IMO the next best thing to Perry

by **Funkiphino** » Sat Nov 10, 2007 7:05 am

So I have never posted on any of these Journey forums before. I have been reading all the posts and thought I would share this with all of you guys. A few years ago I was putting together a Journey tribute. I found a singer in Colorado who hands down, IMO, sounds more like Perry than anyone else. SA, JSS, JH, the guy in the Philippines, all sound great, but none of them come close to this guy. The only problem is he turned out to be a real nut case. Actually telling me when we were doing this thing that he thought we shouldn’t book any shows for less than $15-30K "because Journey gets at least that much and so should we." And "Journey really wants me to be their singer but they have a contract with SA." Needless to say because of statements like this and countless other issues including the fact he couldn't remember any of the lyrics to the songs, the group never happened.
Anyway, he could sing his ass off and while we were doing this thing I had him over to my studio for some tracking sessions. We recorded several acappella snippets of Journey tunes. I thought it would be fun to share some with you guys and get your reaction.
Make sure to listen to all of Girl Can't Help It; there is blank space before the end that I didn't edit out.
Enjoy!

Anyway You Want It Who's Crying Now Girl Can't Help It

by **RedWingFan** » Sat Nov 10, 2007 7:11 am

Funkiphino wrote:So I have never posted on any of these Journey forums before. I have been reading all the posts and thought I would share this with all of you guys. A few years ago I was putting together a Journey tribute. I found a singer in Colorado who hands down, IMO, sounds more like Perry than anyone else. SA, JSS, JH, the guy in the Philippines, all sound great, but none of them come close to this guy. The only problem is he turned out to be a real nut case. Actually telling me when we were doing this thing that he thought we shouldn’t book any shows for less than $15-30K "because Journey gets at least that much and so should we." And "Journey really wants me to be their singer but they have a contract with SA." Needless to say because of statements like this and countless other issues including the fact he couldn't remember any of the lyrics to the songs, the group never happened.
Anyway, he could sing his ass off and while we were doing this thing I had him over to my studio for some tracking sessions. We recorded several acappella snippets of Journey tunes. I thought it would be fun to share some with you guys and get your reaction.
Make sure to listen to all of Girl Can't Help It; there is blank space before the end that I didn't edit out.
Enjoy!

Anyway You Want It Who's Crying Now Girl Can't Help It

Uh have to disagree. Jason Kelty is still the closest thing to Perry. These clips sound like they belong on a backing track of a Meatloaf record though.

by **texafana** » Sat Nov 10, 2007 7:16 am

I have to majorly agree, good thing the project never got off the ground. Yikes...

by *Laura » Sat Nov 10, 2007 7:21 am

Can't open the files. "Invalid menu handle" :?:

or something like that...

Try YouSendIt.

by **RedWingFan** » Sat Nov 10, 2007 7:23 am

*Laura wrote:Can't open the files. "Invalid menu handle" or something like that...

Try YouSendIt.

Save yourself Laura. It wasn't good. You aren't missing anything.

by *Laura » Sat Nov 10, 2007 7:34 am

RaiderFan wrote:
*Laura wrote:Can't open the files. "Invalid menu handle" or something like that...

Try YouSendIt.

Save yourself Laura. It wasn't good. You aren't missing anything.

I had a feeling when I read that he thought he was worth 15K. :lol:

by **lights1961** » Sat Nov 10, 2007 7:46 am

great user name! sounds similar with someone elses user name too!! LMAO!!
Its going to be one of those weekends around here..
Rick

by **Rockindeano** » Sat Nov 10, 2007 8:26 am

Um.......let me chime in here..........

No. Not close. Hell no. I thought it was "Wonder" WCN, not "Under" WTF?

He should go back to the bottling plant in Golden, CO.

I was thinking last night who could be a great replacement for singer. I now know who it should be. However, if I named this guy, you would all laugh me down, but I really think it would be a great choice.

by **Liam** » Sat Nov 10, 2007 8:30 am

Rockindeano wrote:
I was thinking last night who could be a great replacement for singer. I now know who it should be. However, if I named this guy, you would all laugh me down, but I really think it would be a great choice.

Go for it, bro.

by **bluejeangirl76** » Sat Nov 10, 2007 8:31 am

Rockindeano wrote:Um.......let me chime in here..........

No. Not close. Hell no. I thought it was "Wonder" WCN, not "Under" WTF?

He should go back to the bottling plant in Golden, CO.

I was thinking last night who could be a great replacement for singer. I now know who it should be. However, if I named this guy, you would all laugh me down, but I really think it would be a great choice.

Come on, man, just spill. If we can have links to shit like what's posted here, you can certainly throw your .02 in.
We've already had the ideas floated of Mickey Thomas fronting Journey and Perry singing Augeri music... I doubt your idea could be much worse than the latter of these two. :shock:

by tj » Sat Nov 10, 2007 8:41 am

bluejeangirl76 wrote:
Rockindeano wrote:Um.......let me chime in here..........

No. Not close. Hell no. I thought it was "Wonder" WCN, not "Under" WTF?

He should go back to the bottling plant in Golden, CO.

I was thinking last night who could be a great replacement for singer. I now know who it should be. However, if I named this guy, you would all laugh me down, but I really think it would be a great choice.

Come on, man, just spill. If we can have links to shit like what's posted here, you can certainly throw your .02 in.
We've already had the ideas floated of Mickey Thomas fronting Journey and Perry singing Augeri music... I doubt your idea could be much worse than the latter of these two.

I wasn't serious about Perry singing Augeri music. After the Mickey Thomas suggestion, I was thinking though... what about Barry Gibb? :shock:

by **Perrydise** » Sat Nov 10, 2007 11:19 am

Thanks for sharing with us, but sorry. Doesn''t sound even close to SP.

(sounds like s whiney man )

by **Saint John** » Sat Nov 10, 2007 11:32 am

Sounds like William Hung covering Journey.

by **mistiejourney** » Sat Nov 10, 2007 3:56 pm

tj wrote:
bluejeangirl76 wrote:
Rockindeano wrote:Um.......let me chime in here..........

No. Not close. Hell no. I thought it was "Wonder" WCN, not "Under" WTF?

He should go back to the bottling plant in Golden, CO.

I was thinking last night who could be a great replacement for singer. I now know who it should be. However, if I named this guy, you would all laugh me down, but I really think it would be a great choice.

Come on, man, just spill. If we can have links to shit like what's posted here, you can certainly throw your .02 in.
We've already had the ideas floated of Mickey Thomas fronting Journey and Perry singing Augeri music... I doubt your idea could be much worse than the latter of these two.

I wasn't serious about Perry singing Augeri music. After the Mickey Thomas suggestion, I was thinking though... what about Barry Gibb?

Okay, major Bee Gees fan here. Barry doesn't sing tenor, he sings falsetto. There is no way he could take on the Journey songs. Robin Gibb could do it in a heartbeat, but he would not sound like Steve at all. Robin actually sings high without falsetto. Barry is too breathy with his voice. Robin is the stronger singer.

Having said that - I can't see it at all, and I'm a walking Bee Gees textbook.

MR

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