New CD Release...

[FezzyChic]

Holy Day Blessings....

Will Steve Perry release any information to those
waiting to purchase his new work?
It has been quite the anticipation and there is no doubt that
his new cd will be worth all the time we have been watching
for the arrival. Just curious if there is any news regarding
the cd and will Steve Perry be advising his fans about the
new cd release?


Happy New Year....

After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.
Aldous Huxley (1894 - 1963), "Music at Night", 1931

[Foolish Heart]

I don't believe anything has been said

We continue to wait and wait........and wait and wait........

[ChildInTime]

So far he's been taking his sweet ol' precious time with... anything and everything, really. He probably will release info when and if he does release anything, though. I'm not getting my hopes up just yet, however.

[Liquid_Drummer]

I am thinking no new cd from him. Honestly, other than the hardcore fans how many will buy it ? Maybe he knows he isnt going to outsell the last Journey Cd and his ego wont allow him to take that chance ?

I doubt he would sell more on his own that Journey with Arnel. He has been out of the spotlight for so long now only the die hard fans of him and Journey care. Most probably expect to see him on a where are they now episode. Sad but true.

[steveo777]

The half million dollar question asked once more. Who the hell knows. Patiently waiting.

[Playitloudforme]

I am thinking no new cd from him. Honestly, other than the hardcore fans how many will buy it ? Maybe he knows he isnt going to outsell the last Journey Cd and his ego wont allow him to take that chance ?

I doubt he would sell more on his own that Journey with Arnel. He has been out of the spotlight for so long now only the die hard fans of him and Journey care. Most probably expect to see him on a where are they now episode. Sad but true.

I think I'd disagree here. DSB has catapulted his voice back into mainstream consciousness. (see recent UK charts for example). Considering the many shows using it, and articles that have been written about DSB (and subsequently Perry), he's not on the back burner anymore. I think it would sell better than his last release, when he truly WAS out of the spotlight for a number of years. Not so much anymore...

[Since 78]

I am thinking no new cd from him. Honestly, other than the hardcore fans how many will buy it ? Maybe he knows he isnt going to outsell the last Journey Cd and his ego wont allow him to take that chance ?

I doubt he would sell more on his own that Journey with Arnel. He has been out of the spotlight for so long now only the die hard fans of him and Journey care. Most probably expect to see him on a where are they now episode. Sad but true.

I think I'd disagree here. DSB has catapulted his voice back into mainstream consciousness. (see recent UK charts for example). Considering the many shows using it, and articles that have been written about DSB (and subsequently Perry), he's not on the back burner anymore. I think it would sell better than his last release, when he truly WAS out of the spotlight for a number of years. Not so much anymore...

Ill have to disagree with that, DSB has catapulted Journey back into the mainstream consciousness. Although, it does give Perry a means to collect more income. He is never going to put out anything new and IF (note the big if) he does, you won't hear it live. Frankly, I wish I was wrong.

[Playitloudforme]

I am thinking no new cd from him. Honestly, other than the hardcore fans how many will buy it ? Maybe he knows he isnt going to outsell the last Journey Cd and his ego wont allow him to take that chance ?

I doubt he would sell more on his own that Journey with Arnel. He has been out of the spotlight for so long now only the die hard fans of him and Journey care. Most probably expect to see him on a where are they now episode. Sad but true.

I think I'd disagree here. DSB has catapulted his voice back into mainstream consciousness. (see recent UK charts for example). Considering the many shows using it, and articles that have been written about DSB (and subsequently Perry), he's not on the back burner anymore. I think it would sell better than his last release, when he truly WAS out of the spotlight for a number of years. Not so much anymore...

Ill have to disagree with that, DSB has catapulted Journey back into the mainstream consciousness. Although, it does give Perry a means to collect more income. He is never going to put out anything new and IF (note the big if) he does, you won't hear it live. Frankly, I wish I was wrong.

To quote madsplash..."We'll see". And I'm not planning on dying any time soon.

[Jana]

I am thinking no new cd from him. Honestly, other than the hardcore fans how many will buy it ? Maybe he knows he isnt going to outsell the last Journey Cd and his ego wont allow him to take that chance ?

I doubt he would sell more on his own that Journey with Arnel. He has been out of the spotlight for so long now only the die hard fans of him and Journey care. Most probably expect to see him on a where are they now episode. Sad but true.

