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A song that should open Bon Jovi shows in 2013

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View Poll Results: The opening song should be...
Lost Highway 3 3.90%
Blood On Blood 2 2.60%
Lay Your Hands On Me 15 19.48%
Raise Your Hands 10 12.99%
Last Man Standing 3 3.90%
What About Now 3 3.90%
That's What The Water Made Me 11 14.29%
Army Of One 5 6.49%
Other new song 3 3.90%
Other old song 22 28.57%
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Old 02-03-2013, 01:57 AM
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I can't believe that there isn't a single person on here who wouldn't vote for 'I Believe'.

Jesus.

'I Believe'?

Anyone?
I Believe is my all-time favorite opener. The '93 shows where it opened are among the most played on my iPod. I just don't think it's realistic anymore.

This won't be popular here, but I actually think Lost Highway is a great opener. Not that I want it to open again, but it worked well. It rocked enough to get the casual fans into it.

I'm hoping for a new song. Might as well. Everyone is going nuts when the boys hit the stage anyway.
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I think Prayer is such a good opener. Look at Wembley 95 when they opened with it! Also MSG 2008 when they opened with it. They had the keyboard kick it off, followed by a bit of good old guitar from Richie and then the drums and talkbox. Jon enters the stage and the crowd goes insane!
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I've always thought that Broken Promiseland would be a great opener ...
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I can't believe that there isn't a single person on here who wouldn't vote for 'I Believe'.

Jesus.

'I Believe'?

Anyone?
was going to say I Believe too...

but LYHOM would be good, it's a very good opener.
But have no hopes, people...Jon will still keep LH as opener
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I vote for other.............would love to see OWN open the show. Otherwise my favorite opener is RYH.
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Where's the "It should be different every night" option? I like not knowing what to expect when the lights go out.

Otherwise, I've never seen RYH open, so that would be cool. I also think they should give IML a shot, with Jon in the crowd like they did at the Sandy benefit.
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I think Prayer is such a good opener. Look at Wembley 95 when they opened with it! Also MSG 2008 when they opened with it. They had the keyboard kick it off, followed by a bit of good old guitar from Richie and then the drums and talkbox. Jon enters the stage and the crowd goes insane!
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I've always thought they should open with HAND. For some reason I just imagine it working really well in that slot. But part of me loves it when they open with a new song....
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I've had the privilege of having a different opening song every time I've seen Bon Jovi: Lost Highway, Blood On Blood, Prayer, Raise Your Hands, and Bounce. Of those, I think I enjoyed Bounce most because it was just a big in-your-face opener. Raise Your Hands was a close second. I think Prayer should be kept towards the end of the show, though.

I also do think they should regularly rotate from a bunch of openers, which they do for the most part. Blood On Blood had only been done a few times when I saw it, so it was fresh, but for the most part in 2010 it got kinda stagnant as an opener.

Also, definitely not Army Of One.
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In the past I have preferred a new song as the opener... with the exception of Happy Now (great intro, then falls flat). On the Circle the Tour, they missed a great opportunity to open with something different, slower, and more dramatic... When We Were Beautiful (if they had ever been able to better arrange it to a live setting). Also, BrokenPromiseLand would have been the better, more obvious choice. Bounce has been my favorite opener in the post 2000 Bon Jovi.

If they go with an older song, I'd like to see HAND open. Start out with an electronic drum beat (much like the Bounce Tour)... then every light go red on Richie's (extended) intro... then spot lights, etc kick on with the full band.

Again, I'd prefer a new song, if it is good. I hope for something better for the occasion, but What the Water Made would be good for me or even the title track wouldn't be bad.
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