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Originally Posted by Living_on_my_Hair
I don't know if its just me, or is it because I have read a lot of these kind of interviews over the years, but I am tired of the same old cliché crap and soundbites. All artists sprout of the same type of stuff, but both Jon and Richie often come across as quite egotistical and big headed a lot of the time, and I take a lot of what they say with a pinch of salt nowadays! His album is good, with some great tracks..but it is not amazing
I did cringe when he started talking about how great of a father figure he is to his daughter.. yeah drunken DUI incidents etc aside..
andi
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It's because they both have nothing to say, really. They've started to believe in their own hype because no critic ever admired them for their work, and the only way they measure their own greatness is by the yes-people on Backstage who show nothing but admiration during those fanclubtrips and the millions they make while touring.
It's what I've said before; A divorce, a dead father, alcohol abuse, an ex-girlfriend, a daughter growing up, touring the world a bunch of times, seeing many different people and many different cultures and yet with all the emotions that are supposed to come with it the new record is very bland. There's 11 songs and it's only Seven Years Gone that showcases only a tiny bit of what has been going on in his life, the other lyrics is just a different bunch of cliches that shy away from really getting into the story he tries to tell.
The past 2 years I've written about 16 songs describing the past 2 years and although I'm sure Richie won't go as into detail as I have, I'm sure it wouldn't hurt if he'd show a little more emotional than waking up with a hangover. It's a very American thing as well, pretend you're amazing, awesome, it's all very superficicial and indirectly it's the cause as to why half of America is always looking for help, the newer generations are living in a society that's run by people that don't accept failure so they've got all these emotions that aren't accepted by anyone.
But you can't do that, you know. You've got to pretend you're invulnerable, pretend you've got everything under control. Don't let the emotions get out, pretend you're amazing. Because everything is amazing in Richie's life. He's divorced, has no one to come home to, and like you said, had a DUI incident with his daughter in the car, but let's keep repeating to everyone that it's all awesome. Eventually someone will believe it, right?
People don't relate to perfection. People relate to imperfection, because it connects the artist to the listener. No one lives a perfect life, but Bon Jovi, just like it's yes-people at Fanclubmeetings sure would like you to believe they do. Don't critisize them though, because they'll give you hell for it. And the more truthful the critisism is, the bigger the hell you'll be living in.
Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan