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Was reading this interview with Joey Tempest about the new EUROPE album,"Secret Society",
and I was very touched to see that they wrote a song as a tribute for Journey,especially to Steve Perry and Neal Schon.
The song is called "Forever Travelling".

Joey Tempest:"That’s another track the guys in the band really, really like… myself included. It has sort of a melodic sense that takes you back a little bit to some of the older EUROPE stuff. Lyrically, it’s actually fragments of memories of living in San Francisco because we wrote a lot of stuff there during the time we did “Prisoners In Paradise.” It’s just memories of being in California… hearing JOURNEY on the radio and Steve Perry’s voice. It’s sort of a tribute to Steve Perry and Neil Schon who gave us a lot of inspiration when we were teenagers. Me and John Norum use to listen to a lot of JOURNEY stuff and loved Steve Perry and Neil Schon. We thought they were just great musicians, had great tone, great vibrato… so we actually stayed on Lombard Street in San Francisco for a while. Me and the whole band… so it’s just a reflection and tribute to JOURNEY from our band."


(Interview)


Anyone heard it yet?
I was going to buy the album anyway...I still love Europe,it's one of my fave bands of the late 80's.
Europe had a live concert in Bucharest on New Year's Eve...Tempest is still SO cool...

You can listen to a clip on Amazon.com.

Shania wrote:Was reading this interview with Joey Tempest about the new EUROPE album,"Secret Society",
and I was very touched to see that they wrote a song as a tribute for Journey,especially to Steve Perry and Neal Schon.
The song is called "Forever Travelling".

Joey Tempest:"That’s another track the guys in the band really, really like… myself included. It has sort of a melodic sense that takes you back a little bit to some of the older EUROPE stuff. Lyrically, it’s actually fragments of memories of living in San Francisco because we wrote a lot of stuff there during the time we did “Prisoners In Paradise.” It’s just memories of being in California… hearing JOURNEY on the radio and Steve Perry’s voice. It’s sort of a tribute to Steve Perry and Neil Schon who gave us a lot of inspiration when we were teenagers. Me and John Norum use to listen to a lot of JOURNEY stuff and loved Steve Perry and Neil Schon. We thought they were just great musicians, had great tone, great vibrato… so we actually stayed on Lombard Street in San Francisco for a while. Me and the whole band… so it’s just a reflection and tribute to JOURNEY from our band."


(Interview)


Anyone heard it yet?
I was going to buy the album anyway...I still love Europe,it's one of my fave bands of the late 80's.
Europe had a live concert in Bucharest on New Year's Eve...Tempest is still SO cool...

I saw them at the HOB during the Start From The Dark tour. They were fuckin' awesome. I always thought of them as sort of "poser." However, live they are really amazing. I was VERY impressed. Joey is a great frontman. He still has all of his voice. Hell, I thought he sounded better live than he ever did on ANY of their CD's. I highly recommend this band live. You won't be disappointed.

saint John wrote: Joey is a great frontman. He still has all of voice. hell, I thought he sounded better live than he ever did on ANY of their CD's. I highly recommend this band live. You won't be disappointed.

Ditto.

Someone posted something on BackTalk a while back about a rumor of Journey and Europe touring together this summer. I think that someone in Europe could neither confirm nor deny the rumors of a Journey / Europe tour. I know that Journey will be taking the summer off from the United States, but now that I hear this about that new song the tour pairing makes more sense. Perhaps Europe might open for Journey on the 2008 tour for the new album.

fightingilliniJRNY wrote:Someone posted something on BackTalk a while back about a rumor of Journey and Europe touring together this summer. I think that someone in Europe could neither confirm nor deny the rumors of a Journey / Europe tour. I know that Journey will be taking the summer off from the United States, but now that I hear this about that new song the tour pairing makes more sense. Perhaps Europe might open for Journey on the 2008 tour for the new album.

