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by **Liquid_Drummer** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 6:56 am

Guys listen to Perry's voice in interviews and on TBF. He cant do it anymore. I will always believe that if he could he would have done it already. He is way to proud....

by **SteveForever** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 7:14 am

I'm hoping that Perry has enough respect to want to save the Journey name=his love child.
He's got the rest of his life to be retired and playing it cool, this is the time to turn it on!!!
One night in Vegas, can you imagine how big? for charity if nothing else.

by **journeyrock** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 3:42 pm

Liquid_Drummer wrote:Guys listen to Perry's voice in interviews and on TBF. He cant do it anymore. I will always believe that if he could he would have done it already. He is way to proud....

When he interviewed with Uncle Joe Benson last December, Joe said he can sing as well as he did back in the day. Now touring is probably another beast.

On the other hand, SP made a statement on Fan Asylum when they first let JSS go saying he has NO intention of returning to Journey.

by **journeyrock** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 3:47 pm

What I would give to see Steve Perry on stage with Journey again....

by **Playitloudforme** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 4:25 pm

journeyrock wrote:
Liquid_Drummer wrote:Guys listen to Perry's voice in interviews and on TBF. He cant do it anymore. I will always believe that if he could he would have done it already. He is way to proud....
When he interviewed with Uncle Joe Benson last December, Joe said he can sing as well as he did back in the day. Now touring is probably another beast.

On the other hand, SP made a statement on Fan Asylum when they first let JSS go saying he has NO intention of returning to Journey.

Perry does not need Journey to pull people in. I still think one solo concert, pick the location, and watch the fans come in droves. Sigh.... I'd pay megabucks to see/hear him perform. MEGABUCKS.

by **Rhiannon** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 4:57 pm

Playitloudforme wrote:Perry does not need Journey to pull people in. I still think one solo concert, pick the location, and watch the fans come in droves. Sigh.... I'd pay megabucks to see/hear him perform. MEGABUCKS.

Unfortunately our economy operates with dollars, so you're shit out of luck babe! :lol:

..............................

And to stray from a cheap stab and lame joke, to address the rest of this thread, I'd like to quote a movie:

"Sometimes when grown-ups say 'never' they mean 'a really long time'."

by **journeyrock** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 1:40 am

Playitloudforme wrote:
journeyrock wrote:
Liquid_Drummer wrote:Guys listen to Perry's voice in interviews and on TBF. He cant do it anymore. I will always believe that if he could he would have done it already. He is way to proud....
When he interviewed with Uncle Joe Benson last December, Joe said he can sing as well as he did back in the day. Now touring is probably another beast.

On the other hand, SP made a statement on Fan Asylum when they first let JSS go saying he has NO intention of returning to Journey.

Perry does not need Journey to pull people in. I still think one solo concert, pick the location, and watch the fans come in droves. Sigh.... I'd pay megabucks to see/hear him perform. MEGABUCKS.

Yup, agreed. I personally don't care if it's with Journey or solo, I would pay lots of bucks to see/hear him as well. It would be sweet, though, for memories to see the whole Journey clan again.

by **SteveForever** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 1:54 am

Playitloudforme wrote:
journeyrock wrote:
Liquid_Drummer wrote:Guys listen to Perry's voice in interviews and on TBF. He cant do it anymore. I will always believe that if he could he would have done it already. He is way to proud....
When he interviewed with Uncle Joe Benson last December, Joe said he can sing as well as he did back in the day. Now touring is probably another beast.

On the other hand, SP made a statement on Fan Asylum when they first let JSS go saying he has NO intention of returning to Journey.

Perry does not need Journey to pull people in. I still think one solo concert, pick the location, and watch the fans come in droves. Sigh.... I'd pay megabucks to see/hear him perform. MEGABUCKS.

