Nothing stays permanent, it has its limit,but thanks to Arnel pineda,he's standing tall

He is turning 55 years old for the record..because he was born year 1967😊

tradition yes, band no

❤👍

What an amazing story! Thank you! What I love is his humility. He keeps the Journey magic alive. All of the folks criticizing him really don't know how hard it must be to try to step into Steve's shoes. Arnel would agree himself that there is only one Steve- he's his idol! I think Journey is great. I didn't even like them in the 80's- I thought they were cheesy. But I love them now that I'm an old lady lol. Thanks again for sharing your story!

Where do you drive?

I agreed with you!

Too true ,well done Arnel

Com certeza .Arnel está cumprindo muito bem o vocal.

Yesssss, VERY CORRECT,👌👌👌

Journey songs aint a walk on the park. Arnel did good hear despite struggling with his voice. He got the energy.

Thats right when i saw this,, i feel so much respect for arnel..god bless journey

I listen his voice I'm so glad because of besides his voice he continue to sing hard song of journey I thing it's time to arnel retired in the world of bands..

I LOVE HIM SO MUCH !!!

we are only human no one individuals can sustained a long time of singing if on the live concert which he is pressured by his band group...if you are stressed due to our different circulations of actual personal problems in health which we cannot set aside that... the vocal must need to relax not to succesiveness shouting stressed will affect your voice. oh my God heal the arnel stress voice.

That's one reason Steve Perry cannot back journey to save vocal chords ... Journey song hard and powerful. age is old and older can cause destroy vocal chord.

🔥🔥🔥

singing Perry and Augeri songs is not for everyone, Arnel is an alien, one of the best singers in the world in this kind of music.

That's the truth! Totally agree

Although I will add … I do feel for him. He was clearly struggling by the end, doing Don’t Stop in the original key. I wonder what they’re going to do?? Might be worth it to drop everything down a whole step. It’ll still be high and powerful, and Arnel can cruise through soulfully and not have to have everything on his shoulders.

@@smw great point on them playing in a lower register…wonder why they decided that night to try original key? Just to see if they could pull it off??……hmmmm? 🤔

💖💖💖🇵🇭

more than a decade

Basta pinoy magaling...

A decade and a half

I agree

You said, "Arnel started so much later," Steve Perry was 28 years old when he joined Journey, how old was Arnel?

@@maryradloff5792 Arnel was 40 when he started with Journey and had gone thru a bad patch that almost killed him and took his voice prior to that. Steve was in his early 40's when he walked away. After that, Journey just wasn't Journey at all - until Arnel stepped in.

So true

He actually sounds better than ever

I agree..

Im old and my voice sounds like it did 35 years ago. If you take care of yourself and your instrument (the voice) it can last a very long time. Journey, has gone through 5 lead singers. Neal burns out his lead singers. As a lead singer in several rock bands (signed to RCA with Flame) and metal I can tell you this, there are few things that will blow out your voice. #1 if you cant hear yourself, you will push your vocals and you can loose your voice. With in ear monitors now, alot of that is solved. But, look closely at some bands, the lead singer doesnt use in ear monitors. They are not for everyone. I personally cant use them well because I have tinnitus in my ears. Too many years of standing in front of marshall stacks and everyone turned up and long nights of mixing albums with the volume at max. #2 Any form of alchohol or drug abuse - Kiss your voice goodbye! it wrecks your vocal cords #3 lack of rest & nutrition and hydration. Touring kicks your ass. Your vocal cords are attached to your body, if your body is tired, so are your vocal cords without even singing one note. If you have an upper respiratory infection (or the common cold) and sing on top of it, you are gonna blow out your voice. You think Neal is gonna take days off from performing/touring cause Arnel caught a cold. I dont think so. There are a lot of factors as to why Arnel's voice is giving him problems. Its one or all of the above. Here is the inside scoop on permanently damaging your vocal cords. For instance, your touring, you are tired, you caught a cold, you pushed your voice, your voice is shot, etc. So you find a DR that will give you a steroid that will shrink the swelling of your tired or sick vocal cords. A temp fix that will permanently damage your voice. You cannot sing on already sick vocal cords. Maybe once or twice you can get away with it (Im singing at Madison Square Garden, NYC) hell yeah, give me a shot & shrink my cords back to normal. Then your left with massively damaged vocal cords. Its like having a flat tire and driving on the rim for miles and miles. Will your rim be perfect when you go to change the tire? Maybe, if you didnt go too far on the flat.. Same with the voice. If Arnel is constantly having voice problems, there is an underlying problem. Age is not always the answer.

