The story of Journey and their 80s Rock anthem Anyway You Want it... In the early 70s a 14 years old guitar virtuoso told his parents he was going to sleep over at a friends house… He was really going to a bar to have a guitar battle with his hero BB King… one of the most legendary guitarists in music history. Up next Neal Schon of Journey tells us about jamming with his hero as a kid as well as starting the band that has become one of the biggest rock bands on this planet.. and their first rock hit of the 80s, Anyway You Want It, which was inspired by the 70s classic The Boys Are Back in Town by Thin Lizzy. This is the Anthem that took them to the stadiums! With a stellar vocal By Steve Perry and Neal Schon’s fiery guitar this classic song took Journey into the stadiums in the 80s... get ready to hang out with on the greatest guitar heroes of all time next on professor of rock.
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I’m really excited to bring you another episode from our series Revelations- where featured artists reveal rare stories about their biggest songs, along with fascinating insight about their careers.
As I’ve said before, the history of Journey is a long and winding road of highs and lows that is as storied as any band in the annals of rock and roll. Coming off of their fifth album Evolution that included their sensational singer Steve Perry Rhythm and Blues Rocking screecher Lovin’ Touchin’ Squeezin’ with an equally scorching Neal Schon Guitar, it continued to impress all who would hear it. The song was Journey’s biggest up to that point going to #16 on Hot 100 here in the US and #12 in Canada,
The band was poised to up the ante going into the 80s with their sixth album Departure which was fitting, as the band had departed from the field of other competitors and began it’s rise to what would soon become legendary status. Departure was the first Journey album to go to to the top ten album charts hitting #8. I’ve always loved Departure, it has a certain rock edge, every band member brought their A game The guitar sound brought by the Supreme Guitar God of Melodic rock
Neal Schon was nothing short of stellar. It was a gift that Neal discovered at a young age which in the responding interview he explains including one night when he told his parents he was going to spend the night over at a friends when really he was going to have a guitar battle with one of the greatest guitarsist who ever graced this earth. Back their first release of the 80s Departure…
It seems like every Journey album has at least one Classic Rock standard on it. Departure was no different. It contained one of the greatest rock staples in the Pantheon of greats: Anyway You Want. The second you hear those earth shattering vocals to open the song, it’s a shock to the system:
The song is something special. The harmonies , the guitar solo.. it’s a perfect rock song… Coming up the founder and lead guitarist tells us about this classic rock standard and how his friend ship with Phil Lynott of Thin Lizzy inspired the musical concept…
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