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April 6th, 99
Steve
Perry Interview
March 18, 1999
KRBE 104.1
Phone interview with Sam Malone & Maria Todd
Transcribed by Kathy Williams
Intro Music: Live Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin' from Captured
イントロ："Captured/ライブ・エナジーから"Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'/ラヴィン・タッチン・スクイージン"
| Sam: For
years on the road with Journey, the Lead Singer, the most
recognizable voice in Rock 'n Roll today. サム：今日（のゲスト）は、ジャーニーとともに長年の間ロードに出ていて、ロック界でも最もすぐにわかると言われる声の持ち主であるリードシンガーです。 Maria: Hey マリア：まあ！ Sam: Please welcome back to the show Mr. Show Business Steve Perry. サム：Mr. ショー・ビジネス スティーヴ・ペリーを紹介します！ |
Steve: That's show biz・・・
yea. How are you Sam?
スティーヴ：ショー・ビジネスです．．．なんかいいね。サム、元気かい？
| Sam: Good
man. Are you show biz Johnny? Are you like in a big room
with dark sunglasses? サム：元気ですとも。あなたは、ショー・ビジネス界のジョニーですか？今、ダークなサングラスをかけて、広い部屋にいるようですね？ |
Steve: No, no, no, no, no, no.
I'm just sitting here in my chair talking to you.
スティーヴ：いや、いや、いや、違うよ。僕は、君と話すために、ちょうどここに椅子に座ってるとこさ。
| Sam: Are
you out in LA or NY or? サム：あなたは、ロスにいるのですか？それともニューヨーク？ |
Steve: I'm, I'm in the West
Coast, yea LA・・・south of LA.
スティーヴ：僕は、ウエスト・コーストにいるのさ、そう、ロスの．．．ロスの南だね。
| Sam:
South of LA, that would be Mexico. サム：ロスの南．．．メキシコなんでしょう。 Maria: (Laugh) マリア：（笑） |
Steve: No, not quite that far.
スティーヴ：いや、そんなに遠くないよ。
| Sam:
Okay, San Diego. サム：わかりました、サンディエゴですね。 |
Steve: Yea, San Diego.
スティーヴ：そう、サンディエゴさ。
| Sam:
Really! サム：そうなんですか！ |
Steve: Yea.
スティーヴ：そうだよ。
| Sam:
What, ya got a big house, a condo・・・what do ya got? |
Steve: No, I don't actually. I
do have a condo in San Diego.
スティ-ヴ：いや、持ってないよ。僕は、サンディエゴに分譲アパートを持ってるんだ。
| Sam: Ah,
that's sweet. Does it over look some water. |
Steve: It's kind of like my
hotel.
スティ-ヴ：それは、どちらかといえば、僕のホテルのようなものさ。
| Sam: Kind
of like a hotel. サム：ホテルのようなものですか。 Maria: He's got people that come in that bring him food, all that stuff. |
Steve: Well you know when you tour as long as I did, I mean I
almost more comfortable in a hotel environment than I am in a
house.
| Maria:
Oh. マリア：まあ Sam: What was the nicest hotel, being all those years on the road. What was like the one hotel
that you stand out that you would send us to, and by the
way・・・money is no object. |
Steve: God, I can't・・・there seems like there was one in
Tennessee and it might have been in Nashville.
I can't remember, but there was one that duck that went through the lobby everyday.
They had ducks that would live in the pond in the center of the lobby and they would bring them in the morning from this special roof top area, they would go down the elevator, and it was a big deal.
They
would roll out a red carpet and the ducks would waddle to the
pond and they would stay there the entire day, and in the evening
at five o'clock there was a big poo poo hour with the bar and the
cocktails and they would roll the carpet up and they would go
back up for the night.
| Sam: (Laugh) サム：（笑） Maria: Man, the ducks had a good living. Sam: Damn. |
Steve:
Yea.
| Sam: Damn! |
Steve:
It was good to be a duck!
| Sam: And if the ducks were
ever late for the red carpet there was a nightly special
of duck. |
Maria
& Steve: (Laugh)
マリア＆スティーヴ：（笑）
| Sam: (Laugh) Chef Wang Hu! |
Steve:
Oh ho (Asian accent)! You'd need sour sauce with those ducks.
| Sam: That's great so what
city was the duck in? |
Steve: I can't ・・・I think it might have been Nashville・・・ugh・・・Nashville, Tennessee or Knoxville.
One
of the・・・some where in Tennessee.
| Sam: Do
you ever get confused? You go oh, Nashville, Knoxville・・・what
the hell's the difference? |
Steve: You know I think I'm confused what city it is now (laugh).
| Maria:
(Laugh) マリア：（笑） Sam: (Laugh) Right. Houston, Honolulu・・・what the hell's the difference? |
Steve: You know when I was singing in Journey we would travel daily and, and we would just wake up in another place.
And, ugh…to me it was a situation were I was just at another
venue…another show and, and it was just to me it was all about
just the people and being in front of all those people, and I
almost didn't know one place from another.
| Sam: Wow! Did you have to like write down the city…ugh like on the stage some where? You'd go "Thank you…ugh…Detroit!" |
Steve: You know what…ugh…how do you know these things?
You know, it's funny you say that because I was one time in Toledo and we were in Ohio and we were actually in Cleveland.
(Laugh) I thought I was in Toledo and I said "Thank you,
Toledo!" and it was f*** you. Oh, excuse me (laugh).
| Sam:
(Laugh) That's okay. サム：（笑）分かりました．．． |
Steve: And I・・・ugh・・・from that point on I did, I had
a little piece of paper put between the bass drum.
| Sam:
(Laugh) That's great! Did the people like boo or
something? |
Steve: No・・・they kind of looked at me like・・・you know・・・
| Maria:
Like, What kind of crack are you smokin'? |
Steve: Yea, some things wrong
with this guy!
| Sam:
(Laugh) So you would past the city by the bottom of the
drum there? |
Steve: I did・・・I did・・・yea.
| Sam:
That's beautiful man! |
Steve: Yea, but you know I did
that a lot with in the middle of "Oh' Sherrie" I'd
forget the lyric and I'd just repeat the 1st verse for the 2nd
verse and the audience would be looking at me like RCA dog.
| Maria:
(Laugh) マリア：（笑） Sam: (Laugh) Man, you know I stole when I was like 18 I was making out with the girl named Abby and I stole your lyrics…you know baby one heart feeds the fire…one heart feels desire…wonder Who's Cryin' Now. And she thought that was the most romantic thing. I don't even think she had a radio. I totally bogarted your song
"Who's Cryin' Now". |
Steve:
(Laugh) You just sort of talked the lyrics.
| Sam: Talked in her ear and
she just like melted, baby. Like・・・ Maria: Yea, and then 2 years later she got a copy of the album・・・and called your ass up! |
Steve:
(Laugh)
スティーヴ：（笑）
| Sam: (Laugh) And I got a copy of a subpoena. |
Maria & Steve: (Laugh)
マリア＆スティーヴ：（笑）
| Sam: And the kid looked a hell of a lot like me but I'm still fighting it. |
Steve:
Well, you know if her name was Sherrie then I would say it might
work, but if it wasn't it would be a trouble thing for you.
| Sam: Who
was Sherrie? Was that a former wife? サム：シェリーって、誰なんですか？前の奥さんだったですか？ |
Steve: Ugh・・・that was a
girl friend I was with for about 6 years.
スティーヴ： うん．．ガールフレンドだったんだ。6年くらいつき合ってたんだ。
| Sam:
That's cool. Did she ever hook up with Sharona from the
'Knack'? サム：それはすばらしいじゃないですか。彼女は、Knack（意味不明）のSharona（女性の名？）と関係したことがありましたか？ |
Steve: (Laughing) No.
スティーヴ：（笑）いや、ないよ。
| Sam:
(Laughing; Acting like Sherrie & Sharona were
talking.) "Really, well I sold 2 million. Well my
song about me sold 4 million." |
Steve: The final test backstage sort of thing, yea.
| Sam: So
what was Sherrie like? Was she just like a babe? サム：それで、彼女はどんな人でしたか？無邪気な人だったのですか？ |
Steve: She was a great girl. She was from a small town and I liked that about her. She was a great girl…was very calming and centering for me when I was at the peak of the insanity of the success.
スティーヴ：彼女は、素晴らしい女性だったよ。彼女は、小さな町の出身だったんだけど、僕はそんな彼女のことが好きだったよ。彼女は、素晴らしい女性だったさ．．．僕が、成功の中にあっても、精神的に疲れのピークだったときも、非常におだやかで、僕だけを見ていてくれたんだ。
| Sam: Man・・・so
did she get a piece of the action? |
Steve: (Laugh) I did give her
the songwriting, yes I did.
スティーヴ：（笑）彼女に、曲を書いてプレゼントしたさ。うん、僕はやったよ。
| Sam: YO
DUDE!!! サム：もう．．．気取り屋なんですから！！！ Maria: WOW!!! マリア：素敵だわ！！！ |
Steve: See, I wrote the song and and it was about us and you know
the song was kind of about what was happening when we were
falling apart and・・・and at the
same it was also about what holds it together, but she was
inspired the whole thing.
She inspired the whole deal so I just gave her the songwriting.
| Sam: So
if I want to lets say redo, Maria and I get a lounge band
and we redo and re-record 'Oh Sherrie', this Sherrie from
the small town in Schmuckola, Arkansas? |
Steve:
She might get a check.
| Sam: Is
going to get a check from us. |
Steve:
Well, with a check, ya know, it's a small checks・・・maybe she could buy a cup
of coffee. I don't know.
| Maria:
(Laugh) マリア：（笑） Sam: Man. Why don't you write a song about a fat DJ in Houston, ya know? サム： |
Steve:
(Laugh)
スティーヴ：（笑）
| Maria: And his hip black
side chick. (Group Laugh) （一同笑） Sam: Come on Steve. |
Steve:
Maria & Sam.
スティーヴ：マリア、サム．．．
| Sam:
Steve, pen the paper right now. サム：スティーヴ、今から解説を書いてくださいね。 |
Steve:
Okay・・・・Maria
& Sam
スティーヴ：OK．．．マリア、サム。
| Sam:Just something and just like write it and I don't care if doesn't sell…just something and give us the rights to it. |
Steve:
(Laugh)
スティーヴ：（笑）
| Sam: Come on Steve・・・ Maria: We'll get someone to re-record it and we'll just keep doing it until it's a hit. |
Steve:
Well・・・if I had
my equipment up and running I'd write you a jingle for your show,
but I don't have it with me right now.
| Sam: A
jingle…that's what we need a freaky jingle. Maria: Look, I'll take the jingle. Sam: It's like, "Are they a morning show? No they're a breath mint". |
Steve:
And what do you call your show in the morning, by the way?
| Sam: I
don't know. Just bunch of people getting like way too
much money. |
Steve: Too much money with too
much caffinated coffee or something like that.
| Sam: You
know what. I get up at 03:50 in the morning. サム：あなたはご存知でしょうか。私は、朝3時50分に起きるんですよ。 |
Steve: 03:50?
スティーヴ：朝3時50分かい？
| Sam: It's
like 4 hours of hard work and that's it. |
Steve: (Laugh)
スティーヴ：（笑）
| Sam: But
on the other hand, what you guys would do on the road.
You know you
spend all, you'd do the sound check at like 4 or 5 in the
afternoon? |
Steve: Yea.
| Sam: And then you'd have to kill time and that's got to?you know. |
Steve: You'd be surprised, ugh, how boring it can be.
Because I mean you spend so much time I your hotel room either trying to sleep or just relaxed or…cuz your so amped and the you do get…I would get down to the venue way early because I'd just want to be around the, ya know, the village of people that travel with you, ya know, and the tribe. And then we'd have the sound checks bout 4 o'clock and the you try to check your voice out during the sound checks to see what you have left from the night before…see how much you've taken away or kept.
And, ugh, then you'd, ugh, then you'd have likenever eat dinner.
Everyone would eat dinner at 6 o'clock…you know cuz there …you know I could is a crew, you know.
I could never eat because the food would be around in my stomach come about 8 - 9 o'clock at night running around going…BURP!
| (Group
Laugh) (一同笑) |
Steve: I'd never eat dinner so
I would starve myself and the by the time the shows over I would
just mack.
| Sam: What
were the back stage parties like? We ask all the people on the show?was it like whisky and bikini tops? |
Steve: Well?ya know. There was
a time but for me personally and I'm just speaking for myself
personally, ugh, no. I was?I was to focused on what was required
of as a singer to honest with you.
| Sam: I'm
sorry I hear blah, blah, blah, blah, blah! Maria: He was trying to find some food. |
Steve: I'm serious, but I would mack some food and then I would leave and I would go back to the hotel because if I sat around backstage and met 150 people that wanted to meet me, 1 of them has got a cold and I'm done.
So I would hide out most of the
time and that is were that isolation thing got a little rough.
| Sam: What
was the money like in the early days when?you join in
what '77 - '78 some were around there? |
Steve: Ugh?I join Journey
exactly '78 and it was in the beginning of '78 in?ugh?February
1st it was kind of official.
| Sam: What
kind of money did they like lay out on the table? I'm sure you would have probably
taken? |
Steve: No.
It was peanuts. The band was changing over from being coming a jam band and it was the first time they had a lead singer and that was me and?um?it was?we were starting up.
We had a Capri Chevrolet which we use to pull a Uhal behind and then we had a bob tail truck from the rest of the spill over gear.
