by Gideon » Fri May 29, 2009 11:08 am
I'm going to offer my $0.02 here.
As someone who has always been critical of JSS's involvement with Journey, I have to say that I agree with those who have said that they would have had a great sounding future together. I've been persuaded more and more as I listen to songs such as "Broken Man" and "Our Song."
Now, as a caveat, I remain quite firm on my stance regarding JSS and the classics; he isn't a particularly capable tenor, no match for Perry or Arnel when it comes to higher end registers, and never sounded nearly as good on the classics as those two...
But while he's not nearly as good as a tenor, he makes up for it with a powerful, powerful voice. Very soothing and pleasant sounding. I'm not sure if it would have been as prominent, successful, or as good in quality as Arnel's future with Journey, but with each day (and "Brothers In Arms" is testament to this) I am convinced that it would have been good.
Major props to JSS.
'Nothing was bigger for Journey than 1981’s “Escape” album. “I have to attribute that to Jonathan coming in and joining the writing team,” Steve Perry (Feb 2012).'