New BJ v Old BJ

I think the '90's was definetly the best era for Bon Jovi. Blaze Of Glory and Stranger wer hugley important for Jon and Richie as songwriters. Keep The Faith and These Days are the best albums they've ever made. Destination Anywhere is probably the best album lyrically. Creativity improved throughout the ninties and it started out pretty brilliantly in the first place.

In saying that though i certainly don't think it was poor before hand or has gone downhill afterwards.

The 80's is my least favourite era. I never listen to the first two albums. Slippery is a fun record but not even close to the standard of following albums. New Jersey is better but I'd prefare to listen to Crush or Bounce. Bounce is a kick ass album and Crush although a departure from the norm I still like it alot. TLFR is alsoa brilliant album.

Also from everything I've come across the new album, I really think this will be the best album they've ever done.

Aloha !

Poor boy, you will be so disappointed. I already feel sorry for you.

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan

Absolutely no need to mate, I've not been dissapointed by any Bon Jovi release so far and I'm sure it will be the same with this one. The bit of Have A Nice Day I've heard sounds amazing. The lyrics to Last Man Standing are the best they've ever written and the thought of a hard rocking version makes me wanna check my underwear. Who Says You Can't Go Home has good lyrics and by all accounts it's another great song. The other song titles are very promising too and they have a great producer, so yeah I really believe this will be their best. And even if it dosen't match the heights of These Days, I'm sure it will still kick ass.

Aloha !

Oh boy your standards are so low. And how the hell can a songtitle look promising? And how can a producer who produces poprecords be great? And how can Crush and Bounce not have disappointed you? And how can you say that the new song sounds good? Because a few people tell you it is?

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan

Oh boy your standards are so low. And how the hell can a songtitle look promising? And how can a producer who produces poprecords be great? And how can Crush and Bounce not have disappointed you? And how can you say that the new song sounds good? Because a few people tell you it is?

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan[/quote]

Bells of Freedom sounds cool because I assume it was influenced by Jon being out on the road with John Kerry and Jon will probably have alot to say. Welcome To Wherever You Are is another intelligent and great title and will probably turn out to be a great song. Will it? I don't know, but it sounds promising!
John Shanks has a diverse resume and will probably have brought alot to the band as such. He won a Grammy for Producer of The Year last year and every artist he's worked with has gone on to have huge sucess , that pretty much make him a great producer. Will he be a great producer of Rock music? We'll have to wait and see but I think he will.
I take it Crush and Bounce dissapointed you then? How is that possible?

I didn't say Who Says You Can't Go Home sounds good. I said it has good lyrics and and just about everyone who has heard it seems to like it alot. Apparently it's along the lines of Saturday Night, one of my all time favourites.

Welcome to the board, it's refreshing to see some optimism.

Aloha !

Oh boy your standards are so low. And how the hell can a songtitle look promising? And how can a producer who produces poprecords be great? And how can Crush and Bounce not have disappointed you? And how can you say that the new song sounds good? Because a few people tell you it is?

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan
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Seb, why are you still here then?

Steve

tastes are tastes but how can you say Slippery is not even close to the following albums?how can you say CRUSH IS BETTER THAN NEW JERSEY???????'???????''and how can you say bounce is a kick ass album??oh god...if you don't like SWW and NJ i hardly can understand what you like about bon jovi....
Nothing can be compared with THE HUGE ALBUMS (SWW/NJ) they made in the '80s...i think That was the most important era for the guys...THEY WERE HUGE AND AT THE TOP OF THE WORLD...in the 90s they "just" didn't fall down....

Aloha !

You're optimistic without sounding like a backstager. I like that.

Anyway, Crush and Bounce disappointed me because neither of them are rock records. Both lack real guitar solo's, strong vocals and the complete attitude of a band that's making music. It sounds like 5 studio musicians trying to create something that they can't make because it's a period they've left behind.

Because Bon Jovi isn't only about the new album and their last one like it is for a lot Americans. I become a fan, and they got my respect because of what they did before Crush. And because of what they did since Crush was released I do not like the band that much anymore as I used to do. I'm a lot more loyal than the average fan is. Not that many people keep their interest in a band who has released 4 shitty records in a row.

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan

??? How could they not disappoint people? Both together had a total of half of an album worth of good songs, the rest are fillers.

Ice