Official February 10, 2013, Verizon Center, Washington D.C thread

Originally Posted by ticos_stick

The band have lost more fans than they've won over the past decade and if you don't believe that than you are blinkered and ignorant.

Just look at album sales and concerts. In the past few tours European venues have been well under sold.

Originally Posted by Bleeding Purist

Actually, I can because it's not a bully line..... it's grown up logic. Eventually you are going to realize that spending countless hours bitching on a message board rather than spending that time doing something else that you enjoy is stupid and wasteful. That's what kids and people with developmental problems do though.

This is a Bon Jovi fan board. If you are not happy with the band the way it is now but have fond memories of the past.... share those memories elsewhere on the board.

Originally Posted by ezearis

http://www.billboard.com/articles/ne...ct-of-the-year

http://i.imgur.com/v9ckZ4L.png

But yeah, whatever you say.

Originally Posted by Bleeding Purist

Actually, I can because it's not a bully line..... it's grown up logic. Eventually you are going to realize that spending countless hours bitching on a message board rather than spending that time doing something else that you enjoy is stupid and wasteful. That's what kids and people with developmental problems do though.

This is a Bon Jovi fan board. If you are not happy with the band the way it is now but have fond memories of the past.... share those memories elsewhere on the board.

Originally Posted by ticos_stick

What are you trying to say?

It's all relative to pre 2003 figures but you didn't post any of them, conveniently.

Originally Posted by ticos_stick

I don't need some fan boy talking down to me because he disagrees.

Originally Posted by ezearis

Conviniently? No, you have them here on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bon_Jov...aphy#Singles_2

Less sales? Yeah, people don't buy records like they did before. More number ones on the post-2003 era? Yes.

Originally Posted by ticos_stick

I think you'll find I'm mostly positive about the band's newer output however as a fan I feel perfectly within my rights to critique things. The latest show was too heavy on post 2000 material, that's pretty much the consensus of the board.



I don't need some fan boy talking down to me because he disagrees.

Originally Posted by Bleeding Purist

Let me be clear here since you are having trouble with comprehension due to your child-like thought process. I am not a fan boy. I do not like and agree with everything the band does. I just don't spend countless hours and posts on a fan board badgering others with my negativity.

Originally Posted by mike1990

I really like the post-2000 material, but even I think they're relying too much on that.