Bon Jovi - The Circle
Oct. 27th, 2009 09:04 pm![[personal profile]](http://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hector_rashbaumBon Jovi have a new album! They are still my first epic love.
We Weren't Born to Follow - SUCH a 2000s Jovi first single. Sometimes I feel like Jon is trying REALLY REALLY HARD to be an Inspirational Figure; sometimes I think he could be if he would try just a little less hard. Jon wants to force his enlightened-ness down our throats, and that doesn't quite work. Of course, I say all this like I don't know I'll be singing along to this in the car with my fist pumping, all FUCK YES, STAND UP FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE, so I'm just a giant hypocrite when it comes to criticizing Jon. And I hardly ever say this, but omg I love the guitar solo. Richie must've been drunk.
When We Were Beautiful - LOL like I believe for a second Jon doesn't think he's still beautiful. I MEAN WHAT. I don't...like, I never expect anything new from Bon Jovi anymore, I feel like I've heard everything they're ever going to do, but this is...they've kind of taken every OH GOD I'M GETTING OLD LET'S PRETEND I'M NOT TERRIFIED song they've done and done it better, and there's something not-entirely-predictable about this. Which is weird. But good! I think it's that the whole thing feels like it's building but it never really explodes the way Jovi ballads tend to do. I keep expecting the big power chorus and it doesn't come and I like that it's not going where I expect. Also I am madly in love with the sha la la heys.
Work for the Working Man - OH GOD, I LOVE IT SO MUCH WHEN JON PRETENDS HE'S BLUE COLLAR. This is so dumb I'll never listen to it ever again (no I am not already singing along what are you talking about). Jon's voice right now works so well for this kind of song I almost wish I could let go of LOL OH GOD JON BON JOVI SINGING ABOUT BEING POOR THIS IS SO DUMB.
Superman Tonight - There are times I don't understand why it's so embarrassing to like Bon Jovi, and I want to whine about how dumb everyone is (I get the same way about the Jonas Brothers. Incidentally, I could hear this being a Jonas Brothers song). And there are other times when I get it totally, because SO CHEESY, but I LOVE THIS SO MUCH. I know Jon is all SERIOUS MUSICIAN THE EIGHTIES NEVER HAPPENED ESPECIALLY 1983 OH GOD DON'T EVEN TALK ABOUT IT but I love them best when they're all sappy overblown power ballad. And I love even more that they can do that and not sound dated. Even when Jon's using lines he's used a million times before. WHY IS IT EMBARRASSING TO LIKE BON JOVI, WORLD, STOP BEING DUMB.
Bullet - LOL sharing a title with a Creed song. HAHA WHAT I DON'T KNOW THE TITLES OF ANY CREED SONGS, SHUT UP. This album is like a potpourri of all their 2000s albums and this is totally from Bounce. If it had a baby with Keep the Faith. The song, not the album. I KIND OF LIKE IT. MARACAS. What is the distance between a bullet and a gun? THANK GOD WE HAVE BON JOVI TO ASK THESE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS. I need to stop making fun of them because the ones I make fun of are the best ones to sing along and it makes me look dumb. How many more times am I gonna say dumb before I get through this album? LET'S WATCH.
Thorn In My Side - So I am totally lost here because at this point I've gotten a David vibe from, like, every song, and that's NOT OKAY, because David is not allowed to contribute to more than one song. WHAT THE HELL MY WHOLE LIFE IS A LIE. Maybe now that he's on Broadway Jon has decided to grant him legitimacy as a musician. HOW GRACIOUS. I knew from the preview I heard I'd be all over this shit, sing-along-wise, and that has only been reaffirmed. IIIIIIII-IIIIIIII'LL SURVIIIIIIIIVE. Also, I am kind of glad that I can hear some of their Nashville time in this, like I was worried they were gonna do one gimmick album and be all WOW GLAD THAT'S OVER, but I can so hear it. WOO OO OO OOO.
Live Before You Die - I'm sure someday I'll be able to say something coherent about this but all I can think about is how like four songs ago he said "I want to live before I die" and it was already old then because HE USES VARIATIONS ON THAT ALL THE TIME and now he's named a whole song after it. JON, WHAT THE FUCK, BE MORE SUBTLE ABOUT YOUR UNORIGINALITY.
