If push comes to shove, Journey is probably my favorite late seventies/early eighties megaseller stadium AOR band. With REO, I never dug Cronin's voice, Styx were too pretentious and sometimes almost Broadway'ish, Foreigner I thought of as Bad Co minus the grit and blues, Boston used the same recipe over and over and Toto were more of a gathering of fine studio musicians than a unit. Journey was differemt, I always appreciated their West Coast feel, Schon's jazz and Rolie's blues influence. With the advent of Cain, they lost that blues feel, but of course he took their songwriting to another level. I like Steve Perry's voice, call me a whimp!!!
