And now, for today's
Ocho-rific Song o the Day...
Be Good to Yourself
Journey
1986
(Journey w/ Steve Perry)
(Randy Jackson of American Idol on Bass)
Be Good to Yourself
Journey
1986
(Journey w/ Steve Perry)
(Randy Jackson of American Idol on Bass)
(Journey w/ Arnel Pineda)
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::from SongMeanings.net::
Runnin' out of self-control
Gettin' close to an overload
Up against a no win situation
Shoulder to shoulder, push and shove
I'm hangin' up my boxin' gloves
I'm ready for a long vacation
Be good to yourself when, nobody else will
Oh be good to yourself
You're walkin' a high-wire, caught in a crossfire
Oh be good to yourself
When you can't give no more
They want it all but you gotta say no
I'm turnin' off the noise that makes me crazy
Lookin' back with no regrets
To forgive is to forget
I want a little piece of mind to turn to
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::WIKI "FACTS"::
*From Journey's 9th album, Raised on Radio.
*Following their two most successful albums, lead singer Steve Perry began to take more control over the band's direction. First, Ross Valory and Steve Smith were fired from the band, against the wishes of manager Herbie Herbert. The two were replaced by various studio musicians for the recording of Raised on Radio, including Randy Jackson (bass guitar) and Larrie Londin (drums).
*Smith did record two tracks with Journey on the album, and he and Valory still received revenues from the record and subsequent tour. Both returned to Journey in 1996.
*Many critics and fans feel that Perry's influence and direction for Raised on Radio caused album sales to be lower than previous ones, but did manage to reach #4 on the Billboard 200 and go 2x multiplatinum.
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*From Journey's 9th album, Raised on Radio.
*Following their two most successful albums, lead singer Steve Perry began to take more control over the band's direction. First, Ross Valory and Steve Smith were fired from the band, against the wishes of manager Herbie Herbert. The two were replaced by various studio musicians for the recording of Raised on Radio, including Randy Jackson (bass guitar) and Larrie Londin (drums).
*Smith did record two tracks with Journey on the album, and he and Valory still received revenues from the record and subsequent tour. Both returned to Journey in 1996.
*Many critics and fans feel that Perry's influence and direction for Raised on Radio caused album sales to be lower than previous ones, but did manage to reach #4 on the Billboard 200 and go 2x multiplatinum.
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::from SongFacts.com::
*According to the liner notes of Journey's Time3 compilation, with his own domestic situation in disarray and his mother slowly dying, lead singer Steve Perry needed life affirming messages. "That's a Perry-ism," said keyboard player Jonathan Cain, "something he'd always say. I circled it in my notes." But the song didn't come easy. Cain labored over the lyrics for five months. "Steve never had time," Cain said. "He'd just say 'Work on it.'" Finally it came down to the day when the song was to be mixed in New York with engineer Bob Clearmountain. While Cain took a shower, the melody formed in his head. He burst into the studio, his hair still wet, and Perry knocked off the final vocal in less than an hour. Released a month prior to the album as a leadoff single, "Be Good To Yourself," probably sounded more like a traditional Journey song than anything else on the Raised On Radio album.
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Journey will release a new album and tour in 2011!
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