Bon Jovi Box Set!

[Ksyrup]

To prove that 100 Million Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong, the boys from Jersey are releasing a five-disc box set called exactly that on November 16. Few details have been released, but fans can start getting psyched about three discs of previously unreleased songs, one disc of rarities and a DVD with behind-the-scenes footage. Fans can make their mark on this retrospective by e-mailing [email protected] with anecdotes and personal essays for a chance to have their words included in the set's booklet. ...

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Well, long ago, I was one of those 100 million...and I was wrong. I admit it. :D

[Huckleberry]

I was a fan. Still am.

Are you embarrassed about it for some reason? They were one of the few good bands from the 1980s. Although limited, they were very good.

[Schmidty]

Paging Bsak!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Dr. Sak]

I love it!

[Kodos]

I still like Bon Jovi too. In fact, that was the most recent concert for me.

[Draft Dodger]

he did have great hair, I'll give him that.

I like to make fun of Bon Jovi for their image-heavy approach to music, but the truth is they have some good songs. Slippery When Wet is a terrific hair metal album...one of the better ones of all time. "In and Out of Love" and "Runaway" are two of my favorite Bon Jovi songs.

also worth noting that "(I Don't Wanna Fall) To the Fire" from 7800 Farenheit may be one of the silliest hair metal songs of all time.

[Schmidty]

Will it contain pics of Valerie Bertinelli nude!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

[JimboJ]

Will it contain pics of Valerie Bertinelli nude!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

Umm, she was married to Eddie Van Halen.

Do you mean Heather Locklear??

[Schmidty]

I have no idea. I am a stranger in a strange land..............

[Draft Dodger]

I have no idea. I am a stranger in a strange land..............

Iron Maiden, dude.

[oliegirl]

Do you mean Heather Locklear??

She has no Bon Jovi ties either, she was married to Tommy Lee from Motley Crue...

[Draft Dodger]

She has no Bon Jovi ties either, she was married to Tommy Lee from Motley Crue...

and is now married to Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora.

[Ksyrup]

I was a fan. Still am.

Are you embarrassed about it for some reason? They were one of the few good bands from the 1980s. Although limited, they were very good.
Yes, I am embarrassed about most of the music I listened to before college. There are, at most, 2 or 3 of those hair band-type artists that I still like from that period. Otherwise, I sold/gave away my hair band collection by 1991 or so. IMO, most of it fails to stand the test of time - it sounds badly outdated now, and really, 10 years ago, even. Combined with the subject matter of the music, I just can't enjoy it anymore.

As for Bon Jovi, I really like them up until Spippery When Wet, but I absolutely hated Livin On a Prayer and Wanted Dead or Alive, and that was the last album of theirs I owned.

[oliegirl]

and is now married to Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora.

Oh yeah...ok, I feel like a complete idiot now :)

[Draft Dodger]

Oh yeah...ok, I feel like a complete idiot now :)

then you're in the right place then - we're all idiots here... :cool:

[Draft Dodger]

Yes, I am embarrassed about most of the music I listened to before college. There are, at most, 2 or 3 of those hair band-type artists that I still like from that period. Otherwise, I sold/gave away my hair band collection by 1991 or so. IMO, most of it fails to stand the test of time - it sounds badly outdated now, and really, 10 years ago, even. Combined with the subject matter of the music, I just can't enjoy it anymore.

As for Bon Jovi, I really like them up until Spippery When Wet, but I absolutely hated Livin On a Prayer and Wanted Dead or Alive, and that was the last album of theirs I owned.

80's hair bands are still my favorite, and I still have no issues listening to most of it. Bon Jovi was nearing the "almost too cheesy even for me" line. Most other 2nd gen hair bands like Warrant, Slaughter and Poison definitely crossed that line for me. But the earlier stuff...Ratt, Crue, Dokken, Scorpions, Def Leppard - I can listen to that stuff all day.

[Ksyrup]

I can't, not anymore. I mean, I can listen to it, but I don't own any of it anymore and wouldn't spend money on their CDs. I might check them out live, though.

[Draft Dodger]

I can't, not anymore. I mean, I can listen to it, but I don't own any of it anymore and wouldn't spend money on their CDs. I might check them out live, though.

well, I don't own any of it, and won't spend money on their CDs either, but I think that's a different thread. :D

[DeToxRox]

Let's go Ratt N' Roll

Though Faster Pussycat would eat Ratt

[Ksyrup]

I heard Babylon about 2 weeks for the first time in at least 15 years.