Brokenpromiseland - I wanted not to like this because haha what is that title, Jon, seriously, but FUCK I AM SO IN LOVE. (I will bet everything I have David's got a writing credit on this. If he doesn't, JON IS RIPPING HIM OFF). THE PIANOOOOOOO. THE BACKING VOCALS. THE VIOLIN. WHAT THE HELL THIS IS AMAZING I LOVE IT.
Love's The Only Rule - WHAT A STUPID TITLE. I am willing to let it slide, this is kind of delightful. AEROPLANE who even says that, shut up. I am so weirded out by how few songs on this album sound like cheap imitations of other Bon Jovi songs; based on the preview I wasn't expecting to be SURPRISED by anything, but this - it sounds so 2000s Bon Jovi but it's not, like, a ripoff of everything they've done this decade.
Fast Cars - I bet when Jon was hanging out with Joe Jonas they traded song ideas and Jon was wall WHOA, CAR METAPHORS, YOU'RE SUCH A SMART KID and then they had sex. I mean what. I refuse to believe Joe and Jon hung out and then there was a song about cars on a racetrack and then there was a song about driving fast and that is totally coincidence. BFFS ETERNALLY? YOU TELL ME. Or I will tell you: yes they are.
Happy Now - So the best thing about Bon Jovi is they always just make me SMILE, idek. Even the songs that depress the fuck out of me, it feels SO GOOD to listen to them. And, like, right from the beginning this song was all :D :D :D. Man I am just getting less and less coherent.
Learn to Love - ugh the DRUMMING in this song, I can't even FUNCTION. And the buildup to the chorus is just so. SO. IDEK. I have no words anymore, and I cannot think of an appropriate emoticon. THE WORDS ARE SO CHEESY BUT I LOVE THE WAY HE'S SINGING THEM.
Verdict: Oh Bon Jovi, never change. I am kind of curious to see where they go after 2010, 'cause their sound tends to change ever decade, but I think I'm getting some flashes here. There's so MUCH to every song, but this is so MELLOW. IDEK. I feel like Jon has hit this point where he's CONSTRUCTING songs, he's not just writing shit down and finding something for everyone to do. Like, idk, they've never been unpolished or half-ass but there's something about this that is SO MUCH MORE than they have been, like everything's so...full, idk. I AM SO NOT PUTTING THIS RIGHT. Whatever. I LOVE THIS SHIT my carpool buddy is gonna be so sick of it by the end of the week.
We Weren't Born to Follow - SUCH a 2000s Jovi first single. Sometimes I feel like Jon is trying REALLY REALLY HARD to be an Inspirational Figure; sometimes I think he could be if he would try just a little less hard. Jon wants to force his enlightened-ness down our throats, and that doesn't quite work. Of course, I say all this like I don't know I'll be singing along to this in the car with my fist pumping, all FUCK YES, STAND UP FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE, so I'm just a giant hypocrite when it comes to criticizing Jon. And I hardly ever say this, but omg I love the guitar solo. Richie must've been drunk.
When We Were Beautiful - LOL like I believe for a second Jon doesn't think he's still beautiful. I MEAN WHAT. I don't...like, I never expect anything new from Bon Jovi anymore, I feel like I've heard everything they're ever going to do, but this is...they've kind of taken every OH GOD I'M GETTING OLD LET'S PRETEND I'M NOT TERRIFIED song they've done and done it better, and there's something not-entirely-predictable about this. Which is weird. But good! I think it's that the whole thing feels like it's building but it never really explodes the way Jovi ballads tend to do. I keep expecting the big power chorus and it doesn't come and I like that it's not going where I expect. Also I am madly in love with the sha la la heys.
Work for the Working Man - OH GOD, I LOVE IT SO MUCH WHEN JON PRETENDS HE'S BLUE COLLAR. This is so dumb I'll never listen to it ever again (no I am not already singing along what are you talking about). Jon's voice right now works so well for this kind of song I almost wish I could let go of LOL OH GOD JON BON JOVI SINGING ABOUT BEING POOR THIS IS SO DUMB.
Superman Tonight - There are times I don't understand why it's so embarrassing to like Bon Jovi, and I want to whine about how dumb everyone is (I get the same way about the Jonas Brothers. Incidentally, I could hear this being a Jonas Brothers song). And there are other times when I get it totally, because SO CHEESY, but I LOVE THIS SO MUCH. I know Jon is all SERIOUS MUSICIAN THE EIGHTIES NEVER HAPPENED ESPECIALLY 1983 OH GOD DON'T EVEN TALK ABOUT IT but I love them best when they're all sappy overblown power ballad. And I love even more that they can do that and not sound dated. Even when Jon's using lines he's used a million times before. WHY IS IT EMBARRASSING TO LIKE BON JOVI, WORLD, STOP BEING DUMB.
