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Wednesday, June 13, 2007 12:00 AM

Start believin'

Don't let "Sopranos" fans and '80s embarrassment fool you -- Journey rules.

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  • Saturday, June 16, 2007 03:06 PM

    The Not-So-Great Pretender

    It’s one thing to say that Steve “The Voice” (barf) Perry was inspired by Sam Cooke – that’s all well and good – but to claim that Steve is the inheritor of Sam’s mantle or even remotely close to being the talent that Sam was... well, that’s just plain idiotic.

    There are rockers who have ‘done Sam’ well. Rod Stewart, for instance, has at times been worthy of touching the hem of Cooke’s garment. But Steve? Only in some bizarro-cheesy-pouf universe.

    Steve Perry bears the same relationship to Sam Cooke that Michael Bolton does to Otis Redding, while coincidentally wearing an equally ridiculous and iconic coif. So yeah, as a singer he's a pretty good Bad Hair Day.

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