Unreleased Official Videos
 

Hey all,

In the vein of the very great topic started by Rdkopper about the unreleased songs, I have a question: As there are unreleased songs of all eras, maybe we have the same with videos? I mean, official videos recorded. For example:

**On the HAND era, two versions of Welcome to Wherever You Are video were recorded. In that time, the Bon Jovi site was in that cool jacket layout (miss this) and I used to enter almost everyday on it. I clearly remember (with 99,99% certainty) a news on the BJ site saying that the video was already done and was about to be released in a specific date. After a few days, another news was saying that the band decided to fully re-recorded the video, hiring for this Wayne Isham, and they were selecting people to record the new video. Someone remember this too?

**On the Crush era, we had the official video from It's My Life released. After a few years, a version of the official video with the only the band on it appeared on YouTube!

So, that's what I was think, and thought that it would be cool if we can discuss and share info and thoughts about it. Sorry if this was already discussed in another topic, feel free to delete it moderators, if it's the case. ;)

There are band-only videos for Only Lonely, Bed of Roses, Lie To Me and It's My Life (as you stated). Maybe a couple more, but I don't have my lists at hand right now.
Plus there is a full-colour version of Livin' On A Prayer.

Furthermore, there are two edits of Hey God with different lenghts, but both are on the band's YT channel.

Correct on the HAND one, there is a little bit of footage of them recording the video on one of the BJTV's from the HAND tour. I know some woman won a contest to be an extra and posted her take on it and some pics but it's been so long since I've seen that.

Was the secondary IML video ever a thing? It's this one, right?


It looks like a lot of b-roll but almost feels fan made at times and professional in others. Anyone know where it came from?

Never seen this! :puppydog:

Wasnt Hey God originally going to be the lead single from These Days and had a video shot for it? I think it was filmed at the same session as the TAALS one in Thailand so probably would have looked similar.

Never seen this! :puppydog:

Great memory Captain! I've always been so curious about this...

I just don't think it's a fan made because it has different angles from the scenes used in the released video, and the camera is used in the same way as the original one. I think this is the official record of the band scenes that then they decided which ones should be used in the released video.

Tempted to pick that Japanese bootleg up. Is the sound quality an improvement over the old mp3s? I remember my copy of "Bells of Freedom" sounding decent enough (save for that segment clipped out) and "Complicated" sounded ok as well but "I Want to be Loved" and "Nothing" sound quality wasn't so good.

There's a Band Only version of This Ain't A Love Song too.

Yes. This video was made by Marc Klasfeld but we don't know if he finished it. There were photos on crushmagazine.es from this video. I remember Jon and bar (something like Somedy I'll Be..). I remember at that time fans weren't happy tha Marc make this video. I have somwhere those photos.

Also Richie didin't finished video for I'll Always Walk Beside You. He even showed scene from it.

We Weren't Born To Follow also have different scenery. They didn't used it on official video. Maybe they have another version.
You can watch this there:

If u want to i guess and its better than the ones YT and some aren't up on YT
But all the demos sound really rough

I can't watch the alternative IML video. It's says it's blocked.

Just realised I posted that in the completely wrong thread! Excuse me.

IML had a separate cut version which removes all the "peril" like the jumping and rolling under a truck that MTV Extra used to play back in the day. Can't find it on YouTube but I have it knocking around on an old DVD somewhere. There was also an AALY version with the snow removed as MTV in Europe put a ban on showing vids with snow in after a certain point.

What a great memory! Would be great to see those photos :D

So, it's correct to assume that this video was finished and is resting in the BJ vault?

Is this one, right? https://vimeo.com/57897810

Great point too! Looks cool this footage..more than the building one for me.

I also remember, don't know exactly from where, that before the This Left Feels Right, they were planning to release another version of Bounce, which would be including the videos so far (everyday, misunderstood, all about lovin you) and the Right Side Of Wrong video. I clearly remember this new, I just don't know if this was suposed to be an official version or the Jon's brother one.

;) I will try to find them

Yes but maybe they didn't pay for it and Mark could destroy it ;D

Yes.

I don't remember that story at all ;) i remember that they wanted to relase acoustic DVD from Yokohama.

Always also has an alternate band only video.

Theres also an edit where you dont see the the guy setting fire to the flat so you have no idea whats happened!

Oh jeez, those edits do my head in. There's a whole variety of censored versions of that, all of which make the story make no sense at all.

There was a version of Always in front of Niagra Falls. I honestly can't remember if it was a video or a performance though. Yep, the old brain is letting go of useless knowledge! There is a Jon only Blaze, but I think it was released. I may be contributing nothing!

Always from the Niagara Falls was a Top of the Pops performance.

You're right, there are two versions of Blaze of Glory. One with film snippets inserted and the other one is Jon only.

Possibly the last appearance Alec did? I think I remember that?

Does anyone know where the alt. AALY is? I am IN that video!!!!!

who knows - i could be the star of this version....

:)

I probably have it LOL

OK - you got it - I just found mine.

The video just posted? Where are you??!!


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He's not in the German edited one - he is in this one:


All the way to the right at 3:02

Yo Marc :D

Nice! How did that come about?


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hey, sorry, I just don't get it. Isn't it the official version? :confused:

Yes this is the official version that my friend is in. There is an alternate version, released in Germany that he thought he was in, but he mixed them up.

It's My Life (band only video) was streamed by BJTV in 2000.

AH! Thanks!

What's the story behind all-color Livin' on a Prayer? In what context was it released/shown?

ahhh, it's ok. Now I get it! His mixed up maked me mix up too. :p

And what's the thing with Who says you can't go home video? I know that we had at leats three different versions of it:

1) The band and Philly soul team;
2) The band with Jennifer Neatles;
3) And that epic video with the dog lol

Why the dog's video is not on the official bon jovi channel? I remember that here in Brazil this was the one that was aired here on MTV...

There is a video for Good Guys Don't Always Wear White, isn't there? That's one of those songs that never made it big but should have.

Yup but that was officially released. Actually a lot of the ones being talked about were indeed released, just weren't hits enough to do anything.

The Who Says video was for Europe and I heard that it's pretty disliked by the band's camp.