No Richie on current leg of the tour

No, I'm just tired of trying to point what is obviously going on. I think you are being naive about the situation, its not really a personal attack.

What's obvious is that you don't have much to back up your theory.
We're obviously not going to get through to each other. So let's just move on.

Actually he walked away from a lot of money as video director, took guts to say no to his big brother and I commend him. He his trying to increase distribution across the nation there's more involved than simply saying, "can I sell my sauce in your store" lol!!

Then why say it and not extend what he means by his remarks? We have to give the man some credit, his not stupid! He releases a song with those lyrics and then says timely but he doesn't mean Jon or the band? or am I giving him too much credit and he is that stupid and won't think that fans put two and two together.

I must be stupid myself cause I never thought of Jon and or the band when I heard it and I still don't think it is.

For what it's worth, here is why I thought it was about Jon, because Jon once said this (and note the "comic relief" reference in Jon's quote, which is also mentioned (if I interpreted the lyrics correctly) in Richie's song:

"Richie fits into the Dean role because he's been the comic relief, because he's been the voice of reason. He would always be that shoulder I could lean on. In partnership, in writing a song, as your pal, he's the guy who has your back. If anyone were to ever say anything, Richie would be the first one to jump into the fray and punch him in the nose."-JBJ

There's also this one:

"Richie doesn't call me Jon anymore, now he calls me Frank. And I call him Dean. I think we're starting to like this kinda rat pack, kinda casino thing. The broads...and the booze. It's all about the rat pack thing. That means that Tico...you get to be Sammy or Peter Lawford." --JBJ

Thanks Mysterytrain. Not to mention "When I die I'm coming back as Richie Sambora" has been a soundbite Jon has been saying for the last ten or so years. Nothing will convince me otherwise what this song is about. They knew what they were doing when they put that song out now.

Who else has resorted to skimming this thread?

Exactly. One could say we're not 100% certain the song was written or edited with current events in mind, but they obviously know what they're doing and there's a perfectly clear reason why this is coming out now and not, say, two years ago. And I would rather this not be the case with all of my heart, but it's unfortunately pretty obvious. The people around him make it so.
If what we've read is true, we'll have other new songs coming out in the next two months and also a video for this one song. I don't know what to make of it, but just thought I'd offer a context once again here.

Agreed........