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  • has to be THE best live performance by Journey....just wish i was around during this time to see this.

  • He drinks his life away...

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  • Holy...(collapses from awesomeness).

  • true voice

  • It's a gift folks. You can improve intonation and technique. You can learn how to conserve your air and project your voice. But this is a born vocalist. He could sing me The Constitution and I would still shake my head in disbelief of his pure, sweet tone.

  • Have Faith Believe - Ohhhhhhhh Belieeeevvve! - Ohhhhhhhh Ohhhhhhhhhhh -Ohhhhahhhohhhhhhaaahhhaaaaaaa­a! AhhhhOhhhhhhhhhh- OhhhhhahhhhhoohhhhhhhhaahhhhhO­hhhhhhhhhhh! - Damn the end is amazing! Steve Perrys BEST! I could hear this all day!!!!! ROCK ON PERRY!!!!!! Motha! Fatha! Sista! Hey! Come back! I'm tryin! Believin!

  • This is what a voice is....Range,warmth,vibrato....­man

  • This is an unbelievable performance. i have to listen to this song every day and still can't believe how good Steve is!!

  • Freddie was nauseating.......

  • 5:11. Amazing...

  • The Voice! Goodness gracious. Steve Perry always sounded as if his voice is lighter than air!

  • Unbelievably fantastic

  • Deen Castronovo also did a really great job singing this unique song !

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  • Perfection, take that all you Steve Perry "wannabes"!!

  • Ive seen this video 8 times today.

  • now, top that! no one can sing this any better than The Voice! The power and the emotions!

  • Simply inspiring! The vocals, the performance... Kick ass!

  • Wow!! The range of his voice...Mmmm. Amazing!

  • One of my All time favorite Journey songs,I heard him say once that this song was the most difficult to sing(I think he was refering to ranges).AWESOME!!!!! Wish I could go back to those days again.

  • I have been saying for a very long time that he could sing in my ear and I would follow him anywhere!! THE VOICE!!!!!!!!

  • Steve's voice and "give it all" performance remains unmatched by any who have tried to take his place. Just awesome!

  • Steve's voice and performance is absolutely unmatched by anyone who took his place.

  • Kill that shit Steve arnel who??????????????????

  • Unica la voz que tiene....

  • I read where Steve Perry said this was the hardest song to do live in terms of vocals. I can see how that would be, he puts his heart and soul into all songs, but this one seems different. I love it!

  • Pure Perry Perfection...There will NEVER be another. This is the real deal...There is no "top this"...

  • @HoneyBunchesOPerry - Amen!

  • No Steve Perry...no Journey!!!

    Period...thank you very much!

  • Its amazing how much range he had and how effortlessly he could reach it.

  • Irreplaceable.

    

  • KICK ASS!!!!!

    

  • To me Steve Perry was the best ever for Journey but time and touring takes it's tole on a singers voice . Theres no doubt that Steve made Journey what they where. My respect to Arnel Pineda to have the guts to even try. But Journey should at least mension Mr. Perry's contributions to the band, They should be glad Herby Herbert forced them to hire Steve Perry or there would not have been a Journey period. Journey was not selling as many copies till Steve came along. Us true fans still love Perry!

  • I am sorry people After I clicked I relized that the dates I put up were incorrect.THe dates were actually in the mid 70'sjust after there 3rd album.The Manager told the guys to higher sp or they can forget about another concert or even having a band.Gregg Rolie and Neal Schon did not like that they had to higher SP BUT THEY DID.AS A MATTER OF FACT IT WAS IN 1977 THEY band changed forever.Sorry people for the previous dates.

    DID.

  • Okay people.I will say this.Not only did the MANAGER for JOURNEY in the late 70's to 1980/81 tell the boys to higher S.P BECAUSE OF HIS VOCAL RANGE,BUT HE CAN ALSO RIGHT SONGS WHICH CHANGED THE DIRECTION OF JOURNEY FOREVER.THAT IS RIGHT FOR EVER.THEY HAVE NOT ONLY SOLD MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF RECORDS,BUT ALSO HAVE A STAR ON THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME.SONGS ARE STILL BEING USED IN MOVIES.ARNEL PINEATA IS GREAT BUT NOT AS GREAT AS SP.WHO KNOWS MAYBE SP MAY OR MAY NOT DO THAT SONG LIKE THAT.HE HAS

  • Steve Perry has been gone WAAAAAY too long for him to ever be able to pull this off again.. One look at the footage of him struggling through Only The Young in 1994 should show you that he probably couldnt do it now.. If I'm wrong, all he has to do is go out there and prove it to all of us..

