Rapper FIRST time REACTION to Journey - Wheel in the Sky! Whats this about...

[@allenruss2976]

Wheel in the Sky is the sun. It rises. It falls. Time keeps marching. No matter what our plans are time doesn't stop moving forward

[@Angus4277]

Also I believe this song is about Steve's life on the road as a performer.

[@SmallTownMusicFreak]

🤣🤣🤣

[@badsherrey]

He's referring to it circling the Flat Earth. It doesn't rise and set. The Sun and Moon circle over our Flat Earth, hence Wheel in the Sky.

[@redzwestisbest]

Time is the order, the lesson Time is a murderous weapon Time is a curse and a blessing Time is confined in the eye of my mind That reminds me that life is just slipping right by Ren

[@MrsColumbo823]

Correct. BP overthinks these things. 😊

[@LisE555]

Nobody said we had the best fashion sense in the 70's, but that was the decade that the guys had better hair than the girls.

[@andreadeamon6419]

And it continued into hair metal!

[@Morgaine]

I loved 70s fashion!

[@Morgaine]

​@@andreadeamon6419Yes, the invention of the blow dryer had a profiund effect on music and Musicians, lol.

[@LisE555]

@@Morgaine well it circles around every so many years! my grandchildren made fun of my old pics, and then about 2 yrs later they were wearing the same stuff to school.

[@Morgaine]

The wheel in the sky is the zodiac, constellations, the sun, all of which continues to turn every day no matter what happens. Life goes forward.

[@meggert2360]

That high note of his is so incredible and haunting. Amazes me every time I listen to this song.

[@katyfraser6851]

You can't go wrong with ANY Journey song. They are all so good.

[@kelliestrouse3582]

The live version of Who's Crying Now by Journey is really good.

[@lindakellogg7890]

The concert in Houston is a must see and hear

[@rosamatthews9374]

Yesss ❤

[@marilynk30]

Yes please!

[@gram5751]

Everyone assumes that the sound is a musical instrument until they watch the video and see that it is Steve singing. The Voice! 🎶🎵🎶

[@jdog6620]

I am 50+ years old and have heard this song a million times and I'm today year's old when I realized it was Steve singing. OH SH*T. Kids....you learn something every day. *shakes his old head*

[@janleonard3101]

There's an even more amazing voice/guitar duet in the Just The Same Way (Live in Osaka 1980) HQ video. It happens just after the 3 minute mark and I think Steve is hitting a B5. It's a gorgeous sustained note and he does it twice. I'd link it but I'm afraid the comment won't post.

[@Melissa-kw1sl]

@@jdog6620same! Heard this song a 100 times. I never knew that was Steve Perry!!! 😮😮😮

[@Jane-d4w]

Notice Gregg Rollie on piano- he played with Santana for years and is the voice of Black Magic Woman 💓

[@FOX007-um1wr]

Oh wow, I didn't know that. Thanks for the info.

[@KaidenOrgana]

Neal Schon, the guitar player was also from Santana, and a co-founder. Greg Rollie also sang prior to Steve Perry joining.

[@chriswalker7983]

Feeling That Way and Just The Same Way has both singing lead vocals, taking turns. I love the harmonies.

[@RunetteHamilton]

True Gregg and Neil both from Santana and they started Journey.

[@Ma_Pooh]

I'm LOVING Steve Perry in those white pants!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Debbie-m7f]

Me too🥰

[@zippitydoodah5693]

Stone In Love................. do it.

[@shayleeledevre6401]

🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼❤

[@kathat4235]

Live version!!

[@kimzwolinski9919]

Yes please 🙏🏼 😊

[@CreativeMagique]

Steve strutting 🎉

[@markvickers2411]

Great song

[@ktardi]

That high C note is my absolute favourite in all of SP's vocals! And life is the wheel that keeps on turning! 🔥❤

[@monchorga]

Please continue the journey with Journey and Steve Perry. They have a huge catalog of hits. You haven't even scratched the surface yet. Like your channel.

[@idalucero1260]

The second time you stopped it, you did it right at the point he sings "for tomorrow." It's a point where concert goers sing it with him. It's the song that Steve took Journey into superstsr status. Before Steve, their lable was going to drop them. In the end, with Neals' outro solo, was Steve's golden falsetto vocals no auto tune, just pure, live raw talent!

[@FOX007-um1wr]

This song was HUGE!!! Steve Perry's voice is amazing, and the way he blends his voice along with the electric guitar, and holds that C note is impossible for many musicians to do.