P-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-pussy, pussy, pussycat!

[CamEdwards]

heh. Kevin DuBrow of Quiet Riot and Jani Lane of Poison were just in the NoVa area at a club called Jaxx (all it needs is are those two dots above the "a"). I think it was billed as the Monsters of Metal.

ummm... not so much anymore, fellas.

[CamEdwards]

oh yeah, I believe the original drummer for Guns n Roses (Steven Adler?) was playing with them.

Oh how the mighty have fallen.

[Ksyrup]

well, I don't own any of it, and won't spend money on their CDs either, but I think that's a different thread. :D
LOL. OK, well let me put it this way - I haven't willingly played their music for my enjoyment in a number of years.

My wife doesn't like the hair bands stuff, but she's majorly into the early 80's rock - Journey, REO, Styx, Kansas, Night Ranger, Foreigner, etc. I took her to see Journey Saturday night - a band I wouldn't listen to anymore if not for her. Good show, great singer who replaced Steve Perry, worth the money for a quick trip down memory lane...but my wife is already back to listening to their greatest hits album, and it's only Tuesday. Me - that was enough to tide me over until after Neal Schon has his first hip replacement surgery.

[Ksyrup]

heh. Kevin DuBrow of Quiet Riot and Jani Lane of Poison were just in the NoVa area at a club called Jaxx (all it needs is are those two dots above the "a"). I think it was billed as the Monsters of Metal.

ummm... not so much anymore, fellas.
I saw a picture of Jani Lane...I can't find it now, but I don't even know how to describe it. Basically - take Jani Lane from 1989, and cross him with a pufferfish, fully puffed out. And then, add a little more air. He looked like the living definition of balloon.

[CamEdwards]

I saw a picture of Jani Lane...I can't find it now, but I don't even know how to describe it. Basically - take Jani Lane from 1989, and cross him with a pufferfish, fully puffed out. And then, add a little more air. He looked like the living definition of balloon.

here's one:


http://images.radcity.net/5341/561327.jpg

Holy crap. That's even more amusing than Kevin DuBrow's hairpiece.

[Draft Dodger]

heh. Kevin DuBrow of Quiet Riot and Jani Lane of Poison were just in the NoVa area at a club called Jaxx (all it needs is are those two dots above the "a"). I think it was billed as the Monsters of Metal.

ummm... not so much anymore, fellas.

Jani Lane was in Warrant, not Poison.
but yeah, that's a pretty funny billing.

[CamEdwards]

'nother dola

if you want to see something really sad... do a google image search for steven pearcy of Ratt fame. Dude looks like a fat biker these days.

[Buccaneer]

Always had some respect for Bon Jovi as a band but I really, really liked Jon's solo album, Blaze of Glory.

[Draft Dodger]

here's one:


http://images.radcity.net/5341/561327.jpg

Holy crap. That's even more amusing than Kevin DuBrow's hairpiece.

wow, at first I thought that was...

http://www.chris-lambert.com/MG/90CNR.jpg

[Ksyrup]

Always had some respect for Bon Jovi as a band but I really, really liked Jon's solo album, Blaze of Glory.
See, that "cowboy on a steel horse I ride" crap totally turned me off of them. That album was just a continuation of that stuff. Man, words can't describe how much I still detest that "cowboy rocker" crap.

[Buccaneer]

Actually, I thought it was AnalBumCover at first.

[Buccaneer]

See, that "cowboy on a steel horse I ride" crap totally turned me off of them. That album was just a continuation of that stuff. Man, words can't describe how much I still detest that "cowboy rocker" crap.
You live in Florida, I live in Colorado. We here are more tolerant of cowboy stuff.

[Ksyrup]

here's one:


http://images.radcity.net/5341/561327.jpg

Holy crap. That's even more amusing than Kevin DuBrow's hairpiece.
The pic I remember, he was twice that size. He looked like he ate Yngwie Malmsteen.

[CamEdwards]

crap. now Ksyrup's got me obsessing over 80's metal bands.

whatever you do, don't go to Dondokken.com (http://www.dondokken.com/) . It's too sad.

Waaaaay too sad. "Here's a picture of my house. Please don't leave me. Please keep Rokken with Dokken. Please?"

