I’ve been checking out the videos that have been popping up since the Greatest Hits tour started back up again in the beginning of this month. One of the more interesting videos that I saw was a clip of Jon performing ‘Living In Sin’ at one of the shows in Montreal. (Lee-Ann has the video clip at Blame It On The Love, along with some others.)
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‘Living In Sin’ live
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011Stormclouds
Tuesday, October 12th, 2010Well, I’m sure you noticed that I missed the scheduled Monday post last night. I was working up a post–it’ll probably get pushed out tomorrow, now–but a big thunderstorm rolled through before I could get it finished. The power started flickering, so I shut down before it got too bad.
Review: Live ‘Love for Sale’
Monday, August 9th, 2010I know, this has been up on BonJovi.com for several days already. I’m behind again. (As if that’s anything new.)
It actually surprised me how much I enjoyed this particular live track. You know that I’m a big fan of live tracks and albums, if you’ve been following the Random Song posts. But this is a rare one that I actually like better than the original studio recording. For some reason, I actually find this recording to be much clearer. Something about the way that Jon is performing it here just makes it a lot easier to listen to.
I think this version is slightly slower than the original, which contributes to the clarity of it. Also, the slower pace plays well with the bluesy vibe of the song. I listened to the version from New Jersey after this one, and it almost sounded rushed. This version also lets the guitar work really shine–and there’s some really great guitar work in the intro. Add some good vocals from Jon, and this is a great song.
The guys in Bon Jovi are excellent live performers–both Jon and Richie especially are at their best when performing live. This recording is an excellent example of the skill that they bring to their live shows.
Defeated by Percussion Freaks
Sunday, May 17th, 2009I’m back from my weekend at the shore in New Jersey. In classic New Jersey fashion, the weather was beautiful until I got on the Atlantic City Expressway, at which point it started raining, and it kept it up off and on all weekend. Yesterday was actually decent, for the most part, except for the wind, which tended to turn walking on the boardwalk into a rather cold business.
Due to the rain, I ended up taking refuge in one of the arcades near the motel. It had the Percussion Freaks 3rd Mix machine, which–wonder of wonders–has a Bon Jovi song other than Wanted, Prayer or Bad Name. It actually had Bad Medicine.
The problem?
One, I’m rhythmically challenged, and have problems handling the drums in Rock Band, which I can play for free (unlike arcade games). Two, Percussion Freaks looks like it’s based on Rock Revolution–and you don’t realize how much of an improvement the distance/perspective view of the track in Guitar Hero and Rock Band is until you play a game that doesn’t have it. Percussion Freaks, like Rock Revolution, just has a vertical scrolling track. It makes it much harder to anticipate upcoming notes.
The end result of all this was that I failed out, miserably and repeatedly. I ended up having to give up on Bad Medicine and I moved up the boardwalk to the next arcade and switched to pinball. I’m good at pinball, at least.