Conversation With Steve Perry on YouTube, and More

[fredinator]

I bet you all have seen this, but if not, here are some interesting videos from YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFVwAv7B0-Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8voPbt3pqw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Il9RvgkyL7o

[fredinator]

Dang, here's another one (Mariet on YouTube is awesome)...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXTENLjqEVg

[Blueskies]

Yep have that and alot more...interviews and shows.....all on tape though...need to copy them onto DVD's....some were recorded badly onto tape though....some very glichy.

[Blueskies]

Dang, here's another one (Mariet on YouTube is awesome)...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXTENLjqEVg

have the Midnight special performance....but not that opening...haven't seen that! Cool! Thanks Fred!

[fredinator]

You're welcome!

[Blueskies]

Have ya'll noticed that the Holiday Greeting was done at the end of Perry's Foolish Heart video....from his solo album?...Maybe Neal wasn't mad about him doing one by that point....and maybe Perry wanted to make sure the guys knew he wasn't going to leave Journey and go it alone then.......just speculation...but it does look like they had kissed and made up at that point...or were just acting for the camera!

[larryfromnextdoor]

only for the camera.. that was the last single released,, as soon as they got together to "cut a track" the happy family was torn apart because perry fired ross and smitty,, this , after perry recieved a ton of success with Street Talk and all those videos,, his videos were better than all the journey ones... lots of money spent,,lots of money earned.. you would think he "would be haaappppyyyy", they get back together and he uses his musicians for the album... 1984 was the end for that version of the band.. 23 years ago..wow

[larryfromnextdoor]

I bet you all have seen this, but if not, here are some interesting videos from YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFVwAv7B0-Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8voPbt3pqw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Il9RvgkyL7o

great find fredin... does perry just come off as over dramatic sometimes though,, songwriters have a strange side to them,, hes still the best.. weird or not..

[Rick]

What do you think SP means when he was talking about his cars and houses and 'anything that equates strange medicine.'? I never understood the meaning behind the title of that album either.

[Clasicrockldy]

I have this whole conversation somewhere in my vid stuff.

[SteveForever]

I bet you all have seen this, but if not, here are some interesting videos from YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFVwAv7B0-Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8voPbt3pqw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Il9RvgkyL7o

great find fredin... does perry just come off as over dramatic sometimes though,, songwriters have a strange side to them,, hes still the best.. weird or not..

yep,

[larryfromnextdoor]

What do you think SP means when he was talking about his cars and houses and 'anything that equates strange medicine.'? I never understood the meaning behind the title of that album either.

i think For the Love of Strange Medicine means the things that are really unimportant in life , that people really think are important at one time,, but now , they arent important anymore ,, its when you finally realize that houses and cars , fame , fortune , an all , mean nothing in the big picture... thats as deep as i can muster,, im tired now..


First appeared on
For the Love of Strange Medicine
(Columbia Records 44287)
1994 Street Talk Tunes, Paul Taylor Music LTD,
Lincoln Brewster Music, Jortunes)
(Steve Perry, Paul Taylor, Lincoln Brewster, Moyes Lucas)

Somewhere in the inside
All along the road
Lady Luck has fallen
Now the truth unfolds

Rolling dice remember
What promises regret
Helps me to remember
Helps me to forget

Some are believers
Some don't know
(some are lost)
They're lost and alone
Some are deceivers
Their souls been sold
(for the love)
For the love of strange medicine

Far inside the dark room
Behind all the walls
Underneath the concrete
Heaven starts to fall
Walkin' on the sidewalks
Red lights turn to blue
Somewhere in the darkness
Standing there is you

Some are believers
Some don't know
(some are lost)
They're lost and alone
Some are deceivers
Their souls been sold
(for the love)
All for the love
Some are lost
(some are lost)
Lost and alone

All for the love of strange medicine

The love of strange...

(guitar solo)

Ah...

Some are believers
Some don't know
(some are lost)
We're lost and alone
Some are deceivers
Their souls been sold
(for the love)
All for the love....

Some are lost
(for the love)
Some are lost

(for the love)

(for the love)

Some....ah.....

(for the love)

[treetopovskaya]

sp should stay far away from wasabi! }:C\

[Blueskies]

What do you think SP means when he was talking about his cars and houses and 'anything that equates strange medicine.'? I never understood the meaning behind the title of that album either.

I took it to mean...that people do stuff for the love of money and material possessions.......i.e. strange medicine.....comes to find out that the strange medicine...money and aquiring "stuff"....leaves you kind of empty in the end......especially when you forget whats most important along the way...or dont aquire what you really need in life and what life is all about and what gives it meaning.......those you love....family, friends... a soulmate by your side that is on the life journey with you. This is whats important......gives life meaning.......the "stuff" means nothing in the end. I think Espee was having some regrets of some things he missed out on or tread over to get to the top....then found out how empty it was to be there with just accumulated wealth and possessions and no one to share it with.....family gone.....no wife. Regrets of not maintaining relationships ....not putting the time into them...even damaging them....for the love of strange medicine.

[Blueskies]

Oh..now I see.....Larry beat me to it....never mind!

[Rick]

i think For the Love of Strange Medicine means the things that are really unimportant in life , that people really think are important at one time,, but now , they arent important anymore ,, its when you finally realize that houses and cars , fame , fortune , an all , mean nothing in the big picture... thats as deep as i can muster,, im tired now..

