Unknown Bon Jovi song

mab8485 · 11-03-2003, 01:35 AM

Well, im trying to figure out the name of a bon jovi song i've heard a few times. It's a slow minor ballad and Ritchie Sambora has a recurring melodic mini guitar solo throughout the song. And in his mini solos, just about all the notes are artificial harmonics. Any help would be appreciated, its driving me crazy!!!!!! [img]images/smilies/wutblau.gif[/img]

Stiglar · 11-03-2003, 03:58 AM

sounds like dead or alive ?

that has millions of pinch harmonics in it ...

is it acoustic guitar he uses ? .. electric ? .. what are some fo the vocal lines ?

mab8485 · 11-03-2003, 04:11 PM

It's not dead or alive, i cant remember any of the vocals lol. Not much help am I?lol And The bit with the pinch harmonics repeats a few times in the song. And it's electric.

**Mondy** · 11-06-2003, 04:06 AM

Jeez man. Richie uses repeated harmonics all over the place. Very subtle, so you don't realise how much he does in fact use them.

I did in fact think of Dead Or Alive myself when you said this.

Is it a song off an album, or is it a b-side / unreleased ?

Let me scan through the Bon Jovi track listing and see if my memory will play me back what you might be describing.

Everyone else, flame away at me for being a Bon Jovi fan. I don't give a f**k ! But let me say this. I am a Richie Sambora fan, rather than a Bon Jovi fan. This guy is amazing [img]images/smilies/icon_thumb.gif[/img]

**Mondy** · 11-06-2003, 04:50 AM

Right then...

Ballads :
<ul type="square">[*]Never Say Goodbye - Recurring feel to it. Sounds sort of harmonic-y. I never played it, so it may well be this one. Lyric : Never Say Good-bye... Never Say Good-bye... You And Me And My Old Friends, Hoping It Would Never End....[*]I'll Be There For You - Contains a recurring riff, that even though I play the notes, I can never get to sound right. Maybe he's slightly pinching them [img]images/smilies/dunno.gif[/img] Lyric : I'll Be There For You, These Five Words I'll Swear To You, When I Breathe, I wanna Be The Air For You. I'll Be There For You[*]This Ain't A Love Song - Recurring feel throughout the song. Not really Harmonics I don't think though. Lyric : If The Pain That I'm Feeling So Strong, Is The Reason, I'm Holdin' On... Then I'm Wrong, Yeah, I'm Wrong, This Ain't A Love Song[*]Captain Crash And The Beauty Queen From Mars - Has a recurring riff that sounds harmonicy in it. It's played as the intro riff before verses. Great lyric : "Dressed Up Just Like Ziggy, But He Couldn't Play Guitar... Captain Crash, And The Beauty Queen From Mars"[*]Thank You For Lovin' Me - [img]images/smilies/dunno.gif[/img]. Very slow high notes, but not really harmonics... Lyric : Thank You... For Lovin' Me... For Being My Eyes... When I Couldn't See. For Parting My Lips... When I Couldn't Breathe. Thank You, For Lovin' Me (Had this as one my first dance at my wedding)[/list]
Hope this helps.

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mab8485 · 11-06-2003, 04:16 PM

Thanks for the help but it's none of those. I've only heard the song twice when ive seen the video clip on a classic rock channel. By the looks of the clip, i'm pretty sure it's a song from the 80's. And it's one of those 'fake' live videos where its made to look like they're playing in concert (eg. living on a prayers video). And the song fades out with the solo. I guess if i watch the channel long enough, i'll eventually see it again lol.

**Mondy** · 11-07-2003, 12:23 AM

Hmm, fake concert video... and it's a ballad ?

Now I'm as baffled as you are !!!

All I keep thinking is You Give Love A Bad Name...

Let me have a think on it...

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Stiglar · 11-07-2003, 12:29 AM

is it "in these arms" ?
that has a fake concert video i believe and it's a ballad ... dunno about the pinch harmonics though !

**Mondy** · 11-07-2003, 12:35 AM

I thought of In These Arms. But I couldn't remember the video for it.

Another thing I thought is that it could have been an unplugged song. WHich would make it even more bloody difficult !!!

A suggestion... You could go over to amazon.com and search on the albums and have a listen to clips that they may have up there...

