[BJFan99]

Nah, just kidding. I'll really leave you ('til tomorrow) with this:

https://youtu.be/gooaY45jvcM

[DavetheGodofKeys]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?t=3910s&v=fdS7ypX3x7c

Here's a good one. It's a kick-off show for the HAND tour. The guys play 3 songs from the HAND album. Jon hits the " yeah, yeah, yeah" part of KTF before the guitar solo perfectly. They also performed The Radio Saved My Life Tonight.

[Thinny]

Originally Posted by BJFan99

Here's my final post of the night - the legendary Blaze performance from the '91 Academy Awards:

https://youtu.be/NT-xYdhtubY

This is one of my all time favourite TV performances. Jon sounds amazing and it's really great to see Richie giving it his all on that song! Love the bit when Jon and Richie are sharing the mic and Alec looks over at them and smiles!

[Thinny]

Originally Posted by DavetheGodofKeys

https://m.youtube.com/watch?t=3910s&v=fdS7ypX3x7c

Here's a good one. It's a kick-off show for the HAND tour. The guys play 3 songs from the HAND album. Jon hits the " yeah, yeah, yeah" part of KTF before the guitar solo perfectly. They also performed The Radio Saved My Life Tonight.

I was at the Nokia theater show in NYC just before this and it was the same setlist. That was an incredible show too! I always felt that around that time Jon would give it his all during the shorter shows, as he didn't need to have his voice last for almost 3 hours! And they were all the better for it!

Bon Jovi Live At Nokia Theatre New York 2005 -...

[DavetheGodofKeys]

Originally Posted by BJFan99

Here's my final post of the night - the legendary Blaze performance from the '91 Academy Awards:

https://youtu.be/NT-xYdhtubY

Holy sh*t, what a voice he used to have. It's So sad to compare that Blaze Of Glory to today's concerts, Jon can't even sing properly anymore, he mostly shouts and whispers through the set these days.

[Kathleen]

Originally Posted by DavetheGodofKeys

Holy sh*t, what a voice he used to have.

Yeah - and listen to the quiet, polite applause after that performance That was worth of a standing ovation.

[BJFan99]

Originally Posted by Kathleen

Yeah - and listen to the quiet, polite applause after that performance That was worth of a standing ovation.

It sure was, Kat - it sure was.

I honestly think that version of BOG was one of the best vocal performances Jon has ever given on any song, and although it's "only" an opinion, it can't be too far off the sole truth either... right?

[BJFan99]

One of my absolute favorite post-2k BJ performances overall: Keep The Faith from MSG 2011 (night #3)!

https://youtu.be/xbB-wdJPTQA

The energy and passion bursting from every single second of that rendition is simply astonishing - the whole band is on fire. And I f***ing love the way Jon belts out "Get down on your knees and pray!" right before Richie's solo.

Good times...

EDIT: The same show also got pretty much the best post-'96 version of Dry County I've ever heard (alongside Sydney '10 - night #3):

https://youtu.be/FgZNGd4WSO0

Three-night runs (although with a ten-day break between nights #2 and #3 at MSG '11) really seem to do Jon good. Maybe the guys should do three gigs in Montreal this spring instead of just two? Maybe not on back-to-back nights, as Jon's voice probably wouldn't handle it anymore, but I'd gladly take some epic performances like those from the Circle/GH tour again...

Wow, I can't believe I said that. I guess I gotta go to sleep now - I'm clearly hallucinating!

[Thinny]

Originally Posted by BJFan99

It sure was, Kat - it sure was.

I honestly think that version of BOG was one of the best vocal performances Jon has ever given on any song, and although it's "only" an opinion, it can't be too far off the sole truth either... right?

The thing is, in that performance he just makes it look so effortless too!

[bonjovi90]

One of my favourite These Days performances:

Bon Jovi: These Days (live from Sydney 2010) -...

There are some flaws, especially Richie makes two quite big mistakes. But it amuses me every time how Jon shouts "C! C!" towards him and then misses the next note himself
That being said - the way he delivered the 2nd verse was so passionate and just great!