WORST big hit single by Journey?

"Faithfully" is pretty obvious and uninspired, proto-Creed or something. "Lights" is also kind of lame for a song that's so heavily played.

I'd have to re-listen to the less familiar titles to say for sure, but "Wheel In The Sky" has always been pretty boring to me. Even that one has a pretty big hook that I can't totally hate on, though.

Really? I really like the minor-key windiness of that one. It reminds me of 70s Heart and Rush.

Yeah, maybe it's just that it feels more like it could've been done by any number of other 70's bands where most of their hits, for better or worse, are uniquely Journey, or at least uniquely Steve Perry.

"Any Way You Want It". Can't stand that one.

Don't Stop, BELIEVINNNNNN!

I voted Faithfully, but there's a probably a lot of Journey big hit singles I haven't heard and would also hate

This is a tough call between "Lovin, Touchin, Squeezin" and "Wheel in the Sky."

"Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'" unquestionably. I've despised that "na na-na na na-na" coda for nearly 30 years now.

Also it is a Journey song that has the word "squeezin'" in it.

Like, in earnest, and romantically: squeezin'.

"I'll Be Alright.." is their most underrated, maybe.

On the other hand, let's not forget that "Wheel in the Sky" is about a wheel, in the sky, that keeps on turning

I think I like all of these songs except for "Faithfully".

I don't think "Wheel in the Sky" ever actually mentions the Cherokee people and/or Cherokee tribe, but I'm not sure it'd make much difference if it did.

"Lights" is how dark that night in the soul really feels like when you're in the city, and how utility companies want to crush the little guy.

It would be so much better if it actually were.

(You wound me, nabisco, as much as I enjoy your writing about hard rock music.)

Sundar if your personal pride is seriously linked to the goodness of "Wheel in the Sky," you are going to have salt rubbed in that wound REALLY often!

missing "all of the above plus any other Journey hits" option.

Oh damn I voted for 'Faithfully' - but I'd most definitely change it for "I'll Be Alright Without You" - that makes my Members Only jacket burn.

SQUEEEEEEZIN

you hate on Lovin Touchin Squeezin = I stab you

a NA NA NA chorus is the sign of a great song (see also: J. Geils Band, John Cougar Mellencamp, Land of a 1,000 Dances, etc.)

Voted "Who's Crying Now". And I do not love Journey. Not in any way.

On the other hand, let's not forget that "Wheel in the Sky" is about a wheel, in the sky, that keeps on turning

-- nabisco, Monday, October 29, 2007 9:21 PM

That sums it all up right there.

It could be argued that some of these songs must be worse than "Squeezin'" seeing as how I can't remember them, but then I would never think less of a Journey song for not wedging itself in my memory bank.

a NA NA NA chorus is the sign of a great song (see also: J. Geils Band, John Cougar Mellencamp, Land of a 1,000 Dances, etc.)

the afterlife will be one long Paul McCartney concert for you

All this hate for "Faithfully" is burning my soul!

Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin' is a good choice, I agree, but I voted for Wheel in the Sky.

I done seen a bunch of ilxors rock out to "wheel in the sky" in Coney Island a few years ago. it was weird.

I like "Lovin Touchin Squeezin"

Do any of these not include WHOA-EEE-OOH-WHOOOAAAA-OOOOH-EEE-OH? If so I'm voting for that one.

I hate this fucking band

i used to think they sucked, now i can see the craft in it. never heard the pre-Perry fusiony/proggy lineup, was that actually "worse" than the platinum years??

I love this fucking band, but Open Arms was covered pretty straight by Mariah Carey so I'm voting for that. Faithfully's pretty terrible too, truth be told. Although the na-na-na coda to Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin' is comparable to the greatest achievements of mankind, which makes up for the suck-ass ballads somewhat. Glad to see no-one hates Seperate Ways (Worlds Apart) though.

"Any Way You Want It" is their worst song simply because of those damn car commercials from a few years back.

