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Originally Posted by Captain_jovi
Fair point, yeah. I remember pre-Crush Jon said it wouldn't be right to do a song like Bad Name with his solo band because Richie's not there or something and man have times changed.
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I don't think he ever took it lightly. I mean, he has the name of Bon Jovi the man. Him doing Crush with Richie probably really had a lot to do with him knowing what he brought to the table and how much a part of the band's sound laid with him. Like, "yeah, I could just do the "Bon Jovi the band sound" solo, but why not fire on all cylinders if I'm gonna do that?".
Even when promoting Stranger, Richie also said that magic happens when him and Jon write. That also changed - he seems very intent on drumming up his own role; sadly. I think Jon would readily admit to the contributions Richie made, but other than calling it quits, he had little choice once the gauntlet had been thrown down... I mean, we still don't know how it all went down, timeline-wise, who'd forced whom to act whichever way.