  • Steve Perry has been retired for like 10 years and even bothering to make comparisons to whatever active singer is in Journey right now is just mental masturbation. Frankly, if you got Perry up there right now to sing this song you'd probably be a little less enthusiastic. 

    I guess what I'm trying to say is, yeah, Perry is among the best singers of all time, but what's your point? You're just arguing with yourselves.

  • Steve Perry has no comparison

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  • The best voice ever after Freddie Mercury and Robert Plant

  • @TorsiSimon Freddie and Robert couldn't sing this song in this key in a Million years! WISE UP!

  • @NoSteveNoPoint c'mon buddy, d'u really think so? freddie would'nt only sing this song as perfectly as steve did but he would also entertain the public and call its attention like anybody. he is one of the greatest artists ever, his presence on the stage was amazing!! but steve perry as an excelent voice, otherwise he wouldn't be 3rd in my top 40.

  • @TorsiSimon I didn't say Perry was a better ENTERTAINER, I'm only talking about

    THE VOICE. Freddie didn't have this range.

  • @NoSteveNoPoint i disagree, for me Freddie was the best ever and no one betas him. But an opinion is an opinion

  • @TorsiSimon Yes but as a singer and vocal instructor myself, my opinion is correct.

  • @NoSteveNoPoint opinions are not correct. opinions are different but equally valid

  • @TorsiSimon But PITCH, RANGE, and vibrato are NOT opinions.

  • @NoSteveNoPoint well voice is not really my area, i'm more of guitars, but i know that Freddie Mercury and a range of 4 octaves and I also know that that's a lot

  • @TorsiSimon And Perry had a 5 octave range.

  • @NoSteveNoPoint wow that's impressive!!! he's got a fabulous voice indeed but i still prefer Freddie's style and voice

  • @TorsiSimon  To each his own

  • Absolute, unadulterated perfection! 

  • All these people have their own qualities. No doubt Steve Perry is/was one of the best and a perfect fit for Journey. There was Journey before Steve and they too were awesome but a different sound. I don't think anybody is trying to copy Steve Perry, can't be done but they do their best for the songs Journey does. It is obvious Steve will not play again with Journey although I wish he would but time goes on!!

  • Saw Journey and as good as it was to hear the songs...the new guy just can't cut it. It wasn't the same at all!!! And I saw in '81. No one can replace Perry. When are they gonna realize that?!

  • I'm a girl, and I have to go into head voice sometimes just to comfortably sing some of those notes.

    Steve Perry = Freaking Awesome

  • @ 1:41 Had no idea Ken Masters was in Journey.

  • Gosh he is looooonnnnnggggg winded!

  • This video "NEVER" gets old!!

  • hey all you kids on you tube,this is music!nothing else comes close.listen and learn.class is over!

  • YOUR ARE FREAKING NUTZ. PERRY CAN STILL SING LIKE THIS DO YOUR RESEARCH BEFORE MAKING YOURSELF LOOK STUPID!

  • But can Steve still sing like this ? NOPE !

  • @evhfrankie Could you EVER sing like this?? NOPE! LMFAO!

  • @NoSteveNoPoint Dude...you're a troll..

  • @evhfrankie and you're a MORON

  • @NoSteveNoPoint How am I a moron ? I love Steve and Arnel,but it'll never be the same,but Arnel got some awesome chops !

  • @evhfrankie ARNEL SUCKS, He can't even sing this song, DEEN, the drummer has to. LMAO!

  • never heard of Halford and Cornell...Are they like Hall and Oates?

  • Steve Perry V.S. Gettie Lee V.S. Robert Plant V.S. Freddie Mercury V.S. Rob Halford

    Winner: Chris Cornell

    Corell destroys all of them, end of story

  • @expressingmyopinions

    ROFLMAO

    YOU ARE FREAKING STUPID

    LMAO

    LMAO

    LMAO

    LMAO

    ROFLMAO

  • lolo anang Robert plant . .

