Red13JoePa wrote:Rockindeano wrote:Red13JoePa wrote:How's he gonna get the hit single?
Well, let's see. Maybe he can pick up a writing utensil and pen a meaningful tune, rather than a rehashed BGTY/MOL and call it NWA. He does have many friends in the biz. he was the "Voice" of a popular American rock/pop band and oh yeah, experienced great success with his solo cd(Street Talk), complete w/o a tour mind you. let's face it, SP can out write JF/NS on pop songs. The singer can always write to his or her voice better than a key player or axeman.
How about this scenario Joepa? Writes a song for a movie that does extremely well. Goes on the talk circuit...View, Ellen, Letterman and Conan. Journey has always had awful, I mean horrid PR, whereas SP has done quite well in that regard. Again, not dissing your guys here, just saying SP does a few things better than them.
Lot of assumptions there simplifying what has historicly been a blood-sweating, kidney stone passing chore for him: writing, recording and putting it out.
"It's simple, just write a song, get it into a movie soundtrack as a hit, then get on Letterman 25 years after your last hit solo album (and don;t cal FTLOSM a hit)."
FIRST he' s got to find a window to get his small army of co/ghost/crutch writers into the studio all at the same time. That alone puts them into about 2017:1. "Oh Sherrie" (Bill Cuomo, Randy Goodrum, Craig Krampf, Perry) – 3:48
2. "I Believe" (Goodrum, Duane Hitchings, Krampf, Perry) – 4:12
3. "Go Away" (Cuomo, Goodrum, Perry) – 4:05
4. "Foolish Heart" (Goodrum, Perry) – 3:39
5. "It's Only Love" (Goodrum, Perry) – 3:47
6. "She's Mine" (Goodrum, Perry) – 4:26
7. "You Should Be Happy" (Goodrum, Perry) – 3:20
8. "Running Alone" (John Bettis, Hitchings, Krampf, Perry) – 4:05
9. "Captured By The Moment" (Cuomo, Goodrum, Perry) – 3:47
10. "Strung Out" (Krampf, Perry, Billy Steele) – 3:51
11. "My My My" (Perry, Krampf, Richard Michaels Haddad, Steve DeLacey) – 2:24 *
12. "Harmony" (Perry) – 3:58 *
13. "Makes No Difference" (Perry, Krampf, Haddad, DeLacey) – 4:53 *
14. "Don't Tell Me Why You're Leaving" (Perry, Danny Kortchmar, Krampf) – 3:13 *
"You Better Wait" (Perry, Lincoln Brewster, Paul Taylor, Moyes Lucas, John Pierce, George Hawkins) - 4:51
"Young Hearts Forever" (Perry, Clif Magness) - 4:43
"I Am" (Perry, Taylor, Brewster) - 4:54
"Stand Up (Before It's Too Late)" (Perry, Brewster, Taylor, Lucas, Larry Kimpel) - 4:49
"For the Love of Strange Medicine" (Perry, Taylor, Lucas, Brewster) - 5:52
"Donna Please" (Perry, Taylor, Stephen Bishop) - 4:02
"Listen to Your Heart" (Perry, Taylor, Brewster, Lucas) - 3:31
"Tuesday Heartache" (Perry, Magness, Taylor, Brewster, Lucas) - 6:00
"Missing You" (Perry, Tim Miner) - 3:48
"Somewhere There's Hope" (Perry, Taylor, Brewster, Lucas) - 6:05
"Anyway" (Perry,) - 4:20
"If You Need Me, Call Me" (Steve Perry, Craig Krampf, Richard Michaels Haddad, Steve DeLacey) - 5:50 *
"Can't Stop" (Perry, Randy Goodrum, Michael Landau) - 4:08 *
"Friends of Mine" (Perry, J. Leo, Goodrum, Krampf) - 3:30 *
..that song came out in '77.... i dont know.. im confused.. but thats off the first album.. .. this was during the time you learned to roller skate backward to BeeGees tunes in the dark with disco balls flashin..