Blame it on the love of rock n roll - only live performance ever !

JonGirl · #21 04-01-2011, 01:34 AM

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Originally Posted by The Northern Cowboy

JBJ has a peculiar taste when it comes to his own band's repertoire, it seems.

Yeah, he'll play the turd that is "I Love This Town" every second night.....but "Fear"? Once in the last 18 years.

It makes me want to slap him.

JonGirl · #22 04-01-2011, 01:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Supersonic

Aloha !

I never got this thing of mixing up Sleep with Blame. Just because a song starts with a drum beat and then follows up with a guitar riff doesn't make them the same sort of song and therefore interchangable.

The song can't be played in a different key. The riff is in a certain key that would sound odd transposed into a different key. Combine that with the 2 key changes in the song it'd be a bitch to play it live. No way Jon would be able to sing Blame now, he struggled with it back in 1993 already and it's one of the hardest vocals he ever recorded.

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan

I was actually refering to Fear, not Blame. Regardless, I think the chances of us ever hearing either of those songs again are slim and none.

bjmjpl · #23 04-01-2011, 01:49 AM

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Originally Posted by bounce442

Sleep and Blame it on the Love are similar because a) they both start drums followed by guitar riffs and more importantly b) they are both fun, rock songs that are heavily inspired by the Stones and c) they have a very similar formula.

How is this one of the hardest vocal he's ever recorded? It is certainly not his highest vocal. And I don't think it is any faster than Something for the Pain? His voice had a tone back then he certainly couldn't produce, but other than that, I could certainly see them do this. I should say, capable of doing this.

dude that you for your sig.....i LOVE those lyrics.....

TwinFan · #24 04-01-2011, 01:59 AM

I would love to hear Fear. It's a really cool song. It's a bit tough to sing, but no harder than Let it Rock, which Jon sounded good on last year.

bounce442 · #25 04-01-2011, 02:52 AM

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Originally Posted by bjmjpl

dude that you for your sig.....i LOVE those lyrics.....

True. Maybe JBJ's best. And the whoa whoa whoa's even have more emotion than the lyrics. The whole song is brilliant.

bjmjpl · #26 04-01-2011, 05:15 AM

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Originally Posted by bounce442

True. Maybe JBJ's best. And the whoa whoa whoa's even have more emotion than the lyrics. The whole song is brilliant.

totally agreed - did you ever see Moonlight and valentino?

bounce442 · #27 04-01-2011, 05:28 AM

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Originally Posted by bjmjpl

totally agreed - did you ever see Moonlight and valentino?

I did. I was a 17 year old boy so I got pretty bored with it. the scene where he speaks up is pretty funny "...and I'm flattered that you like my ass..." ha ha that is all I remember. That is a pretty good story. It's sad and Jon nailed it. Very well written song.

bjmjpl · #28 04-01-2011, 05:43 AM

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Originally Posted by bounce442

I did. I was a 17 year old boy so I got pretty bored with it. the scene where he speaks up is pretty funny "...and I'm flattered that you like my ass..." ha ha that is all I remember. That is a pretty good story. It's sad and Jon nailed it. Very well written song.

my thoughts exactly

harmonicana80 · #29 04-01-2011, 06:35 AM

Sleep and Blame are the same damn song.
It doesnt matter if they are not the same musically. Thematically they both go on and on about the love of rock and roll. I appreciate that some people want to hear Blame, but it's bad enough they keep doing Sleep.

Jayster · #30 04-01-2011, 09:55 AM

They've played it twice - here is the other time;

Reece singing Blame it on the love of rock and...

Jon looks really short though in this video!

Blame it on the love of rock n roll - only live performance ever !

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