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Oh, I agree with how Bryan Adams' setlists are now more diverse than your average Bon Jovi show. If he's smart he'll incorporate one of these fake requests in his support slot. Most people in attendance won't have a clue his requests are nonsense and it's easy to win over a crowd like that. :)

It's not necessarily a bad thing but it doesn't make you anything special either. Keith Scott is reliable but he's reliable exactly because he's only capable of playing a song the way he's recorded it and constantly does so. There's no spontanety in his solo's and if you constantly play something the same way you'll eventually lose the feel of it as well.

Your example of Touch The Hand shows this quite well. Most of the licks he does are easy and constant repeats, there's an endless list of bum notes in that solo and once he does something impressive he always follows it up with the same long note, incapable of constructing one thing to the other. His timing is just so off during his improvisations it makes it hard to listen to once you notice it. I'm not saying he's a sloppy hack but he's hardly memorable or underrated either.

Going by what Bobby Bandiera's played when he was in Bon Jovi he's as much of a human jukebox as your average fan playing guitar in his bedroom. It's not Bandiera leaving what's caused this band to stop playing different sets, it's because Jon has to relearn how to sing every song and he refuses to do so as the current 20 are enough of a struggle already. I've no idea why people think it's that hard for a musician to learn how to play a song, especially when it's a Bon Jovi song. Bobby wasn't playing Santa Fe because Richie couldn't, Bobby was playing because Richie couldn't be arsed.

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Sebastiaan

Can't really add much to what I've already said. I've always enjoyed his playing and that's enough for me. I've never really been into technically accurate players, as most seem to lack the relevant emotion and feeling in their playing. Phil X playing Richie's stuff is a prime example of that. I'd much rather hear Richie doing it and hitting the occasional bum note, because it feels like he really means it....

Oh Jon.. bad move man.

At least people will get something enjoyable out of the shows.

I agree. And also, with some exceptions here and there, most of the Bon Jovi catalogue is very easy to play. Phil has been in Joviland for almost 10 years now and he still isn’t capable of nailing most of the solos.


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I am not much of a fan of Bryan Adams outside some songs. I have seen him on his last two tours with my wife (the fan) and he was excellent. Like others have said, he takes genuine song requests on the spot (I think its 2 songs though, not 4), although seemingly fake. And he does a few pure acoustic songs. Both of these things are completely impossible for Jon.

Edit to remove a question that was answered elsewhere.

His voice is strong and most importantly for me, he actually looks like he wants to be there.

Luckily for Jon, it won't really matter because 80% of the concert going crowd seem to have no idea how terrible Jon is. Still, Bryan Adams is in excellent shape and with his band on stage it is like what we all wished Bon Jovi was but hasn't been for at least a decade.

I bet having Bryan Adams supporting is really stroking Jon's ego though.

Moving around is not the only way to judge a frontman. Joe Eliott moves a lot but he's nowhere near as great a frontman as Jon, especially when they play back to back as they did in Europe last year.

That's not what had been said. It's not necessary, but it's great on top of singing like in Bryan Adam's case who sounds good and moves around a lot. It's not a replacement for the unability of singing decent though - Jon moving around, but not being able to sing in key/time is what doesn't cut it for most of us (except BJFan99).

Jon forget or never understood. We didn't need perfection, just the real thing.

Trust me, I'm very bothered about Jon's vocals and cringe very often when listening to his recent live stuff. However, him still being a great and charismatic performer on the other aspects takes just a little bit of the pain away and makes it easier to enjoy the odd performance here and there (Bad Medicine in Philly, Saturday Night and These Days in Sao Paulo, and IBTFY in Nijmegen - I think it was - are examples of this from the last tour).

It's not about me getting insanely excited when he simply runs and jumps around on stage, it's about the connection between him and the audience as well as the experience of a concert bringing us and the band "together", which largely makes or breaks a show for BJ nowadays. Even something like Dublin night #2 last year, probably one of the best gigs of the last 5-6 years and one where I actually think Jon *almost* nailed a few songs, is largely painful to simply listen to, but when you actually see Jon work his ass off and put on a kickass energetic show with the audience in the palm of his hands, no matter how horrendous he may sound (and he does, there's no denying it), that's when I feel the most at ease and get the most enjoyment out of the current Bon Jovi as a live band.

I'd settle for that... ;):D