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Old 12-22-2015, 04:04 PM
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Hi all,

I'm relying on you die-hard Bon Jovi fans for some help finding a version of 'I'll Sleep When I'm Dead'.

About 2-3 years ago I came across a version of the song and loaded it onto my iPod, but don't recall having any listing of what album it was from or what the origin of this version actually is.

My iPod has since died and I want to locate that version of the song again and I'm hoping if I can describe it to you loyal fans that you can pinpoint it for me - I've scoured Amazon.com listening to samples and searched online from head to toe.

The version of 'I'll Sleep When I'm Dead' I'm looking for is an acoustic/unplugged version - but it doesn't sound live (there are no crowd noises). It sounds like it was played in studio, or potentially live for a radio station - but again, the version I had had no dialogue before or after to suggest this was the case.

The closest thing I can find in terms of what it sounds like is this :
That version is about 80-90% spot on, but the flow of the lyrics and some of the guitar strumming is different enough that I know that it isn't the version I'm looking for. I'm not even certain the version I'm looking for has the piano in it.

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Old 12-22-2015, 06:18 PM
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Is this the one you're looking for?
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That is the first one that I thought of also.
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Old 12-23-2015, 03:22 AM
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No, Captain Jovi - that's not it ! But thank you for your suggestion !
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Is it the one from 29:45?
Another one that comes to my mind is the version from 1993 Virgin Megatstore from Australia but in that one you can hear the crowd cheering at the beggining of the song.
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Old 12-23-2015, 10:54 AM
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Lucas Roli, thank you - but thats not it either ! A great version though ! I'm familiar with the HMV appearance version and it's not that one.

I'm trying to think of ways I can distinguish it …

It's closest to the original video I posted, there's no dialogue/interaction or crowd cheering which makes me think it was a recorded studio version - but there's no electric guitars and it's a little more calm and deliberate than uptempo and excitable.

It has almost a countryish twang to the guitar in it.
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It could be from this rehearsal:


Also google/youtube search some AOL sessions.

Do you have a specific year?
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Old 12-23-2015, 04:32 PM
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It could be from this rehearsal:

Bon Jovi " I'll Sleep When I'm Dead " (Rehearsals Rare Version '92) - YouTube

Also google/youtube search some AOL sessions.

Do you have a specific year?

This version wasn't available 2-3 years ago, when he loaded it on his iPod.
Besides, this is not an acoustic version
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Sleep when I'm dead wasn't dead on AOL session either. hmmmm. This is going to bug me.
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