Journey - Greatest Hits DVD 1978-1997 - Music Videos & Live Performances
It will be many years beforeJourney's musicwill be known as anything  but soupy '70s arena rock and embarrassingly overwrought '80s pop. But  that day will come: the songs and the playing are just too good for the  scorn and ridicule to endure forever.Journey: Greatest Hits DVD  1978-1997will do little, however, to hasten the band's salvation.  In fact, if it weren't such a gift to those who love the music, a case  could be made for suppressing the disc's video content, so unimaginative  is most of the directing and so damning is the attire (or lack thereof).But even if sweaty guys running around in tight jeans and no underwear  isn't really your thing, the disc has its treats. There's MTV nostalgia,  pure and simple--"Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)," with its mimed quayside  performance and strutting high-heeled model, is perhaps the  quintessential "What were they thinking?" video. We also get exciting  glimpses of the early band (with keyboardist Gregg Rolie passing the  lead-vocal torch to newcomer Steve Perry) kicking out classics like  "Feeling That Way," "Lights," and "Just the Same Way." Many of the songs  feature live audio as well as video, and it's here, most notably in  "Who's Crying Now" and "Stone in Love," that lead guitarist Neal Schon  cuts loose with some extended licks. An unexpected pleasure is 1996's  heartfelt ballad "When You Love a Woman." The guys are aging gracefully,  Steve Smith's drumming is better than ever, and the video itself boasts  the most tasteful production of the bunch.--Michael Mikesell