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| Lonesome Highway  [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]| Citation: | Bon Jovi rocks them all at AAC
06:14 AM CDT on Tuesday, April 15, 2008
By MATT WEITZ / Special Contributor to The Dallas Morning News
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It was a New Jersey double header that started off the week at American Airlines Center, first with Bruce Springsteen playing the venue on Sunday night, then Jon Bon Jovi on Monday.
Mr. Bon Jovi previewed his appearance by singing "Glory Days" with Brooooooce the night before, and the juxtaposition then still held true Monday night: Although Mr. Springsteen has the advantage in gravitas and critical acclaim, witness the fact that the AAC was every bit as filled-to-the-scuppers for JBJ and his eponymous band.
And his fans loved him with an intensity that burned every bit as brightly as the Boss', shrieking when clothing was doffed, and clamoring every time he raised an arm or pumped a fist.
Although the band got an impressive amount of traction from later hits – say, the populist anthem "I Love This Town" or the crossover hit (written with Big & Rich) "We Got It Going On," the big response was reserved for the classics. Bruce Springsteen may more ably command the attention of critic Robert Christgau, but nothing rules the console of a Camaro like "Bad Medicine" or "You Give Love a Bad Name."
Throughout the show he exhibited – and adroitly worked – the working-class charm that has led him into a reasonable career as an actor, flashing a million-watt smile and dissembling and aw-shucks-ing with a warmth that pulled you in even if you were suspicious of it.
The long show was a series of old-new push-pulls: "Lonesome Highway" (the title track from their latest release), then "Blaze of Glory," from his 1990 foray into the movie biz with Young Guns II.
He also sprinkled tidbits from his musical youth throughout the night: the Rolling Stones' "Jumpin' Jack Flash," Martha & the Vandellas' "Dancing in the Street" and the Isley Brothers' "Shout!"
That may be the best summation of the evening. A song known to most as an approximation of the real thing (via Animal House), but nonetheless joyful. A happy half a loaf is almost always better than none.
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| | Sujet: Re: Dallas AAC (14-04-2008) reviews Mar 15 Avr - 16:10 | |
| [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]| Citation: | Still giving rock a good name
By ERIN WHITE
Star-Telegram Staff Writer
Jon Bon Jovi opens the show with the title song of Bon Jovi's latest album, Lost Highway, at the American Airlines Center on Monday.
DALLAS -- About an hour into Monday night's lengthy set, Jon Bon Jovi sang the lyrics "Do we still got it anymore," and then paused and used his bedroom eyes to great effect by sending a pleading look out into the crowd.
The resounding answer, delivered in screams, cheers and applause, was "Yes!"
And they were right. Although the set was packed with hits the band has been playing for years, you would have thought it was performing them for the first time.
Lead singer Jon Bon Jovi hit the high notes -- all of them -- with no trouble, and his voice has gained a richness and character as he has aged.
He worked the audience with the skill of a Baptist preacher, coaxing fans into waving their hands in the air and singing along at his cue.
Bon Jovi kicked off the evening with Lost Highway, the title single off its latest album, and peppered in other songs from the record.
The fans clearly wanted to hear old hits, but the band, particularly the man himself, seemed to connect more deeply with lesser-known material.
With just his guitar for company and his eyes closed, Jon Bon Jovi sang an emotional version of Blood Money, a song about betrayal, letting a few tears slip down his face near the end.
But the band has always been populist in the best sense of the word, and it worked hard to please the fans, playing all of its most recognizable and well-loved songs such as It's My Life, Blaze of Glory, Bad Medicine, Bed of Roses and Who Says You Can't Go Home.
Jon Bon Jovi engaged the audience easily, flirtatiously ripping off a stylish jacket to reveal only a vest underneath before launching into You Give Love a Bad Name and later amusing the crowd with a goofy dance because they sat through I Love This Town, which the crowd didn't seem to know.
The band got silly again when, after a few stanzas of the Rolling Stones' Jumpin' Jack Flash, it moved into the Martha and the Vandellas' hit Dancing in the Street. The move was choreographed but nonetheless surprising and entertaining.
That was Bon Jovi in a nutshell. Did it shock the audience with unexpected song choices and arrangements? No.
Did the audience care? The resounding answer: Not a bit.
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Samalyssa
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| | Sujet: Re: Dallas AAC (14-04-2008) reviews Mar 15 Avr - 22:36 | |
|  haaaaaaa je veux voir l'émotion et les larmes couler sur les joues de Jon à la fin de "Blood Money"  pour les reviews et pour le reste ne me cherchez pas je suis déjà dehors !  |
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