2020: The New Album

They toured THINFS for 3 years without needing to put out a second record to keep the tour running. WHy would they do this now? I am pissed off with the length of the upcoming record but it will neither be the first, nor the last short album to come out.

I am not angry or disappointed. It's just a maybe ...

I like to imagine multiple scenarios, and because the album is called 2020 and is focused on American politics, "maybe" they have an ace up their sleeve, and "maybe" they have saved songs for a next album later, which could start with a tour of Europe and other countries. I don't know, it's just a scenario that I contemplate. Jon usually writes and composes a lot, so it is possible.

Aloha !

Considering how poorly America has handled the crisis so far they've just reached the tip of the iceberg. Many European concerts, despite them taking place in June and July, have already been postponed or cancelled even though the situation is being handled a lot more carefully. I've a feeling this tour will get postponed as well, including its album release which'll make the 2020 album title irrelevant. It's probably why all promo has stopped as well.

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan

Trumps sorted it. Covid-19 will be gone by Easter in the US.

Oooh thanks, where did you see this?

A few things to add to this.

It takes about half a minute to find out Jon does work at his Soul Kitchen. It confuses me why some people think he was marketing by releasing that photo. Sure, he's going to really bump album sales and shift a ton of tickets off a photo of him washing dishes. Those Redditors praising him are probably tripping over themselves to buy the next album.

If there was any ulterior motive it would be to say, "hey look at me and how nice I am". Either way, I think we all forget how we use social media. Check out the social media pages of people who have bona fide credentials in charitable organizations and are absolutley on the front line. They are even posting images of good things they do. How dare you pat yourself on the back, I guess.

One way to get ordinary folk to mobilize and do their part (even if it is to stay indoors) is by engaging them. Like it or not, their favorite celebrity is more likely to touch them than a politician. As far as self-congratulatory celebrity publicity over the last two weeks, this rates as amongst the least offensive to me.

And, those offering in-depth critique on a song he probably wrote on toilet paper before he wiped his ass, how embarrasing. He wasn't aiming to write a hit single that will be the opener on the next tour. It may even have been contrived, but it was just some words reflecting on the time.

We all have plenty to be embarrassed with JBJ about, but it seems he can be embarrassed by his fans too. Really, imagine listening to that song and thinking it was worthy of a mini review? That it was worth anything more than its face value.

If Jon did want to try and do some marketing, he would be better off marketing some old songs. No-one new to Bon Jovi is buying the new album. He should be trying to push Living on a Prayer as song of hope during this crisis and try and get it to go viral as such. That would be contrived but more effective a marketing strategy than washing dishes at a charity you developed and grew.

There's been multiple photos of him doing dishes off and on and it's not always during an album-promotion-cycle. It's a pretty cynical way of looking at it being just for attention and sales but I kinda get it.

Really? In what ways ? Curious.

Aloha !

Are you saying there's a distinct difference in quality in this song he's supposedly written on the toilet and the stuff that's been on official releases?

As has been told to you many times before; The topics related to Bon Jovi aren't the place to explain this and I've no interest to get engage in another pissing match with you but even so, if you need a stranger on Jovitalk to tell you it's clear you haven't been following the news, really, meaning you'll be so far behind there's no way I'm able to explain it to you anyway. You haven't gotten the message in regards to your Trump banter so will most likely miss the relevance of his decisions in regards to the virus as well.

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan

Haha, that would mean me reviewing the song, but in the interest of conversation I will. Well, no, there's no difference in terms of quality and was not talking about the merits of the song. I think the difference is this song is not worthy of review becauseof what it is. If he packages it and tries to sell it, then fair game.