One of the things I like most about Jon Bon Jovi is that he always gives a shout-out to his home state – the Garden State.

Heck, he even named one of his albums after Jersey.

And the love just keeps on coming. In the opening minutes of his recent appearance on “Inside the Actors Studio” (along with band mates David Bryan, Tico Torres and Richie Sambora), he gave us props once again.

“Where were you born?” asked host James Lipton.

“In the great state of New Jersey,” Jon proudly replied. “Perth Amboy, New Jersey.”

“And here’s a little-known fact,” he continued. “Richie, David and I were all born in the same hospital – delivered by the same baby doctor.”

I believe he’s referring to Raritan Bay Medical Center. Wonder if Dr. Greenberg is still practicing or if he’s retired?

On a side note, I’ve known Bon Jovi (not personally, of course) for most of my life. But what else would you expect of someone who was a teenager in the ’80s in New Jersey?

My association with the band goes a little farther, though: I was present for the filming of the band’s “7800° Fahrenheit” single “Only Lonely” in 1985 at a club called Modern Times in Jon’s hometown of Sayreville. (The club is now very well-known as Starland Ballroom.) If you squint really hard while watching the video, you might see me. Or not. Hey, I was only 15 and 5′7″!

I don’t remember much else, except there was a lot of standing around in a large crowd of people. Not surprisingly I didn’t get anywhere near Jon or any of the other band members. But I was there.

In the meantime, if you get the opportunity definitely check out David’s “The Toxic Avenger Musical.” I saw it last year at New Brunswick’s George Street Playhouse and it was a lot of fun. It’s got a lot of Jersey jokes in it, so you’ll enjoy it that much more if you’re a Garden Stater.

And Richie was just in his hometown of Woodbridge this week, where a street leading into the high school was named in his honor. You can read my former Home News Tribune colleague Chris Jordan’s story about Richie’s time in Middlesex County right here, and there’s a whole online gallery of photos here.

Who says you can’t go home?

HOLLYWOOD In Crisis Is More Than Ever A Young Industry That Deserves Advice & Orientation Of The American Moviegoers, According To TIMEFRAMES, On Location!

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IT MEANS Rock Singers Are Moviegoers (even if they don’t help enough Other Bands, less famous, that is not the case of HIP HOP world Personalities, with Lot of Movie-Music Careers In Progress and Mix).

Hannah Montana’s Miley CYRUS, Lindsay LOHAN, Britney SPEARS are Both Actors And Singers, one Told Me EMINEM tries To do The same (very Well, By the Way), Some Others DON’T.

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We Need MONEY, guys To develop HOLLYWOOD, on one hand, And on The Other, You (by some Insiders) Are accused Not To Contribute Enough to The Development Of The FILM INDUSTRY In America, AS MOVIE/TVGOERS or even Followers, Or eeven Not To like the Hollywood/Timeframes System. So, proove the Contrary In the 2010’s.

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Le vamos a seguir otro rato con los discos viejitos pero que son de puro hard rock y metal del buenísimo, y a petición de mi cuate el Vick que anda viviendo allá en la hermana república de Adelaide, Australia, les posteo este gran disco de mis épocas de cachondaria, obra del excéntrico Alice Cooper, un gran material llamado Trash.

Por los años que se editó Trash, el rock pesado y el metal vivían tiempos gloriosos, finales de los años 80 y principios de los 90 fueron épocas para recordar, y así como la carrera de muchas bandas ascendían como la espuma -Metallica, G’NR, Faith No More, Queensrÿche, Bon Jovi, Tesla, Winger, Megadeth entre muchas otras-, los pesos pesados provenientes de la década de los 70 daban su segundo aire, y es en este rubro donde entra el buen Alice.

Este disco estuvo plagado de participaciones estelares, ya que Alice es uno de esos tipos que se caracteriza por ser el bueno, es decir, el que conoce a toda la banda y toda la banda lo conoce y quiere echar desmadre con él, así, Trash tuvo entre sus humildes colaboradores ni más ni menos que a Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Tom Hamilton, Joey Kramer, Kip Winger, Desmond Child y Michael Anthony entre muchos otros.

De este disco la inolvidable canción es Poison, un poderoso track que abre el material y que refleja lo que pasaba en ese momento con la música de Alice Cooper, tan cambiante y poderosa como su propio autor. Y es que la intención de Trash fue el regresar a Alice a las grandes ligas del rock and roll, venga, había mucho pastel y obvio, el polémico Cooper no quería dejar los 80 sin su rebanadota.

Además viene otras grandes canciones clásicas del repertorio “cooperiano” de los siguientes años, como Bed Of Nails, Only My Heart Talkin’ y House Of Fire. En general es un gran disco con una carga sexual inminente, recuerden que en esos años la mezcla entre sexo y música vendía grandes cantidades de discos… esperen, eso pasa aún , sólo que en vez de rock es reguetón, jo.

Honestamente, y no es por sentirme bien true, pero si andas en la onda del metal, debes conocer la obra de Alice Cooper, el tipo sentó bases importantes, junto a otros grandes como Deep Purple, Kiss o Led Zeppelin, para que el heavy metal sea lo que es ahora.

