March 25, 2018, New Orleans, Smoothie King Center

Lucky0003 · #81 03-27-2018, 05:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Becky

I hope they play Make a Memory again.

I hope they throw out WWBTF and put in Walls in it’s place since they’re similar songs and casual fans don’t know either one.

I really wish they would do I Will Drive You Home.

Superman Tonight instead of Amen (that one still gets airplay so some people will know it)

I don’t expect a lot of changes. However, if I never heard Born to Be My Baby or Bad Medicine again at a show, that would be fine.

I’m glad you go MAM, although the reviewer thought the song was “nonessential” and had “odd placement”!

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Becky · #82 03-27-2018, 05:17 AM

I just wrote a really long reply and it got wiped out. I’ll try again tomorrow.

Bottom line: Jon was “home.” He was the guy from my two best post/2000 shows. I’ll give details tomorrow.

JackieBlue · #83 03-27-2018, 05:31 AM

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I had a fantastic time and enjoyed everything. I was even HAPPY when they played WEBTF because I wanted to sit down for a few minutes. (I need to have surgery for plantar fasciitis—standing on concrete for 2 1/2 hours is brutal.) I had a great view of the stage. I enjoyed the set list. I even enjoyed Amen, which is a song I never cared much for. They played until 10:54 and I swear Jon loked like he wanted to keep playing, but curfew is 11:00.

I talked to Obie and introduced Sandra as a NEW fan. I told him she became a fan with This House. He asked where had she been. She looked like she didn’t know what to say, so I said, “She’s been teaching, raising kids, stuff like that.” He said that would suck the life right out of you and we agreed. He asked who else had she seen in concert and she said no one. He said the Beatles were the greatest band ever and I told him he was being sacrilegious because Bon Jovi is the greatest band ever. Fun moment.

On the way out, I heard two older guys talking. One said, “This has to be at the top.” The other said they were “even better than Simon & Garfunkel because they played much longer.” Other people were commenting on how long the show was. I didn’t hear any complaints except about the merchandise prices.

Security was good, the crowd was good. One drunk woman fell flat on her face by the aisle in front of me during Make a Memory. Other people helped her. I was annoyed she went splat during a song I really wanted to hear. I just don’t understand why people go to concerts and get drunk.

I wondered if most of the audience had been like me, a teenager or maybe in their 20’s at their first Bon Jovi show.

Most people were sitting while the band played the extended solos while Jon left the stage. I wanted ask them all, “Do you have no soul? This sounds incredible!!!”

I’d go to every show if I could. Alas, I work for the school system in Mississippi so I’m po’.

Sounds like you had a great time, Becky. I'm glad it worked out so you could see them. And congrats on introducing a new fan. Good job!

Becky · #84 03-27-2018, 02:36 PM

Back to WhamATC’s question. I decided to compare this show to my favorite post 2000 shows because I only saw 6 shows prior to that and have seen probably 30 since.

St. Louis, 2000: It was an amazing performance. Bon Jovi has been out of the spotlight for a while and were back with a huge hit single and a new generation of fans. It was one time Jon actually did come back and start playing after the band had gone offstage. He came back alone and stared Never Say Goodbye and, of course, the place went nuts. He was soon joined onstage by the rest of the band. There seemed to be an electric connection between Jon and that crowd. It was perfect.

Omaha, 2005: I pick this as my 2nd show because of the transformation my life has gone through since the previous Bon Jovi shows I had seen. My father died unexpectedly in December 2003, turning my world upside down. I couldn’t even listen to Bon Jovi for a while because of all the memories associated with my dad. During that period of mourning, I found Keith Urban who had some songs that helped me cope, went to see him live in May 2004, and it was the first time I had smiled or enjoyed myself in months. Also, I didn’t watch videos at that point, so I honestly didn’t know he was his own lead guitarist—and an amazing one at that. Maybe I lost my mind.. I don’t know, but I saw him probably a dozen or more times before that Omaha show. So, I actually went into Omaha wondering if Bon Jovi or Jon could still impress me. He had to live up to a guy who was a great singer and a phenomenal player.

And did he ever! During that show I remembered everything that had made me a Bon Jovi fan to start with and had no doubts left that Jon was the premier frontman for me. It was like I came home that night.

Sunday in New Orleans, it was like Jon came home. He was full of the joy that I am used to seeing from him. He was enthusiastic, energetic, and most of all, his happiness was bringing everyone in that arena happiness. I felt like something was off last year and I wasn’t sure if it was emotional or physical or both. New Orleans only made me wish I could go to every show possible before this band retires.

{_Warrior_} · #85 03-27-2018, 05:59 PM

These days, Jon's mood is totally related to how the feels his voice is during the show... If it's crap (70% of the time), he just try to survive for the rest of the concert.... if it's acceptable, he moves around, enjoys the concert and even play some harder song here and there (i.e. Sao Paulo)

#86 03-27-2018, 08:18 PM

That's very nice Becky.

By the way {_Warrior_} his voice is slowly (Or maybe not slowly) coming back to what it should be, his bad mental (Obviously not saying he's crazy) stuff are going away.
And yes confidence issues can cause worse singing, performance (Not just concerts), etc overall (or just affect one thing or two, etc.).

Jon doesn't move and isn't energetic ---> Audience doesn't like it ---> Jon sings worse due to confidence.

Jon moves and likes it/energetic --- Audience likes it more ---> Jon sings better due to higher confidence.

People seem to not wanna accept that confidence issues or mental stuff can cause problems in terms of performances, etc.

His confidence issues after Richie left seemed to become so bad that I can see in the videos that he stopped using correct breathing technique (Incorrect or correct though, it won't change how you sound like. Just for more endurance and less strain on vocal cords, etc).

Captmorgs · #87 03-27-2018, 10:03 PM

No videos of Blood On Blood?

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#88 03-27-2018, 10:30 PM

Lack of videos from the latest shows on Youtube.

james_d · #89 03-27-2018, 11:18 PM

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No videos of Blood On Blood?

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I've definitely seen one of blood on blood, might've been Facebook though

gabriele · #90 03-28-2018, 10:18 AM

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