Message to band from SP!!

[*Laura]

ROTFLMAO!!! Laura, you just gotta post a duplicate of this over on the Journey forum.

Nah, I won't take it there, no need. You know what they say..."Build it and they will come". (okay, maybe the last word was spelled a bit different...lol)

I love a good laugh, glad you all enjoyed it.



(Miss you too, K!!I'll be there tomorrow, come back! *sniff*)

[strangegrey]

Laura, entertaining stuff...a breath of fresh air from the psycho circus upstairs!

[Playitloudforme]

(Miss you too, K!!I'll be there tomorrow, come back! *sniff*)

OMG... prepare yourselves So Cal. She comes. LOL! (and would you please hit a Camp Freddy show for me, tell Billy I sez hai).

[Michigan Girl]

ROTFLMAO!!! Laura, you just gotta post a duplicate of this over on the Journey forum.

Laura....Good Job!!!

[portland]

Laura....you are a gem!!! that made my day

[annpea]

I don't even know what's to debate about it. SP's message is SOP. He was contacted for a statement, he made a very classy one, end of story, let him go back to work.

Love you Laura, but this cracked me up! If he takes this long to release an album... is the 10 minutes it took to write the statement (If he even wrote it himself!) really going to make a difference? :lol:

Yup, a big difference. This is what those "10 minutes" could be like.

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Studio X. Steve Perry is in the middle of a writing session. Man walks in.


Man: Excuse me Mr. Perry, phone call for you.
SP (annoyed): Dude! I’m trying to write a song here!
Man: Sorry, but they said it’s urgent.
SP: Urgent? URGENT?? *throwing his hands in the air* THIS album is urgent, man!!
(SP turns to the mic and begins humming a catchy chorus)
Man: But…Mr. Perry, they are waiting for you on the line. It’s The Oprah Show.
SP (abruptly stops singing and stares): Who?
Man: Umm…You know….Oprah Winfrey.
SP: What? They want to use Don’t Stop Believin’ when she walks in? Is there any killing going on?
Man (looks baffled): Err…killing?
SP (losing his patience): Oh just forget it. For-get-it!
*stops breathing for a second then yells* FAK! I forgot where the chorus was going!! *takes his head in his hands and sobs softly*
Man: You taking the phone call, Mr. Perry?
SP (motionless): What do they want?
Man: A statement about Journey.
SP (sobbing louder): And for THAT you made me lose 10 minutes AND a song???
Man: Sorry... but they said it was urgent.
SP: Okay... (tears choking some of his words, parts of them muffled ): Tell them this…Though …you’d sell your mommas to have me back, we've gone our separate ways… I will appreciate it if all of you will be forever grateful for what I did for you…You wouldn’t be on Oprah if not for our time together…I sang the music we created...remember?…Well, so does Oprah and our faithful fans. I wish I would have continued this new song but you had to be on Oprah, didn’t you?… I still provide more success to all of you…don’t I? *wiping his tears, he looks at the man* Get it?
Man(puzzled): Umm...I think so. I will deliver the statement.
SP: Yes, do it. And I wanna know if there will be some killing going on...mmkay?


Man walks out and hears behind him "I forgot the frikkin' song!!!"

Laura, that's a work of art....

[tammy]

I love that man! I'm glad he made that classy statement - it just shows his great character.

I watched the Oprah show yesterday and although I am glad for AP to have found success & think he has a wonderful voice - I still get the biggest thrill inside hearing & seeing SP...THE Original Perfect Voice of Journey and always will be.

[artist4perry]

Laura, funny stuff.......and here there is not much chance a Pinhead will pitch a fit. 90

[Jana]

Don't get me wrong I love Steve Perry, but while everybody is praising him for what a great and wonderful person he is, what did you expect him to say... really? Does anyone seriously think he was going to go and get all Serena Williams on Neal? Give me a break! I can't believe this even merited a thread in either forum. IMO

+1

It sounds like a canned standard response from Perry to these types of inquiries. As a matter of fact, it seems to me I've heard this response, verbatim, on at least one other occasion. It's like the "little black dress" of responses to requests for statements about Journey. It goes with everything. Just cut, paste, and send.

