The Josh Innes Show - Journey's New Charlie Kirk Song

Episode Date: October 8, 2025

Well, it's not actually a journey song. It's written and performed by Jonathan Cain. It's pretty mediocre. It's also a strange subject. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Keyboardish Jonathan Kane wrote a song for right-wing activist Charlie Kirk. Oh, boy, what could go wrong there? Let's hear this song. We'll do that after these words. Boy, how great would it be if, you know, journeys out there touring with Def Leopard or something and like right in the middle of doing any way you wanted and don't stop believing. It's like, hey, here's our latest. It's a song about the right wing activist Charlie Kirk. I'm sure all of you will really enjoy this very much. Let's see here. Let me play some of this. Boy, I feel like I should play this on the radio today and just like get the reactions of people. Like I know my boss doesn't want me to do political shit. But like I want to play songs like this and get the reactions from people because I need reactions from people. Like, no one calls, no one texts. It's depressing.

But it'd be exciting. Like, if I played this song and then you'd get a combo of people, like one group of people saying, this is awful, and they'd be saying, it's great. It's all because of just who the song is about. They would not care at all about what the song sounds like. Kane is a devout, I did not know this, but Kane is a devout born-again Christian whose minister-wife, Paula White, Kane, served as President Trump's spiritual advisor and delivered him the invocation at his first inauguration.

I did not know that. Let's play some of this song and see what it. it sounds like about Charlie Cain. We as Christians are called to go into the public arena. Oh, and we get like little clips at the beginning. And already, just the first like five seconds of this sounds just like a journey song. Correct error with truth. So I go to college campuses and there's a lot of error.

We're all sinners. We are all living error. I'm far more interested in what God wants of me than what I want from God. to face the enemy and overcome it all again i've got one thing here i didn't even know who this guy was until he got shot again maybe that's on me maybe i should have i had heard of the guy knew nothing about him but i honestly didn't know a ton about this guy now journey is performing songs about him make the word of god come to life it's like Journey meets Michael W. Smith.

Meet Striper. We find peace when there's no hope in sight. Faith comes from hearing eternally proclaiming he is the way the truth of light I feelin those not believing

saving souls who are receiving It's resurrection The finish works of Christ I feel like we're kind of overreacting a little bit To who this guy was Like you're basically making it sound like this guy was Jesus No one else Reached Generations

Could heal with truth and conversation Setting all differences aside I wonder if this guy is aware That there were also a lot of people that hated this person Just to throw, again, I have nothing for or against this human Because I didn't know who this person was Or what his messaging was Until he died and I started hearing about him

And watch people fight over him But I feel like this person is basically singing about Jesus no one else good question hey turn hearts and minds with true debate from the battle our nation will arise faithful servant you've done well no one else and then there's like the little journey like licks in the middle of it Like it sounds like a little lick in there in the middle Like now all of a sudden it's you know

You know who's crying now You get a little bit of that lick in there in the middle You're like, here's a song about a man Who's basically Jesus Yeah Bair-near-Neer-Neer-Neer-N-Eer-N-Ear-W. And like it goes from being like Michael W. Smith To like a little touch of journey.

It determines destiny Time and treasures You gave unselfishly Again, like This sounds like it's a song about Mother Teresa And not some like Divisive political person Now I know, like maybe this guy wasn't intending to be divisive

And maybe he was truly the most sincere, Nicest human on the planet But whether or not you believe that, the reality is there's about 50% of the country that also thinks this guy was a racist lunatic. The way this song is being performed, you would think this person, like when Princess Diana died and we didn't have social media. So like basically the whole world thought Princess Diana was the greatest human ever. And Elton John's out there like, goodbye, England rose. And you're like, yeah. Princess Diana, greatest human ever.

Like, it's not like that. This isn't that scenario here. Whether it should or shouldn't be as, you can debate that. But the reality is, this is not a situation like that. Stood anointed to guide God's kingdom strong. Like, I really hope Journey does this in concert. Like, do you think that old Jonathan came from Journey when he meets with the band before they go out on tour? Like, they're going to tour again next year.

And apparently they're going to sing like deeper tracks and play longer. Like, cool. That's what people want from Journey. but like do you think that like he meets the band and he's like all right guys i know that we planned on doing a lot you know a little any way you want it a little who's crying now a little uh love and touch and squeezing but i was wondering if maybe we could squeeze in my six-minute song about charlie k a kirk you guys in on that or no Also, I like the

Also, I like the intimation here, because this song is called No One Else. That intimates that there was no other human on the planet that was capable of delivering the messaging that this guy delivered. So basically, this guy was a saint. Now, Kane tells Strange report, I wanted to honor Charlie's movement. I wanted to contribute to what I believe he stood for, and that was righteousness, truth, and the gospel. And without being a pastor, I had to stop and think. Not since Billy Graham has anyone rocked the world like Charlie when it comes to the pure amount of how many schools he went to and how ferocious and fearless he was.

So now our old buddy here was Billy Graham. Also, this song has three more fucking minutes. Is uncertain The spiritual battles you survive Let God's congregation Do you think he went to Like Steve Perry before this? I get Steve Perry's not a journey

But do you think he went to Steve Perry before this And was like, hey listen man I was wondering if you could sing this song for me Like I mean, put your Your put your special Steve Perry touch Like it wouldn't be something that this song just would have started with Should have been gone

Knowing how I made you feel We need an appreciation With faith and purpose You have blessed us through the ears Sing in exultation We need an appreciation We need an appreciation song For what he did said Cain

And when they described him as irreplaceable The song I was writing, which was entitled No One Else, No one else could wear the mantle. The calling on his life was so strong. God used him in such a powerful, powerful way in so many layers of different discussions that young people finally got the chance to discuss. There was a one-sided thing,

and he saw how one-sided it was, and I admired his courage. I need a liberal Jimmy Kimmel response song No one else Regenerations Could heal with truth and conversation Setting all differences aside I also like that this

So I read the show prep websites that are used by radio people, right? And that's why I found this. It's like the top story on there. And I know that if I play this, my boss will probably get mad at me and they'll be like, you know, we shouldn't do political stuff. I'm like, then stop telling the show prep motherfuckers to put it in the fucking shit. I would have never seen it otherwise. What would have been like the liberal version of this? Like who would like what like low end has been a type artist would perform a liberal reaction song to this? Trying to think of someone super. I'm trying to think of someone super duper liberal type like the dude who was the singer in red jumpsuit apparatus who said that he didn't

want trump people going to his show remember that story from a couple months ago the lead singer of red jumpsuit apparatus the band responsible for face down that gentleman said that he didn't want right wing people coming to his show maybe his response song could be about jimmy kimmel like no one else too and it's all about how no one else could be a hero like jimmy kimmel i want the i want I want a return track. That's what I'm looking for here. I want a follow-up to this. I want a response track about how big of a hero Jimmy Kimmel is. Do it, Guy from Red Jump Suit Apparatus.