"Any Way You Want It", because esp. at the end Steve Perry just starts lazily wailing, and it's a drag.

"Lovin', Touchin' Squeezin'." It's all about that title--and no ammount of "na na na's" could save that shit from the abyss.

i love faithfully and wheel in the sky, let me say in advance y'all are dumb. i don't remember "squeezin'" but nabisco's logic seems pretty unassailable for a change.

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Voted "Don't Stop Believin'" for the faux pas of mentioning 'south detroit' - everyone knows there is no such neighborhood.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

It's my fault that I didn't see this thread and make "Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin'" at least tied for #1.

i only have the greatest hits, but that's the only bad song of the bunch on there

ultra surprised by the hate for "don't stop believin" but i guess it is pretty "overplayed"

"anyway you want it" should have been automatically exempt because of rodney dangerfield in caddyshack

"Faithfully"???

Oh FUCK YOU ALL. FUCK YOU ALL.

the only thing wrong with this poll is you could only vote for one song.

Voted "Don't Stop Believin'" for the faux pas of mentioning 'south detroit' - everyone knows there is no such neighborhood.

Detroit - two dimensional city.

he's right. there is no "south detroit". that would be windsor, ontario. detroit is actually north of canada. it's on a bend in the detroit river.

Why does everyone always say that? As DV points out, some parts of Detroit must be further south than others? (Maybe it's that there's nothing special about the more southern parts of Detroit. I wouldn't know since I've never been there.)

But that would actually make even more sense since he's "just a city boy" desperate to escape from the blank anonymity of a nothing-special neighbourhood, taking the midnight train anywhere.

downtown (or what's left of it) is smack dab on the river, so it feels as if detroit starts there and sprawls north... it's not like there is no southern part of detroit, just that no-one would call it "south detroit" or really think of it that way. don't know if that makes sense, but that's how it seems to me anyway.

http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=278566

"South Detroit, South Dakota
South Detroit is a township in Brown County, in the Aberdeen metro area.
It is in the Central Standard time zone. Elevation is 1,289 feet.
The population, at the time of the 2000 census, was 86."

That clears things up, no? (Yes, that's from ePodunk.com.)

it's like Toronto, sundar, the city begins at the lake and heads up. People talk about North Toronto all the time, but I can't recall anyone ever talking about "South Toronto".

"South Detroit, South Dakota
South Detroit is a township in Brown County, in the Aberdeen metro area.
It is in the Central Standard time zone. Elevation is 1,289 feet.
The population, at the time of the 2000 census, was 86."

That clears things up, no?

Doesn't sound like a "city boy" to me. Glad everyone likes Be Good To Yourself anyway.

YOU'RE WALKING ON THE HIGHWIRE
CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE

Stone in Love - Classic or Greatest 4:25 In The History Of The Bay Area?

Y'all clearly just don't remember "Send Her My Love" - none more insipid.

Whereas if you can't hear teh AWESOME in "Faithfully" you just hate percusssion.

proto-Creed

I'm no Journey fan or nothin', but...... ouch!

faithfully was made for the slow skates at the roller rink.

OH NO I MISSED THIS POLL! And I've been listening to Journey's Greatest Hits regularly for about two weeks, which is something I assure you I've never done before.

I pick "Wheel In The Sky" which I always turn off after about 10 seconds. But there's one more at the end of that Greatest Hits album that is really bad and sounded like it came from their later material, I believe it's called "Be Good To Yourself".

"Open Arms" bothers me a little now even though I thought it was okay when it came out. It's my third least favourite, but the rest of their Greatest Hits I really love. It makes me wonder if I should try to get into any of their albums proper.

Also why so much hate for Faithfully? And indeed, "Don't Stop Believin" which I could play another 50 trillion times and never get tired of? You guys are nuts.

guitar magazine would tell you that everything Greg Rolie era was crap

should have said POST-Greg Rolie