Yeah, regarding Journey with Augeri something very similar. Why aren't people carrying on that Neal is a great person for saying Perry has an open invitation anytime and how sweet that is?

[artist4perry]

Don't get me wrong I love Steve Perry, but while everybody is praising him for what a great and wonderful person he is, what did you expect him to say... really? Does anyone seriously think he was going to go and get all Serena Williams on Neal? Give me a break! I can't believe this even merited a thread in either forum. IMO

+1

It sounds like a canned standard response from Perry to these types of inquiries. As a matter of fact, it seems to me I've heard this response, verbatim, on at least one other occasion. It's like the "little black dress" of responses to requests for statements about Journey. It goes with everything. Just cut, paste, and send.

Yeah, regarding Journey with Augeri something very similar. Why aren't people carrying on that Neal is a great person for saying Perry has an open invitation anytime and how sweet that is?

I thought it was sweet Jana, I said something to that affect. I like Neal too................

[Michigan Girl]

Don't get me wrong I love Steve Perry, but while everybody is praising him for what a great and wonderful person he is, what did you expect him to say... really? Does anyone seriously think he was going to go and get all Serena Williams on Neal? Give me a break! I can't believe this even merited a thread in either forum. IMO

+1

It sounds like a canned standard response from Perry to these types of inquiries. As a matter of fact, it seems to me I've heard this response, verbatim, on at least one other occasion. It's like the "little black dress" of responses to requests for statements about Journey. It goes with everything. Just cut, paste, and send.

Yeah, regarding Journey with Augeri something very similar. Why aren't people carrying on that Neal is a great person for saying Perry has an open invitation anytime and how sweet that is?

I thought it was sweet too and then he ruined it w/EFF him!!!
That Neal, he's funny~ Hell of a Guitar Guy, though...my fav!!!

[artist4perry]

Don't get me wrong I love Steve Perry, but while everybody is praising him for what a great and wonderful person he is, what did you expect him to say... really? Does anyone seriously think he was going to go and get all Serena Williams on Neal? Give me a break! I can't believe this even merited a thread in either forum. IMO

+1

It sounds like a canned standard response from Perry to these types of inquiries. As a matter of fact, it seems to me I've heard this response, verbatim, on at least one other occasion. It's like the "little black dress" of responses to requests for statements about Journey. It goes with everything. Just cut, paste, and send.

Yeah, regarding Journey with Augeri something very similar. Why aren't people carrying on that Neal is a great person for saying Perry has an open invitation anytime and how sweet that is?

I thought it was sweet too and then he ruined it w/EFF him!!!
That Neal, he's funny~ Hell of a Guitar Guy, though...my fav!!!

Well good thing about Neal, he might sound mad in an interview last week, and make amends the next. I think sometimes he lets some of those interviewers get him going. He has since said he welcomes Perry on stage with them. I think as people grow older, they let go of past angsts. Let not the sun go down on your anger and all........glad to see positive things from both sides.

[Kimmy]

Classy.... If he didn't respond, he'd get shit, so actually I really like that he acknowledged them, classy move.. I agree, lets see how classy Neil is, whenever Steves CD comes out!

[steveo777]

Classy.... If he didn't respond, he'd get shit, so actually I really like that he acknowledged them, classy move.. I agree, lets see how classy Neil is, whenever Steves CD comes out!

"Neil" who? Neil Young?

[SP Fan in Oregon]

2 cents worth.

I thought Oprah did an outstanding job of giving Steve Perry the recognition he deserves for his major contribution to the band at the beginning of the segment,
showing him singing the songs, acknowledging the Steve Perry vocals as the sound the band is trying to preserve. Then,
she did an outstanding job of telling Arnel's story and capturing Arnel's humble nature and his extraordinary rags to riches story.
The statement from Perry to Oprah's producer was so very nice and tastefully prepared. I did get a feeling that there is some healing going on between
all parties concerned. Time does heal old wounds. Journey having success now with Arnel does not take anything away from Perry's greatness during the years
he was with Journey, nor does it take anything away from Perry's future as a solo artist. In my opinion, Perry is an icon that will be remembered like Sinatra and Elvis.
A voice as smooth as velvet that touches the depths of the human soul. There is no other that moves my spirit like Steve Perry.

[bluejeangirl76]

I thought Oprah did an outstanding job of giving Steve Perry the recognition he deserves for his major contribution to the band at the beginning of the segment

I think this is being glorified a little too much. (not directed to you, SPF, just at the general Oprah ass-kissing....LOL)

It was a nice segment indeed, but she (or, her producers/editors, rather) by no means did an outstanding job with it. (Oh good lord, I'm starting to sound like Sain- I can't even say it. )

But that's what Oprah does - over-dramatizes everything, over-praises everything, everything is always sunshine and gloriousness and amazement with her. A nice job, maybe, but not outstanding because it was just as obligatory as a journalist spell checking or a photographer putting film in the camera. What else would they or could they have said? Can they leave it out? No, of course not. Can they say bad things? No.

He was mentioned it's mandatory, because nowhere, at anytime, is a description of Journey given without mentioning him, because that can't happen. When it comes to Journey, the past is far bigger than the present and discussing Journey without mentioning Steve Perry is like trying to bake a cake without an oven.

[Lora]

I thought Oprah did an outstanding job of giving Steve Perry the recognition he deserves for his major contribution to the band at the beginning of the segment

I think this is being glorified a little too much. (not directed to you, SPF, just at the general Oprah ass-kissing....LOL)

It was a nice segment indeed, but she (or, her producers/editors, rather) by no means did an outstanding job with it. (Oh good lord, I'm starting to sound like Sain- I can't even say it. )

But that's what Oprah does - over-dramatizes everything, over-praises everything, everything is always sunshine and gloriousness and amazement with her. A nice job, maybe, but not outstanding because it was just as obligatory as a journalist spell checking or a photographer putting film in the camera. What else would they or could they have said? Can they leave it out? No, of course not. Can they say bad things? No.

He was mentioned it's mandatory, because nowhere, at anytime, is a description of Journey given without mentioning him, because that can't happen. When it comes to Journey, the past is far bigger than the present and discussing Journey without mentioning Steve Perry is like trying to bake a cake without an oven.

When I watched Oprah doing the Whitney Houston interview, I believed her. I felt she was sincere, a Whitney fan, someone who knew Whitney's story and really did have a connection to her. When I watched the Journey segment, I felt none of that. I doubt she knew much of their back history or that she listens to their music. I found the scenes of her trying to sing along in the audience embarrassing. Especially the wide-eyed look on her face a couple of times when she was supposedly impressed with something Arnel sang. Not buying it. But that's okay. No way she can be that connected to all her musical guests and her warm & fuzzy theme for the show came across just fine.

[bluejeangirl76]

I thought Oprah did an outstanding job of giving Steve Perry the recognition he deserves for his major contribution to the band at the beginning of the segment

I think this is being glorified a little too much. (not directed to you, SPF, just at the general Oprah ass-kissing....LOL)

It was a nice segment indeed, but she (or, her producers/editors, rather) by no means did an outstanding job with it. (Oh good lord, I'm starting to sound like Sain- I can't even say it. )

But that's what Oprah does - over-dramatizes everything, over-praises everything, everything is always sunshine and gloriousness and amazement with her. A nice job, maybe, but not outstanding because it was just as obligatory as a journalist spell checking or a photographer putting film in the camera. What else would they or could they have said? Can they leave it out? No, of course not. Can they say bad things? No.

He was mentioned it's mandatory, because nowhere, at anytime, is a description of Journey given without mentioning him, because that can't happen. When it comes to Journey, the past is far bigger than the present and discussing Journey without mentioning Steve Perry is like trying to bake a cake without an oven.

When I watched Oprah doing the Whitney Houston interview, I believed her. I felt she was sincere, a Whitney fan, someone who knew Whitney's story and really did have a connection to her. When I watched the Journey segment, I felt none of that. I doubt she knew much of their back history or that she listens to their music. I found the scenes of her trying to sing along in the audience embarrassing. Especially the wide-eyed look on her face a couple of times when she was supposedly impressed with something Arnel sang. Not buying it. But that's okay. No way she can be that connected to all her musical guests and her warm & fuzzy theme for the show came across just fine.

Oprah tends to come across much better with regular guests than she does with celebs... I feel like it's her whole thing of having to act all dramatic because she's interviewing an ICON! Her interviews with people like Jim Carrey and John Travolta and the like, packed to the brim with epic butt-kissing, can be a little puke-inducing.

She does do really well with the human interest stories though, and I suppose that's what Arnel's story is, so that part was fine. Howver, I didn't need to see Oprah trying to sing Don't Stop Believin'. She should have felt free to sit that one out.

[SP Fan in Oregon]

I thought Oprah did an outstanding job of giving Steve Perry the recognition he deserves for his major contribution to the band at the beginning of the segment

I think this is being glorified a little too much. (not directed to you, SPF, just at the general Oprah ass-kissing....LOL)

It was a nice segment indeed, but she (or, her producers/editors, rather) by no means did an outstanding job with it. (Oh good lord, I'm starting to sound like Sain- I can't even say it. )

But that's what Oprah does - over-dramatizes everything, over-praises everything, everything is always sunshine and gloriousness and amazement with her. A nice job, maybe, but not outstanding because it was just as obligatory as a journalist spell checking or a photographer putting film in the camera. What else would they or could they have said? Can they leave it out? No, of course not. Can they say bad things? No.

He was mentioned it's mandatory, because nowhere, at anytime, is a description of Journey given without mentioning him, because that can't happen. When it comes to Journey, the past is far bigger than the present and discussing Journey without mentioning Steve Perry is like trying to bake a cake without an oven.

When I watched Oprah doing the Whitney Houston interview, I believed her. I felt she was sincere, a Whitney fan, someone who knew Whitney's story and really did have a connection to her. When I watched the Journey segment, I felt none of that. I doubt she knew much of their back history or that she listens to their music. I found the scenes of her trying to sing along in the audience embarrassing. Especially the wide-eyed look on her face a couple of times when she was supposedly impressed with something Arnel sang. Not buying it. But that's okay. No way she can be that connected to all her musical guests and her warm & fuzzy theme for the show came across just fine.

I agree that Oprah overplayed the Arnel performance part of her show and that it wasn't as sincere as other shows she produces. My point was that I felt Oprah's coverage of Perry was well done and appropriate for the amount of time available for the segment. Given that there was not even a mention of Augeri, I was pleased to see that she did not shorten the Perry part, but gave that part the justice it deserved. In other words, she covered much more than a passing reference. I was pleased with the content as well. What did you think about that part of the segment?

[Lora]

I agree that Oprah overplayed the Arnel performance part of her show and that it wasn't as sincere as other shows she produces. My point was that I felt Oprah's coverage of Perry was well done and appropriate for the amount of time available for the segment. Given that there was not even a mention of Augeri, I was pleased to see that she did not shorten the Perry part, but gave that part the justice it deserved. In other words, she covered much more than a passing reference. I was pleased with the content as well. What did you think about that part of the segment?

I doubt that she or the people who did the background work for this show even knew Augeri was ever in the band. There is no way they could do a segment on Journey with a "don't stop believin'" theme and not mention Steve Perry and I thought the coverage was respectful. Not sure what was going on with Neal's choice of wardrobe, though.

