New Jon Interview - AXS
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Hoo boy, where to begin. ""Let's pretend that on an average night, there's 23 or 24 songs. 15 of 'em are gonna have to be the hits, which leaves me eight songs to play with. Four are probably gonna be new songs, which is gonna make the artist happy, and then two of 'em get to be the crazy album track or cover song that you just feel like getting your jukebox on. And that's pretty much what you're relegated to — simply because if I come to your town and I don't play 'Livin' On A Prayer' or 'It's My Life' or '[You Give Love A] Bad Name' again, you're gonna be disappointed. I don't wanna disappoint you." This sums up why this is a band I don't really have a desire to pay $100+ to see again. To put cover songs in the same category as album cuts is really strange. Not to mention they have plenty of album cuts in the show, it's just the same album cuts from tour to tour they've somehow convinced themselves are hits. Lost Highway, Whole Lot of Leavin, We got it going on, Sleep when I'm dead could all be swapped out by this point. ""So, [fans] wanna hear 'Prayer' and 'It's My Life' and 'Bad Name' and 'Wanted [Dead Or Alive]' the way they were written and recorded."" He didn't have that problem in 2006 when most of the ballads were the TFLR-hybrids. |
I think the set for the next tour will be same as the last tour with a few from 2020 replacing a few from THINFS.
The set is dictated by Jon's voice. Even in interviews his voice has changed so much. Was listening to the Rockenteurs interview and it doesn't sound like Jon. That may be down to recording stuff used of course. Sent from my SM-G975F using Tapatalk |
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I think he said at the end it’s good to talk to musicians and people who have lived and breathed the industry (or words to that effect). I listened to the Jonny Marr one today and he said the same kind of thing At the end. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk |
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It did make me think that this may be the last time he tries that route now, though. Hopefully anyway, in my opinion. Sent from my VOG-L29 using Tapatalk |
Woah woah woah, did we just get official confirmation from Jon that Hugh played on Prayer?
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Aloha !
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But, yeah, let's say there's 24 songs. Let's say 15 of them are their biggest hits. It still doesn't make sense as he's ignoring about 5 of their biggest hits on a steady basis. Based upon what their biggest hits in the U.S.A. are here's your list:
Sure, that's 15 hits. But the 6 songs listed in red are ignored close to every show. Of these 6 hits, 3 get replaced by smaller hits. Keep The Faith, Have A Nice Day and Runaway are pretty much well known. So now there's 3 other big hits which get ignored and are replaced by other "hits" like Lost Highway, Whole Lot Of Leavin' and We Weren't Born To Follow. So sure, in a way you get to 15 hits. Sure, it's 15 songs of which 3 are completely irrelevant and result into your typical bathroom-break songs, but sure, 15 hits. To get to your 24 song setlist there's now room for 9 other songs. Let's say 4 of them are new songs. Then there's 5 songs that could be wildcards. Let's say 2 are covers, there's now room for 3 other songs. And what does Jon Bon Jovi play? Raise Your Hands Captain Crash & The Beauty Queen From Mars Blood On Blood I'll Sleep When I'm Dead Because We Can Someday I'll Be Saturday Night Amen For every relatively good song in that list there's one no one cares for (anymore). But maybe, maybe if you are really lucky, you heard either Always, I'd Die For You, I Got The Girl or These Days. Considering how the set is now 20 songs long there's just no way you'll ever, ever hear something rare again. This setlist is set in stone. He has no desire and ability to mix things up ever again and unless you're that moron who signs up for "The Experience" and get your kicks out of another rendition of Livin' On A Prayer there's just no reason to go see another Bon Jovi show. Bon Jovi have become the epitome of a weaker Hollywood Remake. Salaam Aleikum, Sebastiaan |
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Or, am I missing a leg that happened after? Agree about the song choices and this interview though. He's making excuses for why can only "sing" certain songs these day. |
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