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I appreciate Bobby thickening the guitar sound onstage, as well as his addition to the end of "That's What the Water Made Me" because it's atmospheric and fits the song well imo. Yes, he is a good background singer.
But how many band's lead guitarists can do what Richie does here? I've always thought of Richie as basically a co-lead singer of Bon Jovi. I don't think Phil X /or/ Bobby could pull off lead guitarist AND co-lead singer that Richie embodies: (8:42) |
I love Richie, he was always my favorite member of the band, and I really do get that everyone is entitled to their own opinion. but I'm really surprised at how with a bit of time, Aftermath is being looked at as an example on how good Richie can be. I was really let down with the album, the jam sessions at the end just scream laziness, the songwriting is nothing that he hasn't been doing in Bon Jovi for the past 10 years. Sure there are good songs, 7 years gone is a great tune even if it's basically a rehash of a live version of The distance. You can only get so high is Richie's own personal version of Make a memory (musically speaking). And just like WAN has wayyy to obvious influences coming from The killers, Matchbox 20 and Coldplay, Richie did the same with his album with The Foos, Jet, Gavin Degraw, and a few others. Granted, i'm not saying WAN is better, because it isn't, but they're both pretty much on the same level, only Aftermath has more guitars, well because Richie's a guitar player, but they're both really calculated albums when we get down to it.
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What About Now also part of Richie Sambora, guitar solo in Army of One and Im With You pretty cool. Buenos choirs in water, Into the Echo have a beautiful guitar solo. Richie has a good compilation of songs in Aftermath, is not Stranger, but fits very well for me. However, Jon solo songs, find it very boring. I mean "Not Running" and "Old Habits". . |
There is NO doubt in my mind whatsoever that RICHIE is needed back ASAP, no one will ever replace him, FACT!!!! I miss him and I think EVERYONE misses him.....However all the comments on facebook saying the shows were shit because he was missing obviousley didnt see the show I saw at MANCHESTER, and I have just watched the IOW highlights and I dont know about you guys but i thought JON rocked the joint.......standing head and shoulders above todays popular acts!!!! he is a lonely figure on stage, and it would have been EVEN better with Sambo, but BON JOVI still kicked ass at the IOW festival...........and is it me or is PHIL gettin better every gig.
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Most people are disappointed with Aftermath. I certainly expected a lot more. But a couple of months later, I see how it's miles better than anything Bon Jovi have done....well, pretty much since These Days really. Half of it I like. And there's only two songs I don't like actually. Which are World and Weathering the Storm. The rest is at least ok. And not from a sound, production, guitar etc perspective. But from a songwriting perspective. Look at Taking A Chance on the Wind or Always Walk Beside You...they are proper, real songs. And then Burn the Candle Down and Fly with A Broken Wing - those are proper Sambora rockers, in the vein of Rosie really. Again, it's my least favourite Richie record. But it's not an 'album by the numbers' that Bon Jovi have been doing for 10 years. And that's what makes me think that Richie could actually give me more if he left the band, than if he stayed in the band. |
Rusty Anderson on guitar I like more than David Ryan Harris.
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Matt just Tweeted:
Matthew Bongiovi: ''I am not here to answer for Richie so please stop asking. It's getting old and boring and I don't want my twitter to be boring'' |
This guy is the worst PR of all time.
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For god's sake, even Phil does a better PR work than Bon Jovi's community manager + Richie + Matt. He's using so much Instagram that's encouraging a lot of people to tag photos, every gig now I go to Instagram and find a lot of pictures of the gig, the band should encourage that, not Phil.
He even tells what they do on the road. Will it kill them to open a Tour Diary as some bands have? It'd be a nice experience. I know they're busy, but still, something cool, specially on they 30th Anniversary Tour. |
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A fan (not me) already made a poster of the whole Matt Twitter exchange:
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Phil posts pictures of the places he's seeing, shows enthusiasm for the shows and fans, has yet to become jaded about his experience with the band. I like reading his tweets and seeing his pictures. (And no Rolo, I'm still not a hater.) Why don't the people getting ugly on Matt's twitter post their displeasure on Richie's twitter? Maybe if he felt a little of that heat he'd offer more than vague responses. (and photo ops with dogs and blondes.) ;)
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I'm sorry, but no. I want Richie back, desperately want him back. BUT THIS CRAP'S GOTTA END. That's not the full story. As someone already pointed out, the positive, encouraging tweets from Matt were many more than the negative or somehow detached ones. People should stop trying to twist things and communicate via stupid, misleading Facebook-like images and start using their ****in' brains instead, they're there for a reason! |
All the ugly tweets and badgering in the world is not going to make Richie return. But people want to vent and they want to assign blame. Maybe it makes them feel better. It didn't work when he first bailed on the tour and it isn't going to work now. But they'll keep bitchin' and Matt will keep losing his cool. :D Actually he handles it better than I probably would!
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Since that image is bullshit and since I hate bullshit and love the factual truth, I took the time to put together what you could REALLY call the "WHOLE Matt Twitter exchange".
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Thanks, Jessy. That Ross Sharman just won't give it up will he? Hmmmm now who does that remind me of? ;)
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In one tweet he says he hopes Richie will come back and that it's his decision, and in other tweets he says Richie will be back. That's such bs. That's why Matt is not a good source.
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Matt really needs to learn not to answer people. It just makes him look like an idiot, even when he says something of relative merit.
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Was anything ever announced regarding that Every Road cover contest?
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After a couple of days away from this thread, two things have become clear.
1 - We all have different opinions. It's pointless exchanging over which songs were better, what loose theories we have etc etc. 2 - Can someone invent a "Non-Bullsh1t, Backed Up, Relevant and Worth Reading Alert Filter"? That might help stop my blood pressure shooting through the roof every time I trawl through the pages I've missed. Thanks. PS - as much as this thread is bad for my health, I really would love to have a meet up with you guys! |
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Bin Jovi... Oh the lolz. :) And btw yeah I've been wondering about the Every Road competition too.. Nothing's been said on Facebook since Richies last "overwhelmed, so many entries, need more time" type message... :/ |
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you took all this time to post this! how I cannot love you? lol your work is very much appreciated :):) Thank you :p |
You're all welcome, not-so-secret admirers included! :p LOL
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