Bullet - LOL sharing a title with a Creed song. HAHA WHAT I DON'T KNOW THE TITLES OF ANY CREED SONGS, SHUT UP. This album is like a potpourri of all their 2000s albums and this is totally from Bounce. If it had a baby with Keep the Faith. The song, not the album. I KIND OF LIKE IT. MARACAS. What is the distance between a bullet and a gun? THANK GOD WE HAVE BON JOVI TO ASK THESE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS. I need to stop making fun of them because the ones I make fun of are the best ones to sing along and it makes me look dumb. How many more times am I gonna say dumb before I get through this album? LET'S WATCH.
Thorn In My Side - So I am totally lost here because at this point I've gotten a David vibe from, like, every song, and that's NOT OKAY, because David is not allowed to contribute to more than one song. WHAT THE HELL MY WHOLE LIFE IS A LIE. Maybe now that he's on Broadway Jon has decided to grant him legitimacy as a musician. HOW GRACIOUS. I knew from the preview I heard I'd be all over this shit, sing-along-wise, and that has only been reaffirmed. IIIIIIII-IIIIIIII'LL SURVIIIIIIIIVE. Also, I am kind of glad that I can hear some of their Nashville time in this, like I was worried they were gonna do one gimmick album and be all WOW GLAD THAT'S OVER, but I can so hear it. WOO OO OO OOO.
Live Before You Die - I'm sure someday I'll be able to say something coherent about this but all I can think about is how like four songs ago he said "I want to live before I die" and it was already old then because HE USES VARIATIONS ON THAT ALL THE TIME and now he's named a whole song after it. JON, WHAT THE FUCK, BE MORE SUBTLE ABOUT YOUR UNORIGINALITY.
Brokenpromiseland - I wanted not to like this because haha what is that title, Jon, seriously, but FUCK I AM SO IN LOVE. (I will bet everything I have David's got a writing credit on this. If he doesn't, JON IS RIPPING HIM OFF). THE PIANOOOOOOO. THE BACKING VOCALS. THE VIOLIN. WHAT THE HELL THIS IS AMAZING I LOVE IT.
Love's The Only Rule - WHAT A STUPID TITLE. I am willing to let it slide, this is kind of delightful. AEROPLANE who even says that, shut up. I am so weirded out by how few songs on this album sound like cheap imitations of other Bon Jovi songs; based on the preview I wasn't expecting to be SURPRISED by anything, but this - it sounds so 2000s Bon Jovi but it's not, like, a ripoff of everything they've done this decade.
Fast Cars - I bet when Jon was hanging out with Joe Jonas they traded song ideas and Jon was wall WHOA, CAR METAPHORS, YOU'RE SUCH A SMART KID and then they had sex. I mean what. I refuse to believe Joe and Jon hung out and then there was a song about cars on a racetrack and then there was a song about driving fast and that is totally coincidence. BFFS ETERNALLY? YOU TELL ME. Or I will tell you: yes they are.
Happy Now - So the best thing about Bon Jovi is they always just make me SMILE, idek. Even the songs that depress the fuck out of me, it feels SO GOOD to listen to them. And, like, right from the beginning this song was all :D :D :D. Man I am just getting less and less coherent.
Learn to Love - ugh the DRUMMING in this song, I can't even FUNCTION. And the buildup to the chorus is just so. SO. IDEK. I have no words anymore, and I cannot think of an appropriate emoticon. THE WORDS ARE SO CHEESY BUT I LOVE THE WAY HE'S SINGING THEM.
Verdict: Oh Bon Jovi, never change. I am kind of curious to see where they go after 2010, 'cause their sound tends to change ever decade, but I think I'm getting some flashes here. There's so MUCH to every song, but this is so MELLOW. IDEK. I feel like Jon has hit this point where he's CONSTRUCTING songs, he's not just writing shit down and finding something for everyone to do. Like, idk, they've never been unpolished or half-ass but there's something about this that is SO MUCH MORE than they have been, like everything's so...full, idk. I AM SO NOT PUTTING THIS RIGHT. Whatever. I LOVE THIS SHIT my carpool buddy is gonna be so sick of it by the end of the week.
