“Yeah, you are beautiful, but ya don’t mean a thing to me.”
So, for the past year, I’ve had one song that’s constantly running in the back of my mind. Don’t ask me why. It’s just there. In the words of the greatest Martin episode ever, “You ever had a song in your head and ya just can’t get it out?! Well, that happened to me fifteen years ago…”
Now, I’ve always loved Journey, but I really love Steve Perry. Like Phil Collins and Genesis, most people can’t tell the difference between a Journey song and a Steve Perry song. Well, I’m not most people. I love Steve Perry, mainly, because he couldn’t be famous today. Powerful voice, but he ain’t a looker. He looks like “the bad kid” from every 80’s movie, all grown up. He’s just missing the requisite bandana/headband. Catch the right video, and he’ll even be wearing that. Anyway, there’s a song of his that I find myself singing, at least once a day. I now, give you that song:
