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Originally Posted by Walleris
I remember when The Circle came out and Born To Follow was the lead single, Jon said that it was the last song recorded for an album and it was "song number 28". I'm not 100% sure on the number, but it was definitely in the 20s. So I don't think it's the quantity. It's not like extra 10-20 songs of modern day Bon Jovi would light the world on fire. To me it comes down to Jon's vocal limitations. I am very positive that today's Jon could still write a great song for 90s Jon to sing. What About Now album still has some nice melodies, but the problem was in delivery. Richie isn't motivated to do epic solos anymore (if he was, he would've done it Aftermath), but to me a solo can never make the song great. It only works as a steroid, but doesn't replace the workout.
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I don't know, I thought The Circle was a really great album (I really love When We Were Beautiful, Love's The Only Rule, Bullet, Thorn In My Side, hey, even We Weren't Born To Follow (unless it's live
), and Jon's vocals were still way better than on What About Now, though of course different than in the 80s/90s.
The real difference is that in an interview during the BWC tour, Jon said that nowadays he writes songs that fit his vocal range, whereas before he just tried to write great songs, no matter if he could sing them live or not. That does change it a lot, in addition to whatever it is that happened to his vocals during 2011 and 2013.