Aloha !
What a lovely return. Let's see for how long you're capable of having a civilized discussion here. I'll give it another try.
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Originally Posted by Rdkopper
Keep The Faith most likely started out as a Jon Solo album.
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No it didn't.
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Originally Posted by Rdkopper
Similar to what we think today of What About Now being a Jon solo record because of Richie doing his Aftermath thing is how it was back then when Jon was doing Faith. While Richie was on his solo tour in 1991, Jon wrote 6 of the 12 songs on Faith himself including some of the big ones such as, Bed Of Roses, Dry County, & I Believe. In These Arms was Dave. Richie and Jon only collaborated on 3 of the 5 remaining songs without Desmond’s interference.
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It's not similar at all. The songs Jon came up with for the Keep The Faith record were songs he wrote because he enjoyed writing songs and needed to get things out of his system. It's common knowledge how Dry County turned into a whole different beast as soon as the band got involved, yet Jon's the only one with the credits to his name. Who's to say the same didn't happen to other songs on the record? The band got back together, Jon had a lot of songs, so they started recording. What's the point of trying to write more stuff when there's already quite a few on the table anyway?
In regards to What About Now, this is a solo record with a bit of input from the band here and there. But then again, every new Bon Jovi release has been more and more of a Jon solo record. A lot of what was recorded for Crush were essentially new songs for a possible new solo record from Jon. Plenty of the demo's don't even have the band playing on them, but Jon's solo band instead. The difference with What About Now and Keep The Faith is that with Keep The Faith you hear the band play. With What About Now you hear a lot of noise, but rarely an actual band, let alone a band called Bon Jovi.
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Originally Posted by Rdkopper
I think one of the reasons These Days is such a fan favorite is because it’s truly a real collaboration between Jon and Richie becoming Bon Jovi again.
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The reason These Days seems to be a fan favorite on the messageboards is because the messageboards have mostly 30-40 year olds on them, which are essentially the same people who were a teenager once These Days was released. It's the music they grew up with. These Days gained them a larger fanbase internationally, but the ones who stuck around after Keep The Faith hoping the band would return to their roots a bit gave up on the band as well. There's not many who love the eighties music and grew up with it that are saying These Days is their favourite.
I've got no idea what the rest of your post is about, and as a matter of fact I've no idea what the point of this topic is.
Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan