Great Article on Steve Perry's voice

[Tito]

Can someone sum it up?

Steve Perry is the GREATEST VOICE EVER!!!

I already knew that.

Debatable. I would've like a little longer resume than 5+ years.

I'll take his voice from 1981-1986 over anyone else's.

You mean '78-'83. Perhaps through '86.

[Art Vandelay]

Can someone sum it up?

Steve Perry is the GREATEST VOICE EVER!!!

I already knew that.

Debatable. I would've like a little longer resume than 5+ years.

I'll take his voice from 1981-1986 over anyone else's.

Actually, I was being an SA. I have not read this in its entirety, but this did catch my eye....
(The author is referencing Francis Albert Sinatra).....
"quite possibly the greatest singer of all time." :shock:
Now, ol' blue eyes had one hell of a voice, BUT.....NO!!!!

His voice may not have been everyone's preference, but he had pipes and vocal control like no other. He would actually show up at the studio in the morning, AFTER boozing and partying it up all night, and nail the recording in one take.

To be fair his lazy drawl was probably suited to performing after a night on the town. Its not like he was performing any kind of vocal gymnastics after all.

BINGO!!!
His voice was definitely sexy though!!!

Perry's my boy, but Sinatra may be one of the most unique and inspiring vocalists ever. Way too often imitated....never duplicated.I'm Italian – I HAVE to feel this way.

Well I'm NOT Italian and I agree!!!

Well then consider yourself an honorary Paison

[Michigan Girl]

Well I'm NOT Italian and I agree!!!

Well then consider yourself an honorary Paison

I am deeply honored....Thank you!!!

[Matthew]

Can someone sum it up?

Steve Perry is the GREATEST VOICE EVER!!!

I already knew that.

Debatable. I would've like a little longer resume than 5+ years.

I'll take his voice from 1981-1986 over anyone else's.

You mean '78-'83. Perhaps through '86.

How anyone can hear Perry's vocals on ROR and say "perhaps" is beyond me...

[Deb]

Can someone sum it up?

Steve Perry is the GREATEST VOICE EVER!!!

I already knew that.

Debatable. I would've like a little longer resume than 5+ years.

I'll take his voice from 1981-1986 over anyone else's.

You mean '78-'83. Perhaps through '86.

How anyone can hear Perry's vocals on ROR and say "perhaps" is beyond me...

Agreed, definitely my favorite vocals of his, no question!

[Matthew]

Can someone sum it up?

Steve Perry is the GREATEST VOICE EVER!!!

I already knew that.

Debatable. I would've like a little longer resume than 5+ years.

I'll take his voice from 1981-1986 over anyone else's.

You mean '78-'83. Perhaps through '86.

How anyone can hear Perry's vocals on ROR and say "perhaps" is beyond me...

Agreed, definitely my favorite vocals of his, no question!

Agreed Deb..and I'd go further and say it's actually the greatest vocal performance ever heard on a rock album. For all the flaws of the record and allowing too for the fact that Journey took the wrong direction commercially in 1986..in terms of the quality of the vocals alone nothing but nothing touches Perry on ROR.

[Saint John]

Can someone sum it up?

Steve Perry is the GREATEST VOICE EVER!!!

I already knew that.

Debatable. I would've like a little longer resume than 5+ years.

I'll take his voice from 1981-1986 over anyone else's.

You mean '78-'83. Perhaps through '86.

How anyone can hear Perry's vocals on ROR and say "perhaps" is beyond me...

And how anyone can have an avatar of Neal Schon where he looks like Chico DeBarge is beyond me!!!

[Don]

That's not Chico?

[finalfight]

Can someone sum it up?

Steve Perry is the GREATEST VOICE EVER!!!

I already knew that.

Debatable. I would've like a little longer resume than 5+ years.

I'll take his voice from 1981-1986 over anyone else's.

You mean '78-'83. Perhaps through '86.