The more I think about it the more I doubt that Journey will take this year off. I see them touring again this fall. Maybe a small tour, but a tour nonetheless.

saint John wrote:

fightingilliniJRNY wrote:Someone posted something on BackTalk a while back about a rumor of Journey and Europe touring together this summer. I think that someone in Europe could neither confirm nor deny the rumors of a Journey / Europe tour. I know that Journey will be taking the summer off from the United States, but now that I hear this about that new song the tour pairing makes more sense. Perhaps Europe might open for Journey on the 2008 tour for the new album.

The more I think about it the more I doubt that Journey will take this year off. I see them touring again this fall. Maybe a small tour, but a tour nonetheless.

I could see that. A month or two of touring in the fall (perhaps with Europe), and then releasing the album in early 2008 with a major summer tour. Makes sense to me.

fightingilliniJRNY wrote:

saint John wrote:

fightingilliniJRNY wrote:Someone posted something on BackTalk a while back about a rumor of Journey and Europe touring together this summer. I think that someone in Europe could neither confirm nor deny the rumors of a Journey / Europe tour. I know that Journey will be taking the summer off from the United States, but now that I hear this about that new song the tour pairing makes more sense. Perhaps Europe might open for Journey on the 2008 tour for the new album.

The more I think about it the more I doubt that Journey will take this year off. I see them touring again this fall. Maybe a small tour, but a tour nonetheless.

I could see that. A month or two of touring in the fall (perhaps with Europe), and then releasing the album in early 2008 with a major summer tour. Makes sense to me.

I would love to see them with Europe. And like it or not (the song), the crowd goes fuckin' nuts when they play "The Final Countdown." That is a kickass live song. It's sped up slightly and rocks a lot more live. Much like Separate Ways does versus its studio version. Europe has a fine catalog.

saint John wrote:I would love to see them with Europe. And like it or not (the song), the crowd goes fuckin' nuts when they play "The Final Countdown." That is a kickass live song. It's sped up slightly and rocks a lot more live. Much like Separate Ways does versus its studio version. Europe has a fine catalog.

I must admit, I'm not too familiar with Europe other than The Final Countdown. Any suggestions on albums to check out for starters?

saint John wrote:Much like Separate Ways does versus its studio version.

Man you ain't kiddin'! SW is way better live. I don't care for the studio version as much, it's too serious or something, can't put my finger on it.

Bring it on Europe/Journey tour. Journey had better not open for Europe.

fightingilliniJRNY wrote:

saint John wrote:I would love to see them with Europe. And like it or not (the song), the crowd goes fuckin' nuts when they play "The Final Countdown." That is a kickass live song. It's sped up slightly and rocks a lot more live. Much like Separate Ways does versus its studio version. Europe has a fine catalog.

I must admit, I'm not too familiar with Europe other than The Final Countdown. Any suggestions on albums to check out for starters?

One of the best ones,IMO,is "Out Of This World" form 1988...Simply awesome.You could get really hooked on them.
I think they also have a remaster out,"The Final Countdown" which has some live tracks as well on it.That could also be a good choice.

It was really cool and emotional to hear them one month ago playing all those great songs from the 80's..."Rock The Night" is still smokin' after all these years.And The Final Countdown live indeed sounds better that the album version.

Well,if that rumor will turn out to be true and Journey will tour with Europe (that would be GREAT!),you should get familiar with some Europe songs.
I believe some of them are much better than Leppard's.

Shania wrote:One of the best ones,IMO,is "Out Of This World" form 1988...Simply awesome.You could get really hooked on them.
I think they also have a remaster out,"The Final Countdown" which has some live tracks as well on it.That could also be a good choice.

It was really cool and emotional to hear them one month ago playing all those great songs from the 80's..."Rock The Night" is still smokin' after all these years.And The Final Countdown live indeed sounds better that the album version.

Well,if that rumor will turn out to be true and Journey will tour with Europe (that would be GREAT!),you should get familiar with some Europe songs.
I believe some of them are much better than Leppard's.

