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Originally Posted by ezearis
Well, I'll list my reasons:
- Richie backing vocals, they're needed and missed.
- Richie and Jon's chemistry is another different show inside this show.
- I agree that Phil can play as good or even better than Richie, but his addition has bringed a strange change in the sound, in some songs is for the better, I gotta admit, in some songs is not. I'd rather have the classic Richie sound.
- You say "the same songs will be played", but they played more different songs with Richie than with Phil. Also, I think Jon will back up on some songs until Phil can play them exactly as Richie did. Richie on stage means any song can pop out at any moment, Phil means that we'll only have what's been played and maybe some of the audibles that haven't seen the light yet.
- I was born with those four guys being Bon Jovi, I'd like that to stay and I'd like to see that on stage.
That is just my opinion as a guy that is going without a doubt to see Bon Jovi with Phil X and that likes how the guy plays. |
I see your points, but I'd like to point a few things out now
You're kind of wrong about Richies backing vocals. You can barely hear them, as Bobby and David do tonnes of covering up these days for both Richie and Jon. Bobby and David are more times than not, higher in the mix than Richie.
Richie and Jon have a faked, forced chemistry. Richie obviously does not want to be there.
Sure, with any hired gun there will be changes to the music. I'm glad with that. Hearing the same thing for 30 years gets boring.
The same songs will get played though. Every song Richie and Jon have "mysteriously" played had been rehearsed on that tour. Phil can learn any Bon Jovi song extremely quickly... as in no longer than a half hour. He's that good. David and Jon apparently rehearsed Without Love. I'm sure if Jon wanted (as the dictator) to play any song he could be like "Phil.. learn this song" and then they'd rehearse it later and it would be done with. You're not giving enough credit to the guy. There's only been some very few small cases of unrehearsed songs getting played, like Stick To Your Guns, and a verse/chorus of Lie To Me. Can't think of many others. If Jon wants to play them, it'll get rehearsed and it will get played.
Unfortunately with the 4 guys comment - Those 4 guys turned into 4 hired guns sometime in the nineties and turned into not being a band. Sorry you missed that time. I did, too.