113 days

There are exactly 113 days left until the Sweden Rock Festival starts.
113 days until Journey will be playing in Sweden for the first time in over 25 years. Last time being in March 1977. I was then 4 years old and didn't have a clue. Most of the bands I love today was around then. The late 70s. Oh how I sometimes wish I could have been there.

Unfortunately it's also 114 days left until John Waite will be playing in Holland at the Arrow Classic Rock festival. Now, how did I end up with the best job in the world and still not able to see John Waite when he's in Europe for the first time in a zillion years. Actually I just recently found out he played one-off gig in Holland 2001 and I didn't know about it. I think most people didn't know, I would have been there if I'd known. But this time I know and I still won't be able going there.
That really sucks.
Why? Why? Why?

So, Journey is HUGE for me, it's one of the bands I never thought I'd see live ever. And with Steve Augeri replacing Steve Perry I definitly didn't give much credit to the band, not until I'd seen the 2001 DVD. Seeing that changed everything. Steve Augeri sings with a stunning voice, he's paying tribute to the band as well as being a part of the band. So, given the oppurtunity to see them live this summer made me jump all over the place, already making sure my assistant will cover for me during their concert. BUT doing the impossible comparing John Waite with Journey leaves me with a panic. It might very well be so that I hold John Waite higher than Journey and it might be so because I discovered John Waite years before I discovered Journey. As a matter of fact it was at a record fair where I stumbled over Steve Perry's "Street Talk" when asking for something in the line of John Waite and from there I moved on to Journey.

John WAite has been there with me all along, all the times. The hard times and the fun times. For better or worse. Heaven and hell. "When I See You Smile" still brings out the biggest smile of me and every song on "Temple Bar" has a corner on it's own in my heart. "Change" I think has the perfect combination of a rock tune. The brilliant lyrics, the corus, the music, the fast driven melody...

People talking
And they’re saying that you’re leaving
So unhappy
With the way that you’ve been living
We always wish for money
We always wish for fame
We think we have the answers
Some things ain’t ever gonna change (change)
It doesn’t matter who you are
It’s all the same (change)
What’s in your heart will never change
Look in the mirror
And you see how you’ve been taken
You won’t surrender
But now your heart is breakin’
We always wish for money
We always wish for fame
We think we have the answers
Some things ain’t ever gonna change (change)
It doesn’t matter who you are
It’s all the same (change)
What’s in your heart will never change
Do you remember
When you got your lucky break
You’re looking back now
And it seems like a mistake
We always wish for money
We always wish for fame
We think we have the answers
Some things ain’t ever gonna change (change)
It doesn’t matter who you are
It’s all the same (change)
What’s in your heart will never change
It’s only change (change)
It doesn’t matter who you are
It’s all the same (change)
What’s in your heart will never change
It doesn’t matter who you are
It’s all the same (change)
What’s in your heart will stay the same
It doesn’t matter who you are
It’s all the same (what's in your heart)
It’s onlyIt’s only
It’s only change
Never (it doesn’t matter)
You ain’t gonna
You ain’t gonna change (what’s in your heart)
You ain’t gonna change
Doesn’t matter who you are