I think I'd disagree here. DSB has catapulted his voice back into mainstream consciousness. (see recent UK charts for example). Considering the many shows using it, and articles that have been written about DSB (and subsequently Perry), he's not on the back burner anymore. I think it would sell better than his last release, when he truly WAS out of the spotlight for a number of years. Not so much anymore...

Ill have to disagree with that, DSB has catapulted Journey back into the mainstream consciousness. Although, it does give Perry a means to collect more income. He is never going to put out anything new and IF (note the big if) he does, you won't hear it live. Frankly, I wish I was wrong.

Exactly. Perry would get some steam off of it, but not enough to sell more than FTLOSM, which was Gold and he supported the album by touring. Gone too long, much older, probably won't tour behind it, and his solos have never been the calibur of Journey albums. Many of my die-hard Perry loons in my office (I had no clue there were so many from back in the day) never cared much for his solo stuff they've all said, just his Journey work in the '80s.

[slucero]

DonS top Beeleeping.

[parfait]

Perry is to busy trying on black t-shirts and buying kitty litter, to make a record.


If he though decides to release a record, I'd be the first one to buy it (after all the crazy ass loons, of course)

[steveo777]

Perry is to busy trying on black t-shirts and buying kitty litter, to make a record.


If he though decides to release a record, I'd be the first one to buy it (after all the crazy ass loons, of course)

All stock will run out in the first hour and there will be dead people strewn about from the biggest gate crashings you have ever witnessed.

[FezzyChic]

LOL....

Steveo 777, I have that very same image in my mind....:

[TRAGChick]

Perry is to busy trying on black t-shirts and buying kitty litter, to make a record.


If he though decides to release a record, I'd be the first one to buy it (after all the crazy ass loons, of course)

All stock will run out in the first hour and there will be dead people strewn about from the biggest gate crashings you have ever witnessed.

Yup.....can totally see it

Well, it seems to me that SP is completely fed up with the Music Industry; some other Musicians are, too (Julian Lennon comes to mind, as a recent example....) and the Internet is so easy to use for selling Individual Songs and/or complete CDs.

So, with that being said, I have a 6-word rhetorical question:

WHAT DOES HE HAVE TO LOSE?

[Author2]

I am thinking no new cd from him. Honestly, other than the hardcore fans how many will buy it ? Maybe he knows he isnt going to outsell the last Journey Cd and his ego wont allow him to take that chance ?

I doubt he would sell more on his own that Journey with Arnel. He has been out of the spotlight for so long now only the die hard fans of him and Journey care. Most probably expect to see him on a where are they now episode. Sad but true.

It was nice reading and seeing him in the 12/10/09 Rolling Stone magazine - consultant to Glee. Like that older pic too where he seemingly reaches out and grabs intensely for the world, so to speak, with mic in one hand. Journey site opening pic of AP is so similar to that one.

[annie89509]

DonS top Beeleeping.

yep, I'm with Slucero.
LD made a good point, though, about the popularity angle. A lot of people re-kindled their familiarity with SP after the '05 WhiteSox thing. Sports fans, music fans, saw and heard SP on TV throughout that series. Had Steve come out the next year with "something," it would have been big news. Instead, it's now 4, 5 years later, and people's (just not us on the messageboards) attention have faded. Sadly...

[escapefan]

As much as I love Perry's voice, just don't think it is ever gonna happen.... IMHO... We'll See.

[MrsPerry]

It would be incredibly nice. I would run 40 blocks in nothing but shoes to buy one.

[swataz]

It would be incredibly nice. I would run 40 blocks in nothing but shoes to buy one.

[KDOUBLEU]

It would be incredibly nice. I would run 40 blocks in nothing but shoes to buy one.

Lets hope it happens then.

[Don]

I think DSB is putting Classic Journey back on the map again. Journey's Greatest Hits continues to reside on Billboard's 200 Chart., even with it's brash blue sticker listing the band members names on the cover so people don't confuse it with the current Journey line up.

Journey didn't even crack the Top 25 in touring this year despite the Super Bowl stint at the beginning of the year and the constant reports here of sold out shows.

Both sides of the table are doing well financially, no doubt but despite DSB's current success in Europe, you don't see it anywhere on the Hot 100 here in the States, the bigger market by far.

I think the popularity of this song does not translate into much of anything for a solo Perry album or even for current Journey itself at this point. While all this hoopla about DSB is going on, Journey is shut down and there is nothing coming from Perry's camp either. Sony is the only one really benefiting at this point and that won't last forever.

