Tuesday, August 18, 2009

WE WEREN'T BORN TO FOLLOW debuts on radio!

Here's a rip of the first radio play of Bon Jovi's newest single "We Weren't Born to Follow" on Mix 96.9 in the US!

Listen to WE WEREN'T BORN TO FOLLOW

Thoughts? Impressions?

EDIT: I realised that whenever I click on any of the uploads on Youtube of this song I get the message: This video is not available in your country due to copyright restrictions. This wasn't happening earlier in the day but I guess the censors have got on their bikes now... E-mail me if you can't access the song.

Here are some transcribed lyrics as heard by Mike, Terri, and Marc from JoviTalk:

This one goes out to the man who mines for miracles
This one goes out to the ones in need
This one goes out to the sinner and the cynical
This ain’t about no apology
This road was paved by the hopeless and the hungry
This road was paved by the winds of change
Walkin' beside the guily and the innocent
How will you raise your hand when they call your name?
Yeah, yeah, yeah

We weren’t born to follow
Come on and get up off your knees
When life is a bitter pill to swallow
You gotta hold onto what you believe
Believe that the sun will shine tomorrow
And that your saints and sinners bleed
We weren’t born to follow
You gotta stand up for what you believe
Let me hear you say yeah, yeah, yeah, oh yeah

This one’s about anyone who does it differently
This one's about the one who curses and spits
This ain’t about our livin' in a fantasy
This ain’t about givin' up or givin' in
Yeah, yeah, yeah

We weren’t born to follow
Come on and get up off your knees
When life is a bitter pill to swallow
You gotta hold onto what you believe
Believe that the sun will shine tomorrow
And that your saints and sinners bleed
We weren’t born to follow
You gotta stand up for what you believe
Let me hear you say yeah, yeah, yeah, oh yeah
Let me hear you say yeah, yeah, yeah, oh yeah
Guitar!

We weren’t born to follow
Come on and get up off your knees
When life is a bitter pill to swallow
You gotta hold onto what you believe
Believe that the sun will shine tomorrow
And that your saints and sinners bleed
We weren’t born to follow
You gotta stand up for what you believe
Let me hear you say yeah, yeah, yeah, oh yeah
Let me hear you say yeah, yeah, yeah, oh yeah
We weren’t born to follow, oh yeah
We weren’t born to follow, oh yeah


ADDENDUM: My thoughts? It's basically a typical Bon Jovi song. A typical Bon Jovi 00s lead single. Catchy, melodic, "It's My Life, Part 4" if I can be so crude, but it's got enough hook in it to be my flavour of the month so I'm enjoying it. That said, I do hope this was the lead single because it's catchy or because of the success of "It's My Life" and "Have a Nice Day" -- and not because it's the best song on the record. Hopefully the rest of the album is a lot stronger in substance.

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