Originally Posted by Captain_jovi (Post 1283760)

OOOH explain this thought please so I can see if I agree haha. All About Loving You felt like a carbon copy, I feel like there's been some songs in a very similar style and structure. It for sure kicked off the trend of their power ballads really lighter on guitars.

Originally Posted by bonjovi90 (Post 1283769)

Bounce (the finished product) was overall just a miserable attempt at copying own or someone else's success. From the nu metal-like guitars to the Creed-influence to basically trying to copy the success of IML and TYFLM with their two ugly little brothers, it just went off the rails.
There's a reason why it was left out of the GH compilation and Richie being quoted saying: "Bounce wasn't much fun, but we shoved it down everyone's throats anyway..."

Originally Posted by Captain_jovi (Post 1283774)

I think it's a valid point to make. But a part of me thinks it's funny we can't accept All About Loving You for being a true power ballad of theres because it was made to sound like the past when Thank You For Loving Me is just as guilty, even down to rehashing "These five words". Both, to me, felt very forced and calculated but I guess the band post 1992 can be guilty of that.

Originally Posted by Faceman (Post 1283763)

While you are not wrong at all I don't think this relates too good to spotify since Crush was already 8 years old when Spotify started and it took another couple of years until the user figures really went through the roof. So at that point of time there was no attention for Crush or It's My Life anymore from which any song could have gathered.

Originally Posted by bonjovi90 (Post 1283759)

The music video was shot in Rome, at the Trevi fountain [emoji6]

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Originally Posted by bonjovi90 (Post 1283769)

Bounce (the finished product) was overall just a miserable attempt at copying own or someone else's success. From the nu metal-like guitars to the Creed-influence to basically trying to copy the success of IML and TYFLM with their two ugly little brothers, it just went off the rails.
There's a reason why it was left out of the GH compilation and Richie being quoted saying: "Bounce wasn't much fun, but we shoved it down everyone's throats anyway..."

Originally Posted by Butters (Post 1283772)

You are entirely right, and I do believe Bounce is the least artistically interesting and unique records they made in their pomp, BUT there are some fantastic songs on that album (and even better songs that were left off the album).

Originally Posted by Faceman (Post 1283778)

I still don't get the hate for that album. Maybe it's because, while knowing the band and their music long before, that album finally turned me into a fan.

To me it is one of their most consistent albums. It is one of only a few Bon Jovi albums in which you can clearly hear the musical leitmotif. While there are (as usual) quite some outtakes that are better songs, the song selection as a whole fits much better together than the songs on Crush or even on Keep The Faith. Bounce has a flow that Crush and Keep The Faith are missing (both great albums in their own right, but as mentioned by many of you in a lot of threads before, Keep The Faith has very strong and perfectly fitting first 6 songs while afterwards the flow drops).



At the end of the day it's probably just a matter of taste.