Bon Jovi never ROCKED they always POP-ROCKED!

DrNickFeelgood · #11 08-16-2005, 02:24 PM

thanks guys good to see some of your responses. I'm just sick and tired of people critisising Bon Jovi...just for being Bon Jovi and had to put it down in writing. They guys are who they are,the make the music that they make and I love them for it, they are one of,if not my most favourite band ever and dont like to sick back and let them be slagged off by people who think rock music has to be hard to be good.it doesn't.Jovi are pop-rock/hair metal at its very best and they kick a$$!

StoneDeaf · #12 08-16-2005, 03:48 PM

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Jovi are pop-rock/hair metal at its very best and they kick a$$!

They're damn housewife-oriented-pop nowadays. duh! Can't even put the words "jovi" and "metal" to same sentence when describing them.

Mousebounce · #13 08-17-2005, 03:10 AM

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Can't even put the words "jovi" and "metal" to same sentence when describing them.

Yup, I agree. Even at the peak of their popularity in the 80's, you never could put those two words in the same sentence when describing BJ.

DevilsSon · #14 08-17-2005, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by DrNickFeelgood

This is an indirect response to the post about "Why Bon Jovi Dont Rock Anymore"
For the record and for everyone with a minor musical knowledge, Bon Jovi NEVER rocked hard to the degree of harder edged metal acts like Guns N Roses or even to some extent Motley Crue.

Bon Jovi have always been the bridge between pop and harder metal acts.Even in the eighties they were classed with the "soft" rock acts like poison. Harder bands like Guns were in a different catagory of rock in almost every respect. They never supscribed(publically anyway) to the grand excesses of girls booze n drugs like Guns n Motley did. Jon was always seen as the acceptable face of "rock music" that your mum would like.

Granted in recent years Jovi have been geared slightly more to the straight-up pop formula rather than radio friendly pop-metal of Slippery,NJ and the epic,slightly harder KTF but it must be pointed out that Bon Jovi never were,nor were they ever intened to be, a hard metal band.They have always been a "Top 40" band. If you dont like who Bon Jovi are simply listen to another "hardcore" metal band and stop wasting your time on Jon n Co's feelgood pop metal.The guys arent trying to kid anyone about who they are and i wish people would stop complaining about something they think the band should be about.

Just funny....I mean, find 3 POP-ROCK songs on BON JOVI and on 7800 and let's talk again.

What was your post about anyway? You copied something you read in a magazine? I'm not trying to kid myself but when I listen to Runaway, to In and Out Of Love, to Wanted Dead Or Alive, You Give Love A Bad Name, Let It Rock, Lay Your Hands on me or HOMEBOUND TRAIN...man, that's HARD ROCK for me and I don't care if a Motley Crue fan tells me it's not.

And you said something about Poison...
Brett Michaels:"You had Metallica who were different from Guns N' Roses who were different from Poison, but we all were Hard Rock or Heavy Metal"...that's just for the record.

I think I had this type of discussions before...the good part is that i just take it as it comes right now.

P.S.: Keep The Faith is heavier than any of the Illusion albums if you can say "heavier". Why is GnR so much more Metal than BJ? Only because of Apetite or what? As I said, take a listen to 7800 Degrees Fahrenheit.

DrNickFeelgood · #15 08-18-2005, 02:34 PM

I've been reading the feedback and I think some people are misunderstanding the point I was making in the post. i wrote it to DEFEND Bon Jovi!
I'm sick of people slagging off the band, trying to say they are something other than what the have been and always will be... i F**kin Great band!

It seems someone cant even DEFEND the band on here anymore without being raken apart! Bon Jovi 4 ever.

dewey1961 · #16 08-18-2005, 02:49 PM

Jovi have never,ever been a metal band,hard rock;yes,classic rock;yes,melodic rock;yes.i hate the pop/metal term.
GnR were not a metal band either,a hard rock band,yes,of course.
For heavy metal read for eg,Maiden,Priest,Sabbath,Metallica,etc.
I agree Jovi have lost the plot recently,looks like they will never again reach the greatness of 'New Jersey' their best album imo,full of hard/classic/melodic rock.What is interesting if you look at the SWW videos you will see the crowd giving the metalheads devils horn sign,you will not see this now !! Also the symbol on the Bon Jovi forever t-shirts,is something that you will not see in the Bon Jovi modern world,but this symbol to me is associated with the SWW/NJ era and is kind of ironic that that kind of BJ music is not forever if you get my drift.

Hard Rocker · #17 08-20-2005, 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by StoneDeaf

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Originally Posted by DrNickFeelgood

Jovi are pop-rock/hair metal at its very best and they kick a$$!

They're damn housewife-oriented-pop nowadays. duh! Can't even put the words "jovi" and "metal" to same sentence when describing them.

Not even Jon could answer better!! That's so funny

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"You had Metallica who were different from Guns N' Roses who were different from Poison, but we all were Hard Rock or Heavy Metal"

Yup, just as I said...

DrNickFeelgood · #18 08-20-2005, 04:55 PM

dewey1961, love the point about the Bon Jovi 4 ever T shirt, well said.

rainsong · #19 08-27-2005, 04:22 AM

I really dislike labels for any kind of music which is why I like the bands description of themselves as a big bar band. Being that allows them to use several genres of music in their records which is one of the things I really like about their music, they aren't just one thing.
I grew up with this band and I can't imagine them still writing songs like never say goodbye, 99 in the shade living in sin etc.... that just isn't where they are in life and to me that would be the tragedy, writing songs that have nothing to do with the way you are now. I got to see them play this last weekend in Michigan, and the new songs rock!!! HAND live is great and the band version of WSYCGH is a very catchy song played live. From the stuff I have heard this is a really good record, I am excited about hearing it in it's complete form.

Mr Bluesman · #20 08-27-2005, 02:17 PM

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What is interesting if you look at the SWW videos you will see the crowd giving the metalheads devils horn sign,you will not see this now !!

You will see it in the Have A Nice Day video. People do that for any band nowadays. If it was going on at a Coldplay concert, people can do it at a Bon Jovi show without looking out of place. I don't think this has anything to do with the category of music a band falls into though.

Bon Jovi never ROCKED they always POP-ROCKED!

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