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Originally Posted by Beaky
You didn't come across as bad at all, I was joking with you, don't panic. I know BT usually works that way with Elton, I hadn't seen those quotes from Richie, so that's interesting to hear, thank you.
As for the opinion of it being a better song than recent Jovi tunes; The last time the band tried to write epic, storytelling tunes and got really excited about it, was Bounce and it seemed to blow up in their faces.
It is solely based on opinion but give me songs with this kind of care and craft any day over BWC or WAN.
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Sorry I didn't get the joking part, sometimes things get lost in writing.
I agree with this wholeheartedly, I miss songs like Right side of Wrong and Joey so much! I wish Jon would remember the craft of songwriting instead of just putting empty phrases that are nearly the same on every record into most songs. I don't even know how he can sing those songs night after night without throwing up these days, it just sounds like empty words to me that are just there because Bon Jovi songs need to be optimistic stadium rockers etc. It is really sad to watch this. I mean at this point even the songs Jon writes for his own solo stuff are better like Not Running anymore and I did like the Fighter because it is telling a story and is well written.
I hope Richie will eventually remember that his first career, heart and passion lies in music and do another solo record. Dreaming of another solo tour too though I have my doubts on that because of how badly his solo tours sell in the US and I doubt he would put in the effort just to do a few shows in Europe. No idea if he would sell out here again after aggravating so many of his fans this year either.
I have been pissed off and annoyed at Richie a lot too, I am not one of these obsessed ass kissing fans of his. I have been upset at Jon occasionally just as well. And I am very sad to see my favourite band (of whom I have been a fan for over 13 years now which equals nearly half my lifetime) end like this. I do think both times are at fault as in every fight though and we should reserve ultimate judgement until we will know all the details of what really happened. (If we ever will which I doubt) Why is it necessary to make one of them the devil and the other the saint all the time? In every fight/divorce/relationship trouble there are always two people and both are to blame. That doesn't make them bad human beings though. It's just stuff that happens, unfortunately. Some of those downright vile comments by fans make me feel ashamed for this fandom and just make me wanna throw up or hit a wall or something. It's the reason I have unfollowed a whole lot of people on twitter over the course of the last year because I just couldn't stand their comments anymore.
All the bickering and fighting in between fans annoys me to no end which is why I have just been reading mostly and not posting a lot. Both Jon and Richie have some very disturbed, radical fans. Sometimes I come on here and feel transported back in time to when I used to read Beatles fanboards and those fans are still bickering and fighting on whose fault it is that their fav band broke up 40 years later and who has more talent/better songwriter/worst bandleader etc. I have a feeling this fandom will end up being just the same if Jon and Richie don't make up again at some point which would be very sad.
And yeah, if I remember right Richie said that he had a long talk with Bernie and then some days later he got an email from him with all these song lyrics and was completely overwhelmed and a bit confused at first. lol And then he picked the song that he liked best and that fit him best (Weathering the storm) and wrote the music to it.
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