DOES IT GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS?! First Time Hearing Journey - Mother, Father Live In Houston!

If anyone asks you why does Steve Perry has the greatest rock voice, just play any song from this concert. MOTHER, FATHER is just on another level.

No one can ever replace this man in Journey they try but fall short everytime.

It's amazing that Steve Perry could sing like this through an entire concert, night after night. What a gift to be able to hear a song performed like this.

This whole concert is Top Notch!! And this song is what us Classic Journey fans call a ...... 'Masterpiece' of performance!!! Fun Fact - This song wasn't done in the whole tour, only a very few cities got to hear 'Mother Father' perform live!! I'm so grateful that it was recorded!!

One of the greatest live performances I've ever seen. Everything about this is top tier! Neal Schon is criminally underrated as a guitarist! ! my opinion, this version is far superior to the studio version! Great reaction, guys! Hopefully, your next Journey song will be "When you love a woman." I think you'll really enjoy it.

The GOAT

Steve Perry had one of the greatest vocals ever.

A little background on this, Steve himself had said that this is one of the hardest songs vocally for him to sing. I think mainly because of the runs and different ranges he has to hit within the song. Yet, he does it effortlessly. Steve's voice is a masterclass!

I feel that people tend to forget what great songwriters Steve, Jon and Neal are. Incredibly talented musicians 🎶

The studio version of ‘mother father’ Steve did it in ONE take! And then walked out of the studio. Steve is absolutely the GOAT. Jon Bon Jovi gave him the nickname “The Voice”. At the time, there was always an argument around HS as to who had the best rock voice; Steve or Freddie Mercury. In an interview with Freddie, the reporter asked him who he thought had the greatest voice in the business. Freddie said, you should talk to Steve Perry!

This is fantastic!!! Steve can sing like a real angel. 🙏❤️❤️❤️

Journey said in an interview that Steve did this song in 1 take when they recorded it! He is just so amazingly talented ❤❤❤ There will never be anyone that will ever come close to Steve’s talent and ability to make you feel the passion and emotion of every word sung. Steve is a once in a lifetime singer!❤❤

Back in the day Journey sounded better live than in studio

Was at this concert in 1981 in Houston. What I didn't know then was how iconic of a performance it would be. Steve Perry was perfection and fit perfectly with his bandmates. Remember, this is 100% LIVE. No autotune or computers. Men, instruments, and a voice. It is reported that Steve Perrry did the studio version of this song in ONE take. Check it out. Still they Ride is another great live version at this same concert.

Journey and Steve are always better live. He's a beast!

I was shocked the first time I saw them. They were such great live band. Steve's voice is beyond the bar. And, all the band are great on their instruments.

This concert in Houston is one of the best of journeys Steve Perry remember this is a concert, and he runs from one end of the stage to the other end of the stage back-and-forth nonstop as he is singing songs, and dance in a long, twirling whatever he’s doing because he loves to perform for his fans and you never could tell that he was running all over the place That’s when bands were awesome members could actually play instruments no computers singers didn’t have special microphones. You hear what is coming out of that mouth and that is the mouth of Steve Perry better known as “The Voice” Last year he was voted for the billboard, best rock singer of all time that is a huge award There’s been nobody like him cents he not only has a great singing voice, but he’s a good guy. He never did really speak badly about band members, but they sure do you like to throw out darts at him. Journey was not famous until Steve Perry came into that group, and he took them soaring up into the heavens 💙🎤🎶💜

The amazing thing about Journey that I have noticed is they sound practically identical to their studio recordings. Musically, vocally, there's almost no discernible difference. That is a rare and special uniqueness, and incredibly impressive.

This song was sadly about Neal Schon's home life and written by Neal Schon, Steve Perry, and Jonathan Cain. I saw Journey twice live in concert at McNichol's Arena and they sang and played that beautiful every song and yes they sang, "Mother, Father" which made people cry and our lighters were lit and shining for this entire song! I was blessed to hear the Infinity Tour and Frontiers Tour at McNichol's Arena and both tours rocked the entire sold out tours! in Denver!

Steve Perry once said that this was the toughest Journey song to sing, yet he still kills it on this live performance. Just another amazing performance by one of the best voices of all time. You have a few of those "once in a lifetime" voices, and then there are even fewer "there will NEVER be another like them" voices, and Steve is definitely in that latter category. As far as the guitar work goes... Its funny, but when you hear conversations about the best guitar players, Neal Schon of Journey often doesn't get mentioned which is a bit of a travesty to me, as he is one of the best in my opinion. Anyway... I've been looking forward to seeing you two react to this, and I'm so glad you enjoyed it! Your reactions continue to be among the very best and I can't wait to see what's next!