Aloha !
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Originally Posted by Kazyyy12
That day two weeks ago we drove through the snow and a driving ban just to see the band we love, I think sometimes on here that feeling gets forgotten,
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If the ride to a show is more memorable than the show itself you're not really praising the band for their show but merely the company for being such good company. I've had a lot of fun going to shows in Europe with Thierry, with 2008 being the highlight of that. We both went to London to go see the shows there, but when talking about that weekend and bringing up memories we both agree that everything about that weekend was great, apart from the shows. And all we did was just hang out in London. When walking past Picadilly Circus gets more exciting than seeing a Bon Jovi show you ought to wonder as to whether the band is actually doing it right.
People on here sometimes bring up stories on "how the sister of my housekeeper loved that song" or, in your case, "how your uncle loved that performance of Crash" which comes across as a excuse to validate the reason why the song is being played. It's all great that your uncle loved it, but it doesn't take away the fact that the song goes over like a lead balloon in America, no one really cares for it apart from Jon, and apparantly your uncle.
From the sound of your story it wasn't the actual performance that won you over, but it's the memory attached to the song now. Half of the set that's being played right now just doesn't work well live, especially not in America where every unknown song is seen as an excuse to go get beer or take a piss. It's for that reason that there's so much critisism about this current setlist. It's very bland, seems to be done solely to please Jon and then there's an encore with a few hits thrown in for good measure.
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Originally Posted by rightsideofwrong
I personally don't think the sets are as awful as everyone makes them out to be. Everyone shi* a brick over the more things change and work for the working man being played last night, but when I saw both of those songs live, they were a pretty cool experience.
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I think there's plenty of people here who do know why Jon plays certain songs or doesn't play certain songs. You don't actually need to know a singer personally to find out what his motivations are. When the man keeps mentioning how relevant he wants to be it's not hard to find out why the set is filled with post 2000 songs.
Everyone shat a brick over the 2 songs you mention because they do find them among the worst songs to be have been released in the past 10 years or so. n the company of anyone who actually enjoyed Work For The Working Man. The whole act of marching like unemployed people on that stage makes me cringe. You are honestly the first person I hear talking of Work For The Working Man "being a cool experience". Yet it's another one of those "relevant" Bon Jovi songs that just doesn't work when played live and is in the setlist solely because Jon seems to think it's a great song. He's also the only one who seems to think so though. I doubt the majority of a crowd are going to a Bon Jovi show saying "I hope he plays Work For The Working Man tonight".
Now I've got no uncles who join with me to go see Bon Jovi shows. The group of people I usually go see Bon Jovi with all like the same songs, and hate the same songs as well, and the last time I was actually in the company of someone who enjoyed the shit songs in the set was 2006 when I had a girlfriend who adored Captain Crash. Then again, she liked Nickelback as well.
Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan