Jovitalk - Bon Jovi Fan Community
Home Register Members FAQ Mark Forums Read
 

Aftermath of The Lowdown, 6 years later

General BJ Discussion


Reply
 
Thread Tools
  #51  
Old 01-10-2025, 09:47 AM
steel_horse75's Avatar
steel_horse75 steel_horse75 is offline
Senior Member
Price of posting
 
Join Date: 29 May 2007
Location: London
Age: 50
Gender: male
Posts: 5,914
Default

Dont think ive listened to it since 2012

Sent from my SM-X700 using Tapatalk
__________________
Wembley Arena 90, Wembley Arena 93, MK Bowl 93, Wembley Stadium 95, MK Bowl 96, Wembley Stadium 00, MK Bowl 01, Hyde Park 03, MK Bowl 06, o2 07, Twickenham 08, o2 10 (x2), Hyde Park 13, London Palladium 16, Wembley 19
Follow me: @iam_emmo
Reply With Quote

  #52  
Old 01-11-2025, 12:51 AM
bonjovi90's Avatar
bonjovi90 bonjovi90 is offline
Senior Member
Posting everyday
 
Join Date: 07 Jun 2008
Gender: male
Posts: 7,598
Default

Somehow, it's put me in the mood to put on tonight after probably a few years again.
__________________
Check out what's becoming the biggest Bon Jovi touring website: https://bjtours.jimdo.com/
Reply With Quote
  #53  
Old 01-11-2025, 11:00 AM
bonjovi90's Avatar
bonjovi90 bonjovi90 is offline
Senior Member
Posting everyday
 
Join Date: 07 Jun 2008
Gender: male
Posts: 7,598
Default

Listened to it again last night and hell, even the album's title shines quite differently given what we know now. I think most of the tracks were actually written at the height of the WAN feud that's been spoken of in the documentary, I remember Jon not only saying that Richie flew back and forth between L.A. and NJ due to the recording sessions partly having been simultaneously, I recall him saying that WAN was almost done before AOTL. Which gives songs quite a new light. There's of course stuff dedicated to his daughter and other personal things like the tracks Every Road, I'll Always Walk Beside You or the borderline-creepy Sugar Daddy (though the performance with Craig Ferguson was ace back then).
But Taking A Chance On The Wind, Nowadays, Weathering The Storm, Learning How To Fly With A Broken Wing, most definitely You Can Only Get So High and also Forgiveness Street / Backseat Driver seem to deal with his band frustration in various, but now almost glaringly obvious ways.
I can only recommend giving it a spin again. Not only because of that. Musically, it has its dull and cringey parts, but when it's good, it really has its strong moments. And these are probably stronger than quite a lot that came from Jon or him afterwards.
__________________
Check out what's becoming the biggest Bon Jovi touring website: https://bjtours.jimdo.com/
Reply With Quote
  #54  
Old 01-11-2025, 01:42 PM
roach8812 roach8812 is offline
Member
Breakout
 
Join Date: 25 Mar 2023
Location: Italy
Gender: male
Posts: 56
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by bonjovi90 View Post
Listened to it again last night and hell, even the album's title shines quite differently given what we know now. I think most of the tracks were actually written at the height of the WAN feud that's been spoken of in the documentary, I remember Jon not only saying that Richie flew back and forth between L.A. and NJ due to the recording sessions partly having been simultaneously, I recall him saying that WAN was almost done before AOTL. Which gives songs quite a new light. There's of course stuff dedicated to his daughter and other personal things like the tracks Every Road, I'll Always Walk Beside You or the borderline-creepy Sugar Daddy (though the performance with Craig Ferguson was ace back then).
But Taking A Chance On The Wind, Nowadays, Weathering The Storm, Learning How To Fly With A Broken Wing, most definitely You Can Only Get So High and also Forgiveness Street / Backseat Driver seem to deal with his band frustration in various, but now almost glaringly obvious ways.
I can only recommend giving it a spin again. Not only because of that. Musically, it has its dull and cringey parts, but when it's good, it really has its strong moments. And these are probably stronger than quite a lot that came from Jon or him afterwards.
Spot on. The lyrics on Nowadays and Learning How To Fly With A Broken Wing are crystal clear.
Reply With Quote
Reply

Tags
aftermath of the lowdown

Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT +2. The time now is 04:15 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11.
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.