Don't stop believin'

[Steven_Draker]

[video=youtube;2NQIPVqLMUg]

 

Just a small town girl, livin' in a lonely world

She took the midnight train goin' anywhere

Just a city boy, born and raised in south Detroit

He took the midnight train goin' anywhere

 

A singer in a smokey room

A smell of wine and cheap perfume

For a smile they can share the night

It goes on and on and on and on

 

(Chorus)

Strangers waiting, up and down the boulevard

Their shadows searching in the night

Streetlights people, living just to find emotion

Hiding, somewhere in the night.

 

Working hard to get my fill,

Everybody wants a thrill

Payin' anything to roll the dice,

Just one more time

Some will win, some will lose

Some were born to sing the blues

Oh, the movie never ends

It goes on and on and on and on

 

(Chorus)

 

Don't stop believin'

Hold on to the feelin'

Streetlights people

 

Don't stop believin'

Hold on

Streetlight people

 

Don't stop believin'

Hold on to the feelin'

Streetlights people

[leigh.bess.toad]

Steven -- Thank you so much for this. As you may know, I was a clasically trained singer. hell, with a name LeighBessToad what would you expect. And I have ALWAYS been a huge Steve Perry fan. He has, for me, one the truly unique and great voices in all of rock history. A clarion voice that rises over the entire band.

 

Sometimes to me, the singers tend to meld together, becoming almost indistinguishable. Not Steve Perry. To me, the most easily identifiable voice there has ever been.

 

Thanks for bringing a big smile to my face this morning, Steven.

 

And the message is right: Don't Stop Believin'

[Rick Munroe]

To me, the most easily identifiable voice there has ever been.

 

I guess you've never heard Cher (or Michael Jackson, Mick Jagger, Dolly Parton, Aretha Franklin, Patti Smith...)

[leigh.bess.toad]

I guess you've never heard Cher.

 

I think I've heard of her before.

 

Of course Cher is easily identifiable. As is Babs. I never said his was the ONLY identifiable voice, now did I? But for my money, Steve Perry's voice is so truly unique I think it's even easier. I liken his voice to a piccolo trumpet, soaring above the rest of the sound of a symphony orchestra.

 

To me, he is the most easily identifiable. The operative words there are "To Me". Much like I can easily pick out Pavarotti, Leontyne Price, Birgit Nilsson or Renata Scotto in opera. Everyone has voices that they can pick up easier than others. Much like in a pack of barking dogs, you can easily identify your own dog's bark. For me, Steve Perry is the easiest. Not right, not wrong. Just what someone hears.

[Rick Munroe]

To me, he is the most easily identifiable. The operative words there are "To Me".

 

Right, which is why I made the joke (the operative word there is "joke") that perhaps you'd never heard of Cher or the others.

[Guest countryboywny]

I'm a huge Journey fan.. and you're right.. Steve Perry's voice will go down as one of the best. The man can wail!!!

[leigh.bess.toad]

Right, which is why I made the joke (the operative word there is "joke") that perhaps you'd never heard of Cher or the others.

 

I guess you just forgot the funny.

[+ deej]

Journey performed on NBC's TODAY show this morning.

 

Nielsen SoundScan has declared their "Don't stop believin'" the most popular song of the 20th century.

 

Let that sink in for a moment.

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's easy to see why. The crowd for their live performance ranged from young kids to *cough* folks our age and beyond, and EVERYONE knew every word.

[Rick Munroe]

I guess you just forgot the funny.

 

No, it just required a sense of humor to appreciate it.

[TruthBTold]

Actually, TO ME, he kind of looked like Cher in Silkwood or the other way around. Put one of those weird white hats on him.

[orbital sander]

Wow, thanks for the great video Steven, this brings back some nice memories. I agree that Steve Perry has the most amazing voice!!

[Steven_Draker]

You're welcome, OS. I have to find out why in several gay circuit events the DJ's play Don't stop believin' as the last song before the party ends.

 

Is there a special meaning? If anyone knows the answer please post it here.

[Phil_musc]

It might just be the words themselves that make for a good closing number at the close of a party - there may be no hidden, secret message here. But if there is, I would like to know what it is too.

 

The most popular song of the 20th century? I find statements like that ridiculous - no offense please. It seems that when surveys purport to find the most whatever of something - in this case the most popular song of the 20th century, they completely ignore anything that has fallen out the collective memory of people who probably aren't old enough to remember just how popular something else might have been in it's day. I'm thinking "Over the Rainbow" or perhaps "God Bless America." What about a song like "I Want to Hold Your Hand" or "She Loves You. Or what about "White Christmas?" These songs were phenomenons in their day and could rightly also claim to be the most popular song of the 20th century. Stupid survey IMHO.

 

Nevertheless, thanks for the clip, Steven. I really like the song and enjoyed the memory!

[+ purplekow]

Seems to me I recall Brown Eyed Girl being the song most frequently played on the radio in the US in the 20th century. I also recall some group naming Louis Armstrong's It's a Wonderful World as Song of the century. Don't recall if these were based on polls or actual data.

[Phil_musc]

Exactly my point, PK. How can people who weren't around e polled about something that they never experienced. The poll or survey would be necessity only be by people who are currently alive. I never hear anyone talk about polling the dead (for obvious reasons) for their opinions. It's possible that my grandfather's generation would have loathed "Brown-eyed Girl" or "Don't Stop Believin'." Yet, they were also a part of the 20th century. Shouldn't their votes count too? I find these polls and surveys mostly a means of selling magazines, newspapers, etc. Fun to read perhaps,but pretentious as to what they are saying.

[+ deej]

The most popular song of the 20th century? I find statements like that ridiculous - no offense please.

 

Yeah, God knows the A.C. Nielsen ratings agency has a long and glorious history of guessing about this shit.