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Ray Greene from Tower of Power - Faithfully

PostPosted: Wed Jul 30, 2014 3:14 am
by Eric

Re: Ray Greene from Tower of Power - Faithfully

PostPosted: Wed Jul 30, 2014 10:08 am
by koberry
Wow, that was great. The crowd was really into it and singing along, too.

Re: Ray Greene from Tower of Power - Faithfully

PostPosted: Wed Jul 30, 2014 1:19 pm
by Marabelle
Amazing! I was almost going to say that I did not want to hear another singer sing the song and that there were too many people out there singing Mr Perry's songs. But goodness, he was pretty darn good and so was Arnel! Great job! :wink:

Re: Ray Greene from Tower of Power - Faithfully

PostPosted: Wed Jul 30, 2014 4:27 pm
by Marzdog
I think that's the first time in awhile I've seen Cain actually smile and enjoy the moment.

Surprised that Ross is still playing that Schon bass.

Re: Ray Greene from Tower of Power - Faithfully

PostPosted: Thu Jul 31, 2014 3:42 am
by SF-Dano
Good stuff.

Re: Ray Greene from Tower of Power - Faithfully

PostPosted: Sat Aug 02, 2014 2:00 am
by annpea
Arnel and Ray took it to the Church ... I was trying to see if there were some ushers passing around the collection plate. :D

Re: Ray Greene from Tower of Power - Faithfully

PostPosted: Sat Aug 02, 2014 4:32 am
by wednesday's child
Nice. Thanks.

Re: Ray Greene from Tower of Power - Faithfully

PostPosted: Sat Aug 02, 2014 5:57 am
by The_Noble_Cause
Isn't this Ray's first tour with TOP? I think he's new to the band. Great pipes.

Re: Ray Greene from Tower of Power - Faithfully

PostPosted: Wed Aug 06, 2014 10:35 am
by Enigma869
Just don't ever listen to the Jonathan Cain version of that song. It's puke-inducing! :shock: :shock: :shock:

Re: Ray Greene from Tower of Power - Faithfully

PostPosted: Wed Aug 06, 2014 4:58 pm
by The_Noble_Cause
Cain has a nice if bland & generic voice. Better than Neal at least.

Re: Ray Greene from Tower of Power - Faithfully

PostPosted: Wed Aug 06, 2014 9:37 pm
by Enigma869
The_Noble_Cause wrote:Cain has a nice if bland & generic voice. Better than Neal at least.


I didn't find it terribly "nice" when I stumbled across him singing "Faithfully". Who knew such a great song could sound so awful! Again folks, it's the voice that makes the song.

Re: Ray Greene from Tower of Power - Faithfully

PostPosted: Thu Aug 07, 2014 12:35 am
by The_Noble_Cause
Here's one of Cain's solo versions. Cain is nasally, bland, and not a tenor. In concert he can barely cover Rolie's stuff. But terrible? C'mon dude. Great player and decent voice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIxjxiHrMrc

Re: Ray Greene from Tower of Power - Faithfully

PostPosted: Thu Aug 07, 2014 1:56 am
by Eric
I don't love Cain's voice, in fact I think he has a more difficult time covering Rolie than Arnel does covering Perry, however, I wouldn't call his voice terrible either I guess.

Would prefer to have Arnel/Augeri on lead for either of these, but not awful:

Every Generation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rLZuHckANI (BTW: Underrated Schon solo at the end of this)
Lose Myself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bD_AsdrmcU (Cut from Arrival/Augeri on backing vocals I think.)
Pride of the Family: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mluGKm_zn28 (8:32 mark. Jap bonus off Generations)
All that Really Matters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rURhJwrjeeY (How did this get on the Time3 set!?!)

Re: Ray Greene from Tower of Power - Faithfully

PostPosted: Thu Aug 07, 2014 2:08 am
by Enigma869
The_Noble_Cause wrote:Here's one of Cain's solo versions. Cain is nasally, bland, and not a tenor. In concert he can barely cover Rolie's stuff. But terrible? C'mon dude. Great player and decent voice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIxjxiHrMrc


It's all a matter of preference. That rendition you posted is every bit as bad as the version I heard of Cain singing by himself. In spite of writing that song, Cain has NO right murdering that song the way he does! He should stick to diddling keyboards :shock: The woman he is singing with is definitely a better singer than Cain is, but that's not saying much!

Re: Ray Greene from Tower of Power - Faithfully

PostPosted: Mon Aug 11, 2014 2:01 pm
by Jana
Wow, that guy has an amazing voice. What a great performance. I imagine live it was really something.

Re: Ray Greene from Tower of Power - Faithfully

PostPosted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 5:30 am
by FamilyMan
GREAT performance. I'm slightly annoyed by Ross' expressions throughout such a heartfelt emotional rendition. There's a time and a place, buddy.

Re: Ray Greene from Tower of Power - Faithfully

PostPosted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 6:00 am
by Marabelle
I thought he was being the part of the "clown" personally so I wasn't offended.