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Originally Posted by Supersonic
Aloha !
I'm 36. I still check out full records whenever they're released. Those who don't do so nowadays wouldn't have done so 20 years ago either. It's just that a lot of 35+ year old Bon Jovi fans have given up on this band altogether. I don't know anyone from the It's My Life era who still goes to these shows and buys the albums apart from the odd individuals who'd buy stuff regardless of what's on there.
I'm surprised a Bon Jovi fan like yourself thinks checking out the odd hitsingle is enough when it comes to checking out new music as you'd never have discovered a song like Dry County or Dirty Little Secret by doing this as well. It's why I always check out full records as a single is never an indication of what an album sounds like. With Bon Jovi the lead single is most often radically different from the rest of the album, with other bands it's just the one that's commercially the most interesting to release.
Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan
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Have you given your opinion on 202 yet? Apologies if I’ve missed it. What do you think?
Like you I listen to the full album from bands. They have taken the time to create new material so they deserve to have their “art” for want of a better word, listened to how it’s intended.
iTunes/Spotify has killed the album as we knew it. People can’t seem to concentrate for more than 45 minutes now so that’s why they pick 1 or 2 songs. While they are listening they are on twitter or social media looking or thinking about something else. Gone are the days of sitting down a listening and taking it in.
I may not love the new music but credit to Jon for sticking to the old format of full albums. A lot have bands have now gone down the individual song or EP route...but maybe that can work for Bon Jovi and that should be the way forward.
Jon has delayed the album, vinyl is still not out, done all the tv shows, done the iheart gig and.....bang the album hits 19 in first week and 144 by 3rd week.
What does it say when your 10 year old GH2 is higher in the charts than your new album that was released 3 weeks ago?
It says no one wants the new music or the change is so different your fan base has left.
They should’ve stopped after Richie quit really so jon could do little acoustic gigs and solo stuff. (Not that will sell you the bucket load either) but Jon must be gutted he thinks he’s wrote a really socially conscious/relevant album and no ones bought it. Even those who love Jon’s cute ass and freaky fans who buy 10 copies of the album can’t save 2020 from disappearing into the bargain bin.
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