Originally Posted by Captain Walrus (Post 1272872)

Just jumping in with some pedantry, the 2014 Calling Festival was in Clapham Common rather than Hyde Park :D

I remember Richie's performance as being very medium, but then I was already drunk by that point!

Originally Posted by steel_horse75 (Post 1272882)

I remember Eddie Trunk said Richie played him about 8 tracks from RSO on a CD in his car and they were all excellent heavier rock tracks but none made the album.


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Originally Posted by Walleris (Post 1272883)

Did he say this at the time or in hindsight? I listen to him semi-regularly, but I only remember him complementing those songs while interviewing Richie at the time.

Eddie is as much of a relationship manager as he is a critic. He prides himself in telling it "like it is", but he's not going to insult his interviewees to their faces. I don't blame him - that's part of his job and he probably learned from burning a few bridges earlier in his career (e.g. Paul Stanley, Ozzy Osbourne, Rob Halford etc.). Nowadays, whenever he interviews someone who just put a new song out, he almost always says how "it sounds great", etc.

Originally Posted by Captain_jovi (Post 1272884)

I vaaaaaaaaaaaugely recall he was interviewing Ori when talking about the heavier songs not making the album. Lemme go check.

EDIT: Got it. https://drycounty.com/jovitalk/bon-j...st1269872.html

Originally Posted by Jovi98 (Post 1272875)

Originally Posted by Jonny Sambora (Post 1273064)

https://fb.watch/4Hayc7nY6N/
snippets of 2 new songs

Originally Posted by Rdkopper (Post 1272831)

Richie has been out of Bon Jovi for 7 years now which could be a lifetime for some bands. That's like the Destination Anywhere tour to Have A Nice Day...

Someone posted that his story checks out for leaving Bon Jovi in regards to the extremely limited amount of music he released however within that time, he has also teased a lot of stuff from all sorts of music to artistic compilations.

RSO was a huge mistake. He should have released a solo album under his name that featured her as a guitarist with limited vocals. It seemed like he was moving forward with his own solo album until he revamped it. I wonder what happened to all those songs??

Now hes been teasing this newest project and for a while it seemed like we were going to hear something but again, it all just disappears.

I get Covid put a delay on things but to get nothing is a bit unusual.

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Originally Posted by rolo_tomachi (Post 1273076)

I loved the two new snippets. It sounds different to me, that's good, the guitar is more present in the mix, it feels organic. I really liked Richie's voice and his attitude too. That's Sambora's style. I can't wait to hear the rest.

Originally Posted by Rdkopper (Post 1273079)

This would have been perfect for The Experience.

"Here's what we have, here's what you'll get, but for some reason it'll never happen"

I am so sick of this shit when it comes to this band.... Teasers, snippets, 100 plus songs, etc.

Enough already! Just give us the completed material or say nothing!

Originally Posted by JoviForever (Post 1273083)

I don’t think he really knows what he wants in life.!

Originally Posted by semigoodlooking (Post 1273084)

That's a bit of a stretch. I can't stand anything Richie has done professionally for a decade, but come on, how can we say he doesn't know what he wants in life? Even if you are on the drunk/drugged bandwagon, perhaps he wants to be a drunk druggie.

Could even argue he left Bon Jovi because he does really know what he wants in life.

Originally Posted by Thinny (Post 1273087)

I agree completely. I think that professionally all Richie really wants now is to make the kind of music that he wants to make, when he wants to make it. And that's exactly what he's doing. He clearly has no interest in living his life on the road and in the studio and who can blame him.

People forget that most are looking to slow down and retire when you get into your 60s. Why should Richie be any different?

Originally Posted by Captain_jovi (Post 1273106)

Bag of Nails is interesting, can't tell if it's about the band or not

Exile
Exile
I'm taking back my name
I'm taking back my name

Exile
Sweet Exile
I'll keep waiting for your hammer to fail
You keep shaking your bag of nails

Shaking my tail 'til I get out of jail
You keep shaking your bag of nails

It's very reminiscent of some RSO (Rise for sure). I keep thinking of Peter Gabriel's Sledgehammer. But the damn song will not leave my head.

Originally Posted by JackieBlue (Post 1273108)

Thank you! I wasn't sure I was hearing it right and I couldn't figure out "I'll keep waiting for your hammer to fail" at all :)

Between the verse and the "exile" chorus, I'm thinking it's about the band; but it's hard to tell without hearing the full song. Here's what I got in the verse:

Get outta line (?); don't turn back
Waiting for a ???
I'm grabbing my gun, leaving my pride
I'm really gonna miss you while I kiss you goodbye
The rearview mirror don't have to lie
I'm really gonna miss you while I kiss you goodbye
Really gonna miss you while I kiss you goodbye
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Not being able to hear what he sings before Norm picks up, I'm not sure about that first phrase. And you'll be my hero if you can tell me what he's "waiting for" in that 2nd line?

I agree it's an earworm. Last night it was driving me nuts bc I couldn't get it out of my head and every time it got to the repeated "Really gonna miss you while I kiss you goodbye..." it would fade into the BeeGees' ("ah, ah, ah, ah, stayin' alive, stayin' alive...") :D

The chorus reminds me of something by Aerosmith but I can't pin it down.

Originally Posted by Captain_jovi (Post 1273109)

... but I've also never heard the term "bag of nails" so not sure!

Originally Posted by steel_horse75 (Post 1273101)

If those videos are recent then Richie looks well.
As for the songs first is better of the two but it’s not something I’ll be buying.

If he’s happy then good luck to him.


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Originally Posted by Captain_jovi (Post 1273109)

I'm pretty sure it's "waiting on a (?) heart attack" it almost sounds like "black hole heart attack" I'm not sure I know that term but I've also never heard the term "bag of nails" so not sure!

Originally Posted by JackieBlue (Post 1273114)

The stage shows are from the 2012 Golden Heart Awards; and most of the pics in Norm's store are from 2015. The ones of him and Bob Rock are the most recent ones. From middle of last year, I think.

Originally Posted by Captain_jovi (Post 1273119)

I cannot believe this but the one of Bob Rock and Richie was Sept of 2018 (where is the time going)