Así que sin más consíguete este disco de acá, y la neta si lo vez por ahí en el RockShop o cualquier otra tienda especializada en rock, cómpratelo, te aseguro que vale la pena.

Carpe diem.

Bon Jovi’s Richie Sambora proudly took daughter Ava Sambora, 12, to Twilight New Moon’s film premiere this week in Los Angeles.

Ava looks like her mom, Melrose Place star Heather Locklear.

What a Californian cutie. [image courtesy of The Huffington Post]

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 My hair has been the bane of my existence for as long as I can remember.  I’ve colored it, curled it, crimped it, moussed it and still it has the same straggly fine quality as Richie Sambora’s with Heather Locklear’s infamous roots.  Stunning, really.

 My mom had super thin hair that she enhanced by teasing it and wearing hair pieces.  At night she would pin the hair pieces to styrofoam heads in our bathroom and set them in rollers.  If you had to pee in the middle of the night, it was always scary to flip on the lights and see those heads.  She used to joke that she married my dad who has thick, wavy hair so that her daughter would have better hair than she did.  And I do, but that’s not saying much. 

 The thing is, it’s not just me, no one likes their own hair.

 Just last month, Chris Rock put out that documentary, Good Hair, about all the painful, awful things African American women do to their hair.  He said he made the film because his daughter asked him “why don’t I have good hair?” and he was appalled that a child would feel that way.

 I have a friend who is of Korean decent with really silky smooth hair and she recently got a perm.  She looks totally cute with the perm (it’s more like a body wave, kind of like the sexy waves that Lauren the med student/hooker on the new Melrose flaunts – not a big 80s perm) but her husband hates it because perms make your hair sort of “crunchy” and he’s used to her soft, shiny natural hair.   Why mess with hair that already looked great?  Because we all want what we don’t have.

She spends all day in the hospital and all night as a hooker and her hair still looks like this?

Mac’s little friend, Kate, has the most gorgeous head of blonde curls you’ve ever seen in your life.  She’s like a little angel.  And all the boys love her.  I mean for real love her.  According to his mom, who is a trusted source, one of Mac’s little buddies spent his time on the toilet today, talking about how one day he and his true love Kate will get married and have a son named Ben.  What kind of four year old boy thinks about that while taking a crap?  And what kind of startling four year old beauty inspires such a thing? Obviously, her curls are something special.  But at 4, she has already mentioned to her mom that she wishes she had straight hair.  Kate – we all want your hair!   And it’s sure to drive Mac and his bud to Brandon and Dylan like frenemy status at some point.  Embrace it! 

There’s an episode in the ninth or tenth season of Beverly Hills 90210, when Donna’s vixen cousin, Gina Kincaid, is toying with David Silver and Donna asks him “what is it about her?  It’s the hair, right?”  I loved that because I spent entire episodes staring at Vanessa Marcil and wondering how I could make my hair look like hers. 

She's lucky her great hair is such a distraction from her hideous face and body.

The funny part about my mom and her obsession with hair goes back to how she thought she’d get me good hair by marrying a man with great hair. There is no question that my dad still has an impressive head of hair.  I wish I’d gotten that instead of the eczema and the bad temper, but genetics is a lottery and you don’t always win.  However, while his hair is great, he’s known for it because he used to have what we called “wings” on the side.  White patches in the shapes of triangles above each ear.  People I didn’t know would see my dad out and be like “Molly, I saw Wings last night”.  The wings were infamous.  And totally awesome.

No, that's not my dad, but you get the point.

A few years back a girlfriend convinced him to lose the wings and he started coloring over them.  Everyone who knew him during the wings era misses them.  Letting a woman tell you what to do with your hair is a big mistake.  Just ask Samson. 

Earlier this week I complained about my hair in front of Mac and he gave me the biggest compliment a four year old boy can give by saying that I have “long princess hair”.  The rest of the day I felt so pretty.  Then I remembered that when I was a small child I thought Julie Hagerty in the Airplane! movies had the most beautiful hair in the world.  And I quickly made an appointment to get mine cut. 

Me and Robert Hays loved us some Hagerty Hair

Acho que hoje posso dizer com convicção, que se você batalha por algo, acredita que dará certo, com certeza as coisas dão certo.

Isso em várias coisas da vida, sejam elas pessoais, sentimentais, profissionais, enfim…

Acredite sempre nos seus sonhos e desejos… corra atrás se você acha que vale a pena, e não espere simplesmente as coisas acontecerem… saia da sua zona de conforto, e se arrisque. Você nunca vai saber se deu certo sem ter tentado pelo menos uma vez.

Nesses últimos meses confesso que fiquei meio estático, mas aos poucos estou melhorando. E tudo em minha volta melhorou também.

ENJOY!

“…. quem acredita, sempre alcança…”

[Idem...]

