Casual fans or those just going to see a big act that passes through their town are only going to hear the real big hits anyway. You can throw any song in around them really and it wouldn't matter to those fans. Jon thinks WGIG gets the party going, but does it?

I´m with you yes, but WLOL is a true masterpiece and can be played in every single Show i.m.o

I agree. WLOL is like Just Older, will always be welcome for me, and I like that is on the setlist. The problem is the rest.

Exactly. Both are good songs that should be in constant rotation, just like I wouldn't need Dry County or These Days on every night's setlist, but I'd want them to be played frequently.
On a setlist out of 20-22 songs (which is the realistic maximum for Jovi these days), you'd have to have a certain amount of hits that casual concert attendees want to hear, but even if you have a list of these with IML, Prayer, Bad Name, Bad Medicine, KTF, HAND, ITA, BOR, Always, IBTFY etc., you'd still have space for 10 rare cuts that wouldn't make much difference on the casual fan, but would spice up the shows a lot and be interesting for fans to stick around.
Springsteen can pull the balance off quite well.

If Jon doesn't want to do those, okay, but then have the balls and say that you're not interested in doing these old obscure cuts. Instead, we had him in the 2017 Facebook Q&A going on about how he wants to dig deep and them having rehearsed things like Hey God, Dry County and Blaze Of Glory and now again. Either own up to your own words or just leave it.

About WLOL, Phil is a great guitarist but not Richie. I miss his solos. He knew how to create an explosion.

Richie 2013
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIC-...youtu.be&t=130
Richie 2013
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8V9k...youtu.be&t=127


Phil makes it boring. And I can notice the same when it comes to John Shanks. Richie knew how to make the solo of Have a Nice Day exciting.

Phil 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxmL...youtu.be&t=120
Phil 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipCb...youtu.be&t=144




Damn nostalgic! the old (but not so old) good times.

Richie is a superior musician, he owned all that stuff, phil x and shanks play them like a coverband would...i so miss that chemistry

ps. recently i watched jon in a redio interview, virgin, telling a story about what was his most valuable possesion/gift and mentioned richies bob dylan signed martin, funny fact bob dylan kept the first and richie send a second to be signed..:D

Abbey Road Studios

WLOL is my third favourite Jovi song ever, behind Prayer and In These Arms. I guess when paired with LH and WWBTF, it creates a lull at a live show.

Thanks Rolo. That was pretty awesome!


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Very interesting! This might actually......get some traction...!