Dusted off some Journey and Chicago today in the car. Dueling falsettos.
Peter Cetera vs Steve Perry. Two men enter, one man leaves.
Classic
Steve Perry, hands down. How 'bout:
Mick Jagger vs. Steven Tyler?
David Hasselhoff vs. Tom Sellick?
I’ll take Mick because he hasn’t started singing those lame-ass ballads that all sound the same (although Steve spawned Liv, and that ain’t ba)
As for Hasslehoff, he’d get his sandy, feathered hair wearing, talking car driving ass kicked by Tom Selleck aka Magnum PI aka Quigley Down Under aka that guy on Friends.
I can’t believe you’d put David Hasselhoff in the same category with Magnum! T & A aside Magnum had a way better posse: Rick with his under world connections, TC with the chopper, Higgins with the dobies. And the Ferari is waaaaay better than that cheesy talking trans am.
Chicago is an all time favorite for me.
Let’s not forget the “Mitch” Hasselhoff of Baywatch fame. Major hottie credibility in TV land. AND he could probably have his way with half of the young German female population if he chose to do so, for whatever that’s worth.
But I’d still go with Magnum. No man alive can pull of the moustache like Magnum. And his name is Magnum for gods sake.
As for the Jagger/Tyler debate, I point to the “waiting on a friend” video vs. “rag doll” or “love in an elevator”
Tyler wins, no contest.
“Good evening Mr Tyler. Going…down?”
How about this …
Did Peter Cetera ruin Chicago by assuming the lead singer role as much as Michael MacDonald did for the Doobie Borthers or Phil Collins at Genesis???
Note: Steve Perry wasn’t the original singer at Journey, either. Nor was Grace Slick for the Airplane, if you think about it.
What about Joe Walsh James Gang days vs. Joe Walsh Eagles days ???
My vote is James Gang all the way.
Genesis Peter Gabriel vs. Genesis Phil Collins ?? Come on !! Peter Gabriel all the way.
BUT What about Peter Gabriel Genisis vs. Peter Gabriel solo career ???
What about Joe Walsh James Gang days vs. Joe Walsh Eagles days ???
The Eagles had to have ONE person with some actual talent - kind of like the footballl team.
See, then you get into CSN with / without Neil Young; Neil Young with / without CSN; NY with CSN or Crazy Horse; electric or acoustic.
My pref’s: Neil Young, electric, with Crazy Horse; CSN, acoustic, with shish-kabob skewers through my eardrums.
BUT What about Peter Gabriel Genesis vs. Peter Gabriel solo career ???
Hmmmm, tough call. Peter Gabriel’s music in the Genesis days was not as complex, but his story telling and showmanship were much better. I saw him at Giants Stadium at the Amnesty International show (with Bruce, The Police, and U2) and his politicking kind of got in the way. Granted, it WAS his show - not that Bruce, Bono and Sting don’t make political statements, they just don’t bring it up on stage all night.
How about this …
Did Peter Cetera ruin Chicago by assuming the lead singer role as much as Michael MacDonald did for the Doobie Borthers or Phil Collins at Genesis???
Note: Steve Perry wasn’t the original singer at Journey, either. Nor was Grace Slick for the Airplane, if you think about it.
I suppose I could google this, but who was Chicago’s original singer?
I don’t much like Michael McDonald, but I kind of like the pop simplicity of Phil Collins’ Genesis (I know, deduct music “coolness” points for that one)
I suppose you could say that Slick was the original singer for “The Airplane” but not “Jefferson Airplane” if you wanted to be technical about it.
I suppose I could google this, but who was Chicago’s original singer?
I suppose you could say that Slick was the original singer for “The Airplane” but not “Jefferson Airplane” if you wanted to be technical about it.
More than you really need to know - from allmusic.com:
Chicago
Chicago marked the confluence of two distinct, but intermingling musical strains in Chicago, IL, in the mid-'60s: an academic approach and one coming from the streets. Reed player Walter Parazaider (born March 14, 1945, in Chicago, IL), trumpeter Lee Loughnane (born October 21, 1946, in Chicago, IL), and trombonist James Pankow (born August 20, 1947, in St. Louis, MO) were all music students at DePaul University. But they moonlighted in the city’s clubs, playing everything from R&B to Irish music, and there they encountered less-formally educated, but no-less-talented players like guitarist Terry Kath (born January 31, 1946, in Chicago, IL; died January 23, 1978, in Los Angeles, CA) and drummer Danny Seraphine (born August 28, 1948, in Chicago, IL). In the mid-'60s, most rock groups followed the instrumentation of the Beatles — two guitars, bass, and drums — and horn sections were heard only in R&B. But in the summer of 1966, the Beatles used horns on “Got to Get You into My Life” on their Revolver album and, as usual, pop music began to follow their lead. At the end of the year, the Buckinghams, a Chicago band guided by a friend of Parazaider's, James William Guercio, scored a national hit with the horn-filled “Kind of a Drag,” which went on to hit number one in February 1967. That was all the encouragement Parazaider and his friends needed. Parazaider called a meeting of the band-to-be at his apartment on February 15, 1967, inviting along a talented organist and singer he had run across, Robert Lamm (born October 13, 1944, in New York, NY ). Lamm agreed to join and also said he could supply the missing bass sounds to the ensemble using the organ’s foot pedals (a skill he had not actually acquired at the time). Developing a repertoire of James Brown and Wilson Pickett material, the new band rehearsed in Parazaider‘s parents’ basement before beginning to get gigs around town under the name the Big Thing. Soon, they were playing around the Midwest. By this time, Guercio had become a staff producer at Columbia Records, and he encouraged the band to begin developing original songs. Kath, and especially Lamm, took up the suggestion. (Soon, Pankow also became a major writer for the band.) Meanwhile, the sextet became a septet when Peter Cetera (born September 13, 1944, in Chicago, IL), singer and bassist for a rival Midwest band, the Exceptions, agreed to defect and join the Big Thing. This gave the group the unusual versatility of having three lead singers, the smooth baritone Lamm, the gruff baritone Kath, and Cetera, who was an elastic tenor.
