Monday, May 14, 2018

Random Memorial for Monday 5/14/18

Gone but not forgotten:  the Greatest Hits of Journey (at least the greatest ones circa 1988, when this compilation was released).

Now why would I be throwing away what was once known as the sixth highest certified 'greatest hits' package in the United States (as of a 2008 tabulation [as per the all knowing Wiki])?  Because, as I've explained every other week on Mondays for awhile now, the CD version of this masterpiece is *also* in the music collection, so it's time now for the cassette to be discarded.

How do I possibly choose a tune to feature in honor of the cassette's "passing"?  I guess the only way to do so is to close my eyes and to picture the roller rink of my youth and to listen closely to the memory to figure out what inspirational (and maybe slightly confrontational) song is playing in the background.

In other words, Steve Perry scream-singing about what would happen if "he" ever hurts "you", you will be missed (well at least when it comes to scream-singing on a cassette):

Someday love will find you
Break those chains that bind you, one night will remind you
How we touched and went our separate ways
If he ever hurts you, true love won't desert you
You know I still love you
Though we touched and went our separate ways

HERE WE STAND -- WORLDS APART ... HEARTS BROKEN IN TWO (... TWO ... TWO):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LatorN4P9aA