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Originally Posted by Rosie79
one of the things i love about Jovi is they aren't unidimensional. I love diversity, and to some extent, i find that in this band. TD is one of my favourite albuns by any artist, yet it's a dark gloomy album and i honestly can't imagine a show where only TD type songs are played. that would make me feel incredibly miserable  this gloomy mood of the album is part of the appeal, like someone here said, but i believe it's also why so many people don't like it. you'd have to be in a certain state of mind to listen to it, IMO.
taking your examples, STBI is a very introspective song which pretty much represents the mood of most of the album. WGIGO is a party song which is not meant to be taken seriously, and is part of a much more laid-back easy-going album. not all songs have to have this serious aspect to it to be great songs. that's not saying they don't write junk songs and this is probably what you meant. they do and they have. i just don't think you can put songs like these 2 you referred in the same level. |
I think you are taking a very interesting perpective here. I would agree that Bon Jovi are not unidimensional and this, among others, is one of the reasons why I like this band so much. My point is a slightly different one though.
When listening to some of the tracks they have released since 2000, I can't help but feel that they must have put less effort into writing certain songs than they did when writing songs for an album like These Days. I couldn't possibly know for sure, I'm just speculating. Yet, looking at some of the songs published post 2000 and their musical similarity (IML, Everyday, HAND, WGIGO, WWBTF) as well as their lyrical content (I hope the term "Live my life" rings a bell here), I can't help but think that they just haven't been as creative, passsionate and ambitious as they were when they were writing These Days.