Official complains about the setlists topic

It's not good enough to try and ostracise me because I'm not jumping on this crazy bandwagon, it doesn't excuse you and whoever joins in with this sad past time. And the fact you're using bully boy tactics speaks volumes about you. Take a look in the mirror and realise what you are doing is akin to smacking your head against a brick wall.

The band won't listen to you, or the other nut jobs who make up 0.000000000000000001 of their fan base.

What bully boy tactics? Posting on a message board the band doesn't even read? I'm not twitterting or facebooking anything. I'm just coming here to get some steam off my chest. Seems like you're the one who's taking this stuff a bit too seriously.

But, this is the crux of my point. Why have you got steam on your chest?

The band played a show, I'm sure everyone who went enjoyed it and they all went home happy. But there sits you looking at a Computer screen getting all steamed up!

As Matrix said on the other thread, if you're that annoyed sell the ticket for your next show. But I have a feeling you know you'll enjoy it.

Of course I'll enjoy it. And if you knew me at all, you'd know I was full of shit when I say I'll sell my tickets. I'd never do that.

This site is my journal.

Do the rest of your journals talk back at you?

Most of them. But they only say what I want them to.

Anyway, I think I'd rather have the same setlist every single night. It seems this way if you want a special show, not only you have to pay a shitload of money, you also have to go a city/country Jovi likes.
Philly fans didn't deserve something special? They are less into BJ than the Montreal fans? It's always been like this, kinda insulting in a way

Very well said!

Really nobody's noticed the difference between the audiance in Montreal compared to the dead-crowds in the US?

I can understand Jon on this one. I can understand him thinking at the Montreal shows: 'Now this is why I like being on stage'.... and surely that motivates to do that extra step., ie a longer set. Especcially after doing a bunch of shows with dead crowds......

Maybe the crowd is dead because of the weird flow of the setlist? Just listen to the Arizona or Honolulu bootlegs to notice the set going from party song to unknown song which totally kills the flow (for the general audience who are perhaps 80% of the crowd). Get the crowd excited with WSYCGH than follow that with LItOR makes zero sense.

Add to that the fact that since Jovi decided to charge a crazy amount of money for tickets and front row is only available for the super-rich or super-crazy will not help either.

It will not hurt JBJ to change the setlist up each night and give the hardcore fans some sort of surprise. Last night's show in Philly could have easily included Hey God or perhaps even Love for sale to make it special. 5 more minutes for the die-hards is not too much to ask. Replace Superman tonight with Undivided makes so much difference.

If a crowd is dead, try getting them excited instead of going trough the motions. Work harder, it's not like the band isn't getting paid royally for their work. I once attended a Gilby Clarke show with only 30 people in the crowd which was very awkward at the start, but the band worked their asses off and the small group of fans went crazy because of this. If Gilby Clarke can do it, so can Bon Jovi.