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Originally Posted by bonjovi90
Yep. Jon pretty much made a pact with the devil in order to have success, meaning that he always pushed up to (and past) 100% of what he was capable of in the studio. Even back in 1992 and 1994, when he had to "live to track" promo performances in the original key of the song, he was noteably out of his comfort zone. There's a reason why their live shows got downtuned already when he was in his 20's. He's literally abused it to the point of no return.
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Adding to your point, I could not find a single Livin on a prayer close or better than the studio version. That "the tube" performance is kinda close but no key change chorus so it really doesn't count.