No lo entiendo, de veras. Por más que lo intento, nada, sigo sin entenderlo… Me refiero a la opinión que tiene la gente de Bon Jovi —del grupo al completo, no sólo de su vocalista Jon—. Como bien sabréis, y si no os lo cuento yo, que para eso me tenéis a vuestro servicio, los de Nueva Jersey cuentan con un nuevo álbum en su discografía desde el pasado 11 de noviembre. Más de dos años después de su antecesor, The Circle se convierte en el undécimo trabajo de estudio de la banda. En él repite John Shanks como productor como ya hiciera en Have a Nice Day (2005) y en Lost Highway (2007), y al igual que estos, de momento está cosechando una buena acogida por parte del público.

El caso es que la publicación del último de la lista ha suscitado muchos comentarios, entre los cuales ganan por goleada aquéllos que aseguran que los estadounidenses han recuperado con él su sonido Rock más auténtico. De acuerdo, no es necesario escuchar más de tres canciones para comprobar cómo las guitarras son las que parten el bacalao en The Circle. Incluso el propio líder de la banda declaró en una ocasión que es un disco concebido para ser tocado en estadios a base de riffs, riffs y más riffs. Es más,  JBJ —Jon Bon Jovi— añadió que el gran artífice fue su compañero y guitarrista Richie Sambora.

Todo esto está a la vista en la página web del grupo, y aquí comienza el rompecabezas, mucha atención. Literalmente se nos dice que el disco es genuino Rock ‘n’ Roll gracias al regreso de Sambora. Bien, pero como somos desconfiados por naturaleza investigamos y descubrimos que el guitarrista es además uno de los productores —los otros son los citados John y Jon, que juntos podrían dar nombre a un bufete de abogados— , hecho que daría sentido a tal afirmación. Seguimos indagando y damos con que en los anteriores álbumes el señor Sambora también compaginó las labores de grabación con las de producción. De hecho, desde 1995 sólo se desligó de esta última faceta en una ocasión, en 2007, en Lost Highway. Llegados a este punto habría que preguntarse si Lost Highway sonaba y suena tan rematadamente mal como para provocar semejante revolución en Bon Jovi…

De eso nada, aquel disco ya supuso un acertado y refrescante cambio de aires con mucho Rock y Country, y por si fuera poco las ventas dieron la razón a dicha fórmula. ¿Entonces? ¿Cómo suena The Circle? Pues muy bien, no podría escribir otra cosa, pero de revolucionario no tiene tanto como nos han querido hacer creer. Guitarrero, pero sin volvernos locos. Siempre he tenido a los de Nueva Jersey como un grupo de grandes baladas, comercial tirando a pastelón con permiso de célebres y movidos singles. Y The Circle no me hace cambiar de parecer. Repito que me gusta, no cansa, pero dejando a un lado el paréntesis de Lost Highway —que realmente entreveía una nueva etapa—, es más de lo mismo.

De manera que nos encontramos una vez más ante un listado de temas amorosos, o simplemente más pausados, y de agitados éxitos radiofónicos en potencia.  Eso sí, no olvidemos las guitarras, con un plus de protagonismo en todas las composiciones. En definitiva, un muy buen disco, al margen de que en él hayan recuperato su sonido primigenio o jamás lo perdieran totalmente como cree un servidor.

1.     We Weren’t Born to Follow: primer tema y single, es el modelo ideal. Con mucho ritmo, la canción además aborda una de las temáticas más recurrentes del disco: la crisis económica. En ella la púa también cuenta con su momento de gloria, breve, pero intenso. La señal es ese “Guitar!” clamado a los dos minutos y medio.

2.    When We Were Beautiful: JBJ y Richie opinan que  tanto ésta como la anterior no se parecen a ninguna canción escrita por ellos… Repito, “más de lo mismo”. Los hay mejores, pero no deja de ser un buen tema, a medio camino entre las más enérgicas y las baladas de turno.

3.     Work for the Working Man: sus primeros compases recuerdan demasiado a los de Livin’ on a Prayer, y no está del todo mal. Lo malo de verdad llega después, cuando la cosa cambia y las comparaciones se vuelven en su contra definitivamente. Dura canción, tanto que da la sensación de no encajar en la dinámica general, y con un mensaje igual de contundente citado más arriba, la crisis económica.

4.     Superman Tonight
5.     Bullet
6.     Thorn in My Side
7.    Live Before You Die
8.     Brokenpromiseland
9.     Love’s the Only Rule
10.   Fast Cars
11.    Happy Now
12.    Learn to Love

“Eu sou muito autêntico, não tenho papas na língua. Quando Jeff Beck gravou todas as guitarras do meu primeiro álbum solo, que foi um sucesso, mostrei a Richie (Sambora) meio que querendo dizer ‘é assim amigo, melhore’. Mas não adiantou muito, né? (risos)”

Jon Bon Jovi

Bon Jovi – The Circle [Deluxe CD/DVD Limited Edition] (2009, Island Records)

CD:
1. “We Weren’t Born to Follow” … 4:03
2. “When We Were Beautiful” … 5:18
3. “Work for the Working Man” … 4:03
4. “Superman Tonight” … 5:12
5. “Bullet” … 3:50
6. “Thorn In My Side” … 4:05
7. “Live Before You Die” …  4:18
8. “Brokenpromiseland” … 4:57
9. “Love’s the Only Rule” … 4:38
10. “Fast Cars” … 3:16
11. “Happy Now” … 4:21
12. “Learn to Love” … 4:39

