Steve Augeri new single 'Photograph'

[DrFU]

In other words, "I will pay to see an artist, knowing that he is not as good at his craft as he used to be, and in fact, sometimes sounds like crap"

I can respect that. I really can.

Went to see Elton John tonight at Caesar's in Vegas. He has four female backup singers, 3 percussionists, two cellists, and assorted guitarists. He ducked a lot of high notes, sang many others an octave low, and did some of my favorite numbers in a quirky jazz tempo (which irks me a lot).

But it's still Elton Freaking John, whom I saw last in 1976 at Texas Stadium.

And it was awesome.

I'm going to sleep grinning.

[Don]

In other words, "I will pay to see an artist, knowing that he is not as good at his craft as he used to be, and in fact, sometimes sounds like crap"

I can respect that. I really can.

Went to see Elton John tonight at Caesar's in Vegas. He has four female backup singers, 3 percussionists, two cellists, and assorted guitarists. He ducked a lot of high notes, sang many others an octave low, and did some of my favorite numbers in a quirky jazz tempo (which irks me a lot).

But it's still Elton Freaking John, whom I saw last in 1976 at Texas Stadium.

And it was awesome.

I'm going to sleep grinning.

If an artist has given me years of listening pleasure, I have no problem supporting him live even if he does sound like shit 20 years later. For the price of a few concert tickets and CDs, to have a lifetime of memories attached to enjoyable music, I'll gladly pay the piper. To me, that's a bargain from what I've gotten out of it overall.

[Triple S]

It's not karaoke, it's original. Ed, just watch the damn thing already and give me your opinion, ya dumfuck.

Deb - you know I love Michael too, and yes he does write a lot of his own music. But that particular song is not an 'original':

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8I6NBm6 ... re=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQwnZQsmQiY

. . . although it's far from karaoke

[Deb]

Deb - you know I love Michael too, and yes he does write a lot of his own music. But that particular song is not an 'original':

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8I6NBm6 ... re=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQwnZQsmQiY

. . . although it's far from karaoke

Ooops. My bad, I thought it was one of his.

[The_Noble_Cause]

Someone apparently confused Augeri with Chalfant the other night. Kev still sounds great.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B39Z14xwPyk

[AR]

Someone apparently confused Augeri with Chalfant the other night. Kev still sounds great.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B39Z14xwPyk

Chalfant was great at Andrew's original melodicrockfest.

[Ehwmatt]

Someone apparently confused Augeri with Chalfant the other night. Kev still sounds great.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B39Z14xwPyk

Damn, yeah. Sounds great. He's got that frontman swagger for sure. Had Journey gone with him, he certainly woulda brought Kelly Hansenesque credibility to Journey.

[AR]

Someone apparently confused Augeri with Chalfant the other night. Kev still sounds great.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B39Z14xwPyk

Damn, yeah. Sounds great. He's got that frontman swagger for sure. Had Journey gone with him, he certainly woulda brought Kelly Hansenesque credibility to Journey.

I have super respect for Augeri ,Soto, Jeremey and Arnel, but Chalfant should have been the guy at some point.

[Rick]

Someone apparently confused Augeri with Chalfant the other night. Kev still sounds great.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B39Z14xwPyk

Damn, yeah. Sounds great. He's got that frontman swagger for sure. Had Journey gone with him, he certainly woulda brought Kelly Hansenesque credibility to Journey.

I have super respect for Augeri ,Soto, Jeremey and Arnel, but Chalfant should have been the guy at some point.

Wasn't Chalfant pegged to continue Journey before TBF?

[AR]

Someone apparently confused Augeri with Chalfant the other night. Kev still sounds great.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B39Z14xwPyk

Damn, yeah. Sounds great. He's got that frontman swagger for sure. Had Journey gone with him, he certainly woulda brought Kelly Hansenesque credibility to Journey.

I have super respect for Augeri ,Soto, Jeremey and Arnel, but Chalfant should have been the guy at some point.

Wasn't Chalfant pegged to continue Journey before TBF?

Rick, Chalfant allegedly played one show with Journey.

[steveo777]

Someone apparently confused Augeri with Chalfant the other night. Kev still sounds great.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B39Z14xwPyk

Damn, yeah. Sounds great. He's got that frontman swagger for sure. Had Journey gone with him, he certainly woulda brought Kelly Hansenesque credibility to Journey.

I have super respect for Augeri ,Soto, Jeremey and Arnel, but Chalfant should have been the guy at some point.

At some point, like 1996 - 2006. A bit too late now.

[Ehwmatt]

Someone apparently confused Augeri with Chalfant the other night. Kev still sounds great.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B39Z14xwPyk

Damn, yeah. Sounds great. He's got that frontman swagger for sure. Had Journey gone with him, he certainly woulda brought Kelly Hansenesque credibility to Journey.

