Steve Perry is back!

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No Don't Stop Believin', no care.
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Wow. That song just feels like 1984. That's a good thing.
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I thought his voice was shot. Doesn't sound like it
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Best vocalist of all time.
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Holy crap.

How can people not realize how fake they look after those surgeries.
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Robert Plant
Freddie Mercury
Michael Jackson
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Brian Earl Spilner said:

2. Robert Plant
3. Freddie Mercury
4. Michael Jackson
FIFY
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Nice!
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What am I missing?!?! Are y'all having a laugh?

That was horrible.
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mazag08 said:

Best vocalist of all time.


He's not even as good as the vocalist he emulated, therefore he cannot be the greatest of all time.
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captkirk said:

I thought his voice was shot. Doesn't sound like it


Uh, yeah it does. That was not good.
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mazag08 said:

Brian Earl Spilner said:

2. Robert Plant
3. Freddie Mercury
4. Michael Jackson
FIFY


You didn't fix it enough, because Freddie Mercury is #1.
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Wanted to like it so bad. Only made it halfway thru second verse. Voice was okay, not shot but not OMG HE'S BACK.

Worst part was the lyrics. I cringed the 3rd or 4th time he said something about being in the back seat with the chick. Dude, you're 70.
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Sounded to me like his voice is kinda shot, he just has enough to get through a studio recording. I had high hopes that he and journey would make up enough to go on a tour and record some new material, but just the little hear there, I don't think he could make it through a tour. Dude used to be so good live. Theres a concert video of them in Japan in 1981 that's so good. I saw them summer of 1983, but was only like 8 years old so I barely remember it. My parents were huge Journey fans back in the late 70s/early 80s.
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Bruce Almighty said:

mazag08 said:

Brian Earl Spilner said:

2. Robert Plant
3. Freddie Mercury
4. Michael Jackson
FIFY


You didn't fix it enough, because Freddie Mercury is #1.


The only reason Mercury was on the list was because I didn't alter the list from the person I quoted.

Mercury likely isn't even top 10 unless you are measuribg flamboyance.
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mazag08 said:

Bruce Almighty said:

mazag08 said:

Brian Earl Spilner said:

2. Robert Plant
3. Freddie Mercury
4. Michael Jackson
FIFY


You didn't fix it enough, because Freddie Mercury is #1.


The only reason Mercury was on the list was because I didn't alter the list from the person I quoted.

Mercury likely isn't even top 10 unless you are measuribg flamboyance.
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mazag08 said:

Bruce Almighty said:

mazag08 said:

Brian Earl Spilner said:

2. Robert Plant
3. Freddie Mercury
4. Michael Jackson
FIFY


You didn't fix it enough, because Freddie Mercury is #1.


The only reason Mercury was on the list was because I didn't alter the list from the person I quoted.

Mercury likely isn't even top 10 unless you are measuribg flamboyance.

Well that's a dumb take
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I don't know what he's done the last 30 years, but if he hasn't been singing much, that's his problem. Your voice is a muscle, and it can decline if you don't use it.

Had he joined back with Journey say in the late 90s and continued to sing with them for 15-20 years, he may still have ALL of it.
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Also he kept reminding me of a cheesy 60's Vegas Act... like Wayne Newton or Robert Goulet
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62strat said:

I don't know what he's done the last 30 years, but if he hasn't been singing much, that's his problem. Your voice is a muscle, and it can decline if you don't use it.

Had he joined back with Journey say in the late 90s and continued to sing with them for 15-20 years, he may still have ALL of it.



Wasn't the reason he originally quit because of voice problems?
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He had a hip injury that prohibited him from touring on "Journey's" schedule plus he was "burned out" per his words.


It's been interesting reading everyone's response to the song. He's going to be 70 next year, I'm not sure what people were expecting. I plan to listen to the entire album before really deciding how I feel about his "comeback", but my first impression was not bad and kind of good. Being a fan of his and Journey probably skews my opinion more positively as that's what fans do. I'm glad he's back to writing and singing.
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PatAg said:




Whenever I hear his name, all I can think of is Trey Parker singing "and you should have been go-oooone"
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Anyone that puts Steve Perry in the same ballpark as Mercury, Plant, or MJ is just wrong.

(Talking about in their prime.)
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A closer comparison for me is Perry vs Steven Tyler.
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Brian Earl Spilner said:

Anyone that puts Steve Perry in the same ballpark as Mercury, Plant, or MJ is just wrong.

(Talking about in their prime.)
How so?

All are extremely talented and unique vocalists in their prime. Not many people can rival the purity of tone, range, and pitch that was prime Perry.