[@mariaeisenhardt2296]

If you throw a dart at a list of Journey song , you can’t go wrong with the one it hits. All great songs.

[@markchoma2533]

The wheel is the clock of life. The clock keeps turning no matter what.

[@ladyscorpnks]

Steve Perry's voice...❤

[@AmethystDew]

just Steve Perry ......😍🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰💖💖💖💖💓💓💓💓💕❤‍🔥❤‍🔥❤‍🔥❤‍🔥❤‍🔥❤‍🔥❤‍🔥

[@Ancient_Drummer]

One of my favorite Journey songs. I always took it as the wheel in the sky is a metaphor for time.

[@aura81295]

Me too, but I can also see how it works as both a symbol of time (cycles) and location (compass). I hadn't caught that before BP mentioned it. The song references both place and time.

[@michellekincaid5499]

Thank you for reacting to this song. I'm one of the ones that requested it & specifically with this video. I didn't know, until I watched the video, that Steve was screaming in the guitar solo. My favorite part ❤!! I just always assumed the 'Wheel' was the sun. He's on tour & never gets to go home. I thought for sure you would get it since you related to 'Faithfully' & had a very positive reaction to it. My husband is a truckdriver & on the road weeks at a time so I tell him that's our song.

[@donnakubiski5572]

My favorite Journey ballad is "Send Her My Love" and for a great Neal Schon guitar outro "Be Good To Yourself" is a must listen.

[@dennisthemenace671]

Thank you for doing this Journey song , I've been waiting for a reactor to do this , they always do all the other journey songs , I say its the Sun , cause he keeps talking about tomorrow .

[@wendybond2848]

Our rockstars in the 70’s and 80’s and their tight pants…. and wonderful voices.

[@gradyrocks]

Steve's vocals are always fire!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@day2daylife1]

It's about time. If you watch a time lapse of the sky everything rotates in one direction, like a wheel.

[@billkeithchannel]

The sky clock is the most perfect timepiece. There is an app based on it.

[@kerryjacques3254]

Steve Perry's vocals NEVER failed to be unbelievably great!!! And YES, Neil Schon rocked a very impressive jewfro back in the day!!!

[@coachbigdawg41]

I wish you would do journey Mother father live in Houston 1981 Still they ride live in Tokyo 1983 you won't regret it

[@mikeanthonyballi4834]

Wheel in the sky is the sun. When it rotates, it creating time.

[@bkm2797]

Yep!🌞

[@TeresaOverholt-ky1ct]

Creating time?

[@merryjanewalsh394]

its Ezekiel's wheel.

[@sonyadodgens]

You’ll never hear a bad song from Journey!! Love Steve Perry!

[@brigittereimprecht8334]

Journey with Steve Perry was simply one of the best ever. They were better live than in the studio and Steve's voice is out of this world. Check out the “Escape” concert it was awesome and the band together was so perfect.

[@tandemteachingmoments1109]

The keyboardist is Gregg Rolie, who sings Black Magic Woman in Santana. The guitarist with the wild fro was also in Santana...at 15 years old. Robert Fleischman was only with Journey for a few months before their manager, Herbie (also from Santana) decided he wanted Steve Perry to be lead singer. Herbie brought Steve in under the assumption (to others) he was the Portuguese brother of one of the roadies. He wanted Steve to get a feel for the band. Afterwards, Herbie assimilated Steve into the band by having he and Gregg do several duets together, before Steve took on sole lead.

[@bkm2797]

Thanks for sharing!👍💕

[@jamestate5059]

They did 3 albums before Perry joined the band

[@jamesmorrison959]

Stone in love.. 1981 live

[@AngelaEmery13]

My favorite song ever

[@TeresaOverholt-ky1ct]

Great tune ❤

[@baimun]

Early Journey reminds us of how much Neal Schon brought with him from the years of playing with Carlos Santana. ☮💜🎶

[@prestoncorbin5619]

Neal deserves flowers, respect for recognizing

[@kevinvernon5851]

This song and "Lights" were the first big hits, such a good album.

[@messiahsbythesackful6267]

My second favorite Journey song. And today I sorely needed a break from politics...so thank you!💙🖖🐢🐕 A few more great reactions (and a few more drinks) , and I will share a photo of me in my white bellbottom jumper.

[@janflewelling6277]

I agree. I've got an election nite hangover and just can't hear one more news story. 💔Getting through work so can't start the drinking for a few hours. Thank goodness for music. 😟

[@messiahsbythesackful6267]

@janflewelling6277 Music is how I cope, too. And it's endless, unlike a Rx of xanax.

