Livin' Just to Find Emotion

Journey and the Story of American Rock

De: David Hamilton Golland, Joel Selvin - foreword

Narrado por: Michael Butler Murray

Since exploding on the scene in the late 1970s, Journey has inspired generations of fans with hit after hit. But hidden under this rock 'n' roll glory is a complex story of ambition, larger-than-life personalities, and clashes. David Hamilton Golland unearths the band's true and complete biography, based on over a decade of interviews and thousands of sources.

When Steve Perry joined jazz-blues progressive rock band Journey in 1977, they saw a rise to the top, and their 1981 album Escape hit #1. But Perry's quest for control led to Journey's demise. They lost their record contract and much of their audience. After the unlikely comeback of "Don't Stop Believin'" in movies, television, and sports stadiums, a new generation discovered Journey.

A professional historian, Golland dispels rehashed myths and also shows how race in popular music contributed to their breakout success. As the economy collapsed and as people abandoned the spirit of Woodstock in the late 70s, Journey used the rhythm of soul and Motown to inspire hope in primarily white teenagers' lives. Decades later, the band and their signature song remain classics, and now, with singer Arnel Pineda, they are again a fixture in major stadiums worldwide.

©2024 David Hamilton Golland, LLC (P)2024 Tantor

Reading’ just to find confusion

It is perplexing from the outset. From the beginning, the author seems hell-bent on trying to prove the connection between the band and racial diversity in rock ‘n’ roll. It starts out as this opinionated narrative, then eventually eases into the biography of the band. Don’t know if the author didn’t t give himself enough credit for gathering enough information about Journey to make a full book out of the biography, but he should’ve, because he certainly did his research, and that part was well-rounded.
However, he continued to take chunks out of chapters throughout to devote to this inexplicable racial connection. He never really accomplishes his goal, and it severely distracts from the book.
Also, if you are a Steve Perry fan at all, you probably won’t be by the end of this reading. The author certainly finds several reasons to turn the reader against the singer, and for the most part, does it effectively.
The author also spends way too much time trying to break down every single song of every single album, which – given the fact that the majority of Journey fans stopped paying much of their attention to any albums following Raised On Radio (despite the reporting of what the initial sales rankings of the ensuing albums were (because that’s usually due to hype and drops off significantly after that when albums disappoint), it truly bogs down the rest of the composition.
The narrator does a fantastic job of trying to weave everything together that he has, so it’s no fault of his. But this certainly had the makings of a 5 – star book… But it certainly misses that mark. I’m sure there are other Journey biographies that would more than satisfy fans’ desire for extra information about them without the extra politicking, so Don’t Stop Believin’ you can find them.

Steve Perry the first black white man

One of the worst books I ever downloaded. I made it to chapter 4, and then I had enough the author is more interested in telling you his opinion about how if it wasn’t for Black people white people wouldn’t have any music and how white people are Black people and gushes over Steve Perry to the point where he says he saved or revolutionized the music business. The authors are racist, the first three chapters they were more concerned about how white people treated Black people how the disco movement and the burning of the disco albums in Chicago was racially motivated. There was no insight on the band journey. He took articles from newspapers and magazines, and just basically re-printed them he didn’t have an insider he never traveled with the band. It was like he used the band journey to give his opinion of how white people are racist. It’s unfortunate. I wasted a credit on this book And I will definitely watch out for anything by these authors, so I don’t download it and make another big mistake again.