Jon & KoS in Vegas, 2014/12/09

Great, thanks for the videos! I think the quality is pretty good actually...

And I think Jon sounded great on these. Bad Name was even better than at the beginning of last tour (more articulate, in key, etc.), that's a good sign! Whatever he has done, his voice has gotten better again!

I agree... The fact that Jon pulled off a 3 hour set speaks volumes in terms of the future. Now that he's done with the football thing and now writing, I think he's ready to become a rock star again. He's obvious way too famous and professional to settle for a KOS type of band but he does seem to enjoy these non artistic type of shows and after seeing the same band show over and over again for the past 10+ years, I like the mix up too. I'd like Jon to incorporate a little bit of both going forward. Not with the KOS members but that type of set. Basically a 2015 Hammermith type tour.

Agreed. Though I must say that the KoS seem to get better with time (especially at the BJ songs), of course I'd prefer the real deal. But why not for example a Jon solo album with members of the KoS as a backing band? We'll see...

It's hard to tell without seeing more videos. These backstage people are go greedy when it comes to sharing videos. Or anything for that matter.

Jon Bon Jovi & KOS - Blue Christmas (Las Vegas) Dec 9th 2014



Phil X - Back in Black (cover) with KOS (Las Vegas) Dec 9th 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-1i...ature=youtu.be

Haven't seen that kind of energy from any of the KOS or Richie clips. If Jon's on his game KOS + PX could be a reasonable show.

I wish everyday...

http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=y...&v=CsJ9XaOYJbk

Please come home..

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hb_3QIr...ature=youtu.be

Not bad. Great job from Jon.

Great job? Let's not get carried away here.


That performance is nowhere near this one. In 2005 he actually tried to sing the high parts and didn't sound strained as cat. And remember, just a couple of years ago we considered HAND tour a down period for Jon vocally? Time flies

I guess it was pretty good by today's standards, but I can't see a casual listener (not a Bon Jovi fan) looking at these videos and not thinking "wow, he really lost his voice over the years"

It's a shame he never performed this song during the period between 2008-2011. He really could've killed those songs. Instead they would opt for that boring Run Run Rudolph.

As of now, here's what's online:


Blue Christmas
http://youtu.be/N-lIU9BNoHU

AMERICAN PIE

I'M YOUR MAN
http://youtu.be/oq6-iLmQWYk

I Wish Everyday Could Be Like Christmas

Please come home for Christmas

Every Day People

Run Run Rudolph

American Girl

PHIL X - BACK IN BLACK

Aloha !

It's a bit odd how the set is filled with classic hits but out of all the Bon Jovi songs about 3 of them are classics. The others, like We Got It Goin' On, Because We Can, Born To Follow, Lost Highway, Whole Lot Of Leavin' just don't belong in a set like that. This solo band of Jon is just so, so average. Really, at times they sound like a cheap karaoke band, and the lead singer often sounds like he's auditioning as opposed to being the front man there. And yet of all the songs played, the one that rocks the most is the one where Phil X takes lead vocals. The entire band seems to live up as there's actually someone spicing it up. Phil's also showing in 5 minutes what Richie hasn't been capable of in about 10 years now.

Frankly, with several people on Jovitalk nowadays thinking he's a good singer because he's hitting high notes in Hallelujah (considering there aren't any) it wouldn't surprise me if a casual fan knows **** all about what he's supposed to sound like nowadays. There's still people out there that really, really think Jon is a great singer. Really.

The thing that'll always surprise me is how he's using all kinds of technique to hit a certain note, and yet none of them have anything to do with singing. He's just so obviously doing it wrong but yet when he's supposedly doing it the right way he's not getting anywhere near the right key. There's just no saving anymore.

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan