When will Steve answer our emails?

[Author2]

It is now official. Steve has a case of SADS. (Steve ain't doing shit)

And steveo777 has a case of SAM!

[Author2]

I was teeny bit taken aback by his answer to question to 61. A tad arrogant it seemed.

Really?

[froy]

I was teeny bit taken aback by his answer to question to 61. A tad arrogant it seemed.

Really?

61) Don't you think you have been away from us, your fans, for long enough? We are faithful and we are waiting! - Debbie


Well Debbie..........Uncle Steve ain't no longer a spring chicken ya know??

Well Steve or Uncle Steve you were a spring chicken when you quit 15 years ago and you were a chicken when you quit the time before that 13 years prior to that. So what you are saying is you are to old to sing? Funny neil Diamond is 70 and he keeps going same with Paul and Elton . Enough excuses they don't work anymore,

I'm not sure when or how it will happen....

It won't

.......If it does?..

It won't

.......Being as Faithful as you sound.......I know you'll be there and I will be looking for ya !!!

What a jerk

[Author2]

I was teeny bit taken aback by his answer to question to 61. A tad arrogant it seemed.

Really?

61) Don't you think you have been away from us, your fans, for long enough? We are faithful and we are waiting! - Debbie


Well Debbie..........Uncle Steve ain't no longer a spring chicken ya know??

Well Steve or Uncle Steve you were a spring chicken when you quit 15 years ago and you were a chicken when you quit the time before that 13 years prior to that. So what you are saying is you are to old to sing? Funny neil Diamond is 70 and he keeps going same with Paul and Elton . Enough excuses they don't work anymore,

I'm not sure when or how it will happen....

It won't

.......If it does?..

It won't

.......Being as Faithful as you sound.......I know you'll be there and I will be looking for ya !!!

What a jerk

Hey Froy, maybe one day you will GROW UP!

[Rhiannon]

Hey Froy, maybe one day you will GROW UP!

Not sure why you're always taking such offense to people's opinions of Perry, but Froy makes a fair point. There is an air of affectation in those responses. But I suppose that's to be expected.

[Deb]

Hey Froy, maybe one day you will GROW UP!

Not sure why you're always taking such offense to people's opinions of Perry, but Froy makes a fair point. There is an air of affectation in those responses. But I suppose that's to be expected.

Bahaha, maybe he thought the question came from his #1 Canadian fan. I have been pretty negligent lately..... J/K

[Saint John]

Well Steve or Uncle Steve you were a spring chicken when you quit 15 years ago and you were a chicken when you quit the time before that 13 years prior to that. So what you are saying is you are to old to sing? Funny Neil Diamond is 70 and he keeps going same with Paul and Elton . Enough excuses they don't work anymore

Kind of funny that Uncle Steve would resort to playing the age card. Like you already pointed out, his age is not a fair argument because he chose to fall of the face of the Earth and also insisted on having Bullhorns tease us with the "He sounds as good as any time in the mid 80's" and "He has some demos, folks!". So of course people are going to start expecting something. It's like casting a lure and acting surprised when you catch a fish, in that it makes no sense.

Maybe, just fucking maybe, people will start believing Herbie Herbert when he said the following not too long ago:

"And for whatever reason, the band, Journey has always had an obsession with playing the songs in the original key. Despite the logic, the unavoidable logic, that if Steve Perry was still in the band, and I know that there's a giant public out there that would love nothing more, they're clueless to the fact that the guy can't sing anymore."

"It's a muscle, it's something that has to be exercised and trained and to get to that level of conditioning its hard work. And you know I think Steve Perry's really tried. When he had a solo career and his solo tour he tried to do it. I've heard that he's gone to the greatest vocal teachers and got the best help that you can get and it's just not there anymore."

[Rhiannon]

Hey Froy, maybe one day you will GROW UP!

Not sure why you're always taking such offense to people's opinions of Perry, but Froy makes a fair point. There is an air of affectation in those responses. But I suppose that's to be expected.

Bahaha, maybe he thought the question came from his #1 Canadian fan. I have been pretty negligent lately..... J/K

[DrFU]

I was teeny bit taken aback by his answer to question to 61. A tad arrogant it seemed.