How anyone can hear Perry's vocals on ROR and say "perhaps" is beyond me...

Agreed, definitely my favorite vocals of his, no question!

Agreed Deb..and I'd go further and say it's actually the greatest vocal performance ever heard on a rock album. For all the flaws of the record and allowing too for the fact that Journey took the wrong direction commercially in 1986..in terms of the quality of the vocals alone nothing but nothing touches Perry on ROR.

Love Raised On Radio but there is no way that it could be rightfully described as a rock album. Its pure pop through and through.

[Tito]

How anyone can hear Perry's vocals on ROR and say "perhaps" is beyond me...

Agreed, definitely my favorite vocals of his, no question![/quote]

Agreed Deb..and I'd go further and say it's actually the greatest vocal performance ever heard on a rock album. For all the flaws of the record and allowing too for the fact that Journey took the wrong direction commercially in 1986..in terms of the quality of the vocals alone nothing but nothing touches Perry on ROR.[/quote]

I'll give you the album, but I was more refering to the tour.

[Matthew]

Can someone sum it up?

Steve Perry is the GREATEST VOICE EVER!!!

I already knew that.

Debatable. I would've like a little longer resume than 5+ years.

I'll take his voice from 1981-1986 over anyone else's.

You mean '78-'83. Perhaps through '86.

How anyone can hear Perry's vocals on ROR and say "perhaps" is beyond me...

And how anyone can have an avatar of Neal Schon where he looks like Chico DeBarge is beyond me!!!

At last! I was hoping one of the Goons would flinch at the sight of with Schon looking like a total Miami Vice ponce in his pink jacket singing Girl Can't Help It. Goes to show that the hero to all the macho messageboard warriors on this board happily gayed it up with the best of them....or do you blame Perry for the jacket too?

[Saint John]

Can someone sum it up?

Steve Perry is the GREATEST VOICE EVER!!!

I already knew that.

Debatable. I would've like a little longer resume than 5+ years.

I'll take his voice from 1981-1986 over anyone else's.

You mean '78-'83. Perhaps through '86.

How anyone can hear Perry's vocals on ROR and say "perhaps" is beyond me...

Agreed, definitely my favorite vocals of his, no question!

Agreed Deb..and I'd go further and say it's actually the greatest vocal performance ever heard on a rock album. For all the flaws of the record and allowing too for the fact that Journey took the wrong direction commercially in 1986..in terms of the quality of the vocals alone nothing but nothing touches Perry on ROR.

I prefer Frontiers to ROR if for no other reason than the vocals on After The Fall, Faithfully, and Ask The Lonely. Separate Ways wasn't too shabby, either!!!

[Matthew]

Love Raised On Radio but there is no way that it could be rightfully described as a rock album. Its pure pop through and through.

It's not pure pop. Listen to pop music from the 80s and there's a clear difference. It was still an AOR album.

[Michigan Girl]

Sorry Matthew, the Chico comment was funny!!!

I agree w/you, however, about ROR....LOVE IT!!!

[Matthew]

I prefer Frontiers to ROR if for no other reason than the vocals on After The Fall, Faithfully, and Ask The Lonely. Separate Ways wasn't too shabby, either!!!

True Saint John...for me Frontiers comes a close second....

[Matthew]

:lol:
Sorry Matthew, the Chico comment was funny!!!

I agree w/you, however, about ROR....LOVE IT!!!

You mean this guy?

[Don]

:lol:
Sorry Matthew, the Chico comment was funny!!!

I agree w/you, however, about ROR....LOVE IT!!!

You mean this guy?

Looks like he found out "Who's Holding Donna Now" and he is pissed

[Matthew]

Now I think I get what Saint John was talking about....

[Michigan Girl]

Now I think I get what Saint John was talking about....

I really am LMAO....!!!

[Saint John]

Now I think I get what Saint John was talking about....

