#55 - Always

Artist: Bon Jovi
Album: Crossroad, This Left Feels Right, 100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong (Disc 4 - Demo)
Other Versions: None
Era: 90s "moody rock"

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I was in Borders one day and came this close to buying "Romeo is Bleeding" before I remembered the song was pulled from the soundtrack. That's how much I like this song.

The piano in this song is gorgeous. Absolutely gorgeous. When I listen to this song, it's the piano I'm listening to. It's so prominent and so emotional and just so beautiful. If I had this song played just on piano, no vocals, no guitar, no strings, no drums, I would probably listen to it just as much as the normal version, if not more. That piano playing is the soul of this song. Even during the guitar solo, I listen to the piano.

Jon's voice is at its husky best here. It's middling low, gravelly but not annoyingly so (hey I made a rhyme. I'm a poet and I wasn't even aware of that) and it's extremely passionate. Jon can sing a ballad like nobody's business. You know what I'd like to hear (this has nothing to do with "Always")? Jon singing GnR's "November Rain". I bet he'd absolutely nail it.

I like the intensity of the lyrics. Jon can say this is meant to be kind of creepy and stalkerish, but I will forever just look at this as one man who is ridiculously in love with someone who's moved on. You know what? The dude Jon's singing about is me, and the "you" is the piano in this song. I am not supposed to love it as much as I do but I am just going to keep hanging on for dear life.

I love the video for this, with the guy whose name I can't remember but he isn't Patroclus. But he looks like Patroclus. And he's a crazy nutso and sets that guy's apartment on fire after he stabs the painting.

My Rating: 9/10

I meant to mention this when I mentioned "November Rain" - there is a "Bon Jovi - November Rain" circulating LimeWire, but every time I download something labeled as such it's just Guns n Roses. LimeWire can be great, but I've also had it try to tell me "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" is a Guns n Roses song.

Edited 3/26/06: Added video