It occurred to me, (more times than just this once), that I keep adding photos of MY life and MY stuff here, without including some photos of YOU...so here is one that I especially love...
It has everything a fan could want---tight fitting jeans, a sexy tuxedo jacket, gorgeous hair, and of course, your voice being sent out into a microphone for all of us to melt to. You, dear Sir, are indeed a sexy beast.
I love this one too, because this is how you looked when I met you twice, in 1994. Those torn-at-the-knees jeans, that black t-shirt, and plaid overshirt...ohhh yes, I do remember that very well. And OH! that hair of yours, in a long pony tail...now THAT was amazingly sexy...I remember touching your hair when I asked if I could hug you, and holy bejeezus, I'll never forget how soft that felt...
I think this one was taking during the Raised on Radio tour...the top one might have been too, I'm not sure, but to see your muscled arms like that...and of course, black "wife beater" shirt...with a torn shirt over it...you look like such a badass, it makes me swoon. God Bless you Sir. That's all I can say. This is a photo that you kinda wish would come to life, so that you could walk over to me, grab a fistful of my hair, and plant a sloppy wet kiss on me. I would totally sink to my knees. (You fill in the rest). *wink!*
Okay, so those are a few of my favorite photos of you from years gone by. I've seen more recent photos of you, and my GAWD man, you're still--and always will be---a very fine specimen!
Of course, you remember "We Are The World," what a very cool project that was, (I still have the 45 record of it)...and even though you only sang one line of the whole song, YOU were the reason I loved it. Ya know, I think it's time this world had another project like that, to protest the stupidity in politics, or to protest the genocide going on in the Sudan, or to protest all the environmental harm we're doing to the planet....there is a myriad of options to choose from...maybe you should think about starting your own project about something YOU care about like that?
You could call up Quincy Jones----isn't that a hoot?! You really COULD call up Quincy Jones----and that Bob Geldof dude, tell them your idea, and then between the three of you, I'm sure you could gather some very cool voices together like before, (you GOTTA have Stevie Wonder again, seriously, I love that guy), but maybe you could get some people like Fergie, (she is one badass chick), and maybe Lady Gaga (can't stand her, but she'd sell it), and Josh Groban, and whomever else you would love to sing with---hell, get Tony Bennett!! But please, I beg of you, please SKIP OVER Justin Bieber. (That kid makes me cringe). You could get Harry Connick Jr., Michael Buble, BB King, just a whole huge group of cool-ass people like that, and really go to town. Ohhhh, you could even get the GLEE cast on it...(I have seen one episode of Glee, where they sang "Don't Stop Believin'," and I was very uncomfortable. They didn't mutilate it, like Mariah Carey mutilated "Open Arms," (what were you THINKING?!), but I still didn't really care for their version of it much. Don't mess with perfection, that's my motto. (Yeah, please don't invite Mariah "bleeding ears" Carey to sing on this thing, I would groan in agony).
Well, for what it's worth, I think the world needs another "We Are The World" project. I really do. I mean, remember right after 9/11, how most people joined together in a united front, and were friendlier to each other and helped each other out more? What happened to that? Does it take a horrendously tragic event to make that happen?? Or could we make it happen with an awesome song full of awesome singers? I don't know the affect that "We Are The World" had on the cause that it was created for, I have no specs regarding money made, charity donated, or problem solved...but it sure didn't HURT, right??
Well, I know you're busy with your new solo album coming out soon....and after that, you'll have me working on your new web site, RIGHT?!! (Nod and say YESSSS Stephen, just nod and say YESSS), and then while these things are going on, you could start THIS project, and totally blow everybody away with it. Do it to celebrate your 65th birthday! Make that a goal, a time limit, to put it all together. I know coordinating people's schedules is really a nightmare, but I'd help---I have been an event coordinator in the past you know, I can do that stuff---but hey, get Lora and Fan Asylum to help or something, maybe even ask the boys of Journey to help out....
(You HAD to know I'd sneak that in there somewhere, come on, this is ME you're talkin' to)....
Ahem. Well, if you cannot or will not go THERE, at least you could start thinking about the idea, and make it into anything YOU want it to be. I don't think you've ever entertained the notion of being in the USO to perform overseas for our troops, have you? That might be something worth pursuing. Think outside the box, and find a cause that you love, and care very deeply about, and GO FOR IT. Life is too damned short to just sit and wait around for one solo album of yours to materialize in 20 years...ya know? I mean, hey, you deserved to take some time for YOU, definitely, but aren't you getting that ITCH again??? That itch of creativity, to do something really awesome, to shine under the spotlight again, where you belong?
Ah well, maybe I am way off with that idea, but I just thought I'd toss it out there into the cosmos, for what it's worth.
I'm off to create a Steve Perry-opoly now. If nobody but ME ever plays the damned game, that's fine, it'll keep me busy, give me an outlet for my creativity, and it'll be something to dazzle YOU with later on, when we meet for the THIRD TIME. OH yes, there will be a third time. And soon.
Love, Rebecca
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