Many liked what they saw...;)

[*Laura]

Bob Lefsetz's letter sent out today:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_P-DpMFd8_A&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Some things just make you feel good.

I'm going through today's e-mail and someone linked to this clip. Just another use of the national anthem, "Don't Stop Believin'". Hey, it's great the Giants won the National League Championship and are celebrating, but there's nothing new here.

And as I continue going through my messages, as the track plays in the background, I've heard enough so I go to close that window so I can check out another YouTube clip a few messages down. And when I go to click the close button, I'm confronted with something utterly surprising that does not compute, supposed recluse Steve Perry singing his own song.

Well, we can't hear him. He's got no mic. But he's leading the charge, he's got his hands in the air, they've got his visage on the big screen and I'm stunned how every rumor is untrue. He's out and about, he's not obese, he's there with a smile on his face owning a song that's been embraced by a younger generation that never experienced Journey and people like me who barely tolerated the band back then, admitting we liked "Lights" and maybe one other track on the local AOR outlet that we had to endure to get to our favorites, and those who never stopped believin'.

On paper, this might barely touch you. But when you watch this video, your heart will start to palpitate, you'll get all tingly, you'll enter a zone whose entry key is only music.

(Let the clip play, from the beginning until at least fifty seconds in, then you'll get it.)

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[TRAGChick]

Hey, Laura

Any way to get him THIS clip?

Same scenario; just more "up close and personal"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LspZJBDp ... _embedded#

[*Laura]

Hey, Laura

Any way to get him THIS clip?

Same scenario; just more "up close and personal"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LspZJBDp ... _embedded#

It's just impossible to not smile when you watch that... It feels fun.

I'm sure he's seen everything.

[RossValoryRocks]

It would be nice if the drunk guy filming the one Nora posted KNEW the words! LOL

Otherwise its nice to see Perry singing again...sort of singing...

[Deb]

Hey, Laura

Any way to get him THIS clip?

Same scenario; just more "up close and personal"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LspZJBDp ... _embedded#

It's just impossible to not smile when you watch that... It feels fun.

I'm sure he's seen everything.

Just coming in to post the exact same thing. Love it!

[portland]

Hey, Laura

Any way to get him THIS clip?

Same scenario; just more "up close and personal"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LspZJBDp ... _embedded#

It's just impossible to not smile when you watch that... It feels fun.

I'm sure he's seen everything.

Just coming in to post the exact same thing. Love it!

So very cool!!!

[tammy]

Hey, Laura

Any way to get him THIS clip?

Same scenario; just more "up close and personal"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LspZJBDp ... _embedded#

Neat - that is super close...fun to see him getting into it. It really is something that this combination of his song and his love of baseball and his home team in the WS are all wrapped up together - it can't get better than that - well, until they win. Go orange and black!

[timstar78]

Great clip...

[CatEyes]

ya beat me too it!

Thanks for bringing this here, *Laura.

Lefsetz' comments will probably piss off the usual self-important nay-sayers.

The ones who are not capable of looking beyond themselves.

The most important thing about this video has already been said:

"Some things just make you feel good"

That is more than enough for me.

Cat

[*Laura]

Lefsetz wrote another one today: "Steve Perry again". Very nicely said.


"This is why we do it. This is why we write and perform music. This is why a musician's life is richer than that of any Wall Street banker, any politician, any sports figure.

They say that money is king, that it changes everything. But you haven't experienced true power until you hear 40,000 people singing your song, with no bouncing ball, no coaching, but by heart. That's how much you mean to people.

(...)

This clip is not as good as the one of "Don't Stop Believin'", the audio is low and the camera person is far from the man himself, and yes, I know now that the Giants made sure Steve Perry was there, but about 1:20 in you hear the assembled multitude sing "Lights" and you're overwhelmed, they know it, it's in their DNA.

(...)

This is why everybody wants to be a rock star. To feel this power. To bask in the effect of your creation.

I don't want to hear that this financial wizard is a rock star, or this politician, that's missing the point. A true rock star can touch and move people in a way that no one else can. That's the power.

And Steve Perry and those ancient Journey songs from last century have the power to not only ignite a whole city, but an entire nation."

[TRAGChick]

Hey, Laura

Any way to get him THIS clip?

Same scenario; just more "up close and personal"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LspZJBDp ... _embedded#

Neat - that is super close...fun to see him getting into it. It really is something that this combination of his song and his love of baseball and his home team in the WS are all wrapped up together - it can't get better than that - well, until they win. Go orange and black!

17,276
views

That's more views than the amount of people it takes to fill up the Hartford Civic Center.

[portland]

Hey, Laura

Any way to get him THIS clip?

Same scenario; just more "up close and personal"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LspZJBDp ... _embedded#

Neat - that is super close...fun to see him getting into it. It really is something that this combination of his song and his love of baseball and his home team in the WS are all wrapped up together - it can't get better than that - well, until they win. Go orange and black!

17,276
views

That's more views than the amount of people it takes to fill up the Hartford Civic Center.

Dan will say it's three Loons clicking view non stop!

[CatEyes]

This is really good for Lefsetz.

He was never a Journey fan (publicly anyway )

Wow - someone who is not a loon writing something nice about Perry

Can stranger things happen?

[portland]

This is really good for Lefsetz.

He was never a Journey fan (publicly anyway )

Wow - someone who is not a loon writing something nice about Perry

Can stranger things happen?

Let's hope!

[SteveForever]

I love you Steve!

[Babyblue]

Lefsetz wrote another one today: "Steve Perry again". Very nicely said.


"This is why we do it. This is why we write and perform music. This is why a musician's life is richer than that of any Wall Street banker, any politician, any sports figure.

They say that money is king, that it changes everything. But you haven't experienced true power until you hear 40,000 people singing your song, with no bouncing ball, no coaching, but by heart. That's how much you mean to people.

(...)

This clip is not as good as the one of "Don't Stop Believin'", the audio is low and the camera person is far from the man himself, and yes, I know now that the Giants made sure Steve Perry was there, but about 1:20 in you hear the assembled multitude sing "Lights" and you're overwhelmed, they know it, it's in their DNA.

(...)

This is why everybody wants to be a rock star. To feel this power. To bask in the effect of your creation.

I don't want to hear that this financial wizard is a rock star, or this politician, that's missing the point. A true rock star can touch and move people in a way that no one else can. That's the power.

And Steve Perry and those ancient Journey songs from last century have the power to not only ignite a whole city, but an entire nation."

That would be true for alot of them.

[Ligzig]

Hey, Laura

Any way to get him THIS clip?

Same scenario; just more "up close and personal"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LspZJBDp ... _embedded#

Neat - that is super close...fun to see him getting into it. It really is something that this combination of his song and his love of baseball and his home team in the WS are all wrapped up together - it can't get better than that - well, until they win. Go orange and black!

17,276
views

That's more views than the amount of people it takes to fill up the Hartford Civic Center.

Dan will say it's three Loons clicking view non stop!

Sorry to ruin the party, but...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kffacxfA7G4

387,927,766 views.

THERE'S NO HOPE FOR OUR FUTURE.