Artist.......: Bon Jovi
Album........: Live At Nokia Theater (Time Square, New-York)
Label........: n/a
Genre........: Rock
Catnr........: n/a
Source.......: DVBS
Rip.date.....: Mar-30-2008
Str.date.....: Sep-19-2005
Quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: http://www.bonjovi.com/
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01. Live At Nokia Theater (Time Square, New-York) 79:30
Runtime 79:30 min
Size 90,2 MB
Release Notes:
Performed : September 19, 2005 (New-York)
Few bands embodied the era of pop-metal like Bon Jovi. By
merging Def Leppard's loud but tuneful metal with Bruce
Springsteen's working-class sensibilities, the New
Jersey-based quintet developed an ingratiatingly melodic
and professional variation of hard rock -- one that
appealed as much to teenagers as to housewives. Bon Jovi
skillfully employed professional songwriters to give their
songs, especially their power ballads, an appropriately
commercial sheen, inaugurating a trend that dominated
mainstream hard rock and metal for the next decade. They
also made simple performance videos that emphasized lead
singer Jon Bon Jovi's photogenic good looks, and these
clips helped propel 1986's Slippery When Wet and 1988's
New Jersey into multi-platinum status around the world.
Both records were criticized for being more pop than
metal, as well as being targeted toward teenyboppers, yet
the group managed to subtly change its image in the early
'90s, moving away from metal and concentrating on
straightforward arena rock and big ballads. The shift in
style worked, and Bon Jovi were the only American
pop-metal band of the '80s to retain a sizable audience in
the '90s.
Jon Bongiovi spent most of his adolescence ditching school
to play rock & roll, usually in local bands with his
friend David Rashbaum. Bongiovi's cousin Tony owned the
famous New York recording studio the Power Station, which
was where Jon hung out. He was hired as a janitor, and
soon he was recording demos at the Power Station with
several famous musicians, including members of the E
Street Band and Aldo Nova. One of these demos, "Runaway,"
became a hit on local New Jersey radio, and Bongiovi
formed Bon Jovi to support the song, recruiting not only
Rashbaum, but also guitarist Dave Sabo, bassist Alec John
Such, and drummer Tico Torres. Soon, Bon Jovi was the
subject of a major-label bidding war, and the group -- or,
according to some reports, just Bongiovi -- signed to
Polygram/Mercury in 1983. Upon signing, Jon changed his
last name to Bon Jovi in order to de-emphasize his ethnic
background, and Rashbaum adopted his middle name Bryan as
his last name. Before the group entered the studio, Bon
Jovi replaced Sabo with Richie Sambora.
Bon Jovi's eponymous debut album was released in 1984, and
"Runaway" became a Top 40 hit. Following its success, Tony
Bongiovi sued the band, claiming he developed their
successful sound; the group settled out of court. The
following year, 7800 Fahrenheit was released and went
gold. Despite the band's respectable success, Bon Jovi
weren't becoming the superstars they had hoped, and they
changed their approach for their next album, Slippery When
Wet. Hiring professional songwriter Desmond Child as a
collaborator, the group wrote 30 songs and auditioned them
for local New Jersey and New York teenagers, basing the
album's running order on their opinions. After ditching
the original cover of a busty woman in a wet T-shirt for
the title traced in water on a garbage bag, Slippery When
Wet was released in 1986. Supported by several appealing,
straightforward videos that showcased the photogenic Jon,
the album eventually sold nine million copies in the U.S.
alone, helping usher in the era of pop-metal. Two songs,
"You Give Love a Bad Name" and "Livin' on a Prayer,"
reached number one, while "Wanted Dead or Alive" reached
the Top Ten, and Bon Jovi were established as superstars.
Bon Jovi replicated the Slippery When Wet formula for
1988's New Jersey, which shot to number one upon its
release. New Jersey was only slightly less successful than
its predecessor, selling five million copies and
generating two number one singles, "Bad Medicine" and
"I'll Be There for You," as well as the Top Ten hits "Born
to Be My Baby," "Lay Your Hands on Me," and "Living in
Sin." In 1989, the band supported Cher, who was then
dating Sambora, on her Heart of Stone album, which was
recorded while the group was in the midst of an 18-month
international tour. Following the completion of the tour,
the band went on hiatus. During their time off, Jon Bon
Jovi wrote the soundtrack for Young Guns II, which was
released in 1990 as the Blaze of Glory album. The record
produced two hit singles in the number one title track and
the number 12 "Miracle," as well as earning Grammy and
Oscar nominations.
The following year, Bon Jovi reunited to record their
fifth album, Keep the Faith, which was released in the
fall of 1992. While the album didn't match the blockbuster
status of its predecessors, largely because musical tastes
had shifted in the four years between New Jersey and Keep
the Faith, it was nevertheless a big hit, and its more
straightforward, anthemic sound produced the hit single
"Bed of Roses." A hits collection, Cross Road, followed in
1994, and in the fall of 1995, they released These Days,
which proved to be a bigger success in Europe than
America. After appearing in the 1996 film Moonlight and
Valentino, Jon Bon Jovi released his first official solo
album in the summer of 1997.
Three years later, Bon Jovi regrouped and released Crush.
"It's My Life" and "Thank You for Loving Me" were a chart
hits, and Bon Jovi's star power soared beyond their
wildest dreams. Crush eventually went double platinum in
the U.S. and sold eight million copies worldwide, but Bon
Jovi stayed focus. Within a year they returned with an
eighth studio effort, Bounce, which appeared in fall 2002.
Tours across the globe as well as dates with the Goo Goo
Dolls fared well. In 2003 Bon Jovi re-recorded many of
their most well-known songs for the release This Left
Feels Right and followed it in 2004 with a DVD companion
of the same title. The ambitious 100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans
Can't Be Wrong four-CD/one-DVD box set of rarities arrived
later that November, followed by the all-new Have a Nice
Day and a greatest-hits anthology called Cross Road in
2005. The band spent the following year in the studio,
putting the finishing touches on a collection of
pop-infused heartland country anthems. The resulting Lost
Highway, which featured duets with LeAnn Rimes and Big &
Rich, arrived in the summer of 2007 and grabbed the band a
healthy, new-country music fan base in the process. Lost
Highway's cross-genre formula proved to be quite potent
indeed, securing the band its third number one album in
the U.S., as well as making it to number one in Japan,
Australia, Europe, and Canada.