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Postby madsplash » Sat Aug 08, 2009 9:21 am

Just listrning to FTLOSM in the car on a long drive today. On Anyway, listen to the falsetto run at about 3:20.
Some say that SP's voice wasn't there anymore by this time, which I don't agree with, and that his high natural register was diminished.

Well, if that's true, it sure as hell isn't true of his falsetto. The top of that note is as high as his top false notes on Wheel In The Sky, and even the crazy runs on Homeade Love. Still a huge falsetto range in 1994.

Not really anything anyone hasn't heard, but I hadn't listened to that song in a while(which is GREAT song), and that really caught my attention.

Can't imagine how any SP fans don't like FTLOSM. Rock, pop, soul, R&B, mid-tempo, ballads. To me, it's a really strong album.

Really going to be interesting what kind of new stuff we hopefully hear soon.
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Postby portland » Sat Aug 08, 2009 9:23 am

I have that in my cd player in my car....listened to Anyway today and I love it.....no surprise here :wink:
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Postby Don » Sat Aug 08, 2009 9:24 am

How can you drive, listening to that? I would fall asleep at the wheel.
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Postby Babyblue » Sat Aug 08, 2009 9:26 am

portland wrote:I have that in my cd player in my car....listened to Anyway today and I love it.....no surprise here :wink:


Love that song and the cd. :D :wink:
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Postby SP Fan in Oregon » Sat Aug 08, 2009 9:30 am

I love the solo albums much more than most of what SP did with Journey. When he is free to create his own music,
I think he does his best work in terms of what I like to listen too. I hope his new CD has more of that. His voice
on the solo albums has a raspy mature tone to it, lots of substance and depth. There is some playfulness in some of the songs too
that I like. i.e. "Coohie Coo," and some of the talking he does within a couple songs. 8)
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Postby madsplash » Sat Aug 08, 2009 9:30 am

Gunbot wrote:How can you drive, listening to that? I would fall asleep at the wheel.


That's easy.
It's called liking sophisticated, well-crafted music, by the best rock/pop singer in history.

What do you listen to while driving? Rap/HipHop/Punk,Grunge, or what?

Enlighten us, please. :roll:
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Postby portland » Sat Aug 08, 2009 9:33 am

Gunbot wrote:How can you drive, listening to that? I would fall asleep at the wheel.






I have had a really bad day......I needed some quiet music...that seemed to fit the bill
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Postby Babyblue » Sat Aug 08, 2009 9:33 am

madsplash wrote:
Gunbot wrote:How can you drive, listening to that? I would fall asleep at the wheel.


That's easy.
It's called liking sophisticated, well-crafted music, by the best rock/pop singer in history.

What do you listen to while driving? Rap/HipHop/Punk,Grunge, or what?

Enlighten us, please. :roll:


So true Madsplash :wink:
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Postby madsplash » Sat Aug 08, 2009 9:35 am

SP Fan in Oregon wrote:I love the solo albums much more than most of what SP did with Journey. When he is free to create his own music,
I think he does his best work in terms of what I like to listen too. I hope his new CD has more of that. His voice
on the solo albums has a raspy mature tone to it, lots of substance and depth. There is some playfulness in some of the songs too
that I like. i.e. "Coohie Coo," and some of the talking he does within a couple songs. 8)



Go Away is my favorite mid-tempo thing that he's done.
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Postby SP Fan in Oregon » Sat Aug 08, 2009 9:51 am

madsplash wrote:
SP Fan in Oregon wrote:I love the solo albums much more than most of what SP did with Journey. When he is free to create his own music,
I think he does his best work in terms of what I like to listen too. I hope his new CD has more of that. His voice
on the solo albums has a raspy mature tone to it, lots of substance and depth. There is some playfulness in some of the songs too
that I like. i.e. "Coohie Coo," and some of the talking he does within a couple songs. 8)



Go Away is my favorite mid-tempo thing that he's done.


I like so many, hard to pick a favorite, but I always feel so much when he sings I AM

"Lost in a World of Emptiness"
"Eyes in the darkness they cry, tears are forever"

I Am is a good example of how he sings with passion and how he connects with the listener.

