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Originally Posted by richiefan95
I remember back at when Richie played a concert in Paris in 2014 he called some guitar player up and they played IBTFY. Even that guy was able to sound like Richie. I simply don't get it why Jon didn't recruit an proper replacement for Richie that can sounds like him. Phil can't do the job. He is a good guitar player but for Bon Jovi he doesn't fit at all
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Jon once admitted in an interview that he was too lazy to hold proper auditions to find a different replacement.
I agree with many about the style of Phil. It doesn't fit on most of the songs and I feel that it misses the soul and has actually driven further away from where it was in the early years of him in the band. That IBTFY video I recently watched felt so bland (and I don't mean the vocals for once).
He brings a lot of energy to the stage which is desperately needed since the rest don't. Shanks is the absolute anti rock star up there for me.