Originally Posted by justanotherGuy (Post 1206949)

But judging Phil by 2013 performances would not be very fair. Take a look a Israel perormance of KTF (which I think was the latest of this song, or any other one on the last year's tour), It was the best song on the concert instrumentaly. It's both Phil and Matt who were making it sound really good in my opinion.
And I'm saying it as a Richie fan.

Originally Posted by faith1985 (Post 1206952)

Bon Jovi - Keep The Faith - Live in Israel, Tel Aviv - YouTube

Yes, it is great. It is just not Keep The Faith anymore. This is what I was saying: If it were any song by any band: AWESOME. But what made this band so special for me was something which will never be back again. This iis not Bon Jovi and it is not Keep The Faith. It sounds like a cover band (A good one, though).

Originally Posted by Lesty (Post 1206915)

i don't post very often, but I am objective and have been critical of plenty when it comes to BJ over the years. And I go way back (owned the first two records before Slippery came out).
The band sounded surprisingly good yesterday (and I was in the building). They sounded like they were rehearsing for a tour, ironing out the kinks, etc...which in part, is true, but I liked it being raw...no backing tracks. It's not like Jon/Richie from 20 years ago, but it was still good to my ears. Jon's voice hasn't been the same in a long time, so I don't hold it against him that he can't hit some notes. And in fairness, he's not in touring shape yet, either.

The new songs didn't sound great live, but I think that's more because I don't think either song is very good in general. Knockout just doesn't sound like BJ at all, to me.
I had to come to the meeting late, so didn't get a good seat to see them up close. I was expecting them to play at the end of the meeting, but they played early. I think I have some video of the new songs, but will have to check my phone later.