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Originally Posted by ponrauil
When it comes to consistency (not quality) I don't see how TD is anymore consistent than Bounce. They both have hard, mid-tempos and softer songs and both keep the same atmoshpere. TD has that melancolic, pessimistic feel all over and Bounce has this more or less obvious "Don't back down" thing in most if not all songs.
These two albums are probably the only two BJ albums (bar Jon's solo work) that were built around one specific theme or feeling. It's probably the only thing these two albums have in common. Funny thing is they are the two extremes in term of quality in my BJ catalog.
Ponrauil
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When I listen to These Days I feel like I am listening to one big song which has ups and downs. When I listen to Bounce(and I hope my memory doesn't play a trick on me) I just feel like the songs have been all thrown there into the same pot. I mean, there might be a "don't back down" theme but musically speaking, the songs simply don't fit together. It's 3 harder-edged songs, then 3 mid-tempos, then again one more upbeat, then one ballad, then one up-beat, then one ballad, then one upbeat, then 2 ballads.
But I wasn't speaking exclusively about Bounce. I mean HAND or CRUSH as well. Obviously, people who like LAST MAN STANDING because of the riffing will not be very keen on Bells of Freedom or on Welcome To Wherever You Are. People who like UNDIVIDED or HOOK ME UP will not really love Right Side of Wrong. I don't mean it's not possible, I am just sayig it's likely that parts of the albums are targeted MAINLY at certain audiences whereas other parts only at others. People who think One Wild Night is the best song of CRUSH will never like all of CRUSH simply because that song is a one-off on that record. The person will buy CRUSH, enjoy One Wild Night and skip most of the other songs.
Bon Jovi write songs for a lot of different people. Some may say they did it in the past as well and I would agree to a certain degree but in the last few years it got extreme. I guess there are completly different kinds of Bon Jovi fans. I am one who likes solos, high vocals and good riffs. Bon Jovi used to embody all of this. They still have some songs where at least parts of these elements are present. But I am sure ther are Bon Jovi fans who like them because of completly other reasons and they will always try to please those fans too. What does this mean? Unless Bon Jovi really manage to overlap and to include all the different tastes into THE SAME SONGS(that's the difference to the past) we will always be satissfied with parts of the new records and not with the records as a whole.