Thanks a lot. I will try to get my hands on "Out Of This World".

fightingilliniJRNY wrote:

Shania wrote:One of the best ones,IMO,is "Out Of This World" form 1988...Simply awesome.You could get really hooked on them.
I think they also have a remaster out,"The Final Countdown" which has some live tracks as well on it.That could also be a good choice.

It was really cool and emotional to hear them one month ago playing all those great songs from the 80's..."Rock The Night" is still smokin' after all these years.And The Final Countdown live indeed sounds better that the album version.

Well,if that rumor will turn out to be true and Journey will tour with Europe (that would be GREAT!),you should get familiar with some Europe songs.
I believe some of them are much better than Leppard's.

Thanks a lot. I will try to get my hands on "Out Of This World".

You won't be sorry,I promise.

fightingilliniJRNY wrote:Someone posted something on BackTalk a while back about a rumor of Journey and Europe touring together this summer. I think that someone in Europe could neither confirm nor deny the rumors of a Journey / Europe tour. I know that Journey will be taking the summer off from the United States, but now that I hear this about that new song the tour pairing makes more sense. Perhaps Europe might open for Journey on the 2008 tour for the new album.

I don't know anything about Europe. The name sounds familiar but I can't remember any of there songs. The sample I just heard of their tribute song to Steve and Neal though makes me think this would be a good pairing. If they respect the talent of Journey that much they have to be good.

my first exposure to europe was the video for the final countdown. i HATED it! eventually i gave some of their other material a chance, saw them live & decided they were pretty good. the house they lived in is a block from the twisty part of lombard st & has gorgeous views. very cool that journey & their memories of the city inspired them to write a song. nice guys. heavy drinkers.

cyndy wrote:my first exposure to europe was the video for the final countdown. i HATED it! eventually i gave some of their other material a chance, saw them live & decided they were pretty good. the house they lived in is a block from the twisty part of lombard st & has gorgeous views. very cool that journey & their memories of the city inspired them to write a song. nice guys. heavy drinkers.

Is that that real winding street in SF?


Thanks Shania, it's still great to hear nice things said about Steve and Neal this many years later.

I loved Lombard Street,amazing place...."The crookedest street in the U.S."...



The view of the Bay from the top of the street just took my breath away.

strungout wrote:Is that that real winding street in SF?


Thanks Shania, it's still great to hear nice things said about Steve and Neal this many years later.

yeah, they were in one of the buildings on the block below the crooked part. i don't remember which one, but i recall views of the bay, coit tower & the pyramid. it must have been heartbreaking for them to move out.

now that i think about it, mtv's real world sf was based on that block. i wonder if it was the same building. sorry, i've gone terribly off-topic.

Damn.. that's the one thing we missed seeing when we were there Cyndy!

Next time..

Shania wrote:I loved Lombard Street,amazing place...."The crookedest street in the U.S."...



The view of the Bay from the top of the street just took my breath away.

LMAO, you know how many times me and my brother and sister made my dad drive down that thing on vacation when we were kids. After about the 2nd or 3rd time he said ENOUGH! We were kids, we didn't care about fishermen's wharf, GG bridge, etc........all we cared about was the steep crooked road and Alcatraz.

strungout wrote:LMAO, you know how many times me and my brother and sister made my dad drive down that thing on vacation when we were kids. After about the 2nd or 3rd time he said ENOUGH! We were kids, we didn't care about fishermen's wharf, GG bridge, etc........all we cared about was the steep crooked road and Alcatraz.

Great fun memories!
I think the same happens today - I have seen cars driving down with kids half-out the back windows laughing all the way down!
Can't say the drivers were too happy,tho,it's a difficult street to cruise on!

For some reason I climbed those stairs up and down several times just like a kid,until I was half dead and breathless,but it was worth the fun!

