[Captain_jovi]

Originally Posted by Thinny

The way he plays that acoustic just conforms to me that he is such an average guitar player and has no place in the band!

Melissa Etheridge - Royal Station 4-16 John...

I don't know why I defend the guy but if he just played like he actually played he wouldn't be that bad of a fit for the band. Just like everything else about the band it's been dumbed right down to fit into a box.

[Thinny]

Originally Posted by Captain_jovi

Melissa Etheridge - Royal Station 4-16 John Shanks smokin guitar - YouTube

I don't know why I defend the guy but if he just played like he actually played he wouldn't be that bad of a fit for the band. Just like everything else about the band it's been dumbed right down to fit into a box.

That clip is still very "meh" to me. I still hear him trying to sound like The Edge in places, his solo-ing is better but somewhat disjointed. His acoustic playing in the first video was awkward. I liked some of his solos on Burning Bridges, but he just screams Average and Generic as a player to me (I'm well aware that that is probably just a personal preferance). The fact that he should ever get to record a solo on an album over Phil is just something that I can't get my head around. Don't get me wrong, Phil's style isn't 100% suited to the band either, but he's 1000% a better player that Shanks...(for me)

[eddie73]

Originally Posted by Jovi98

Yes and now we know that a new single could come out in August and a new album in the fall...

Not another greatest hits ffs 😫

[Captain_jovi]

People need to reeeeeeead haha.

[JackieBlue]

Originally Posted by Captain_jovi

People need to reeeeeeead haha.

¡Si Señor!

[YOVANAfromPeru]

Originally Posted by eddie73

Not another greatest hits ffs 😫

Video is an old video, Shanks is talking about the Greatest Hits 2010 (10.29.2010).

[YOVANAfromPeru]

This is a new video... (Shanks)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lErL...ature=youtu.be

[Nige]

Originally Posted by Thinny

That clip is still very "meh" to me. I still hear him trying to sound like The Edge in places, his solo-ing is better but somewhat disjointed. His acoustic playing in the first video was awkward. I liked some of his solos on Burning Bridges, but he just screams Average and Generic as a player to me (I'm well aware that that is probably just a personal preferance). The fact that he should ever get to record a solo on an album over Phil is just something that I can't get my head around. Don't get me wrong, Phil's style isn't 100% suited to the band either, but he's 1000% a better player that Shanks...(for me)

Totally agree, well said.

[YOVANAfromPeru]

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[YOVANAfromPeru]

I like these stories.

Emiliano Caballero (assistant engineer at Electric Lady Studios): "Mi experiencia es que cuanto más grande es el artista más humilde es. Durante la mezcla del disco de Bon Jovi, de repente, me preguntó que si me gustaba el tema..., que.. qué opinaba de la canción. Y eso es tener una profesionalidad increíble. Además, recuerdo que el primer día de estudio, le ofrecí algo para beber y me pidió un capuccino. A las dos semanas, mi capuccino se hizo famoso entre la banda y ya no querían otra cosa. Conocer y trabajar con uno de mis ídolos musicales, y que aparte fuese una persona genial, no tiene precio... incluso me regaló una de sus púas."

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