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Anyone catch this from an interview in ESPN magazine?

http://www.buffalorumblings.com/2008/10 ... d-kenny-ma

TE: The other thing I'll offer is that I'm starting to get into the band Journey a bit.
KM: Sure. Steve Perry.
TE: Obviously a solid, solid singer. When we played the Raiders, "Don't Stop Believin'" came on right after Johnnie Lee Higgins put them up nine with 6 1/2 minutes left. The song calmed me. I don't know if we could have won without Journey in the background.

I think Trent Edwards is younger than that song, lol,,,

still blows my mind how timeless that song (& that voice ) really is..

That he doesn’t just like that song, but has “started to get into Journey” because of it,,,

pretty cool,,,,

frfksakes wrote:still blows my mind how timeless that song (& that voice ) really is..

That's cuz he's Steve Motherfuckin' Perry. That's all anyone needs to know about it.

bluejeangirl76 wrote:

frfksakes wrote:still blows my mind how timeless that song (& that voice ) really is..

That's cuz he's Steve Motherfuckin' Perry. That's all anyone needs to know about it.

haha,, that's what I'm sayin'

bluejeangirl76 wrote:

frfksakes wrote:still blows my mind how timeless that song (& that voice ) really is..

That's cuz he's Steve Motherfuckin' Perry. That's all anyone needs to know about it.

It's the song not the singer.

Tito wrote:

bluejeangirl76 wrote:

frfksakes wrote:still blows my mind how timeless that song (& that voice ) really is..

That's cuz he's Steve Motherfuckin' Perry. That's all anyone needs to know about it.

It's the song not the singer.

To quote The Who... "It's the singer not the song... that makes the music move along..."

Tito wrote:

bluejeangirl76 wrote:

frfksakes wrote:still blows my mind how timeless that song (& that voice ) really is..

That's cuz he's Steve Motherfuckin' Perry. That's all anyone needs to know about it.

It's the song not the singer.

Have you ever been to Karaoke Night?

frfksakes wrote:

TE: The other thing I'll offer is that I'm starting to get into the band Journey a bit.
KM: Sure. Steve Perry.
TE: Obviously a solid, solid singer. When we played the Raiders, "Don't Stop Believin'" came on right after Johnnie Lee Higgins put them up nine with 6 1/2 minutes left. The song calmed me. I don't know if we could have won without Journey in the background.

I think Trent Edwards is younger than that song, lol,,,

still blows my mind how timeless that song (& that voice ) really is..

That he doesn’t just like that song, but has “started to get into Journey” because of it,,,

pretty cool,,,,

That's how I got into Journey .... and I'm an oldie !
Listening to that "voice" and watching him on the GH dvd ..... just a few years ago.
Can anyone say with a straight face that DSB .... and Faithfully .... would resonant so among the masses if someone else had sung those songs? There are many good singers, but it was SP who put his stamp (inflections) on these 2 timeless songs .... plus so many more.

Michigan Girl wrote:

Tito wrote:

bluejeangirl76 wrote:

frfksakes wrote:still blows my mind how timeless that song (& that voice ) really is..

That's cuz he's Steve Motherfuckin' Perry. That's all anyone needs to know about it.

It's the song not the singer.

Have you ever been to Karaoke Night?

Very true. You can have the best song in the world, but if it's a crappy singer singing it......I'm not listening. Where as even if it's a crappy song, but GREAT vocals, I'm listening.

OA is as cheesy a song as they come, but SP made it mesmerizing. Many have come after showing they can sing this song, too, plus all the other hits. But it is SP's inflections they all copied (when singing these hits).

Chicken and egg argument here folks. SP sang on a few Journey stinkers. He also managed to sing a ton of solo stinkers away from his famous co-writers.

bluejeangirl76 wrote:

frfksakes wrote:still blows my mind how timeless that song (& that voice ) really is..

That's cuz he's Steve Motherfuckin' Perry. That's all anyone needs to know about it.

Now THAT was funny! Dude definitely has skills. Years later, he still draws them in.