NBC has a behind the scenes video from one of Bon Jovi’s Mohegan Sun shows.
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Mohegan Sun Behind the Scenes Video
Monday, May 9th, 2011Review: Live Webcast from the Best Buy Theater
Friday, November 12th, 2010I’m doing good this week; I didn’t even need my phone to remember this one. And I’m glad I did; this show was totally worth tuning in for.
Review: Bon Jovi on the Late Show
Wednesday, November 10th, 2010I did manage to tune in for the webcast at 8 yesterday. This was not a show that I was going to miss. (I know my own brain; I programmed the alarm on my cell phone to go off to remind me.)
‘What Do You Got’ Video Review
Monday, September 20th, 2010The video for ‘What Do You Got’ is up on BonJovi.com now.
I actually like this one better than the last couple of videos that Bon Jovi has put out. It’s a definite improvement over the last major video that the band did; the video for ‘Superman Tonight’ really just didn’t work for me. I mean, I understand the point that Jon was trying to make, but I thought that it just kind of clashed with the song itself.
This time out, the video stayed on-topic and worked together with the song, and I think the effect was much better.
The Music Video Exposed: Wayne Isham
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010I caught an episode of The Music Video Exposed on VH1 Classic this weekend. That’s not one of the shows that I ordinarily go out of my way to watch. You can tell that I was still very young during the golden age of MTV–most music videos hold very little appeal to me, and they’re usually completely secondary to the song itself, as far as I’m concerned.
I caught the tail end of the episode dedicated to Wayne Isham. The name honestly meant nothing to me. I had conked out and was too tired to keep up with the game I had been playing on the Xbox, so I powered down and settled for watching VH1 Classic until the show I was waiting for came on.
As it turned out, I got lucky. Wayne Isham directed the video for Livin’ on a Prayer, and the Prayer video was one of the ones featured in his episode. There’s no profound insights here, but some interesting storytelling from Wayne Isham himself. I had always figured that the silhouette of the guy running through the curtain of sparks was deliberate–but that’s the director, abruptly realizing that he was parked in the middle of the shot. That may have been a complete accident, but I always thought that it worked.
As for the rest of it, there’s nothing really profound there, other than a few brief interview clips with Richie. He mostly talks about how Isham helped the band break big. Not sure when it was recorded. Judging by how Richie looked in the clips, it was probably fairly recent.
The other neat video included in the show was the video for Skid Row’s 18 and Life, another one of my favorite songs. Once again, nothing terribly profound, but at least on that one they got Sebastian Bach to show up. Bach’s comments were more interesting–he was remarking on how, even after all this time, he can watch the video for 18 and Life without getting embarrassed. He has a point–Isham did do a fantastic job on that video, and it really does stand the test of time better than many of the other videos from the same time period that tried to tell a story.
It was kind of neat, just tuning in randomly and getting the scoop (such as it was) on the videos to two of my favorite songs.
Superman Tonight Video
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010I guess it’s about time that I get around to reviewing this…
I know it’s been out for some time, but it just didn’t seem to be a priority for me to get around to watching it. That’s actually kind of odd now that I think about it, since Superman Tonight was one of my favorite songs on The Circle.
I watched the version of the video over at bonjovi.com. I initially had some trouble with the video loading. However when I played it a second time it worked fine.
All told, I found it to be a rather unremarkable video. Most of the background imagery with the tunnel and the lens flares echo the cover art from the album.
The video explores the wealth of small-scale heroes in everyday life. Whoever came up with the concept of the video (and the person who directed it) did a nice job of paying tribute to all of the heroes of everyday life. I’m sure that the concept originator was most likely Jon–this seems like one of the many ongoing influences from his charitable work to carry over into the band’s music. It’s good to see at least some musicians drawing inspiration from positive sources rather than purely negative.
Jon’s hair on the other hand, not so good. It’s better than it had been, but I stand by my assessment from the Grammys–it’s starting to look like politician hair. Richie did look great though, keeping up the streak started with the video for ‘We Weren’t Born to Follow’. If Richie keeps it up, he might be able to steal me away from Jon completely…
Midnight in Chelsea on MTV Newsroom
Monday, July 6th, 2009Jon’s video of Midnight in Chelsea was featured as the Wake-Up Video on the MTV Newsroom.
Interestingly enough, the second paragraph of the article is quite complimentary, praising Jon’s ability to fit his music to what’s currently popular. I don’t think I’d call It’s My Life ‘computer rock’ though. It’s more of a pop/rock influenced song. (Now, One Wild Night 2001, on the other hand, is definitely dance or technica influenced–but that’s not the song that they referenced.)
Unfortunately, they blow it in the third paragraph. I’m not sure how they can claim that the video for Midnight in Chelsea is remotely relevant to the beginning of Jon’s career. Destination Anywhere isn’t anywhere close to the beginning of Jon’s career. It isn’t even his first solo album!
All that being said, it doesn’t detract from enjoying the video. If anyone still goes to MTV for music, this should introduce a few new people to what Jon can really do when given the chance.