I thought he sounded like a twit on many of those answers. But maybe he's always sounded like that, and I've just grown weary ...

[Saint John]

I was teeny bit taken aback by his answer to question to 61. A tad arrogant it seemed.

I thought he sounded like a twit on many of those answers. But maybe he's always sounded like that, and I've just grown weary ...

There sure seemed to certainly be an air of self-sympathy in a lot of those responses, didn't there? Almost like he has been touring for all these years and what's being asked is a bit too much and unfair. Um, Uncle Steve, your workload over the past 15 years has been less than that of Elvis!

[walkslikealady]

Question #61? I thought the question was pushy...nothing wrong with the answer.

[Saint John]

Question #61? I thought the question was pushy

Then "Mr. High Road" shouldn't have answered it. Oh, I forgot, they randomly picked questions out of a fish bowl (perhaps randomly PRE-SCREENED qualifying questions). I suppose if the question, "Did you bogart lines of blow like Herbie claims you did?" would have come up he would have answered it! Riiiiight.

[Don]

I don't think Perry would have any issue answering that question. Do you know how much blow fucking costs? I'd bogart that shit too!

[Saint John]

I don't think Perry would have any issue answering that question. Do you know how much blow fucking costs? I'd bogart that shit too!

Prick.

[bluejeangirl76]

Um, Uncle Steve, your workload over the past 15 years has been less than that of Elvis!

I'd like to see the questions of yours that didn't get picked.


"Even Tupac and MJ are still recording, you lazy fuck, what gives?

Love and squeezes, Daniel"

[froy]

Author2""froy"

Hey Froy, maybe one day you will GROW UP!

Maybe one day you will wake up..

[Saint John]

Um, Uncle Steve, your workload over the past 15 years has been less than that of Elvis!

I'd like to see the questions of yours that didn't get picked.


"Even Tupac and MJ are still recording, you lazy fuck, what gives?

Love and squeezes, Daniel"

[CHELBEL]

Question #61? I thought the question was pushy...nothing wrong with the answer.

No, I didn't take the question as pushy but rather more tongue in cheek ~~~ kind of calling him out and ribbing him a little to to finally answer what everybody wants to know ~~~ "ya comin back or not?" cuz, DrFu's right we've grown pretty weary and not sure he's worth the wait anymore.

[*Laura]

What if SP is like Santa and we're the kids? lol....Just an analogy and yes, believing in Santa is a must.

So...we're all hoping for the greatest gifts (or better, the greatest hits) and we're waiting and waiting for him to come, but he is late and we lose patience and we're tired.
We fall asleep and it's then when he slides down the chimney. Just when we lost all hope.
Aren't we the happiest little fellows in the morning?

In all seriousness now, it crossed my mind that maybe SP is avoiding to say a firm YES or NO because he actually wants to surprise everybody with a solo comeback when everybody will expect it the least. We'll be all "tired of waiting and asleep".
Perhaps it's all just some sort of a strategy, a risky one for sure because he already pisses off some of the kids...haha...but hey, I said "believing in Santa is a must".

[Rhiannon]

In all seriousness now, it crossed my mind that maybe SP is avoiding to say a firm YES or NO because he actually wants to surprise everybody with a solo comeback when everybody will expect it the least. We'll be all "tired of waiting and asleep".
Perhaps it's all just some sort of a strategy, a risky one for sure because he already pisses off some of the kids...haha...but hey, I said "believing in Santa is a must".

...OR maybe the man himself has no idea what he wants to do. (You ever not been able to decide before? Happened to me once. Sucks.)
And he doesn't really have to make up his mind either. People go their whole lives torn between what to do with themselves. Being human, I'm sure Perry is no different.

PS... You, stateside, now. Huss.

[bluejeangirl76]

What if SP is like Santa and we're the kids? lol....Just an analogy and yes, believing in Santa is a must.

So...we're all hoping for the greatest gifts (or better, the greatest hits) and we're waiting and waiting for him to come, but he is late and we lose patience and we're tired.
We fall asleep and it's then when he slides down the chimney. Just when we lost all hope.
Aren't we the happiest little fellows in the morning?

So now I gotta leave cookies out for HIM, too? Christ!