What do you think SP means when he was talking about his cars and houses and 'anything that equates strange medicine.'? I never understood the meaning behind the title of that album either.

I took it to mean...that people do stuff for the love of money and material possessions.......i.e. strange medicine.....comes to find out that the strange medicine...money and aquiring "stuff"....leaves you kind of empty in the end......especially when you forget whats most important along the way...or dont aquire what you really need in life and what life is all about and what gives it meaning.......those you love....family, friends... a soulmate by your side that is on the life journey with you. This is whats important......gives life meaning.......the "stuff" means nothing in the end. I think Espee was having some regrets of some things he missed out on or tread over to get to the top....then found out how empty it was to be there with just accumulated wealth and possessions and no one to share it with.....family gone.....no wife. Regrets of not maintaining relationships ....not putting the time into them...even damaging them....for the love of strange medicine.

That makes sense. Thanks for the info, it's much appreciated.

[Deb]

Dang, here's another one (Mariet on YouTube is awesome)...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXTENLjqEVg

have the Midnight special performance....but not that opening...haven't seen that! Cool! Thanks Fred!

Have the Midnight Special performance too TVL, just pulled the dvd out again because I couldn't remember how many songs they performed on that and actually they performed quite a few.......Lovin You is Easy, Just the Same Way, Roadrunner (Jam w/Herbie Hancock ), LTS, City of the Angels and Too Late.

[larryfromnextdoor]

i still think it was a bad album title,, steve perry was a difficult task to find in the music store anyway ,, under solo, under journey,, rock or top 40 ect.. then add a freaky title ,, Street Talk was great... what do i know though,, i found it and bought it.

[fredinator]

I remember reading somewhere that he said strange medicine (for himself) included gambling and some other vices he didn't go into detail about... Gambling was the one I remember...

[larryfromnextdoor]

I remember reading somewhere that he said strange medicine (for himself) included gambling and some other vices he didn't go into detail about... Gambling was the one I remember...

Gambling i would have never thought that..

[TRAGChick]

Two words:

"ITALIAN FOOD!!"

YEAH, Baby!! LOL

Seriously....

Do you think Steve Perry would STILL be :shock: STEVE PERRY .....if he was NEVER in Journey...?

Things that make ya go, "hmmmm...."

[Blueskies]

I remember reading somewhere that he said strange medicine (for himself) included gambling and some other vices he didn't go into detail about... Gambling was the one I remember...

Gambling i would have never thought that..

yep....still might be gambling...he says he likes to go to the race track near where he lives north of San Diego.

[larryfromnextdoor]

Two words:

"ITALIAN FOOD!!"

YEAH, Baby!! LOL

Seriously....

Do you think Steve Perry would STILL be :shock: STEVE PERRY .....if he was NEVER in Journey...?

Things that make ya go, "hmmmm...."

he might have a regular job and singing on the weekends with sub par musicians,, and everyone comes up to him and says, man , ur good,, you cover those Outfield songs great,, you should have made it in the 80's....

in the interview he said he found it again,, how could he then loose it again for 11 years..

[TRAGChick]

Two words:

"ITALIAN FOOD!!"

YEAH, Baby!! LOL

Seriously....

Do you think Steve Perry would STILL be :shock: STEVE PERRY .....if he was NEVER in Journey...?

Things that make ya go, "hmmmm...."

he might have a regular job and singing on the weekends with sub par musicians,, and everyone comes up to him and says, man , ur good,, you cover those Outfield songs great,, you should have made it in the 80's....

in the interview he said he found it again,, how could he then loose it again for 11 years..

Larry...thanx for making me smile a bit.....sitting here crying after reading the JRox thread....

[squirt1]

I thought he said in an interview that FTLOSM was you did & gave up for the music. That would also fit Steve saying that the song Melody,which souned like a love song, was all about the music.

[ohsherrie]

I remember reading somewhere that he said strange medicine (for himself) included gambling and some other vices he didn't go into detail about... Gambling was the one I remember...

Gambling i would have never thought that..

yep....still might be gambling...he says he likes to go to the race track near where he lives north of San Diego.

I'd never heard about the gambling either. If he did he must have had a grip on it because he seems to have kept his finances in pretty good shape.

[Blueskies]

I remember reading somewhere that he said strange medicine (for himself) included gambling and some other vices he didn't go into detail about... Gambling was the one I remember...

Gambling i would have never thought that..

yep....still might be gambling...he says he likes to go to the race track near where he lives north of San Diego.

I'd never heard about the gambling either. If he did he must have had a grip on it because he seems to have kept his finances in pretty good shape.

.....yep....I havent heard that he had a "problem" with it.....dont think he did....just that he likes to go to the track and play the ponys.......my dad used to go to the track occassionally with his bud.....lay a buck or 2 down on a horse......but never much....mainly went to enjoy the races and a day out with the guys. Liking going to the track doesnt mean one has a gambling "problem"......I dig horse racing....but dont like gambling...lots of folks go and dont gamble.

[tammy]

Thanks for bringing those to attention - haven't seen some of them before...wish they were better quality, 'tho. I think he always gives good interview.

[journeywoman]

Ya know I've seen these many times and he still makes you think.He got of the merry go round to see what was left.He also said no music because he was empty.Then it started coming back, he also talked about is love for music.I could sit and anlyze this for hours and I'm still lost. What is the problem?He is not singing because he just doesn't want to, or is he just empty in his soul?Would somebody please explain this?