Jon performed a new song on Monday at an event to encourage volunteerism. You can read up on it over at the San Francisco Business Times; they have a pretty good write-up on the event. The article even includes some of the lyrics from the song, and unfortunately, the printed lyrics make it look like a real downer.
I’d have thought Jon would have learned his lesson after Welcome to Wherever You Are, which Jon thought would be a protest song ‘for the ages’. He just doesn’t do political songs very well, at least not when he gets bogged down in specifics. (Generic, angry at the world protest, that Jon does very well. See Have A Nice Day and It’s My Life.)
Of course, it’s hard to tell anything about the song from a few lyrics, and let’s face it, a lot of the best Bon Jovi songs aren’t particularly profound. I’ll have to hear the music to go with them before making a final judgment on the song. If he can make it rock like older Bon Jovi stuff, he might have a winner on his hands.
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Love this song. You can watch it on youtube. It just great how he writes is and I disagree with the article because Welcome to Wherever You Are is a great song and it really carries out what it’s supposed to.