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Originally Posted by DryCounty
Agree. One of the reasons I rate Lost Highway very highly of the era since HAND - it's the only record not inspired by politics AT ALL. It was inspired in big by personal heartbreaks in the band and I really think that inspires the band to write better lyrics. THINFS of course is also very personally inspired but in a different way and there were still social themes.
When BJ abandoned relationship songs (almost completely) after LH something simply got lost that was a big part of Jovi for me. I just can't care for lyrics like Working Man, WWBTF, BWC, Whats Left of Me, WAN etc.
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I so agree! You were able to pinpoint it, thanks man. Then we know such hits like These Days or Keep the Faith were also written in that social vein but yet, they are far from boring. I somehow connect better on a personal level rather than collective 'we', though.