindsey's GO INSANE video is probably one of the worst 80s videos with his high hair, his coat cape, and his laser beams coming from his eyes and fingertips. Talk about cheeze!
Fleetwood Mac after Rumours is almost considered an adult contemporary music group by many people. In my teen era there was never any coolness to the band and was something you almost had to hide. Journey had rock chops and packed arenas throughout the entire 80s decade in the states and were main plays on rock stations across the USA. I don't think you could ever compare the bands. Journey never used drum machines or cheezy synth pop stunts like the Mac did for Tango.
I am not talking about today, I am talking about the 80s when Journey was huge and had coolness. Today Journey is a typical touring act without the deep fan base the Mac has today. My definition of coolness is only my era in the 80s.
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I was a teen in the 80's, too. And I began college, in an "Audio Technology" program. The first time I mentioned FM, I QUICKLY learned how UNHIP they were, as I was catching some ribbing for even mentioning them. I did actually stray away from them for 2-3 years, because everyone wants to be cool, right? But I was still a fan enough to buy BTM and Time!
Journey is like a piece of cake. There's not much there but tasty calories. Not much substance, but fun rocking songs, nonetheless. You can't take them too seriously, but I don't think it was ever meant to be. That said, I've seen them twice with Arnel, and he does a great job, and the crowd LOVES him. He's really the ultimate Cinderella story, in how they found him.