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Many of you may remember him as the former lead singer of Journey between 1977 and 1997 (apart from a break in the late 80s/early 90s). Nevertheless, whether you've known him before or not, Steve Perry is back with his new song, "No Erasin'" off his forthcoming new album "Traces" due for release sometime in the last quarter of this year. Take a listen here; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oawl9e-tFVM Now for those who don't know, Steve Perry joined Journey in 1977 succeing lead singer Robert Fleischman who sang on the 1977 record Next  It all began when Journey/Santana manager Walter "Herbie" Herbert heard a song by the Allen Project (in which Steve Perry was singing at the time). Herbert appreciated it and brought Perry in to be a roadie for the 1977 tour. Things changd from there and with Perry on board, the band made more pop rock music and less progressive rock (that had been theme for their first few records). Steve Perry's Journ

In this posting, I thought I would clear up some commonly misheard lyrics in songs from the 60s and 70s. Many people (myself included) have constantly misunderstood a part of the lyrics from threee songs from that era. 1. Jimi Hendrix "Purple Haze" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUDbbE1ozBA) While many people see this one as a psychadelic number, Jimi has always seen it as a love song. Purple haze all in my brain Lately things don't seem the same I feel funny though I don't know why 'Scuse me while I kiss the sky It's that last line in the first verse that throws many off. As for me, I have always thought is as "piss the sky," however many have interpreted as "scuse me while I kiss this guy" (something Hendrix had one in concert while pointing to drummer Mitch Mitchell. (During a Seattle downpur, he even said "scuse me while I f--k the sky)." 2. "Binded by The Light," Bruce Springsteen (later covered by Ma

OK, first of all let me say that I am overly aware that there are MANY interpretations to this great classic by the Eagles (written by Glenn Frey, Don Henely, and Don Felder). Perhaps the most-accepted interpretation is that it's about the American dream namely by the lyrics of the first verse; however, some also consider it to be drug-related. First before we get to the lyrics themselves, let's focus on the meody. -----------------------------------------The Melody------------------------------------------------------------------ The melody of "Hotel California" is rather interesting. The song is what I'd call an "orchestra of guitars" - namely twelve-string guitars which are highly pronounced in the intro, but then a little more laid back for the verses. The chord progression for the song is simply a repeating Am-E-G-D-F-C-Dm-E. The only exception to his is the chorus, where the chord progression is F-C-E7-Am-F-C-Dm-E.  The song is considered easy

It's been quite some time since I posted, so I thought I'd do it now. This weekend I watched the Walter Hill-directed video "Streets of Fire." For those of you who had not seen the movie, I will not reveal the plot too much. I will just say that the movie is a 50s/80s gangland movie set in an unnamed city (likely based after NYC due to the subway system). It combines rock, violence, and romance all in one package - something that, in my opinion, only Walter Hill could do. The movie involves a fictional rock band, Ellen Ann and the Attackers, and a gang called the Bikers. It is set in what is referred to as "another time another place" (may have been the inspiration for that very line in the Ozzy song "Hellraiser," but I am not sure). The movie includes the Dan Hartman song "I Can Dream About You," which took me a bit of searching around to figure out - always thought it was Hall & Oates or something along those lines. The song c