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Bon Jovi Releases Official 'Because We Can' Video
Thursday, January 31, 2013 at 12:01AM
As bands go, Bon Jovi is near the top when it comes to riches. The band can afford to make real videos, with real directors and real actors. Bon Jovi tapped acclaimed director Fisher Stevens for the clip to promote the single "Because We Can." Gotta say, I'm not impressed. Come to think of it, I don't like the song much either.
"Because We Can" is off the forthcoming album What About Now, due out March 26.
Reader Comments (31)
Why do I spend $160 a ticket to take the mrs. ? Because SHE can :) I'll be hoping that they play something other than songs like this..."honey, why are you going to get another beer during this song" ? Because I can !
I tried. I really tried to make it through this entire song & I just couldn't.
Being diabetic, there is just TOO much saccharine schmaltzy sweetness to this musical tragedy, for me.
Let me know when JBJ puts on a testosterone patch & writes a halfway decent rock song again. Until then, count me out.
AS GAry nearly blows out a neck disc shaking his head up and down in agreement with Ace.....LOL
Had it not been for Child, these guys would have been nothing, which becomes very evident when you look at their lackluster material both preceding or following "Slippery" where there is no Desmond Child present.
Yet, even though his stuff is still sucks, Bon Jovi must be commended for his unlimited charitable work.
The music speaks for itself, pal.
Though BKallday generally seems like he's bustin' my balls all day, he's got it right here, along with HIM (You just topped yourself, Bro!), Gallogs, GNR, Ace (Killarious kommentary, as usual), Gary, Jeff, DJ, Glamrocker Arch, et al.
Sh*t, if these guys agree with me, Bon Jovi actually does s*ck!
Wake the f*ck up, Barry!
p.s. No matter that Bon Jovi's music has become even phonier over time, I'm glad he redeems himself somewhat with his millions of dollars worth of charity work.
The problem was that they came across as a bad American version of DL, with the edgier attempts seeming like gimmicks, trading different schticks as easily as one changes shirts (Hot Ladies! Westerns! Home State Pride!). It felt forced, whereas a band like White Lion (at least for one album) made being cheesy seem effortless and un-affected.
But Bon Jovi always knew his target market: women. And, as a consummate businessman, he shifted as the trend-lines for that audience shifted. It's good business too. He avoided, for the most part, the packaged festivals and small clubs while nurturing cross-over appeal at the same time. He is an adult-contemporary star now, with a group of paid musicians (and one train wreck of a guitarist) all readily and happily playing along to packed houses of women suffering through "personal summers" with their hen-pecked husbands.
The funny thing is: DL (post-Clark's demise) tried a lot of different strategies and finally settled on one that is really close to the BJ model, albeit without anywhere near the consistent catalog of new releases . . . sorta' Steve Miller for the edgier and younger generation of old people.
And Metalboy! is right: regardless the music, his work on behalf of the homeless (to name but one instance) is beyond reproach.
Ask Joe Ellis about what great songwriters Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora when they heisted his demo. LOL!!!!
ANOTHER MUSICIAN ACCUSES BON JOVI OF PLAGIARISM:
Chris Faraone of Boston Magazine in which Bart Steele accused Bon Jovi of ripping off one of his songs.
http://www.sleazeroxx.com/news08/0810bon.shtml
I still think his new stuff is pretty crappy but that comment above is so offensive to me as a 45 year old women, I don't even know what else to say about it. Almost as offensive as that "soccer mom" label that gets thrown around here a lot.
The other thing people forget about 'slippery', is that they were tanking as a 'metal' band and the label said 'look at these guys, if we market them as pop, teenage girls will go crazy for it'. And indeed they did.
I do love 'keep the faith' though.
I was worried I scared you off. Again, you're still trying to push that these guys were merely a pop band. Granted, they really did fail to totally ROCK but "Slippery When Wet" is classic Hair Metal, plain and simple. What's more, they are also categorized as GLAM METAL, the genre of Metal to which this site is devoted.
Him! Once again, your commentary is spot on and articulate. So true that Bon Jovi's shtick felt forced whereas White Lion's Hair Metal seemed effortless.
Rita, I can understand your point of view, but I don't think Him meant to insult many other women who are Rockers with minds. Him, please forgive me if I'm off the mark here in my attempt at an explanation for you...
Rita -- HIM's talking about how Bonjiovi recast his Rock persona after "New Jersey " into more of a readily consumable hybrid of John Mellencamp/Bryan Adams/Tom Petty to cater to a broader demographic of the clueless who happen to be women.