by chad » Wed May 23, 2007 2:47 pm
Knox
The Only The Young clip was in context of a Live show....you have to put yourself back in the day (you may or may not have, so I apoligize in advance for assuming here)....Journey was huge....huge...the energy of the evening was extremely high, there were typically 30,000 screaming fans (thats's the indoor concerts...outdoors were 70,000-90,000 fans) and most songs they performed were increased in tempo just feeling off the night.
I've seen Journey live from Infinity to ROR...several times each tour...and the one thing I still can't believe to this date is how insane Perry was. Having the highest expectations from the studio recordings...he even blew that away in a live setting. I didn't think that was even possible....but he did....every fricking night I saw them.
Obviously there are some nights he's tired...not feeling well, etc. But like someone said earlier, this guy on his worse night is still unbelievable. Keep in mind, Perry's at this time is in a league all by himself, he sang for the crowd and for his own personal approvals ....some songs he would get caught up from the feedback of the fans, standing on their feet....cheering....screaming....singing along....
I'm sure if he saw that specific cut he would say, "sure...that wasn't a clip I want to be judged on...but that wasn't the intended purpose"
My point...I saw him on the ROR tour...and that clip (although great) wasn't a fair assessment of the performance I saw during the ROR tour. And I remember it like it was yesterday. Why? Magic! (I did miss Smitty big time though)
I've always been a fan of Perry's melodic tone and soulfulness over the aresenal of high notes.
Just my blabbing thoughts
Chad