{"id":3458,"date":"2010-10-28T12:48:30","date_gmt":"2010-10-28T20:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lefsetz.com\/wordpress\/?p=3458"},"modified":"2010-10-28T12:48:39","modified_gmt":"2010-10-28T20:48:39","slug":"steve-perry-sings-his-own-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lefsetz.com\/wordpress\/2010\/10\/28\/steve-perry-sings-his-own-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Perry Sings His Own Song"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote style=\"margin-right: 0px;\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<div style=\"margin-left: 40px;\"><a title=\"Steve Perry &#038; 43,000 Friends NEVER 'Stop Believing' in the GIANTS\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_P-DpMFd8_A\">Steve Perry &amp; 43,000 Friends NEVER &#8216;Stop Believing&#8217; in the GIANTS<\/a><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Some things just make you feel good.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m going through today&#8217;s e-mail and someone linked to this clip.\u00c2\u00a0 Just another use of the national anthem, &quot;Don&#8217;t Stop Believin&#8217;&quot;.\u00c2\u00a0 Hey, it&#8217;s great the Giants won the National League Championship and are celebrating, but there&#8217;s nothing new here.<\/p>\n<p>And as I continue going through my messages, as the track plays in the background, I&#8217;ve heard enough so I go to close that window so I can check out another YouTube clip a few messages down. And when I go to click the close button, I&#8217;m confronted with something utterly surprising that does not compute, supposed recluse Steve Perry singing his own song.<\/p>\n<p>Well, we can&#8217;t hear him.\u00c2\u00a0 He&#8217;s got no mic.\u00c2\u00a0 But he&#8217;s leading the charge, he&#8217;s got his hands in the air, they&#8217;ve got his visage on the big screen and I&#8217;m stunned how every rumor is untrue.\u00c2\u00a0 He&#8217;s out and about, he&#8217;s not obese, he&#8217;s there with a smile on his face owning a song that&#8217;s been embraced by a younger generation that never experienced Journey and people like me who barely tolerated the band back then, admitting we liked &quot;Lights&quot; and maybe one other track on the local AOR outlet that we had to endure to get to our favorites, and those who never stopped believin&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>On paper, this might barely touch you.\u00c2\u00a0 But when you watch this video, your heart will start to palpitate, you&#8217;ll get all tingly, you&#8217;ll enter a zone whose entry key is only music.<\/p>\n<p>(Let the clip play, from the beginning until at least fifty seconds in, then you&#8217;ll get it.)<\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steve Perry &amp; 43,000 Friends NEVER &#8216;Stop Believing&#8217; in the GIANTS Some things just make you feel good. 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