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Here's an article from the Boston Globe, 11/05/05, about Steve Perry and his overseeing of the Houston 1981 concert cd. I enjoy the writer's view of Perry's replacement.

Enjoy,
Journeytroll

He never stopped believin'
November 5, 2005

Seven years ago, Journey, as we knew it, died. That's when the band split with Steve Perry, the feather-haired singer whose piercing pipes were responsible for ''Open Arms, ''Wheel in the Sky," and ''Anyway You Want It." Journey continues to tour with a C-grade Perry replacement. The real deal has re-emerged after years away from the spotlight -- and a hip replacement. Thanks go out to the Chicago White Sox, who adopted Journey's ''Don't Stop Believin' " on their march to a championship. Perry sang at the team's victory parade with White Sox players Joe Crede, Aaron Rowand, and A.J. Pierzynski. Now, he's dipping into the past, overseeing a CD and DVD of a concert from the band's heyday. ''Live in Houston 1981 -- Escape Tour" comes out Nov. 15.

How did it feel having the White Sox adopt your song? You are a San Francisco Giants fan, right?

If they love you, I don't think it's wrong to go where you're loved. The second night, I was sitting in the clubhouse with Crede and Rowand and [relief pitcher Bobby] Jenks and I said, ''Congrats, that's 2 for 2 now." I told them I had to head out and do some work on the disc. Crede looked at me and said, ''Dude, you've got to go to Houston. This may never happen again."

So you changed your plans?

They played five hours and 45 minutes in Game 3, which took me to the edge of insanity. We won that one. Here we are the next day in Game 4, I'm standing near the warning track near the line and the White Sox are doing their stretches and busting my chops. I felt like I was one of the guys.

Like being in a band again.

When I was in Journey, there was a camaraderie. It had a purpose, it had a mission. We scrapped and had difficult times with each other and battles over musical differences but that never stopped us from being the best we could be.

You know, I did my first slow dance to ''Open Arms." Actually it might have been a Chicago song, but I like ''Open Arms" better.

I can't tell you how many times I get a tap on the shoulder and somebody says, ''I really love your voice and you guys were the greatest band." Or ''This was my prom song." Sometimes I forget. I'm a normal guy. I live a normal life.

What do you mean a normal life? You're Steve Perry.

I make my own bed when I'm at my house. I wash my own dishes every day. And when they pile up it's because I don't wash them.

Do you miss those days?

Terribly. When I heard the raw tapes and I started mixing it, there were times I had to keep my head down on the console. Those were some magical times. It was too hard to watch. And it was 24 years ago and it seems like it was yesterday.

So the Journey thing is over, right?

The divorce is final. Back when that happened, it was January of 1998. October is when I had the hip replacement, but January is when I got the ultimatum that they had been checking out other singers. That made it pretty personal.

But you give each of them solo spots on the concert album. Why not say, forget Neal Schon?

No, no, no. In the music, they're pouring their hearts out. I wanted it to be representative of what we once were together because the performances are absolutely magic. Especially Neal Schon. Though we're on the outs and we do not speak, it doesn't take away what we were.

Look, you don't have to do this, but is there any way you'd sing a few lines of ''Open Arms?"

''Lying beside you, here in the dark / Feeling your heart beat with mine"

Steve Perry, you remain my hero. GEOFF EDGERS

© Copyright 2005 Globe Newspaper Company.

You should really read the board before you post...

jrnyman28 wrote:You should really read the board before you post...

Oh as always 28....I DO need everyone's opinion before I formulate my own..another BALL WASHER....

So keeping count..

Deano=douche
NIG= Moron
28= ball washer


who's next.

"someone is flying over the cuckoo nest!"

Rock'ndeano wrote:So keeping count..

Deano=douche
NIG= Moron
28= ball washer


who's next.

"someone is flying over the cuckoo nest!"

Well the douche part is dead on...
I'll give the other two the benefit of the doubt.
You're too far gone for me Deano....

OpeningAct wrote:

jrnyman28 wrote:You should really read the board before you post...

Oh as always 28....I DO need everyone's opinion before I formulate my own..another BALL WASHER....

What the hell does that even mean...Troll posts something that is already posted on the board. I told him he sould have looked first. How does this affect you? Or have you finally revealed that Joe+Journeytroll?

jrnyman28 wrote:You should really read the board before you post...

Hi Dave,

Did you post the same thread? I'm from Boston, and you're from Colorado, so how did you hear about the article in the Globe?

The Boston Globe is a major U.S. newspaper, and I agree with the statement of calling Steve Perry's singing replacement a "C-Leve Clone."

