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Originally Posted by Thinny
Have A Nice Day:
I was in NYC the week this came out, and I saw the band at the Nokia Theatre that week. I remember hearing the song everywhere, on TV, in shops, there was a big Have A Nice Day face in the Virgin Megastore window on Times Square. Everyone in NYC seemed to love Bon Jovi and whenever I would go out in a Bon Jovi tshirt, I would get acknowledged some some strangers. It was a weird experience. I got a signed copy of the CD from the Nokia show, actually it was a signed booklet and a voucher to pick up the CD from a store the day of release. And I remember going back to the hotel opposite Madison Sq Gardens on a crappy little alarm clock that had a CD player in it while I lay on the bed.
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Something somehow similar happened to me around that time. I was fifteen when the song got released, in 9th or 10th grade. Bon Jovi wasn't "hip" anymore (if they had ever been, don't know about the 90's) and rather smiled at I guess. But that song was all over the radio here in Germany and for a short amount of time, they were kind of respected by people at my age. I remember buying the album on a field trip and about everyone was interested in it.
When I had finished school in 2010, there was our prom where everyone was individually called up to the stage to get their certificate. I had Have A Nice Day (a snippet) playing over the PA and all of the students on the stage (probably already a little drunk) sang along. To this day I've no idea what our headmaster said to me when he gave me my certificate because they were too loud
Great story about your grandma and Diamond Ring!