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01-25-2008, 04:52 PM
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 Look what wikipedia says: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summertime_Blues Even Bon Jovi are stated there as band who covered that song. Quite old song, half a century I can't see any special connection to Australia.
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01-25-2008, 04:57 PM
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01-25-2008, 04:58 PM
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Maybe because its summer time there, and well, its a summery song?! andi
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01-25-2008, 06:16 PM
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Ok, this was my first Bon Jovi concert (hadn't even started kindy when they last came to Perth). It was a disappointing set, felt like they were just covering the bare minimum (Coming to Perth is always such a chore for most bands so at least they came, haha). But I seriously thought it was a good show... average songs really came to life on the stage. I obviously can't compare it with their earlier shows, but the guys knew how to get the crowd into it. They were eating out of Jon's hand. And they really embraced Richie's slightly bluesy rendition of IBTFY (I was worried the Jonny groupies would not approve
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