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Originally Posted by Rdkopper
Here is my theory on the 1994 songs....
After / while Jon was writing for a few Movies, he starting writing for what he though was going to be the next album Open All Night... The Record Company wanted a greatest hits so they released Crossroads instead of the new album...
Crossroads was huge because of Always which probably exceeded everyone's expectations... Because of the success of Always and the time in between, they decided to change direction and write These Days.... So all the below songs were never really intended for These Days (except for Lonely At The Top) and that's why they all sound so different...
Movies:
Gotta Have a Reason 1993 - Movie The Three Musketeers
Good Guys Don't Always Wear White 1994 - Movie The Cowboy Way
1. Open All Night 1994 - Working Title before These Days
2. Letter to a Friend 1994 - Jon mentioned in an interview with Kerrang in 1994 on the set of the Good Guys video shoot.
3. Nobody's Hero 1994 - Jon mentioned in an interview with Kerrang in 1994 on the set of the Good Guys video shoot.
4. Flesh and Bone 1994
5. I Just Want To Be Your Man 1994
Are The Fire Inside and Why Aren't You Dead part of this?
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Not a bad theory, but it probably was a little different. In the book "Bon Jovi - In Their Own Words" there's an interview where Jon or Richie told that Crossroad was only released because they took so long to get These Days done. The band wasn't too pleased with the decision at first, but the company executives didn't want to take the risk of an expanded time span like they had between New Jersey and Keep The Faith, so the finally agreed to the idea.
In a different interview Jon stated they had trashed all the first recordings, not because the songs weren't there, but due to him not liking the sound of the instruments. This was what ultimately lead to the huge delay which led to Crossroad.
Where you probably have a point is when it comes to the song choice for the album. I think they really pushed for more ballads being on there after Always had become such a success.
07-03-2017, 09:14 PM
