TS: Lou Gramm's "Midnight Blue" vs. Steve Perry's "Oh Sherrie"

Misspelled "Sherrie" throughout. Fucking fuck...

sorry but no - steve perry was never anything BUT a simpering clown with insane vocal chops, so there's no "risk" for him in looking like a total fool. Total Fool is his gimmick!

I think you're pretty much OTM wrt Midnight Blue, though it's funny to think of it as a roots manuva given that it sounds so overpolished now. But it was a step away from the gospel-choir stuff that made Foreigner a zillion-selling hit with the ladeez back toward their earlier rock stuff.

It's also nice and propulsive and fun to play on guitar.

I like lots of Foreigner, but Lou Gramm never affected this "Street Life"-era Bryan Ferry vocal before, so "Midnight Blue" wins.

I love Midnight Blue SOOO much. SO MUCH.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cRdgIZgobs

Steve Perry comes right in with those big pipes all desperate to win everyone from the first line like HAY THIS IS MY SOLO SONG PLEASE LIKE ME YOU REMEMBER ALL MY JOURNEY AWESOMENESS THIS IS SERIOUSLY WAY BETTER and it's good but it's more the beat that is catchy because the words are kinda bollocks

Lou plays it way cooler, goes bigger, doesn't even care if you know it's him right away...but by the end he's losing his mind over this car/chick/dad whatever. I love the build to the end!

'When I win your heart, I'm gonna paint it cherry red' Hands down. Win.

sorry -- love them both. Perry does restrain himself in verses in which the synths do the talking.

traitor

God, I love "Midnight Blue" so hard.

The R.E.M. cover of "Midnight Blue"...wow.

― Johnny Fever, Monday, December 22, 2008 4:16 AM (4 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Haha, I was at the next night's show (same venue). Friends at school told me they'd covered "Midnight Blue," but I didn't believe them. All we got was the Velvets' "After Hours."

We liked it. Odd juxtaposition, for sure, but a great song. https://t.co/6AXQ4uDQXs

— Mike Mills (@m_millsey) November 3, 2017

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mike mills OTM

Ha! I saw them do that on the Document tour. Radio City Music Hall. They also sprinkled in a bit of Heartbreak Beat by Psychedelic Furs which was big back then.

new Steve Perry, I like it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oawl9e-tFVM

i do too!

i had a huge grin on my face from the opening chords on

I guess I never thought of him as having very distinctive vocal phrasing but the whole time I was realizing that he really does

you can tell he doesn't have quite the oomph or range but he seems to be able to work around it pretty well

it’s decent but i dunno if i’d listen to it more than once. husky steve is fine :)

it’s not really a hot take but young belting steve is still the best steve

I guess I never thought of him as having very distinctive vocal phrasing but the whole time I was realizing that he really does

*cough cough* Sam Cooke *cough*

the titular refrain is terrible, but otherwise this is about what I would expect a latter day Steve Perry song to sound like

pretty much

i think the love is more a delighted “oh hey it doesn’t suck”