I love Can't Stop (one of those playful songs).


Of Course, Missing You - about Sherrie. Breaks my heart for him to have lost that love.
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Postby madsplash » Sat Aug 08, 2009 10:10 am

SP Fan in Oregon wrote:
madsplash wrote:
SP Fan in Oregon wrote:I love the solo albums much more than most of what SP did with Journey. When he is free to create his own music,
I think he does his best work in terms of what I like to listen too. I hope his new CD has more of that. His voice
on the solo albums has a raspy mature tone to it, lots of substance and depth. There is some playfulness in some of the songs too
that I like. i.e. "Coohie Coo," and some of the talking he does within a couple songs. 8)



Go Away is my favorite mid-tempo thing that he's done.


I like so many, hard to pick a favorite, but I always feel so much when he sings I AM

"Lost in a World of Emptiness"
"Eyes in the darkness they cry, tears are forever"

I Am is a good example of how he sings with passion and how he connects with the listener.

I love Can't Stop (one of those playful songs).


Of Course, Missing You - about Sherrie. Breaks my heart for him to have lost that love.



I think my favorite ballad is Don't Be Down On Me Baby. Great song by the whole band.

What's cool is that the last thing we heard him on, I Stand Alone, is one of his best mid-tempo/ballad performances. I know the song was from a movie, but it almost sounds like it's him saying to the rest of the band, "After all this garbage we just went through, I'll stand alone since you fractured the stone".

Don't have any idea about what the stuff he's been recording is like, but the man is definetely a story teller in his writing.
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Postby Don » Sat Aug 08, 2009 10:12 am

madsplash wrote:
Gunbot wrote:How can you drive, listening to that? I would fall asleep at the wheel.


That's easy.
It's called liking sophisticated, well-crafted music, by the best rock/pop singer in history.

What do you listen to while driving? Rap/HipHop/Punk,Grunge, or what?

Enlighten us, please. :roll:


I'll listen to Chicago, Night Ranger, Doobie Brothers, Foreigner, really anything upbeat.
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Postby madsplash » Sat Aug 08, 2009 10:23 am

Gunbot wrote:
madsplash wrote:
Gunbot wrote:How can you drive, listening to that? I would fall asleep at the wheel.


That's easy.
It's called liking sophisticated, well-crafted music, by the best rock/pop singer in history.

What do you listen to while driving? Rap/HipHop/Punk,Grunge, or what?

Enlighten us, please. :roll:


I'll listen to Chicago, Night Ranger, Doobie Brothers, Foreigner, really anything upbeat.


So, You're The Inspiration, Sister Christian, What a Fool Believes and I Wanna Know What Love Is, are rocking enough to keep you awake while driving, but You Better Wait and Listen To Your Heart put you to sleep?

C'mon.
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Postby Don » Sat Aug 08, 2009 10:27 am

madsplash wrote:
Gunbot wrote:
madsplash wrote:
Gunbot wrote:How can you drive, listening to that? I would fall asleep at the wheel.


That's easy.
It's called liking sophisticated, well-crafted music, by the best rock/pop singer in history.

What do you listen to while driving? Rap/HipHop/Punk,Grunge, or what?

Enlighten us, please. :roll:


I'll listen to Chicago, Night Ranger, Doobie Brothers, Foreigner, really anything upbeat.


So, You're The Inspiration, Sister Christian, What a Fool Believes and I Wanna Know What Love Is, are rocking enough to keep you awake while driving, but You Better Wait and Listen To Your Heart put you to sleep?

C'mon.


As I wouldn't be listening to them as a mix but as a complete album, yes. I have nothing against Street Talk but for me, FTLOSM is Steve Perry's attempt at Emo rock.
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Postby Playitloudforme » Sat Aug 08, 2009 10:30 am

Here's a SP fan who adores the whole album. Love it love it love it.
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Postby Deacon » Sat Aug 08, 2009 10:36 am

"Anyway" is an amazing song, and yeah, it shows that he has plenty of strength in his falsetto range which I'm happy to see. I'm in amazement that he still had such a powerful falsetto at that age, even after his grueling touring regimen and torturous acts on his voice. I love to sing along with it going down the road; the most fun part of the song is singing along with him and hitting that high note.

