Blueshadow’s Bon Jovi Blog

I just caught Bon Jovi’s performance at the Grammys. It was good, but it raised a lot of questions for me. I’m not sure why they left Jennifer Nettles onstage after Who Says was over; it’s not like she really has any relationship with Livin’ on a Prayer. Also, they could have totally cut Who Says out. I suspect that it was included because it was Bon Jovi’s only prior Grammy win. But it could have been cut out and then they could have done all of ‘We Weren’t Born to Follow’ — you know, the song that they were actually nominated for this year.

That being said, I was totally envious of Jennifer Nettles at the end of Who Says. The lucky woman totally got to be in the middle of a Bon Jovi sandwich there. How many of us female fans would do just about anything to be in that position?

Also, Jon totally needs more highlights. Still. And he needs to comb his hair before he goes out onstage. His hair was just horrible. (I think he’s been hanging around too many politicians lately; it’s starting to look like politician hair.) Of course, that could partially be because I need to get a new cable box that supports HD. I was watching the Grammys in standard def and my TV defaults to stretch mode, which makes everybody look fat (and didn’t do Jon’s hair any favors).

In terms of fashion, I’m not sure what was up with the guys. I was reminded of the loading screen from Guitar Hero that says “You are not the first band to wear all black on stage”. It’s especially not a good choice when most of the stage is black as well. It left Jon and Richie blending right into the background. A little splash of color would have really made things pop a bit more. In this case, I would have argued in favor of using black and white footage on the video screens behind the band and having them wear color. The black was especially offputting when the camera zoomed out at the beginning of Prayer and the screens showed the white-on-black heart and dagger. The band almost vanished.