Avant le concert à LA ce soir, un article qui compare intelligemment Springsteen et Bon Jovi en ne cherchant pas à accabler le gpe !!!
Plutôt bon, les shows se bonifient avant tt !!!

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Bon Jovi proves old is still new on stage by delivering hit after hit By Ben Wener, Orange County Register Article Launched: 04/08/2008 07:05:03 PM PDT Sure, I could be a pompous jerk about the crowd-delighting meat-and-potatoes performance Bon Jovi served up Friday night at Honda Center, the first of two shows at the Anaheim arena, with a Staples Center replay set for tonight. When presented with a guy whose every third tune restates his gotta-live-my-life theme, or a guitarist whose recent riffs blatantly recycle his older ones, or a group quick to cash in on unexpected country-crossover success (and why not?) - well, potshots come naturally. Hitting the side of a barn with a football from 10 yards out would be harder than pointing out a dozen examples of Bon Jovi's vapidity. But chiding this bunch for what they aren't - for what they've never really been, really - is as blockheaded as comparing Bon Jovi to Bruce Springsteen, Jon's Jersey forebear who played this same venue Monday and Tuesday. True, they both maintain workingman appeal, no matter how titanic their reputations become; even when they're at their most glam, Jon and right-hand man Richie Sambora still come off like down-to-earth Advertisement dudes happy to let you buy them a beer. Whereas Springsteen aims to move your mind as much as your heart or soul, Bon Jovi is plenty content to just get people out of their seats, smiling and cheering. Good times in the sum-sum-summertime, even if it's still spring - that's the goal. And what's wrong with that? Who but a Scrooge would complain about a band that gives its fans hit ("It's My Life") after hit ("I'll Be There for You") after hit ("Who Says You Can't Go Home"), without reserving them all for the encore? Who would be so stiff-necked as to refuse the obvious glee of hearing the Stones' "Jumpin' Jack Flash" in the midst of "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead," or the Isley Brothers' "Shout" in the thick of "Bad Medicine," or the surprise of leading into "Blaze of Glory" with Dylan's "Knockin' on Heaven's Door," then having opening act Chris Daughtry emerge to belt half the verses? Especially now, when these guys are putting on a more convincing display than at any other time in their career together - when Jon's voice is more robust, Richie's solos more searing and their "Lost Highway" filler far more palatable - grumbling about shallow shortcomings seems particularly narrow-minded. As if all pop pleasures should be profound. Frankly, it's profound enough that a quarter-century later Bon Jovi is as popular (if not as many times multiplatinum) as the band ever was during its "Slippery When Wet"/"New Jersey" heyday. It's certainly much more beloved now, and not only by women of every age who squeal when Jon bares his chest and hops in place, or when he and Richie embrace fans after strumming a few ballads atop a platform set up several sections into the crowd. They do what they do exceptionally well, and much better now than on their last few tours. That doesn't leave them immune to criticism. But it does make bellyaching seem rather pointless. Really, if you can't give a grin to "Livin' on a Prayer," maybe this whole rock 'n' roll thing just ain't your bag.

Ah oui ! Merci bcp meme !!