Journeytroll

jrnyman28 wrote:

OpeningAct wrote:

jrnyman28 wrote:You should really read the board before you post...

Oh as always 28....I DO need everyone's opinion before I formulate my own..another BALL WASHER....

What the hell does that even mean...Troll posts something that is already posted on the board. I told him he sould have looked first. How does this affect you? Or have you finally revealed that Joe+Journeytroll?

Dave,

I hardly post here, but I want to make sure it is crystal clear that Journeytroll is only Journeytroll.

Journeytroll

So now we have a Boston v Denver idea going?

----Journeytroll

Where's the link to this piece, Joe?

Rock'ndeano wrote:So now we have a Boston v Denver idea going?

----Journeytroll

Why did Dave post an article from the Boston Globe here?

Journeytroll

Red13JoePa wrote:Where's the link to this piece, Joe?

I'm not Joe, The Boston Globe called Steve Augeri a "C-Grade Steve Perry replacement."

The link won't appear; however, if you go to www.neu.edu

1. Click link Libraries.
2. click article search options.
3. scroll to Boston herald 1997-present
4. type Steve Perry and click Boston Globe.

You will see the article.

Journeytroll

JourneyTroll wrote:I hardly post here

Hence the name JourneyTroll.

NealIsGod wrote:

JourneyTroll wrote:I hardly post here

Hence the name JourneyTroll.

Hence I am too busy, have a career, and there is nothing new to discuss about Journey.

Journeytroll

JourneyTroll wrote:

NealIsGod wrote:

JourneyTroll wrote:I hardly post here

Hence the name JourneyTroll.

Hence I am too busy, have a career, and there is nothing new to discuss about Journey.

Journeytroll

Don't forget your upcoming wedding.

JourneyTroll wrote: nothing new to discuss about Journey.

Journeytroll

Oh no? Ok. New CD. Current tour. DVD out tomorrow. DVD out next March. But nothing new to report from Journey.

Are you confusing yourself with the Styx band? They are the ones with nothing new.

Deano says:

Are you confusing yourself with the Styx band? They are the ones with nothing new.

Ahem!!! Current Styx is on their never ending tour. Anybody and everybody can see them at any time. It's just that no one on that board sees them - LOL

Dennis, who is the voice of Styx, has been selling out concerts recently up there in Canada, has had a lot of radio & tv appearances and also has a new single just released.

Don't forget about the DeYoung/Shaw concert for next summer.

JourneyTroll, you have to be kidding, just what Dean mentioned about Journey, there's a lot to talk about!!

Rock'ndeano wrote:

JourneyTroll wrote: nothing new to discuss about Journey.

Journeytroll

Oh no? Ok. New CD. Current tour. DVD out tomorrow. DVD out next March. But nothing new to report from Journey.

Are you confusing yourself with the Styx band? They are the ones with nothing new.

The "new CD" is when Journey meant something way...........back in 1981. Why meaningful band would have the audacity to create a DVD of them back in 1981? Plus, two of the Journey members back in 1981 aren't even in the band anymore.

The new CD has tanked. Fact.

The current tour is great if you like hearing obsure songs, classic Steve Perry songs, and marginal songs off of Journey's last three CDS.

What DVD is coming out in March? I'm sure that one won't be any good either.

Journeytroll

SuiteMadameBlue wrote:Deano says:

Are you confusing yourself with the Styx band? They are the ones with nothing new.

Ahem!!! Current Styx is on their never ending tour. Anybody and everybody can see them at any time. It's just that no one on that board sees them - LOL

Dennis, who is the voice of Styx, has been selling out concerts recently up there in Canada, has had a lot of radio & tv appearances and also has a new single just released.

Don't forget about the DeYoung/Shaw concert for next summer.

JourneyTroll, you have to be kidding, just what Dean mentioned about Journey, there's a lot to talk about!!

Then why aren't rock stations talking about Journey? Why aren't the major rock critics mentioning Journey? Why have most rock music fans dismissed Journey?

A "new" DVD of a Journey concert in 1981?

Wow! I'm surprised this isn't national news!

Journeytroll

NealIsGod wrote:

JourneyTroll wrote:

NealIsGod wrote:

JourneyTroll wrote:I hardly post here

Hence the name JourneyTroll.

Hence I am too busy, have a career, and there is nothing new to discuss about Journey.

Journeytroll

Don't forget your upcoming wedding.

Thank you for mentioning my wedding. You can email me your wedding gift.