[@Defmusicman1]

Steve matches the guitar solo note for note with his voice. Amazing!!

[@KaidenOrgana]

The Steve Perry era will forever be my favorite, there were so many amazing songs from that incarnation of the band.

[@FinallyTuned]

“Walks Like a Lady” and “Stone in Love” by Journey

[@summersun7320]

Yesss two great ones

[@wildcat1790]

Send her my love and after the fall are underrated

[@aaroncote6750]

It’s funny, I talk to friends and being guitarists we all have a different favorite from them. Check out “Stone In Love”, one of my favs of them and very underrated! Thanks BP for keeping it real and us entertained!

[@baimun]

Once you've fully embraced Neal Schon it's time to break out the live tunes on Hagar Schon Aaronson Shrieve album HSAS. ☮💜🎶

[@russelldumis1345]

I ALWAYS ASSUMED THE WHEEL IN THE SKY IS THE SUN TRAVELING ACROSS THE SKY TO THE NEXT DAY

[@ruthlafler5622]

I did, too, but I like the idea of the constellations.

[@xxlordbelxx1368]

So glad you put this out today. Huge thank you; from a personal place.. I hope it doesn't take too long for you to check out "Lights". Fair warning it's a slower/ groovier song.

[@loridanarandolph2648]

Live version from Japan 1980 played together with Stay Awhile ❤ Steve's vocals are amazing!

[@goosebump801]

Yes! Amazing song ❤️❤️❤️

[@theoddityshoppe]

It's about time, life, death...we just go round and round and it never stops, the world keeps turning. The universal system. Circle of life...Classic rock. Good one for the funeral playlist...it's on mine. :)

[@goosebump801]

There can never be too much Journey 👍❤️

[@terrylynnheinrich8777]

His voice gives me chills every time!

[@hubertfarnsworth3622]

i personally believe that the wheel in the sky is representing the cycles of existence, life, matter, joy, pain, wars, basically everything, the complexities of the universe that are clearly designed with a function beyond what is observable, and as such can only be described as a cycle.

[@johnendicott8595]

Journey is so much more than ballads. Keep going down the rabbit hole.

[@stuwalls96]

You have to listen to "Once You Love Somebody" and "Why Can't This Night Go on Forever". Neither have any music videos or live performances on KZbin cause both are two of Journey's most underrated songs. Both are from their album Raised on Radio that went double platinum - truly one of their best albums.

[@JRNYSPMEDIA]

I'll Be Alright Without You LIVE by journey is a MUST!

[@karenallen8388]

The WHEEL is the rotation from day to day on the road touring ❤

[@NatPat-yj2or]

No it's not. It's about the universe and time always moving and there is nothing we can do to stop it and that we are it's mercy.

[@karenallen8388]

@@NatPat-yj2or I think we are sort of saying the same thing yet different. A song can mean different things to different people and the author is the creator. Thanks though

[@joeblow-ic5ov]

The morning sun is rising, it’s kissin’ the day..one of the best lines ever

[@ClubOohLaLa-fq3sb]

Feeling That Way is, in my opinion, the best Journey song (along with Lights and Faithfully).

[@kitten9186]

I was 15 when I first heard this song. A carny at the carnival had it blasting and my shy self went and asked him who that was singing...that is how I was introduced to Journey....have loved them ever since and I am now 61....

[@SPOCK_TALK]

🔥 One of the greatest bands ever 🔥

[@amymeier1239]

My favorite Journey song! Great reaction!

[@whatlolawants2167]

Seriously?!

[@donnamccully1703]

I really enjoy your reactions to Journey and Steve Perry. Thank you very much.They have so many great songs to choose from that you could react to. A couple other great Journey song suggestions are "Stone In Love," "Send Her My Love," "Still They Ride," and "Foolish Heart" from Steve Perry's soloo album "Street Talk." On a side note, Steve Perry liked too dress sexy for us ladies and those were the fashions back then. I like your channel very much.

[@CLKYT]

Been waiting for this!!! ❤

[@kevinehle6637]

This is the actual first big Steve Perry led band big hit. Not Lovin Touchin Squeezin. The song ' Lights' is there 2nd big song in the early days that launched Journey's rise!

[@cden409]

Time passes by, no one knows what happens tomorrow

[@CreativeMagique]

The wheel in the sky is time. You’re absolutely right. The constellations are a clock.

