An awesome voice
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randbanks — 21 years ago(September 20, 2004 06:10 PM)
I personally think that Steve Perry has one of the best, and strongest voices ever. Journey is one of my favorite groups and still is with Steve Augeri who's great. Steve was able to go out and have some great songs solo. I picked up Trial by fire, as soon as it came out because someone said that he wasn't on the album. I knew that he was as soon as the first track started playing. Wish he would return, but if he doesn't that's fine by me. Steve Augeri is no slouch, he's got a great voice too. But, in the end, he's not of Steve Perry's caliber.
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Moonshadow1968 — 21 years ago(September 21, 2004 02:10 PM)
I've been saying for many years that Steve Perry has an amazing voice.
Quite simply - I think he's got THE BEST male signing voice in contemporary rock music. I'd love to hear him do duet with some of the divas - Mariah Carey, Oleta Adams (who covered either Open Arms or Who's Crying Now a few years ago), Whitney Houston, Anita Bakeror even Aretha Franklin, Cher, Madonna, Pat Benetar (A classically trained opera singer turned powerhouse rock diva) or even the Wilson sisters of Heart, Ann and Nancy
Hell, Id even settle for Brittany SpearsBrittany CAN actually sing, based on what I saw on Star Search a few years back. If she'd just stop doing that annoying whiny pouty thing she's so notorious for and actually SING. I don't hold out much hope for that thoughstill, to see Perry duet with some of those other great voices
More than anything, I'd like to see Steve get back together with Journey.
Journey without Steve Perry is like Star Trek without the Enterprisethey're so tightly bound together its hard to imagine one without the other.
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red13rocks69 — 21 years ago(September 21, 2004 11:51 PM)
Steve Perry definately WAS one of the best voices in rock! The reason he IS not one of the best today or since the late nineties is because he is retired and he DOES NOT want to sing publicly anymore, he does not want to record anymore! He wants to live a private life, not a public one! He has not even worked as a lead vocalist since "Trial By Fire" which came out in 1996 and guess what that was eight years ago, eight long years. If he were to come back it would not be with Journey, he would be solo with another band! Neal, Jon, and Ross would never be in favor of it. Also, is the fact that in Steve's own words "There is no going back!". Besides that, the band has a lead vocalist, who is awesome, and unless you have seen him, you can't really say anything negative! If S.A. is not to your taste, ok fine, don't listen to them anymore and don't put other people down for still wanting to listen to them! Just b/c you don't like him does not mean he is not of the same caliber as S.P. I know people who like Journey's music more today with S.A. on lead then when it first came out. There are a few songs that I personally like the new versions better b/c I think, at times, Perry could be over the top in his perormance, watch the Greatest Hits dvd to see what I'm talking about. Think of it this way, I can not stand some of this new stuff that passes as music todayKorn, NIN, Rage Against The Machine, and many others that just scream into a microphone, run their fingers across a guitar, or pound on the drums without even trying to keep time. My point is that I don't listen to those groups to remind myself that I don't like them.
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red13rocks69 — 21 years ago(January 16, 2005 01:01 AM)
Actually, what you read somewhere is that there is a standing invation for him to perform with the band at any show that they are already performing at, this may or may not come true at the Walk of Fame concert that is set for next week at the House of Blues in Hollywood, the band is going to be getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Jan. 21, 2005. You mean he has not "accecpeted" and he never will. I at least do not see it happening. You think he does not want to sing for awhile! Try this: he does not want to sing ever again, at least not in the top spotlight that he was in before. You and the other Perry-heads out there need to move on with your lives. Think of it this way: Say the boss you work for wanted to retire, so he could spend time with family and do things that he always wanted to but never h16d0ad time. Now that the new boss has taken over, you and one of your co-workers are giving him a hard time because you like your first boss better. Since you don't like your new boss, you have two options: 1. Move on and find another job, where you will have a boss that you like better. 2. You can give the boss a chance and deal with it. What I'm saying is don't keep hoping that your boss will come back, because he most likely will not.