[Supersonic]

Aloha !

Predictions, disappointments, reviews and rants about this show go in this topic.


1. You Give Love A Band Name
2. Raise Your Hands
3. Lost Highway
4. Because We Can
5. That's What The Water Made Me
6. It's My Life
7. Someday I'll Be Saturday Night
8. What About Now
9. Whole Lot Of Leaving
10. Superman Tonight
11. We Got It Going On
12. Keep the Faith
13. Amen
14. Bed of Roses
15. I'll Be There For You
16. Runaway
17. We Weren't Born to Follow
18. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
19. Wanted Dead Or Alive
20. Who Says You Can't Go Home
21. Bad Medicine ~ Old Time Rock N Roll

Encore:
22. (You Want to) Make a Memory
23. Born To Be My Baby
24. Have a Nice Day
25. Livin' on a Prayer


The last time Bon Jovi played St. Louis was on May 22, 2011. The setlist contained 3 surprises; Last Man Standing opened the show, I'll Sleep When I'm Dead contained Taking Care Of Business, which was picked by Phil X, and Dry County opened the encore. Richie was still out boozing to forget about the dreadful American crowds though it was the last show Phil X would play with the band before Richie returned to the band and kick ass to audiences he did care about.

Now that we've had some entertainment already, let's have a look at the graphs.

A graph showcasing the order of album and single tracks. A peak indicates the chart position in the Billboard Hot 100, thus a crowd possibly knowing such a song. The more peaks, the more familiar a crowd is with the entire set. In case no peak is noted the song either didn't chart or wasn't released as a single.



Songs played per album:


Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan

[Crushgen24/88]

Originally Posted by Supersonic

Now that we've had some entertainment already, let's have a look at the graphs.

A graph showcasing the order of album and single tracks. A peak indicates the chart position in the Billboard Hot 100, thus a crowd possibly knowing such a song. The more peaks, the more familiar a crowd is with the entire set. In case no peak is noted the song either didn't chart or wasn't released as a single.



Songs played per album:


Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan

I mean to say this everyone you start a show thread and I never remember. Your graph concept, while good in theory, is flawed because of the changes that have been made to the billboard chart in the last twenty years ( first from the addition of AirPlay only songs in the late 90's, and later by digital music services.) A casual US Bon Jovi fan is much more likely to be familiar with Misunderstood, Have A Nice Day, Lost Highway, We Weren't Born To Follow, Superman Tonight, What Do You Got, or Because We Can (because of their VH1 exposure and play on radio stations that appeal to the US Bon Jovi demo) than they are TAALS or LIS. And that's not even counting IML, WAYCGH, and MaM, which are obviously more well known though they charted lower.

[Supersonic]

Aloha !

Originally Posted by Crushgen24/88

I mean to say this everyone you start a show thread and I never remember. Your graph concept, while good in theory, is flawed because of the changes that have been made to the billboard chart in the last twenty years ( first from the addition of AirPlay only songs in the late 90's, and later by digital music services.) A casual US Bon Jovi fan is much more likely to be familiar with Misunderstood, Have A Nice Day, Lost Highway, We Weren't Born To Follow, Superman Tonight, What Do You Got, or Because We Can (because of their VH1 exposure and play on radio stations that appeal to the US Bon Jovi demo) than they are TAALS or LIS. And that's not even counting IML, WAYCGH, and MaM, which are obviously more well known though they charted lower.

http://drycounty.com/jovitalk/showpo...11&postcount=4

It's a lot less flawed than you're making it out to be, and they indicate the flow of a show quite well. There are a few exceptions here and there such as We Got It Goin' On or Raise Your Hands, but on most occasions it works. And you're overrating the knowledge of the average casual fan. The exposure of a song on Twitter or Facebook won't change a thing in the bigger picture as not many 40+ year olds spend their time on Facebook watching 4 different videos for a lead single that's been tanking for weeks. Down the line it's still the radio that'll dictate if he's ever heard it as Bon Jovi have made it nearly impossible for 15-20 year olds to attend their shows. They've flat out outpriced them.

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan

[Walkerboy]

I think tonight's expectations are summed up by the fact that BJ Twitter account are pointing people towards the app to purchase the album and get 2 free tickets to tonight's gig!!!
Evidently struggled to sell tickets for it then.....

[MJB12]

Predictions for tonight are I'd Die For You, If I Was Your Mother, and Lie to Me. No, seriously.

Oh seriously? Don't have any predictions. Hopefully Hey God isn't out of the cards yet. April 16th is such a long time away...

[Becky]

One of the best Bon Jovi concerts I ever attended was in this venue in 2000. It was an amazing show and Jon started an extra encore of Never Say Goodbye when the band was leaving the stage. I'm not a huge fan of that song, but it WAS great to hear it live since it's such a rarity. That was also the first concert where I heard I'll Be There for You so that was a real highlight for me. I hope tonight's show is as good as that one was. Sure wish I could be there!

[KeepTheFaith2211]

Time to bring 'Blaze Of Glory' back.

[bjcrazycpa]

Originally Posted by Walkerboy

I think tonight's expectations are summed up by the fact that BJ Twitter account are pointing people towards the app to purchase the album and get 2 free tickets to tonight's gig!!!
Evidently struggled to sell tickets for it then.....

Actually I bet the seats left are back of the stage but I'm not 100% as TM isn't selling tickets now as it's too close to the show. I think it's more about moving records vs poor attendance as this location is typically fairly popular for Jovi as they don't do a lot of midwest shows.

[Crushgen24/88]

Originally Posted by Supersonic

Aloha !



http://drycounty.com/jovitalk/showpo...11&postcount=4

It's a lot less flawed than you're making it out to be, and they indicate the flow of a show quite well. There are a few exceptions here and there such as We Got It Goin' On or Raise Your Hands, but on most occasions it works. And you're overrating the knowledge of the average casual fan. The exposure of a song on Twitter or Facebook won't change a thing in the bigger picture as not many 40+ year olds spend their time on Facebook watching 4 different videos for a lead single that's been tanking for weeks. Down the line it's still the radio that'll dictate if he's ever heard it as Bon Jovi have made it nearly impossible for 15-20 year olds to attend their shows. They've flat out outpriced them.

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan

I wasn't saying it's seriously flawed or anything. Just that going solely by the Billboard charts doesn't give a full picture of what an audience of casual American Bon Jovi fans are going to be familiar with.

[ticos_stick]

Originally Posted by KeepTheFaith2211

Time to bring 'Blaze Of Glory' back.

It's unforgivable that it's not a staple.

Someone make a banner ffs.