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04-05-2013 05:03 PM |
Aloha !
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Originally Posted by danfan
(Post 1119966)
Never been to a show in Europe. Been to shows in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New Jersey. For the fans that I know, EVERYBODY knows who Richie is. I'm sure there are some morons who think it's just Jon Bon Jovi, but I don't see that as the majority. When he went to rehab on the last tour, the majority of people that I spoke to at the show knew full well who Richie was and that he wasn't going to be there.
Among people that I speak to, even non Jovi fans, I don't know too many people who don't know who Richie Sambora is.
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Fair enough, we've got different experiences when it comes to what we hear when talking to other fans. Just as long as the examples of the people you talked to weren't your close friends or relatives.
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Originally Posted by Captain_jovi
(Post 1119972)
The South American fans aren't ramming the fact down our throats.
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That's because most South Americans don't speak English, have never been outside of their country, let alone have visited a Bon Jovi show in another country. Europeans have the money to travel, most South Americans don't.
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Originally Posted by danfan
(Post 1119976)
By the same token, South American tourists are also known to be rude, disruptive, disrespectful, disgusting animals while visiting North America. It's the culture.
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No it's not. You wouldn't know their culture because you've never been to their country, you have no idea if they behave the same way in their own theme parks like they do when you were faced with their behavior on your Disney trips. If I were to form an opinion on Americans solely on how they behave in Holland it'd be of a country full of drug addicts dying to get high. That's not exactly correct either now, is it?
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Originally Posted by danfan
(Post 1119977)
There's no doubt their popularity waned in the 90's in the US, but honestly, it had no where else to go. In the 80's, Bon Jovi ruled America. Seb is going to say whatever makes his story sound more viable and makes Americans look worse.
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No I won't, stop acting like a crybaby.
I know what places Bon Jovi played in the eighties, anyone saying Bon Jovi were bigger in Europe in the (late) eighties is fooling himself. Before Slippery, Bon Jovi did gather a small cult following in Europe and Japan though, which was bigger than their popularity in America, despite the albums not charting over here. They headlined their own shows in theaters the size of the Beacon Theater in New York, something yet unheard of in America. Once Slippery came out all changed, and for a good 3 years Bon Jovi were the biggest act out there.
After this though, Bon Jovi was, unlike you're claiming, not selling out the smaller arena's in the nineties. Many of them were amphitheaters. Sure, the seats were all sold, but the 13.000+ tickets available for the field weren't rarely gone. Jon has even gone as far as calling one of their nineties tours the red-seat tour, simply because whenever they weren't playing an amphitheater and 15.000+ seats had to be sold they just were no longer able to.
Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan
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