[SamboraQueen21]

LONG REVIEW!!!

Okay it's 2:33 am and I just got back from Albany. I was the Blood on Blood girl! Okay let me explain that is my all time favorite BJ song ever and in the six shows I have been to never heard it live i had second row in 2003 and requested in Saratoga but it never got played. So this time I made this really cute sign it was green and red ya know xmas colors and i wrote Dear Jon- It's Almost Xmas I've Been a Very Good Girl Please Play Blood on Blood. So I make this huge sign I bring it to the arena and they tell me no signs allowed. So that pissed me off but I managed to sneak in a really small Richie sign I had made but I figured there ya go my shot at Blood is gone. So I have front row and it is unbelievable hanging on the barrier Jon was in a great mood and I could see on the screen when they showed a close up of David that Blood was an audible. So I'm asking everyone around me do u have a mrker a pen, etc. So i literally scribble in the dark before the encore my sign for Jon on the back of my Richie sign. I am screaming trying to get his attention and he looks at it mouths Blood on blood and gives me that look like We'll see. So the first encore is Welcome, then BTBMB and Treat Her Right. After this Jon looks right at my sign and reads it out loud ... I just remade the I've been a Very Good Girl this year sign... and he goes How good have you been... So I'm screaming I've been very good and he gives me this smile aand he goes we're gonna do a Xmas song first. So they break into Run Run Rudolph and then after that he says So the girl in the front row wants to hear Blood on Blood what do ya say guys and he looks at the band ... and then he's like allright lets do it... and I have to say OMG it sounded UNBELIEVABLE it was electric Jon's voice was great he sang it with passion.... he looked at me I kept yelling thank you at the end he gave me this great smile and winked ... and goes Merry Xmas young lady!!! and I swear to God that was the best feeling knowing he played that song just for me. AHHH! Even though it was an audible i don't think it waould have been played without that sign. i have been to three shows where it was an audible and never played tonite it was meant to be

Okay so now let me give you my review of the concert. I was expecting a not so great show after them really doing a long show in Boston i thought they might be tired but damn Jon was in a GREAT mood and he sounded great. Besides my obvious highlight of Blood (still can't believe it) I thought Who Says, Blaze, HAND, Welcome were all standouts.

One thing though was Richie hardly was into this show at all he sang very little backup... he smiled hardly at all.... he seemed not into it and I am a big Richie fan. He looked extremely thin too I hope he is feeling okay. One funny moment was during HAND Richie gave the finger (not to a fan or anything) but because it goes along with the theme of HAND_ thought this was so funny.

I didn't mind IBTFY acoustic but Bed of Roses I was bored out of my mind.. please stop doing this one this way.

Also during Wanted Jon had Richie sang the second verse alone... interesting.

I have to say I have so much more respect for Jon now. I think that when I saw him on The Bounce tour he was sort of just going through the motions but tonite he pulled out all the stops especially his interaction with the fans between blaze, and doing Blood on Blood for me. I feel like he is really enjoying playing the role of the rock star again! Seriously an anmazing night.


So glad I got a REALLY GOOD setlist too.. no I Got the Girl, No Just Older, Everyday crap...

I'll post the setlist separate...

[SamboraQueen21]

SETLIST ALBANY NY PEPSI ARENA DEC 12, 2005

26 SONGS

LAST MAN STANDING
BAD NAME
COMPLICATED
RADIO
STORY OF MY LIFE
SLEEP
RUNAWAY
BOUNCE
NOVOCAINE
I WON'T BACK DOWN
HAVE A NICE DAY
WHO SAYS
IT'S MY LIFE
I'LL BE THERE FOR YOU
BLAZE OF GLORY
BED OF ROSES
CAPT CRASH
BAD MEDICINE
RAISE YOUR HANDS
PRAYER

ENCORE
WELCOME TO WHEREVER YOU ARE
BTBMB
TREAT HER RIGHT
RUN RUN RUDOLPH
BLOOD ON BLOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WANTED


I got a copy of the real setlist and another one of the the audibles was Miss Fourth of July... hmmm maybe that will turn up... that would be sweet i think

[Christo]

Just a little thing- could people please specify if any songs played are TLFR versions? I know that most setlists posted on here have done that, and it may not seem like a big difference, but I know which version of I'll Be There For You I would rather hear. It's just that when I can't see if it's the original or not, I can't help but wonder if maybe they have finally decided to revert back to the original (and in my humble opinion, much better!) version of this classic for that particular night.

Cheers.

[Marco@BonJovi.nl]

I was thinking the same thing. They sing it in a duet form, so I wonder if it's the TLFR version or the normal acoustic one. It's too bad that they still play the TLFR versions. Just switch those two songs with other songs and of then you play BOR or Always, do it full electric OR acoustic in a normal way.

Positive things about the setlist:
Bounce is still in there !
Blood On Blood is back in business . Hope they keep in in!
Just Older was out of there.
And RYH will probable stay in there during this tour !!

Some negative things:
Run Rudolp Run.. I think their own songs are a little tiny bit better and nicer to hear .
Sleep is still in it and has been out there only one time.
CC is still in there . If I had to chose, I'd rather keep Sleep in than CC. That song... Brrr.. We have Why Says for that now.
Treat Her Right is still in there. Same comment: play one of your own songs.
Welcome... ballad... It slows down the slow I think.


I hope Miss4th won't be played. It's another slow song, and as Jon always says: "no ballads, I want to rock!"

[TBoy]

Originally Posted by Thierry

It looks like you have your fist upon Bon Jovi's arse all the time, are you an employee of the record company?

I AM THE COMPANY...

[dianebonjovi]

Originally Posted by SamboraQueen21

LONG REVIEW!!!

Thanks for the review. All tour I've been looking for a review that made me feel like I was there and yours did it! Congrats on the Blood on Blood request. Sounds like you had a great time. I can't wait for my turn on Jan. 30.