#78 - Blood on Blood

Artist: Bon Jovi
Album: New Jersey
Other Versions: None
Era: Late 80s "hair metal"

Lyrics

BLOOD ON BLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD

Mhm. Yes.

I love this intro. It's like this random amalgam of all the instruments, like they all recorded separately and no one gave them music to work from. Tico's doing his thing and David's doing his thing and Richie's just kind of fooling around with slidey noises and then boom it's all together. Cool idea.

The keyboard/synth work here is SO AWESOME I can hardly stand it. Dee do dee dee do dee dee do do do. And it's all high and it just gives the song this awesome feeling. And during the verses when it's piano and it almost sounds like David's just playing random notes but they work so well and they just give it this much more serious feeling that really works.

The drumming in this kind of gallops. It's this fast hard-hitting beat and it's just sweeping the whole song along. Heh, "song along", that rhymes. And at the end of the guitar solo Tico just goes totally berserk. Sweet.

I love the whole mood of this song. It's happy and triumphant and uplifting and it's just so hard to be in a bad mood listening to it. And the way Jon belts the chorus, that BLOOD ON BLOOOOOOOOD, it's amazing. Richie's voice near the end, at first I thought it was kind of random and unnecessary, but it actually works really well on repeated listenings.

I love the part about how the three guys lost their virginity to the whore in the same motel room. That's the coolest story ever. Really, I just like the whole message of the song, the endurance of true friendship. Very nice. The conviction with which Jon sings it is awesome.

My Rating: 9/10

I need a hero. I'm holding out for a hero to the end of the night. He's gotta be strong, and he's gotta be fast, and he's gotta be fresh from the fight. I need a hero. I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light. He's gotta be sure, and it's gotta be soon, and he's gotta be fresh from the fight.

• Heroes
• Celluloid Heroes

Oh, and I'll share with you guys my bit of "OMG!!!!" for the day.

I am now a published author. Nothing big, it's a short story in an anthology published through a website I write for. It's fanfiction (about Bon Jovi, naturally), which kind of has a stigma around it, but there are some really talented writers in this book with me and I'm thrilled to be part of it. I'd post the link here, but it's fanfic about gay relationships (open mind, people) and I don't know how many of you are really into gay celebrity porn.

So, yeah. I've been on the ceiling all day. Published! Crazy.