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TwinFan 09-02-2012 02:44 AM

Hey God is a wicked piece of badassery
 
It rocks.

Discuss.

Dave 1986 09-02-2012 02:45 PM

It's one of my favourite songs ever, not just by Bon Jovi, and the last good rock single they released.

crashed 09-02-2012 02:54 PM

You're right.

No discussion needed.

DevilsSon 09-02-2012 02:58 PM

Such a mother****er of a song. They can't pull it off live unfortunately. The only decent version is the MTV European Awards performance. That one rocks so hard that it's dangerous.

This one here:

This is way to heavy stuff for MTV awards, and they pulled it off as just an album track at that point. I so miss the Bon Jovi that would simply do that. I can't believe it's the same band, writing songs with Big and Rich nowadays. Just sad.

Anyhow, I think it's the band's heaviest song overall. And it's one of the three songs that made me a Bon Jovi fan in the first place so it will always have a special meaning. The others are I Believe and Someday I'll be Saturday Night.

Simon 09-02-2012 03:40 PM

My second favourite song. It just rocks and has that certain something. I couldn't believe my ears when I (finally) heard it (again) in Munich 2008, it was one of my definitve Bon Jovi moments.

ticos_stick 09-02-2012 07:35 PM

Hey God captures the band at their peak, let loose and not afraid of what MOR radio thought if it.

Best album opener too.

TwinFan 09-02-2012 08:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DevilsSon (Post 1088497)
They can't pull it off live unfortunately.

I disagree. I think it's one of the best live songs in their catalog.


ticos_stick 09-02-2012 08:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TwinFan (Post 1088520)
I disagree. I think it's one of the best live songs in their catalog.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EThBQwaqj4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YbrJJX8NNc


True, they played it in Dublin last year and it melted my face.

nikos greece 09-02-2012 08:34 PM

the these days era was certainly their peak for me...
the mtv awards performance was really bad ass, back then they were on fire.

i think its kinda sad that the decade of their artistic peak imo the nineties they werent as recognised as they were in the 80s and 00s...ktf was a moderate hit album and always was a monster hit but the band as a whole didnt got the support and cudos it deserved in the 90s, was listening back to some these days demos and even if the material was nice the album tracks are trully superior...sth that didnt happen with bounce and hand demoes...anyway hey god is a great song and great album opener

kekko21 09-02-2012 08:40 PM

Huge song, great lyrics, it rocks hard!

One of their best ones, that's for sure.

The '95 MTV performance was a great one (except for the audience -_-), but there were also other shows of that era where Hey God sounded great, especially with the middle added part after the solo!

KeepTheFaith2211 09-02-2012 09:19 PM

Definitely one of my favourite songs ever, and I think even live nowadays it's still amazing.

PanosBonJovi 09-02-2012 11:05 PM

That song, ah it's an anthem, it should be considered as one of the best ever written songs in rock history!

bonjovi821 09-03-2012 07:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ticos_stick (Post 1088521)
True, they played it in Dublin last year and it melted my face.

I was there and can absolutely vouch for this.

BJ_CRO 09-03-2012 06:17 PM

Hi to all! I'm new here. I'm interested if anyone knows if Tico uses double bass pedal here (between 6:39 - 6:44)? Sorry on my bad English :/



Thank you!

ticos_stick 09-03-2012 06:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BJ_CRO (Post 1088573)
Hi to all! I'm new here. I'm interested if anyone knows if Tico uses double bass pedal here (between 6:39 - 6:44)? Sorry on my bad English :/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YbrJJX8NNc


Thank you!

Yep, he uses the double bass pedal at the end of KTF live too.

Rdkopper 09-03-2012 07:14 PM

I'm going to be the odd-ball here but it's not one of my favorites.

However, I like the song more now than I did back then. Back then, I was comparing it against their prior catalog, whereas today, I'm comparing against their newer stuff.

I agree the song rocks and the MTV performance is kick-ass but for me, it's just ok.

STBI and TAALS are my 2 favorites off the album

bonjovi90 09-03-2012 08:15 PM

Totally love the song, has a special meaning to me.

It was cool to hear it in Munich 2008 as a rarity whereas in Mannheim last year the performance was so good it just blew me away!!!

Panda 09-03-2012 08:37 PM

The performance in Mannheim I think was the single best song I have ever seen Bon Jovi perform live in all of the 16 shows I've seen from Bon Jovi. Closely followed by I Believe in Lisbon.

To say they can't pull it off live is crap.

DevilsSon 09-03-2012 09:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Panda (Post 1088583)
To say they can't pull it off live is crap.

Seen them play it live a couple of times on various tours, heard numerous bootleg versions, and yes, sometimes it comes across better than other times. Yet it's never quite as good as on record. Jon was never able to pull off those vocals, not even in 1995. And I often thought that Richie's playing is never even remotely as clean as it should be. On These Days, it is very clinical, all the instruments are coming together perfectly. Live, it just sounds a bit too sloppy for my taste. Doesn't mean I don't enjoy it.

yomamasofat 09-05-2012 08:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DevilsSon (Post 1088497)
Such a mother****er of a song. They can't pull it off live unfortunately. The only decent version is the MTV European Awards performance. That one rocks so hard that it's dangerous.

This one here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kr4KiefQk4

This is way to heavy stuff for MTV awards, and they pulled it off as just an album track at that point. I so miss the Bon Jovi that would simply do that. I can't believe it's the same band, writing songs with Big and Rich nowadays. Just sad.

Anyhow, I think it's the band's heaviest song overall. And it's one of the three songs that made me a Bon Jovi fan in the first place so it will always have a special meaning. The others are I Believe and Someday I'll be Saturday Night.

Although I think the song is just ok, that performance was great.
I guess everybody gets old eventually.


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