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Steve Perry tried to join another band in 78/79

PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 11:08 am
by Gordon from Edinburgh
Called Wild Horses - just read it in classic rock today - near fell off the toilet.....the band was formed by ex Thin Lizzy guitarist Brian Robertson - who did a tour with Journey....and also Jimmy Bain ex of Rainbow - the story goes that Perry phoned them and asked to join....was he that unhappy at that stage?????????????????

PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 11:12 am
by X factor
DAMN that would've rocked!!!!

PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 11:13 am
by Gordon from Edinburgh
X factor wrote:DAMN that would've rocked!!!!


It probably could have been good - but it woulda meant no Escape or Frontiers or Houston DVD etc......

PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 11:24 am
by 7 Wishes
Ummmm...ANYTHING with Steve would have been / was / would be awesome. But Steve and Neal together between 77-83 was one of the top five songwriting tandems of all time.

PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 12:44 pm
by StoneCold
Hey Gordon, if your online, please post link for the article. I'm on a mobile so too hard for me to find it.

PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 12:46 pm
by conversationpc
7 Wishes wrote:Ummmm...ANYTHING with Steve would have been / was / would be awesome. But Steve and Neal together between 77-83 was one of the top five songwriting tandems of all time.


One of my favorites is the very first song they wrote together, "Patiently". I wish I could've heard Perry sing it live but I had chills going down my spine when Deen sang it at the 30th anniversary show here in Indy.

PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 12:48 pm
by Gordon from Edinburgh
StoneCold wrote:Hey Gordon, if your online, please post link for the article. I'm on a mobile so too hard for me to find it.


Its not available on-line yet mate - i subscribe to Classic Rock so i get the mag a few days early - its an article in a section about "lost" bands - remember when they trashed Blackmore the last time they did this feature? Anyway - i will try to scan it with my phone - but not confident........

PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 1:12 pm
by Perrydise
Interesting, would love to read it.

PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 2:27 pm
by tammy
Didn't know about that. So, SP was hitting success with Journey and wanted to leave? :?

PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 3:11 pm
by Jeremey
I would have loved to see Steve Perry in the band WYLD STALYNS.

PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 3:31 pm
by larryfromnextdoor
Jeremey wrote:I would have loved to see Steve Perry in the band WYLD STALYNS.


:lol: your on fire tonight!

EXCELLENT!! deedilie deedilie

PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 3:48 pm
by Deb
conversationpc wrote:
7 Wishes wrote:Ummmm...ANYTHING with Steve would have been / was / would be awesome. But Steve and Neal together between 77-83 was one of the top five songwriting tandems of all time.


One of my favorites is the very first song they wrote together, "Patiently". I wish I could've heard Perry sing it live but I had chills going down my spine when Deen sang it at the 30th anniversary show here in Indy.


Love that one too, and this has to be my all-time favorite performance of it. Steve/Neal were just magic together. Perry's vocals just slay me in this one.......seems so damn effortless and crystal clear. :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yCGz7Khpms

PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 3:55 pm
by 7 Wishes
They wrote "Patiently" in about two hours. True story. First day they wrote together.

PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 4:04 pm
by conversationpc
Deb wrote:
conversationpc wrote:
7 Wishes wrote:Ummmm...ANYTHING with Steve would have been / was / would be awesome. But Steve and Neal together between 77-83 was one of the top five songwriting tandems of all time.


One of my favorites is the very first song they wrote together, "Patiently". I wish I could've heard Perry sing it live but I had chills going down my spine when Deen sang it at the 30th anniversary show here in Indy.


Love that one too, and this has to be my all-time favorite performance of it. Steve/Neal were just magic together. Perry's vocals just slay me in this one.......seems so damn effortless and crystal clear. :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yCGz7Khpms


This version with Deen singing is nearly as good...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-KPy-Dm ... re=related

PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 4:06 pm
by tammy
Deb wrote:
conversationpc wrote:
7 Wishes wrote:Ummmm...ANYTHING with Steve would have been / was / would be awesome. But Steve and Neal together between 77-83 was one of the top five songwriting tandems of all time.


One of my favorites is the very first song they wrote together, "Patiently". I wish I could've heard Perry sing it live but I had chills going down my spine when Deen sang it at the 30th anniversary show here in Indy.