I have super respect for Augeri ,Soto, Jeremey and Arnel, but Chalfant should have been the guy at some point.

At some point, like 1996 - 2006. A bit too late now.

Chalfant's not being picked boiled down to one thing: his appearance. That's all fine and good, but I don't see how picking an effeminate Asian midget who tips the scales at 110 lbs was any different. Bottom line is, people don't care if you bring the music.

[AR]

Someone apparently confused Augeri with Chalfant the other night. Kev still sounds great.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B39Z14xwPyk

Damn, yeah. Sounds great. He's got that frontman swagger for sure. Had Journey gone with him, he certainly woulda brought Kelly Hansenesque credibility to Journey.

I have super respect for Augeri ,Soto, Jeremey and Arnel, but Chalfant should have been the guy at some point.

At some point, like 1996 - 2006. A bit too late now.

Chalfant's not being picked boiled down to one thing: his appearance. That's all fine and good, but I don't see how picking an effeminate Asian midget who tips the scales at 110 lbs was any different. Bottom line is, people don't care if you bring the music.

Yes, and I'm not going to shy away from Matt's comment here. If you are going for the legacy sound at one point KC was the guy. As much as I have learned to respect Arnel (and I do) Chalfant made a lot of sense before Steve A.

And really cool to hear Friga give Augeri some props on the recent interview.

[RedWingFan]

Chalfant's not being picked boiled down to one thing: his appearance. That's all fine and good, but I don't see how picking an effeminate Asian midget who tips the scales at 110 lbs was any different. Bottom line is, people don't care if you bring the music.

The biggest difference between Chalfant and Arnel is, Chalfant is a hell of a writer too. But then if Neil would have let Chalfant and Cain get together, both of their pull would have prevented Neel from squatting out Eclipse.

[Gideon]

Yeah, I think Arnel has done a better job than either Soto or Augeri, but Chalfant was better than all of 'em.

[Seven Wishes2]

Chalfant...what might have been. Sigh.

[The_Noble_Cause]

Chalfant's not being picked boiled down to one thing: his appearance.

I don't understand this. Perry was a wierd unconventional looking dude. Kevin's not a stud but he's not totally fugly. Anyway, Herbie was right. Kevin was the chosen heir to the Perry throne. Not going with him and Rolie was a huge mistake.

[The_Noble_Cause]

Yeah, I think Arnel has done a better job than either Soto or Augeri, but Chalfant was better than all of 'em.

At one point, very true. Nowadays, I think Arnel has more power and range. But there's more to being a frontman than just range.

[Deb]

Yeah, I think Arnel has done a better job than either Soto or Augeri, but Chalfant was better than all of 'em.

At one point, very true. Nowadays, I think Arnel has more power and range. But there's more to being a frontman than just range.

Ain't that the truth.

[steveo777]

Someone apparently confused Augeri with Chalfant the other night. Kev still sounds great.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B39Z14xwPyk

Damn, yeah. Sounds great. He's got that frontman swagger for sure. Had Journey gone with him, he certainly woulda brought Kelly Hansenesque credibility to Journey.

I have super respect for Augeri ,Soto, Jeremey and Arnel, but Chalfant should have been the guy at some point.

At some point, like 1996 - 2006. A bit too late now.

Chalfant's not being picked boiled down to one thing: his appearance. That's all fine and good, but I don't see how picking an effeminate Asian midget who tips the scales at 110 lbs was any different. Bottom line is, people don't care if you bring the music.

Perry wasn't effeminate? LOL I gotta just laugh at your vanity for a second. Neither of these two men had any control over this. You're normally pretty intelligent, but I don't get the value in calling Arnel an Asian midget. What's he done to you? Pretty uncalled for, if you ask me. Wanna criticize a performance or personal behavior.....fine with me. We do that around here all the time, but calling someone out on their height or something else they cannot control is pretty small of you, just sayin'. You're better than that, Matt.

[NoMoreTails]

Someone apparently confused Augeri with Chalfant the other night. Kev still sounds great.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B39Z14xwPyk

Damn, yeah. Sounds great. He's got that frontman swagger for sure. Had Journey gone with him, he certainly woulda brought Kelly Hansenesque credibility to Journey.

I have super respect for Augeri ,Soto, Jeremey and Arnel, but Chalfant should have been the guy at some point.

At some point, like 1996 - 2006. A bit too late now.

Chalfant's not being picked boiled down to one thing: his appearance. That's all fine and good, but I don't see how picking an effeminate Asian midget who tips the scales at 110 lbs was any different. Bottom line is, people don't care if you bring the music.

