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Originally Posted by Becky (Post 1237671)

http://www.vintagevinylnews.com/2018...iusxm.html?m=1

I’m looking forward to this!!

So JBJ said he would like to have a comedy guy like opening act everynight show 'cause that would make everybody so happy! >_< jajaj

I think there was a comedian at one of the Borgata shows for TLFR. But I was really sick and might have been delirious. I saw a comedy set during that trip to Atlantic City. Somewhere.

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Originally Posted by Becky (Post 1237451)

I am somewhere between crying and throwing up at the moment. I just bought FRONT ****ING ROW tickets for Atlanta at a fraction of what the exact tickets on the opposite side were selling for.

That’s it. I’m done. I won’t be able to accomplish anything today and I probably won’t sleep until April 22!!!

So.... I have some floor seats for Atlanta if anyone needs any, btw.

Have you sold your tickets yet? I just sold my St Paul extra tickets (from moving closer to the stage) today! I’m relieved!

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Not yet. Some interest expressed, but it’s hard for so many of my local friends to get off work and make that trip. It’s kind of a foreign concept to people who don’t typically travel for concerts.

They have no trouble traveling for football games.

Just came across this interview with Bryan Reesman from 2016 who published a book about Bon Jovi.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/shawnse.../#10518eee381b

He give's quite an interesting theory on why the record company didn't push Stranger In This Town more. In this interview he's just talking about Stranger but after the Undisvocered Soul Tour I remember an interview with Richie where he complained about the lack of support by the record company, too.

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Setaro: During the band's first hiatus in the early ’90s, Jon did a solo record and it was huge. Richie Sambora did a solo album that did not do quite as well. What accounts for that difference?

Reesman: Richie thought maybe he didn't have the commercial element, but actually it's a way better album.

I remember working in a record store right after I got out of college. My manager loved the album, he thought it was great. And one week, the airplay just suddenly stopped, for no reason. It's been suggested—and you can't prove this, it's a rumor—that possibly the label decided to stop working that record because Bon Jovi was on hiatus, and if both these guys had successful solo careers, maybe it would delay a Bon Jovi reunion. Where are you going to make more money: with two guys doing solo tours in smaller venues, or the band getting back together and playing stadiums? No one's ever going to go on the record about that, but from what I was told, the airplay and the promotion just kind of stopped. Even someone working at the label had no idea why that happened.

It’s also been “suggested “ that Elvis was seen flipping burgers at McDonald’s.

He had appearances on MTV and other promo efforts at the time like those Snapple commercials. He got radio airplay. By today’s standards, it sold well.

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Originally Posted by Faceman (Post 1239355)

I think the timing was just wrong. If it had come out a year earlier it would have sold a lot more copies. in 1991 Nirvana hit and once grunge was all over radio it was instantly over for the 80s rockers and although Stranger wasn't really an 80s rock album in style, so to speak, Richie was bundled in with that because of being from Jovi. It wasn't just Richie, it was everyone related to the scene that got dropped from the radio. Stranger was literally released 3 weeks before Nevermind....

Yes I am considering this for the first time really, but I think Stranger has a very 80s sound overall. If it was 1989 it would sound cool but yeah, I mean even Use Your Illusion sounds way more modern than Stranger. The Jon solo album has this cowboy theme which somehow gives it a pass for its retro-ness.. But surely its not so 1990 either.

All that said, I would really preferred if lately they had stopped trying to sound modern..

I did some jamming on my guitar(s) this afternoon and came across Garageland which I haven't played for a couple of years. First of all it's a great song, beautiful lyrics and some nice hooks.

When I listen to the first lines:

I read the paper just the other day
About a buddy of mine who headed to an early grave

and with the knowledge that this song was written what became Crush...from the first time I heard this song 14 years ago I imagined that this buddy was Bruce Fairbairn and this song was Jon's reaction to his sudden death, remembering the time before Slippery.

What are your thoughts on this one?