Steve Perry live show set list?

[bionic]

Much talk has been said regarding the state of Perry's voice and what he would be capable of pulling off live,i have a theory of how it could be done!
A band of top musicians maybe Steve Smith and Randy Jackson helping with two backing singers to help out on the top end of the songs,not to diffrent to the Brian Wilson touring band set up.Some songs could also be adjusted a little in key to help Steve.
The set list ( Not in order)
Only the Young
Girl Cant Help It
Oh Sherrie
Foolish Heart

Acoustic set ( softer versions of the more demanding songs)
Open Arms
Faithully
Missing You
Lights

I'll Be Alright Without You
After the Fall
Send Her My Love
Who's Crying Now/ Dixie Highway( sung by guitarist to give Steve a rest)

Steve talks about his influences
Sam Cooke song?

You Better Wait
Dont Stop Beliving
Seperate Ways
Anyway You Want It
(Backing singers help Steve with these numbers,he can hold the notes but in a lower register with the backing singers also holding the notes but higher)
Lovin Touchin Squeezin (Encore)

There you go,it would not be impossible for him to tour this show if there were not to many dates,what do you think?

[SteveForever]

[Red13JoePa]

I think he should work Knowing That You Love Me in there....I think he'd dig that, do well on it....

[Deb]

That is soooooooooooooo cute!

Sorry, but Still They Ride is a must IMO. He doesn't need as much high range for that one and I'm thinking he can still hold the notes. And, a guitarist singing "Dixie Highway"? Nooooooooooooooooooo!

[bionic]

That is soooooooooooooo cute!

Sorry, but Still They Ride is a must IMO. He doesn't need as much high range for that one and I'm thinking he can still hold the notes. And, a guitarist singing "Dixie Highway"? Nooooooooooooooooooo!

Yeah 'Still They Ride' would be cool i forgot that one, the Dixie Highway was just to give Steve a rest,now can someone email this to him
I truly belive that a set like this would be great for Steve and just while we are imagining this set ..Neal Schon comes on for the last number and hugs Steve and plays Lovin.....

[TRAGChick]

Much talk has been said regarding the state of Perry's voice and what he would be capable of pulling off live,i have a theory of how it could be done!
A band of top musicians maybe Steve Smith and Randy Jackson helping with two backing singers to help out on the top end of the songs,not to diffrent to the Brian Wilson touring band set up.Some songs could also be adjusted a little in key to help Steve.
The set list ( Not in order)
Only the Young
Girl Cant Help It
Oh Sherrie
Foolish Heart

Acoustic set ( softer versions of the more demanding songs)
Open Arms
Faithully
Missing You
Lights

I'll Be Alright Without You
After the Fall
Send Her My Love
Who's Crying Now/ Dixie Highway( sung by guitarist to give Steve a rest)

Steve talks about his influences
Sam Cooke song?

You Better Wait
Dont Stop Beliving
Seperate Ways
Anyway You Want It
(Backing singers help Steve with these numbers,he can hold the notes but in a lower register with the backing singers also holding the notes but higher)
Lovin Touchin Squeezin (Encore)

There you go,it would not be impossible for him to tour this show if there were not to many dates,what do you think?

"What do I think".....hmmmm....

No, no, my friend....MY question is: "Where do I sign up to audition to be a Backup Singer"??? LOL

[Deb]

Much talk has been said regarding the state of Perry's voice and what he would be capable of pulling off live,i have a theory of how it could be done!
A band of top musicians maybe Steve Smith and Randy Jackson helping with two backing singers to help out on the top end of the songs,not to diffrent to the Brian Wilson touring band set up.Some songs could also be adjusted a little in key to help Steve.
The set list ( Not in order)
Only the Young
Girl Cant Help It
Oh Sherrie
Foolish Heart

Acoustic set ( softer versions of the more demanding songs)
Open Arms
Faithully
Missing You
Lights

I'll Be Alright Without You
After the Fall
Send Her My Love
Who's Crying Now/ Dixie Highway( sung by guitarist to give Steve a rest)

Steve talks about his influences
Sam Cooke song?

You Better Wait
Dont Stop Beliving
Seperate Ways
Anyway You Want It
(Backing singers help Steve with these numbers,he can hold the notes but in a lower register with the backing singers also holding the notes but higher)
Lovin Touchin Squeezin (Encore)

There you go,it would not be impossible for him to tour this show if there were not to many dates,what do you think?

