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28 July 2001 - E. Rutherford, NJ, USA Concert Review 28 August 2001
NEVER SAY GOODBYE, NEW-JERSEY !

A review by TOM FORD / cford@sugar-river.net

OH MY ! I CAN DIE HAPPY, AND GO TO HEAVEN!
BON-JOVI HIT THE STAGE FOR NITE TWO AT GIANTS STADIUM FIRING ON ALL EIGHT CYLINDERS. AFTER LAST NITE'S PERFORMANCE, I DON'T KNOW HOW JON DOES IT. PURE EMOTION, AND ADRENALINE. WITH A ROWDY AS HELL, READY TO GO CROWD, THE SHOW WAS THE FINEST I'VE EVER WITNESSED, EVER, ANYWHERE. NEW JERSEY, YOU GUYS WERE AWESOME, IN SUPPORT OF YOUR HOME TOWN HEROES. MY WIFE AND I HAD A BALL FOR THREE WONDERFUL DAYS IN JERSEY. THE BAND FED OFF THE CROWD FOR AN AWESOME SHOW OF 27 SONGS. JON VISIBLY FOUGHT OFF TEARS AT LEAST FOUR TIMES, FINALLY LETTING GO AT THE END OF NEVER SAY GOODBYE, THE FINAL SONG OF THE EVENING. SAMBORA WAS AWESOME, RIPPING OFF LEAD ATER LEAD, BLISTERING THE CROWD OF 90,000 STRONG. HE LOOKED GENUINELY HAPPY TO BE HOME, RELAXED, SMILING TO THE CROWD OFTEN. DAVID'S KEYBOARDS WERE SOMETHING TO BEHOLD, AND THIS GUY IS THE MOST UNDERRATED
KEYBOARD PLAYER GOING. HE WAS A FRIGGIN' MADMAN POSESSED. THE MAN WHO , IN MY OPINION, KEPT THIS SHOW IN OVERDRIVE, WAS TICO TORRES! HIS PLAYING WAS NOTHING SHORT OF PHENOMINAL.

THIS GUY CAN BANG THE SKINS WITH THE VERY BEST, AFTER ALL THESE YEARS. HE SMILED THROUGH-OUT THE ENTIRE SHOW, NEVER ONCE MISSING A BEAT. ESPECIALLY NOTEWORTHY, WAS HIS DRUMMING
ON "BAD MEDICINE", SPINNING THE STICKS WILDLY, AND LAYING DOWN A THUNDEROUS BACKBEAT, JUST BLOWING THE JOINT OFF IT'S FOUNDATION. THIS BAND, MORE THAN ANY OTHER I'VE EVER SEEN, JELLS BETTER THAN ANYONE. THEY COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER PERFECTLY, ALWAYS FEEDING OFF EACH OTHER'S ENERGY. MORE IMPORTANTLY, I THINK EACH OF US WHO LOVE THIS BAND SO PASSIONATELY, CAN RELATE TO THE SONGS THEY SING. THEY HIT YOU RIGHT IN THE HEART, AND TOOK OUR BREATH AWAY WITH A GORGEOUS RENDITION OF "BED OF ROSES". MY FAVORITE OF THE EVENING ? TOUGH CALL, BETWEEN " WANTED", WITH ALEC JOHN
SUCH RETURNING TO PLAY THIS SONG, OR "NEVER SAY GOODBYE", WHICH LEFT THIS 44 YEAR OLD AUTHOR WITH TEARS STREAMING DOWN MY FACE. I WILL NOTE HERE, THE CROWD REALLY DIDN'T SEEM
TO KNOW WHAT TO THINK WHEN ALEC WALKED OUT, LOOKING SHARP IN A BLACK OUTFIT. THIS BAND'S BASS PLAYING CLEARLY BELONGS TO "HUGE" McDONALD. MANY, MANY THANKS TO THE NICE PEOPLE OF GIANTS STADIUM, AND TO BON-JOVI, FOR A FIRST RATE SHOW, WHICH WILL, IN MY OPINION, WILL NEVER BE TOPPED.
I LEFT NEW-JERSEY, BUT MY HEART IS, AND WILL FOREVER BE ON THE FLOOR OF GIANTS STADIUM. I CRIED HALF WAY HOME TO SUNAPEE, N.H.. THIS BAND HAS A PLACE IN MY SOUL THAT NO OTHER EVER WILL. THEY ARE REAL, SINCERE, GREAT GUYS, WHO LOVE THEIR FANS, AND GIVE EVERYTHING THEY HAVE, EVERY NITE ONSTAGE. I WILL CLOSE BY SAYING, THE NEXT TIME THEY TOUR, I'M TAKING A LEAVE OF ABSENCE FROM WORK WITH MY WIFE, AND I'M HITTIN' THE ROAD WITH THE WORLD'S GREATEST ROCK AND ROLL BAND !

THANK YOU JON, RICHIE, TICO, DAVID, AND HUGH, FOR A LIFE TIME OF MEMORIES, AND A VERY HEAVY
HEART, THAT WANTS MORE. GOD BLESS.

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