Is it me or is every damn Bon Jovi song the exact same song...

[ghostsofgiants]

Except with a different title?

(I somehow heard 4 or 5 "different" Bon Jovi songs this weekend, and this was my conclusion.)

[Oeditpus Rex]

1. 'Blaze of Glory' was kinda different

I guess that's why I liked it.

[njdemocrat106]

5. "Blaze of Glory" was Jon Bon Jovi solo

I think that explains it. :)

[JVS]

2. That's not true

[SeattleGirl]

3. I was kind of thinking that

when I heard them today before the Daytona 500.

[last_texas_dem]

4. Nah

Although I'm pretty sure several of their recent singles have been only slightly altered rewrites of their comeback hit from a few years ago "It's My Life". (Which itself always reminded me, musically, of Bryan Adams's "Summer of '69"!) Oh well, if you find a sound that works, you may as well use it, I guess. :-)

[Left Is Write]

16. "It's My Life" always morphs into "Livin' On A Prayer" when it gets stuck

in my head.

[ghostsofgiants]

22. Those are two of the songs that inspired this thread, actually.

[Inspired]

28. They sound almost identical.

[meegbear]

6. If you mean that they all suck, then yes, they're all the same

[billyskank]

7. True, but unfair to single out Bon Jovi for this crime

It worked for Status Quo since the 60s.

And don't forget the blues. Every single blues song is the same, no matter who the artist!

[Left Is Write]

17. And AC/DC. They are the KINGS of putting out the same song over and over.

The good thing is, it's a really fun song, and I like it.

[ScreamingMeemie]

8. They're still not as bad as Nickelback...and I adore the song "Runaway"

which doesn't really sound like anything else they have done. :hi: Old Bon Jovi is really very good. :hi:

[ghostsofgiants]

19. Haha, speaking of Nickelback...

I had MuchMoreMusic (Canada's answer to VH1, I guess) on yesterday, for some unknown reason...Anyway, they played a Nickelback song, then two Theory of a Deadman songs, and I thought. until I looked at the titles on the screen, that they were all Nickelback songs.

[asthmaticeog]

9. I think they're really Loverboy, only *slightly* more butch.

Seriously, every Bon Jovi song I can think of off the top of my head is pretty much a straight-up lift from either "The Kid is Hot Tonight" or "Workin' for the Weekend."

:shrug:

[eyepaddle]

12. What about Wanted: Dead or Alive?

;)

A song notable for introducing a twin-neck accoustic guitar if nothing else (on that MTV Awards show WAAAYYYYYYYYY back when.) Now that I think of it, I think that performance is what gave them the idea for "Unplugged" Should Bon Jovi be held accountable for that?

[Reverend_Smitty]

10. I think they give you the death penalty here in NJ

if you don't like at least one Bon Jovi song...and you also get the death penalty for the mere unkind thought directed at Springsteen

[eyepaddle]

11. I think you're talking about Tool

:hide:


Bon Jovi, uniformly bland, I'll admit that--I generally do a good job at avoiding Bon Jovi though, so I can't rreally comment too much here.

Listening to a Tool album is a lot like listening to one 97 minute song about the bleakness of life and blackest despair. And then the next album picks up exactly where the preceeding one left off.

[nytemare]

14. I had the same opinion of tool.

Someone recommended I buy one of their albums, so about 2 years ago, I got the one with the inside of the human body thing on it.

It was like Ozzie took entirely too much heroin, laced with some other depressant. I don't mind somewhat dark music, but something has to show some light in there.

[ghostsofgiants]

21. I'll pretend you didn't just insult Tool...

Instead I'll replace "Tool" with "Nickelback" and agree wholeheartedly. :thumbsup:

[Radical Activist]

25. Very true.

I think it applies to both bands. I can at least tolerate Tool though. Ironically, its Bon Jovi that makes me want to shoot myself.

[genie_weenie]

13. Whoa oooh you're half way there!

My career was based on my hairrrr...

[Benfea]

15. People listen to the music?

I thought 14 year old girls bought the CDs just to look at the band photos. I didn't think anyone was actually listening to it.

[Left Is Write]

18. 14-year-old girls bought Bon Jovi albums 20 years ago...

I don't think they do now.

[Benfea]

20. OK then...

…middle-aged women buy them just to look at the band photos. I'm still surprised anyone puts it in their CD players. ;)

[mvd]

23. His Crossroads CD is well worth having

Both ballads and faster stuff there. Lately he's gotten a bit more modern rock, and it's just not as good.

[ghostsofgiants]

24. I used to own that actually. Parents bought it for me for my 10th birthday

I loved Bon Jovi back then. Not so much anymore, haha.

[mvd]

26. But I haven't outgrown Crossroad

It's pretty classic IMO. :hi:

[ghostsofgiants]

27. Just not my kind of music anymore, I guess.

:hi: