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Journey Paid $500,000 To Play RNC Fundraiser
Rock band Journey (“Any Way You Want It,” “Don’t Stop Believin’”) is being paid $500,000 to play a 90-minute set at a Republican National Convention fundraising event Thursday night in Tampa, Florida.
TMZ first reported the Romney Campaign had paid for the event. Later, a campaign spokesman denied the report.
Bad Brad
August 28th, 2012
Oh man, I was hoping for Kid Rock playing American Bad Ass.
Xavier
August 28th, 2012
Well, Steve Perry’s voice will keep the mosquitoes away.
Unruly Refugee
August 28th, 2012
Shit, I’d do it for a lot less. That much money and I’d only need one gig every ten years or so. Course I can’t play that pop crap like they can. But hey, how about some Little Walter or Marty Robbins?
Boobie the Rocket Dog
August 28th, 2012
Well, shee-it!! Hank, JR. woulda done it for a lot less and done a lot BETTER! But I don’t know that he’s ever handled a polo mallet or even a golf club.
Bear witness:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=977ggnKZTr4
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Xavier
August 28th, 2012
Well as long as we’re speakin’ about music:
R & R should buy the rights to Right Now by Van Hagar for their official campaign song. Look up the lyrics. My reasons:
1] It kicks ass
2] It kicks ass
3] It has a positive, uplifting message
4] ‘Right Now’ double entendre
5] ‘Turn This Thing Around’ = great campaign slogan
6] It kicks ass
And besides that it kicks ass.
Bob M.
August 28th, 2012
So?
Callmelennie
August 28th, 2012
She’s just a small time girl
Living in a lonely world
She took a midnight train to
A country with a federal government of Constitutionally limited and enumerated powers
Bad Brad
August 28th, 2012
Xavier. Good choice, except its been done to death.
If you want some Eddie do this one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyb8pMsyPFw&feature=related
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CrustyB
August 28th, 2012
I’ll bet Ted Nugent is sitting there yelling WTF?!?
Poonces
August 28th, 2012
Wish they would all come out in costume making fun of Dee Snider, whom rumor has it is in fact DWS’s twisted sister. They certainly look alike.
Boobie the Rocket Dog
August 28th, 2012
@ CrustyB – Yeah, thought the same thing, but Nuge is a TEA-paqrtier if anyone is, and they (we) were not invited to the party. Maybe he’ll be the Thursday night “mystery speaker.” And monkeys might fly outta my . . .
Chip Kale
August 28th, 2012
A bargain at half the price.
Unruly Refugee
August 28th, 2012
Xavier
I kind of like Big Mama Thornton’s song Ain’t Nuthin But A Hound Dog cause it rightly addresses the opposition. Her voice needed no amplification either, and she’s buried in the same cemetery as my grandmother and Etta James — who was an outspoken obama-hater.
Or the theme song from Cops would send the right message too.
Callmelennie
August 28th, 2012
Xavier, what about this Van Halen song
Jump up, what’s that sound
Million soles on the Capital Mall ground
Proggtards, burning up our legacy
Model citizens, no more tolerance
Don’t you know how bad it’s gonna be
You’re buried in oh twelve
You’re done for!
NOBAMA! NOBAMA! ho ha ho ha ho
NOBAMA! NOBAMA! no no no no no
CrustyB
August 28th, 2012
@Boobie
Good point. The Nuge probably isn’t even watching the RNC convention, much like myself.
Birdie Num Num
August 28th, 2012
Hopefully, they can do a one song show at Obama campaign HQ on election night:
“Who’s Crying Now?”
Noelegy
August 28th, 2012
I don’t think Steve Perry is with Journey anymore. They replaced him with a Filipino singer who sounds just like him.
Xavier
August 28th, 2012
“Journey Paid $500,000 To Play RNC Fundraiser”
You’d a thunk the GOP woulda been a little more reasonable about the price. I bet it was hard for those old has-beens to scrape together that kind of cash.
Ya sure
August 28th, 2012
I’ve got Chrissy Matthews’ next NBC/DNC lead story for him:
“Look at Journey, they’re all whiteys.
The RNC is raaaaaaacist ! ”
Why are you all giggling !?
Ray
August 28th, 2012
Steve Perry no longer sings for Journey.
http://www.journeymusic.com/pages/theband
AnusPresley
August 28th, 2012
I don’t think Steve Perry sings for Journey anymores
Maybe Steve Smith will get a drum solo somewhere in those 90 minutes
moarkdave
August 28th, 2012
Steve Perry is no longer part of Journey, been out since 1998. So $500,000 for a has been band with a replacement singer. Someone way over paid for this event.
BTW, I may not be popular here on this comment: I actually liked the old Journey songs, just about all of them.
Birdie Num Num
August 28th, 2012
@moarkdave
As do I.
Evidently we’re in the minority.
It’s probably a follow-the-crowd, baseless,’hip’ thing to dis Journey , kind of like reflexively mocking Disco.
They produced great music by any musically literate standard.
(And should be in the R&R Hall of Fame -the biggest politically and industry run joke in the world)
Billy Fuster
August 28th, 2012
Damn! Who’s their agent? I want to hire him.
Navigator
August 28th, 2012
I hope the band members agreed to also vote for Mr. Romney and stump for him for that kind of cash.
Xavier
August 28th, 2012
@Birdie Num Num
It’s just tongue in cheek joking. I enjoy their music but will admit in their heyday it was annoying to hear the same song 12-15 times a day on the radio. Back then, I was a alt/punk/synthpop fan. Now my views have eased up a bit and I can appreciate the old pop a bit more.
Claudia
August 28th, 2012
I like Steve Perry’s voice.
Stranded in Sonoma
August 28th, 2012
R&R Theme Music Suggestions
A Little Less Talk and a Lot More Action
Don’t Dream It’s Over
Hold the Line
It Won’t Be Long
It’s Now or Never
Tim
August 28th, 2012
Well, if they can afford that, they don’t need no money from me …
Ricky
August 28th, 2012
Journey’s Current members:
Neal Schon – lead guitar, vocals (1973–present)
Ross Valory – bass, vocals (1973–1985, 1995–present)
Jonathan Cain – keyboards, rhythm guitar, vocals (1980–present)
Deen Castronovo – drums, percussion, vocals (1998–present)
Arnel Pineda – lead vocals (2007–present)
Absolute muddjuice
August 28th, 2012
Older Journey music is awesome!!!!!! I don’t know if they make any new music but I’ve heard the new guy sounds like Perry.
Anyway, I love the old Journey stuff…..
reddecaesari
August 28th, 2012
and neal schon ended up with that nutty blonde who gate crashed the white house dinner a couple of years back with her former husband…
Buster Brown
August 28th, 2012
@moarkdave, I liked Journey too, back in the day. But really, wouldn’t you more expect them to be playing at Sam’s Town in Tunica?
Corona
August 28th, 2012
They should’ve gotten Rock Sugar. They do a better version with Don’t Stop The Sandman.
moarkdave
August 28th, 2012
@Buster Brown yeah or over here at the Indian casinos in NE Oklahoma. $500,000 dollars is way too much money for that show though. They would not be able to make money like that in the real concert world.
Frosteetoes
August 28th, 2012
Nope. Journey ain’t Journey without Steve Perry.
Van Halen with either Le Roth or Hagar would have been awesome.
Why settle for just one act? They could have included some other oldies but goodies. My choice would have been Iggy Pop. Now what a great f*cking show that would have been.
MNHawk
August 29th, 2012
Well Journey very well was Journey before Steve Perry. The can be after Steve Perry. It’s always been a Neal Schon band.
That being said, why the hatin’? They played for the good guys when 90% of the trash in that industry would have loudly told the Republicans to F-off. A feather in Journey’s cap if you ask me.
And yes, the last two CD’s with Pineda are better than the last two CD’s with Perry, IMHO.
Ice on the road
August 29th, 2012
I like a lot of different kinds of music. And I don’t consider rap to be music, so I hate a lot of crappy sounding shit too. I like to joke too. Life sucks without humor.
To the point though, if they want to get more bang for their bucks, Hank Jr. has the best anti-obama songs I have ever heard. And I hear that he actually shows up at the scheduled times nowadays.