So true my friend!!! but......no one can play those solos like Neal Schon and I would love to see Steve Smith back in the bigtime limelight one more time.

by **AlienC** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 4:21 am

Liquid_Drummer wrote:Guys listen to Perry's voice in interviews and on TBF. He cant do it anymore. I will always believe that if he could he would have done it already.He is way to proud....

winner /thread

by **squirt1** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 7:04 am

OK explain to me how he sounded like ROR on David Pack's CD ? Why did Uncle Joe tell me he heard Perry sing 15 -18 months ago and he sounded like the 80's ? Why did Perry say he was taking voice lessons to see what he's got? IF he sings like ROR ,OK my me. He will never be able to go back to 1980-1981 and we don't really care !

by **STORY_TELLER** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 4:23 pm

squirt1 wrote:OK explain to me how he sounded like ROR on David Pack's CD ?

He didn't. He sounded a lot worse. If you can't hear the difference, well, I don't know what to tell you.

squirt1 wrote:Why did Uncle Joe tell me he heard Perry sing 15 -18 months ago and he sounded like the 80's ?

Well, one of two things could be going on. 1) Delusional eardrums. Could it be Benson is such a fan(atic) of Perry himself that he only wants to hear positives about his voice? I mean we all want to hear Perry sing again. Seems to me Uncle Joe, like MANY others on this board, hear what they want to hear out of a biased desire to get new material from the man. 2) Uncle Joe knows the truth, but is protecting Perry out of loyalty and friendship. I mean come on now, what's Benson going to say? You think he'll say 'yeah man, it's a sad truth, but he's suffering from the same problem as Al Pacino'? What does he have to gain by doing this?

squirt1 wrote:Why did Perry say he was taking voice lessons to see what he's got?

For the same reason Perry said "he was looking into solo touring" in his Journey VH1 behind the music interview. He's famous for teasing his fans. Not saying he doesn't think about it or wish he could do it again. I really think he misses it. But deep down, at the end of the day, he knows the reality and has no intention of following through. I mean really, the man had to cancel his own solo tour back in 94 (when his voice was in much better shape) because he lost it on tour. I saw that tour live in NYC. You know that beacon theater bootleg that's floating around? That was the second night show. I was there the first night. Perry was awesome, but listen to FTLOSM. His voice was not in the same shape on that disc as on ROR. Fast forward two measly years after FLTOSM to TBF and his voice deteriorated even further. You're going to tell me more than 10 years later, his voice has suddenly found the fountain of youth and he sounds as good as he did in 1987? Sorry dude... delusions all around.

squirt1 wrote:IF he sings like ROR ,OK my me. He will never be able to go back to 1980-1981 and we don't really care !

Look, I'm as much a Perry fan as everyone else on this board, but I'm also a realist. Perry can't cut it anymore. That's why he doesn't sing. Not because he doesn't want to. Because he can't do what he used to do. He would rather we remember him as he was. That's not so unusual and we should respect him for it. Let it go, guys. The man is not coming back to Journey. At best, we MIGHT get a solo album from him with Nuno Bettencourt, but I highly doubt that. I think Perry will write and record some stuff with Nuno, but in the end, never release it because he's dissatisfied with the sound of his own voice.

by **STORY_TELLER** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 4:33 pm

journeyrock wrote:When he interviewed with Uncle Joe Benson last December, Joe said he can sing as well as he did back in the day. Now touring is probably another beast.

Yeah, I heard that interview and it was pretty obvious that Joe was kissing Perry's ass with those statements. Uncle Joe wants Perry to sing again just as much as the rest of us. Doesn't mean Perry can sing like he did back in the day. It means Joe was buttering him up to goad him into singing again.

by **NealIsGod** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 9:06 pm

STORY_TELLER wrote:Look, I'm as much a Perry fan as everyone else on this board, but I'm also a realist. Perry can't cut it anymore. That's why he doesn't sing. Not because he doesn't want to. Because he can't do what he used to do.

Yeah, it would be like asking Evel Knievel to come out of retirement to jump over 15 school buses. There will never be another.

by **Andrew** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 8:44 am

Saint John wrote:Arnel is not now, nor was he ever, being seriously considered for the band. Time will prove that he will not sing with Journey. Nothing against him...I think he's great, but he's not a serious candidate for the position. Period.

Incorrect.

by tj » Tue Oct 16, 2007 9:57 am

Saint John wrote: AND I'll kiss Monker's bare ass. Fair enough?

Does Monker get a say in this? :shock:

MR

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