| Bon Jovi! [message #96369] |
Thu, 28 February 2008 05:46  |
Paul Braun
Messages: 391
Registered: September 2005
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Sheri and I went to see Bon Jovi at Chicago's United Center on Tuesday
night. That was the last of three sold-out shows...
I've been a fan since the beginning, but for whatever reason, never
managed to see them in concert.
Whoa....
Say what you will about the band, that was 2 hours and 40 minutes of
pure energy, both coming from the stage and flowing right back at
them.
Our seats were 5 rows from the back, so we were really out of the
arrays' sweet spot, so sound wasn't all that wonderful. But the
visuals and performances were absolutely killer.
Whether or not they're your cup of tea, you have to give them props
for finding their audience and resonating with them like nobody's
business.
Jon started "Living on a Prayer" by singing a slow, soulful, acapella
version of the chorus. He stopped halfway through and let the crowd
sing the rest -- let me tell ya, you get chills when you hear 25,000
people who know a song so well that you can understand the words that
they're singing....and that you can hear them singing note-for-note
even above the sound of the band.
Amazing.
Chris Daughtry opened for them. I hadn't really paid attention to his
stuff on the radio, and I don't watch "American Idol".
I went home and ordered his cd. Really good stuff, sung honestly.
And for Tuesday night's show (I verified with others who had seen the
two earlier shows), Bon Jovi changed the set list up and included
"Blaze of Glory", during which they brought Chris out to sing with Jon
and Richie. The audience went nuts, andI have to say, he really
pulled it off.
Yeah, our seats sucked. But that has to rank as one of my top-5
favorite concerts.
pab
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| Re: Bon Jovi! [message #96389 is a reply to message #96369] |
Thu, 28 February 2008 14:56  |
Bill L
Messages: 766
Registered: August 2006
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Senior Member |
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Paul Braun wrote:
> Sheri and I went to see Bon Jovi at Chicago's United Center on Tuesday
> night. That was the last of three sold-out shows...
>
> I've been a fan since the beginning, but for whatever reason, never
> managed to see them in concert.
>
> Whoa....
>
> Say what you will about the band, that was 2 hours and 40 minutes of
> pure energy, both coming from the stage and flowing right back at
> them.
>
> Our seats were 5 rows from the back, so we were really out of the
> arrays' sweet spot, so sound wasn't all that wonderful. But the
> visuals and performances were absolutely killer.
>
> Whether or not they're your cup of tea, you have to give them props
> for finding their audience and resonating with them like nobody's
> business.
>
> Jon started "Living on a Prayer" by singing a slow, soulful, acapella
> version of the chorus. He stopped halfway through and let the crowd
> sing the rest -- let me tell ya, you get chills when you hear 25,000
> people who know a song so well that you can understand the words that
> they're singing....and that you can hear them singing note-for-note
> even above the sound of the band.
On "The Road to You", Pat Metheny Group album, the crowd actually sang
the melody to one of their tunes (no words) before they played it - same
degree of fanaticism, slightly higher degree of difficulty. It is a
wonderful thing to hear. I wish their were fans who loved my stuff that
much!
>
> Amazing.
>
> Chris Daughtry opened for them. I hadn't really paid attention to his
> stuff on the radio, and I don't watch "American Idol".
>
> I went home and ordered his cd. Really good stuff, sung honestly.
>
> And for Tuesday night's show (I verified with others who had seen the
> two earlier shows), Bon Jovi changed the set list up and included
> "Blaze of Glory", during which they brought Chris out to sing with Jon
> and Richie. The audience went nuts, andI have to say, he really
> pulled it off.
>
> Yeah, our seats sucked. But that has to rank as one of my top-5
> favorite concerts.
>
> pab
>
>
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