Nevertheless, the case against him isn't that his falsetto had deteriorated, which, even if someone did claim that, they would be factually incorrect.

The case against him is that he sounds like an multiple sclerosis patient with asthma at times. Others, he sounds decent, but you can tell that there has been some vocal deterioration. For evidence of the MS Patient, I refer you to his vocal performances in (i think) If You Need Me, Call Me on the FLTOSM Album; he is desperately gasping for air in places, his diction is rather off, and (in my opinion) he isn't maintaining himself well with the upbeat tempo. If it isn't that one, then it's another on FLTOSM, I know. For further evidence, refer to Perry's vocal performances in the Trial By Fire album, specifically in Castle's Burnin'.

But, to elaborate and give him proper credit, he doesn't always sound like that. In fact, on most of the songs that he produced post-ROR sound pretty decent, vocally, but it cannot compare to pre-ROR Perry vocals. As I said, that's the case against him.
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Postby donnaplease » Sat Aug 08, 2009 10:39 am

I'm kinda partial to "donnaplease"... :twisted: :wink:
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Postby Deacon » Sat Aug 08, 2009 10:40 am

donnaplease wrote:I'm kinda partial to "donnaplease"... :twisted: :wink:


I would have never guessed.... :lol: :lol:
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Postby portland » Sat Aug 08, 2009 10:43 am

donnaplease wrote:I'm kinda partial to "donnaplease"... :twisted: :wink:



I love that one too :wink:
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Postby jrnyjunky » Sat Aug 08, 2009 12:43 pm

I love the solo work too. Anyway is one of my favorite songs. He is such a private person in his personal life, but if you listen to the lyrics in his music, its in there. He is very good at conveying his feelings in the lyrics of the music. Every Journey/Perry song I have ever heard, (except La do da. I don't get that song and if someone would care to explain it to me that would be great.) I can figure what the song is about just by listening. For me, when he is singing, he is telling me what happened and his voice is so full of emotion, that I feel it too. As for the raspy in his voice, I love it. Its sexy.
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Postby Deacon » Sat Aug 08, 2009 12:47 pm

Deacon wrote:"Anyway" is an amazing song, and yeah, it shows that he has plenty of strength in his falsetto range which I'm happy to see. I'm in amazement that he still had such a powerful falsetto at that age, even after his grueling touring regimen and torturous acts on his voice. I love to sing along with it going down the road; the most fun part of the song is singing along with him and hitting that high note.

Nevertheless, the case against him isn't that his falsetto had deteriorated, which, even if someone did claim that, they would be factually incorrect.

The case against him is that he sounds like an multiple sclerosis patient with asthma at times. Others, he sounds decent, but you can tell that there has been some vocal deterioration. For evidence of the MS Patient, I refer you to his vocal performances in (i think) If You Need Me, Call Me on the FLTOSM Album; he is desperately gasping for air in places, his diction is rather off, and (in my opinion) he isn't maintaining himself well with the upbeat tempo. If it isn't that one, then it's another on FLTOSM, I know. For further evidence, refer to Perry's vocal performances in the Trial By Fire album, specifically in Castle's Burnin'.

But, to elaborate and give him proper credit, he doesn't always sound like that. In fact, on most of the songs that he produced post-ROR sound pretty decent, vocally, but it cannot compare to pre-ROR Perry vocals. As I said, that's the case against him.


Holy Shit, I could confuse a lawyer with that.