@michael scott okay

ABSOLUTELY!!!!

Yeah..wonderfully said.

There are 40 concerts in 3 months coming up from Feb 22-May 11, 2022 with guests Billy Idol and Toto.

Poor guy. They milking this guy for more and more money. Not good.

There is no better way to say it.

agree

This is to every Journey fan. If you can sing (in the same register that the Journety songs are written), I challenge you to sing the entire set, running around like Arnel does, AND,, get on the bus and go to the next gig, or fly, hardly get any rest and eat properly? night, after night in a different city. Sometimes you dont have the time to sleep properly and eat, you have to get to the venue and soundcheck and before you know it, you are performing again. I was a touring vocalist. You have no idea the toll it takes on the vocal cords and the body. Sing the entire set & perform on a few hours of sleep day after day after day. A cover band does not do one nighers and tours the world. The ultimate touring condition is a private jet, so you can get immediately to the next city, rest, eat and perform. That only happens to a choice few. Takes alot of money. I still have the same singing voice I did when I was 30. I sing 4 sets on a weekend, but I dont tour and do 1 1/2 or 2 hours of non stop top of my range songs night after night.. Those Journey songs are brutal when your peddling your voice up on the top of your register and going into falsetto. If Arnel is smoking, drinking, drugs & not hydrating & resting properly, it will affect the voice. I know a few industry secrets that vocalists do in order to "make the show go on" If anyone is a professional vocalist in the dead music industry we have now, or a touring musician you will know what Im talking about. Ill give you a hint, you have to have a DR & they administer it to you. Im not going to name names, but I know of quite a few who have done it, including myself!! Only once Ive done it. It has consequences if done frequently.

@@themcfamilybentzil9449 Unless people are doing one nighters in a different city, they have no clue as to what it takes. As soon as your show is over, your traveling to the next gig. I have friends who just toured with Alice Cooper. Alice Flies to each gig, the rest of the band goes on a bus for a 12 to 14 hour drive.. Ive done that. I have trouble sleeping under the best conditions, on a bus, its horrible. Do you think the entire band is sleeping? no! it can be a madhouse. Vocalists have to rest the voice, sleep, eat properly, etc. no drugs, no booze, no smoking. Journey tunes reach up to a soprano register and belting out. There were times when management had to fly me to the next gig so that I could sleep. The rest of the band got pissed off. Management said, well if she cant sing, you cant play. no gig, no money. I dont know what goes after the show. I can only tell you what Ive experienced and other musicians that have toured one nighters.

@@Starz723 thanks for noticing my comment ♥️♥️♥️

very proud of you arnel, its already 15 years and you are still singing for us, you did a great job..... worried about your voice, though you are still amazing and nailing all your songs, pls take care always....

i dont like arnel, the way he sing and he's restless on the stage, still steve perry is the best...

Pues Arnel ha dicho que cualquier día le despiden. Lo entiendo.

Kawawa na bogbog ang boses walang pahinga mukhang pagud

Normal yun cyempre tumatanda tayo may magbbago tlaga..dpat naghire uli ang journey ng bagong singer na kaya rin gawin ang ginagawa ni Arnel p..if ever na cya ay magretired na

@@aidagasatan5688 when Arnel retires, maybe Journey will follow since they were even older than Arnel. And most of all, they will not be able to find another one like Arnel who’s got not only the voice but the charisma as well. He is a fantastic frontman from the first day he joined HmJourney til now , 2022. He still rocks and his voice is still amazing in their latest tour in Hawaii.

And he didn't last 10 plus years

@@karenroberts1735 you''re right. He walk away knowing he could'nt do it anymore !

And where is your Steve Perry now?AP is 15 years with the band..😊

Also he sacrifice he's voice to journey

54

But could of taken care of it?

God bless the philipines !! 🙏💖

He didn't lost his voice.. he still have it..

I thought he was good but No one can sing like Steve Perry.

@@LoneWolf-oi4yx People can sing over the age of 50. We’re not dead yet! Lol

@@LoneWolf-oi4yx I wasn’t arguing with you. Save your pejoratives for someone else, bobo. You said Arnel was 54, and I was saying he can still sing at 54. A lot of people do. That was supposed to be a compliment. Papuri.

@@LoneWolf-oi4yx I was wondering if you thought I was someone else, because I didn’t mention Perry. Perry did sound different at the end of his time in Journey. I know Deen sang in the original key at 55+ but Arnel has been consistently touring for a long time. That’s a lot of singing.

