[dianebonjovi]

Sorry to start another "60 minutes" thread, but wasn't sure if the real news ever made the other one!

Bon Jovi's interview will be broadcast this Sunday, May 18, at 7 p.m. ET/PT.
Also Tells 60 Minutes "I Haven't Had A Bad Year Since The Doctor Slapped Me On The Ass"

(CBS) Critics just couldn't see past the big hair he sported when his was one of the hit "hair bands" that broke out in the 1980s and they still can't, says Jon Bon Jovi. That's okay the rocker tells 60 Minutes correspondent Steve Kroft. He gets his respect from family, fans and a phenomenal success that's still going strong after 26 years.

Bon Jovi's interview will be broadcast this Sunday, May 18, at 7 p.m. ET/PT.

"There are critic's darlings. That I won't be. I got that…We've had to suffer the hangover of…the '80s decade," says Bon Jovi. He feels he's gotten enough respect, though. "Is longevity respect? Is coming home and having your family be proud of you respect? Is having those generations of people, heads of industry, or football coaches or Johnny Average spending their hard-earned money [on his recordings and concerts]...respect?" he asks Kroft.

Hair or no, Bon Jovi has seven albums that have gone platinum and enough hit singles to keep filling stadiums in major cities - no mean feat in today's sluggish industry. And besides, says Bon Jovi, just one of his platinum albums, maybe just one song from it, "Living on a Prayer," is enough to etch a special place for him and his band on rock's pantheon. "One of the biggest albums of all time is called 'Slippery When Wet.' If 'Living on a Prayer' hasn't crossed generations and had its influence on this culture and isn't the biggest Karaoke song or stadium song it's up there..." he says.

Bon Jovi tells Kroft he is still enthusiastic about performing. "You'd think why would I beat myself up like that after 25 years? Because you want to be the best. I don't want to think that anyone's coming in there and going to be better tomorrow night," he says.

Late this summer, Bon Jovi will end a 15-month tour that will net the band approximately $250 million in ticket, T-shirt and CD sales. It’s all part of a charmed life he leads. "I haven’t had a bad year since the doctor slapped me on the ass," he laughs.

Kroft's profile of the rock star includes concert footage, a look inside Bon Jovi’s mansion in New Jersey and a tour of a Philadelphia street, whose old townhouses were restored as part of his charitable efforts to improve the neighborhood.

Source: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/...n4099645.shtml

[bjcrazycpa]

Thanks Diane. Will definitely watch the interview on Sunday.

deb

[RSROCKS]

Great. Another piece on JBJ and not the band .

[(Don't)Lie_to_me]

Someone record it and 'tube it!!

[Neurotica33]

If he's let TV cameras inside his place in NJ, it must mean he's selling up!
He only seems to allow this when his trying to flog somewhere. The Malibu house and his first apartment in NY have all featured in magazine articles or TV interviews prior to putting them up for sale.
Coincidence?!

[rainsong]

The NJ house has been on tv interviews before. I get why he would use this house over the NYC apt. The Jersey house can be gated shut the building in NYC can't. People may know where it is but advertising it on the national television is like an invitation to have people milling around and his family lives there everday, he doesn't want that.

[(Don't)Lie_to_me]

Doesn't his Jersey home have the recording studio in it/attached to it?

[† ÀžžÀ †]

I must sadly rely on youtube
sounds like it might be similar to a piece he did for cbs around the release of have a nice day. i enjoyed that so let's hope this is pretty good too.

[bjcrazycpa]

Originally Posted by (Don't)Lie_to_me

Doesn't his Jersey home have the recording studio in it/attached to it?

It's a separate building but yes, it's on the property.

deb

[(Don't)Lie_to_me]

Originally Posted by bjcrazycpa

It's a separate building but yes, it's on the property.

deb

I can't see him wanting to part with it, seeing as a lot of post 2000 stuff was at least partly recorded there.