BINGO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Saint John]

I can't believe you fuckers haven't called my ass out for remembering what Chico DeBarge looks like!!! Wait til stevew2 sees this!!!

[RedWingFan]

I can't believe you fuckers haven't called my ass out for remembering what Chico DeBarge looks like!!! Wait stevew2 sees this!!!

I'm glad I had no idea who the hell that was or what the hell you guys were talking about until this post.

[Saint John]

I can't believe you fuckers haven't called my ass out for remembering what Chico DeBarge looks like!!! Wait stevew2 sees this!!!

I'm glad I had no idea who the hell that was or what the hell you guys were talking about until this post.

Me too.

[Michigan Girl]

I can't look at this page w/out bursting into loud bouts of laughter....but when the page turns,
I will have something to say!!!!! I can't look at Matthew's av ANYMORE!!!!
I'm taking a BREAK!!!

[Deb]

Can someone sum it up?

Steve Perry is the GREATEST VOICE EVER!!!

I already knew that.

Debatable. I would've like a little longer resume than 5+ years.

I'll take his voice from 1981-1986 over anyone else's.

You mean '78-'83. Perhaps through '86.

How anyone can hear Perry's vocals on ROR and say "perhaps" is beyond me...

Agreed, definitely my favorite vocals of his, no question!

Agreed Deb..and I'd go further and say it's actually the greatest vocal performance ever heard on a rock album. For all the flaws of the record and allowing too for the fact that Journey took the wrong direction commercially in 1986..in terms of the quality of the vocals alone nothing but nothing touches Perry on ROR.

I prefer Frontiers to ROR if for no other reason than the vocals on After The Fall, Faithfully, and Ask The Lonely. Separate Ways wasn't too shabby, either!!!

Well that makes it a little tougher, throwing After The Fall in there. His vocals are stellar on that one......same with Only the Young. ROR vocals still top it for me (love his vocal tone on songs like It Could Have Been You and Girl Can't Help It, but Frontiers is thisclose behind.

[finalfight]

Love Raised On Radio but there is no way that it could be rightfully described as a rock album. Its pure pop through and through.

It's not pure pop. Listen to pop music from the 80s and there's a clear difference. It was still an AOR album.

P P! Or Pop/rock at the very least. Its certainly not an out and out rock album. Sits nicely with Peter Gabriel's So from the same year in that respect. Even Judas Priest followed the trend with the poptastic Turbo!

[stevew2]

Think I'll print that article off and read it at bedtime instead of a book!
There's enough pages there to wallpaper a room!

What are you thinkin about?

[aardivark]

I know she's not a rock singer, but she has one POWERFUL voice - Dame Shirley Bassey. She is lauded for still having a voice and, ok, she can still belt out the James Bond Themes at the age of seventy or whatever, but she does maybe six shows a year.

Yes, that dame can sing. "I'd like to run away from you . . ."

[ProgRocker53]

RoR is a FANTASTIC album...

Not quite 100% pop, and it even has rockier moments... the title track has just as much teeth as many other songs from the era. Throw in BGTY, OYLS, and various other moments throughout the rest of the album and it did carry a "rock" vibe throughout, even if most songs were mid-tempo.

This Journey album makes me "feel" more than all others except for possibly TBF.. and for listeners like me who get emotionally attached to music, that carries a whole bunch of weight.

Very, VERY good record.

[SusieP]

RoR is a FANTASTIC album...

Not quite 100% pop, and it even has rockier moments... the title track has just as much teeth as many other songs from the era. Throw in BGTY, OYLS, and various other moments throughout the rest of the album and it did carry a "rock" vibe throughout, even if most songs were mid-tempo.

This Journey album makes me "feel" more than all others except for possibly TBF.. and for listeners like me who get emotionally attached to music, that carries a whole bunch of weight.

Very, VERY good record.

Why is there no DVD of the tour?
It should be out there if only for us to look at those clothes and hairstyles.