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« on: May 15, 2012, 03:58:36 AM »
Okay, i'm starting a new thread for this one, because it is such a strange sight seeing J Bon Jovi as a songwriting credit on a BB album.

I was a huge Bon Jovi fan in the 90s, and I have no problem whatsoever with him writing songs with Brian Wilson. In fact, i think it's great, because JBJ has good songwriting skills. Okay, it's a different kind of music than the BBs, but they are both basically pop music. If BW wants/needs collaborators for new material, i'd much rather JBJ than Jim Peterik or even Mike Love.

Does anyone know how this came about? Three-in-a-room collaboration? Did JT and JBJ co-write something that was brought to BW who then added/changed a bit?
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« Reply #1 on: May 15, 2012, 04:15:22 AM »
Somehow I can't picture Brian and Jon Bon Jovi sitting at the same table, writing lyrics.  Grin I guess the Bon Jovi credit came about when he was asked to look over the lyrics for a particular song and he added/changed a few lines, and mailed it back to the camp. Or something.
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« Reply #2 on: May 15, 2012, 04:16:16 AM »
I can see it...

Brian goes to the telephone and dials Jon Bon Jovi's number out of the top of his head.

- "Hey Jon! Wanna come over and write a song with me and Joe?"

...listens for a second..

- "It's Brian! Brian W-i-l-s-o-n!"
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« Reply #3 on: May 15, 2012, 04:25:34 AM »
Joe Thomas directed a Bon Jovi concert video a few years back, so maybe some part of "Summer's Gone" dates back to that era (07... not that long ago).
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« Reply #4 on: May 15, 2012, 04:47:27 AM »
Hi, Loaf, what's your source for this info?

I bet this was a joke from a board member.
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« Reply #5 on: May 15, 2012, 06:35:07 AM »
Quote from: GuyO on May 15, 2012, 04:47:27 AM
Hi, Loaf, what's your source for this info?

I bet this was a joke from a board member.

Tracklist & credits taken/borrowed from The Record Room's thread on the new jeff:

http://s3.excoboard.com/therecordroom/54492/907180/6#7552977

And, more importantly, not denied by AGD  Grin
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« Reply #6 on: May 15, 2012, 07:53:45 AM »
O wow. Just read his review on David Beards site. No joke....

Quite a lot of Joe Thomas co-writes...  Sad
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« Reply #7 on: May 15, 2012, 08:37:46 AM »
it's quite funny how one of the bands i hate more than any other (along with Nickelback) is mentioned in a Beach Boys fanboard. I don't see who could like them both, they're just too different.
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« Reply #8 on: May 15, 2012, 08:41:49 AM »
Quote from: Cabinessenceking on May 15, 2012, 08:37:46 AM
it's quite funny how one of the bands i hate more than any other (along with Nickelback) is mentioned in a Beach Boys fanboard. I don't see who could like them both, they're just too different.

Amen!  I hate Bon Jovi.  They might actually be worse than U2.
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« Reply #9 on: May 15, 2012, 08:43:02 AM »
Quote from: JohnMill on May 15, 2012, 08:41:49 AM
Quote from: Cabinessenceking on May 15, 2012, 08:37:46 AM
it's quite funny how one of the bands i hate more than any other (along with Nickelback) is mentioned in a Beach Boys fanboard. I don't see who could like them both, they're just too different.

Amen!  I hate Bon Jovi.  They might actually be worse than U2.

i didn't even know that was debatable
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« Reply #10 on: May 15, 2012, 08:45:40 AM »
Quote from: Runaways on May 15, 2012, 08:43:02 AM
Quote from: JohnMill on May 15, 2012, 08:41:49 AM
Quote from: Cabinessenceking on May 15, 2012, 08:37:46 AM
it's quite funny how one of the bands i hate more than any other (along with Nickelback) is mentioned in a Beach Boys fanboard. I don't see who could like them both, they're just too different.

Amen!  I hate Bon Jovi.  They might actually be worse than U2.

i didn't even know that was debatable

It's not. No-one is worse than U2  Grin
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« Reply #11 on: May 15, 2012, 09:22:20 AM »
Quote from: Cabinessenceking on May 15, 2012, 08:37:46 AM
it's quite funny how one of the bands i hate more than any other (along with Nickelback) is mentioned in a Beach Boys fanboard. I don't see who could like them both, they're just too different.
Want to start a nickelback thread? Grin
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« Reply #12 on: May 15, 2012, 09:29:39 AM »
Quote from: Cabinessenceking on May 15, 2012, 08:37:46 AM
it's quite funny how one of the bands i hate more than any other (along with Nickelback) is mentioned in a Beach Boys fanboard. I don't see who could like them both, they're just too different.

Point 1: You don't see how someone could like two bands that don't sound similar...? So all the music you like sounds the same?

Point 2: On a global/historical scale of music, The BBs and Bon Jovi are not too far apart really. There are many many many more styles of music that are further apart than a 60s-present day pop-rock band compared to an 80s-present day pop-rock band.
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« Reply #13 on: May 15, 2012, 09:36:06 AM »
Got my support here, Loaf. I dug Bon Jovi in the 90's too.

And give me a frikkin' break, like hypehat said, nobody is worse than U2 :D
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« Reply #14 on: May 15, 2012, 10:17:30 AM »
Brian's best album was co-written with an unknown jingle writer. Just saying.
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« Reply #15 on: May 15, 2012, 10:32:18 AM »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLREqPsVMLE

@2:22
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« Reply #16 on: May 15, 2012, 10:55:12 AM »
An educated guess might be that JBJ and JT collaborated on something around 07, and JT brought it to BW to finish for the album.
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« Reply #17 on: May 15, 2012, 11:11:52 AM »
Jon Bon Jovi?? Shoot me now!
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« Reply #18 on: May 15, 2012, 11:28:08 AM »
JBJ knows how to write a frickin' hook.  Give the guy a break.
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« Reply #19 on: May 15, 2012, 11:32:44 AM »
Wow, I really don't know what to expect from this... A song written by my favorite and my least favorite musician of all time (well, apart from Chad Kroeger maybe)... That's just surreal.
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« Reply #20 on: May 15, 2012, 11:34:32 AM »
Man you guys haven't heard much bad songwriting if you rank Bon Jovi that low.
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« Reply #21 on: May 15, 2012, 11:39:04 AM »
Quote from: adamghost on May 15, 2012, 11:28:08 AM
JBJ knows how to write a frickin' hook.  Give the guy a break.

And from the sound of it, a pretty decent BW pastiche!

Also, didn't Richie Sambora show up at one of those BW tribute things? I think he played City Blues!
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« Reply #22 on: May 15, 2012, 11:43:04 AM »
yeah, that was the 05 Grammy humanitarian tribute, if I remember right. A nice rendition, too!
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« Reply #23 on: May 15, 2012, 11:57:33 AM »
Quote from: tansen on May 15, 2012, 11:34:32 AM
Man you guys haven't heard much bad songwriting if you rank Bon Jovi that low.

I write CD reviews for a Dutch music magazine where I'm known as the "dumpster", because for some reason I usually get the records that nobody else wants to do. So believe me, I've heard A LOT of bad songwriting. Wink

It's a matter of personal taste. It's a fact that the guy has musical intelligence because he knows how to write a million seller. But I just despise everything the guy makes. I literally turn off the radio when Bon Jovi comes on. I just can't listen to that band.
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« Reply #24 on: May 15, 2012, 12:01:18 PM »
A lot of people here seem to be pretending that they have never hollered along to Livin' On A Prayer or Bad Medicine when roaring drunk...

Jon Bon Jovi? More like  Rock!
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