Jon Bon Jovi is 'Tom Cruise' of Music

2 January 2008
Jon Bon Jovi is 'Tom Cruise' of Music

Jon Bon Jovi claims he is the Tom Cruise of the music industry.

The 45-year-old singer, who has sold more than 120 million albums with his band Bon Jovi, admits he is tired of being snubbed by award ceremonies - just like Hollywood star Tom.

Jon said, "I am the Elvis Costello of movies and Tom Cruise in my music.

I've been critically acclaimed in most of my TV and film work, but I didn't sell any movie tickets. And with the band, it's like Tom Cruise - I've had all the commercial success you could dream of, but hey, the guy still doesn't have an Oscar. What you gonna do?"

Jon also revealed he and his bandmates - guitarist Richie Sambora, 48, keyboard player Dave Bryan, 45, and drummer Tico Torres, 54 - plan to keep on rocking into their 60s, just like their idols The Rolling Stones.

Jon said, "I look at Mick Jagger, who I idolise, performing, and he still looks good, not just for a 64-year-old but as a performer. We're musicians, it's what we're built to do, and while we still sound good, then why not?"

Source: Arizona Local News

He has a point.

Aloha !

Not really. Commercial succes doesn't equal a good movie. War Of The Worlds, Mission Impossible III, The Last Samurai were all pretty shit and boring, but hey, if Jon wants to be compared to a couch springing samurai it's his call.

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan

Jon's been coming out with this quote for 10 years.

It's something else that has been pulled fron the recent interview in the Telegraph (see post further down).

http://www.drycounty.com/jovitalk/sh...ad.php?t=43858

Yes kid, why not.

really? any one got any reviews/links of JBJ being critically acclaimed?

Having the status Tom Cruise has in the movie business without getting the big awards is the point. I don't know what's so hard to understand about that.

Top Gun, Born on the Fourth of July, A Few Good Men, The Firm, Magnolia, Collateral were all pretty good movies, two of which brought him Academy Award nominations, and would not be the same without this specific actor. His ****ed up mind has hardly anything to do with the comparison.

You need to learn to use your facts to get a balanced view, not only to prove your point or laugh at people.

Rain Man, Minority Report, Vanilla Sky, Interview with a Vampire, Color of Money...

As crazy as he might be, this guy has been in a lot of good to brilliant movies.


Ponrauil

Actually, I think he's pretty dead-on. For instance, both JBJ and Tom Cruise try to shove their personal vendettas into your face via the media (whether it be Scientology or building homes). Both have embarrassingly appeared on Oprah. And both are quickly becoming caricatures of themselves.

Yeah, looks dead-on to me.