seeing bon jovi last night made me appreciate pearl jam so much more...
thatgirl
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First of all I want to say THANKS to vedderwood for the Bon Jovi tickets!!! despite what I am about to say it was a lot of fun!!!
Ok, so I went to the Bon Jovi concert last night in Philly, and seeing that show made me appreciate Pearl Jam a zillion times more than I already do!!!
I'm not a huge Jovi fan, so most of my time was spent observing the band, and other people....
Soooo I noticed that, other than been cheesy, they are simply PERFORMERS.
Ed, Mike, Jeff, Stone, and Matt are MUSICIANS...
It seemed like half of the shit was rehearshed, down to the dance moves, hand gestures, you name it! and that nothing really came from their heart, all just mindless lyrics, mindless songs, same setlists...etc etc.....they were just there to make money (95 bucks for floor seats that didnt even sell out!!) and put on a show for the ladies (i.e. the tight black jeans, leather, exposed chests, shaking butts on stage, and i must say i dont know what heather locklears sees in richie sambora...he was barefoot on stage for christs sake!).
I appreciate how PJ changes up their setlist, for the most part, every night. How we always wonder what will they add and what will they do different. How Ed really gets into the show and what hes singing. How all of the guys have their own time to shine. Bottom line, for the sake of rambling on and on, I hope Pearl Jam never becomes what I saw last night.
But here were some highlights of the night...
1. The one guy in the band, (stands on "stones side")...looked just like stone!! at least from where i was sitting, so that was kinda cool...
2. On the big screen behind the stage, during one song, the footage they had up looked like the picture on YIELD...
3. Bon Jovi covering Pearl Jam's (Gorge) cover of Tom Petty's "I wont back down"
4. Solat13 obnoxiously yelling "PLAY LEASH YOU PUSSIES"
5. Some dude with a Styx shirt sitting behind us.
6. Everyone wearing "mom jeans"
7. The 'older' group of women playing air guitar in the parking lot
8. Livin on a prayer, bad medicine, dead or alive
9. The "white women" fight that almost occured next to us (fanch would have liked that)
and finally....
10. Remembering how awesome it was to be at the wachovia center just a couple months beforehand seeing Pearl Jam!!!!!!!!!
thats all for now
Ok, so I went to the Bon Jovi concert last night in Philly, and seeing that show made me appreciate Pearl Jam a zillion times more than I already do!!!
I'm not a huge Jovi fan, so most of my time was spent observing the band, and other people....
Soooo I noticed that, other than been cheesy, they are simply PERFORMERS.
Ed, Mike, Jeff, Stone, and Matt are MUSICIANS...
It seemed like half of the shit was rehearshed, down to the dance moves, hand gestures, you name it! and that nothing really came from their heart, all just mindless lyrics, mindless songs, same setlists...etc etc.....they were just there to make money (95 bucks for floor seats that didnt even sell out!!) and put on a show for the ladies (i.e. the tight black jeans, leather, exposed chests, shaking butts on stage, and i must say i dont know what heather locklears sees in richie sambora...he was barefoot on stage for christs sake!).
I appreciate how PJ changes up their setlist, for the most part, every night. How we always wonder what will they add and what will they do different. How Ed really gets into the show and what hes singing. How all of the guys have their own time to shine. Bottom line, for the sake of rambling on and on, I hope Pearl Jam never becomes what I saw last night.
But here were some highlights of the night...
1. The one guy in the band, (stands on "stones side")...looked just like stone!! at least from where i was sitting, so that was kinda cool...
2. On the big screen behind the stage, during one song, the footage they had up looked like the picture on YIELD...
3. Bon Jovi covering Pearl Jam's (Gorge) cover of Tom Petty's "I wont back down"
4. Solat13 obnoxiously yelling "PLAY LEASH YOU PUSSIES"
5. Some dude with a Styx shirt sitting behind us.
6. Everyone wearing "mom jeans"
7. The 'older' group of women playing air guitar in the parking lot
8. Livin on a prayer, bad medicine, dead or alive
9. The "white women" fight that almost occured next to us (fanch would have liked that)
and finally....
10. Remembering how awesome it was to be at the wachovia center just a couple months beforehand seeing Pearl Jam!!!!!!!!!
thats all for now
"I hear Fanch has a Pimp Cup and loves Kiss. I think that's all that really matters."
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However can't compare them as I've only seem Bon Jovi live.
14/09/06, 16/09/06, 17/09/06, 19/09/06, 20/09/06 ~ The Stone lookalike leg of the 2006 tour
18/06/07 - Amazing, just amazing
04/07/06 ~Proud to be part of the AIC Astoria Crew~
Rockin' out to Creadles
yes u can compare. because theyre different.
u cannot seriously think bon jovi is anything more than the backstreet boys of the 80s. except they play solos for the sake of it and the make it a point to have BIG choruses everytime and they smile a lot more than BSB. that last point there says a lot.
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London 20/04/2006
pj rocks!
but nice people sw****w
i think there should be a thread on what u just admitted to have done
http://theshahril.blogspot.com
London 20/04/2006
Sorry for my rambling, but I had to say something. They are likely to be my 2 favourite bands ever - and I know they are totally different!! Thank-you for your review of the show it was good fun reading what you said - now I'll just have to hope they come to Aus! I've heard their show is overly expensive and Australia doesn't really want them or something.....I don't really get that, but whatever.
i know someday you'll have a beautiful life,
i HOPE you'll be a star,
in somebody elses sky, but why, why, why can't it be, why can't it be mine?!
that's awesome
Chris Cornell
http://www.myspace.com/mrwalkerb
BUT SERIOUSLY? I TOTALLY AGREE. I GO TO ALOT OF SHOWS AND I GOTTA TELL YA, THERES JUST SOMETHING ABOUT PEARL JAM SHOWS. THEY ARE MY MEASURING STICK FOR EVERY OTHER BAND I SEE LIVE. I CANT HELP IT. I WAS AT THE AUDIOSLAVE SHOW IN LONG BEACH LAST WEEK AND THE OVERALL 'EXXXPERIENCE' SUCKED. THE GUYS THEMSELVES ARE GOOD BUT I THINK ITS THE FANS THAT KILL IT. THERE ARE A FEW JERKS THAT ARE PJ FANS BUT WAY MORE COOL PEOPLE AND EVERYONE SEEMS TO LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER. I GOT MORE LOVE WHEN I WAS AT THE CHRISTINA AGUILERA SHOW THAN I DID AT AUDIOSLAVE!!! :eek: AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT ITS TRUE, IT SEEMS THAT *MOST* BANDS "REHEARSE" THEIR EVERY MOVE. ITS NOT COOL. PEARL JAM HANDS DOWN IS THE GREATEST LIVE BAND EVER!!!
P.S~IM STILL GONNA SEE BON JOVI IN A FEW MONTHS!!!
Sir Mike McCready is....THE MASTER!!! WAHHH!!!
EVENFLOW PSYCHOS H.N.I.C~FEEL THE FLOW!!!
"Pearl Jam fans are obsessed, they'd see the boys in HELL if tickets were sold."-CROJAM95
It takes balls to put out a UKE album!
That said, Jon can shake his ass in his tight leather pants at me any time.
secondly, i had no idea what the show would be like as i had never seen them before AND the tickets were free, it was something to do on a friday night, and if YOU read my inital post you would have seen that i had said i had a good time
Jesus, that is funny. My girlfriend tells her mom she's not allowed to wear "Mom jeans" for the principle of it.
Yesterday in the car she told me she can see me being 70 and sitting around in an old PJ shirt.
and how to do it right
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8/08 - Ed solo in DC, 6/09 Ed in B'more,
10/10 - Brad in B'more
did you say leather pants? look what treat Cree Nations found for me one day recently! he thinks the material may be leather (doesn't matter to me, the rest of the pic looks so good)
http://i.realone.com/assets/rn/img/9/4/3/0/7070349.jpg
8/08 - Ed solo in DC, 6/09 Ed in B'more,
10/10 - Brad in B'more
I went to the Bon Jovi concert in Philly last night and I agree with everything that thatgirl is saying! I had a really fun time because they sang a lot of their hits, I was with a friend who is a die-hard Bon Jovi fan and well, I had quite a few beers !!! But as thatgirl said, this concert (and any concert actually) just reminds me/us of how awesome Pearl Jam is and how spoiled we are as a fanbase to get so much out of this band! Their huge catalog of songs, their always-changing surprising setlists, their indepth lyrics and the emotions its gives all of us are just priceless (and personally I think Eddie is hot and would do anything for the man)! This does not mean that Bon Jovi is a horrible band or or their songs suck because as thatgirl said, she wasn't necessarily comparing the two...she was just saying that by seeing Bon Jovi it made her appreciate PJ much more than she already does and I totally agree with her!
Again, the show was a lot of fun..I've seen Bon Jovi a few times now and they are very entertaining! They have sex appeal and they use it (nothing wrong with that)! Their moves and gestures do see premeditated, but hey, that's part of their act! I do enjoy these kinds of bands from time to time, but I just really, really can't wait until PJ comes back again!!!! They are by far the best and in my opinion, there is just nothing like them out there!!!!
Oh and thatgirl...it's a shame you weren't at the show last night...you saw Jon in tight black jeans, but he wore gold, sparkly pants last night!
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PA 7/12/03
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U571?
8/08 - Ed solo in DC, 6/09 Ed in B'more,
10/10 - Brad in B'more
haha thats tooo funny!!!
i guess regina must think eds outfits are boring compared to that!!!!!
im sure well see scott weiland in tight pants as well!!
did they do the fade out on the big screen at the end of songs when they had his hand in the air???
hahaha, yeah Regina liked the way Jon looked! She says that she thinks Eddie is cute, but I don't believe her..I think she's just saying it to be nice..hahaha!
