This Duets thing...

The thing about leaving no room for critics...I think that's a matter of opinion, you know, cant please all the people all the time...whatever they do, some people are gonna say "That leaves no room for critics it's so awesome". Some others will say "That was great but could have been better". Then others will say "That sounded so bad, my dog covered his ears when he heard it." Personally I say if they release a new studio album soon, it could either be totally the most awesome thing we've heard since "the old stuff" or it could be alot more "tame" like the newer stuff. My thoughts are if it gets here and it's not any better than the last few albums then I'll only be a little excited about it...If it actually leaves no room whatsoever for critics, if it's that great then everything'll be just fine...but I mean with the newer stuff, even tho it's good it just seems to me like it lacks a certian creative force that I hear when I listen to the older stuff...I just wish somehow they could all get back that creative drive...I mean make something that threatens to really sucker punch whoever isnt paying attention to it, make everybody feel like theyre strapped to a runaway roller coaster again...why is that so hard to do...maybe I'm not making any sense...oh well...

Hmmm..... Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris, Bruce Springsteen, maybe some Richie Sambora vocals, Brad Delp (Boston), Bono...... Hmmm....

I think you are... And of course there always will be speculation about their music but I think they should go back to studio and not make any promises to releashe a new album... They just have to do what they have to do... and do it well. I think that is best for all of us than just put out something to the fans so they keep on their toes while recording some new stuff.
They should get it out of their system and focuse what is most important; make an album which look like Bon Jovi and not try to do it for 2007 fashion...

But I'm not opnly including studio albums since the live album TLFR and the boxset are all in stores and count as albums released, so yes I count them.
The point I was triyng to make is that every new release tends to do worse than the one before it (worldwide Bounce sold more than HAND) and this may be part opf the reason. When crush was released they were everywhere because of IML and it was the big comeback, now is just, like someone said earlier, gettin pretty stale. Taking a break from the oublic eye may help them a bit, that's all I was saying.

I had no idea about the country duets thing - havent read through all 5 pages - sorry, but was wondering where the rumour came from?

I'm ALL for it, seriously, I love country music and Jovi, and think that WSYCGH is the strongest track from the last album - made stronger by Jennifer Nettles/Sugarland. I'd like to see a full album full of tracks like that.

In an ideal world, they'd do this - take a break to let Richie do his solo album (pleeeease...) then come back with new ideas to throw in the pot lol

I thought of another i'd like on this duets album:

Wynona would be great.

I'd also LOVE LOVE LOVE to see them do a duet with Cher. I know they have wrote for her many times and I don't think there is any anymosity between her and the band is there? I read Jon was pissed at her once a long time ago when Bon Jovi was supposed to be on David Letterman back in the 80's and she made a surprise appearance to promote her perfume or something and their performance got scratched. But this was all before she and Richie dated and i don't think there is any bad blood between Cher and Richie or Cher and Jon now. Actually I think Cher and Richie would sound awesome singing together, i think their voices would fit even better than Cher and Jon. But it probably won't ever happen....only in my dreams.... sigh

My point, was that they have been over-exposed for too long rather than how hard they have been working.
Maybe we all need a break from Bon Jovi for them to come back 'fresh' and to keep people interested, instead of releasing something every single year!

Jon mentioned doing a Nashville Sessions record and said it was duets in an interview this past Friday on WMMR (rock radio station in Philadelphia). He just didn't elaborate on the project. So, no one really knows if this is a Bon Jovi record or they are just contributing to some sort of duet compilation.

deb

Sebastion Bach? do they actually like sharing the same air as each other nowadays or are the still not sharing their toys?

you're right though it would be a cool duet.

i think if jon had is own choice, he'd pick ppl like elton john and billy joel, he could always try and find elvis to see if he wants to give it a bash.

How about some people Jon has actually expressed interest in such as Lucinda Williams and Ryan Adams. One could tolerate Keith Urban on the cd but the rest of that list is crap.