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Originally Posted by DevilsSon
Your post made me think instantly of the Homer Car.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpPuYGPcvD4
Anyhow, Rdkopper, this was not meant to start a conversation or a discussion. It was a ramble and I am honest here, no irony or pun intended whatsoever. It is beyond my comprehension how somebody who likes Bon Jovi for their albums 1984 to 1995 (and even a little further occasionally) can genuinely, honestly, and wholeheartedly enjoy this song without some form of auto-brain-wash or whatever you want to call it.
And I think that the one person fixated on These Days is you. I never mentioned it. What I mentioned was sincerity and musicianship. Bon Jovi always came across as genuine and sincere. My problem is not with the song being commercial, pop, radio-friendly, whatever you want to call it. You can be all that and still sound genuine and real! My problem is with the fact that it does NOT sound real. It sounds manufactured and at times the lyrics are so stupidly put together that they don't really make any sense.
"You live for the fight when that's all that you got!" vs. "I don’t wanna be another wave in the ocean / I am a rock, not just another grain of sand (that’s right)"
It's not even These Days level here that I am talking. But it's ok. Maybe you genuinely like this soppy middle-of the road pre-school summer camp optimism and that wouldn't be a surprise ( given all kinds of nonsense you have previously posted and believed in).
Yet, personally, and I repeat myself, I can't believe that someone who became a DIE HARD because of the majesty of Wanted Dead Or Alive, the unique guitar sound of 7800 degrees, the punch of Bad Name, the depth of My Guitar Lies Bleeding in My Arms, the energy of I Believe, the feeling conveyed by Someday I'll Be Saturday Night, the speed of the Homebound Train or the heaviness of If I Was Your Mother can by ANY possible means possibly enjoy this pile of uninspiring lacklustre middle-of-the road overproduced junk that is Because We Can. And these are my 2 cents. |
Yeah that's right. Lets have Bon Jovi sounding all 80s & 90s again. Lets turn them into a nostalgia band.
Because this would be the beginning of a worse demise for the band than releasing something a bit current sounding that's a bit fun and catchy. And what the hell are you talking about referencing a die hard in the same light, as glorifying 7800 Degrees. The album is by FAR the worst the band has ever released. That's why they don't play anything off that album and Jon has admitted this on numerous occasions.
I just think you are a total arrogant asshole for this post and you've made yourself look like one of those idiotic trolls on here & I had more respect for you than that. Everyone is a Bon Jovi fan for their own reason, everyone gets something different out of the back catalogue for their own personal reason.
You don't like the song - I get it. But don't chastise the people that do - and accuse them of (in so many words) not being true/real Bon Jovi fans.