[@gloriaricarte1622]

My favorite Song that Journey sings love it keep them coming ❤❤

[@MrJohnw2454]

The constant rotation of life could explain the "Wheel "

[@MikePhillips-pl6ov]

My favourite by them. Great riff, excellent vocals and harmonies, catchy chorous

[@rebeccacurtis6680]

70s fashion. Perry looked awesome in that outfit. Neil's fro was epic. Told you about that unbelievably high note of Steve's during the instrumental portion. This was a huge hit & still one of my favorites. Early Journey had a bit of a different sound. Perry had been part of The Sullies before Journey. I believe they were more bluesy. Johnathan Cain said once that it amazed him when Steve was practicing & sounded just like he did in concert or in studio. He never missed. Loved the reaction, BP. 😊

[@kellykeegan3569]

Journey is bar none one of the best bands ever due in part to Steve Perry’s vocals and the lyrics of their songs. Lightening in a bottle for sure.

[@bobbyskinner3720]

This was written for the old singer before Steve Perry joined so it has an older feel. This was te first album with steve so it has a mix of material. They had a little more reliance on the instruments before they got the best voice in Rock!

[@shadow1674]

Awesome song thank you thank you thank you❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@AuthorLaurieAnnSmith]

I love Journey and this song is so phenomenal! I was 13 when this was released and it had so much airplay!! I had all of their albums and saw them live for the Escape Tour Albuquerque NM 1981!!! That was one of the absolute best concerts I have ever seen to date!! Thanks BP!!

[@TracyBoatman]

Thanks!

[@BlackPegasusRaps]

thank you so much for your extra support, it’s greatly appreciated! Much love

[@kerrijohnson2303]

I’m 55 now. Seem tons of rock shows in my life. Saw Journey three times in the 1980’s. Only band I ever saw live that sounded almost 100% as good as studio recordings. Steve Perry had a one of a kind voice ( he doesn’t now..he’s in his 70’s and his voice is scratchy, gravely, raw and he’s lost his insane vocal range). He still puts out music but it’s nothing like stuff he sang in Journey. I’d give anything to go back in time to see them again. Never paid more that $15 each time for a ticket either. This song was off their first album and was either their first single release/video release i think. It’s always been one of my favs by them because of that insane guitar solo that Steve sings too on a single breath. It’s a lllooonnnnggh guitar solo. A bit of rock trivia..guitarist with the Afro and silky robe on is Neil Schon who was a/the founding member and came to Journey from playing with Santana. I hate it for new Journey fans because the current band lineup still touring is nowhere near as good as early alive Journey. Plus it costs a whole lot more than $15 to see them. 😳

[@yaris-612]

This song is from Infinity (1978) the first album with Perry, but the fourth for Journey

[@lorigibbs2379]

style is 70 s voice is timeless

[@starburstppl]

"Wheel in the Sky" was released in 1978 and describes the newly arrived winter, as he is lamenting not having been home "in a year or more." He is missing home and longing to return and reconnect with an unnamed woman, and he hopes that "she holds on a little bit longer." He sings forlornly of "running down a dusty road" and admits, "I can't take this very much longer." Throughout the refrain narrator notes the "wheel in the sky" which "keeps on turning," and hence can be interpreted as Diane Valory's metaphor for the various twists and turns of the narrator's life on the road as he repeatedly emphasizes, "I don't know where I'll be tomorrow." Alternatively, the wheel in the sky has often denoted the sun, which "keeps turning" as the Earth rotates on its axis, with each successive turn marking the passage of another day, bringing one closer to an anticipated date or event-in this case the narrator's reunion with the woman.

[@jbockman4170]

That song is from the Infinity album. The two songs (Something to Hide and Winds of March) that follow Wheel in the Sky on the Infinity album are fire! You got check them out.

[@Cchan53]

This song ( I asked for it quite awhile ago...before you even did Dont Stop Believin) this and Lovin, Touching, Squeezing are my 2 favorites of theirs !!❤❤

[@renelpatat]

The tune I waited so long for your reaction! Notice this was one of their first hits? Jonathan Cain wasn’t on keyboards, Greg Rolle was. Thank you for noticing that Perry WAS that wicked cool sound while Neal Schon was doing his solo! Great tune and likely my favorite, although there’s SO much Journey has done since!

[@soohiogal]

I love your reactions to the music I grew up to!! I was truly blessed to be born when I was and experience all the talents that changed music forever. I'm 71 yrs old, but I still blast the music of my past everyday. Today I use Alexa, Spotify......etc instead of vinyl records and my RTR tower speakers. Makes me feel younger than I am. Love it!!

