Journey at Budokan - Mar. 11, 2013

[Eric]

Edge of the Blade sucked on the Manila DVD. I'm sure it will be atrocious here.

Soto did that particular song better than Perry even did.

That song needed a hard rock singer.

In my opinion, he did the following songs better than anyone:

Edge of the Blade
Separate Ways
Dead or Alive (but I don't care for it)
Keep on Runnin'
I'll be Alright without you

[brywool]

As for my voice right now, there's that sulcus right in the certain spot on my vocal cord that will never go away, so whenever my voice goes to that register, my vocal cords collapse and the sound breaks apart. That isn't to say I can't sing, I just can't sing anything around where that sulcus is, and they are permanent. It's a result of singing through the hemorrhages that occurred during the last half of 2011 when I was still singing without taking a break after that injury. I can still sing most "normal" stuff, LOL. I can sing most of the songs I wrote on my CD...I can sing a ton of jazz and most classic rock that isn't those crazy high tenors like Perry and Brad Delp. Of course I can sing Tom Petty Mainly I've just adjusted to the fact that whatever my voice was for the first 40 years of my life is totally different now, and adapted to that.

Man, I can't imagine what that was like mentally for you. That'd totally screw with me.

[Jeremey]

Man, I can't imagine what that was like mentally for you. That'd totally screw with me.

Thanks Bryan, for me it was really just a mindset thing. It was a clear choice between closing the doors on what was and figuring out what to do next, or wallowing in frustration and being overwhelmed by things I had no power over. At my age, with my responsibilities, the choice was clear, and it's actually helped me quite a bit in terms of accepting things even in every day life, and looking ahead to what the next day will bring. I'm still able to perform and I've launched a new successful career. So while there's times I can listen to myself singing prior to 2011 and say, "well, shit...I can't do that anymore..." - for the most part I've pretty much just become a "glass half full" guy and keep on rollin'. Hope that makes sense!

[brywool]

Man, I can't imagine what that was like mentally for you. That'd totally screw with me.

Thanks Bryan, for me it was really just a mindset thing. It was a clear choice between closing the doors on what was and figuring out what to do next, or wallowing in frustration and being overwhelmed by things I had no power over. At my age, with my responsibilities, the choice was clear, and it's actually helped me quite a bit in terms of accepting things even in every day life, and looking ahead to what the next day will bring. I'm still able to perform and I've launched a new successful career. So while there's times I can listen to myself singing prior to 2011 and say, "well, shit...I can't do that anymore..." - for the most part I've pretty much just become a "glass half full" guy and keep on rollin'. Hope that makes sense!

It makes sense and I commend you.
Me... I'm a wallower in a glass half empty.

[kgdjpubs]

Edge of the Blade sucked on the Manila DVD. I'm sure it will be atrocious here.

Soto did that particular song better than Perry even did.

That song needed a hard rock singer.

In my opinion, he did the following songs better than anyone:

Edge of the Blade
Separate Ways
Dead or Alive (but I don't care for it)
Keep on Runnin'
I'll be Alright without you

JSS did I'll Be Alright very well indeed, and probably did Dead or Alive better than Perry. On the other hand, songs like Keep on Running were so far out of his range in as far as a live environment to come across comically bad at times. He started sounded like Mickey Mouse after guzzling helium trying to hit those high notes. He's got the range to sing that in a studio environment, but live is an entirely different ballgame.

[Eric]

Edge of the Blade sucked on the Manila DVD. I'm sure it will be atrocious here.

Soto did that particular song better than Perry even did.

That song needed a hard rock singer.

In my opinion, he did the following songs better than anyone:

Edge of the Blade
Separate Ways
Dead or Alive (but I don't care for it)
Keep on Runnin'
I'll be Alright without you

JSS did I'll Be Alright very well indeed, and probably did Dead or Alive better than Perry. On the other hand, songs like Keep on Running were so far out of his range in as far as a live environment to come across comically bad at times. He started sounded like Mickey Mouse after guzzling helium trying to hit those high notes. He's got the range to sing that in a studio environment, but live is an entirely different ballgame.

Maybe it was just the band's energy with JSS on numbers like that for me....

[steveo777]

I'm not quite ready to throw in the towel on AP's voice just yet.
I know it's a crappy YT vid, but the range is there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq3rtnVrEx8

[annie89509]

Edge of the Blade sucked on the Manila DVD. I'm sure it will be atrocious here.

Soto did that particular song better than Perry even did.

That song needed a hard rock singer.

In my opinion, he did the following songs better than anyone:

Edge of the Blade
Separate Ways
Dead or Alive (but I don't care for it)
Keep on Runnin'
I'll be Alright without you

JSS did I'll Be Alright very well indeed, and probably did Dead or Alive better than Perry. On the other hand, songs like Keep on Running were so far out of his range in as far as a live environment to come across comically bad at times. He started sounded like Mickey Mouse after guzzling helium trying to hit those high notes. He's got the range to sing that in a studio environment, but live is an entirely different ballgame.

I would agree JSS did very well in some of those songs, but still prefer SP's versions (in his prime). Granted, this is all from listening on yt, dvds, boots as I have never gone to any live show.

[annie89509]

I'm not quite ready to throw in the towel on AP's voice just yet.
I know it's a crappy YT vid, but the range is there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq3rtnVrEx8

I agree, the range is still there.

[Gideon]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCfo45NdxXM

Neal really tears it up. Great performance all around, including Arnel. good to see the musicianship is still tight and the recording sound (surprisingly) good.

[Rick]

I'm not quite ready to throw in the towel on AP's voice just yet.
I know it's a crappy YT vid, but the range is there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq3rtnVrEx8

Sure is. It's hard to say why you hear him sounding rough at times except maybe it's just being in the U.S. where he's not used to the allergens. My step-mom, who's from the Philippines, had all kinds of hell when she got here. She had to go through a couple of years of allergy treatments. Dad said she was allergic to everything.

[annie89509]

None of these videos are available to view anymore????

[ebake02]

None of these videos are available to view anymore????

Gotta love the copyright goons.