@@LoneWolf-oi4yx Peace to you, too. And don’t call me a bobo again. Lol. 😀

What is standard tuning?

@@hoderharris 440 brother

@@hoderharris original key

ive never heard him sing it half step lower. Post a link to a concert where he sings it lowred.

Yes.. SteveOverland though has maintained his awesome voice perfectly !

@ForkU, Steve has 2 new albums and still sings w that powerful “VOICE” & has actually acquired an even more soothing voice due to his age& he just keeps getting better w the different songs he made on traces& as for Deen!!!, he is 53& is killing it still!!!

You haven't heard Steve try any Journey songs since he wrote Traces,but the question here is Neal working Arnel too hard ,and killing Arnel 's voice

Studio verse live, totally different beast.,I always go live and that tells me how there voice is trackin and even now live they can Auto tune there voices.Once again, I'm a nobody and I applaude anyone who gets on stage and belts there voice out.Hes a legend and I'll leave it at that

@@dianejones3247 Steve’s “voice” if you have watched or listened to any of his interviews regarding “Traces”, he has spoke on the fact that since music has came back into his heart he is even shocked with the different vocals he’s acquired since he’s been away from it that are better than even before & he was pleasantly surprised by, and was so excited for us all to hear& how “Traces” is unlike anything he’s done including bluesy, jazzy& the “rock” to “ Sunshines Grey”!!! He also did an interview SINGING just sitting in the interview & his voice is still EVERYTHING & SO IS HE!!! He can sing the abc’s or ANYTHING PUT IN FRONT OF HIM!!! He’s definitely aged like a fine wine!!! He’s beautiful!!! 💯 So,,,,,DON’T TELL ME WHAT I’VE HEARD!!! Thanks 🙏🏼

Other frontman would sing their own songs live will alter much of the tune.

Let's just put it this way, SP is the "old gen" Journey; while AP is the "New gen" Journey for almost 15yrs now and still counting👍👌. GODBLESSAP🙏❤!!! GODBLESSJOURNEY🙏❤!!!

lol denial

@@longlivedio3498 I want to hear you belting your voice tot his high tone night after night straight and we will see what you’ve got and bring the Steve Perry too, I don’t think he has the perfect voice now, he’s already old and into drugs before.

It has nothing to do with Steve Perry. Arnel's voice ain't what it once was. It's now painful to endure. He needs to go.

@@ZumaDoggarnel already send a resignation letter to the band journey but they dont want arnel to leave the band... Arnel said he already sick annoyed of being in the band... They are free now no search a new vocalist if they want to...

Deen and Steve are the best. Arnel is bad.

@@juanpalacios3315 then call back Steve to perfom again and Dean as a replacement if Steve can't sing the next song...you happy?

Amazing always

yes, Arnel is a gentleman and great singer like a Steve Perry.

He’s not phenomenal here though. He’s really poor.

@@readmore4178 stop criticism..im sure you cant do what he does.uneasy to do what steve does.but still.i respect arnel for keeping journey alive.

@@readmore4178 how can you accurately judge Ariel's voice here? We have no idea how long they have been on the road, he could have vocal fatigue, or a cold, or many other reasons for sounding the way he is. I think he sounds amazing, and his bandmates do too, so who are we to criticize.

@@aprilmarket3217 I'm with you..Well said buddy!

Evh5150

Stop coping

54?? Been only ten years with them

@@PumpinggainzNartistic yup he is 54 years old. He has been with them since 2007 or 08 so roughly 13 years with journey he was already in his 40's when he joined

@@jamesmondragon526 but looked young

@@PumpinggainzNartistic true, and his energy back then was amazing with the jumping and running around the stage. Brings a lot of energy to the crowd and the whole performance. 'Til now

@@jamesmondragon526 agree, singing while walking and jumping like a young man makes your voice shaky, but damn arnel still has a great voice at the age of 54

you don't know what you are talking about

@@francoisfavreau769 lol why so salty?

@@arigatoubitch4573 that mean what that mean no more no less,when you say"no old guy can do that"this is an affirmation,right? but if it's not true you don't know what you are talking about.Now i'll post 2 videos,one of Dennis DeYoung who was 72 at the time and he does it every night kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q9aEech91qvOZn0.html and Jon Anderson who was 73 who also does it every night kzfaq.info?search_query=jon+anderson+awr

let's see: Brian Johnson (AC/DC), Axl Rose (GnR), etc.... yes, old guys can still sing after 50. I'm still singing Journey (original key), and I'm 57, despite having 1 of my vocal cords paralyzed probably from birth on. It's all about the proper technique, but it's grueling if someone does it night after night

His voice has healed

I’ve seen Journey twice with Arnel .. he’s a great strong singer !

