Originally Posted by Johny (Post 1263093)

One of the examples why I think New Jersey is the best album ever. It has the megahit potential, bog chorus, great melody - the best of the 1980s but it's got Richie's blues influence and basically the guitars put it higher than anything any other banf did at that time.

Originally Posted by bonjovi90 (Post 1263101)

Very much agreed. Many of my friends are no Bon Jovi fans or actually dislike them, but there have been two songs everyone has always been positive about and they are These Days and Wild Is The Wind. No matter if fan, regular listener or hater - everyone always liked these two.
Wild Is The Wind was my very first favourite song in my life - by any band. For me it's pure perfection. Only two or three other Jovi songs hold such a high standard for me :)

Originally Posted by bonjovi90 (Post 1263101)

For me it's pure perfection. Only two or three other Jovi songs hold such a high standard for me :)

Originally Posted by DavetheGodofKeys (Post 1263112)

I'm curious, which are the other songs ? :D

Originally Posted by rolo_tomachi (Post 1263113)

Beautiful Day should be on that list.
;)

Originally Posted by DavetheGodofKeys (Post 1263112)

I'm curious, which are the other songs ? :D

Originally Posted by bonjovi90 (Post 1263124)

Bon Jovi | Live at Noorderligt | Tilburg 1985 - YouTube

Setlist:
01. Toyko Road (cut in) [0:00]
02. Roulette [5:27]
03. Breakout [11:13]
04. Only Lonely [18:25]
05. Bang Bang [24:03]
06. Shot Through The Heart [25:31]
07. Silent Night [31:03]
08. The Hardest Part Is The Night [37:39]
09. Guitar Solo [43:29]
10. Drum Solo [46:31]
11. In And Out Of Love [48:15]
12. King Of The Mountain [56:27]
13. Runaway [1:01:43]

Encore 1:
14. Get Ready [1:09:22]

Encore 2:
15. I Don't Wanna Go Home [1:17:51]
16. Burning For Love [1:18:49]

Originally Posted by DavetheGodofKeys (Post 1263126)

Looking at that setlist, I've gotta say that the first two BJ records are very underrated. When people talk about their favourite songs, they'll say stuff like Prayer, IML and Always, not something from the first 2 records. They're full of great real hard rock bangers, they're the hardest and heaviest BJ albums by far.

Originally Posted by bonjovi90 (Post 1263127)

On this board, I've rarely heard people mention these as their favorite tracks though. [emoji2]

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Originally Posted by DavetheGodofKeys (Post 1263134)

I'm not talking about the die hards here, I'm talking about the casual fans who only listen to the hits and don't dig deeper into the catalogue.

Originally Posted by jon-flp (Post 1263137)

https://youtu.be/I3Z7_Hnn2M8

Instrumental is playback, but Jon's vocal is live (aside few parts on the chorus). pretty good perfomance from Jon, as it is on the original key of the song.

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Originally Posted by Bounce7800 (Post 1263138)

Bon Jovi - 1992 Coca-Cola Australian Music Awards, Dreamworld Gold Coast - YouTube

In a similar vein to the above video

Originally Posted by bonjovi90 (Post 1263141)

Originally Posted by GabrielC (Post 1263150)

This song ever had the studio version released?

Originally Posted by bonjovi90 (Post 1263152)

No, at least as far as I know. I'm not sure it's verified that it got recorded in the studio or if it had the same "fate" as Heart Of America and Cadillac Man.

Originally Posted by Captain_jovi (Post 1263154)

It's registered with ASCAP as Life's Too Short. Debatable if that means it got recorded buuuuuut I feel it was.

Originally Posted by bonjovi90 (Post 1263155)

Yeah, I feel it was too. I can imagine that it was in the batch of material they gave to Bruce Fairbairn to work through shortly before he passed away. But I can't remember an official demo having been on a release at the time. But there have been too many B-sides in the Crush era that weren't my taste, so I'm never fully sure about that :D

Originally Posted by bonjovi90 (Post 1263163)

Bon Jovi | Rare first Soundcheck with Phil X | Jon's IEM | Edmonton 2013 - YouTube

I know that technically this wasn't the first soundcheck with Phil since he had already filled in for Richie in 2011. But this was the first proper soundcheck after Richie had left the band in 2013 in Calgary. Since the plane that was supposed to bring Phil to the show that night was late, Jon and Bobby played guitar at the show and Phil joined for the next concert in Edmonton. Recorded from Jon's In-Ear-Monitor feed and sound remastered!

Setlist:
01. Tuning Instruments [0:00]
02. Raise Your Hands [26:33]
03. Because We Can [32:49]
04. Talking/ Riffs [36:49]
05. Because We Can (in progress) [37:37]
06. Talking/ Riffs [38:24]
07. That's What the Water Made Me/ Talking/ Riffs (1st time) [39:29]
08. That's What the Water Made Me (in progress) / Talking/ Riffs [43:38]
09. What About Now (1st time) [48:00]
10. Talking/ Riffs [51:40]
11. What About Now (2nd time) [52:51]
12. Talking/ Riffs [56:29]
13. Bed of Roses (just the beginning)/ Talking/ Riffs [59:13]
14. Bed of Roses [1:00:33]
15. Talking/ Riffs [1:08:34]
16. Whole Lot of Leavin' [1:10:21]
17. Talking/ Riffs [1:14:51]
18. When We Were Beautiful [1:16:07]
19. Talking/ Riffs [1:22:52]
20. We Weren't Born to Follow (incomplete version) [1:23:57]
21. Talking/ Riffs [1:26:55]
22. It's My Life [1:28:41]
23. Talking/ Riffs [1:32:32]
24. Because We Can [1:34:25]
25. Talking/ Riffs [1:39:03]
26. That's What the Water Made Me (2nd time) [1:39:29]
27. Talking/ Riffs [1:45:06]
28. What About Now (3rd time) [1:45:48]
29. Talking/ Riffs [1:49:22]

Originally Posted by BJFan99 (Post 1263161)

This legendary show came to mind from that Everyday upload:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9K-...&frags=pl%2Cwn.

Originally Posted by Captain_jovi (Post 1263171)

It's so weird that I'm 23 minutes into the soundcheck and not a single person has mentioned Richie yet. Does anything come up later on? I thought even by now some of the techs would make a comment on it or something ya know?

Originally Posted by bonjovi90 (Post 1263175)

Bounce playing KTF (TLFR version) from their homes to the fans:
BOUNCE Bon Jovi Tribute Band - Keep The Faith (This Left Feels Right Version) - YouTube

Originally Posted by Captain_jovi (Post 1263171)

It's so weird that I'm 23 minutes into the soundcheck and not a single person has mentioned Richie yet. Does anything come up later on? I thought even by now some of the techs would make a comment on it or something ya know?

Originally Posted by Captain_jovi (Post 1263167)

Holy cow, THANK YOU for this!

EDIT: Really cool hearing the FAITH sample. It at least confirms what people are still denying.

Originally Posted by GabrielC (Post 1263178)

I heard the whole thing. They mention Richie many many times, but I didn't get exactly what they were talking about. 1 or 2 minutes in somebody calls Phil Richie by accident, too. Will try to get the timestamp

Originally Posted by groover22 (Post 1263180)

Sorry if being dim, but confirms what that people are still denying?

Cheers!


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Originally Posted by Captain_jovi (Post 1263182)

There just just still people who will die on the hill that the band doesn't use any vocal sampling whatsoever and it's all completely live.

Originally Posted by james_d (Post 1263183)

Some people really have no clue how live shows work lol. So many bands use some form of sampling, BJ have been for years.

Originally Posted by bonjovi90 (Post 1263184)

They have used a lot of samples since at least 1993 plus backing tracks/playback in Prayer since at 1987.

Originally Posted by Captain_jovi (Post 1263182)

There just just still people who will die on the hill that the band doesn't use any vocal sampling whatsoever and it's all completely live.