[Rhiannon]

Not sure what was going on with Neal's choice of wardrobe, though.

Someone stuffed the scarecrow with red tissue paper instead of the typical straw.

[bluejeangirl76]

Not sure what was going on with Neal's choice of wardrobe, though.

Someone stuffed the scarecrow with red tissue paper instead of the typical straw.

During the opening, with the red shirt, vest, and flattened hair, I was waiting for "Step right up, step right up! Test your strength!"

[SP Fan in Oregon]

I agree that Oprah overplayed the Arnel performance part of her show and that it wasn't as sincere as other shows she produces. My point was that I felt Oprah's coverage of Perry was well done and appropriate for the amount of time available for the segment. Given that there was not even a mention of Augeri, I was pleased to see that she did not shorten the Perry part, but gave that part the justice it deserved. In other words, she covered much more than a passing reference. I was pleased with the content as well. What did you think about that part of the segment?

I doubt that she or the people who did the background work for this show even knew Augeri was ever in the band. There is no way they could do a segment on Journey with a "don't stop believin'" theme and not mention Steve Perry and I thought the coverage was respectful. Not sure what was going on with Neal's choice of wardrobe, though.

Maybe he wanted the GBS effect, "goose bump surplus"

[Michigan Girl]

Didn't see this anywhere on MR...but I'm sure it is. Anyway...read the last page. A message was sent from Perry to the band via Oprah's producers.



http://www.oprah.com/article/oprahshow/ ... rney-arnel

Someone posted this in the Journey forum!!!

[steveo777]

Didn't see this anywhere on MR...but I'm sure it is. Anyway...read the last page. A message was sent from Perry to the band via Oprah's producers.



http://www.oprah.com/article/oprahshow/ ... rney-arnel

Someone posted this in the Journey forum!!!

Need some coffee? You are really asleep at the wheel today. This was also posted here in the loon...I mean Steve Perry forum. You just missed it. LMAO!

[Michigan Girl]

Didn't see this anywhere on MR...but I'm sure it is. Anyway...read the last page. A message was sent from Perry to the band via Oprah's producers.



http://www.oprah.com/article/oprahshow/ ... rney-arnel

Someone posted this in the Journey forum!!!

Need some coffee? You are really asleep at the wheel today. This was also posted here in the loon...I mean Steve Perry forum. You just missed it. LMAO!

Tommy....help me out here!!!

[steveo777]

Didn't see this anywhere on MR...but I'm sure it is. Anyway...read the last page. A message was sent from Perry to the band via Oprah's producers.



http://www.oprah.com/article/oprahshow/ ... rney-arnel

Someone posted this in the Journey forum!!!

Need some coffee? You are really asleep at the wheel today. This was also posted here in the loon...I mean Steve Perry forum. You just missed it. LMAO!

Tommy....help me out here!!!

Hey, just for you and Portland....I've had an epiphany. I think I'm gonna quit being such an ass.

Just for today

[portland]

Didn't see this anywhere on MR...but I'm sure it is. Anyway...read the last page. A message was sent from Perry to the band via Oprah's producers.



http://www.oprah.com/article/oprahshow/ ... rney-arnel

Someone posted this in the Journey forum!!!

Need some coffee? You are really asleep at the wheel today. This was also posted here in the loon...I mean Steve Perry forum. You just missed it. LMAO!

Tommy....help me out here!!!

Hey, just for you and Portland....I've had an epiphany. I think I'm gonna quit being such an ass.

Just for today

What is it a Friggin Holiday??? oh yes Thanksgiving Day in CA... I give thanks that you are not being such as ass for today!!!

[Jubilee]

Uh...just for clarification, Steveo, are you saying you're not going to be an ass today, or are you saying you're going to be LESS of an ass than usual today?? Just askin'...

[Michigan Girl]

Hey, just for you and Portland....I've had an epiphany. I think I'm gonna quit being such an ass.

Just for today

What time today do you begin?!?!?