YES!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Postby KDOUBLEU » Sat Aug 08, 2009 1:51 pm

Anyway is a fantastic song. But then I think every song that Perry has ever lent his voice to is worth listening to. I even like listening to him sing the birthday song he recorded for the radio dj Brian a few years back. The man can bring it. Doesnt matter to me if he can hit a high c or not. Im just ready for something new.
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Postby stevew2 » Sat Aug 08, 2009 2:47 pm

I listened to the the fuckin news and traffic report, it got me home and safe,im grateful for that
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Postby Jubilee » Sat Aug 08, 2009 2:49 pm

stevew2 wrote:I listened to the the fuckin news and traffic report, it got me home and safe,im grateful for that



:?:

WTF!?! Have you been playing that song on your head with the spoon again? :shock: :? :?
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Postby SP Fan in Oregon » Sat Aug 08, 2009 3:40 pm

jrnyjunky wrote:I love the solo work too. Anyway is one of my favorite songs. He is such a private person in his personal life, but[b] if you listen to the lyrics in his music, its in there. He is very good at conveying his feelings in the lyrics of the music. Every Journey/Perry song I have ever heard, (except La do da. I don't get that song and if someone would care to explain it to me that would be great.) I can figure what the song is about just by listening. For me, when he is singing, he is telling me what happened and his voice is so full of emotion, that I feel it too. As for the raspy in his voice, I love it. Its sexy.[/b]


I totally agree with you. Perry is one of those singer/songwriters who expresses himself through the lyrics in his songs. Those lyrics are very personal to him.
I think that is why he can sing them with such emotion. He is feeling those songs in his heart as he sings them. I think the reason that the listener
is touched by the song is because it is like listening to a friend tell you a personal story about their life. There are many songs about Sherrie, especially after the relationship ended.
You can almost understand what happened to them through the lyrics. "I stand alone" is not about the band as some have suggested. I think Perry feels that song as if it is about himself.
I have a friend in Portland that is a singer/songwriter who rarely talks about his personal life, but if you want to know what is going on with him, just listen to the lyrics in his songs. They tell it all!
I guess to write such great lyrics, you must have some resource for your thoughts, nothing better than your own experiences.
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Postby Moon Beam » Sat Aug 08, 2009 4:51 pm

Anyway is almost certainly my most favorite Perry pipe play.
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Postby *Laura » Sat Aug 08, 2009 7:16 pm

SP Fan in Oregon wrote: I don't think, "I stand alone" is about the band. I think it is about himself.


I Stand Alone is the story of an animated character. :lol:
The song was written by Carole Bayer Sager and David Foster and I'm pretty sure they didn't have Perry's personal history in their minds when they wrote the lyrics. SP could probably relate to the lyrics, but that's about how "personal" it was.
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Postby *Laura » Sat Aug 08, 2009 7:23 pm

Playitloudforme wrote:Here's a SP fan who adores the whole album. Love it love it love it.

Here's another SP fan feeling just the same way. :wink: Pun and all. :lol:
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Postby WykkedSensation » Sat Aug 08, 2009 7:34 pm

Great song from a ludicrously overlooked and cracking release.
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Postby Toph » Mon Aug 10, 2009 10:55 pm

madsplash wrote:
SP Fan in Oregon wrote:
madsplash wrote:
SP Fan in Oregon wrote:I love the solo albums much more than most of what SP did with Journey. When he is free to create his own music,
I think he does his best work in terms of what I like to listen too. I hope his new CD has more of that. His voice
on the solo albums has a raspy mature tone to it, lots of substance and depth. There is some playfulness in some of the songs too
that I like. i.e. "Coohie Coo," and some of the talking he does within a couple songs. 8)



Go Away is my favorite mid-tempo thing that he's done.


I like so many, hard to pick a favorite, but I always feel so much when he sings I AM

"Lost in a World of Emptiness"
"Eyes in the darkness they cry, tears are forever"

I Am is a good example of how he sings with passion and how he connects with the listener.

I love Can't Stop (one of those playful songs).


Of Course, Missing You - about Sherrie. Breaks my heart for him to have lost that love.



I think my favorite ballad is Don't Be Down On Me Baby. Great song by the whole band.

What's cool is that the last thing we heard him on, I Stand Alone, is one of his best mid-tempo/ballad performances. I know the song was from a movie, but it .


Different strokes...I think Don't Be Down On Me Baby is the worst song on the entire TBF album....what a snoozer...
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