Bon Jovi "Fan Album": Burning Bridges- Out 21 Aug

steel_horse75 · #**691** 08-08-2015, 06:02 PM

The album works better as a Jbj solo album. We don't run aside these are NOT Bon Jovi songs.

Rdkopper · #**692** 08-08-2015, 06:04 PM

I did a once over of the snippets just to get an idea of the type of sounds and tempos. I refuse to give them a second listen and more so judge them.

However, after listening, I do backup my statement that this album is Jon's squashed attempt at a 3rd solo album.

Buring Bridges is the Sex Sells of Crush.

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Captain_jovi · #**693** 08-08-2015, 06:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ezearis

GUYS nobody figured out what song does We All Fall Down sounds like? It's driving me crazy that I can't remember! The chorus is "SNGMSM-Gotta Be Somebody" similar.

I still stand by "What about now"

Climb every mountain
Who'll stand for the....

Lucas_Roli · #**694** 08-08-2015, 06:15 PM

I'm Your Man sounds like a really fun track. Is it getting released next friday?

JackieBlue · #**695** 08-08-2015, 06:47 PM

I like all of these, too! But I'm just not hearing what either excites OR disappoints people so much, for several reasons.

First, it's 30 second clips. Someone (I think it was steel_horse) acknowledged that he had initially misjudged Teardrop from the snippet, because after he heard the whole song it turned out that he loved it. I honestly don't think I've ever seen a group of people who are so quick to jump to hard fast conclusions with little or no information. I just don't get why the need to make a judgment about anything (or anyone!) is so urgent that it has to be done immediately, even when the information is incomplete.

Second, just like with the songs we've already heard, these snippets really don't sound all that different from the rest of the Bon Jovi catalog to me.

Third, some of you seem to have a hard time making up your minds. On one hand, you're "tired of the same old shit" and want Bon Jovi to do something different. On the other hand, you don't like something if it veers too far from the sound you're familiar with, because it "doesn't sound like Bon Jovi". You want something current or relevant, something that doesn't sound dated. But if it has a "newer" sound, comparisons are instantly made to some other group or artist, which, of course, Jon must have copied!

It seems to me that Bon Jovi simply can't win with some of you guys!!

Personally, I miss the distinct sound of Richie's vocals in places, but in some of the songs, especially WDR, I would almost swear that I hear him, especially in "Hey! Hey! Hey!", "Ru-u-n", and "We! Don't! Run!" I even thought that he could have been playing, right before the guitar solo takes over. I'm not talking about the "heavy (handed) meaty shredding lead". They clearly stated that Shanks was playing that!

(But you notice they DIDN'T say, at anytime I can recall, that Richie ISN'T playing at all. They've just said Shanks was playing lead and let us draw our own conclusions - just like Jonny did at the end of the Q&A.

)

There's something 'clunky' about the transition to the solo. It's in the tone and clarity from the electric at the end of the chorus right before the heavier lead in the solo takes over. At best, I'm a guitarist-wannabe, so I don't know how to describe what I'm hearing. Maybe one of the real guitarists here could better explain what I'm trying to say?

Is it wishful thinking on my part? Perhaps. But it wouldn't surprise me if we learn down the road that Richie was involved with this on some level. And I'll just put this out there while I'm at it - recognizing fully that it's nothing more than conjecture - but I think the reason they "gotta sit on" a completed album until April or May may be so that Richie can do whatever he's going to do with his album and then join them. Then they can add "He's BAA-A-AACK!" to whatever marketing strategy they have planned.

As I said, maybe I'm reaching; but there is just too much weirdness associated with this album, not to mention the delay in releasing the "next" new one. As it sits right now, I'm looking forward to hearing their "latest" album and the "next" one, too. I expect that I'll like both of them, with the same varying favorite and not-so-favorite songs that I've had for all their previous releases.

rolo_tomachi · #**696** 08-08-2015, 07:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JackieBlue

I like all of these, too! But I'm just not hearing what either excites OR disappoints people so much, for several reasons.

First, it's 30 second clips. Someone (I think it was steel_horse) acknowledged that he had initially misjudged Teardrop from the snippet, because after he heard the whole song it turned out that he loved it. I honestly don't think I've ever seen a group of people who are so quick to jump to hard fast conclusions with little or no information. I just don't get why the need to make a judgment about anything (or anyone!) is so urgent that it has to be done immediately, even when the information is incomplete.

Second, just like with the songs we've already heard, these snippets really don't sound all that different from the rest of the Bon Jovi catalog to me.

Third, some of you seem to have a hard time making up your minds. On one hand, you're "tired of the same old shit" and want Bon Jovi to do something different. On the other hand, you don't like something if it veers too far from the sound you're familiar with, because it "doesn't sound like Bon Jovi". You want something current or relevant, something that doesn't sound dated. But if it has a "newer" sound, comparisons are instantly made to some other group or artist, which, of course, Jon must have copied!

It seems to me that Bon Jovi simply can't win with some of you guys!!

Personally, I miss the distinct sound of Richie's vocals in places, but in some of the songs, especially WDR, I would almost swear that I hear him, especially in "Hey! Hey! Hey!", "Ru-u-n", and "We! Don't! Run!" I even thought that he could have been playing, right before the guitar solo takes over. I'm not talking about the "heavy (handed) meaty shredding lead". They clearly stated that Shanks was playing that!

(But you notice they DIDN'T say, at anytime I can recall, that Richie ISN'T playing at all. They've just said Shanks was playing lead and let us draw our own conclusions - just like Jonny did at the end of the Q&A.

)

There's something 'clunky' about the transition to the solo. It's in the tone and clarity from the electric at the end of the chorus right before the heavier lead in the solo takes over. At best, I'm a guitarist-wannabe, so I don't know how to describe what I'm hearing. Maybe one of the real guitarists here could better explain what I'm trying to say?

Is it wishful thinking on my part? Perhaps. But it wouldn't surprise me if we learn down the road that Richie was involved with this on some level. And I'll just put this out there while I'm at it - recognizing fully that it's nothing more than conjecture - but I think the reason they "gotta sit on" a completed album until April or May may be so that Richie can do whatever he's going to do with his album and then join them. Then they can add "He's BAA-A-AACK!" to whatever marketing strategy they have planned.

As I said, maybe I'm reaching; but there is just too much weirdness associated with this album, not to mention the delay in releasing the "next" new one. As it sits right now, I'm looking forward to hearing their "latest" album and the "next" one, too. I expect that I'll like both of them, with the same varying favorite and not-so-favorite songs that I've had for all their previous releases.

I agree. But many fans, we needed more rock. This is a pending issue for a long time.