I'd be interested in reading this as well. You gotta understand, some of us here have been around since that particular era and it's the first time I (and obviously others here) have heard of this and it sounds just a bit out of the norm. Still, Rdkopper, you could be a little more polite to newbie fans who are just trying to understand over 30 years of the band's history as well

Thinking about things mentioned here: some of it COULD be possible, but could also be far-fetched by the interviewer.

It's Only Rock'N'Roll: I don't think they really intended to put this one on the record, but it might've been a major influence in the process. According to an interview back then, Jon had even set up a screen in the recording studio with Rolling Stones footage running on it all day for inspiration and motivation. With them releasing just that cover as a B-side in that era, it might've been at least an inspiration for them to write Blame It On The Love of Rock and Roll.

Love Hurts: I wouldn't put it past them to have been digging that one out. Much like with the Crush record, the music scenery had changed a lot since their last band release and they were fishing for the direction to go into. They probably had a collection of newly-written material, left-overs from solo attempts and stuff from the previous record they went back to. The demo sheets we all know from later in the recording process feature Let's Make It Baby and Diamond Ring, two songs originally written for New Jersey. Maybe Love Hurts was up for debate as well, maybe Jon actually wanted to refer to Let's Make It Baby and just screwed up song titles, wouldn't have been the first time.

Miracle: Well Jon likes to go back to something if he felt that they didn't flesh out the potential of it the first time (or at least used to do so). It's not for nothing that we have two songs called Open All Night and then These Arms Are Open All Night and These Open Arms. Remember that Q&A either last year or in 2017 where he said that regretted not making Someday I'll Be Saturday Night the first single off These Days because it got overshadowed by Always on Crossroad? Maybe he felt the same with Blaze of Glory and Miracle back in the day and wanted to give the latter another shot. I don't think it went much further than him toying around with the idea. However, I get that it got replaced by I Want You - the multi-layerd, high-pitched, poppy choruses are somewhat alike. If they really considered this song at some point, I wish the band would've re-recorded it because melody and lyrics ("I've driven deep the thorny crown into the soul someone's son - excellent!) are cool, but musically it doesn't really deliver and goes nowhere.