Time for Jovi to get their act together!!!

Originally Posted by Jonty

I wouldnt be able to tell you any of the new songs on the U2 new album and so, by knowing many of the songs played, i guessed the band wasnt playing many of the new ones.

Originally Posted by KeepTheFaith2211

I couldn't care less what the stage looks like, I'm there to hear a band play music, and that's what Jovi do.

Originally Posted by Jonty

again, can i point out that i am a bonjovi fan, not a U2 fan. I wouldnt be able to tell you any of the new songs on the U2 new album and so, by knowing many of the songs played, i guessed the band wasnt playing many of the new ones. For those who are going to the U2 later this year, tell me what they finish with as the end to the show was crap........it died, people left early and this is definitely something Jovi dont fail on.....twist and shout, one of their own songs, always a great ending. Seems to be a knew thing as Snow Patrol also finished with a weird ending in concert!
However, i look at the stage with the circular walkway..........and i compare it to the poor attempt by Jovi at Croke when Jon came out on it just twice and it was tiny, he loves to interact with the crowd so theres nout to say he cant get out there more. I wont compare the crowds as Croke was full and louder for U2 but they are from Dublin after all but the crowd knew the new stuff and didnt use poor ones for toilet breaks......unlike the lost highway songs on the last tour.
The Wembley stage in 05 had stuff like i mentioned before, this just adds to the show. To talk about Bono's voice is interesting as there has been plenty of people who have moaned that Jon has lost it though personally I thought it sounded great last tour. As for the last albums, again i remember comments of how rubbish the stuff is the boys are producing nowadays......LH, TLFR, Bounce etc (I ignored Have a Nice Day as i think its ok), people on this site not going to buy it any more. If Bonjovi are such a big band compared to U2 why do the numbers not match up. I would much prefer Bonjovi to be bigger than U2, in fact that would really rub Bono's nose in it but currently U2 are still bigger......probably the biggest in the world.......maybe the Stones would be the only ones to pip them.
All I want is Richie rifting the big guitars on new 'classics', with great lyrics from Jon, every album needs one. Look at Snow Patrol album, one song that will be played in bars for years to come = Chasing cars, The Killers last album poor but Human will be played for ages, Kings of Leon will be Sex on Fire (though thought this was a great album).............i can go on. Bonjovi......you hear Prayer or Its My life.............certainly nout from the last number of recent albums. I await the new album with anticipation but we have been promised a big rock record for a while and it hasnt appeared..........big album, big show. Agreed that they dont need a spider for a stage (although spectacular) but what we dont need either is a violinist up there with a rock n roll band (unless like yokohama 03 which was great despite their colds!)

Originally Posted by Crushgen24/88

And for the record, I thought the moving screens on the LH Tour was one of the best stage setups I've seen.

Originally Posted by Supersonic

Aloha !

If a Bon Jovi show would be like a U2 show I'd say Bon Jovi have gotten off the rails. When you compare the musicianship of Bon Jovi to U2 they piss all over the latter one. U2 aren't that great, music-wise. They know how to put up a show, but like I said in the U2 topic; if U2 didn't have the stage and stuff they'd come across as a pretty poor live band.

Also; new Bon Jovi albums piss over new U2 albums anytime. The songs from No Line On The Horizon are pretty wank and all sound the same in a live environment. It's only when U2 start playing the classics that a crowd wakes up because U2 don't have any album tracks like Just Older or Blood On Blood that a crowd loves.

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan

Originally Posted by Hickstar

AC/DC had the best stage effects out of all the shows I've seen this year. Rising platforms, lights, you name it. However, they also put on a great show so it's not as if it was all there to make up for the lack of good music.

U2 however would be plain boring without all the effects and stuff because all of there songs sound the same when played live in my opinion. Not a great band at all however, they do have some catchy songs.

Jovi need to put on better shows aswell. Or at least try and entertain us all a bit! I was dissapointed with the LH tour because the stage looked great and everything but it was all just a bit bland for me. Especially when they played Lost Highway tracks! And I agree, ditch the violin player, ditch bobby or whatever his face is - and get back out there with a good rocking album which can take us back to the good old days! With more stage effects!

Originally Posted by crashed

No thanks to any of it. I'll take the band I saw playing on the LH tour with just a few more of the songs they started playing then.

Originally Posted by crashed

I actually thought the stage for LH was pretty cool, and HAND too. Though the best is definitely the OWN tour.