Re: Santa Fe

I agree, one of his greatest songs, I loved all that windswept cowboy shit, why don't they do it anymore. The lyrics are amazing in this song that whole section beginning with "So I save a prayer for when I need it most" is genius. I would have loved it to be a Bon Jovi song though with Richie giving it a killer solo.

This song ranks in my top five. Many of you have already analyzed it, so I'll just say that regardless of the songs initial intent of relating to the Young Guns story, I've always felt that its meaning can be universally applied to everyone. "I blame this world for making a good man evil...." The lyrics of this song are just as haunting as those in Something to Believe In, in my humble opinion of course

I effing love this song. Easily my favorite on Blaze (interestingly enough, "Santa Fe" is also my favorite song from Rent. And from Newsies. I gotta get out there some day to see why all the songs about it are so appealing).

I am glad the band's never played it live, though, on principle. I can handle "Blaze of Glory" because it was such a big hit, but playing Jon solo songs just helps out all those people who can't tell the goddamn difference.

One of the best songs ever done by anyone in the group. Easily Jon's best solo song and top 5 he's ever done, solo or group. The music is not only epic but sincere while the lyrics are hauntingly beautiful.

I'm in agreement with everyone else in the fact that I don't think it would work live but I would love to see it attempted.

It's also, on record atleast, Jon's peak vocally.

Definetely his vocal peak. The way his voice sorta cracks during the "Father, son, and the holy ghost" part blows me away EVERY time. God I love this song.

I'm listening to it now and one line that strikes me every time is "I aint getting into heaven, if the devil has his way, I swear I'm gonna live forever, Headed back to Santa Fe..." at about the 3:10 mark. The power with which Jon's sings that part(along with the part Captain_jovi mentioned) is beyond anything I've heard him do on any other song. This is the one song where you could FEEL Jon's soul screaming out.

Listening to it now for the first time in what must have been years. Had totally forgotten how great the album Blaze of Glory was. Hearing the tracks after so long is so strange - the songs are ingrained in the memory. Santa Fe seems to have it all - emotive lyrics and powerful melody. I can imagine Jon giving an extremely powerful performance of the song, but sadly we may never see that happen.

I too love that song, my signature says it all. If they played that song live I think I would crap my pants. my wife had never heard it and a year ago i was playing the CD and was singing that song loudly..she of course likes the song not my singing.

Didn't Hugh grant use part of that song as a quote to end one of his movies.
if I remember correctly it went something like this.
Hugh Grant says" like Jon Bon Jovi says..no man is an island" or something like that. I cannot remember the film. Oh well.


CW

He did indeed, in About a Boy:

"I used to think two was not enough. But now things are great; there are loads of people... I don't know what Will was so pissed about. I don't think couples are the future. The way I see it now, we both got back-up now. It's like that thing Jon Bon Jovi said: 'No man is an island.'"

And to be completely swotty, the quote is originally from John Donne from Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions, Meditation XVII. And I apologise if that's been said somewhere in this forum already -- I admit, I got it from another thread (or was it the German forum, I can't remember - I definitely read it somewhere in connection with a discussion on Santa Fe though)...

Fantastic song -- I too listened to it in the first time in ages the other day and was blown away all over again.