The Official June 2 Tallinna Lauluväljak, Tallinn, Estonia Thread

Originally Posted by BJFan99

I was absolutely pumped Medicine sounded horrendous (as expected), but this time it wasn’t even completely due to Jon’s ”singing” - the band was playing it with pretty much no spunk, too. It just dragged and fell flat for me, although Jon was moving and the crowd was particularly enthusiastic during the song.

Also, I witnessed a similar thing to what epfg did in Rio ’17: Jon pushed himself so hard during the main set, both vocally and physically, that he was barely able to finish the show. When he started singing the first verse of Wanted, I immediately thought ”uh oh...” and by the end of the song, his voice was absolutely shot to the shit house. Prayer was good only because of the crowd (which actually was quite lame for most of the night) - Jon was lucky to have 50,000 backing singers to help him get through the song.

Great night, and definitely way above my (almost non-existent) expectations. I still stand behind my previous words about Jon’s poor vocal shape overall - as it was very obviously displayed in the encore -, but his frontmanship is still unrivaled, and the overall great energy and atmosphere of the show (despite the shitty crowd) made the trip well worth it. Jonny’s church of rock ’n’ roll won me over, once again.

PS. I was nearly crying at the end of These Days, when Jon made us sing the woo-ooh’s. The way he stood there, pointing the mic on us over and over again, his facial expression telling of him being completely possessed by the moment... that was our Jon, the one we all know and love. That moment in that song made me think about the time I was a 4-year-old kid hearing TD for the first time. Prior to last night, I never thought I’d ever be able to hear it live - and then I did.

These kinds of special moments are the reason why, despite all the vocal issues, crappy set lists, lousy new albums etc., I still love this band, and always will.

Thank you, Jon.

Originally Posted by efpg0708

Bon Jovi @ Tallinn June 2, 2019 These Days - YouTube

It’s heart breaking to see how much he has to concentrate and push himself in order to “sing” These Days ...

Originally Posted by efpg0708

Bon Jovi @ Tallinn June 2, 2019 These Days - YouTube

It’s heart breaking to see how much he has to concentrate and push himself in order to “sing” These Days ...

Originally Posted by KeepTheFaith2211

I got to the “man out on the corner” and turned it off. Painful. 2003 was glorious compared to this

Originally Posted by efpg0708

What bothers me the most is how forced the verses sound. They are much worst than the chorus, because the region between E and G is where he struggles the most with. There’s no flow in the delivery of the words, as if he has to sing word by word separately in order to remain in tune.

Take a look at the verses here - Bon Jovi These Days London O2 Arena 20th June 2010 - YouTube

I guess we should all be thankful that we got to see them during Jon’s comeback years (07-11). Even though people are still having fun seeing them nowadays, it’s just not my cup of tea anymore.

Cheers

Eduardo

Originally Posted by KeepTheFaith2211

I got to the “man out on the corner” and turned it off. Painful. 2003 was glorious compared to this

Originally Posted by BJFan99

If you thought TD was painful, you should see LOAP:

https://youtu.be/t-K8WugMFgM

That was painful in the literal sense - even though the sound was pretty muddy on my place in the audience and therefor hid some of the more subtle flaws earlier in the show (e.g. a few cracks I only noticed today while watching the videos), Prayer I just couldn't take anymore. Thank goodness there were as many people as there were to pull him through; without them, Jon would probably have ended up with hemorrhaged vocal cords. Fortunately, the crowd was there and Jon got off the stage alive.

That said, my ears were bleeding nonetheless.

Originally Posted by DavetheGodofKeys

Jon's vocals are totally spent during LOAP. It's like there's nothing left in the tank.

Originally Posted by james_d

I appreciate that you're not criticising those of us that still enjoy the shows here, some are so annoying when they assume that because they don't like it nobody should