yomamasofat |
08-30-2006 03:16 AM |
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Originally Posted by danfan
I've felt that way since the release of Euphoria. I personally liked both that album and X, but they didn't perform much of either of them on the shows I saw that tour. Plus, when you release a 2nd greatest hits album which is basically just a re-release of the 1st greatest hits album (which is all the first disc of Rock Of Ages was), I think that cries retro. Poison, Aerosmith and Motley Crue have all done the same thing. In all fairness, Bon Jovi has had more right than any of those bands to release a 2nd greatest hits album. It's been 12 years since Crossroad, and they've had about a dozen or singles (though some haven't been big) since that time. Plus, Crossroad left off a few of their biggest hits (Born To Be My Baby, Living In Sin, In These Arms.) Of course, I'm still living in that alternate universe where This Left Feels Right was simply a bad dream I had a few years back.
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I am as disappointed of you are with DL, but I think there are 2 reasons to it:
1. They don't get as much support from the label as Bon Jovi, so their material doesn't hit the radio as well. If their material doesn't get played in the radio, how would the audience know about it? In all honesty, one of the major reasons why BJ can afford all those stadium shows and play their new shit is because they're the only '80s rock band' who still get major push. Good material can only carry you so far, label support and promotion play a major help.
2. They don't seem to be very proud about playing the new shit (or stuff from their debut album like Wasted). They want mad audience reaction and they don't like it if they don't get cheered like when they play Sugar or Photograph. Well, if you don't get label/radio support, how else are you going to introduce your new shit to the masses?
I'm never a fan of the double bill DL/Bryan Adams or DL/Journey. Now I love Bryan Adams and Journey but you put a band with 10 albums in a double bill, you get a 80-90 minute set, and that's pretty much leaves not much time for deep album cuts. The last decent DL concert was during X tour and they played 4 songs off X (which is a good amount - getting 8 tracks from your new album, especially if your album is not on Hysteria or New Jersey level, is too ****ing much).
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