Aloha !
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Originally Posted by RichieW2001
As much as we can all complain about the setlists, these guys are still playing some pretty good stuff. Setlists are a constant issue and yet check out sets from the Cross Road and These Days tours...they really aren't as mixed up as everybody assumes. I'm the first the jump on their backs for playing Sleep at every show, but things aren't that much different to 11 years ago.
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Because they played what the crowd wanted to hear. And there were at least 3 songs from each album (minus the first 2 albums).
It's the constant focus on the same songs, tour after tour that gets us off. Back in 1995 New Jersey was only 2 tours old, so yeah, it's obvious that they're playing the big hits. Now it's well over 8 tours old and they're still sticking to the same songs. That's where most of the complaining comes to. Fans want the band to change the songs because of the lack of fan favourites.
Also, if the These Days and Keep The Faith albums would be well presented in the current sets, and songs like Hey God and Dry County would be played every night, there'd be a lot less complaining.
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Originally Posted by RichieW2001
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ed-OMc90tN4
Say what you want about the violin/pedal steel, it works in this context. Great musicianship and the crowd love it.
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You can't be serious about this. The "jam" in Any Other Day in the end of the song is a mess really. Yes, it could work, but sadly, it doesn't and it's just a bunch of musicians each doing their thing at their time and all sound like Noel Gallagher improvising.
I disagree with anyone saying that violins shouldn't be there at all, because I agree with you that it could work. The thing is, how Bon Jovi does it, it only works during most of the new songs. Not because "I don't want to hear the classics in a different way" but because it simply sounds pathetic.
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