  • this is real music, no autotune just 5 guys in tight jeans with talent!

  • New jouney is only a tribute band to Steve. They do not sell their new albums or get radio time for the new stuff. They make money buy touring. They will not admitte to it in public. They sing most of Steve's music on the tour. They even sing some of Steve's solo stuff . Fans want to hear Perry's Stuff. Arnel will probably never be a household name as is Perry. Arnel tries but he is not Perry. WE Love Perry!! The Sex appeal Voice, hair the stage presence.

  • @julesPal100 You Got It Right. Loved Steve Perry Since The Early 80"s. There Will Never Be No One Like HIm. Love You Steve...

  • Whats funny is if he had sung this song in 1980 it would have been even better!His voice on this tour was starting to show a little wear!If you can believe that!

  • @gahloot It only started wearing in 1982 on the last leg of this tour. It was SPOT ON here. However, I would have LOVED to Have heard him sing FAITHFULLY in 1981 ( it hadn't been written yet) Steve's voice deepened in 1983 and by 1984 (Street Talk Solo) his voice was forever Raspsy. From 1977-1981, No HUMAN could touch this voice!!!!

  • @NoSteveNoPoint Trust me on saw him in 81 and it was even better than this!

  • @gahloot That's what I said!. He was GREAT in 1981. YOU said, in your earlier comment, that this song would have been better 1980.

  • @gahloot I saw him at the Ventura fair grounds in Ventura California,and it was the most amazing concert I have ever seen,next to some Elton John one's I had seen!He even blew away Freddy Mercury and Queen Hot Spaces tour!

  • Phenomenal. Utterly phenomenal. There are some wobbles..no, I am not cutting The Voice at all..it is a live concert and there is usually always some from any performer but still, the dude had chops. What a great concert..sure wished I had been there. I need the DVD!

  • as a frontman/singer/songwriter/per­former/..

    mercury=perry???

    OHHMYYYGGG!!!

    this is definitely Perry's best vocal performance but Mercury had hundreds of this kind. & he's already dead.

  • Freddie Mercury > Steve Perry obviously

  • @jzap19  IN YOUR DREAMS! Freddie would have Torn a vocal chord trying to sing this! LMAO!

  • The true Funking KING of Journey past present and future ! Steve Perry ROCKS ! The ending is just hypnotizing ! WOW ! Have faith - Believe - Ohhh ooooooo Believe evvvvveeeee ! - OOOOOOOO AHHHHHHHHH OOOOOOO AHHHHHHH AHHHHHHHHH - AHHHHHHHHH - OOOOOOAHHHHHHHHH AHHHH - AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ! Rock that ish ! Love this song !

  • He did the ending???? Dang, he's good!!!

  • This is a daily listen for me

  • This is a daily listen for me

  • easily his best vocal performance ever! simply superb...could listen to this all day...

  • @MAGNUM2F ...I agree. :)

  • Incredible!! I had never listened to such a song. I tried to sing it up so many times. Neal's solo is amazing.

  • This is why Steve was the most gifted vocalist since Sam Cooke...

  • love this all I can say is WoW!!

  • best 80s band ever the voice of hero

  • Wow! what a song!!! This one tops my songlist for his performance. He sings with such conviction and emotion! I am almost speechless, I mean really what can you say? Steve (ROCK GOD) Perry you'll always be Journey! In my heart and soul !!! Your #1 Fan, from Red Deer, Alberta, Canada... Sharon Smith

  • Damn.

    Steve Perry in his prime. Impressive.

  • Anyone wondering about another singer that could match Perry, look no further than Geoff Tate from Queensryche. IMHO the best vocalist ever, much better down in the lower ranges and Steve (if Steve has a lower range), with about the same upper end. I like Steve, but if you have never heard Geoff, then you can't make an informed comparison.

  • @eoyguy Totally agree! Check out Queensryche. Search for uUrnCLWqmzA

    ~e

  • Perfect Stevie...I love the song esp you...You made me cry : ((

    No one can ever sing like Stevie.....Never ever! No matter how they try to copy his voice still they can’t be like him. No one compares!!

