Victory Parade for the Giants

[Lora]

Live streaming on MLB.com now: http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?topic_id=15407252

[Art Vandelay]

Lora, do you realize that you just blew the ultimate Rick Roll opportunity?

[Ftloperry]

Hard for a Yankees fan to watch this but I might take a peak or two to see what is going on at the Parade.

[CatEyes]

Just received text msg that Perry is at the parade in one of the cars.


Oh yeah - and there is a really great baseball team there too!!

And thanks Lora!!

[CatEyes]

Wow the ceremonies are starting with DSB!!!

[Saint John]

Wow the ceremonies are starting with DSB!!!

Great to see Jonathan Cain's concept get so much love these past few years.


"Don't Stop Believin'" – I brought in the title and the end piece and certainly the lyrics. -Jonathan Cain

[Art Vandelay]

Wow the ceremonies are starting with DSB!!!

Great to see Jonathan Cain's concept get so much love these past few years.


"Don't Stop Believin'" – I brought in the title and the end piece and certainly the lyrics. -Jonathan Cain

Steve Smith must be stewing too, since he put together such an interesting drum piece for it.

[CatEyes]

Wow the ceremonies are starting with DSB!!!

Great to see Jonathan Cain's concept get so much love these past few years.


"Don't Stop Believin'" – I brought in the title and the end piece and certainly the lyrics. -Jonathan Cain

SJ

I am truly sorry that the only way you can feel good about yourself is by putting down anytime anyone is having a good time.

Now go back to sitting naked in front of your computer stroking your pussy.

Cat

[portland]

Wow the ceremonies are starting with DSB!!!

Great to see Jonathan Cain's concept get so much love these past few years.


"Don't Stop Believin'" – I brought in the title and the end piece and certainly the lyrics. -Jonathan Cain

What car was Cain asked to ride in?.......oh never mind.

[perryfaithful]

Just received text msg that Perry is at the parade in one of the cars.


Oh yeah - and there is a really great baseball team there too!!

And thanks Lora!!

watching on and off, did not see. Anyone have it/

thanks Lora, Cat

[lights1961]

Wow the ceremonies are starting with DSB!!!

Great to see Jonathan Cain's concept get so much love these past few years.


"Don't Stop Believin'" – I brought in the title and the end piece and certainly the lyrics. -Jonathan Cain

SJ

I am truly sorry that the only way you can feel good about yourself is by putting down anytime anyone is having a good time.

Now go back to sitting naked in front of your computer stroking your pussy.

LOL... OUCH...





Cat

[Jubilee]

Wow the ceremonies are starting with DSB!!!

Great to see Jonathan Cain's concept get so much love these past few years.


"Don't Stop Believin'" – I brought in the title and the end piece and certainly the lyrics. -Jonathan Cain

SJ

I am truly sorry that the only way you can feel good about yourself is by putting down anytime anyone is having a good time.

Now go back to sitting naked in front of your computer stroking your pussy.

Cat

I had no idea Danillow even had a cat... ... Oh, wait a minute...

[Lora]

Just received text msg that Perry is at the parade in one of the cars.


Oh yeah - and there is a really great baseball team there too!!

And thanks Lora!!

watching on and off, did not see. Anyone have it/

thanks Lora, Cat

They showed Steve during the ceremony at City Hall. I think mlb.com is going to rebroadcast the whole thing at some point.

[Saint John]

Wow the ceremonies are starting with DSB!!!

Great to see Jonathan Cain's concept get so much love these past few years.


"Don't Stop Believin'" – I brought in the title and the end piece and certainly the lyrics. -Jonathan Cain

SJ

I am truly sorry that the only way you can feel good about yourself is by putting down anytime anyone is having a good time.

Now go back to sitting naked in front of your computer stroking your pussy.

Cat

I'm not putting anyone down. I posted a quote. It's no secret that Jonathan Cain got the ball rolling with DSB and that Perry and Schon then contributed to the lyrics and melody. Why are you so cranky ... you got the flu or something?

[Lora]

I'm not putting anyone down. I posted a quote. It's no secret that Jonathan Cain got the ball rolling with DSB and that Perry and Schon then contributed to the lyrics and melody. Why are you so cranky ... you got the flu or something?

You calling someone else cranky is laughable.

[Saint John]

You calling someone else cranky is laughable.

See?!?! I always try and make you smile, Lora!

[perryfaithful]

Back to the Homecoming for the Giants....

Was Steve Perry in the parade?

[perryfaithful]

http://twitpic.com/33mupl

oh there it is!

[Author2]

Wow the ceremonies are starting with DSB!!!

Great to see Jonathan Cain's concept get so much love these past few years.


"Don't Stop Believin'" – I brought in the title and the end piece and certainly the lyrics. -Jonathan Cain

That phrase has probably been around for eons....

By REED TUCKER
Last Updated: 8:22 AM, May 23, 2010
Posted: 11:04 PM, May 22, 2010
New York Post / Believin’ one song’s Journey Story of the hit that won’t die

“The phrase came from my father,” Cain says. “I had a tough time trying to get down the road in the music business, and he used to tell me that stuff, ‘Don’t stop believing’ and, ‘Stick to your guns.’ ”

From there, Perry mostly dictated the structure.

“He worked backwards,” Cain says. “He said, ‘You need to start this thing like it’s going somewhere. Give me some rolling piano.’ So I started playing. Then I think Neal came up with the bass line. Steve scat on that.”

Schon then added his urgent, 16th-note arpeggiated guitar riff, played on a Les Paul, after Perry suggested he needed to sound like “a train.”

The next day, Cain went over to Perry’s house, and the two wrote the full lyrics about a “small-town girl” and a “city boy.”

[Saint John]

Um ... that's pretty much exactly in line with what I posted! Her's a more in depth explanation:


“I brought in the chorus, the last out-chorus — ‘Don't stop believin', hold on to that feelin”, and I think I had ‘streetlights people.' I showed it to Steve [Perry] and I believe Neal [Schon] came up with the bass line. It was Steve Perry's idea that, since it was my chorus, I should chime in with some sort of piano thing that sounded like we were going somewhere. I put that [strident intro] on top of Neal's bass [motif] line, and then Steve started scatting on that. Steve looked at Neal, and said, ‘Okay, now you have to sound like a train' and he did that guitar in between the verses — the 16th arpeggio.

“From that point,” Cain continues, “we wanted to build different sections and we felt the song should have two choruses, so we did a sub-chorus, if you will. Our goal was sort of to build the song backward to get to the ‘Don't Stop Believin”, which were the only lyrics we had. Then came the [other] lyrics. Once we got the shape of the song, Steve and I took cassettes home, with Steve just singing syllables. When we heard Neil's train thing, we said, ‘What if two people were trying to get away from the place they grew up and they were taking a midnight train going anywhere.' I always loved that Gladys Knight song, ‘Midnight Train to Georgia.' Steve and I thought it would be really charming if we had just a small-town girl and then a city boy. I told Steve about living on Sunset Boulevard, so the middle section, which I'll call the pre-chorus — ‘strangers waiting up and down the boulevard, their shadows searching in the night' — was about Sunset Boulevard back in the '70s. I got that from seeing that every night in Hollywood — people coming to L.A. looking for their dream. That's the premise of the song. We felt that every young person has a dream and sometimes where you grow up isn't where you're destined to be. We really felt that we had nailed something fun, and Steve had fun singing it.”

[Ftloperry]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noWFaaWcs00&feature=player_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6ETJjSgfGc&feature=player_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzOBtms401s

[whirlwind]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noWFaaWcs00&feature=player_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6ETJjSgfGc&feature=player_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzOBtms401s

Thanks for posting those.

[Ftloperry]

Your welcome!

[CatEyes]

http://twitpic.com/33mupl

oh there it is!

Great catch, pf!

Thanks

Cat

[CatEyes]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noWFaaWcs00&feature=player_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6ETJjSgfGc&feature=player_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzOBtms401s

Awesome!

Awesome!

and Awesomer!!

Thanks Pat

You are the best.


Cat

[perryfaithful]

http://twitpic.com/33mupl

oh there it is!

Great catch, pf!

Thanks

Cat

with baseball season over, could be a long "cold spell" for Perry fans, hope not!

[Kilaya]

Nice links. I was happy to see Lincecum and Posey. I have to admit I have a little cougar crush on them. LOL

[Ftloperry]

Awesome!

Awesome!

and Awesomer!!

Thanks Pat

You are the best.


Cat

Anything to brighter your day my friend.

[CatEyes]

Nice links. I was happy to see Lincecum and Posey. I have to admit I have a little cougar crush on them. LOL

Me too!!

Definate impure thoughts.

Cat

[journeyrock]

Um ... that's pretty much exactly in line with what I posted! Her's a more in depth explanation:


“I brought in the chorus, the last out-chorus — ‘Don't stop believin', hold on to that feelin”, and I think I had ‘streetlights people.' I showed it to Steve [Perry] and I believe Neal [Schon] came up with the bass line. It was Steve Perry's idea that, since it was my chorus, I should chime in with some sort of piano thing that sounded like we were going somewhere. I put that [strident intro] on top of Neal's bass [motif] line, and then Steve started scatting on that. Steve looked at Neal, and said, ‘Okay, now you have to sound like a train' and he did that guitar in between the verses — the 16th arpeggio.“From that point,” Cain continues, “we wanted to build different sections and we felt the song should have two choruses, so we did a sub-chorus, if you will. Our goal was sort of to build the song backward to get to the ‘Don't Stop Believin”, which were the only lyrics we had. Then came the [other] lyrics. Once we got the shape of the song, Steve and I took cassettes home, with Steve just singing syllables. When we heard Neil's train thing, we said, ‘What if two people were trying to get away from the place they grew up and they were taking a midnight train going anywhere.' I always loved that Gladys Knight song, ‘Midnight Train to Georgia.' Steve and I thought it would be really charming if we had just a small-town girl and then a city boy. I told Steve about living on Sunset Boulevard, so the middle section, which I'll call the pre-chorus — ‘strangers waiting up and down the boulevard, their shadows searching in the night' — was about Sunset Boulevard back in the '70s. I got that from seeing that every night in Hollywood — people coming to L.A. looking for their dream. That's the premise of the song. We felt that every young person has a dream and sometimes where you grow up isn't where you're destined to be. We really felt that we had nailed something fun, and Steve had fun singing it.”

This is very interesting in that Steve recently commented in an interview that he didn't realize until he was remastering the Houston show that Neal sounded like a train on train tracks. He also said he didn't know if Neal realized he was doing it but that's what it sounded like.

Aside from that, it certainly doesn't sound like it was Cain's invention just because he came up with "Don't Stop Believin". The guy's a little zealous I would say. Must come from the huge muscle between his ears.