Bon Jovi are my favoUrite band.

They have been my favoUrite band since high school (18 years ago, jesus im getting old).

All the major events in my life can be traced back to a certain Bon Jovi songs:

High School - Prayer, Never Say Goodbye.
College/1st major girlfriend - Born to Be My Baby, Ill Be There 4 You.
Getting married - Always
Problems with job/married life - Hey God, These Days
Problems with job/ married life sorted out - Its my Life

These are just a small sample of Jovi songs which locked me into this band forever.

The unthinkable is starting to creep in though. Im starting to like other bands more. Bands who I would never have given a listen to in the past.

Bon jovi are starting to bore me. Im clinging to the thought that the boxset is going to be their salvation but who am I kidding.

Although I thought that Crush was a very average album there were still songs on there that I liked a lot.
No, in my opinion the band started to lose motivation with One Wild Night. Oh how I was looking forward to this album. When the tracklisting was released I couldnt believe it. Where were the live "classic" jovi songs? Why only one disc? It turned out it was released as "filler" until the next album was due & the record company didnt want to put a double album out. I couldnt believe how much of a missed opportunity this was. Everyone on this board could have put a better live album together from their bootleggs.
This is where I reckon they dropped the ball and stopped caring.

Next came Bounce, which on release I thought was great. Now I never play it. Why is there only one song on this album written just by Jon & Richie? Sure, they are both great songwriters in their own right but its together where they make the magic.

Im not even going to start on TLFR!

Have they become too succesfull now to write songs like they used to?Have they lost the motivation which made them hungary?
Has Jon really lost his singing voice? Why are the songs tuned down when they play live?

Please, prove me wrong with the box set as I reckon we will never see a great album released from the boys again.

What do you reckon? Do you think they have more up their sleeve for us yet?