[Walleris]

Originally Posted by WhamATC

Was anyone else here like "Bon Jovi only has 3 good songs, those are LOAP, WDOA, IML" before becoming a Bon Jovi fan.
I was one of those and then I am listening to so many Bon Jovi songs that are great.
I never thought I would become a fan of Bon Jovi actually.
Much better than I first thought.

I was somewhat similar. I was only aware of Prayer and IML and those were huge awesome songs to me, but I didn't actively seek for more.

Then around 2007-2008 I surprisingly heard the TLFR version of IML on the radio and thought "what a great cover, I have to find it online" and I saw that it was Bon Jovi too! And the second step was, being a huge GNR fan, I was reading on November Rain Wikipedia page how the song is a grand epic power ballad of sorts, similar to Stairway To Heaven by Led Zeppelin and Dry County by Bon Jovi. I had obviously never heard of Dry County before, looked it up and rest is history.

The first songs I listened to were LOAP, Bad Name and I think IBTFY.
I am one of those that only like WDOA before the solo and the last verse.
WDOA that ends after the second verse basically.

[YOVANAfromPeru]

I heard Wanted Dead Or Alive is about Being loved (Alive) Or hated (Dead).
I used to hear this song every single morning getting ready for school and university, rest is history.

[Becky]

Originally Posted by WhamATC

Was anyone else here like "Bon Jovi only has 3 good songs, those are LOAP, WDOA, IML" before becoming a Bon Jovi fan.
I was one of those and then I am listening to so many Bon Jovi songs that are great.
I never thought I would become a fan of Bon Jovi actually.
Much better than I first thought.

Actually, no. I became a fan in 1986 bc my friends at school teased me because I didn’t know the words to Bad Name. I begged my dad for a small stereo so I could listen to the Top 40 station and learn it. To this day, I remember going to Western Auto, which was kind of a general store, getting the stereo, recording the song, and learning it that weekend.

This was the only time being bullied worked in my favor.

It’s okay. I paid my friends back in spades because I rambled on about Bon Jovi until we graduated... and to this day. Last laugh is mine. Haha

[jovifan93]

Actually, the first I ever heard of BJ was Keep The Faith on MTV at the end of '92 or the beginning of '93 (can't remember exactly ), and I thought "Hey this is cool, who's that?". Then bought the record, the records before that, and stuck to it

That's why Blame It On The Love Of Rock'N'Roll still has a special meaning to me. I was 15/16, had long hair, my teachers didn't like me, I started to play guitar, and my parents thought I'd stop listening to that rock stuff soon after. "They said it won't last, but they misunderstood"

[Zakatar]

The first BJ song I heard was Prayer, back in the mid-2000s when I was obsessed with guitar hero (for those out of the loop, it's a video game where you push buttons on a fake guitar in rhythm with real songs). I was already into rock, and always forced my parents to tune into my city's classic rock station, which had a few BJ songs in rotation, when we had to drive somewhere. Prayer was the most common song BJ song on this station, and I would occasionally hear it played. One day, however, a very similar-sounding song was played, which I later found out was called "You Give Love a Bad Name". As time went on, I would also hear Runaway, Wanted, IBTFY, and Blood on Blood on this station. Then one day, while listening to my city's pop station, the announcer said "here's Bon Jovi", and I was like "huh? on this station? I thought they were an old rock band!" The song that was played sounded like a more modern version of the songs I'd heard on the classic rock station, which I later found out was called "It's My Life". In 2009, I watched them perform on the grammys for the first time ever, where I heard WWBTF and Who Says for the first time. Back then, my family and I used to watch American Idol together, and BJ came on the show one day and performed Superman Tonight. This was the first time I had ever heard the song, and I fell in love with it instantly. It was at that moment where I really became a fan, even though that particular performance was subpar by TC-era standards. After that I dove headfirst into the band's catalog, and the rest is history!

[franpatrick]

I really like Jon's work with Aldo Nova. I'm a huge Aldo Nova fan. I wish they would both go on tour together. I've never seen either one of them live. That would be a real treat.

[YOVANAfromPeru]

KTF video was the first BJ video clip I ever saw!

[YOVANAfromPeru]

okay, everytime I read this forum you all always make me laugh but after that I picked up the newspaper and started to read a little, until I found the news about Heather... U_U

Jon with his great dancing skills during acoustic Diamond Ring solo.