heardonthestreet wrote:strangegrey wrote:heardonthestreet wrote:Lots of business's will give an important member a leave of absence if needed for r/r. Especially if that person is a vital member.
Not true, we're talking about a business where 5 people are responsible for a whole lot more than 5 salaries. This isn't IBM where someone in upper management is given hiatus for medical (or in this particular analogy) mental health reasons. The business entity, in IBMs case, can more forward without the person, no matter how vital, as there would surely be redundancy in place in a public firm.
The fact of the matter was they were faced with a decission...move forward or shut down.
You can't see that distinction, because you have your head so far up Perrys ass, that you don't need to put sunscreen on your legs!
They should have shut down and waited. Looking back, it would have been the smart thing to do. We would have ended up with the Classics, just as it's all that is really relevant now or they might have gotten it back together now and then for more of the magic. All of their lives might have had less stress.[/quot
I don't know why they should have waited any longer than they already had. We're not talking a couple of weeks or months, and they probably reached the point where they felt like they were being strung along. Yeah, they could have just done solo projects or changed the name from Journey, but I don't know why they should have had to do that either. As much as most fans think of Steve's voice when they think of Journey, there was a Journey before Perry. There were other musicians, other songwriters, and a couple of founding members of the band. It wasn't just his band. I'm sure Neal felt just as connected, if not more so, than Steve did to Journey. Don't get me wrong, I'm a huge fan of Perry's voice and none of this excuses the shit of the past couple of years, but Perry made his decision and I don't think that's anybody else's fault or responsibility.