DVD:
When We Were Beautiful – Documentary

Band:
Jon Bon Jovi – Lead Vocals
Richie Sambora – Guitar, Backing Vocals
Tico Torres – Drums, Percussion
David Bryan – Keyboards, Piano

Additional Musicians:
Hugh McDonald – Bass
Charlie Judge – Keyboards

Producer: John Shanks with Jon Bon Jovi & Richie Sambora

It’s hard to believe after only releasing two albums in the 1990s that Bon Jovi is now on their fifth studio release in the 2000s alone (The Circle is actually their sixth studio release if you want to count their acoustic reworkings of their own songs on This Left Feels Right). And I haven’t even mentioned the live album and box set they released this decade! So yes, the band has been extremely active this decade with a steady stream of albums and world tours that sell out wherever they go.

The downside to all of this? Their music overall hasn’t been up to snuff with their ’80s or even ’90s output. Their “comeback” album Crush was great, different but great. Bounce rocked harder and was really good. After that, the band has turned into a bland rock band that doesn’t really rock at all and they’ve dabbled way too much in country rock in an attempt to stay relevant (but it worked for a bit, so what do I know?).

In hype for this album, Jon and Richie promised they were done with Nashville and that the album’s title was a reference to the band coming full circle and getting back to rock ‘n’ roll and that they were giving us a “big rock record”. Well, I can tell you this much — thankfully, most signs of Lost Highway are gone (perhaps lost?). I wouldn’t say this album is “big rock” at all, but it is a better effort than Have a Nice Day even if it still sounds similar to that release. I had been hoping this would be closer to Bounce (“Bullet” comes close), but no dice.

I realize that the band is laughing all the way to the bank with the steady stream of bland, safe rock ‘n’ roll made for their soccer mom fans, but I really wish these guys would pay attention to the minority of fans that want a harder edge and huge sing-along choruses. I don’t expect a sequel to Slippery When Wet or New Jersey (though the band does offer up the bass line from “Livin’ On A Prayer” for “Work for the Working Man”), I don’t want a nostalgia release, but throw me a few bones! Give me a couple of songs that have that feel good over the top vibe that band had up until Keep the Faith.

Noticeably absent is the classic Bon Jovi sounding ballad that doesn’t care what decade it is. Even on the awful Lost Highway the band managed to squeeze out the under appreciated “(You Want to) Make a Memory”. Desmond Child co-wrote that song and he helps out a bit on this album, but even his involvement can’t save this album.

Ultimately, The Circle is another collection of mediocre, thoughtful and mature rock songs (Just like U2!) that don’t please this old school Bon Jovi fan and I can’t imagine reaching for this album in the future.

The CD/DVD limited edition comes with the 75 minute B&W documentary When We Were Beautiful, which follows the band on their Lost Highway tour from 2007. It’s a pretty interesting look into the workings of the band.

Highlights: “We Weren’t Born to Follow”, “Work for the Working Man”, “Bullet”, “Brokenpromiseland”, “Happy Now”

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This morning, to my surprise and delight, I had a close encounter of the celebrity kind. On my way to the bathroom, I noticed a crowd of people congregating in the newsroom but thought nothing of it. Must be another kid in a balloon or something.

Not paying attention to where I was walking, obviously, I do not think to look up from the ground, concentrating ever so intensely on keeping myself balanced in my 4-inch heels. It is only when I bumped into something, or should I say, someone, that my glance turned upward. I had quite literally bumped into Jon Bon Jovi.

Trying to regain my composure, I tried to say something witty, but all that came up was a jumbled ’sorry” as I bolted for the bathroom. Did that really just happen? Did I really humiliate myself in front of the 47 year old super star?

Seeing David Ushery later on, I asked “Why was Bon Jovi here?!?”

“Oh I just interviewed him and Richie Sambora on a story. Sorry I didn’t think to tell you that they were coming… I thought that they were to old for someone as hip and happening as you.”

Hip and happening. Yeah right.

“Besides,” he laughed, “I thought the Jonas Brothers would be much more your speed”

“Actually David, us hipsters refer to them as the Jo-Bros. Gotta keep up.”

Just another day. Assaulting a celebrity, and made fun of by yet another guy in the newsroom.

“Alertei Richie quando ele quis lançar seu primeiro disco solo e levar a minha banda para tocar com ele, na tour. Sabe, às vezes acho que tudo isso é birra. Quando penso se algo vai fracassar ou não, comparo com os trabalhos solos de Sambora (risos).”

