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Originally Posted by manarosi
Those marked Red Just confirm my point, After HAND bj has been Pretty much irrevelant, so he can't pick big hits After HAND because there has been none,but at the same time he can't pick from 80's-90's records ( cause we all know he would be just buried by diehards because of his vocals). What's left?? 99,breakout and soul are known by 4 people, it would make those 1k people in the arena happy but leave unsatisfied casuals,it can't bč the solution( might be for a night, what about the next one?)... What i'm trying to say is that the songs that he can really pick to make casuals and diehards happy( want It or not but songs like sleep and wgigo can be fun at a concert) and that can bč sang(or at least not completely botched) by jbj are those 30 that are played today...he might variate 3-4 at night like u said but It won't change Pretty much anything
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You still don't get it. Saying 99 In the Shade is known by 4 people is saying a song like Raise Your Hands is known by 4 people. Both are album cuts from the big albums from the eighties and both were never issued as a single. Raise Your Hands works well because of its catchy chorus, 99 In the Shade might just work the same way. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead has been played at pretty much every single show since 1993 yet it barely charted in America. I very much doubt a casual fan knows the song, but it's got a party vibe. Little Bit Of Soul would work the same way but that one gets ignored.
Further on, Whole Lot Of Leavin' caused a piss break at every Bon Jovi show I've seen in America. The same for Lost Highway and We Weren't Born To Follow. You keep going on about vocal issues being the reason why he won't play the rare stuff, but considering how he sings Bad Medicine there's no reason to believe that's the reason why.
I saw 4 shows in New Jersey back in 2010. The show with the most rare songs had the loudest crowds because there was no Lost Highway/Whole Lot Of Leavin' combo. It kills a crowd every single time I saw it getting played. Yet he insists on keeping it in there. I'm sure Jon loves the songs, but if your argument is not being able to play other stuff people don't know, it should count for those songs as well.
By now the band has released roughly 200 songs. They've got 10 top 40 hits. And you're saying out of the other 190, stuff like Amen, Lost Highway, Whole Lot Of Leavin', We Weren't Born To Follow and so on needs to be played in order for a casual fan not to leave disappointed? They can't risk it?
If you honestly believe this band would lose people over 4 songs in a set including 10 top 40 songs you have little faith in the hits anyway. They're in the Hall of Fame exactly because the huge amount of hits and the people who keep coming to these shows. Even with the band at its all time low right now they're still able to play Madison Square Garden. They've got nothing to lose, which should be all the more reason to mix it up.
Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan