Review: Bon Jovi, Daughtry deliver bland rock show in San Jose

Crushgen24/88 · #11 04-04-2008, 11:36 PM

Nicely put Rain.

bj54 · #12 04-04-2008, 11:37 PM

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Originally Posted by rainsong

I sent this guy the following email:

Six great songs??? Maybe that is the case for you personally Mr. Harrington, but ask the fans in that arena and they will give you a list much longer than that. Five minutes on billboard.com would have given you factual numbers that dispute this statement.

As for your comment that the number one reason BJ is still so successful is because JBJ is willing to shake his booty, play the clown etc.... here is what I have to say:

Yes BJ's fanbase is predominately female, yes most of us enjoy looking at the frontman, yes it's a bonus that he is goodlooking, has a fine body and a million dollar smile, and that his "bad" dancing rocks, but the reality is that isf it weren't for the songs that we connect with, that make us laugh, cry, smile,dance, sing along with and mark the times in our lives by, no amount of booty shaking, clowning, bad dancing, and flashing million dollar grins would have kept most of us on this train ride for the last 25 years.

Give the fans some credit Mr. Harrington, while you personally may not enjoy BJ's songs don't assume those of us that do are all just shallow, all about appearances, if the performer is hot we will go watch no matter what "drivel" he's performing types. Maybe you've spent too much time in the "Appearances are everything " world of California, might I suggest you come and join us in the real world, whether you get it or not most of us are filling the arenas of America because we love the music and the band that plays it.

Good for you!!! I hope that opened his eyes. He must really be an idiot.

slippery89 · #13 04-05-2008, 03:54 AM

wow what an idiot... where do they find these people to write this trash? I have not seen a bad reveiw for the band in long while...

hikinglulu · #14 04-05-2008, 05:29 AM

This article was taken somewhat out of context as the Mercury News also had 3 other articles, all positive. This one, posted online, had many negative responses from readers. The concert was fabulous; I would ignore the review.

Supersonic · #15 04-06-2008, 12:08 PM

Aloha !

Bash this review all you want, but the writer has some serious points:

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Credit for that goes mainly to front man Jon Bon Jovi, a consummate showman who is willing to shake his butt, play the clown or do whatever it takes to sell a song."

So true. Jon shakes his ass and people scream. Jon kisses someone in the audience, and people scream. Jon sings his ass off and an American crowd is dead. That American crowd, dominated by middle-aged females.

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Bon Jovi currently finds itself in the very awkward position of trying to be too many things to too many people. It's definitely trying to woo the "American Idol" crowd and charm the "new country" cats. The group wants to keep its classic-rock fan base happy, but at times Jon Bon Jovi seems to be auditioning for a Broadway play. The result in San Jose was a jumbled mess of material that the group really had no chance in rising above.

It's the rock / pop / country mess that never completely works nowadays. You always need a rock song in the set to keep things going but as soon as everything is working the momentum is killed with one of their poppy songs like Complicated, Story Of My Life or Everyday. The same goes for the country, ahem, Nashville-Influenced songs. Make A Memory kills the momentum, as does Summertime, as does Lost Highway (worst opener ever?).

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The absolute worst moment was "We Got It Going On," a disco-Western hybrid that has no place in either genre.

Spot on. The song is embarassing and is only saved by the talkbox solo. Not Jon Bon Jovi asking for the crowd to scream.

That half a dozen reference reads like sarcasm to me, saying that half of what Bon Jovi does nowadays is mediocre. And he's right about that too. This review reads like how many, many European fans think about the band, and why many, many European fans have lost interest in Bon Jovi. They don't care about the poppy/country shite the band releases, exactly because it sounds like a mess and results into shit shows.

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan

Irakli · #16 04-08-2008, 04:22 AM

I was at the show and it was awesome. I'll be at the show tomorrow too, front row - to hear all those 6 songs

This guy has it completley wrong with the Lost Highway record. Sure it's not everyones cup of tea, but make no mistake about it, Lost Highway and We Got it Going On are great live. Hell, I don't even really like the album version of We Got It...but it's awesome live. The only thing I agree about it is Complicated, they could have chosen a better song instead.

bjcrazycpa · #17 04-08-2008, 04:12 PM

While some dislike the LH record, the songs get good to great reception. For the Friday night Anaheim show, I had 3 teenagers (all around 15 or 16) that sat next to me, and the songs they sang along to were the Lost Highway songs. And while WGIGO may be cheesy it and Summertime both get the crowd going.

deb

Crushgen24/88 · #18 04-08-2008, 09:03 PM

By the way Seb, Make A Memory seems to far from a momentum killer, at least at the US shows I've been to. It seems to become one mass singalong.

bjcrazycpa · #19 04-08-2008, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Crushgen24/88

By the way Seb, Make A Memory seems to far from a momentum killer, at least at the US shows I've been to. It seems to become one mass singalong.

Definitely, I've actually been very surprised at how well that song is received. But, then again, it is still being played on the radio (in the US) over a year after it's release. And Lost Highway and Summertime are also very well received far from momentum killers.

deb

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