Jon Bon Jovi

it’s not often that i eagerly await “New Music Tuesday”…. however on this particular day the newest Bon Jovi album “The Circle” dropped. OMG fucking awesome. and i’m  not saying that as a fan since I was about 6…. yes, that would make me a fan of Bon Jovi for almost 24 years, and yes it is possible to know good music at age 6. I have vivid memories of my pocket rocker (do you remember those?) being at recess rocking to “Wanted” and “Livin’ on a Prayer”…. I was in first grade… okay, stop laughing.

seriously though, this album is fantastic. The first single “We Weren’t Born to Follow” has had me rockin in the car for weeks, and it’s very stadium-anthemish which will be kick ass when they open the new Meadowlands Stadium in May. I’m also a huge fan of “Superman”….

May cannot come fast enough….

“Sabe, quando falo pro Richie (Sambora) maneirar no visual, não é pra ele entrar no palco de sobretudo e óculos escuros. Não somos uma banda gótica.”

Jon Bon Jovi

Before A Message To His Facebook and Myspace Friends, November 4, Fred Vidal Confirms His Involvement In His Musical Career With A Second Cover: The Medley COME AS YOU ARE!

“From TOO HIGH TO THINK, the first cute song inspired by the actress Blake Lively and performed on Youtube by Fred last Spring to Nirvana’s cover of “COME AS YOU ARE mixed with Phil Collins’ ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE, the project LOVE ON EARTH celebrates now almost a dozen of original songs and a couple of covers before some other new titles after this Cover Break and the success of Deep Purple’s HUSH (45 views in less than one day). Acoustic Medley dedicated to Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora.”

Nirvana Inspiration Day For An Acoustic Cover mixing Collins' Paradise, Fred's 2 High 2 Think Around COME AS YOU ARE Before A New Step In The Repertoire Development Of Love On Earth. Fred Performing The Song Was Also Connected To A Bon Jovi Unplugged Attitude.

The Circle es el nuevo material discografico de Bon Jovi y con el, millones de ilusiones por escuchar nuevamente a el original Bon Jovi con sus melodias pegajosas y rockeras, este sera el disco que nos haga justicia? Aqui la reseña.

We weren’t born to follow: Esta es la primera cancion del album y el primer sencillo que para mi gusto es un poco de lo que bon jovi era antes con una tonada pegajosa excelente letra y ritmo y un solo que le hace justicia a el buen Richie Sambora.

When We Were Beautiful: Una balada mas, pense que despues de la excelente primera cancion continuariamos disfrutando mas de estos chicos de New Jersey, sin embargo no fue asi la cancion en si no me da nada de ritmo, pero aun asi dejando el ritmo atras, la letra esta muy repetitiva y parece como si estuviera escuchando a un grupo que apenas se quiere consolidar, mas al estilo del mediocre Bounce.

Work For The Working Man: Ahora vamos con Livin’ on a Prayer, perdon con work for the working man, la cancion cuenta una historia tal como livin acerca del hombre trabajador, esta cancion suena muy a los 90’s tiene buen ritmo y me hace sentir mas nostalgico ya que suena como al bon jovi que deseamos, esta encaminado pero aun le falta.

Superman Tonight: La verdad es un tema malo uno que otro coro bueno pero la verdad mala, siguiente cancion¡¡¡

Bullet: Esta Cancion, Work for the Working Man y We weren’t born to Follow son de las mejores del disco a pesar de que les falta como que mas mmm una pizquita de rudeza y serian temas excelentes.

Thorn in my Side: Da un buen inicio, el ritmo, la guitarra y la bateria se unen para mostrarnos que Bon Jovi aun es capaz de darnos cosas buenas, el coro y la letra encantan y fascinan al oido definitivamente una de las mejores si no es que la mejor.

Live Before You die: Esta cancion es mas tranquila y apesar de que no di un buen puntode vista objetivo al inicio ya al escucharla mejor es una cancion que narra los sucesos de la vida, las cosas dificiles que tenemos que vivir pero sobre todo salir adelante, muy buena cancion

Brokenpromiseland: Definitivamente la mejor cancion de todas, es Bon Jovi la cancion da muestra del poder de estos 4 chicos y no tan chicos de New Jersey,con el bajo y el rugir de la guitarra y el buen ritmo hacen buena combinacion, buena rola.

Love’s The Only Rule: La cancion inicia de una forma muy popera pero hay que darle una oportunidad contiene un buen ritmo, obviamente bon jovi con esta cancion experimenta algo nuevo y es llegar a la nueva generacion.

Fast Cars: Es un tema bien realizado aunque a mi gusto no es de lo mejor del disco

Happy Now: Buen Tema pero no pasa de ahi una cancion al estilo have a nice day y con un ritmo a media cancion muy pegajoso

Learn To Love: Es una canicion tranquila anteriormente habia dicho que no era una buena cancion pero escuchandola mas tranquilamente a solas y con una buena revista me di cuenta que es una cancion buena, no sobresale de las demas pero cabe decir que la letra esta muy buena, ademas de tener un buen ritmo te hace sentarte a recordar cosas bellas de tu vida.

En Conclusion seguimos esperando un disco que favorezca a nuestra biblioteca de los mejores discos de la banda, The Lost Highway anterior a este a pesar de no ser bon jovi y ser un disco country encontramos buenas canciones al menos mas de 6 y si lo escuchas con amor todo el disco es oible en este solo 4 o 5 sobresalen, que le sucede a bon jovi?

