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Jennicut

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20. As a child I remember "Oh Sherry" being played over (and over) again on MTV.

Tue Aug 28, 2012, 05:18 PM

Aug 2012

I did like Steve Perry though. He did have a great voice. At least it was not computer generated. My husband plays in a cover band and some corny 80's music is part of his set list, especially "Don't Stop Believin". That and Def Leppard's "Pour Some Sugar on Me".

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For all you younsters here on DU---Journey and Lynyrd Skynyrd--- [View all] trumad Aug 2012 OP

expensive tribute bands.... spanone Aug 2012 #1

LOL trumad Aug 2012 #3

I never liked LS after my boss kept playing it sakabatou Aug 2012 #2

This Florida boy loved them trumad Aug 2012 #4

I'm another Floridian that loved them. n.t RebelOne Aug 2012 #37

Ronnie supported Carter in 1976 taterguy Aug 2012 #5

+1,000,000 Tom Ripley Aug 2012 #22

I used to have a poster of Lynyrd Skynyrd and . . . R. P. McMurphy Aug 2012 #6

Ted Nugent will still be performing, right? Dear God...n/t monmouth Aug 2012 #7

LS always loved to wrap themselves with the Confederate Flag CabCurious Aug 2012 #8

The song the gun nuts hate trumad Aug 2012 #9

And racial tolerance with "Ballad of Curtis Lowe",walking away from stupid redneck macho "Gimme... Tom Ripley Aug 2012 #23

. Go Vols Aug 2012 #19

Journey truely lost their voice when Steve Perry left. MissMarple Aug 2012 #10

I think Perry left when HE lost his voice. sadbear Aug 2012 #17

Journey was just as bad, or worse, with Perry. Skynyrd was a good band. Too bad about the racism. Romulox Aug 2012 #11

Best description I ever heard of Steve Perry's vocals: hatrack Aug 2012 #12

I watched the Behind the Music on those guys. It's sad what they did to Steve Perry. Romulox Aug 2012 #16

what did they do to perry ? JI7 Aug 2012 #32

He came down with some disease (don't recall, sorry!) and they kicked him out of the band... Romulox Aug 2012 #39

I always found his voice to be hifiguy Aug 2012 #18

I'm a singer, and over the past couple days, I have been rehearsing Zorra Aug 2012 #38

I agree. The GOP has no sense of music. Lint Head Aug 2012 #13

never was my music. cali Aug 2012 #14

arghhhh....Steve Perry ruined the band to begin with... yawnmaster Aug 2012 #15

Don't Forget All The "Woah--Ooo--Oh"'s. Paladin Aug 2012 #21

Yup, they were a good band till he came in and turned them into SomethingFishy Aug 2012 #33

great guitar band before him...oh and also Michael McDonald and the Doobie Brothers... yawnmaster Aug 2012 #34

IDK, ask the Beatles tpohil80 Oct 2015 #42

As a child I remember "Oh Sherry" being played over (and over) again on MTV. Jennicut Aug 2012 #20

Steve Perry's voice sounded like a cat in heat being hit by a thrown shoe. Motown_Johnny Aug 2012 #24

I saw Journey in concert in early 80's--I wasn't a big fan, though. Steve Perry had a technically TwilightGardener Aug 2012 #25

LS backed out? I'm so happy. BlueToTheBone Aug 2012 #26

Be kind warrprayer Aug 2012 #27

LS has a habit of bailing out on failed shows, this happened earlier this summer corkhead Aug 2012 #28

Never really liked Skynyrd Politicalboi Aug 2012 #29

Same with Styx without Dennis DeYoung T Roosevelt Aug 2012 #30

Whatever. Both bands were and continue to be lame. FSogol Aug 2012 #31

So what should these bands do? SomethingFishy Aug 2012 #35

journey always sucked.. frylock Aug 2012 #36

As a youngster, I don't understand your "Queen losing Freddie" analogy Lucy Goosey Aug 2012 #40

Skynyrd are all "replacements"... only one member from the original band. Erose999 Aug 2012 #41