[G.I.Jim]

I already have a copy of his new cd.

[steveo777]

I already have a copy of his new cd.

What is it, a greatest hit compilation?

[G.I.Jim]

I already have a copy of his new cd.

What is it, a greatest hit compilation?

I've been sworn to secrecy. I'm friends with people who know people. All I can say is that it's amazing.

[WalkInMyShoes]

OH NO! He's hearing voices again! Don't forget the Lithium tonight Jim - it really helps with the hallucinations.....

[steveo777]

I already have a copy of his new cd.

What is it, a greatest hit compilation?

I've been sworn to secrecy. I'm friends with people who know people. All I can say is that it's amazing.

Cool! I'm gonna go all over the internet and tell people that Jim has a copy of SMFP's latest CD. Can I give them your contact info? Someone might pay you good money for this!!!

[G.I.Jim]

I already have a copy of his new cd.

What is it, a greatest hit compilation?

I've been sworn to secrecy. I'm friends with people who know people. All I can say is that it's amazing.

Cool! I'm gonna go all over the internet and tell people that Jim has a copy of SMFP's latest CD. Can I give them your contact info? Someone might pay you good money for this!!!

Sorry... I came on here last night and was trying to stir up the loons! Looks like it didn't work though. I thought about saying I had it but I thought it sounded mediocre to stir up even more!

[Saint John]

I think DSB is putting Classic Journey back on the map again. Journey's Greatest Hits continues to reside on Billboard's 200 Chart., even with it's brash blue sticker listing the band members names on the cover so people don't confuse it with the current Journey line up.

Journey didn't even crack the Top 25 in touring this year despite the Super Bowl stint at the beginning of the year and the constant reports here of sold out shows.

Both sides of the table are doing well financially, no doubt but despite DSB's current success in Europe, you don't see it anywhere on the Hot 100 here in the States, the bigger market by far.

I think the popularity of this song does not translate into much of anything for a solo Perry album or even for current Journey itself at this point. While all this hoopla about DSB is going on, Journey is shut down and there is nothing coming from Perry's camp either. Sony is the only one really benefiting at this point and that won't last forever.

Well said. The only way to ride that momentum to its fullest is for a reunion with Perry, but I don't think that's gonna happen. He's been finding excuse after excuse for over 20 years, and perpetuating the fake notion that there's "no going back" because he can't sing anymore at a quality level. His output over the last decade pretty much speaks for itself. With today's technology and the vocal surgeries available I'm quite sure if the dude had the willingness to give it a go they could do the farewell reunion that the fans so badly want. But he hasn't cared about them for ages.

[ChildInTime]

^
While a lot of that post makes sense, I think some of it also sums up to simple anxiety, as silly of an excuse as that seems like. He always has seemed to be an anxious person, and since I am one myself, I go through a bit of the same issues at times. You know, like not doing a project or not going somewhere, etc., just because I automatically jump to the worst possible conclusions of what can happen, and just decide that simply not doing it is better than doing it and fucking up. I love my friends and I love my family, but at times I have let them down just because I allowed my anxiety to control my actions. That's obviously not the best way to live life, and I'm getting better at it all the time, but some people simply just let that anxiety rule them-- and that may just be the case here (or part of it, anyway). Sad but true.

Also, you know when you find a quote that totally fits a situation and you're like "Holy shit. ". Just happened to me with this topic:

"Many people die with their music still in them. Too often it is because they are always getting ready to live. Before they know it, time runs out."
~Oliver Wendell Holm



Hm... I think that's going to be my new sig.

[journey361]

To me, with SP's last recorded project (FTLOSM) which is now some 15 years ago, i believe his voice was really good then and could have done some different-direction type work with either himself (SOLO) or with another band which i'm on record as saying he missed his calling really bad there.
But i'm thinking his voice is truly shot by now and that seems to be the only real explanation. No one in their right frame of mind who has a vocal package like him would just do nothing, no way. There is a reason and the reason has got to be a vocal-related stress issue or a for a better term burnout from an ongoing 10-month touring schedule from 1978-1987. Journey is on record as saying "lets keep it moving" "take no time off". Nine years of this would burn anyone out, and the way the songs were sung by is another drawback. Seeing him sing some 10 times live back then i would have never seen it coming. Now, he was i believe 29 or 30 when he got that gig from Journey, Adam Lambert is 28 going on 29 now. Lambert is really good but he will never have to endure such a brutal schedule like Perry did. It's different now with UTUBE and everything available.