40th Anniversary Boxset (2023)

The only way the band will get another massive hit is if they partner up with someone big, like Adele.

But really, they don't need another hit. They have so many under their belt. Just decent music will make me happy. And for me, there's enough decent music on the latter albums to keep me coming back, even if the overall quality isn't what it use to be.

Let's talk a bit about the Box Set 40th annyversary.

What do you expect from Box Set 2023? Do you think there will be everything, or will they focus on the last 20 years?


Do you think they will include the rest of the songs from the Sex Sells sessions that haven't been released yet?


And... if it were up to you, what songs would you like to include?

Thoughts.

Anything but that overhyped Sex Sells album. Never thought these songs were particularly good to be honest.

The best thing would be a list of tracks we never had heard of before (or seen the titles somewhere) - like Burning Bridges which ended up far away from what we had been speculating on beforehand.

I think it will mostly be stuff from the last 20 years in terms of studio material.

Would be good to finally hear Sex Sells though - it must have been decent enough for it to be an album title track. I'd also like to hear The Sole Truth is good quality.

Ditto! BB is one of my fave Jovi albums actually

Well, I liked Life's Too Short For Days Like These, if there is a studio version, I'd like to hear it. There are so many songs we haven't heard... like Someday You'll Ride Wild Horses.

Some songs that were recorded at a party to present Sex Sells, caught my attention although the sound of the pirated recording was horrible. Shadow Dancin' and Good Ain't Good Enough seemed interesting.

I'm not saying that everything they put in the box set is what we already know, I prefer everything to be new, like Burning Bridges was, but if they go for 50 tracks, I wouldn't mind if some of these songs were included, along with Nothing. Oh, and that unicorn named Cadillac Man.

I'm also curious to hear his version of It takes only One to Say Goodbye and Elvis In Vegas.

I hope to be able to listen to Halo, Hurricane butterfly and all those songs that didn't do The Circle and What About Now.

God, there is so much material that we have not heard and that we only know the title, I imagine there will be a lot songs that not even knew they existed.

I'd hope for:

-In America
-Fighter For Love
-Good live version of The Sole Truth
-Good live version of Cadillac Man
-Water Into Wine (good quality)
-Good quality version of the Sex Sells stuff
-It Only Takes One To Say Goodbye
-Cry (if it ever was recorded)
-This Ain't Love, This Is Life (if it's different other than the titular lyric change)
-Good / better quality versions of the Slippery outtakes (Deep Cuts The Night, Game of the Heart especially)
-Stuff we aren't even aware exists

In all honesty, I think Dom is right that it's always better if everything is completely new and unknown. But, I would not overlook some gems that we have heard in leaks.


My balance would be:

50 studio tracks[ (No Live Versions, no demo or alternative takes of already known songs):

-40 completely unknown and never heard before tracks.

-10 tracks that have not been officially released but that we have heard somehow, either live or in some poor sound quality leak, (example; Nothing, Life To Short, Gimme Some, Hurricane butterfly....)

About Cadillac Man, I don't know if there is a studio or demo version, but if there isn't, I hope they at least have a good take of Soundcheck, and if not, then they should make a specific studio recording for it to be included in the box set. This might seem like an aberration to some, but I think that if the essence is respected, and even Jon calls Richie once and for all to collaborate at least on this project, it could be the icing on the cake.

Jon said it would include several movies, well knowing that Hammersmith Odeon was recorded, it would be great if Cadillac Man along with other songs from this show were included in those movies.


To me, this would be the top thing Jovi could do on a fan release like this.

Apart from all these songs that you have already mentioned here, I have other names noted here that may be possible options for this new BOX.

