Were you at this concert? What did you think of it?
Saratoga Springs, NY, US - Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) - July 22, 2013
- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - Beatles cover (Bobby Bandiera on lead vocals)
- Ain't Nothin' But a House Party - The Showstoppers cover
- You Give Love a Bad Name
- Born to Be My Baby
- Lost Highway
- It's My Life
- Because We Can
- Under Pressure - Queen/David Bowie cover
- I'm Your Man - Leonard Cohen cover
- Amen
- Not Running Anymore
- The Fighter
- Oh, Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison cover (Bobby Bandiera on lead vocals)
- The Letter - The Box Tops cover
- We Weren't Born to Follow
- Who Says You Can't Go Home
- Baba O'Riley - The Who cover (Bobby Bandiera on lead vocals)
- I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
- Bad Medicine Encore:
- Wanted Dead or Alive
- Livin' on a Prayer
- 634-5789 - Wilson Pickett cover
- Old Time Rock 'n' Roll - Bob Seger cover
Jon's brother Matt tweeted about the show:
Great fun for all the guys doing something different and out of he box. Reminds me of the old days. Back to the roots of the jersey shore
— Matthew Bongiovi (@MatthewBongiovi) July 23, 2013
@unicornyankee sometimes you just need to have some fun and the boys had some fun.
— Matthew Bongiovi (@MatthewBongiovi) July 23, 2013
@CoryKarma were you there? I have 30 tweets saying how fun and different it was and 2 not happy. No need for people to get shitty with me
— Matthew Bongiovi (@MatthewBongiovi) July 23, 2013
@Ra_nae @unicornyankee @CoryKarma only for 2 shows. Not the new norm
— Matthew Bongiovi (@MatthewBongiovi) July 23, 2013
Is it just me, or does Matt sound like a total snob almost every time he tweets?
ReplyDeleteI always think Matt sounds like a jackass in his tweets. I only followed him briefly because he was always so mad. I understand that he might be fed up with constant complaints, etc, but he always comes off as a jerk IMO. Sometimes his responses might be warranted, but other times I think he's just being snotty. You are not alone in this.
DeleteI think he's just at the point where you get tired of putting up with people's expectations. They were truly having a great time and he is defending that. It sounds like an amazing set list. A lot of the people that are negative tweeting sound like snobs to me. Pam
ReplyDeleteI really, really like the idea; however, they should have advertised it as something different from the usual Bon Jovi concert. Fans could have been intrigued and excited rather than mad at paying top dollar for a lot of cover songs.
ReplyDeleteYears ago I attended a Linda Ronstadt concert (after she had essentially stopped touring). My sister and I drove 6 hours to the concert to discover along with the rest of the audience that it was a jazz concert with her singing mostly Rosemary Clooney songs. She did sing a couple of her standard songs in the encore but the crowd was paying for a Linda Ronstadt concert. The crowd didn't fault her (she was great) but faulted the promoter of the show for not advertising it correctly.
I thought I was taking my family to see a Bon Jovi concert last night. Instead I saw 9 cover songs by a bar band from New Jersey (some which Jon Bon Jovi sang and some of which he wasn’t on stage for) and 3 solo accoustic songs by Jon. The rest of the Bon Jovi band wasn’t even on stage for half the show. It was completely different than the Gillette Stadium setlist from 2 nights ago. Richie Sambora wouldn’t have put up with that nonsense. Violin solo? Really?
ReplyDeleteI just went on to Matt Bongiovi's twitter page, and the constant references to the guys just needing to have some fun, kind of leaves the impression they are not normally having much fun. I found it a bit odd that he implies they needed to do this in order to have some fun...
ReplyDeleteI find it very interesting that they went back to a pure Bon Jovi setlist afterthe disaster of Saratoga. Especially given that Matt stated it was a 2-night thing and "not the new norm". The experiment of Saratoga failed and we got screwed.
ReplyDeleteMatt, can I get my $250 back. I paid $500 for my family to attend, and the Bon Jovi band was on stage for half the show and some lounge act was on for the other half. A half refund seems fair.
A lot of the time when you go see a band they do cover songs. It is NOT UNUSUAL. It just happens to be what the artist chooses to do that night. I have been to 200+ concerts and this is true for almost every single band. Pam
ReplyDeleteIn the last 8 days I have attended 3 shows and will be attending my 4th tonight. Our road trip has taken us to 3 States. After the epic performance at Gillette last week I was surprised the directionvtjwy took at Saratoga but still truly enjoyed the experience as he played some of his own songs that he doesn't normally perform and they are great songs. I think if it was the only concert I was to see I think I would have been a little disappointed. However as a huge part of the concert experience it actually looked like some people would have rather been having a colonoscopy than be at the show and it was like that from the beginning. I have never seen such a lackluster crowd. People were rude. It is what you make it. He played some of the popular stuff and threw some different stuff in the guy has had like 8 shows over a short period time he wanted to mix things up a bit. It is such an intimate setting that it fit. Maybe he was so mellow BC he was high off all the drixken pot in the air there. People didn't give 2 craps about anything someone behind me was so drunk and high that they burnedmy shoulder with their joint. luckily husband and Father in law didn't kill him. It was just such a crappy atmosphere if I were Bon Jovi I would say f**k em all and never go back there!
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