99 in the Shade

I rarely see any discussion on this great track. It's a perfect summer song, in my opinion. It also seems like it'd be a great rocker live, a party song in the same vein as Sleep in a way. Good guitar work, also. The lyrics aren't brilliant, but it's a fun song to rock out to. Just another part of a nearly perfect album. I think it's one of their more radio-friendly songs from that era, but most of them were for that time.

Any other fans of this great little song?

Don't know how "summer songs" were back then, but now they are simple, silly and happy, like Summertime of Lost Highway; also, I really can't understand the relationship "party" with "rock", really, I can't imagine myself deleting the electronic music playlist and playing Bon Jovi in a party :P

Speaking of the song, I used to like it a lot, now not so much. Is a nice song, but far from one of their bests.

It get's a Yay! from me.

I've always thought it would be great live.

Great track from a perfect album. Is it the deepest/smartest thing in the world? No, but something doesn't have to be that to be great.

I don't really like it. One of the weaker tracks from the 80s records, and should have been replaced with some good demo.

It made me laugh when I first heard it and still makes me smile. It was different. A good summer song.

One of Bon Jovi's best.

Ice

The only songs on New Jersey that I don't (really) like are Born to Be My Baby and 99 in the Shade. Otherwise - the album is a solid hard rock record with touches of blues and R&B. Those two songs are just a 'little' too poppy for me and I would have rather seen them replaced with some of the demos.


Having said that, I don't mind 99 in the Shade too much. It's almost like Get Ready v.2 and I think it would work well live. Overall, I am happy it's the last track on New Jersey.

Edit: It's the second last....almost forgot about Love For Sale there....my favourite song on that record

It's not a bad song, but not one of my favorites. Get Ready is pretty awful IMO, but I can see the comparision. But I'd always had the impression that New Jersey was tailored to be Slippery #2, and in that case, 99 In The Shade loses against its brother Wild In The Streets.

Really like Born To Be My Baby, though. No shit it's poppy - that's the Prayer follow-up. Just look at the lyrics, and it also was the second single.

I am in Las Vegas right now and it is 118 here - this song is in my head LOL