Jon on Jimmy Kimmel Live - April 10, 2024

This is actually a great interview. Not because it was ground breaking (though the Michael Jackson/bubbles story is hilarious and I had never it before), but because Jon actually looks genuinely happy. I dunno if it is because Jon and Jimmy are friends or if Jon just got a good nights rest, but he is looking good and much chirpier than most interviews.

Couldn’t help but snicker at his last line about the new single being a hit on the radio.

I enjoyed watching.

"Augmented reality" he also called Roller Coaster "the new hit single by Bon Jovi" during 2017's live shows

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I think Jon generally does seems much happier and much more chilled out these days.

Annoying Kimmel kept saying the doc was called the story of jon bon jovi

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Almost unanimous praise for Jon the person in the YouTube comments, even from people saying they’ve never been big fans of the band.


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Jon is most happy when he doesn't need to sing

Well, if I wasn't a fan of the band who has heard a few of those sentences a hundred times before and happened to catch it as it was airing - I probably also would've just thought "yeah, this guy seems quite nice and it was an interesting chat."

GREAT interview. Jon comes across so well. Happy, healthy, funny, relaxed etc.

The part with Prayer when he says, song took shape only when Tico and Hugh started to play with it (getting that bass line in the end) is really indicative of what's missing nowadays. Don't want to derail another thread, whoever the producer, this is what happens when everything falls in line: the band and songwriters in their prime, producer outsider at the top of hierarchy, everybody hungry to make it.

Prayer is really more than sum of its' parts, but without Desmond, without bass line, without out the world talkbox, it ain't happening.Of course, it's also not happening without struggle of Tommy and Gina (this is IMO what keeps it a hit 40 years later, it still charts better than new Jovi singles of the day), but this is necessary (and most important) condition, however not sufficient condition. Along the way (after IML), Bon Jovi lost the other parts I would say, which is natural I guess.

EDIT: All in all, I agree with others, this interview was a massive success. Jon was always a brilliant businessman, but now he seems quite genuine and happy and it transcends his charisma really good. And finally perhaps he figures, what sells new albums and tours is nostalgia in fact, but different kind than before. You can be relevant through "nostalgia" by promoting your new album and tour through these kind of interviews and, most important, documentary. Netflix and other channels are basically new MTV. You don't have a hit single on radio? Fair enough, but your name and album will be relevant if you can attract audience through these channels. So, in my eyes, Jovi is more relevant since HAND if the documentary is even middling success. Especially because, I presume, documentary will end as hyping new album as new beginning.