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LarryFromNextDoor wrote:hmm.. yet cain wrote some of those lyrics ...
RockinDeano wrote:I am certain of this being Perry's personal anthem of departure.
My qyuestion is, I wonder if Neal and Jon have ever thought this as well? I also wonder if they would be pissed off and never play the song live again because they were made to look like fools?
Telepathy?RockinDeano wrote:LarryFromNextDoor wrote:hmm.. yet cain wrote some of those lyrics ...
Yeah he did, but obviously he had no idea what Perry was thinking. Perhaps Friga wrote some and they fit in perfectly with Espees desire?
RockinDeano wrote:I am a little slow, but as I was driving to work today, I hit the play button on my cd player and Be good to Yourself came on..Ok, so I listened....
I came to the conclusion, that this is Steve Perry's departure song, his warning, about him leaving music and more importantly, Journey.
Ok, now we all know that SP was getting tired of being lead singer for one of the biggest bands in the world in 1986. This song undoubtedly tells of the story of Perry's uneasiness and the infighting between Perry, Schonny and Friga.
Runnin out of self control
Gettin close to an overload
Ok. We get it, you're saying that you were getting really tired of this business.
Up against a no win situation
Infighting?
I'm hangin' up my boxing gloves
gettin ready for a long vacation
Well, it does make sense. He did basically quit Journey, halfway through the ROR tour.
Be Good to Yourself, when nobody else will
You're walkin' a high wire
caught in a crossfire
Sounds like he is saying "poor me" I can't stand all this criticism from everyone
When you can't give no more
His voice going out, going away? Sure as Hell sounds like it
They want it all, but you gotta say no
Did Herbie and promoters want too much? Too many dates? Did Neal and Jon want to tour too much?
I'm turnin' off the noise that makes me crazy
Perry is saying, in coded words, I am about to leave...leave all of you
Looking back with no regrets
Yeah, I wouldn't have regrets either if I sold 40 million records.
I want a little piece of mind to turn to
Retirement, off the road, San Diego way....I get it now.
CatEyes wrote:
ok now you are scaring me!!
Excellent insight ......
Cat
RockinDeano wrote:I am a little slow, but as I was driving to work today, I hit the play button on my cd player and Be good to Yourself came on..Ok, so I listened....
I came to the conclusion, that this is Steve Perry's departure song, his warning, about him leaving music and more importantly, Journey.
Crazie Scarab wrote:RockinDeano wrote:I am a little slow, but as I was driving to work today, I hit the play button on my cd player and Be good to Yourself came on..Ok, so I listened....
I came to the conclusion, that this is Steve Perry's departure song, his warning, about him leaving music and more importantly, Journey.
You're so smart! Damn! It only took you about, what? 50,000 years to figure that one out!
RockinDeano wrote:Cocksucker![]()
Never really thought about it like this. Obviously others haven't either.
Nice smack bro.
nutz4Neal wrote:Great song! Never thought of it like this, but after reading your post I think you're on to something.
Playitloudforme wrote:Deano, sounds like an excellent question to post to Perry the next time he does one of the Fan Asylum Q&As.
Playitloudforme wrote:Deano, sounds like an excellent question to post to Perry the next time he does one of the Fan Asylum Q&As.
Crazie Scarab wrote:nutz4Neal wrote:Great song! Never thought of it like this, but after reading your post I think you're on to something.
DUH?Really?
It probably is, but then again, we don't know for certain until he says, oh hell yeah it was. It's definitely a 'save my own ass' song, but that could pertain to a LOT of things. Was it Journey? Probably. Doesn't hurt to ask, ya know?Crazie Scarab wrote:Playitloudforme wrote:Deano, sounds like an excellent question to post to Perry the next time he does one of the Fan Asylum Q&As.
You're kidding, right? That song is obviously the departure song for Perry. I knew it the first time I heard it.
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