Prime-era Jon Bovi was Chick Metal-lite. Anthemic cheese with sprinklings of cringe-inducing balladry. Since those days, his music has deteriorated into watery, unfocused, and, most recently, pandering, horseshit. (The available songs from the upcoming release are wretched.)He’s got a killer guitarist, Phil X, he doesn’t utilize, and a dead-weight collaborator/producer/guitarist partner, John Shanks, dragging everything down that much further. Richie Sambora knew it was time to bail, even though it was serval years too late. And even though Phil X, from a technical standpoint, plays circles around him, Richie was a very important component to the “real” Bon Jovi sound. I don’t know why I’m even bothering with all this. Never was a fan.
Rich wrote most of their hits. Yes, he was the Bon Jovi sound. Bon Jovi before fame has a relative working in a recording studio. Richie was a local legend in the shore rock circuit prior to the band and that's when Bon Jovi seek him out. Truth be told in his prime Richie had better vocals than Bon Jovi but Bon Jovi had the studio connection. Sometimes the best technique musicians have no talent to entertain. Same as people with English doctorates. They can write technically perfect English but they have no creative talent to come up with creative ideas for a novel. That makes some players master players for some but in reality have no talent because they can't come up with their own songs that entertain the people so they play like a high school kid playing tab to their favorite group. No creativity equals a useless player reading music or tab. Yes they play perfectly but create nothing. It's the creativity that produces a lasting legend. Playing perfect is like a yawn. Who cares?
Thats why I've never heard of you yet everyone knows him. 2020 and we still have no names bagging on famous people who made their bones with multi platinum albums
Those guys all together had a synergy.
Is there any noticeable difference?
