Originally Posted by Alphavictim (Post 1266192)

Ah yes, Katy Perry, the contemporary super star of the season. How do you do fellow kids?

Originally Posted by Supersonic (Post 1266188)

Aloha !



If Jon was making the music he wants to there wouldn't be any songs like Knockout or Limitless on the albums. People saying he isn't trying to chase a fad are just out of touch with popular pop & rock music. All that reverb and echo in nowadays Bon Jovi is "inspired" by Imagine Dragons. We Don't Run? That's just Katy Perry with guitars.

Bon Jovi used to incorporate the sound of popular rock bands into their own sound and they were pretty good at it too. They did it on These Days, they did it on Crush, Bounce, Have A Nice Day but with every new release songs got weaker and sounded less like Bon Jovi. All to make sure a song would wind up on the radio.

Nowadays it's no different. It's just that popular indie bands have a sound so far removed from what most Bon Jovi fans identify as rock music that Bon Jovi doesn't sound like Bon Jovi anymore either. Their target audience doesn't listen to pop radio. And the bands that do sound like the rock music a lot of Bon Jovi fans wish Bon Jovi would sound like are way too far removed from what Jon does want to make.

I feel it's a real shame because once these new songs are stripped from all the studio trickery and are given some room to breathe there's still some quality stuff out there. It might not've given them a hit but at least someone would still be listening to it.

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan

Originally Posted by jovifan93 (Post 1266195)

Or can you name popular influences for songs like Unbroken and American Reckoning?

Originally Posted by Supersonic (Post 1266197)

Aloha !



Not really, no. But it also doesn't sound like Bon Jovi either. Both songs have Springsteen written all over it. Listen to Devil's and Dust and then listen to Unbroken. Unbroken is as if Springsteen joined up with Disturbed and tried to do a parody of a Bon Jovi song. Take away Jon's vocals and there's nothing that makes you think it's a Bon Jovi song.

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan

Originally Posted by Supersonic (Post 1266197)

Aloha !



Not really, no. But it also doesn't sound like Bon Jovi either. Both songs have Springsteen written all over it. Listen to Devil's and Dust and then listen to Unbroken. Unbroken is as if Springsteen joined up with Disturbed and tried to do a parody of a Bon Jovi song. Take away Jon's vocals and there's nothing that makes you think it's a Bon Jovi song.

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan

Originally Posted by Supersonic (Post 1266194)

We Don't Run was released in the same year Katy Perry hosted the Superbowl. So, well done. You've both proven the point how most Bon Jovi fans are out of touch with modern pop music ánd have directly shown the same attitude Bon Jovi have towards making music.

Originally Posted by Jack27 (Post 1266217)

Do you think with the "concert" on Friday that it might be in conjunction with a new single?

Originally Posted by Captain_jovi (Post 1266218)

I'd say it's way too early. The DWYC video hasn't even dropped yet.