[Draft Dodger]

'nother dola

if you want to see something really sad... do a google image search for steven pearcy of Ratt fame. Dude looks like a fat biker these days.

the REALLY sad part is that any one of these fat, puffy guys gets more pussy than all of us combined posting in this thread will see in our lifetime

[Ksyrup]

You live in Florida, I live in Colorado. We here are more tolerant of cowboy stuff.
No, I thinnk it's just me. :) I lived in Georgia at the time, and there were enough hicks who identified with that image that it didn't hurt. Obviously, it was a huge song, and that was a huge album. I just think it is hokey. I see no difference between that and the "warriors and elves" crap that Dio puts out.

[FrogMan]

I heard Babylon about 2 weeks for the first time in at least 15 years.

P-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-pussy, pussy, pussycat!
I had the start of that song as a background song on my answering machine when I was about 18... :D

First time callers would usually freak out a bit, or burst laughing and be totally unable to leave a message :)

FM

[Buccaneer]

"warriors and elves" hmmm.... don't know that one.

But you have to remember that I come out of the symphonic rock era (among other things) of the 70s and high fantasy concept albums were really, really cool. I'm talking about Rick Wakeman and others I can't think of right now.

About Jovi, I spent a lot of time in New Mexico and it ain't nothing like Southern hickness. It's too bad that you associated what hokey Southerners did, as oppose to the real landscape and feeling of the Southwest deserts and spaces.

[CamEdwards]

Bucc's a cowboy... on a steel horse he rides.

I myself am a Dream Warrior. Ain't gonna dream no more.

[Draft Dodger]

Bucc's a cowboy... on a steel horse he rides.

I myself am a Dream Warrior. Ain't gonna dream no more.

and I got pictures of naked ladies, lying on their beds

[FrogMan]

I myself am a Dream Warrior. Ain't gonna dream no more.I listened to that "Back for the Attack" tape so much that Mr. Scary wasn't scary anymore...

FM

[Draft Dodger]

No, I thinnk it's just me. :) I lived in Georgia at the time, and there were enough hicks who identified with that image that it didn't hurt. Obviously, it was a huge song, and that was a huge album. I just think it is hokey. I see no difference between that and the "warriors and elves" crap that Dio puts out.

I know exactly what you are talking about, and that's pretty much where I got off the ride as well. I liked "Wanted Dead or Alive" (and "Livin' on a Prayer" for that matter), but he really put on the full-court press on the Cowboy thing for Blaze of Glory and just seemed so insincere it was painful.

[Buccaneer]

That's the influence of the movie studios, I suspect.

[Ksyrup]

"warriors and elves" hmmm.... don't know that one.

But you have to remember that I come out of the symphonic rock era (among other things) of the 70s and high fantasy concept albums were really, really cool. I'm talking about Rick Wakeman and others I can't think of right now.

I know, and actually, I am a big fan of that kind of stuff, when done right. But people like Dio have become a caricature of themselves. I pick on him only because he's the Metal Munchkin...

[Johnny93g]

I know exactly what you are talking about, and that's pretty much where I got off the ride as well. I liked "Wanted Dead or Alive" (and "Livin' on a Prayer" for that matter), but he really put on the full-court press on the Cowboy thing for Blaze of Glory and just seemed so insincere it was painful.


It maybe insincere, but to me, Jon Bon Jovi as a cowboy is more believable then Britney Spears being a Virgin, or Avril Lavigne being a punk, or any of the pop crap thats out there today.....

I admit, i like Bon Jovi....I like there stuff alot more then the stuff out there now.....I think their songs are catchy, and their best of the whole 80's hair metal genre....Hell, there still around and doing well.....

Speaking of 80's hair metal...I saw a 1 hour show about Poison on MMM....I like 3 or 4 of their songs, but damn, their video's make me laugh....Their so stupid

[JeeberD]

My girlfriend (who is five years younger than me) makes soooo much fun of me for liking Bon Jovi's stuff from the eighties.

I think that box set might be the perfect Christmas gift for my older sister...

[Huckleberry]

This reminds me of the VH1 Top 25 Power Ballads show I watched with my wife. The fact that I'll Be There for You was not number one was a traveshamockery. :D

[HornedFrog Purple]

would this be a good time to admit I liked Poison?

[rkmsuf]

http://www.wbnq.com/poison-band150.jpg

[HornedFrog Purple]

That is too cruel... I take it back.

[Ksyrup]

I will admit to owning the first album. That was it, though.

[Draft Dodger]

I swear, when I saw the first ad in Hit Parader for Poison's first album, I thought it was four chicks.

[Kodos]

Do not, under any circumstance, give Poison's most recent effort "Hollyweird" a try. Awful does not adequately describe it.

[Ksyrup]

I've read the same about Dokken's latest (no George Lynch involved, either).