Donde quedaron las baladas, las verdaderas baladas como always, thank you for loving me, make a memory entre otras, calificacion, bueno aqui no damos simplemente damos nuestro punto de vista sin disfrazar la verdad la ultima desiscion es suya.

Actualizacion 6 noviembre

Anteriormente ya habia dado un punto de vista, un poco personal pero tambien no olvidando lo musical, ahora que tuve la oportunidad de escuchar el disco mucho mejor mi primera impresion obviamente no fue la mejor, pero creanme a pesar de no ser un disco tan hard rock “lo que define a bon jovi” el disco en general es bueno para pasar un rato muy agradable.

Es un buen material, musicalmente hablando tiene una excelente produccion y es bueno que Bon Jovi se arriesgue a experimentar con nuevos sonidos y ritmos, aunque no le haria daño que volviera un poco a los increibles solos de teclado y que richie muestre el verdadero poder de su guitarra, un disco que no te debe faltar en tu coleccion seas o no fanatico de la banda.

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Current members

• Jon Bon Jovi – vocals, guitar, percussion, harmonica (1982-present)
• Richie Sambora – guitar, backing vocals (1983-present)
• David Bryan – keyboards, backing vocals (1982-present)
• Tico Torres – drums, percussion (1982-present)
• Hugh McDonald – bass guitar, backing vocals (1995-present)

Additional musician

• Bobby Bandiera – rhythm guitar, backing vocals (2003-present – live only)
• Jeff Kazee – organ, additional keyboards, backing vocals (2003-2006 – live only)
• Everett Bradley – percussion, backing vocals (2003-2006 – occasional live)
• Lorenza Ponce – violin, backing vocals (2006-2007 – live)

Former members

• Alec John Such – bass guitar, backing vocals (1983-1994,2001) Ex-Phantom’s Opera
• Dave “The Snake” Sabo – lead guitar (1982-1983)

Portada del nuevo disco de Bon Jovi.

Mi segunda banda favorita, ¿podré ser objetivo en este artículo? Intentaré serlo, pero no prometo nada. Desde hace ya un tiempo, sabía que Bon Jovi sacaría a la luz un nuevo trabajo, del cual, sólo conocía el titulo (The Circle) y un single que tocaron en acústico en una gala benéfica titulado Work For The Working Man. El single me encantó a la primera escucha y sabía que me acabaría gustando más cuando la escuchara en el disco. Y así ha sido, un gran tema, pero antes, vayamos por orden.

The Circle comienza con el que es el single de presentación de este nuevo trabajo: We Weren´t Born To Follow. Escuché este tema a la vez que veía el videoclip, el cual es algo más original que el resto de los videos a los que nos tiene acostumbrado la banda, pero en su misma línea. Respecto a la canción, magnífica. Puro Hard Rock de lo más melódico y pegadizo, como lo llevan haciendo desde sus inicios. ¿Qué Bon Jovi perdió su esencia bla bla bla blá, se vendieron bla bla bla blá y que ahora son unos poperos? Es un tema muy cansino y al cual no voy a entrar. Sólo diré, que Bon Jovi saca discos más hard rockeros que muchos grupos venerados e idolatrados por los más rockers del lugar. Pero temas a parte, sigamos con el disco. When We Were Beautiful es el segundo tema del disco. Algo más lento que el anterior, con muy buenas guitarras, y destacando el solo de guitarra que se marca Richie Sambora. Quizás sea el tema que menos me guste del grupo, ya que más adelante, te encuentras con verdaderos temazos.

Le toca el turno a la canción que mencioné al principio del artículo: Work For The Working Man. Me encanta, ¿qué más puedo decir? Es perfecta. Un muy buen estribillo acompañado por unos simples coros y una música muy melódica y pegadiza. Los primeros acordes de la canción recuerda muchísimo al inicio de Living On A Prayer, pero luego nada tiene que ver. Me gustaría destacar el papel de Tico Torres en este nuevo trabajo, ya que hacía tiempo que no escuchaba una batería con ritmos tan técnicos y marcados en discos de Bon Jovi.  Superman Tonight y Bullet son dos temas más rockeros aún. Sobre todo el segundo, con esas guitarras tan pesadas y su brillante final. Pero del primero, destaco el brillante solo de guitarra a partir del minuto 2:35. Cuando lo estaba escuchando, parecía que me encontraba en un concierto viviéndolo en directo. ¡Genial! Igual de duro es este tema: Thorn In My Side. Un tema típico de los últimos años de Bon Jovi, algo al que ya estamos acostumbrados. Este tema me recuerda a algunos del álbum Have a Nice Day.

