#71 - Who Said It Would Last Forever?

Artist: Jon Bon Jovi (as John Bongiovi)
Album: The Power Station Years
Other Versions: None
Era: N/A

Lyrics

I feel like I should mention that the power station demos were released without Jon's permission and he didn't make any money from them. So if you ever want to download an album guilt-free, download this one.

I love these demos. Jon was young and hadn't yet figured out that cheesy is bad. That, or he hadn't figured out that he was being cheesy. Either way, this is possibly the cheesiest album ever recorded.

I love singing this. This is probably my ideal "dance and sing around the kitchen while making a sandwich" song. Which is an odd category for a song to be in, but really, try it sometime. Perfect beat for butt-shaking while spreading peanut butter on bread, and perfect chorus to go "uoo eh ih uuh aas oeah" while I've got the knife in my mouth.

I like the concept of this song. It's "sweet good Lord I am sick of you getting your heart broken and running to me" but packaged into an upbeat set of lyrics that aren't gonna instigate a big weepy fight. Veeeeery sneaky, Mr. BJ (oh man that's such a good gay porn star name).

I like the little hair metal scream he attempts in this. He's not quite used to hair metal screamin yet, and it falls about as flat as the "I'll Be There For You" scream on the Crush Tour DVD. It's cute, though.

My Rating: 6/10

Tomorrow, I'll do a cover:

• House of the Rising Sun
• Jersey Girl
• Waltzing Matilda
• Suspicious Minds