Perry wasn't effeminate? LOL I gotta just laugh at your vanity for a second. Neither of these two men had any control over this. You're normally pretty intelligent, but I don't get the value in calling Arnel an Asian midget. What's he done to you? Pretty uncalled for, if you ask me. Wanna criticize a performance or personal behavior.....fine with me. We do that around here all the time, but calling someone out on their height or something else they cannot control is pretty small of you, just sayin'. You're better than that, Matt.

Yeah, at least Arnel has a little muscle tone and doesn't look like he's wearing his wife's blouses or her leopard print t-shirt, not to mention Perry's feminine Infinity-Evolution era voice.

[Ehwmatt]

Someone apparently confused Augeri with Chalfant the other night. Kev still sounds great.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B39Z14xwPyk

Damn, yeah. Sounds great. He's got that frontman swagger for sure. Had Journey gone with him, he certainly woulda brought Kelly Hansenesque credibility to Journey.

I have super respect for Augeri ,Soto, Jeremey and Arnel, but Chalfant should have been the guy at some point.

At some point, like 1996 - 2006. A bit too late now.

Chalfant's not being picked boiled down to one thing: his appearance. That's all fine and good, but I don't see how picking an effeminate Asian midget who tips the scales at 110 lbs was any different. Bottom line is, people don't care if you bring the music.

Perry wasn't effeminate? LOL I gotta just laugh at your vanity for a second. Neither of these two men had any control over this. You're normally pretty intelligent, but I don't get the value in calling Arnel an Asian midget. What's he done to you? Pretty uncalled for, if you ask me. Wanna criticize a performance or personal behavior.....fine with me. We do that around here all the time, but calling someone out on their height or something else they cannot control is pretty small of you, just sayin'. You're better than that, Matt.

I'm not really calling Arnel out on anything (hence the "people don't care if you bring the music" line). I'm just observing the dissonance between Chalfant's not getting the gig apparently solely because of his appearance and Arnel's getting the gig despite not looking like a "rock star" at all.

[Gideon]

Well that'd probably have to be the only reason. Chalfant's voice is easily on par with Perry's imho, in a way that the voices of the other guys simply aren't.
Arnel might be slender and dare I say petite, but he has a look that resonates {pun intended} with social outcast, punk, emo freaks of my generation and yours.

{And I say that without rancor.}

[Ehwmatt]

Someone apparently confused Augeri with Chalfant the other night. Kev still sounds great.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B39Z14xwPyk

Damn, yeah. Sounds great. He's got that frontman swagger for sure. Had Journey gone with him, he certainly woulda brought Kelly Hansenesque credibility to Journey.

I have super respect for Augeri ,Soto, Jeremey and Arnel, but Chalfant should have been the guy at some point.

At some point, like 1996 - 2006. A bit too late now.

Chalfant's not being picked boiled down to one thing: his appearance. That's all fine and good, but I don't see how picking an effeminate Asian midget who tips the scales at 110 lbs was any different. Bottom line is, people don't care if you bring the music.

Perry wasn't effeminate? LOL I gotta just laugh at your vanity for a second. Neither of these two men had any control over this. You're normally pretty intelligent, but I don't get the value in calling Arnel an Asian midget. What's he done to you? Pretty uncalled for, if you ask me. Wanna criticize a performance or personal behavior.....fine with me. We do that around here all the time, but calling someone out on their height or something else they cannot control is pretty small of you, just sayin'. You're better than that, Matt.

Yeah, at least Arnel has a little muscle tone and doesn't look like he's wearing his wife's blouses or her leopard print t-shirt, not to mention Perry's feminine Infinity-Evolution era voice.

Well, faulting Perry for the clothes is a bit unfair given the horrific fashion trends of the era he flourished in. But don't get me wrong, I'm not saying Perry looked like a brawny man's rocker-type either. Just observing that it's strange that Chalfant didn't get the gig because of his appearance.

[The_Noble_Cause]

Augeri sings DSB w/ 5th graders...

http://statenisland.ny1.com/content/top ... eve-augeri

[MCC620]

Augeri sings DSB w/ 5th graders...

http://statenisland.ny1.com/content/top ... eve-augeri

rehearsing for a special show this Saturday afternoon in Staten Island

that choir is the one that performed at the oscars last year i believe.

[Don]

It's nice to see the guy between Perry and Pineda get some recognition, even if only from a few people.

[marco17]

That was a cool video.

[steveo777]

It's nice to see the guy between Perry and Pineda get some recognition, even if only from a few people.

Sounds like a movie title. From Perry to Pineda, the unauthorized story of Journey

[annie89509]

Chalfant's not being picked boiled down to one thing: his appearance.

I don't understand this. Perry was a wierd unconventional looking dude. Kevin's not a stud but he's not totally fugly. Anyway, Herbie was right. Kevin was the chosen heir to the Perry throne. Not going with him and Rolie was a huge mistake.

I believe HH said SA was easier on the eyes, and KC also had some baggage on him that JC didn't want...whatever that might mean.