Love that one too, and this has to be my all-time favorite performance of it. Steve/Neal were just magic together. Perry's vocals just slay me in this one.......seems so damn effortless and crystal clear. :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yCGz7Khpms


So beautiful. And, I love his look at the end of the song. Gads, I see that date 1978 and I wanna cry...I graduated H.S. 30 yrs ago! How is that possible - feels like yesterday? :shock:

PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 4:25 pm
by conversationpc
For anyone interested, here's the best version of "Patiently" that Perry ever did, in my opinion. This is from Houston, 4/12/1980.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UJK79H0H

PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 4:40 pm
by Blueskies
conversationpc wrote:For anyone interested, here's the best version of "Patiently" that Perry ever did, in my opinion. This is from Houston, 4/12/1980.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UJK79H0H
Beautiful! Thanks Dave! :)

PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 4:52 pm
by 7 Wishes
Wow, dude. Thanks. I'd have to concur.

PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 5:18 pm
by Voyager
There is a mention of this topic in the comments at the bottom of this page:

http://www.heavyharmonies.com/cgi-bin/g ... our+Ground

8)

PostPosted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 2:25 am
by lights1961
conversationpc wrote:For anyone interested, here's the best version of "Patiently" that Perry ever did, in my opinion. This is from Houston, 4/12/1980.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UJK79H0H


that houston show was on a radio live broadcast nationwide... that was the PEAK of JOURNEY with ROLIE! To think i saw them
a month later for the first time in Des Moines, with the Babys.... man does that bring back memories...

PostPosted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 3:13 am
by lights1961
conversationpc wrote:For anyone interested, here's the best version of "Patiently" that Perry ever did, in my opinion. This is from Houston, 4/12/1980.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UJK79H0H


I AGREE... just litened to it... WOW.

Rick

PostPosted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 7:12 pm
by annie89509
78-79, SP would have just joined Journey. Maybe he wanted to keep his options open. And Thin Lizzy toured with Journey in those days. Steve could have been very good friends with that guy. Maybe he was thinking about working in both bands. After all, he was quite the workaholic, writing-recording-touring, in those early years.

PostPosted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 4:14 am
by Journey69
Deb wrote:
conversationpc wrote:
7 Wishes wrote:Ummmm...ANYTHING with Steve would have been / was / would be awesome. But Steve and Neal together between 77-83 was one of the top five songwriting tandems of all time.


One of my favorites is the very first song they wrote together, "Patiently". I wish I could've heard Perry sing it live but I had chills going down my spine when Deen sang it at the 30th anniversary show here in Indy.


Love that one too, and this has to be my all-time favorite performance of it. Steve/Neal were just magic together. Perry's vocals just slay me in this one.......seems so damn effortless and crystal clear. :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yCGz7Khpms


That's just incredible..Check out the Can Do video too..You will love him on that one!

PostPosted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 8:03 am
by Deb
Journey69 wrote:
Deb wrote:
conversationpc wrote:
7 Wishes wrote:Ummmm...ANYTHING with Steve would have been / was / would be awesome. But Steve and Neal together between 77-83 was one of the top five songwriting tandems of all time.


One of my favorites is the very first song they wrote together, "Patiently". I wish I could've heard Perry sing it live but I had chills going down my spine when Deen sang it at the 30th anniversary show here in Indy.


Love that one too, and this has to be my all-time favorite performance of it. Steve/Neal were just magic together. Perry's vocals just slay me in this one.......seems so damn effortless and crystal clear. :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yCGz7Khpms


That's just incredible..Check out the Can Do video too..You will love him on that one!


While I love seeing old Journey footage (especially Perry :) ) and the clip is great........that is probably one of my least favorite Journey songs though, to me the song just goes nowhere. :?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyGZkktQjw4

PostPosted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 11:59 am
by Journey69
Deb wrote:
Journey69 wrote:
Deb wrote:
conversationpc wrote:
7 Wishes wrote:Ummmm...ANYTHING with Steve would have been / was / would be awesome. But Steve and Neal together between 77-83 was one of the top five songwriting tandems of all time.


One of my favorites is the very first song they wrote together, "Patiently". I wish I could've heard Perry sing it live but I had chills going down my spine when Deen sang it at the 30th anniversary show here in Indy.


Love that one too, and this has to be my all-time favorite performance of it. Steve/Neal were just magic together. Perry's vocals just slay me in this one.......seems so damn effortless and crystal clear. :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yCGz7Khpms


That's just incredible..Check out the Can Do video too..You will love him on that one!


While I love seeing old Journey footage (especially Perry :) ) and the clip is great........that is probably one of my least favorite Journey songs though, to me the song just goes nowhere. :?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyGZkktQjw4


I wasn't referring to the song.. I figured how he looked singing and being close up all the time,looking at his eyes,women would go nuts..lol