Live Before You Die, precioso, un medio-tiempo entrañable, tierno. La letra, fabulosa, muy bonita. Siempre me ha encantado la voz de Jon, me parece una de las mejores que ha dado el rock. Una voz muy singular, capaz de cantar en cualquier tono, sobre todo, en tonos bajos, dónde es de las voces que más me gustan a la hora de oir una balada romántica. Brokenpromiseland, es uno de mis temas favoritos del disco. Entrando en la recta final de este nuevo trabajo, The Circle me parece una muy buena mezcla entre Bounce y Have a Nice Day con toques algo más novedosos en la banda como es el caso de la canción que viene a continuación: Love´s The Only Rule, con un sonido que recuerdan más a U2 que a Bon Jovi pero sin perder ese aire hard rockero. Dos veces he escuchado Fast Cars, me han dejado boquiabierto esos teclados de David Bryan miembro de la banda al que admiro mucho y el cual considero un tanto infravalorado por el público.

Llegamos al final del círculo, con Happy Now y la que es mí preferida junto con Work For The Working Man: Learn To Love. Esta última tiene un nosequé que me vuelve loco. Ritmos muy melódicos tienen todas las canciones, buenos solos, y una buena letra, pero Learn To Love, es de esas canciones que te llegan sin más y se convierte en uno de tus numerosos himnos.

Una cosa que me ha llamado la atención de este nuevo disco de Bon Jovi es la ausencia completa de baladas. Todos sabemos que Bon Jovi es uno de los mejores grupos (por no decir el mejor) en hacer tiernas baladas, si, esas que te ponen la piel de gallina y un nudo en la garganta.

Una vez escuchado el disco a fondo, lo considero bastante bueno, pero no llega a la calidad de discos anteriores como los mencionados anteriormente (Crush, Bounce, Have A…) y ni por asomo a los discos de los noventa y ochenta, aunque el fiel seguidor del grupo, lo pasará bastante bien escuchándolo. Veremos cómo trata el paso del tiempo a The Cirlce, me refiero a la critica claro está, ya que en temas de ventas/popularidad, haga lo que haga Bon Jovi, será éxito asegurado.

Recomendado a todos aquellos que les guste escuchar música de calidad.

Un abrazo.

Álvaro R.

Das nenne ich mal eine super Aktion: „Bon Jovi“ versteigern zwei Tickets (inkl. Flug und Übernachtung) für ihr „Secret-Gig“ auf Ebay und spenden den Betrag an die Organisation „Ein Herz für Kinder“. Der Gig ist aber gar nicht mehr so geheim, denn sowohl Ort als auch der genaue Termin sind bereits bekannt – am 5. November in London. „Bon Jovi“ haben in nächster Zeit also einiges vor: neue CD, Konzerte, Live-DVD und eine Band-Dokumentation im Kino. Ach ja, apropos…

Ich hätte ja fast vergessen euch davon zu berichten, wie es bei der Premiere der „Bon Jovi“-Doku „When we were beautiful“ letzten Donnerstag im Lugner Kino war. Da ich natürlich auch selbst bei dem Gewinnspiel mitgemacht habe, bei dem man zwei Premiere-Tickets gewinnen konnte, wartete ich bis Mittwoch um endlich zu erfahren, ob ich zu den Glückspilzen zählen würde. Und es hat geklappt! Als Begleitperson nahm ich meine Freundin Anna mit und nachdem wir einen super Platz ganz hinten ergattern konnten (freie Platzwahl!), warteten ein Päckchen Popcorn und ein Mineralwasser auf unserem Platz. Sehr fein, oder? Der Kinosaal war fast gefüllt und um 20h30 ging es los.

Die Doku (schwarz-weiß) der weltbekannten Rockband zeigt neben faszinierenden Aufnahmen zahlreicher Konzerte und der begeisterten „Bon Jovi“-Fans rund um den Globus, aber auch interne Schwierigkeiten zwischen den Bandmitgliedern und den anstrengende Bandalltag. Zusammengefasst: ein persönlicher Rückblick von „BonJovi“ auf eine 25-jährige Musikkarriere voller Ups und Downs.

Als „Zuckerl“ wurde nach der Doku dann auch noch der Live-Auftritt der US-Band im Madison Square Garden (Juli 09) gezeigt – im Kinosaal wurde getanzt und lautstark mitgesungen! Einige machten sogar Bilder und fühlten sich wohl so, als wären sie bei einem echten Live-Konzert.Leider gab es ein paar technische Schwierigkeiten bei der Wiedergabe des „Bon Jovi“-Gigs, aber die gigantische Stimmung blieb ungebrochen.

Nach der Vorstellung versuchten wir einen der drei von Universal versteckten Gutscheine für die „The Circle“-CD unter den Sesseln zu finden – wir robbten uns durch den Saal, aber leider waren andere wohl schneller und eins wurde gar nicht mehr gefunden. Schade, aber der Abend an sich war sehr lustig und die Doku kann ich jedem „Bon Jovi“-Fan weiterempfehlen – absolut sehenswert! Zum Abschluss hier noch ein kleiner Sneak Peak der Doku für alle Unentschlossenen:

Guitar phenom Jennifer Batten has had quite a life.  She was chosen from over 100 Guitarists to perform along with Michael Jackson on his “Bad” Tour, “Dangerous” Tour and “HIStory” Tour.  She has also performed, toured and recorded with Jeff Beck, released solo albums, made instructional guitar videos and seen the world.

