conversationpc wrote:What I think is kinda funny is that all the Perryheads are clamoring on and on about this supposed lip-synching stuff but this may end up hurting Perry just as much as Augeri or the rest of Journey, simply because a vast majority of the clueless public equates Steve Perry with Journey and vice versa. (how's that for a run-on sentence...
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You're right, and I've realized that from the beginning. I know a lot of people who know the name Journey don't even know any names to connect with it other than Steve Perry. I haven't been on here "
clamoring" because I'm a Perryhead or because I resent them having another frontman. I only got involved because so many Augeri supporters were on here
trying to tie Perry into it. I don't like what this is doing to the Journey legacy because of the way it's going to tarnish the glory of the Steve Perry years. I don't think there's been much to worry about damaging since then. I also think the only way to repair the damage, to the extent that it can be, is for this band to admit what they've been doing and make it clear that it's only happened since they tried it with another frontman. I know that's not going to happen though.
The Journey name is just screwed, and it's nobody's fault but Neal's and Jon's. Augeri made a bad decision in going along with it, but he's not the boss. All Dean did was report it. Saying he or the Perry fans are responsible for what's happening(and I know that's not what
you're saying) is like saying Washington Post reporters were responsible for the Nixon's downfall. I guess in a way that can be said, but they didn't do the crime, they just reported it. (Not that I'm equating this in importance to major political issues.)
I know a lot of the people who have been fighting this, or ignoring it, are doing so out of loyalty to Journey and hoping to avoid having the legacy discredited. I understand how they feel, but the band could have prevented this by making a statement early on. All they would have had to do is tell people the truth. Everyone knows that live
performances by many of the current artists of today are just that,
performances. Starting with Madonna and on down through the boy bands and Britney and Cher(bless her heart) the shows have been choreographed production numbers set to a track of their recordings. The standards have changed since the concerts of the bands that filled the stadiums. There really are very few real live rock
concerts anymore. The band could have used this as justification if they'd spun it the right way. I'm not saying I think that's right, I actually think it sucks, but it would have been one option for the band to try and salvage something from this. Instead, they're choosing to ignore it for whatever reasons and pretend that they're still doing it the old fashioned way, so again, they're the ones who are damaging the legacy.
I still think the majority of the people who attend their shows will continue to do so because they're not expecting what people used to expect from a
concert. Maybe that's all the band really cares about. Bringing in the dollars from the
performances.
