For all those who have not yet seen this clip from CNN or have gotten that email thread about a small-time filipino who has just gotten the singer-spot for JOURNEY. Arnel Pineda on CNN embedding was disabled by request so check it out on youtube. also check out his life story by Jessica Soho here.
He was once sleeping on a bench on the street and look at him now. My buddy's friend who works at the US embassy had another story... Orange and Lemons had a gig in the US and was applying for a visa. They invited embassy guy to check them out in a nearby bar that evening. He did drop by and the gig was opened by this Zoo band and embassy guy couldn't believe his ears. The guy really sounded like Steve Perry of Journey. The next day, he overheard some debate with a colleage with one applicant. The american could not believe what the applicant said that he was going to the US to be Journey's new singer. So embassy guy took one look at him, recognized him from the night before and approved his visa.
it does your heart good to see some people who never stopped dreaming.
This is my world. This is who I am. And I'm not gonna give up myself to make your life better. And you want me to change. I can't get used to
all you want me to be and I just can't pretend to be anyone else 'cause it's not really me. - Darius Rucker