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'Appen I'll just have a bit of a Bon Jovi night tonight. The wife won't mind, cos she loves 'em as much as I do...

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**Mondy** · 11-07-2003, 12:49 AM

Hi mate.

If you go to www.bonjovi.com, then click on discography, you can select the albums and view the videos.

Maybe this will help you. I'll do it myself and see if I can help you out.

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**Mondy** · 11-07-2003, 12:52 AM

Bugger that idea ! I can't get it to bnloody well work !!

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**Mondy** · 11-07-2003, 01:34 AM

From looking at the Video stills...

Could it be :
<ul type="square">[*]These Days - These Days, The Stars Seem Out Of Reach... These Days There Ain't A Ladder On The Streets... These Days Are Fast, Love Don't Last In This Graceless Age... There Ain't Nobody Left But Us These Days[*]In These Arms - I'd Hold You, I'd Need You, I'd Get Down On My Knees For You... And Make Everything Alright, If You Were In These Arms Tonight... I'd Love You, I'd Please You, I'd Tell You That I'd Never Leave You... And Love You 'Til The End Of Time, If You Were In These Arms Tonight...[*]I'll Be There For You - I'll Be There For You, These Five Words I Swear To You, When You Breathe I Want To Be The Air For You, I'll Be There For You... I'd Live And I'd Die For You, Steal The Sun From The Sky For You... Words Can't Say What Love Can Do, I'll Be There For You[*]Silent Night - Silent Night, We Hold Up Our Candle Light. Silent Night, The Night Our Love Died. No Word To Say, And We're Both Too Tired To Fight. Just Hold Me Close And Don't Let Go...[*]Runaway - Ooh, She's A Little Runaway... Daddy's Girl Learned Fast, All Those Things He Couldn't Say... Ooh, She's A Little Runaway[*]Good Guys Don't Always Where White - Rich Man, Poor Man, Begger Man, King... All That Sh*t Don't Mean A Thing... Do You Know Which One's Behind Those Eyes? It's Always A Disguise... Good Guys Don't Always Wear White[*]I Wish Everyday Could Be Like Christmas - Soon There'll Be Toys For The Good Girls And Boys, And Reindeer Are Heading Our Way... Yes, And Santa Will Come Down The Chimney Above, There's One Thing I Wanted To Say... I Wish Everyday Could Be Like Christmas... And If I Could Have One Wish Come True... I Wish Everyday Could Be, Full Of Peace And Harmony... I Wish Everyday Could Be Like Christmas, I Do[/list]Hope this helps [img]images/smilies/dunno.gif[/img]

mab8485 · 11-07-2003, 01:50 AM

I've gone to musicmax's website (the channel which played the video) and these are all the bon jovi videos they have.
BON JOVI ALWAYS

BON JOVI BED OF ROSES

BON JOVI EVERY DAY

BON JOVI IT'S MY LIFE

BON JOVI LIVIN' ON A PRAYER

BON JOVI MIDNIGHT IN CHELSEA

BON JOVI MISUNDERSTOOD

BON JOVI ONE WILD NIGHT

BON JOVI PLEASE COME HOME FOR XMAS

BON JOVI RUNAWAY

BON JOVI SLEEP WHEN I'M DEAD

BON JOVI SOMEDAY I'LL BE SATURDAY NIGHT

BON JOVI THANK YOU FOR LOVING ME

BON JOVI THESE DAYS

BON JOVI THIS AIN'T A LOVE SONG

BON JOVI WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE

BON JOVI YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME

BON JOVI THANK YOU FOR LOVING M

BON JOVI SOMEDAY I'LL BE SATURD

BON JOVI YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NA

BON JOVI PLEASE COME HOME FOR X

BON JOVI ALL ABOUT LOVIN' YOU

JON BON JOVI BLAZE OF GLORY

JON BON JOVI QUEEN OF NEW ORLEANS

Stiglar · 11-07-2003, 02:32 AM

wow they play all those on music max ? ... i don't think i've seen even a quarter of them watching music max !

