Rockindeano wrote:Monker wrote:Rockindeano wrote:Jubilee wrote::?
So, lemme get this straight. They're going to honor Perry with a great big ol' Journey tribute?? Haven't they heard the news? Perry no longer has anything to do with Journey. They're doing their thing, and he's doing his. Separate ways. Divorced. Stone cracked. As in it's ovah! Do they really intend to do a tribute to Journey
without Journey?
Maybe they should just sing a few bars of "Oh, Sherrie" and call it good.

I see your point here. Just goes to show you how important the lead guy is. Seriously, when casual people think of Journey, they think of that guy with the awesome voice. Like I said, I see what you are saying and it would really be unfair to Schon and Cain if they weren't somehow honoured too. Perhaps they don't want to be, being that Perry will be there?
I disagree...I think it shows how Perry was never able to break away from Journey and create his own career. The only way to create a Perry tribute IS with Journey music - everything else has been forgotten.
Agreed, but it's a double sided coin too. The only reason Neal and Jon get recognition is because perry left them with the name. I mean, who really owns the name to Journey? What if Perry wanted to stake a claim to the name? Hell, he has as much right as any of those guys to do that.
And as for Perry struggling to break away from Journey and make a name for himself, well, you are right again, but why should he have to do that? You think Neal and Jon made much headway when they broke way from "Journey?" Not really. Bad English was moderately successful at best..and IMO, Steve perry solo was more popular. Yes?
Hm, I'd say it's about equal between BE and SP solo.
I know off the top of my head I know BE had a #1 and #5 hit in When I See You Smile and Price of Love, respectively. I think ST, released in the far more musical friendly climate of 1984 for AOR style music, had comparable success, at least single-wise. FTLOSM clocking in as a top 10 album in the extremely hostile waters of 1994 is pretty impressive, but then, BE's two efforts were 1989 and 1991 (correct me if I'm wrong), which was just about when AOR was breathing its last mainstream breaths.
It would have been a lot more interesting for comparison's sake to see what happened if BE's albums had come out earlier in the 80s, like Street Talk.
On the other hand, comparing the two as a barometer of the importance of PErry to Neal/Jon or vice versa is sorta silly apples-oranges kinda stuff since a singing voice is so much of what drives pop success, assuming the songwriting is at least competent if not good. So, comparing SP to BE begs the question: Is it SP being measured against Neal and Jon's songwriting/instrumentation, or SP being measured against John Waite? It's probably somewhere in between to be realistic, but still... end point, the comparison is really not worth troubling that much over, regardless of your allegiances.