the Bon Jovi thread

[mrlee]

I just always fear the Lars Ulrich curse.


If u are worth over a hundred million, u shouldn't sue anybody unless its really major cause everyday folks hate what appears to be greed.

yeah...jon could get south parked

[Chief]

I just gotta say that Bon Jovi songs RULE for Karaoke!!!!!

[stolat]

Just watched the film clip for Blaze of Glory and Bon Jon plays the guitar in it. I didn't know that he could play guitar as well! Has he done that much?

[D]

Just watched the film clip for Blaze of Glory and Bon Jon plays the guitar in it. I didn't know that he could play guitar as well! Has he done that much?

Jon plays guitar on all the songs.

He is an excellent rhythm guitarist.

Jon is more than  a pretty face and a voice

He also plays Piano on Bed of Roses/Always etc seeing as he wrote the songs by himself.

[stolat]

Thought he was more than just a pretty face.......and a voice (that goes without saying)!

[D]

Thought he was more than just a pretty face.......and a voice (that goes without saying)!

I wasn't meaning anything towards u, It just seems a lot of people try to write them off as being popular all these years just cause he looks good and people don't give him the credit for being an excellent musician.

[stolat]

I know I've probably said this before but I've just heard "Make A Memory" again and it is one of the most beautiful - and lyrical - songs that I have ever heard.

[Journeyman]

Thought he was more than just a pretty face.......and a voice (that goes without saying)!

I wasn't meaning anything towards u, It just seems a lot of people try to write them off as being popular all these years just cause he looks good and people don't give him the credit for being an excellent musician.

they 3 or 4 great songs...but the problem with bon jovi is that they have the same recipe for all their songs, so if you listen 3 or 4, they are great, but if you listen to most of their catalogue...and its always the same love lyrics, its all the same...its rock for girls!!

[gnrlies247]

Thought he was more than just a pretty face.......and a voice (that goes without saying)!

I wasn't meaning anything towards u, It just seems a lot of people try to write them off as being popular all these years just cause he looks good and people don't give him the credit for being an excellent musician.

they 3 or 4 great songs...but the problem with bon jovi is that they have the same recipe for all their songs, so if you listen 3 or 4, they are great, but if you listen to most of their catalogue...and its always the same love lyrics, its all the same...its rock for girls!!

Except i'm one girl who can't fucking stand this band!

[D]

Thought he was more than just a pretty face.......and a voice (that goes without saying)!

I wasn't meaning anything towards u, It just seems a lot of people try to write them off as being popular all these years just cause he looks good and people don't give him the credit for being an excellent musician.

they 3 or 4 great songs...but the problem with bon jovi is that they have the same recipe for all their songs, so if you listen 3 or 4, they are great, but if you listen to most of their catalogue...and its always the same love lyrics, its all the same...its rock for girls!!

U obviously havent heard the whole catalog.

[Thorned Rose]

Yeah bon jovi have a deep and solid catalog...

all good albums...

[NicoRourke]

JBJ in UK GQ magazine :

Do you still have your in-house pub?
Yes! The Shoe Inn. But I's been a long time since I inhabited that place. Unfortunately, it's now used more for kids' socials than by me and my friends.

What's your drink of choice?
I'm on a Santa Margherita Pinot Grigio kick. It's a light white. You can drink two bottles and wake up in the morning and go to work.

The title track of your new album is featured in Wild Hogs, a film about the male midlife crisis. How have you avoided yours?
I refuse to address it. I'm running away from mine, still running around with a rock'n'roll band and wearing sunglasses at night. I should grow up: I'm 45 years old. That movie sucks, by the way. 

Who is the most famous person you've had in your house?
There have been quite a few. Al Gore? He's the smartest man I've ever met and I've stayed close with him over the past eight years. I was holding out that he's run in the next election, but i don't think he's interested.

Are hybrid cars too girly for rock stars?
No, I have one. It's a Toyota truck. It's pretty good.

When was the last time you fired a gun?
There were two incidents in the Eighties. One time we flew to Cabo San Lucas in Mexico for a vacation. All we were about back then was killing things and seeing things be killed. Cockfights, bullfights, quail shooting...whatever it was, we were out there doing it. And then in 1984-85, we had this bus driver who used to carry a lot of firearms. He would pull over on the side of the road and we would, you know, just shoot things. Pretty crazy.

What was your worst drug experience?
Some laced pot. I think it had some PCP on it. That was bad. And that was pretty much the end of me ever doing drugs. I don't have the mental capacity to do them.

What would you give Pete and Kate as a wedding present?
A day without paparazzi.

Who would play you in "Bon Jovi: The Musical"?
Richie and I figured that out. Matt Damon would be me and Ben Affleck would be Richie.

Were you really on a 1980 Star Wars novelty record?
That was really me. I was a boy singing to R2D2 "I wish you a merry christmas". I wouldn't call it a homage: it was more like a spoof. You've just reminded me of something - my five year old is really into Star Wars. I've got to go dig that record out.

What's the strangest rumour you've heard about yourself?
Man, you Brits started them all! You're a creative country.

Would you ever consider cosmetic surgery?
I hope not. I really do. It would be pretty sad.

Your wife's a karate teacher. Could she be your bodyguard?
Yeah. She;s a fourth-dan black belt and has been studying for 25years. But it's not like she jumps out of high-rises and does Spider-man rolls. She's a serious martial artist.

