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I remember seeing an interview of Jon Bon Jovi, telling how this song was came about. It was written in a hotel room, where he woke up, suffering fomr a hangover. He asked for the hotel to send up a piano and they did.
He started composing what was to be one of the greatest love [...]
Continue reading about Bon Jovi – Bed of Roses (Keep the Faith 1992)
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This was Jon’s first solo album, when Bon Jovi took a hiatus. It was nominated for the Academy Award for the Best Original Song, and won the Golden Globe for Best Original Song and American Music Award’s Favorite Pop Rock Single.
The song epitomizes the album, that focuses on redemption and the past catching up to [...]
Continue reading about Jon Bon Jovi – Blaze of Glory (Young Guns 2)
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This Bon Jovi song has similarities with Joan Osborne’s One of Us when Jon takes on the verses. Nevertheless, it is a catchy track. It speaks of going around in a merry-go-round, about being stuck in a rut that you can’t get out off.
Nothing changes, when you turn on the TV, same shit different day. [...]
Continue reading about Bon Jovi – Two Story Town (Crush 2000)
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As always, I typically say these words when I blog about a Bon Jovi song – “It’s one of my favorite Bon Jovi songs”, from easily over 120 of them. This track taken off 1992’s Keep the Faith did fairly well in the American and British Charts.
It speaks of everlasting love and devotion, coupled with [...]
Continue reading about Bon Jovi – In These Arms (Keep the Faith)
This is my it. There is no song that comes near this. I fell in love with it the first time I heard it when I blasted through their Crossroads album in 1994. It was brilliant, as with all Bon Jovi songs. It lifts you up, it touches your soul, it strips away all the [...]
Continue reading about Bon Jovi – Someday I’ll Be Saturday Night
Jon Bon Jovi, now that’s a fairytale come true. He started off sweeping floors at a recording studio, 25 years later, Bon Jovi is one of the biggest rock band on the planet, selling over 120 million records worldwide.
1. “Success is falling nine times and getting up ten.”
When the going gets tough, giving up is [...]
Continue reading about Fundamental Life Lessons from Bon Jovi
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This song is so refined and graceful, and each time I hear it, it evoke my first reaction when I heard it back in 1995. This is taken off Bon Jovi’s 1995 effort, the most darkest of the Bon Jovi albums. Experiencing the Bon Jovi concert at Shah Alam stadium was magic, and this album capped [...]
Continue reading about Bon Jovi – It’s Hard Letting You Go (These Days 1995)
When I first heard this song off Bon Jovi’s 2002 effort, Bounce, I was not really into it, as the heavier songs took the limelight away for a while. But, when I revisited the tune, I liked it, in fact, I loved it. It wasn’t love at first sight hear. I’m sure all of us, [...]
Continue reading about Bon Jovi – Misunderstood (Bounce 2002)