Shania wrote:"Forever Travelling".

i didnt hear any journey in Forever Traveling , on the little clip anyway,, they must have gotten a copy of Against the Wall or something..

ive listened to all the clips,, it would have to grow on me,, joey has some strange effects on the vocals,,

*Laura wrote:Was reading this interview with Joey Tempest about the new EUROPE album,"Secret Society",
and I was very touched to see that they wrote a song as a tribute for Journey,especially to Steve Perry and Neal Schon.
The song is called "Forever Travelling".

Joey Tempest:"That’s another track the guys in the band really, really like… myself included. It has sort of a melodic sense that takes you back a little bit to some of the older EUROPE stuff. Lyrically, it’s actually fragments of memories of living in San Francisco because we wrote a lot of stuff there during the time we did “Prisoners In Paradise.” It’s just memories of being in California… hearing JOURNEY on the radio and Steve Perry’s voice. It’s sort of a tribute to Steve Perry and Neil Schon who gave us a lot of inspiration when we were teenagers. Me and John Norum use to listen to a lot of JOURNEY stuff and loved Steve Perry and Neil Schon. We thought they were just great musicians, had great tone, great vibrato… so we actually stayed on Lombard Street in San Francisco for a while. Me and the whole band… so it’s just a reflection and tribute to JOURNEY from our band."

Sorry to resurrect this older thread, but I wanted to give credit where it's due. Just realized today that the song "Forever Traveling" on Europe's "Secret Society" was actually a tribute to Perry (and Schon). Someone in our other Europe thread tipped me off to the "Wheel In The Sky" reference, but once I listened to the song, I realized there was much more... First of all, some classic Schon-sounding guitar interludes are tossed in by Norum, and Joey Tempest mimics a few Perryisms (woahhh-oh-ooh-oh-ahh) that are not normally his thing. But the lyrics are very cool, with direct references to two Journey songs. The song is awesome, and a wonderful tribute to "The Voice". Check the lyrics out:

A voice that fly and is broken just the same
You spin this life around
You bring me where some heart and soul remain
From a cold, cold place in time (and you sing)

I just know how you make me feel
You take it all the way, you send me all the way
Oh, I just know where I want to be
Forever wandering, forever travelling

A voice that cry, but I'm smiling just the same
You show me where to look
I was skin and bones, just circling the sun
One glimpse was all it took (and you sang)

I just know how you make me feel
You take it all the way, you send me all the way
Oh, I just know where I want to be
Forever wandering, forever travelling

Somewhere in my mind, Im under the golden gate
Somewhere in my heart, I'm in the City by the Bay
Sometimes I can feel the Wheel In The Sky, its been turning

If everyone hasn't heard this song, ya need to look it up!

If I recall, Herbie did some managing for their North American stuff.

I have the song. It's good.

Memorex wrote:If I recall, Herbie did some managing for their North American stuff.

I have the song. It's good.

Yep, Herbie was their manager around the Prisoners In Paradise time period, at least in the states. And Kevin Elson produced The Final Countdown and Start From the Dark albums. There are Journey connections everywhere.

marco17 wrote:Yep, Herbie was their manager around the Prisoners In Paradise time period, at least in the states. And Kevin Elson produced The Final Countdown and Start From the Dark albums. There are Journey connections everywhere.

I still think Journey/Europe would be a KILLER show!

Maybe I was right when I predicted almost a year ago that Europe might open for Journey on a summer tour to support the new album in 2008...

cyndy! wrote:

strungout wrote:Is that that real winding street in SF?


Thanks Shania, it's still great to hear nice things said about Steve and Neal this many years later.

yeah, they were in one of the buildings on the block below the crooked part. i don't remember which one, but i recall views of the bay, coit tower & the pyramid. it must have been heartbreaking for them to move out.

now that i think about it, mtv's real world sf was based on that block. i wonder if it was the same building. sorry, i've gone terribly off-topic.

HOLY CRAP! I would LOOOVE to take my Lotus down that road. That would totally rule!