The talkbox is one of those things that makes people define BJ as a hair metal band just because it's so 80s, and for a band that talks about how much they don't want to be a nostalgia band and keep all their music modern, i think its a bit unusual that they continue to use it on their new music. Still, if they take it out completely, eyebrows would raise, but maybe its better to keep the talkbox off the singles, and keep it for album tracks - which is exactly what they've been doing. ..apart from making the singles fresher, it'd shut people up about saying that the song is living on a prayer part thirty.

Personally, i think the talkbox adds a great effect to a lot of songs, especially I Want to be Loved, but yeah...not sure if its being overused.