  • Can anyone show me a vid of Freddie Mercury hitting these notes? I love him and miss his enormous God given talent but I have not heard ANYONE sing like Steve Perry. 

  • La Raza Del SoL - EL mas chingon de Journey ! ( The very best! ) Rock on Steve Perry!

  • WOOOOOOWWWW!!!!!! QUE MANERA DE CANTAR TAN MÀS CHIDA!!! ME EMOCIONA!!

  • honestly i think deen did a better job at this.

  • @EverythingEvoGuy Then you're DEAF

  • @EverythingEvoGuy Not hardly. Steve Perry is one of the greatest vocalists ever. No comparison.

  • If I'm not careful, the tears come out while listening to this. Steve Perry is a magical performer......Journey has been my favorite band as far back as I can remember.

  • i didnt appreciate journey back in my day od the 80s but i do now... he really is something compared to this shit thats out now...i cant beleive the stuff my 12 yr old want to listen to..if i would of tried to listen to that my dad would have beat my ass...

  • This man can sing his ass off!

  • Ummmm........ Are 17 people deaf?????

  • Hitting these notes with a head voice, it's crazy. I've heard them sung in a falsetto, but Steve Perry's vocal ability cannot be matched by anone.

  • He is good,but not better than Gillan or Freddie....

  • @dario3444able I hit thumbs up SHOULD BE DOWN....oh he is better

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  • @dario3444able we seem to be on opposite sides here...lol...In my book Steve Perry is the BEST....as the saying goes "to each his/her own" everyone is entitled to their opinion.

  • Steve's my favorite rock singer and proably singer of all time, but I sort of like Dean's version better!

  • @AndyBallerman "Dean's version" is full of SP's vocals dubbed in. Perry still seems to top everyone. Whether he is singing high or low, it is unique, beautiful and special.

  • That's why he is The Voice. ;)

  • Absolutely amazing...speechless.

  • I dont idolize Steve Perry.I respect his talent and goodhearted soul.His music was apart of my life.I know those days cant come back.Like youth we dont grow younger.Steve Perry only gets better.Love you ALWAYS. winter11420

  • I never tire of listening to Steve and Journey. One of the greatest groups of all time!!!

  • jeez!. what a voice!..what a performance !....no one, as in no one, can ever top this !!!

  • GREAT GREAT GREAT! SAW THIS RECENTLY WITH DEEN BUT IT DOSNT REALLY COMPARE...

  • I Love how he puts his all into it when he sings. His voice is so incredible in this song! Love it. ♥♥♥

  • I love his ewwwaaaahoooo ewwwwaaaahhhhaa at the end Steve your soooooo HOT!

  • @89titchmitch, 100% AGREE with YOU!! THANK YOU! Great to have you Aboard!! STEVE PERRY Deserves HONOR and RESPECT!! He is the Voice.

  • The Only thing that sucks here is your baseless and incoherent opinion

    Perry is the most influential singer of the last 2 decades

    Perry has influenced just about every rock singer that has come along since the

    1980s

    Perry brought the it factor to Journey and has at least a 5 octave range

    The new Journey karaoke singer is not capable of singing this song at all

    or other songs that require character and  texture to the voice

  • @89titchmitch Perfectly said....Mezzo Soprano Steve Perry hits notes the karakoe singer pineda can only dream off.

  • @89titchmitch - Amen brother tell em like it is ! Thats what i'm talkin about ! PERRY the LEGEND !

  • @89titchmitch the new guy needs to quit rollling his eyes up every time he hits a high note? he looks like he's having a seizure? haha! : )

  • @crazyhorse57k You trying singing like that!

  • @La57reina he's still ugly.... hahaha! stay silly La reina! : )

  • The best voice all the time!!!

  • Steve Perry sings great and the band performs nicely too. Now this song is very thoughtful when singing about one`s parents. I also agree with the comment made by dadwit4shorties.

  • this song is very good :D to the people that don't like it what the heck is wrong with you?

  • TE AMO...

  • Bloody Brilliant!!! What a voice

  • Don't TELL me this man can't sing!!

