10. Air instruments, including air keyboards
9. Super-manly white pants
8. Super-unmanly Steinberger bass
7. Mullets galore
6. Band seemingly playing in back of IKEA
5. Icy blonde in leather miniskirt
4. Unnecessary slow motion sequences
3. Scorpions-style synchronized mugging at camera
2. Steve Perry’s constant O faces
1. Drummer’s “FOOSBALL” shirt
Nerd that I am, I tracked down covers of “Separate Ways (Worlds Apart).” Mercifully, there are few. The two recorded versions I found are both awful. The first is by metalcore outfit Nientara; the second is by power metal singer André Matos (ex-Angra). (I’m surprised this song doesn’t have more power metal covers. It would be right up Edguy’s alley.) I urge you not to waste your time by clicking on the play buttons to hear just how bad these covers are.
Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) (Nientara)Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) (André Matos)
Marginally better are two hip hop tracks that sample/replay the “Separate Ways” hook. The first is “Worlds Apart” by S.A.S. featuring Jae Millz; the second is “Dead the Funeral” by Cam’ron. Both have made the mixtape rounds. The Cam’ron track, a 50 Cent diss, is surprisingly banging. I want to see white girls dance to it.
S.A.S. – Worlds Apart (feat. Jae Millz)Cam’ron – Dead the Funeral
Thanks to onerodetoasabay for inspiring this post.
This song seriously rules the universe apart. I’m buying ten fuckin’ headless Steinbergers, it’s the only way to live.
Incidentally I’m surprised by how thoroughly boilerplate Nientara manages to sound. The high point of the low points would be the stereo vokills. Lord Christ…
Oh god, AOR.
I think I just got a hard on from watching that video.
was it the keyboards stuck on the wall part or the wildly gesticulating semi-bass player with the bad teeth that did it for you?
IF YOU AREN’T INTO JOURNEY YOU ARE NOT MY FRIEND!
I like how emotional and atmospheric this video is.
Okay, now you have to have a Tom Jones post sometime in the future. Ridiculous music is better than ‘good’ music.
Andre Matos is the only man who can cover both Kate Bush and Journey AND still be prettier than almost everyone else alive put together (I say alive because, let’s face it, Quorthon was a fox).
svein – you need to start a raging crust/grind band with only Steinbergers for guitars.
helm – Megadeth’s “Hangar 18″ single came with an “AOR Edit.” Too bad it didn’t live up to such a lofty promise.
bacon will conceive children to this song.
onerode – Journey is already a stretch; Tom Jones will be tough to work into a metal blog. But I shall try.
“Quorthon was a fox.” This quote needs to be framed somewhere. He actually kind of looked like one. Also, somehow “Rosebud was his sled” comes to mind.
My favorite videos of all time. Seriously.
This is one of the greatest songs ever written, and quite possibly the greatest video in the history of all living things.
Journey’s “Greatest Hits” is absolutely mandatory. Pretty much every song on the damn thing is utterly impeccable. Sans maybe “Lovin’, Touchin’, Squeezin’”, but even THAT has its moments!
Is that singer dude just one giant orgasm face or what. Every part of his body language screams “I can come at comman—nngh wait, uh”.
Bruce Dickinson sang ‘Delilah’ on some TV show! That’s a good enough half-assed metal connection as far as I’m concerned.
I’ll admit I’m currently loopy from a power nap so I’m thoroughly bewildered by the Citizen Kane reference. But if you’re agreeing with the statement that Quorthon was a good-lookin’ man, then good! We all know he’s hanging out somewhere on a deserted island with Elvis and Tupac.
What hurts is that these guys were actually a very good band at one time, before they became the Steve Perry Solo Band.
Oh, the 80’s – will you ever stop haunting us??
By the way – thanX for the Heads Up for Decibel Magazine!
Motherfucking sweet lord that was epic.
I am not ashamed to admit I love this song to death. I always have. Ever since the first time I heard it on MTV when I was about 9 or 10 years old. In many ways it was my first step on the slippery slope to metal. Not long after this, it was Van Halen. Then Led Zeppelin. Then Motley Crue. Then Metallica, Slayer, Napalm Death, Obituary, and so on…
lou, I’m the exact opposite. This song was my first step on the slippery slope to…Journey.
The song is great…the video and the band themselves are…horrifying.
Is it me or does the guitar player look like one of the bad guys from Robocop? It’s that dude that Robocop hauls away from the nightclub by the head.
bacon – that is an awfully obscure reference. I haven’t seen Robocop in the longest time, but I’ll look out for Neal Schon’s “cameo” in it next time.