MR

Posted: **Tue Oct 25, 2005 8:32 am**

He's still there....was spotted at Game 2 last night :shock:

Smart man....had a private suite....no rain or cold :wink:

Felt so bad for all the people that braved the cold & rain......GOD BLESS YOU-ALL!

this is kinda "fluff" but.....Steve, brother....cut your hair.

Get back to the HWOF look - MUY CALIENTE!!! :wink:

Posted: **Tue Oct 25, 2005 9:21 am**

Here's the article for "back-up":

"Sox's devotion to song thrills Journey singer
By Fred Mitchell
Tribune staff reporter

October 23, 2005, 11:43 PM CDT

The White Sox have managed to leave most of their devoted fans in a euphoric state this season.

And when the Sox players adopted the 24-year-old "Don't Stop Believin'" as their unofficial theme song this year, it left Steve Perry, former lead singer for Journey, deeply touched.

"This song meant something to them, and it put me in an emotional state that I don't know what to say," said Perry, who was relaxing in his private suite at U.S. Cellular Field before Game 2 of the World Series.

"To see it come back after all of these years … what better honor could I want?" said Perry, who left the group in May 1998.

Scott Reifert, White Sox director of communications, had been trying to reach Perry after Sox players A.J. Pierzynski, Aaron Rowand and Joe Crede heard the song in a Baltimore night spot and decided it fit their team's incredible season.

Perry was thrilled to have an opportunity to meet the players after Saturday night's Game 1 victory over the Houston Astros.

As part of the 1981 Escape Tour, the group Journey also included Neal Schon (lead guitar, vocals), Jonathan Cain (keyboards, vocals), Ross Valory (bass, vocals) and Steve Smith (drums).

The San Francisco 49ers adopted the same theme song during a Super Bowl run with the likes of Joe Montana and Dwight Clark.

"The song is about hope," said Perry, who became a baseball fan four years ago after watching a game in San Francisco.

"I was in a hotel downtown in Detroit and I was not sleeping. At about 2 in the morning I looked out the window. All I saw on the corner were these people creeping around. And that went on for hours. So when we got back together, Jonathan Cain and I started writing material. The song started to make melodic sense and I started remembering streetlight people."

"And I have always been a 'Don't stop believin' guy.' I have lived my life by trying to believe in hope. Because if I don't, I am in big trouble." "

Posted: **Tue Oct 25, 2005 9:37 am**

Thank you so much for sharing that Sngrchk04!

It is nice reading something about Steve Perry once in awhile - especially since he seems to be out of the public eye for the most part.

Journey On!

Posted: **Tue Oct 25, 2005 10:26 am**

Thank you so much Nora. I don't know where you find this stuff, but I'm glad you do, :lol:

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Now I guess Dave can be happy too. They mentioned the rest of the band. :wink:

Posted: **Tue Oct 25, 2005 11:19 am**

Interesting to hear from Perry how DSB originated.... :wink:

Posted: **Tue Oct 25, 2005 2:11 pm**

ohsherrie wrote:Thank you so much Nora. I don't know where you find this stuff, but I'm glad you do, .

Now I guess Dave can be happy too. They mentioned the rest of the band.

I agree that the origins of the song is a cool little story.

But I read this article earlier and my first thought was: nice subtle plug for the upcoming DVD...

As part of the 1981 Escape Tour, the group Journey also included Neal Schon (lead guitar, vocals), Jonathan Cain (keyboards, vocals), Ross Valory (bass, vocals) and Steve Smith (drums).

Posted: **Tue Oct 25, 2005 10:26 pm**

jrnyman28 wrote:
But I read this article earlier and my first thought was: nice subtle plug for the upcoming DVD...

As part of the 1981 Escape Tour, the group Journey also included Neal Schon (lead guitar, vocals), Jonathan Cain (keyboards, vocals), Ross Valory (bass, vocals) and Steve Smith (drums).

For goodness sake Dave, is there no pleasing you? :lol:

The song came from Escape, what else could they have said? What did you want a whole history of Journey, or just a plug for the current band? :wink:

Posted: **Tue Oct 25, 2005 11:01 pm**

"... So when we got back together, Jonathan Cain and I started writing material. The song started to make melodic sense and I started remembering streetlight people."

This sounds like another Perry had an idea, Jon wrote the song song.
Except for the fact that Neal is a co-writer on DSB, which Perry failed to mention.

Posted: **Wed Oct 26, 2005 12:03 am**

Yes, for chrissakes. neal IS another cowriter of the song. Revisionist history Perry.

Posted: **Wed Oct 26, 2005 12:12 am**

ohsherrie wrote:For goodness sake Dave, is there no pleasing you? The song came from Escape, what else could they have said? What did you want a whole history of Journey, or just a plug for the current band?

It was just awkward the way it was sort of "thrown in there". The writer didn't even mention that DSB came form Escape! So there was no connection to the Escape Tour or the lineup that performed that tour. It would have made more sense to say the 'lineup which recorded DSB for Escape was...' and leave out anything about the tour.

And yes, I am feeling rather fickle today!

Posted: **Wed Oct 26, 2005 1:50 am**

jrnyman28 wrote:
And yes, I am feeling rather fickle today!

Yes, I can see that. If they had said "this song came from the Escape album and the line-up was..................." you probably would have said they should have named the current line-up for clarification. :lol:

Posted: **Wed Oct 26, 2005 2:43 am**

ohsherrie wrote:
jrnyman28 wrote:
And yes, I am feeling rather fickle today!

Yes, I can see that. If they had said "this song came from the Escape album and the line-up was..................." you probably would have said they should have named the current line-up for clarification.

Nope, that would have been fine...
(maybe)

MR

Still hangin' out in Chi-Town....

Still hangin' out in Chi-Town....