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Old 04-17-2013, 07:15 AM
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I love Hook Me Up - I was lucky enough to have heard it live several times. But for my money, Undivided is the jewel of the Bounce album.
Undivided is the jewel of the post-2000 Bon Jovi IMO. Yeah, it wouldn't exist without IML, but Undivided has more heart than anything post These Days, it's solid rock, powerful lyrics... it's one of the few times over the last 13 years they have shown what they are capable of.

Hook me up on the other hand is good. I'd rate in the top half of Bounce, but not by much. Though it gets better and better with every passing album. It's a good, edgy rock song.. no more, no less... and since there haven't been many (if any) of those since Bounce, it makes it all the more memorable. I didn't get it at my one show on the Bounce tour... damn my broke college days! I just wish it had been recorded/mixed better. It always sounded inadvertently small... like it was recorded in a small room, when it should have sounded like a big, rock anthem. Anyway, good song... take it any day over BWC or WAN.
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Old 04-17-2013, 07:37 AM
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Hate that song. It sucks.
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Old 04-17-2013, 08:59 AM
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Yeah, Hook Me Up is shite. Might be loud but that don't make it good.

Undivided wants to be a good song, could be a great one but the ham fisted lyrics ruin it. For me, it isn't even the jewel of Bounce which is arguably their worst album.
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Old 04-20-2013, 12:01 PM
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Well, I do like this shorter live version more:
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Old 04-20-2013, 03:52 PM
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I don't care for Hook Me Up. I think it's dead average.
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Old 04-20-2013, 09:40 PM
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Pretty good song. Among the better ones on Bounce, but among the bottom half of the "rock songs" (all 4 of them).
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