  • 17 people are either in denial of Perry's superiority over the other lead singers of Journey or they accidentally hit the dislike button. Seriously. One of the greatest displays of vocal power--of all time! The man can sing epically live! BTW new Journey fans, I have to point out that while Deen does a fantastic job with this song, there are videos here on youtube that show them using Perry's vocals to sing the ending. That should tell you something. Ha!

  • The best voice over the last 40 years of rock. Even better than Robert Plant, Getty Lee, and Rob Halford in the day. NOBODY CAN HIT THE NOTES LIKE STEVE PERRY!

  • @dadwit4shorties Halford and Plant are still out there, I love Perry but these two dudes still rock it out

  • @dadwit4shorties Class of his own

  • @dadwit4shorties Have to put Freddie Mercury there too.

  • @dadwit4shorties Have to put Freddie Mercury there too.

  • @aletka3 Mercury isn't even CLOSE to "The Voice"

  • @dadwit4shorties I don't know about that. Steve Perry has an incredible voice. I practically wore out my Escape vinyl record back in the day. However, Halford could really hit those high notes on songs like the ripper and victim of changes back in the day. I agree, Perry did an excellent job on this live version of Mother Father.

  • @dadwit4shorties I wish he sang music I gave a shit about. I don't like Journey but I can't NOT deny this dude has some fucking pipes..

  • i love steve perry but idk why i love Deans version better

  • There's no one like Steve Perry after all these years. I'm 19 years old and I'm glad of being able to know Steve's voice. Just love it... best singer in all time...

  • I never heard anybody sing it more

  • Steve Perry was beautiful before Escape but this song never got it's' due...it's truly beautiful...that key I would never have thought of ... Journey is a gorgeous band!!! "Those ties of blood were strong"....Luv em 4ever!!!

  • I love perry and this song! amazing voice .

    but why arnel sing not this song. can't do he ?

  • @TheTanakatakahiko Arnel cannot hit the notes Perry used to.

  • @ArnelPinedaSucks Very true but that doesn't mean he couldn't do it justice. If he just tried to replicate Perry it would be a joke, no doubt. But if rearranged in a way that fits the voice ANYONE could sing ANY song. The problem is most people lack the technical skill for such an undertaking, they just attempt to copy the original, and it fails spectacularly because their voice just isn't a fit or isn't up to the job (the latter in this case, as style wise they are similar).

  • I love this song! It defines my family. My parents went through a divorce when I was 12 and today, we are burying my older brother, who died of alcoholism and other physical and mental challenges. God bless him! Thanks for sharing this song!!

  • @am2boni :)

  • Just wanna say to all the Steve Perry fans out there right on ! Glad to see i'm not alone when it comes to knowing that Steve Perry is truely the best of all the Journey leads through all these years he is still the number one voice of Journey with more hits on youtube than all other journey frontmen combinded, He would be so happy to see the love and support he still and will always have. Hope that he is reading all the great comments from all of us fans. Steve Perry deserves the respect .

  • 16 people probably know nothing about music or because steve perry journey has been and always will be the best vocal journey

  • arnel is a tape recorder compared to steve

  • He is "The Voice" Stephen Ray Perry. A Voice from Heaven. Miss him :(. He will be back I can feel it!!

  • @gupper83 Hope you're right!!! :) Do you know any background on this song? Did Steve write this from his own life experience?

  • Man, no one can touch him.  Unreal.

  • It does not matter that 30 years have passed, this man is Timeless with his voice. Melts me every time!! Miss Steve xx

  • Steve Perry IS Journey, period. I refuse to listen to any of the "new" Journey since he left. The guy is amazing.

  • What a fucking voice.

  • Steve Perry ~ Masterpiece. His voice Is AMAZING. He is Like a GREAT KING, you know who he is, but he is UNTOUCHABLE. Love you Mr. Steve Perry. xx

  • @redkris60-he does have solo albums out.

  • There is no one that can sing like Steve Perry. Been a fan ever since Steve joined the band. He is so soulful when he sings. I pray he puts out a solo album. He is doing fine without Jonathan and Neil. Listening to some interviews and Steve never says anything against his former bandmembers. That shows he is a very classy man. I hope he reads some of the comments from his fans. Or at least have someone else read them. Love ya, Steve Perry

  • best thing he ever sang. he was born to sing this - simply stunning.