Arnel Fans

I’m trying to relive the moment Neal Schon discovered Arnel Pineda. After two frustrating days searching for a lead singer on the internet, Neal was about to give up, but it’s a good thing he didn’t. He continued on with the search, he stumbled on a video of Arnel Pineda singing a Survivor song. This is based on Journey’s interview with Rockline.

Which Survivor song was it? Now, there are only three videos uploaded by Noel Gomez with Arnel singing Survivor songs. Two of the videos are different takes of “The Search is Over,” while the other video is “Ever Since The World Began.”

I have reason to believe that “The Search is Over” is THE song! It’s the popular one of the two songs, plus there are two different videos of the same song. Just numbers, baby! So, I think it is safe to say, Neal saw “The Search Is Over.” How fitting that is! Neal’s search is literally over after he found Arnel! So, here’s now the famous video:

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Based on numerous interviews, Neal saw several videos that night, but he especially mentioned seeing Faithfully. So, here’s Arnel Pineda and the Zoo’s version of Faithfully. This particular video has over 2 million downloads. And one more note, Happy Birthday, Wency! That girl is famous now. lol.

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CNN’s report is slightly different. Hmmm. It has a video of Arnel singing “Don’t Stop Believin.”

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Well, like they all say, the rest is history!