"What do I think".....hmmmm....

No, no, my friend....MY question is: "Where do I sign up to audition to be a Backup Singer"??? LOL

LOL, you go girl! Now would that be cool or what.

[squirt1]

bionic- You put so much thought into your idea. There many songs he could sing and the ones he would need a little backup on could be aided by Jeff and Deen. We all know what Jeff said about handing the mic to Perry even though he meant a return to Journey. IT just has to happen at least once ............ "it's written in the stars" as Freddie Mercury sang it.

[tammy]

Oh that it would be true! Ditto on the cat.

[WalrusOct9]

I really don't think I'd want to hear almost a whole set of Journey tunes performed without Neal or Steve Smith/Deen. I've heard bootlegs of the FTLOSM tour, and it sounded okay, but just weird without Neal.

I think you'd have to lower some of those songs a lot to accomdate what Perry could probably do in his late 50's. Also, I don't think he'd go for singers "helping" him.

When you go see Brian Wilson, it's more of a celebration of his musical style and his compositions. Brian didn't even sing lead originally on half the songs he performs in concert, but it doesn't matter because the music was his creation, and that's what matters. With a Steve Perry show, he's singing music largely created by Jon and Neal, without them...so people are going to hear the voice just as much as the songs, and I think people would be disappointed if he needed significant help to get through the songs.

Age is a weird thing with musicians...on the one hand its easy to say "no one expects him to recreate the 1981 Houston video in 2006," but look at Rush, who 30 years after their formation were playing some of the longest sets of their career. When I saw a 60 year old McCartney in 2002, he played 37 songs over almost 3 hours. So I think with some of these classic acts going out and giving those kind of shows, would a Steve Perry who's been inactive for 10 years be able to please the people who'd come see him? I'd be curious to find out, but I don't know if I'd go in expecting much.

What I could see is Perry doing some kind of more intimate, stripped down show, playing theaters and such with a more acoustic-based backing band, which would not only allow him to re-work a lot of the old songs into new arrangements, but would put the emphasis more on Perry the vocalist and not Perry the crazy running-around-with-an-ugly-yellow-shirt 80's frontman. Doesn't seem all that Perry-esque an idea, but would be an interesting move that would at least put him out there in a more low-pressure situation.

[Red13JoePa]

Agreed, Walrus....Brewster sounded fine to me on the Street Talk and FTLOSM material, but just (and it may be nothing more than mind over matter) wierd, odd on the Journey stuff....and what the hell was with the grinning through entire shows?

Plus, he looked like Jimmy Page or some shit....very unNeal.

Brewster's finest hour was the live jamout on Somewhere There's Hope....very bluesy. Cool stuff.

[Deb]

Age is a weird thing with musicians...on the one hand its easy to say "no one expects him to recreate the 1981 Houston video in 2006," but look at Rush,

Can't see Geddy pulling off 'Tom Sawyer' quite like he did many moons ago either.

What I could see is Perry doing some kind of more intimate, stripped down show, playing theaters and such with a more acoustic-based backing band, which would not only allow him to re-work a lot of the old songs into new arrangements, but would put the emphasis more on Perry the vocalist and not Perry the crazy running-around-with-an-ugly-yellow-shirt 80's frontman. Doesn't seem all that Perry-esque an idea, but would be an interesting move that would at least put him out there in a more low-pressure situation.

Good idea.

[bionic]

Much talk has been said regarding the state of Perry's voice and what he would be capable of pulling off live,i have a theory of how it could be done!
A band of top musicians maybe Steve Smith and Randy Jackson helping with two backing singers to help out on the top end of the songs,not to diffrent to the Brian Wilson touring band set up.Some songs could also be adjusted a little in key to help Steve.
The set list ( Not in order)
Only the Young
Girl Cant Help It
Oh Sherrie
Foolish Heart

Acoustic set ( softer versions of the more demanding songs)
Open Arms
Faithully
Missing You
Lights

I'll Be Alright Without You
After the Fall
Send Her My Love
Who's Crying Now/ Dixie Highway( sung by guitarist to give Steve a rest)

Steve talks about his influences
Sam Cooke song?

