Awesomely Bad Pop Music - Journey "Don't Stop Believing"
Some bands are earnest, others bad. Many are both. Is it Journey's near-mythic badness + ironic popularity that compelled David Chase decided to use "Don't Stop", as the capstone to The Sopranos? What is it about
"Open Arms" that demands to be sung at every Karaoke?
In the third grade when I used my allowance to buy a box of Atari 2600 video games, included was Journey Escape, and terrible game that featured the opening piano riff of "Don't Stop Believing" repeating endlessly. The Scarab Smashing Through the Crystal Ball cover made it's return in the 9th grade, when we spent the first semester of Bible Class watching Hells Bells & Violence in Rock Music by David Benoit. I wouldn't even call them a guilty pleasure anymore.
Music | By Josiah Roe | 6:28 PM