[Don]

..And right when we think he's about to pull a 12 megapixel camera out of his bag, he presents us with a Sid & Marty Krofft Viewfinder.

[*Laura]

...OR maybe the man himself has no idea what he wants to do. (You ever not been able to decide before? Happened to me once. Sucks.)
And he doesn't really have to make up his mind either. People go their whole lives torn between what to do with themselves. Being human, I'm sure Perry is no different.

PS... You, stateside, now. Huss.

You make a great point, however, if that's the truth, no one seems to buy it. Because Perry is actually not human, right?


ps ~ I'm already packing.

[*Laura]

What if SP is like Santa and we're the kids? lol....Just an analogy and yes, believing in Santa is a must.

So...we're all hoping for the greatest gifts (or better, the greatest hits) and we're waiting and waiting for him to come, but he is late and we lose patience and we're tired.
We fall asleep and it's then when he slides down the chimney. Just when we lost all hope.
Aren't we the happiest little fellows in the morning?

So now I gotta leave cookies out for HIM, too? Christ!

Absolutely! And his name is Uncle Santa not Christ.

[Saint John]

2 things:

-I'm sure he realizes no one gives a fuck about a solo album and has abandoned that stupid idea.
-He can't sing anymore.

[*Laura]

2 things:

-I'm sure he realizes no one gives a fuck about a solo album and has abandoned that stupid idea.
-He can't sing anymore.

Lately, all you have for breakfast is Pissflakes. Or maybe Debbie Downer hacked your account. Come on Dan, lighten up, have Kit-Kat for a change. : )~

You really don't know the number of fans who would love to hear that solo album but I'm pretty sure it's not 0...and you really don't know the status of SP's voice unless you are his vocal coach or his laryngologist.

[Saint John]

you really don't know the status of SP's voice unless you are his vocal coach or his laryngologist.

The fact he's resigned to the fate that singing nothing is better than something, tells me all I need to know. He was forced to speed through songs in 1986, eliminate certain songs in 1994, had zero power or touring ability in 1996, but I'm supposed to believe that he can sing now? That's just stupid!

[*Laura]

you really don't know the status of SP's voice unless you are his vocal coach or his laryngologist.

The fact he's resigned to the fate that singing nothing is better than something, tells me all I need to know. He was forced to speed through songs in 1986, eliminate certain songs in 1994, had zero power or touring ability in 1996, but I'm supposed to believe that he can sing now? That's just stupid!

Do you know what they recommend for singers who suffer from vocal fatigue or other afflictions of the vocal cords? Silence.
Or, depending on how bad the "burn" is, it may even require surgery, treatment and a long period of vocal inactivity. After that there is something called recovery. Then training to get the cords back in shape. Have you ever thought that maybe SP's "retirement" was actually treatment and recovery time? And that's just strictly about the voice. He may have had other business to take care of while being "retired".

Anyway, the man spilled his lungs on the stage for years. He was an intense singer, he didn't half-assed anything. No, not even on the ROR tour. Speeding through songs doesn't mean less intense singing. Eliminating songs doesn't mean less singing either, it just means being smart enough to protect an overused voice.

As for you saying he can't sing now...again - you assume something and present it as ironclad proof. You're smart enough to know the difference between the 2 notions. So...until proof it's going to be out there you can't possible know for sure if his voice is good or bad.

Btw, he was quite good on David Pack's album and that was only a few years ago.

[tammy]

In re-reading the Q&As (as if I were an outsider) it does sound as if he were actually going to do something:

"I really would love to release some new music cause.......... Time is marching on................
If ya know what I mean................"

And, he says how he'd love to do a tour again:

"I have received many calls from promoters asking me to go out again.........I have certainly considered doing another solo tour.............I had a blast on the one I did .........."

Then he says something about a collaboration with another artist:

"I have thought about that many times and do get calls and offers but I have yet to do it.........It still could happen somewhere with someone."

Maybe, I'm just over-analyzing, but he sure is conflicted. (Just do it! Record, release, let it go...we're all gonna be worm food one day anyway.)

[DrFU]

(Just do it! Record, release, let it go...we're all gonna be worm food one day anyway.)

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