Ehwmatt wrote:
I am not huge on Rev and Pineda, I think you know that, but do you really think in this era of Sopranos and Glee that Steve Perry has more brand name recognition than Journey? Sure, they can tack "THE ALL-NEW ALBUM FROM THE ORIGINAL LEAD SINGER OF JOURNEY" on the front, but is that the same? To me, it's not.
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only reason Journey is semi relevant right now at this very moment, is because of DSB, the Perry version. You don't hear the Pineda version anywhere. You hear Steve Perry singing the song. If asked on the street, people could sure as Hell name Steve Perry more than any of the other guys in the band
combined. I do believe music fans know who Steve Perry is and trust me if he does put something out, it will be properly marketed and it
will sell. It will sell despite a Wal Mart deal, a DVD mixed in and a throw away re record like the band had to do. It will sell in spite of Pinoy nation. You know those fuckers won't touch anything with Perry's name on it. They aren't the brightest music fans in the world, and they definitely don't know jack shit regarding Journey history. All they know is Pineda-current.
Why do you think Perry would be any different from any other of his contemporaries ? I agree, his voice is accustomed to radio, but why would it be different for him? They'll spin the new song for a few weeks at most, maybe a summer if he's lucky, then go back to playing Oh Sherie and Foolish Heart if they play solo stuff at all (rather than Journey).
Any different? Look, vocal icons can take years and years off and people know who they are and snatch their shit up. Neil Diamond, Barry Manilow and Barbra Streisand come immediately to mind. I would put Steve Perry in the class of people knowing him and buying his CD if they see it on the shelf based on name recognition alone. They aren't going to care if it says Journey on the label or not.
All in all, I'd love to hear a new album from the guy, but I think he'd be lucky to do as Rev did, no matter what kind of voodoo sales math you want to use.
Like I said, Perry will outsell Revelation without the need for Pinoy Nation, sob stories or cheap Wal Mart deals. And he won't throw four discs in there in order to get a cheap "platinum" album out of it. That is just horseshit from a horseshit organization.