Jennifer is bringing her solo, Multimedia Concert Experience to The Winchester in Cleveland, Ohio on Wednesday, November 18th, 2009.  She plays guitar to backing tracks in-sync with her personally hand-made films shown on a large screen for a captivating and unique concert experience.  Showtime is 9:00pm. Admission is $12.00.  Visit www.thewinchester.net for more information and directions.

Jennifer Betten

The following is from Jennifer Batten’s website bio (www.jenniferbatten.com):

“A major turning point came when she was selected from over one hundred guitarists to play in Michael Jackson’s highly skilled band which toured the world for one and a half years playing for over four and a half million people.  Jennifer wasted no time after the” Bad” Tour’s grand finale, diving into work on her own album with renown producer (and Stevie Wonder guitarist) Michael Sembello…”

“…she was asked again to join Michael Jackson for his upcoming “Dangerous Tour“.  In January ‘93, she joined Jackson to partake in Superbowl XXVII’s half time entertainment which aired to one-and-one-half-billion people in 80 nations. It was the largest audience in television history.”

“She completed her second solo record “Jennifer Batten’s Tribal Rage~Momentum,” just before she was again asked to join Michael Jackson for his 2 year world tour supporting his double album “HIStory” in 1997.”

“In the spring of ‘98 Jeff Beck asked Jennifer to join his band. They joined forces for 3 years on the CD’s “Who Else“, and “You Had It Coming” which were both supported by world tours.”

Jennifer Batten and Michael Jackson Performing Live

Jennifer Batten recently performed during the American Music Masters® Series tribute to Les Paul. The following is from the Rock Hall’s website article (http://www.rockhall.com/lespaulamm) regarding that concert:

“A tribute concert (for Les Paul) took place on Saturday November 15, (2008) at 8 pm at Playhouse Square’s State Theater.  The concert featured Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees James Burton, Duane Eddy, Billy Gibbons and the Ventures along with Jennifer Batten, Jeff “Skunk” Baxter, Eric Carmen, Dennis Coffey, Lenny Kaye, Steve Lukather, Barbara Lynn, Lonnie Mack, Katy Moffatt, Alannah Myles, Richie Sambora and Slash. Tickets for the tribute concert sold out.”

A Video of  Michael Jackson and Jennifer Batten performing live:

A Video of Jeff Beck and Jennifer Batten performing “Blue Wind” in Tokyo, Japan:

A Video of Jennifer Batten performing “Flight of the Bumblebee“:

The Homeshoppingista and Sambora

Here it is, our first photo download! And what a download it is, a shot of Bon Jovi’s Richie Sambora and The Homeshoppingista. The man in the middle in the background is drummer Tico Torres.

OK, we know it’s just the back of our head, but that’s the best sister Karen could do at the party after Showtime’s screening of “Bon Jovi: When We Were Beautiful.” It airs Saturday.

Richie, a fellow Jersey person, looks fascinated by our question, doesn’t he? Heather Locklear and Denise Richards have nothing on us (sure).

To read his frank comments to us about the film, check out our story on NewJerseyNewsroom.com.

But here is one Sambora quote from that story, about the rock-star life.

“Everybody kind of looks at us like we’re exempt from human tragedy or whatever goes on in people’s lives,” Sambora told us. “That’s not true. We’re just regular guys. Because when we go home, we f–king take the garbage out just like everybody else.”

We have to run. We’re late for our volunteer work for the PR department of a big hospital chain, where we are writing about serious life-and-death issues.

Lisa, we have the “When We Were Beautiful” DVD for you. We’re on our way.

Bon Jovi nuevamente de gira

La banda de soft rock Bon Jovi regresa a los escenarios con un nuevo álbum llamado “The Circle”, que saldrá el próximo 12 de noviembre y con una gira 2010-2011 para promocionar su producción que abarcará 135 ciudades en 30 países.

La gira comenzará el 19 de febrero del 2010 en Seattle, Washington y pasará por recintos emblemáticos como el estadio 02 de Londres en junio próximo,  donde se espera se presente por lo menos en cinco noches. Este auditorio era donde el extinto Michael Jackson planeaba realizar 50 presentaciones.

“We weren’t born to follow you”, composición hecha por Jon Bon Jovi y Richie Sambora, es el primer sencillo a promocionar de esta nuevo CD de la banda, que nuevamente tuvo como productor a John Shanks.

We don’t want to keep you hanging. We filed our story on the screening of “Bon Jovi: When We Were Beautiful,” which we attended Wednesday night. Showtime will air the documentary Saturday.

At the after-party in Tribeca, we snagged a few quotes from our Jersey boys, band leader Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora. We have to shout out the cliche that everyone says when they see a star in person: The band members were shorter than we expected, and Richie was very thin. But they looked good, and Richie was great.

The first story on NewJerseyNewsroom.com includes the chats with the band members and an interview with the director, Phil Griffin.

We also did a second story focusing on the film itself, which is a behind-the-scenes look at Bon Jovi’s 2008 Lost Highway World Tour.

We’re still waiting for a download of our photo with Richie.