I love FM, but for me, his voice is too broadway-ish. Just my own opinion.

If Mercury and Perry both sang the same song that's neither of their own, would you be able to instantly tell Mercury was singing if you weren't warned ahead of time? Because Perry is unmistakable.
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mazag08 said:

Brian Earl Spilner said:

Anyone that puts Steve Perry in the same ballpark as Mercury, Plant, or MJ is just wrong.

(Talking about in their prime.)
How so?

All are extremely talented and unique vocalists in their prime. Not many people can rival the purity of tone, range, and pitch that was prime Perry.

I love FM, but for me, his voice is too broadway-ish. Just my own opinion.

If Mercury and Perry both sang the same song that's neither of their own, would you be able to instantly tell Mercury was singing if you weren't warned ahead of time? Because Perry is unmistakable.
100% yes.
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Brian Earl Spilner said:

Anyone that puts Steve Perry in the same ballpark as Mercury, Plant, or MJ is just wrong.

(Talking about in their prime.)
Funny.. Brian May once called Perry 'a voice in a million'
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mazag08 said:

Brian Earl Spilner said:

Anyone that puts Steve Perry in the same ballpark as Mercury, Plant, or MJ is just wrong.

(Talking about in their prime.)
How so?

All are extremely talented and unique vocalists in their prime. Not many people can rival the purity of tone, range, and pitch that was prime Perry.

I love FM, but for me, his voice is too broadway-ish. Just my own opinion.

If Mercury and Perry both sang the same song that's neither of their own, would you be able to instantly tell Mercury was singing if you weren't warned ahead of time? Because Perry is unmistakable.


Lolwut?

Perry sounds like Sam Cooke (who he was TRYING to sound like) as well as the little Filipino dude that fronted Journey for awhile (who was trying to sound like Perry).
NOBODY sounds like Mercury.
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why is anyone trying to compare freddie and steve? theyre both super bad ass, leave it at that
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Yelnick McWawa said:

mazag08 said:

Brian Earl Spilner said:

Anyone that puts Steve Perry in the same ballpark as Mercury, Plant, or MJ is just wrong.

(Talking about in their prime.)
How so?

All are extremely talented and unique vocalists in their prime. Not many people can rival the purity of tone, range, and pitch that was prime Perry.

I love FM, but for me, his voice is too broadway-ish. Just my own opinion.

If Mercury and Perry both sang the same song that's neither of their own, would you be able to instantly tell Mercury was singing if you weren't warned ahead of time? Because Perry is unmistakable.


Lolwut?

Perry sounds like Sam Cooke (who he was TRYING to sound like) as well as the little Filipino dude that fronted Journey for awhile (who was trying to sound like Perry).
NOBODY sounds like Mercury.

Arnel Pineda is still the lead singer of Journey.
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LSCSN said:

why is anyone trying to compare freddie and steve? theyre both super bad ass, leave it at that
Is this your first time on the EB?
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Rex Racer said:

Yelnick McWawa said:

mazag08 said:

Brian Earl Spilner said:

Anyone that puts Steve Perry in the same ballpark as Mercury, Plant, or MJ is just wrong.

(Talking about in their prime.)
How so?

All are extremely talented and unique vocalists in their prime. Not many people can rival the purity of tone, range, and pitch that was prime Perry.

I love FM, but for me, his voice is too broadway-ish. Just my own opinion.

If Mercury and Perry both sang the same song that's neither of their own, would you be able to instantly tell Mercury was singing if you weren't warned ahead of time? Because Perry is unmistakable.


Lolwut?

Perry sounds like Sam Cooke (who he was TRYING to sound like) as well as the little Filipino dude that fronted Journey for awhile (who was trying to sound like Perry).
NOBODY sounds like Mercury.

Arnel Pineda is still the lead singer of Journey.
And sounds nothing like Steve when he's not covering one of Steve's songs. Doesn't have the same control of his range like Steve did. Constantly fades in and out of trying to emulate Steve's tone.

From Wikipedia..

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Sam Cooke, to whom Perry has been compared,[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Perry#cite_note-36][36][/url] was Perry's primary influence.[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Perry#cite_note-rollingstone-4][4][/url] He has also cited the vocal approach of The Beach Boys, Jackie Wilson, Frankie Valli, Lou Christie, Marvin Gaye, Joe Tex, and Jack Bruce of Cream, along with female singers such as Diana Ross, Dee Dee Sharp and Aretha Franklin. Musically, Perry drew influence from Elvis Presley and Chuck Berry. He also spoke of his fondness for Motownrecordings, and English bands of the late 1960s

Wait, a singer has influences that help shape his style? NO WAY!
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