Bon Jovi are back! Ok, well maybe they aren't quite back, they just went back, riffled through their archives and called them new again. That's ok with me though.
I love it when bands do this personally. Actually let me rephrase that... When I am a huge fan of a band, I love it when they release as much material as possible. I'm hoping that more bands will do this with their left over gems.
I recently read a story about U2 and how they went through and edited their latest effort "How to dismantle an atomic bomb" and they were struggling to get the "flow" of the album just right. To do that they simply cut songs and left them dead and bleeding on the floor — destined to be B-sides or lost artifacts. I understand the concept of an album that works as a whole and how the flow of the songs can make or break the "whole album" listening experience. I am a huge "album experience" fan but it pains me to hear about these musical deaths. I would be far more forgiving if they gave me 15 songs that didn't quite "flow" instead of cutting 5 of them.
Now, I don't know about you but if I am a fan of that group that kills good songs, I surely want to hear those songs! On the flip side, if I am the band, I would really want those songs to be heard by as many people as possible. Those songs are like their children and you would never want your children to be locked away in a dark closet for all eternity.
With "100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong", the Jersey boys have gone back and recovered at least 40 "musical deaths" from their 20 year career, combined them with more demos and rarities and finally made them available for the fans to hear. I have, and probably always will be, a Bon Jovi fan because their music was the soundtrack to my childhood and a good portion of my current life. Nothing will ever replace Runaway or Living on a prayer and Blood on Blood for me because of the memories I have attached to those tunes. Some of my most memorable concert experiences come from the countless Bon Jovi concerts I've attended. When I go, I still can't wait for that totally kick ass, rippin' solo that Richie belts out during "Wanted dead or alive" every friggin' time! Yeah!!
Anyway, my point is that I am a fan — a big fan. So this is a review from a fan and you need to understand that. Actually, if you are not a fan then you probably skipped over this entire review so let me simply say "just get it". Go out right now and fork over your hard earned dough and get this box set. It is worth your money. In my opinion it is worth far more than what you will pay for it.
Article comments
1 - Temple Stark
Nice not to be ashamed. Never as bad as some said.
Runaway .. yeah.
Y,
I put this one up on Advance.net.
One link to where the review also now sits is this one you'll have to scroll down some, but it's there.
You might already, but go ahead and e-mail the band / PR the link here.
- thanks. Temple