Seems a bit of a 'loose' connection to me. The song's message seems unrelated to the current environmental disaster other than that both have the obvious link to oil so I'm not sure if it's just a superficial change to the song to justify playing it for casual gig-goers.
Maybe he did it to raise the profile of the track. I think Jon likes the song a lot and putting a modern spin on it may make people who are unaware of any songs other than the classic hits sit up and take notice of the masterpiece that is 'Dry County'. I doubt it though.
Still, DC should be played live more often so it can't be a bad thing if it gets aired a little more regularly as a result of the lyric change. I just hope they have done it in a writing style that stays true to the original as modern Jovi lyrics don't hold a candle to the power of the KTF and TD lyrics.
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