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Originally Posted by JackieBlue
Here's my question: How are we supposed to even define what sounds like Richie, since it seems you have determined that his work over the last 6 years supersedes, or effectively obliterates, everything he did during the 30 years or so prior to that? I mean, if you aren't going by SITT, US, and AOTL, what is your criteria for determining what "sounds mostly like Richie" that you now think Jon should be credited for?
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The stuff he did recently (including AMOTLD) sounded more like post 2k Bon Jovi than it did like Stranger in this Town. His whole stick (or was it his fans?) of "Jon wanted the music to sound that way" kinda shattered due to this. Just like BJ's music continued to sound like BJ - it hadn't been "been all Richie secretly all along" which some people had been assuming before.
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Originally Posted by rolo_tomachi
Recently, Yovana shared Water into Wine (in these arms demo) with Jon and David writing. You only have to compare it to the version of the album that included Richie in the re-writing. I think contributions are obvious.
Without Richie I think no "Wanted" , and probably Living On A prayer, Lay Your Hands on Me and Ill Be There For You would not be the same.
With respect to the songs that Jon wrote, imagine Dry County with a duration of 4 minutes and a single standard. Imagine any guitarist in the album These Days ... I'm sure it would be a very different thing.
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Sure, but just like Jon doesn't sing (or write) like he did in '93 anymore, it's not like Richie still wrote like he did back then either and was just held back by Jon post 2k.