{"id":2412,"date":"2012-10-10T15:04:30","date_gmt":"2012-10-10T19:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westwoodvalley.com\/?p=2412"},"modified":"2012-10-10T15:04:30","modified_gmt":"2012-10-10T19:04:30","slug":"my-musical-evolution-part-298-roach-days-revisited-evolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wrharrison.com\/musicalevolution\/2012\/10\/10\/my-musical-evolution-part-298-roach-days-revisited-evolution\/","title":{"rendered":"My Musical Evolution – Part 298 Roach Days Revisited Evolution"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Journey<\/a>Journey, Styx<\/em> and\u00a0Kansas<\/em> got early Compact Disc\u00a0upgrades.\u00a0 I’m not sure\u00a0how I feel about buying Departure<\/em> 3 times [cassette, vinyl, CD] in a 5 year span. One of my favorite albums to be sure but 3 in 5? While I was scooping up the Journey<\/em> CD’s I picked up a new one. An old one really, Evolution<\/em>.<\/p>\n

It rasies an interesting idea about the ways music travels regionally. I was out east\u00a0living in Vermont when I was introduced to\u00a0Journey.<\/em>\u00a0 I had throughly enjoyed\u00a0Infinity, Departure,<\/em> and\u00a0 Escape<\/em>.<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0Surprisingly, I\u00a0had never anything from Evolution<\/em> until\u00a0I got back to Indiana. Out east, when a radio station played old Journey<\/em> it was always\u00a0Wheel In The Sky, Lights<\/em>, or\u00a0\u00a0Any Way You Want It.\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0For some reason Indiana stations always went for Lovin’,\u00a0Touchin’, Squeezin’ <\/em> and almost always followed up by City Of The Angles.\u00a0 <\/em>Another duo of songs that always seemed to\u00a0travel together was Queen’s We Will Rock\u00a0Rock You <\/em> followed by We Are The Champions. <\/em>I used to always\u00a0mixe them up on my tapes.\u00a0 Lovin’, Touchin’, Squeezin’ <\/em>followed by We Are The Champions.<\/em><\/p>\n

Evolution<\/em> is a\u00a0good Journey album yet it never got the attention that I gave to my first three. I’m not sure why that is. Chronologically, it fell right between Infinity <\/em>and Departure <\/em>both of\u00a0which I love. What does Evolution <\/em>lack that the others didn’t? I’m glad I own it but I just don’t\u00a0reach for Evolution<\/em> as often as Departure, Escape\u00a0<\/em>or Infinity. <\/em>It\u00a0could be a timing issue. By this time,\u00a0I had really begun to\u00a0invest my energy in mix tape creation. I had discovered a “feature” in my dual cassette deck that basically allowed me to overdub or mix\u00a0multiple tracks in a limited way.\u00a0 I began to make mix tapes for all kinds of situations. My fictitious radio station was ressurected.\u00a0WIRD, Weird 108FM was what I listened to in the car.<\/p>\n

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