01 - A LITTLE FAITH (BON JOVI JON, FALCON BILLY)
02 - I STILL HAVE HOPE (BONGIOVI JOHN F, CHILD DESMOND, SAMBORA RICHARD S)
03 - ALL IN THE NAME OF LOVE (BON JOVI JON, HUDSON MARK, STEWART DAVID ALLAN)
04 - ALL THE WAY BACK HOME (BON JOVI JON, SAMBORA RICHARD S, SEXTON CHARLIE)
05 - ALL WE ARE (BON JOVI JON, JAMES BRETT)
06 - ALONE (BON JOVI JON, CARLSSON ANDREAS MIKAEL, CHILD DESMOND, SAMBORA RICHARD S)
07 - ARMAGEDDON (BONGIOVI JOHN F, CAPORUSCIO ALDO)
08 - BABY COME BACK (BONGIOVI JOHN F, POLLES JAMES)
09 - BORN IN THE 60'S (BONGIOVI JOHN F, CHILD DESMOND, WARREN DIANE EVE)
10 - BURN WITH ME (BON JOVI JON, SAMBORA RICHARD S, SHANKS JOHN M)
11 - CADILLAC MAN (BONGIOVI JOHN F, SAMBORA RICHARD S)
12 - CLOSING TIME (BONGIOVI JOHN F, FALCON BILLY)
13 - CRAZY (ABOUT ME) (BON JOVI JON, HUDSON MARK, VALLANCE JAMES DOUGLAS)
14 - DO YOU KNOW HOW IT FEELS (BONGIOVI JOHN F, STEWART DAVE)
15 - GOOD AINT GOOD ENOUGH (BON JOVI JON)
16 - GOOD DAYS FOR HARD TIMES (BON JOVI JON, HODGES DAVID HALL, SHANKS JOHN)
17 - HARD TO MAKE A LIVING (BON JOVI JON, FALCON BILLY, SAMBORA RICHARD S)
18 - HELL IS LIVING WITHOUT YOU (Bon Jovi Version) (BONGIOVI JOHN F , CHILD DESMOND, COOPER ALICE, SAMBORA RICHARD S)
19 - HURT YOU LIKE THAT (BONGIOVI JOHN F, FALCON BILLY)
20 - I GOTTA BE ME (BON JOVI JON, CARLSSON ANDREAS MIKAEL, CHILD DESMOND)
21 - I WON'T LET YOU DOWN (BONGIOVI JOHN F, HUDSON MARK, KING CAROLE)
22 - I'LL HELP YOU OUT (BONGIOVI JOHN F, CHILD DESMOND)
23 - I’M A SOLDIER (BON JOVI JON, SAMBORA RICHARD S)
24 - I’M WANTED (BENNETT LENNIE DE JUAN, BONGIOVI JOHN F, COUSIN MATTHEW ENRIQUE, SAMBORA RICHARD S, SAVAGE TAMARA)
25 - IT'S GOOD TO BE A MAN (BONGIOVI JOHN F, FALCON BILLY, VALLANCE JIM)
26 - LIFE'S TOO SHORT FOR DAYS LIKE THESE (BONGIOVI JOHN F, FALCON BILLY)
27 - LIVE FOREVER (BONGIOVI JOHN F, FALCON BILLY)
28 - LIVE WITH REGIS (BONGIOVI JOHN F, CAPORUSCIO ALDO)
29 - MY NEW ADDICTION (BON JOVI JON, HUDSON MARK, VALLANCE JAMES DOUGLAS)
30 - NEVER STOP ME (BONGIOVI JOHN F, FUHRMAN DEREK, KULCHINSKY RYAN STAR, WATTENBERG GREGG STEVEN)
31 - ONE MAN BAND (BAZILIAN ERIC M, BONGIOVI JOHN F, CHILD DESMOND)
32 - ONE OF A KIND (BON JOVI JON, GRAKAL DEAN MICHAEL, HUDSON MARK)
33 - OPEL CORSA (BONGIOVI JOHN F, SAMBORA RICHARD S, SANDBERG MARTIN KARL)
34 - RAGE OF ANGELS (BON JOVI JON, CHILD DESMOND)
35 - RUMBLE IN THE HOUSE (BONGIOVI JOHN F, LEONARD PATRICK RAYMOND, SAMBORA RICHARD S)
36 - SEVEN WAYS (BON JOVI JON, JAMES BRETT, SAMBORA RICHARD S)
37 - SEX SELLS (BON JOVI JON, CAFFEY CHARLOTTE, HUDSON MARK)
38 - SHADOW DANCING (BON JOVI JON, HUDSON MARK)
39 - SONG FOR ANYONE (BON JOVI JON, CHILD DESMOND, SAMBORA RICHARD S)
40 - THE GHOST OF A GOOD THING (BON JOVI JON, CHILD DESMOND, SAMBORA RICHARD S)
41 - THE HAND YOU HOLD (BONGIOVI JOHN F, MILLER DOMINIC JAMES, THORN PAUL WAYNE)
42 - THIS TIME (BONGIOVI JOHN F, POLLES JAMES MICHAEL)
43 - WE ALL SLEEP ALONE (Bon Jovi Version) (BONGIOVI JOHN F, CHILD DESMOND, SAMBORA RICHARD S)
44 - WHEN I RULE THE WORLD (BON JOVI JON, JAMES BRETT, LINDSEY HILLARY LEE)
45 - WHEN YOU WALK IN THE ROOM (BON JOVI JON, GRAKAL DEAN MICHAEL, HUDSON MARK)
46 - WHO STOLE THE THUNDER (BON JOVI JON, SESKIN STEVE JAY)
47 - YOU ARE HERE (BON JOVI JON, JAMES BRETT, LINDSEY HILLARY)
48 - YOU RE NOT MY LOVER (BUT YOU WERE LAST NIGHT) (Bon Jovi Version) (BON JOVI JON, CHILD DESMOND, SAMBORA RICHARD S)

Regardless of what's to come, I'm looking forward to it

Do we know if band versions of 18, 43 and 48 exist?