Journeytroll

JourneyTroll wrote:
The "new CD" is when Journey meant something way...........back in 1981. Why meaningful band would have the audacity to create a DVD of them back in 1981? Plus, two of the Journey members back in 1981 aren't even in the band anymore.

So what? Changes happen all the time in Bands.

The new CD has tanked. Fact.

Not really there, genius. Half a million people have it. Hardly any bands of this genre sell. Journey was smart to go about it this way this year. IF you would go to a show, you would see the young people in attendance. There is definitely a new generation of fans keeping the machine rolling.

The current tour is great if you like hearing obsure songs, classic Steve Perry songs, and marginal songs off of Journey's last three CDS.

This is their best ever tour. Hey if you don't like 3 hour shows, then you have issues. Some bitch about only hits being played, some bitch about Pre Perry songs..They do both, plus the new stuff.

What DVD is coming out in March? I'm sure that one won't be any good either.

Dallas. Why would you say that won't be any good? So, basically, you hate Journey, and yet you still come here?
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Rock'ndeano wrote:

JourneyTroll wrote:
The "new CD" is when Journey meant something way...........back in 1981. Why meaningful band would have the audacity to create a DVD of them back in 1981? Plus, two of the Journey members back in 1981 aren't even in the band anymore.

So what? Changes happen all the time in Bands.

Journey should be ashamed of themselves for selling a CD of the band in 1981!!!! What a joke. The Journey back then were so much better than this so-called version of Journey. Twenty-four years is a long time ago.

Should we expect a DVD of Journey in 2023 of their first concert in 1973?

The new CD has tanked. Fact.

Not really there, genius. Half a million people have it. Hardly any bands of this genre sell. Journey was smart to go about it this way this year. IF you would go to a show, you would see the young people in attendance. There is definitely a new generation of fans keeping the machine rolling.

Yes, I am a genius. Thank you, Deano. Half a million were "given the CD" at concerts. They didn't pay the CD separately. "Force feeding" a CD onto a paid concert ticket holder is a sign of desparation.

The current tour is great if you like hearing obsure songs, classic Steve Perry songs, and marginal songs off of Journey's last three CDS.

This is their best ever tour. Hey if you don't like 3 hour shows, then you have issues. Some bitch about only hits being played, some bitch about Pre Perry songs..They do both, plus the new stuff.

This is their last tour in the United States. Plus, so many Journey fans groaned when they were forced to hear the long, boring sets of pre-Steve Perry material and the non-hits from their last their CD failures.

What DVD is coming out in March? I'm sure that one won't be any good either.

Dallas. Why would you say that won't be any good? So, basically, you hate Journey, and yet you still come here?

Yes, I detest the current Journey, and I am glad I have the opportunity to share my opinion on how awful the band is. I can do this without personally attacking you or other members here.

Journey is nervy selling a DVD of a 1981 concert and then four months later selling a DVD of a 2005 show? Talk about a band that needs to bleed their fans!

Journeytroll

Fact: The '81 dvd is a Perry project. Do you or don't you like him?
Red13JoePa is my one and only username.

SuiteMadameBlue wrote:Deano says:

Are you confusing yourself with the Styx band? They are the ones with nothing new.

Ahem!!! Current Styx is on their never ending tour. Anybody and everybody can see them at any time. It's just that no one on that board sees them - LOL

I have seen them ever year at least once since 96 (except for the night my brother in law passed away on the day of the show.
Would have seen Dennis in Nashville if I had the money and my car had been ready-ERIC

JourneyTroll wrote:
Yes, I detest the current Journey, and I am glad I have the opportunity to share my opinion on how awful the band is. I can do this without personally attacking you or other members here.

Name one band that is musically better than Journey right now. I can't wait to hear this.

Rock'ndeano wrote:

JourneyTroll wrote:
Yes, I detest the current Journey, and I am glad I have the opportunity to share my opinion on how awful the band is. I can do this without personally attacking you or other members here.

Name one band that is musically better than Journey right now. I can't wait to hear this.

All of them.

Journeytroll

Real intelligent answer. I will take that as a no. Because frankly, there isn't a better band out there. That isn't homerism, that is just right.

Red13JoePa wrote:Fact: The '81 dvd is a Perry project. Do you or don't you like him?
Red13JoePa is my one and only username.

Whether this is a Perry project, or Journey project, this is bad news.

I always thought you were Opening Act. Thank you for the clarification.

Journeytroll

I will do the unthinkable though.

I AGREE with JourneyAct, err, OpeningTroll....

Releasing a concert 25 years old is IMO, LAME. He is correct. Should have done back when CD's/DVD's starting coming out. Same with ROR.

Why on earth wait? Arrival was done quickly.