Artist: Jon Bon Jovi
Album: Destination Anywhere
The first time that I actually listened to my copy of Destination Anywhere, I found it to be a brutal disappointment. In many ways, it was a very radical departure from the Bon Jovi music that I had been listening to up to that point. I already owned Blaze of Glory, but Blaze wasn’t a big change from New Jersey. In many ways, it was an extension of the direction that the band had been going with that album.
I did however enjoy ‘Queen of New Orleans’ and ‘August 7′. I suspect that it was because these were some of the hardest songs on the album. I got this album when I was really starting to turn away from pure pop music, and that was what put me off of most of the other songs on Destination Anywhere. Also, this was one of the few songs that didn’t sound like the percussion was nothing but a cheap drum machine.
Also, I liked the lyrics to ‘Queen of New Orleans’. Unlike the rest of the album, there was nothing depressing or downbeat about it. It was just a plain fun romp. Also, the lyrics to this song have a great flow–they’re easy to sing along to and the rhythm makes them easy to remember.
To this day, this is still the most-played track from Destination Anywhere if I check the play count in Windows Media Player.