Originally Posted by Eastwick (Post 868898)

I think the main direction would have been the same. Looking at demos and outtakes from the boxset, tell us that the songs are in the same musical area.
Rivers Run Dry is a These Days outtake I think. They MUST have recorded that during TD era or on TD tour. Same same goes for The One That Got Away, that can't be from '99.

So what do we have left? "Crushsounding" songs ;)

Originally Posted by Eastwick (Post 868898)

I think the main direction would have been the same. Looking at demos and outtakes from the boxset, tell us that the songs are in the same musical area.
Rivers Run Dry is a These Days outtake I think. They MUST have recorded that during TD era or on TD tour. Same same goes for The One That Got Away, that can't be from '99.

So what do we have left? "Crushsounding" songs ;)

Originally Posted by hackster73 (Post 868683)

These are some of the songs, date wise, according to BJ.com that were written at between 1996-1999 that may have been included:

THESE ARMS ARE OPEN ALL NIGHT (Unreleased demo circa 1998 recorded with the Big Dogs in New Jersey.)
I GET A RUSH (Unreleased demo circa 1996.) Recorded in New Jersey.
SOMEDAY JUST MIGHT BE TONIGHT (Unreleased demo circa 1996.) Recorded in New Jersey.
GARAGELAND (Unreleased demo from 1999.) Recorded in New Jersey.
MAYBE SOMEDAY (Unreleased demo from 1999.) Recorded in New Jersey.
LAST CHANCE TRAIN (Unreleased demo from circa 1998.) Recorded in Los Angeles with Aerosmith's Joe Perry on guitar.
RICH MAN LIVING IN A POOR MAN'S HOUSE (Unreleased demo from 1998.) Recorded in New Jersey and Los Angeles with Dave Stewart.
ONE THAT GOT AWAY (Unreleased demo from 1999.) Recorded in New Jersey.
YOU CAN SLEEP WHILE I DREAM (Unreleased demo circa 1999.) Recorded in New Jersey.
SHUT UP AND KISS ME (Unreleased demo from 1997.) Recorded in New Jersey with the Big Dogs.
CRAZY LOVE (Unreleased demo from 1998.) Recorded in Los Angeles and New Jersey.
ORDINARY PEOPLE (Previously released b-side from 2000's CRUSH album.) Recorded in New Jersey.
SATELLITE (Unreleased demo from 1999.) Recorded in New Jersey.
REAL LIFE (Movie soundtrack from 1999's EDTV.) Recorded in New York City (at Avatar Studios, which had originally been the Power Station where Jon Bon Jovi had started his music career as a gofer) and New Jersey. It was remixed for inclusion in the box set.
TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING
(Unreleased demo from 1999 prior to CRUSH album.) Recorded in New Jersey.
RIVER RUNS DRY (Unreleased demo from 1996.) Recorded in New Jersey.
KIDNAP AN ANGEL (Unreleased demo from 1999.) Recorded in New Jersey.
TEMPTATION (Int'l b-side from CRUSH album in 2000.) Recorded in New Jersey.
ALL I WANNA DO IS YOU (Unreleased demo from 1997.) Recorded in New Jersey.

On top of that there are other B sides on the singles from Crush.

Looking at some of these songs I feel there could have been a much stronger overall album.

Originally Posted by The Walrus (Post 869219)

But, although opinions on Crush are very mixed, it did exactly what it needed to do .... launched Bon Jovi into the 21st Century with a whole generation of new fans and a massive selling album. I just can't imagine, from the tracks we've heard from it, that Sex Sells would have done the same. Of course, on the other other hand, that might have meant that the band didn't continue trying to appeal to the more casual market, as they seem to have done from Crush onwards, so that might not have been a bad thing. Ah, I dunno

Originally Posted by The Walrus (Post 869219)

But, although opinions on Crush are very mixed, it did exactly what it needed to do .... launched Bon Jovi into the 21st Century with a whole generation of new fans and a massive selling album. I just can't imagine, from the tracks we've heard from it, that Sex Sells would have done the same. Of course, on the other other hand, that might have meant that the band didn't continue trying to appeal to the more casual market, as they seem to have done from Crush onwards, so that might not have been a bad thing. Ah, I dunno

Originally Posted by Supersonic (Post 869241)

Aloha !



Crush was only such a big success because of It's My Life and Bon Jovi being away for so long. Had It's My Life not been the first single, but Say It Isn't So (which they wanted to be the first single) it wouldn't have sold half as many copies. The songs on Crush have nothing to do with what the people wanted. The people just wanted the album with It's My Life on it. If the songs on Crush were the reason of the success of Crush, why didn't Say It Isn't So and Thank You For Loving Me bring Crush back in the charts?

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan