by marina » January 9th, 2004, 10:42 am
OH, I HAVE THAT CD TWICE! YEAH, WITH TWO DIFFERENT COVERS! IT´S FROM THE YEARS WHEN JON BON JOVI WORKED FOR HIS COUSIN TONY BONGIOVI IN HIS STUDIOS "POWER STATION", JUST TO CLEAN THE FLOOR, BRING THE COFFES... HE SLEPT THERE, ON THE FLOOR, BUT HE ALSO SPENT PART OF THE NIGHTS IN RECORDING HIS OWN MUSIC. BON JOVI DIDN´T EXIST BY THAT TIME, HE HAD BEEN IN OTHER LOCAL GROUPS, AND THOSE SONGS ARE FROM THAT ERA, IN SOME OF THEM ALSO APPEARS DAVID BRYAN (BON JOVI´S KEYBOARDS), BY THEN CALLED DAVID RASHBAUM!
YES, THEY´RE GREAT SONGS,OF COURSE; I PARTICULARY LIKE THIS CD MORE THAN THE TWO BON JOVI´S FIRST CD´S!!!
JON SAYS HE STARTED PLAYING MUSIC BECAUSE OF HIS MOM... HIS FATHER WANTED TO BE A ROCKER (BEFORE JON WAS BORN) BUT HE DIDN´T SUCCEED, SO HIS PARENTS WANTED HIM TO BECOME WHAT HIS FATHER WANTED TO BE... JON DIDN´T LIKE THAT IDEA WHEN HE WAS A LITTLE BOY, HE EVEN THREW HIS FIRST GUITAR (AT THE AGE OF 7) FROM THE STAIRS!!!
BUT, SINCE HE DIDIN´T LAID WHEN HE WAS A TEENAGER (NO, HE DIDI´N´T!!!) AND HE SAW ALL OLD AND UGLY ROCKERS WITH PRETTY WOMEN, HE DECIDED HE WANTED TO BE A FAMOUS ROCK STAR, AND I GUESS YOU KNOW MORE OR LESS THE REST OF THE STORY... HIS DREAM CAME TRUE MORE THAN HE EXPECTED!!!
AS YOU SEE, HE STARTED IN THIS MOSTLY BECAUSE OF... SEX!!! YES, SEX IS SUCH A GOOD THING(remember we would´t be here if it wasn´t because of this!