I'll talk about what I want when I want, duuuuuude.

Lol, you were probably the last person that was directed at. But nice to know your feelings for Richie :P

Well you wrote it directly under my message so I assumed it was directed at me.

that's cute. always thought the first album was released in 84.

Aloha !

Even with Richie the band hasn't sounded like "the band" for at least a decade now. Once Bobby was added to the lineup and Richie seriously changing his sound in 2005/2006 the typical Bon Jovi sound was mostly gone. There's only glimpses of it now and then but Richie's not the reason why the band doesn't sound like Bon Jovi anymore.

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan

I have started threads about this - such as "What has happened to Richie's guitar tone"? When he was playing his own brand of guitars the tone changed dramatically. I really complained about Bed of Roses - that guitar used to come in, in the beginning and cut the night air like a sharp knife. And yes 2003 is probably the last time I heard that. He did come back to using a Gibson rather infrequently. When I saw that Phil had a Gibson for Bed of Roses last night I cheered - and it sounded wonderful. My comment was that it sounded like Richie USED TO sound. This is not a matter of disrespect or of how quickly our idols have fallen. The damn guitar sounds better and it was Richie that used to play it like that. He doesn't anymore.

And a corrollary here is that whoever the front of house sound engineer (mixer) is should be shot (or at least replaced). The sound where I was sitting Thursday night was terrible. For a while Hugh was so high in the mix all I heard was bass. Half the time Jon's vocals were drowned out (maybe intentionally) and the entire show was boomy and bass heavy. I know making things sound good in a stadium can be difficult, but I heard reports from all over saying that the sound was awful. That also used to be one of my pleasures going to a Bon Jovi show. Their sound was pristine. This was not.

Agreed..... jeez, how to ruin a thread.

Well, everyone that is going today have a great time :)

Phil X‏@TheRealPhilX2h
night 2 at MetLife Stadium tonight. Thursday night was KILLER! what a crowd. I got a feeling tonight's gonna get CRAZY!

PhilX's latest about tonight. At least the Richies here hasn't hit this thread yet. Hope it is great for all going.
Keep hearing about how sound is not same as prior, Jon's voice ... = getting older, fact of life even with trainers, coaches... None of the older greats sound the same to me. Still stronger than most of the young stuff out there. My fav. Richie sound: http://youtu.be/8-R4cRthxhA

i agree that the mix could be much better...there is no cruntch in the sound, the general volume is average to low, jons acoustic guitar is unnaturally high in the mix and generally sth is missing ...
richies guitar tone has change, he uses all these stompboxes,effects and amps and still it sounds quite the same and muddy, phill x tone is more rough, under modulated. when we talk about the guitar sound its off course subjective but imo the tone is the player, the feeling/timing and the fingers as well...remember some promo shows for the gh in 2011 when all of a sudden richie was higher in the mix and most of us were ecstatic about how rockier/raw it sounded???