@@claudiam2541 from Texas. He’s the best.

Yes agree....

Also, he has asthma! He does great for all circumstances combined

@@marcycombs2661 didn't know he has asthma 😮 I do, too, and it's a product of the dry air and plant life, etc here in Vegas. Arnel needs to have a humidifier wherever he is living, while doing the residency and concert, in December.

I don't know about "Killing It", but it's mostly passable.

Some in the comments can sing better than AP.

hmmm , not anymore

@@rabfallon4507 Quiet, You're voice would do the exact same thing if you were in this band for over 10 years

@@rabfallon4507 have a crack at singing this catalog for 13 years. If you can still speak your name I'll be impressed 😜

Even if he lost his voice i will be always be proud of him as a Pilipino. He had done so much to make us proud. Thank you AP and Journey.

@@rabfallon4507 with due respect, if you are an artist too, be mindful that in the art of singing, there are factors that could affect our voice, maybe AP is not inusual condition sometimes , but the important thing is AP is already establish his name through journey, maybe journey itself retain AP as thier frontman not just by his talent but the humility he possessed as an artist.

Cope

I do respect Arnel and he saved Journey after multiple singers after Steve Perry. He doesn’t sing in the same high key in all of the classics that Steve Perry did years ago. Also, eventhough Arnel has sang in the band for 15yrs., Steve Perry STILL sang more concerts than ANY Journey Singer. In Steve’s 10yrs of touring & then recorded his final album with that was released 1996 “Trial by Fire”. You can add up the concert appearances on the online record of ALL Hourney concerts since they began as a band. The kept hiring singers who could sound as close to Steve Perry as possible, since the fans wanted the classics each concert. IMO, Arnel struggled in this video, especially, the last song “Don’t Stop Believing”. Arnel is 54 here and Steve Perry was almost 50 when Jonathan called him & said he was hiring a replacement since he hadn’t had the Hip Replacement yet.

He has had a year or more during the Covid break

Forget those Karens & his bashers. The Filipinos are here to support & love him for his amazing talent that brings joy to our country, our people and to the world.

I got to be honest...he did not sound great. The notes were shaky at best.

I had no idea he was that old, I would've guessed 35. He looks REALLY good for his age then.

@@djjazzyjeff1232 that was every Asian secret, looks young when youre actually old.1

@@sephiroth6962 Secret, Asian man?

54yo

I personally know Steve Augeri. He is a great friend and was in my band before he was in journey. Ive said it all through this thread, Neal is Journey and he refuses to bring the keys of the songs down. if his singers have a cold, guess what, he doesnt cancel the gig, they have to sing with no voice to start with and then they damage the vocal cords even more. The journey catalogue is killer vocally. Its at the top of the 1st tenor register and into a female alto register. Try singing that night after night for months!! one nighters=no rest. Been there. What every band woud love is one night on, one night off and a private jet. That rarely happens unless your the rolling stones.

I saw this tonight and couldnt believe i saw Deen. When did he rejoin?

Thank you so much

@@FabioRocha316 put the timestamps in the comments but make the first one start as ‘0:00’

Oh my. I could barely get thru this, how heartbreaking for us true Journey fans. Arnel's voice was AWFUL throughout this performance. With each song I kept hoping it would get better, but it was hard to take. Journey has been my favorite band since I first saw them on New Years Eve 76/77. Several times a year I have seen them in concert until the pandemic hit. I am from the bay area, and remained "faithful' thru all the lead singers after Steve Perry departed the band. Neil and Jon exceled as always, as well as Marco Mendoza's new venture with this band. I never thought I would see the day where I would say I just can't see this band live again.OY. Time to break out the old music with Steve Perry!!

@@pamcampanaro6414 It was tough-I felt bad because the rest of the band sounded great and Deen is back. I’m reading positive feedback, but I wondered if we were listening to the same show.

Still great show for Journey - long live Journey ❤️

Alice cooper and Steven Tyler both have their voice lost none

I saw Axl with GnR a couple years ago......absolutely nailed it. Sorry.

Axl did lose it for a second but he is 100% back. Axle’s was mainly due to weight gain and just sheer lack of care.

Yes..he still gave his best on this!