It's funny because just today I was thinking about how I like this song... it gives me the feeling of driving down a wet road after the rain. I can't really see it written about Richie's dad, but I can see that he might have had him in mind. It's a beautiful song with a beautiful melody, and it has a nice melancholic atmosphere without being too dark. That wet road thing. And it's some sort of grown up love song, and the woman in the background fits in really nice.
Last summer the good part of LH ended after this song, then came the fillers. Now I really appreciate the whole album, not as a century masterpiece, but a decent and laid back release of a band that doesn't has to prove anything to anybody (HAND sounded a bit forced here and there). Though still I think it COULD (maybe it should) be better to have the label "Bon Jovi" written on it. But complaining doesn't help changing the product, so I went to deal with it.
Songs like "Everybody's Broken" have really grown on me, my problem was also that I got the theme, but thought it fell flat in delivery. SNTY was right from the beginning one of the better songs in the collection, and I can see how Jon is talking about "good songwriting" here (keeping in mind that it's the same person who wrote "Dry County", but hey, everything is relative, so...).
And while SNTY will never beat other gems on other albums, it's a little something I really enjoy listening to.
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Last edited by Simon; 06-13-2008 at 10:41 PM..
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