Journey’s 1981 release,
\nCaptured<\/i>, captures the band’s live performances from their
\n1980
\nInfinity<\/i> tour. Recorded around the world, from the United
\nStates, West Germany, and Japan, this live album does a fine job in
\nrecording the band’s popular songs and other tunes that Journey
\nfans may not have heard regularly on their radios.<\/p>\n
Some of the blending of two songs together works fine here. Like
\n“Just The Same Way\/Line Of Fire” and “Lights\/Stay Awhile”. Most
\nlive albums feature the most common songs, and the ones you’re not
\nfamiliar with do have their moments, but the more famous tunes are
\nthe ones that stand out on this album. Unfortunately, as in the
\ncase of “Lights” and “Feeling That Way,” the live versions are a
\nlittle bit faster than the studio versions. This may be unsuitable
\nfor some, but this is a live album, and many bands experiment with
\ntheir famous tunes in a different way, whenever possible. Like at
\nthe end of “Anytime,” they changed pace of the beat of the song,
\ngiving it a different mood, and quite frankly, it’s a nice change
\nof pace.<\/p>\n
“Do You Recall,” originally from
\nEvolution<\/i>, is a fine tune. Another one, “Dixie Highway,” a
\nsong unheard from any previous Journey album, is ok. Originally
\nfrom
\nDeparture<\/i>, “Walk Like A Lady” is bluesy, as Steve Perry asks
\nthe audience, “Do you want some blues?” This tune is a great one,
\nas it features the organ and great guitar works from a band that
\noriginally was formed from the group Santana, long before Steve
\nPerry joined the band and redefined Journey’s Santana sound into a
\nsuccessful pop rock band.<\/p>\n
At the end of this tune, it seems that the guitarist is doing
\nhis best solo, Eddie Van Halen style, and it blends into the next
\nsong, “La Do Da,” which was originally from their
\nInfinity<\/i> album. This live version showcases the instrumental
\nside of the band, and of course, if you’ve been to any concert, the
\ndrummer gets to struts his stuff, in performing a (Lord knows how
\nlong of a) drum solo.<\/p>\n
The last three live songs are classic Journey tunes: “Lovin’
\nTouchin’ Squeezin’,” “Wheel In The Sky” (which again, is a little
\nfaster than the studio version) and “Any Way You Want It”. The last
\ntwo songs has the audience participating in some parts of the
\nsongs. I’m quite certain that Steve Perry pointed his mike to the
\ncrowd for their cue each time.<\/p>\n
\nCaptured<\/i> is a fine rock live album. One fine moment is when
\nSteve Perry talks to the audience, and points to each microphone on
\nstage and tells the crowd that they are being part of a live album.
\nBeing in that audience has to be a great feeling. As they listen to
\nthat song or more, obviously they’ll remember them, and say, “Hey,
\nI was there!” I’ve never seen Journey in concert, but the people
\nI’ve talked to that did, said that they put on one helluva
\nshow.<\/p>\n
A surprise was found in reading the liner notes:<\/p>\n
“This album is dedicated to the memory of Bon Scott, a friend
\nfrom the highway.”<\/p>\n
Bon Scott was the original lead singer of AC\/DC, who had
\nrecently died of a drinking binge. As these two bands are
\nunfamiliar in sound, it was amazing to know that a pop rock band
\nsuch as Journey, was dedicating their album to a hard-rocking
\nmetal\/blues band, such as AC\/DC. Anything is possible in rock:
\nThere are many bands who are dedicated to other musical influences;
\nthose being different in musical style and texture.<\/p>\n
As much as I have heard, there are many rock fans who do not
\nlike Journey. When they originally formed in 1973, the band
\nconsisted of members from Santana, (Neal Schon and Gregg Rolie),
\ncontinuing with the Santana sound. They released three albums,
\nmostly consisting of hard-rock and instrumentals. In 1977, Steve
\nPerry joined, replacing vocalist Robert Fleischman, who had joined
\nthe band in 1976.<\/p>\n
When Perry merged on the scene, his vocals and sound of the band
\ntook a 180 degree turn, throwing off many previous Santana\/Journey
\nfans. Many felt that Perry sounded too much like a female, and
\ntheir new sound was wimpy, as they became popular as a pop rock
\nband. But in reality, Journey is loved by more fans who enjoy them
\nmore than the ones who don’t. Journey is a great band; their pop
\nstatus became more famous than Santana’s. Again, there’s that
\nfamous quote: Either you like ’em, or you don’t.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":27712,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[5696],"rating":[5612],"class_list":["post-39090","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-journey","rating-rating-b-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/39090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/39090\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=39090"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=39090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}