New Richie Interview

Jon has made jealous comments about Richie, you know.

Great interpretation!!!

please, present these to me and I will humbly retract that statement

The "Runaway" thing was interesting.

At first I didn't think anything of it. Runaway is the most well know song from the first two albums so I thought he was just picking that song to make the story understandable to the interviewer and listeners. But then one we started ripping on the chorus and finally stating that the other version was written better, than was a clear FU to Jon.

"Runaway" is obviously Jon's first born and the obvious reason for the start of Bon Jovi's success. Jon loves telling the DJ story etc. There was no reason to go there. The only thing similar the other song has is its title. It's not even remotely close in similarities. If Jon said in an interview that he hated playing "Stanger" that would almost be the same thing.

I'm starting to wonder if Richie is ever going back. He's made more jabs towards the band then he has ever made in 30 years. He's actually making fun of Bon Jovi the way an anti-bon jovi person would. He's going after their sound and corny lyrics. Not Good!!!!

I think he's pissed that the Band didn't suffer without him and even more pissed that he's not had the success that he though he should have.

I think time could heal this but it's not going to be anytime soon. I'd say at least 3 years.... Richie needs to get a lot out of his system first.

This is so much fun!!!

If we analyze the pics of Richie,why we can not do it with Jon?

because people are making assumptions that Jon is going to be some pompous politician because he's gone grey. Yet all I was doing was saying that Richie looks like Fat Axel Rose

From Mick Wall's interview in Kerrang, 1990: "Everyone gives Rich a lot of attention but I don't think it's fair to harp on about him all the time because it was us and the band."

And that's just one off the top of my head..

Aloha !

Could you please go back in time a littl further? I don't think you're going back far enough to demonstrate how evil and jealous Jon acted over this.

Seriously, you're bringing up an example from 1990, a completely different time for everyone in the band. Can you imagine your friend divorcing and you bringing up something they said 20 years ago to illustrate your point?

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan

I always found it interesting that Jon keeps talking about giving Runaway to the "loneliest person in the music business. It's quite an innovative idea, but it wasn't his. It was the assistant engineer's from The Powerstation named Ray Willard:

"I heard of this contest out in Long Island for WAPP called Rock to Riches, so I called them up, got all the information, and went out to meet the people. There was a person in charge of promotion by the name of John, and Chip Hobart was working there. I submitted Jon's tape along with one by another band by the name of Monomania to the contest. It was a good thing because it wasn't like I went there with one thing. I was pushing both. We started going out there every week visiting these people, developing a relationship with them, hanging out, letting them know we wanted them to help us. We were saying 'WAPP and Jon Bon Jovi. Let's have WAPP break Jon Bon Jovi.' We were giving the station the grip in the marketplace to say 'We found this artist.' And we were giving Jon the chance to get a station that would play his record without a record deal."

(Published in "Bon Jovi by Ramona Jan. 1988. Pages 45-47)

I was asked to give an example and I did. Also, I think this is a similar situation to 1990. And it's also not my intent to paint Jon as evil, just human.