Signe Anderson
Signe Anderson was the original woman vocalist in the Jefferson Airplane, singing on their first album and first few singles prior to being replaced by Grace Slick in late 1966. Born Signe Toly in Seattle and raised in Portland, Oregon, she was found by Jefferson Airplane founder Marty Balin while singing at the Drunken Gourd club. Anderson’s voice was not as striking as Grace Slick's, but any deficiency would only be apparent in retrospect. She was a solid, strong-voiced vocalist, with a timbre and delivery that still owed more to folk than rock when she recorded with the Airplane on their first album, 1966’s Takes Off. Anderson had only one lead vocal on that LP, the electric update of the old blues standard “Chauffeur Blues,” but can be heard harmonizing well with the Airplane's male singers throughout the entire album. She is also on a few cuts that appear elsewhere, such as the three December 1965 recordings that are on the Airplane rarities collection Early Flight; an early version of “Go To Her” on the Jefferson Airplane Loves You box set; and a few bootlegs of 1966 Airplane shows.
Anderson stuck with the band through a few personnel changes; she was still there when drummer Skip Spence was replaced by Spencer Dryden. In the early fall of 1966, however, she left the band to devote more attention to her marriage and her family (she had given birth to a daughter in May). Somewhat surprisingly, considering that the Airplane were already on their way to becoming a big group (though still largely unknown outside of the San Francisco area), Anderson never resumed a professional singing or recording career.
**Signe Anderson **
Ah… I thought you were refering to Marty Balin.
As an aside, a few years back I saw the “new” Jefferson Airplane - the singer who replaced Grace Slick was this late-twentysomething Italian (?) beauty who absolutely nailed Grace’s singing style. Maybe not the real thing, but lots of fun.
Saw Journey live a few weeks ago. Good show. Perry doesn’t have the chops like he used to, but is still pretty good.
He did this weird shimmy/shake/dance move thing that was really weird.
Everytime they played a new song, that was drinking time.
Saw Journey live a few weeks ago. Good show. Perry doesn’t have the chops like he used to, but is still pretty good.
He did this weird shimmy/shake/dance move thing that was really weird.
Everytime they played a new song, that was drinking time.
Wasn’t him …
from journeymusic.com
Steve Augeri was born on January 30, 1959 in Brooklyn, New York. He started his music career in elementary school singing solo for a school assembly. At the age of 15 he was in the front row of a Humble Pie concert and after watching Steve Marriott knew that singing in front of an audience is what he wanted to do the rest of his life.
Steve had all but given up hope of singing professionally and was working at The Gap when Neal Schon called him. Neal had heard Steve sing on the Tall Stories CD and invited him to California for an audition. Steve’s first recording with Journey was “Remember Me” from the Armageddon soundtrack.
Steve is also an accomplished guitar player. His other projects include Tall Stories and Tyketto.
This is the gayiest thread ever. Smooth rock contest? How about both men fall off the Earth and the records burned.
This is the gayiest thread ever. Smooth rock contest? How about both men fall off the Earth and the records burned.
Don’t blame me, I am only doing the necessary research.
This is the gayiest thread ever. Smooth rock contest? How about both men fall off the Earth and the records burned.
Speaking of Gay…
Freddy Mercury of Queen vs. Rob Halford of Judas Priest
Queen is one of my all time favorite bands but it is hard to beat Judas Priest while in the weight room
You have just listed the two kings of Homo Rawk. Homo Rawk is awsome because the lyrics have a pair and the guitar work is straight from Satan. Smooth rock is gay because everyone wants to sail away with me.
You have just listed the two kings of Homo Rawk. Homo Rawk is awsome because the lyrics have a pair and the guitar work is straight from Satan. Smooth rock is gay because everyone wants to sail away with me.
Styx, Kansas, Journey, etc.
I see said the blind man as he reached for his hammer and saw.