Foto: Matt Becker
1981 gelingt der Band Journey mit “Don’t Stop Believin” weltweit ein Riesenhit.
Die Zutaten: Ein eingängiges Intro von Keyboarder Gregg Rolie, die Melodie ist catchy, geht gut ins Ohr und hat mit der Titelzeile eine motivierende, positiv aufmunternde Botschaft.
Der Song wurde oft gecovert und ist bis heute fester Bestandteil im Set der kalifornischen Rockgruppe um Mastermind Neal Schon:
Just a small town girl
Livin’ in a lonely world
She took the midnight train goin’ anywhere
Just a city boy
Born and raised in south Detroit
He took the midnight train goin’ anywhere
A singer in a smoky room
The smell of wine and cheap perfume
For a smile they can share the night
It goes on and on and on and on
Strangers waiting
Up and down the boulevard
Their shadows searching in the nights
Street lights people
Living just to find emotion
Hiding somewhere in the nights
Working hard to get my fill,
Everybody wants a thrill
Payin’ anything to roll the dice
Just one more time
Some will win, some will lose
Some were born to sing the blues
Oh, the movie never ends
It goes on and on and on and on
Strangers waiting
Up and down the boulevard
Their shadows searching in the nights
Street lights people
Living just to find emotion
Hiding somewhere in the nights
Don’t stop believin’
Hold on to that feelin’
Street lights people
Don’t stop believin’
Hold on to that feelin’
Street lights people
Don’t stop believin’
Hold on to that feelin’
Street lights people