You Better Wait
Dont Stop Beliving
Seperate Ways
Anyway You Want It
(Backing singers help Steve with these numbers,he can hold the notes but in a lower register with the backing singers also holding the notes but higher)
Lovin Touchin Squeezin (Encore)

There you go,it would not be impossible for him to tour this show if there were not to many dates,what do you think?

"What do I think".....hmmmm....

No, no, my friend....MY question is: "Where do I sign up to audition to be a Backup Singer"??? LOL

I bet you would be smiling a lot more than in your picture if you got that job

[conversationpc]

Age is a weird thing with musicians...on the one hand its easy to say "no one expects him to recreate the 1981 Houston video in 2006," but look at Rush,

Can't see Geddy pulling off 'Tom Sawyer' quite like he did many moons ago either.

Rush does it the right way, though. They tune down for "2112", for instance, because Geddy couldn't possibly come close those notes in "The Temples of Syrinx". That being said, I don't care for the tuned-down version of that song. It just doesn't sound right. The way they perform the rest of their songs, though, is pretty good, in my opinion.

[StyxCollector]

Age is a weird thing with musicians...on the one hand its easy to say "no one expects him to recreate the 1981 Houston video in 2006," but look at Rush,

Can't see Geddy pulling off 'Tom Sawyer' quite like he did many moons ago either.

Rush does it the right way, though. They tune down for "2112", for instance, because Geddy couldn't possibly come close those notes in "The Temples of Syrinx". That being said, I don't care for the tuned-down version of that song. It just doesn't sound right. The way they perform the rest of their songs, though, is pretty good, in my opinion.

2112 is the only tune to date they've detuned in concert. Everything else is still in its original key. We'll see in 2007, tho

Is Geddy's voice what it was? No, but he can still sing most of the notes right. He was horrid on the CP tour (that version of "Hemispheres" is cringeworthy). I think the years off between touring does him good.

At least Geddy has the good sense now to not sing what he can't sing - a la all the early stuff like "Bastille Day" and such. 2112 (at least Overture/Temples) has to be in the set, so detuning isn't a bad idea.

[conversationpc]

2112 is the only tune to date they've detuned in concert. Everything else is still in its original key. We'll see in 2007, tho

Yeah, you're probably right. I didn't really pay much attention but it is pretty obvious that "2112" was detuned. It doesn't work for that one.

Is Geddy's voice what it was? No, but he can still sing most of the notes right. He was horrid on the CP tour (that version of "Hemispheres" is cringeworthy). I think the years off between touring does him good.

He actually sounds better now than back in the day just because his voice isn't so shrill. I enjoy his singing but it's definitely an acquired taste, though maybe not as "acquired" as Bob Dylan, for instance.

At least Geddy has the good sense now to not sing what he can't sing - a la all the early stuff like "Bastille Day" and such. 2112 (at least Overture/Temples) has to be in the set, so detuning isn't a bad idea.

Yikes! I'd forgotten about "Bastille Day". Boy, if he tried singing that in the original key, his throat would probably explode immediately.

[Deb]

I enjoy his singing but it's definitely an acquired taste, though maybe not as "acquired" as Bob Dylan, for instance.

So right, that is one voice I never acquired a taste for. Good songwriter, but just can't listen to him.....if I want to hear mumbling I could've listened to my grandpa.

[WalrusOct9]

Regardless of the 2112 detuning, you have to look at the setlists from the 2002 and 2004 tours and be like "holy shit" at the sheer amount of material they played at every show. Journey in their prime rarely did much over 90 minutes, let alone Perry at age 57 or whatever he is.

Agreed, Walrus....Brewster sounded fine to me on the Street Talk and FTLOSM material, but just (and it may be nothing more than mind over matter) wierd, odd on the Journey stuff....and what the hell was with the grinning through entire shows?

I have no idea, I was like 12 or 13 years old during the FTLOSM shows, suffice to say I missed them...so I have no idea what the guy looked like. But he sounds weird. (although even the keyboard player sounded off...Jon's parts aren't that hard to replicate for an experienced keyboard player)

[TRAGChick]

"What do I think".....hmmmm....

No, no, my friend....MY question is: "Where do I sign up to audition to be a Backup Singer"??? LOL

I bet you would be smiling a lot more than in your picture if you got that job

Yeah...I'd probably look something like this:


(...so much for me tryin' to look all "sexified"... )