A juggernaut of the 80s, Journey is making quite the resurgence this year. The band is on tour with a new lead singer and its classic song “Don’t Stop Believin’” is reaching a whole new fan base thanks to the Fox hit “Glee.” The cover of the song went Gold back in October and continues to be a top-seller on iTunes. But what does former Journey front man, the reclusive Steve Perry, think of all this?
“I would give it an A,” Perry tells PopEater exclusively. “I think they did a good job.” He then added, laughing along the way, that “A+ is reserved for the original. That’s a little shameless promotion, forgive me.”
When asked directly if ‘Glee’ “crapped on” the song, the singer answered honestly. “No. They did a really nice heartfelt high school interpretation of a song,” Perry tells PopEater.
Perry has maintained vigilance with projects using his former-group’s classic song, making sure they “don’t degrade the music” — even insisting on knowing how the ‘Sopranos’ producers were going to use the song to end that iconic series. “I didn’t want to see Tony Soprano get whacked during Just a Small Town Girl,” Perry tells us.
For ‘Glee,’ Perry was shown a rough cut of the wildly popular show’s finale before it aired and was blown away. “I thought it was edgy writing and I was impressed,” he says. “That was before we got to the song.”
He’s not alone in loving the revamped version, which hit gold certification for digital sales in excess of 500,000 downloads.
The new take on the tune didn’t exactly bring back high school memories for the rocker who didn’t do the glee-club. Not surprisingly, he rocked drums in an R&B band. “The jocks didn’t like us and the glee club didn’t like us,” Perry admits. “We were admired by the people who went to the after-game dances. They could dance to our music.”
The dancing continues. Perry even heard that whole new generations of “Believin’” fans were belting out the tune as ‘Glee’ producers accepted the gold plaque for the song. “There were people around the area singing during the ceremony,” Perry says. “Can I ask you one thing? What is possibly wrong with that?”
Motif sangat kan pemilihan karakter2 dlm club glee tu...seorang minah negro gempal, seorang minah asia (korea ker jepun?), seorang mamat lembut, seorang mamat cacat n look nerdy..set2 yg imperfect and slalu d diskrminasi...yg 2 lagi karakter tu kira oklah. Tpi enjoy sngt tengok siri ni my fav this year
baru lyn sampai ep 5...not bad...ep memula tu tgk mcm real je diorg nyanyi..dh lps2 tu nampak miming jah...suka tgk football team wat single lady..muahaaha..
bergantung pd expectation ko la...cite pasal budak skolah jek..kelainannya cuma byk muzikal mcm hindustan gitu...hehehe..lagu2 pon byk yg best tp ada gak lagu yg aku tak familiar langsung...
aku tgk balik episod ulangan.. dari 1st start kurt menari dgn kawan pompuan.. sampai habis..
part kurt menari masa nak shoot time game sebenar tu aku mmg tak kaver gelak kuat2.. hahaha.. kellllaaassssssss....
actually aku prefer Quinn dgn mamat mohawk tu jadi kapel.. matching sgt2..
aku dh dload n dh simpan kat dlm pc..smpi skrang x smpt tgk..tp kat star world diorg tunjuk marathon smpi episod 4 kalo x silap..
aku suka episod yg kurt msk football tu...plg lawak bler kena dance b4 ted=ndang ....pastu 2 team kena dance smpi ari match....aku tgk ngan abg aku ketwa x ingat dunia masa part dance tu...
baru je lpas tgok Glee marathon dr eps1-4 kat SW tadi (dr kul 9 - 1) mmg bestttt....kelakar gila....now kat SW setiap hari apa ye & episod berapa????
kat 8tv @ ntv7 dah tayang blum??? klau dah tayang hari & kul bape????
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