**Mondy** · 11-07-2003, 04:40 AM

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<ul type="square">[*]BON JOVI ALWAYS - Takes place in an apartment. Some long haired geezer cheats on his girlfriend. She buggers off and sleeps with someone out. Original geezer returns. Bon Jovi shots are not live show ones.[*]BON JOVI BED OF ROSES - No live show here either. Takes place with Jon at a piano, the band in a bar, Richie plays the solo on top of a mountain[*]BON JOVI EVERY DAY - Takes place in an array of communication satellite dishes. T.V.s keep dropping out the sky to various points around the wrold with Bon Jovi's performance of Everyday on it. Richie plays a Flying V[*]BON JOVI IT'S MY LIFE - "Sort of" live performance. Band performs in a tunnel. A girl calls her boyfriend to tell him to try and make it to the gig. He looks at it on a computer, then runs across town, off bridges, down fire escapes, etc., and eventually makes it to the the gig when they're hitting the final chord of the song and he kisses his girl.[*]BON JOVI LIVIN' ON A PRAYER - I can't for the life of me remember the original video, but there was a live performance of it with Jon Bon Jovi "flying" above the crowd on a high wire. I think the original video was probably a live footage one. Richie uses a talkbox in this one.[*]BON JOVI MIDNIGHT IN CHELSEA - dunno, never seen it, but can Jon do harmonics ?[*]BON JOVI MISUNDERSTOOD - Got Joey from Friends in it, Arie is in it, a gladiator fight scene is in it, and Claudia Schiffer is in it, as is Emilio Estevez. Band shots are not live show ones though.[*]BON JOVI ONE WILD NIGHT - Takes place in a night club style. Sort of live performance but in a club rather than an arena[*]BON JOVI PLEASE COME HOME FOR XMAS - Isn't this the one with that other model in it, with the mole above her lip ? Not Julia Roberts, but that other bird with brown hair.. ? No live band shots though..[*]BON JOVI RUNAWAY - I think they're in a setting sort of out in the open in the dark, but can't remember.[*]BON JOVI SLEEP WHEN I'M DEAD - Can't remember it, but don't think it's a live one[*]BON JOVI SOMEDAY I'LL BE SATURDAY NIGHT - Don't think it's a live one...[*]BON JOVI THANK YOU FOR LOVING ME - Bon Jovi performs in an apartment on a whole floor of a storey block. Guy jumps off the top of the building Bon Jovi are performing in. Girlfriend is down below and sees him jump off. Their whole relationship flashes before her eyes. He falls past the window of Bon Jovi's room/floor. Then he throws out a parachute with the words "Will You Marry Me?" and lands in front of his girl. Even my wife thought this video was cheesey[*]BON JOVI THESE DAYS - See above - live performance with maps and stuff overlaid throughout[*]BON JOVI THIS AIN'T A LOVE SONG - Some guy's search for his estranged wife. Gets beat up, eventually finds her. No live shots though[*]BON JOVI WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE - Black and white video. Lots of hair, fouble neck acoustic, and the cowboy hat. When it goes to the solo I'm pretty sure it goes to concert footage, though I think it might kick in earlier, as I remember Jon being on his back in a concert in the second verse "Sometimes I sleep, sometimes it not for days..."[*]BON JOVI YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME - All concert footage[*]BON JOVI THANK YOU FOR LOVING M - Sat in a square next to a fountain, watching people in love all around them. Some woman in a wedding dress runs around. Jon Bon Jovi is wearing an orange jacket. Richie plays an electric guitar solo on an acoustic guitar. Annoyed the hell outta me when I first saw it.[*]BON JOVI SOMEDAY I'LL BE SATURD - Again, don't think it's a live one. Doesn't it take part in a cafe, with all the characters in the song coming and going in the cafe ?[*]BON JOVI YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NA - Live performance[*]BON JOVI PLEASE COME HOME FOR X - Again, dunno, but it's got that model in it.[*]BON JOVI ALL ABOUT LOVIN' YOU - Am I repoeating myself here ? Parachute cheesey video[*]JON BON JOVI BLAZE OF GLORY - Jon Bon Jovi on the top of a cliff. Dressed in leather. Burnt out car in the background. Playing a black Ovation. Movie screen in the background showing scenes from the movie.[*]JON BON JOVI QUEEN OF NEW ORLEANS - Ain't seen it[/list]
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Hope this helps...

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