{"id":30077,"date":"2024-08-06T18:03:24","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T18:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/journeys-neal-schon-was-terrified-about-glee-using-dont-stop-believin\/"},"modified":"2024-08-06T18:03:24","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T18:03:24","slug":"journeys-neal-schon-was-terrified-about-glee-using-dont-stop-believin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/journeys-neal-schon-was-terrified-about-glee-using-dont-stop-believin\/","title":{"rendered":"Journey’s Neal Schon was \u201cterrified\u201d about ‘Glee’ using \u201cDon\u2019t Stop Believin\u2019\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Journey circa 1981; Paul Natkin\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Earlier this year, <\/span>Forbes<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/a> reported that Journey<\/strong>\u2019s \u201cDon\u2019t Stop Believin’\u201d was \u201cofficially the biggest song of all time.\u201d But the band\u2019s guitarist and songwriter Neal Schon<\/strong> is still pretty shocked it has gotten as big as it has.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I first heard the finished song I knew it was special, but it took years to get to the place where it\u2019s a worldwide anthem,\u201d Schon tells <\/span>The Guardian<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/a>. \u201cEverybody has their own theory about why ‘Don\u2019t Stop Believin\u2019’ exploded in the new millennium.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

One of those theories has to do with its use in several movies and TV shows.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cFirst, there was the movie\u00a0<\/span>Monster<\/span><\/em>, with Charlize Theron<\/strong>. Then came\u00a0<\/span>The Sopranos\u00a0<\/span><\/em>\u2013 I remember my phone blowing up and all my friends saying: \u2018Man, did you see the final scene?\u2019\u201d he says.<\/span><\/p>\n

But it was the song\u2019s use in the pilot episode of <\/span>Glee<\/span><\/em><\/a> that brought the tune to a whole new audience, although Schon says he was initially a bit concerned about the song being on the program.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI was terrified by that because I thought it was a teenybopper show, not so cool for us,\u201d he says. \u201cLittle did I know that it would open up a younger generation to our music.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n

He adds, \u201cI\u2019m a rocker and a blues guy, and we always joke that if I think something is too schmaltzy, it\u2019s usually gonna be big!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Fans can hear “Don’t Stop Believin'” and other hit songs this summer on Journey’s Summer Stadium tour with Def Leppard<\/strong>. The tour hits Citi Field in New York on Wednesday. A complete list of tour dates can be found at journeymusic.com<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n