Grammys make up with Bon Jovi

I'm sure I've seen, heard, or read this somewhere before so it's not exactly new news, but anyway...

Guitarist Richie Sambora tells us that Grammy organizers approached Bon Jovi about the performance after having denied the group the chance to play a couple of years ago: "They really actually came after us you know, we're really really getting ready for this tour. And I think it was like when we won the Grammy a couple of years ago with 'Who Says You Can't Go Home', we wanted to play and they didn't kind of let us play. This was kind of a respect situation when they came back and said, 'We're gonna give you six and a half minutes and guys could do what you want.'"

The rest of the 610 CKTB article is here.

EDIT: I worked out where I'd seen this before... the conference call that Richie and Tico gave after their Grammys performance. ;)

Bon Jovi Grammys performance

Bon Jovi's performance of the Grammy-nominated "We Weren't Born to Follow", Grammy winner "Who Says You Can't Go Home" with Jennifer Nettles, and the winning song "Livin' on a Prayer" at the 2010 Grammy awards is already on YouTube.



I'm really undecided about this performance. It wasn't horrendous or anything. I mean, it could have been worse -- but it could have been better too. Jennifer is clearly covering for Jon on the high notes of "Prayer" but that's what basically happens at concerts (with the band and crowd singing for Jon what he hasn't had to since the 80s). If "Always" had won the poll, it would have been more obvious if and where Jon needed "saving".

"Prayer" might have packed more punch with the key change, but I don't know what Jennifer's range is like and this isn't like a Bon Jovi concert with tens of thousands of screaming fans to help out.

Overall, a pretty standard television performance, albeit before a bigger audience.

Bon Jovi Grammys goss

Final round voting for the Bon Jovi song to be played at the Grammys continues.

Click here to vote - You can vote as many times as you like.

Meanwhile, in this Hollywood Insider interview with Grammys executive producer Ken Ehrlich...

Give us a little intel on the tribute to Bon Jovi.
The fans are voting for one of three songs on CBS.com (that Bon Jovi will perform; they are “Livin on a Prayer,” “It’s My Life,” and “Always”). He won’t know which song that won until 30 seconds before he finishes the second song and then boom, he’s on it. He’ll do “We Weren’t Born to Follow,” and then Jennifer Nettles will come on and join him, and then he’ll go into one of three songs.

If that's for real, then colour me impressed. Although the litmus test will be if Jon can nail the vocals to "Always", which I'm hoping will be the winning song.

Anyway, most of the interview is about the planned Michael Jackson tribute but you can read it all here.

Vote for Bon Jovi song at the Grammys - FINAL 3

The poll to select the Bon Jovi song to be performed at the Grammys has been whittled down to the final three:

Livin' on a Prayer
It's My Life
Always

Click here to vote.

Assuming our vote actually does count and Jon is up to the vocal challenge (which is questionable in itself if some of these promotional performances so far have been anything to go by), I would really love to see "Always" played. I mean, "Prayer" and "It's My Life" are played at every concert anyway, and "It's My Life" on far too many TV appearances... But "Always" is Bon Jovi's biggest worldwide hit and, until the Lost Highway tour, we didn't get to see it for five years (unless you include the This Left Feels Right version).

Vote for a Bon Jovi song to be performed at the Grammys

According to the CBS website:

Here’s your chance to pick what song Bon Jovi will perform live at the GRAMMYS®. Whether it’s the classic song ‘Livin on a Prayer’ or one of their newer hits, ‘Have a Nice Day’ the decision is up to you!

Here’s how it works: right now vote from the top six songs above*. Remember you can vote every day. Then on January 25th the list will be narrowed down to the top three songs with the voting continuing everyday. Then tune in during the GRAMMYS live on Sunday January 31st to see which song Bon Jovi will perform!

*The songs you can choose from are:
Livin' on a Prayer
It's My Life
Wanted Dead or Alive
Bed of Roses
Always
Have a Nice Day

Click here to vote. (Although it doesn't work for me because every time I enter the CAPTCHA, I get a message saying the security code I entered doesn't match even though it does.)

Personally I think it might have been more meaningful to have people choose between songs from The Circle, but oh well.