Oh yes, it is the topic of the day, or may I say the week or the month or the year... let's be honest, it's been the topic of the last 20 years...
Now before you all start jumbing at me for saying this, let me explain.
I have posted a poll here before, about Jon's vocals compared to other classics, and the result was Freddie Mercury in 1'st place... that is true, we don't need Jon to be the best vocalist in history, we've always loved him the way he was, which is phonemenal by the way. I think that Jon's voice has always had what it took to pull all Bon Jovi songs, just take a look at "My guitar lies bleeding in my arms" or the astonishing cover of "Little help from my friends".

So Jon has managed to keep all the critiques who come hard at him quiet, and they are plenty ofcourse, but come on Jon, 100,000,000 fans can't be wrong isn't just a clache is it, this is really going inside you head, it's filling it.

I have read at several places that they dont rehearse anymore, maybe on the crush tour dvd interview, he says, we are a band that doesnt need to rehearse anymore. Well yeah, as long as u keep doing Bad\Shout and sleep and the same old songs live on every tour. That is so wrong, excuse me, no body quits rehearsing. Ofcourse im not taking his words literaly, but it is almost the truth. It has gotten into them:

In 1990 Jon took voice lessons... why?
Because he was under pressure, there were matchers, there was a grunge culture emerging, he had to do something, and he did, fortunately.

So what about 2004, are there any matchers?

No, and as the fans of "the band that sits on top of what they do" as David says in an interview, Bon Jovi's fans are being taken for granted, almost meaningless albums are coming out as "a gift to die-hard fans", i think, they are just doing whats easier, Let's rediscover ourselves! I can't buy that, sorry...

This is emotional blackmail, if not a real blackmail where we pay money to buy albums and attend concerts to show that we "Keep the faith", but i have to say that everybody gets what he deserves. During the 1980's they built a rock band, during the 1990's they astonishingly broke through expectations and now they are left alone in the market.

I read a lot of interviews, and i really hate what i see, on one occasion Jon comments about the mtv music awards and says "Shit, there's not a single song writer out there!" i want to ask, what about the songwriting of "Bounce"?

The bottom line is, WE ARE BEING TAKEN FOR GRANTED, there is no creative material anymore, we got a live album that sounds like its been recorded in a studio, cut, normalized and everything, not to mention that we already expected how every song would sound except maybe for "In a& out of love". We got a "Greatest hits with a twist album", it is a die-hard fan album, well Bon Jovi runs in my blood, yet, i cant swallow anything on that "thing". And "Bounce", well, i dont want to sound real hard, except for 2 or 3 songs, everything else is a filler, but we will love it ofcourse, it comes from the guys "who are still doing what they were doing 20 years ago"....
And what about the concerts, i will still refer to the crush tour, see the interview, jon says that there are people who follow them around at every stage, and he feels sorry for them as they hear the same material over and over, so they try to change some of the lists, but that is not the case unfortunately... he happily talks about how he and richie while walking to the stage try to remember how to play a song that has just crossed his mind, and they hadnt played it for years... i find that very very unhumble,if there is such a word, what if u actually dont remember the lyrics or the melody!!

I think its time for them, HIM mainly, as he takes all the credit at every turn, to start appreciating that the 100,000,000 fans will always be his loving fans, no matter what!

p.s. Hope to get some comments on this, i want to know if i'm the only one with this opinion here!!

another p.s: Why is the poll of richie's contribution still stuck on the main page?!