Andrews Rock Blog

Random Thoughts as I get back into the swing of things after being in Chicago for a few days for the Wizard World Comic-Con:

Paul McCartney is playing a free show in Quebec City:my pal Timmy B sent me a text this morning to let me know Macca would be playing his first Canadian gig since 2005 to celebrate Quebec’s 400th birthday. Tim was wondering whether or not I’d like to go to the show, which I may have considered some years ago. But having two trips so close together (Las Vegas/Los Angeles and Chicago) and with our big move coming up in just a few weeks, I wasn’t too interested in seeing “The Cute One” in concert, even if it is for free. I’m sure I’m among the minority though; a free show by a remaining member of the Fab Four is sure to be a big draw for a lot of people. I’ve seen Paul McCartney 3 times (including a first row experience at the CNE in 1993) and it’s always a great concert, though I sure wish he’d play Side 2 of Abbey Road in its entirety some time. THAT would be spectacular.

A Revelation about Journey: to all those Journey fans who took me to task a few months ago about my lack of love for the band, let me simply say that you were right and I was wrong. I hope you’re happy. The band has some seriously catchy and strong songs. I discovered this fact while on the road to Chicago last Thursday when my pals and I put on Disc 2 of the new Journey album “Revelations”. This was the rerecordings of classic Journey tunes with new singer Arnel Pineda. First of all, we were all impressed with Arnel’s uncanny resemblance to Steve Perry. The guy has the goods. The next thing that impressed me was just how solid the songs were. And it wasn’t just “Don’t Stop Believing”, which is timeless. It was tunes like “Wheel In The Sky” and “Lights” too, songs that I caught myself singing along to and humming once they were done. So there you go - you were right, I was wrong. I’ll have more on the new Journey album (exclusively available at Wal-Mart) later this week.

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