Jon's future...
 

Music, Music, Music :D

I think he should do whatever he wants. He has put the band ahead of his acting over and over, so I don't know why fans get so bitchy about his acting. Unless a fan also wants Richie to quit making solo albums and Tico to quit painting, they shouldn't want Jon to quit acting. Those outside projects keep the band fresh to them. Jon has shown he can accomplish quite a lot in a short period of time. He should do whatever makes him happy.

Becky

Oh, now you went and made me feel guilty. What you said does make sense, I was being selfish. :(

Well said Becky. Saves me from having to write all that out myself. :wink:

Becky, the difference is that Richie's albums and Tico's art don't affect the band's work but Jon's acting does. Crush was postponed because of his acting and I wonder why Bounce is the shortest album since Bon Jovi. A few less Ally series and he have had the time to record a few more songs for Bounce. But since Ally was postponed they probably ran out of time with Bounce. This is just a guess of course but very possible or why is Bounce less than 50 minutes long.

In band breaks Jon can do whatever he wants.

Christine, Becky has provided you with evidence, many many times, that Richie's solo work has also delayed band work. it's not her fault you choose to ignore that.

That is complete BULLSHIT and you know it. Richie is the one who started writing his solo album in January 1996 with a first projected USA release date of August 1996 and didn't get it out until March 1998.

And do we have to go over AGAIN that Jon's acting didn't delay Crush, it was being bought out by Universal and the death of the producer? He only chose to do U-571 after the takeover of the company while waiting for the dust to settle and to find out where "a middle aged white rock band fit in Def Jam records." And yet, in the time it took Richie to do ONE measily album Jon did his solo album, 6 movies, and wrote enough material for another solo album. Who's the slowpoke here?

YOU are the one who refuses to see the truth.

Perhaps Bounce is a shorter album because they wrote shorter songs. DUH. They still wrote 40 of them and they still put 12-14 on it. Use some logic.

Becky

Yeah, he should do whatever makes him happy, but I'll prefer MUSIC!

because they are precisely that ... fans