tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371137905089559599.post8092903602159978129..comments2024-02-24T20:32:17.132-08:00Comments on BLOOD AND GUTSTEIN: TRIAL BY JOURNEY.DAN / DANIEL GUTSTEINhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11440571794661801261noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371137905089559599.post-52427511501356471872015-07-18T06:45:51.577-07:002015-07-18T06:45:51.577-07:00Mark,
I wonder just what Journey is promising us ...Mark,<br /><br />I wonder just what Journey is promising us with "Don't Stop Believin'" -- I mean, first of all, who are the promising anything to? Dudes in mullets in the arena parking lot trying to crush beer cans on their foreheads? The promise may be deciphered in the lyrics: "For a smile they can share the night / It goes on and on and on and on...." I've tried that -- smiling at a "small town girl / livin' in a lonely world" but all she did was flip me the bird. I guess I wasn't "a city boy / born and raised in South Detroit." Ah, well. I just don't know how those two had train fare in the first place. I just, in the end, couldn't quite believe this "tone poem" by these chaps who call themselves Journey.<br /><br />---------------BADAN / DANIEL GUTSTEINhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11440571794661801261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371137905089559599.post-87813856521516447832015-07-18T06:41:29.232-07:002015-07-18T06:41:29.232-07:00Thanks, Ted! Thanks, Ted! DAN / DANIEL GUTSTEINhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11440571794661801261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371137905089559599.post-70982480404921349032015-07-17T16:12:12.882-07:002015-07-17T16:12:12.882-07:00Your essays are always a delight!Your essays are always a delight!Ted Zookhttp://ted-zook.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371137905089559599.post-71417231468231245392015-07-16T12:46:09.552-07:002015-07-16T12:46:09.552-07:00Remember when rock and roll was supposed to save u...Remember when rock and roll was supposed to save us, instead of bury us? Yeah, me neither.<br /><br />"Rush to the Journey of Triumph: An Obituary, and other Poems"mark wallacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10047292022080114501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371137905089559599.post-21156734589185076602015-07-16T12:11:34.506-07:002015-07-16T12:11:34.506-07:00I mean: Eddie Money, Loverboy, .38 Special, Night ...I mean: Eddie Money, Loverboy, .38 Special, Night Ranger, Survivor, Billy Squier. . . . <br /><br />The soil is considerable. . . . <br /><br />The heinous is widespread. . . . <br /><br />"Widespread Heinous & Other Poems". . . . <br /><br />But I digress. . . . <br /><br />ba<br /><br />DAN / DANIEL GUTSTEINhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11440571794661801261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371137905089559599.post-1587343846185856682015-07-16T11:54:34.829-07:002015-07-16T11:54:34.829-07:00I actively like Rush, myself. Kansas has a varied ...I actively like Rush, myself. Kansas has a varied sound that is sometimes bearable. Molly Hatchet wasn't around long enough to soil things as much as they might have. But we won't argue about it, I'm sure.mark wallacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10047292022080114501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371137905089559599.post-43751201744249559662015-07-16T11:33:17.138-07:002015-07-16T11:33:17.138-07:00"Heinous" like they all wore Hanes under..."Heinous" like they all wore Hanes undergarments? <br /><br />Styx, REO Speedwagon, Molly Hatchet, Rush, Motley Crue, Foreigner, I mean, urk. <br /><br />I know that some will defend Boston, (the band), but I place them in this "heinous" category.<br /><br />"Heinous" like the body part? I mean, we all have a heinous. . . . <br /><br />------------B.A. DAN / DANIEL GUTSTEINhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11440571794661801261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371137905089559599.post-22610846858455021692015-07-16T10:38:21.671-07:002015-07-16T10:38:21.671-07:00Molly Hatchet, Kansas, and Rush (Ayn Rand's fa...Molly Hatchet, Kansas, and Rush (Ayn Rand's favorite band) are all measurably worse than Journey. I don't remember Triumph being all that bad, but I'm sure they deserve a place in the conversation. -- Casey<br />PS: Don't misconstrue this as a defense of Journey. They are truly heinous. But other bands, such as the above-mentioned, might have a higher quotient of heinousness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371137905089559599.post-21828033158603872832015-07-16T09:47:30.616-07:002015-07-16T09:47:30.616-07:00Journey is one of the most heinous bands ever. Who...Journey is one of the most heinous bands ever. Who is more heinous than that band? Okay, REO Speedwagon. Okay, Styx. But not many more, I'm telling you. Okay, Triumph. But not many more.mark wallacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10047292022080114501noreply@blogger.com