Thought's on journey

I was working today, listening to pandora online when an unexpected song came on. You see I was listening to the pandora station titled "the 90's" and they played Journey's "Don't stop believing"...

Dude, this song was not written in the 90's! It was certainly played in the 90s, by the radio or by the band themselves but the song was actually released on journey's 1981 album "Escape".

Why would this guy include journey on his playlist titled "the 90's", when it is clear this song was not released in the 90s? There is only one reason I can think of.....Because this song dominated in the 90s like it did in the 80s, like it does now!!! Seriously, I work with college students nowadays. These students were born the year I turned 14 (1988)! Depressing. One of my RAs, a major hard core rock guy, told me as he walked in my apartment and heard me playing journey: "dude this band is awesome!" The old guy likes journey. The young hard core braind shredding metal head likes journey and so does the guy who made the song list on pandora!!! Because journey is the cat's pajamas! Journey is timeless. Don't stop believing is an incredible rock anthem and with some bands: they just stop at one; not journey. They have other major rockers like: Just ask the lonely; wheel in the sky; any way you want it (My kids love this one); and one of the most butt kicking rock songs of all time: separate ways (world's apart). It should be required for every human being to at least once a year, turn this song up full blast; roll the windows down in your car, scream the words along with the song, and play air guitar with your nose scrunched up, eyes squinting with each note and mouth frozen in a painful looking snarl. (editor's note: It's a rule that when you play an epic guitar solo you must look constipated. ) Not all of us can be rock gods, but with this song, we can experience otherwordly power; pumping our fists with Rock Zeus authority.... This is the gift journey gave us.. This is the gift they still give us. they rocked me today, in my tiny office! May they continue to rock hard and strong, I know they will on my ipod!!!