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Old 03-14-2017, 08:46 PM
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I think Reunion is an amazing song, but I think you really have to be an adult to appreciate the lyrics. I don't believe 18 year olds or 22 year olds can really appreciate the wisdom a 50 year old has to offer. You just don't see things that clearly with youth. I've had this conversation with several friends, some of whom have children in that age range. They think those kids just won't get it until they have lived it. It's a shame, really.
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Youth has its rights and I myself, as a high school teacher, understand it just too well. I've understood and learnt to appreciate a lot of things with time but somehow lost this spontaneity and craziness I used to have so let's say it's win-win situation, anyway
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What does even a single release mean anymore in BJ terms? Except for the first single, no one, not even the band seems to care about the following "singles" in terms of promotion.


Yes, finally someone who gets it. There's no such thing as the second, third, etc. single in Bon Jovi land anymore.

They delibaretly buried this idea for THINFS by releasing music videos of every song.


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I think Reunion is an amazing song, but I think you really have to be an adult to appreciate the lyrics. I don't believe 18 year olds or 22 year olds can really appreciate the wisdom a 50 year old has to offer. You just don't see things that clearly with youth. I've had this conversation with several friends, some of whom have children in that age range. They think those kids just won't get it until they have lived it. It's a shame, really.
Way to be condescending. How about different viewpoints suit the different needs of different ages?
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No, I think she's right. I need to be fifty years old to understand a song with alright lyrics and awful accompanied music.
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To think that this song or any song has

a) a chance on the pop charts
b) any influence whatsoever with graduating high school or college students

is completely delirious. I get that you guys like the songs, fine. But I don't know a single person my age or younger who would actually like or appreciate those songs.
I said the same thing you did. Only I gave a reason why I agree with you. Not condescending at all. I remember being 17, 22, and 24. At none of my graduation points would I really have appreciated what this song says. However, I got Never Say Goodbye at the time and thought it was great. Now IT makes me cringe despite the nostalgia.
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Hmm, somehow I have managed to like Reunion despite being too young and stupid to understand the wisdom of it.

Regarding the song being released as a single, I think others have touched on it already... Singles are pretty meaningless these days, even more so when you're a band like Bon Jovi, and Reunion would get no airplay whatsoever if it were released as a single.
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