After you slated the Darkness in GQ the band imploded and the singer went into rehab. Care to slag off another UK act?
I would never wish ill on anybody. Its too hard to make a record in the first place. But I still don't get that whole sock in the your pants/Spinal Tap stuff. I don't get it. I don't like it. I don't want to know anything about it.

What would you miss most if you weren't famous?
My money.

Which band would you like to see reform?
Wow. I would like to see the Beatles. Or Queen with Freddie still alive. I don't know what would have happened to the Doors but I'm curious. I'm trying to think of bands that hate each other, they're the fun ones. Guns N' Roses! It would be cool to see Axl and Slash get together again.

Who would you rather be adopted by: Madonna or Angelina?
Angelina. I just want to suck up to the bosom and call her mama!

What's the stupidest thing you've ever bought?
I remember in my youth being with my father in Chicago and thinking I was a little too cool, walking into a store and trying a coat on. It had fringed sleeves and was made of some kind of deerskin. I paid for it, signed the Amex bill and never took my shades off. We walked out. My father looked at me out on the sidewalk and said, "Do you know how much that jacket cost?" I said $150. Then he smacked me upside the back of my head and goes, "No, you asshole, it's $1,500! Look at your Amex, rock star!"

Have you ever been arrested?
There's a very famouse celebrity/mafia restaurant in Harlem, New York. Twenty years ago I was in there and ordered a lot of Italian wines and even took six bottles out the door with me. It was one in the morning and my wife said she wanted to go ice skating. So we walked into Central Park and hopped the fence into Wollman Ring, owned at the time by Donald Trump. We started sharing our wine with the bums. The cops came. And they arrest both of us. They call Donald Trump and he says "Ah. let 'em go. He's playing the Arena."

Describe how you dance.
My rap name, which would also describe my dancing, is DWT. Dry, white, toast.

On a scale of one to ten, how good looking are you?
Eleven. If you ask me, I'll tell you. But I'm still too short and too old.

What's the strangest gift you've received?
Once a girl dropped off an antique clock. We gave it back to her, it must have been worth a lot of money. Maybe she stole it from Grandma's house. In interviews it runs the gamut- if you say you like a certain candy bar you get a lot of candy bars sent to your house.

Do you want to mention any snacks now?
Shall I mention Cartier instead? We can split the loot!

[Malcolm]

Dosent sound like him

[faldor]

Dosent sound like him

Jon was interviewed on the Howard Stern show back when the album came out and as you know Howard doesn't ask your typical interview questions.  Jon was quite candid and open with his answers.  Didn't give the obligatory no comment, or I can't talk about that.  He's not afraid to speak his mind.

[faldor]

I don't know exactly where this information came from but someone posted it on myspace.  I'm going to the November 3rd show.  Can't say I'm thrilled with the opening act.  Nothing against Gretchen Wilson, I'm just not a fan.  She's got a good voice though, I must say. 

Thursday, Oct 25
My Chemical Romance

Friday, Oct 26
My Chemical Romance

Sunday, Oct 28
Big And Rich

Tuesday, Oct 30
Big And Rich

Thursday, Nov 1
Gretchen Wilson

Saturday, Nov 3
Gretchen Wilson

Sunday, Nov 4
The All American Rejects

Wednesday, Nov 7
The All American Rejects

Friday, Nov 9
Daughtry

Saturday, Nov 10
Daughtry

[NicoRourke]

Dosent sound like him

Yes it does

Those are stories he has told before, in old interviews

[D]

My Chemical Romance are opening for BJ?

Thats interesting

[mrlee]

My Chemical Romance are opening for BJ?

Thats interesting

its terrible, i feel sorry for any fans who have to sit through such a shitty band.

[faldor]

My Chemical Romance are opening for BJ?

Thats interesting

its terrible, i feel sorry for any fans who have to sit through such a shitty band.

I'd much rather them than the other choices.  I wouldn't call myself a fan but I could tolerate them, the others, not so much.

[Malcolm]

Nothing really to do with Bon Jovi But I thought id post it anyways

Edm. man paralyzed at Bon Jovi show

    
Edm. man paralyzed at Bon Jovi show
         


EDMONTON (CP) -- An Edmonton man walked into a Bon Jovi concert and left a quadriplegic.

Dennis Schulz and his wife Elana Hartman were enjoying the concert July 12 at Rexall Place in Edmonton when two men seated behind them began fighting.

They say one of the men fell on top of Schulz, injuring his spinal cord and leaving him paralyzed -- he can't eat, walk or move.

"Nobody would have thought that you go there and never come out the same again," he said from his hospital bed.

"I brush Denis's teeth," said Hartman. "I wash Denis's face. I help Denis cough. He had to learn how to breathe again."

Schulz, 40, a father of two, will never work again as a journeyman machinist.

The couple want police to investigate, but they say they won't return their calls.

Edmonton police say they weren't called to Rexall Place that night and say it's a civil matter.

The couple say they have met once with the insurers of Northlands Park, the owners of the arena, but haven't heard back from them.

Northlands said in a release it was aware of an incident that happened at the Bon Jovi concert and "appropriate" parties" are investigating.

What the couple really want are answers and an apology from the two strangers who changed their lives.

"I just would really like to see him sit here for a week and watch what I have to go through on a daily basis," Schultz said.