And we would just play gigs
across the country. I mean, and then finally got to were we had a
bob tail and then we just drove 2 Capri Chevy's.
| Maria: Oh
man! |
Steve: No・・・that's what it was like.
And so it was that way the first year so there was no money their.
We were just creating more dept than we were making but we had to get out there and support what was at that time the Infinity record.
We had this new band opening
the tour for us in all of the Theaters across the country called
Van Halen.
| Sam: Oh・・・those
kids. Maria: Oh・・・They'll never get work. |
Steve: (Laughing) They'll never
go nowhere.
スティーヴ：（笑）彼らは、どこへも行かないだろうね。
| Sam: Those kids with there rock 'n roll. |
Steve: (Laughing) It'll never
work.
スティーヴ：（笑）仕事をすることはないだろうね。
| Sam: So? |
Steve: They were amazing. They were fantastic.
They would truly kick our butts to another level every night.
We'd
have to come up with it because they were such a great band.
| Sam: See the groupie factor
in an early question was probably through the ceiling and
your probably lying through your teeth. If you've got Journey and Van Halen on the road at the same time. Alex Van Halen, Eddie Van
Halen, Steve Perry, Neal Schon, Jonathan Cain (which all
great Journey fans know Jonathan was not with the group
then) you are so full of crap. |
Steve:
You forgot David Roth.
スティーヴ：君は、デヴィッド・ロスを忘れていたね。
| Sam: David Lee Roth. サム：デヴィッド・リー・ロスですね。 |
Steve:
The worst of all.
| Sam: Let me tell you,
don't? Maria: So women did know where to pop their tops that was the problem. You knew it was coming off
it was just when to take it. |
Steve: (Laughing)
スティーヴ：（笑）
| Sam: Before women left for
the concert they were taken their tops off. |
Steve:
That was so great though! Oh?that was so great though...
| Maria: They were running
out of panties and hotel room keys. マリア： |
Steve:
Well they use to throw bras and panties and the boobage sometimes
would be just fantastic.
| Sam: See・・・that's
a gig. |
Steve:
That's a gig!
| Sam: That's why I've been
trying to get Maria to do something because it's been six
years. Maria: I threw a hotel room key one time and blacked your eye. |
Steve: What you need, I think, is a topless audio engineer siting
on the other side of the glass for you.
| Sam: Yea but Chuck our
engineer won't take his top off. |
Maria & Steve: (Laugh)
マリア＆スティーヴ：（笑）
| Sam: He's got the hairiest
nipples in Texas. |
Steve: Well that will work for Maria.
| Maria: Well・・・there
you go. I'm not shy. |
Sam
& Steve: (Laugh)
サム＆スティーヴ：（笑）
| Sam: Hey, you know our
anniversary is coming up. サム：ところで、ご存知のとおり、本日は私たちの（番組の）記念なんですよ。 |
Steve:
Oh, your 6th anniversary, I heard.
スティーヴ：ああ、聞いたよ。6周年なんだってね。
| Sam: Numero sixo? サム：（訳、不可能：英語じゃなさそう．．．） |
Steve:
That's a long time being a station alive in this business.
Congratulations!
スティーヴ：この業界で、長いことやってる番組だものね。（意訳しています。）おめでとう！
| Sam: You
know that's like being with the same record label six
year. サム：それは、6年間同じレコード会社に在籍しているようなものですよ。 |
Steve:
Yea・・・ or the
same band.
スティーヴ：ああ．．．バンドと同じだね。
| Sam: Oh・・・it's
nice to have you on the show. サム：本当に．．．番組で、あなたと話せてよかったです。（また、意訳です。） |
Steve: I've really enjoyed it,
Thank You!
スティーヴ：本当に楽しかったよ。ありがとう！
| Sam: You're a good egg.
Ladies & Gentleman・・・the one and only Steve
Perry. サム：あなたは、いい人です。みなさん．．．その人はスティーヴ・ペリーだけなんです。 |
Steve:
Thank you! Thanks Maria・・・Sam.
スティーヴ：ありがとう！ ありがとう、マリア．．．サム。
| Sam: Steve you're a good
egg. サム：スティーヴ、あなたはいい人です。 Maria: Thanks! マリア：ありがとう！ Sam: Thanks for joining us as part of our 6th anniversary special. サム：私たちの６周年スペシャルとして、私たちに加わってくださって感謝しています。 |
Steve:
Congratulations again.
スティーヴ：本当に、おめでとう。
| Sam: All right bro・・・See
ya! サム：また．．．お会いしましょう！！ |
Steve:
Bye
スティーヴ：じゃあね。
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