[@sherryramirez6329]

😍😍😍😍 One of my Fav songs of theirs and this is the EARLIER version . They changed it later on and speeded it up.

[@dvaderwasframed]

This is my favorite album of theirs. Great song after song. Lights is another epic song!

[@halcyonpoet]

"Be Good To Yourself" from the Raised on Radio album is another favorite and something we need to remind ourselves of at times.

[@thnkx]

The wheel is the sun. It turns as time goes on and seasons change. We orbit the sun. Round and round like a wheel. This is rock and roll. A power ballad.

[@sean_b_drummer]

BP, you were on the right track. The Great Wheel in the Sky is the apparent "backdrop", upon which, the sun, the moon, and the stars/constellations APPEAR to spin above us. As many Astronomers have noted, we live inside the most beautiful and astounding clock. It tells the time, the day, the month, and the season. The last of which he mentions in the song.

[@jewls9697]

I literally just put my tablet down. It had Steve Perry's Christmas album...The Season 3. I didn't know he had Christmas albums But I'm not that big of a Christmas music fan. He just realeased a single from it. Of course not originally from him. It was...What a Wonderful World. It was absolutely beautiful, as expected!! ❤ me some Steve Perry!!

[@bintheredonethat]

I was in the concert biz back in the and was at a BBQ that Robert Fleischman, co-wrote WIS, was also at. While chatting he said he needed a ride to the airport. Told him I had to go that way anyway and I'd take him. We left in my Buick LeSabre convertible & song came on the radio. He looked over, shouted over the wind, I love this song, and cranked the volume all the way. I dove for knob as my speakers immediately began to clip. He was like, sorry man. I was, like no prob nothing blown. Made to the airport without further incident. ;0)

[@Howtowithyouknowwho]

Wheel of Life. Constantly moving and turning.

[@gaiavenus]

One of my top favourite from Journey, love this song and video. Love your channel and subscribed to both ☺👍❤

[@neillenet291]

"I don't like lookin dumb on this channel." That's one of the things we love about ya. 😅

[@x0539p]

A lot of reactors miss the high C note Steve Perry does along with the guitar solo, good on you for noticing. Love Journey & Steve’s voice is amazing.

[@actuariallurker9650]

When Steve goes higher up then the guitar that isn’t falsetto but actual head voice - he is that talented hitting a C5 note like Ariana Grande or Mariah Carey even though he’s a guy

[@billkeithchannel]

The sky is the most perfect timepiece. It rotates over the still earth in perfect timing marking the days, months, years, and cycles.

[@TeresaOverholt-ky1ct]

Ya know, I've been listening to this music for over forty years and I didn't know what a wheel in the sky is either lol, thanks for making me think Pegasus 😂❤🎉😮

[@paranoiaaa4126]

Any Journey reaction is great! I'd love to see you react to Feeling That Way. My favorite! ❤

[@gennyyelton4392]

My first thought was stop bragging about not being born yet 😂then I thought about you missing this the first time around and the joy you bring discovering it with us❤ It's about time slipping by while you are working. I always thought of the wheel as the sun rising and falling

[@OneArmedRetroGamer]

Journey is such a love hate band for me. Really dig this one, faithfully and open arms. Can't stand don't stop believing, separate ways and loving, touching, squeezing.

[@kel5423]

Same here

[@maryb8150]

And I love Separate Ways….but hate the video for it.

[@ms.lisamarie82]

JOURNEYYYYYYYYY

[@actuariallurker9650]

One of my favorite Journey songs

[@kali550]

This is from the Infinity album and honestly, the whole album is 🔥. Definitely an underrated album in their catalog. Wheel in the sky, i always interpreted it as a metaphor for time. It keeps moving.

[@jenjenb7634]

This takes me back to Jr. High days. This song was very big.

[@cynthiachilders3942]

Love this! ❤️ More suggestions: Who’s Crying Now (live from Houston ‘81), Send Her My Love, Why Can’t This Night Go On Forever, Edge of the Blade, Ask the Lonely.

[@cynthiachilders3942]

And also … Lights!

[@tiacalhoun3841]

The sun is the wheel in the sky!!! 😉

[@beckiramsey9561]

Definitely one of my fav groups!! Great song!!❤❤ 😂I was 10 YO when this came out!!

[@davidsonchris737]

I believe it's the rotation of the 🌎

[@spiritfist5204]

The wheel in the sky means life is like a wheel in the sky keeps on turning like the sun rises and sets. At least that what I picked up. Great reaction. Try journey - send here my love or I'll be alright with out you ✌️