No doubt Scott will be in tight pants!!!! I'm sure it will be paired with a fitted open jacked and a feather boa!!!!
Hell yeah....they sure did do the fade out!!!! Not only did they do it when his hand was in the air, but there were a few times he ended with a standing pose and a seductive look on his face...then it would fade to black! He also asked some girl in the audience if they could fool around and not tell his wife or her husband!!!! He also put on a quite a hat show...he put on a police hat and a marine hat!
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NJ 9/1 & 9/2/00
PA 4/28/03
NJ 7/5 & 7/6/03
NY 7/8/03
PA 7/12/03
PA 10/1/04
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PA 10/3/05
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NY 7/1/08
PA 10/27, 10/28, 10/30 & 10/31/09
8/08 - Ed solo in DC, 6/09 Ed in B'more,
10/10 - Brad in B'more
I had a lot of fun and drank a few beers on Friday night. And like thatgirl said, she was only joking when she said that I screamed, "Play Leash You Pussies." Why would anyone do that at a non PJ show so to whoever it was earlier who was making fun of that comment, it was just a joke.
That said, I had fun but did something that I've never done at any concert - I sat the entire time. I was into the show, but it was great sitting down because I hurt my knee over Thanksgiving playing football. We had seats in the front row of the 2nd level so I got to sit down and just enjoy the show.
It was a lot of fun crowd watching and watching all the fans on the floor and in the bottom bowl clapping in rhythm made me think that it must be pretty cool being not a super PJ fan and sitting in the upper levels watching all the PJ fans go nuts during Alive, GTF, etc.
I'm also glad I got to hear all their hits and got a chance to sing along very loudly to Wanted Dead or Alive.
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- 9/11/05, 9/12/05, 9/13/05, 9/30/05, 10/1/05, 10/3/05
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- 8/2/07, 8/5/07
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- 9/11/11, 9/12/11
- 10/18/13, 10/21/13, 10/22/13, 11/30/13, 12/4/13
i'm so jealous you have no idea....
i know someday you'll have a beautiful life,
i HOPE you'll be a star,
in somebody elses sky, but why, why, why can't it be, why can't it be mine?!
the fade outs were hilarious!!!!!!!!...we didnt have any hats, in fact i think only a few wardrobe changes, but did he also sing from different parts of the crowd? he was in the back of the floor to start and then towards the end of the show he was side stage in the crowd...i think he sang bed of roses over there...oh and i forgot richie broke his guitar during one of his solos...but i forget which song!!!!
It was during Wanted Dead or Alive silly!!!
Or as Jon said, "One of Rock and Roll's alltime most famous solos!!!"
- 8/28/98
- 9/2/00
- 4/28/03, 5/3/03, 7/3/03, 7/5/03, 7/6/03, 7/9/03, 7/11/03, 7/12/03, 7/14/03
- 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/1/04, 10/2/04
- 9/11/05, 9/12/05, 9/13/05, 9/30/05, 10/1/05, 10/3/05
- 5/12/06, 5/13/06, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 5/30/06, 6/1/06, 6/3/06, 6/23/06, 7/22/06, 7/23/06, 12/2/06, 12/9/06
- 8/2/07, 8/5/07
- 6/19/08, 6/20/08, 6/22/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 6/27/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08, 7/1/08
- 8/23/09, 8/24/09, 9/21/09, 9/22/09, 10/27/09, 10/28/09, 10/30/09, 10/31/09
- 5/15/10, 5/17/10, 5/18/10, 5/20/10, 5/21/10, 10/23/10, 10/24/10
- 9/11/11, 9/12/11
- 10/18/13, 10/21/13, 10/22/13, 11/30/13, 12/4/13
Oh man, we didn't get any wardrobe changes...just the changing of the hats! And yes, he did pop all over the place on different stages....I think he sang "Always" and some other one on the side stage!
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PA 4/28/03
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PA 7/12/03
PA 10/1/04
DC 10/11/04
NJ 9/30 & 10/1/05
PA 10/3/05
NJ 5/27 & 5/28/06
DC 5/30/06
NJ 6/1 & 6/3/06
WA 7/22 & 7/23/06
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DC 6/22/08
NY 6/24 & 6/25/08
NY 7/1/08
PA 10/27, 10/28, 10/30 & 10/31/09
I'm sorry thatgirl, but Richie Sambora is HOT.
Beyond the fact that Bon Jovi writes their songs, sings (not lip-synchs) them live, plays their instruments, and have considerable career-longevity - you are absolutely right, Bon Jovi & Backstreet Boys are exactly the same.
Oh, and Richie Sambora is fantastic guitar player. Listen to his solo in Wanted Dead or Alive and tell me there's no soul in that. Plus, he gets to do that hot white chick that used to be on Melrose Place.