The first three albums sound nothing like what most people recognize as Journey.
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Rainbow went from a great hard rock band with Ronnie James Dio on vocals to a Foreigner clone.
Indeed; it eventually got to the point where I couldn't tell the difference between Genesis' music and Phil Collins' solo music.
In reality, most of the songs that I like the best were sung by Ben Orr.
Moving in Stereo should've gotten way more airplay.
I think it's because the people in charge of them are also narcissistic sociopaths
...which is probably an unspoken job requirement.
Honestly, it's mind-boggling how the top 1% have us believing their relentless greed is just the norm and that we're helpless to do anything about it.
Nothing new; George Carlin was railing against this back in 2005:
(NSFW - language)
but 4 out of 5 times people can’t
...or don't want to
Edit: For what it's worth, posted this comment a few days ago.
Sometimes it's a matter of necessity:
For tech-weary Midwest farmers, 40-year-old tractors now a hot commodity
Probably the best article to date about what is truly going on -- very comprehensive and well documented.