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Faithfully

You can't not include Journey in a journey (haha) through awesome songs!  They have a sound all their own.  A song starts playing on the radio and you aren't sure who it is until the singer starts and then you know.  If it's Journey you'll know.  Of course we have two (if you count Arnel Pineda, which you have to since the band Journey did pick him!) different singers fronting Journey so I've included them for you today.  Yet even with two different fronters Journey still have a sound all their own.  There have been a couple of other fronts for Journey but none so successful and so distinct as Steve Perry and Arnel Pineda.  Arnel's story is quite unusual.  He's from the Philippines and Journey caught wind of this guy who sang and sounded SO much like Steve Perry that they looked him up, loved what they heard and he became the newest member of Journey!  Journey still goes strong as they are releasing a new album in 2011 and hitting the road to tour as well. 

I love the sentiment behind today's song.  I love the promise it is to important relationships.  Relationships take work and this song recognizes that. 

But really Journey could sing the ABC's and I'd like it!  :) 

Faithfully (Steve Perry)
Faithfully (Arnel Pineda)
Faithfully (Steve Augeri)
Faithfully (Reunion - Perry and Augeri)
Faithfully (Pineda and Perry synced, the video shows the picture of each when they are singing, Pineda is quite amazing!  Right up there with Perry!) 

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