Hangin' with the Bongiovi kids

A couple of stories on Jon Bon Jovi's two eldest children.

Hamptons Magazine did a little interview with Stephanie, who's now 17 and working at the Blue Parrot.

Does dad have an influence on your music tastes?
I’ve always loved The Beatles; my dad had me singing to their music when I was a little kid. I even have their old vinyl records, which I still play.

What do the Bongiovi’s do together as a family activity?
Every Tuesday night, we watch Deadliest Catch on the Discovery Channel.

Read the full article here.

Meanwhile, Page Six (New York Post) reports that Jesse James got to meet NBA basketballer Dwyane Wade:

Bon Jovi drove his 15-year-old son to Southampton restaurant Madame Tong's Redeux to meet Wade at a dinner hosted by Hamptons media mogul Jason Binn. A source told us: "Jesse is a big Wade fan. He and Jon spent a lot of time talking to Wade and his girlfriend Gabrielle Union."

Rafael strikes again: What Do You Got? A guitar!

Rafael Luz is a teenage guitarist from Brazil who shot to fame in the Bon Jovi community after recording a solo for "We Weren't Born to Follow" that inspired Richie Sambora to add his own solo to the album version of the song.

Well, Rafael's back. :) Check out his cover of Bon Jovi's latest single "What Do You Got". His version includes an extended guitar solo ending that rocks up the song a little.

It's Hard Letting You Go live from the O2

I officially forgive The Powers That Be for releasing a completely unnecessary pro shot of "Captain Crash and the Beauty Queen from Mars" from London.... because "(It's Hard) Letting You Go" is now up on Bon Jovi's official videos page.

Watch the performance at this link.

Wanted Dead or Alive baby

In the tradition of the "Baby hates Miley Cyrus" video, here's another kid rocking out to Bon Jovi.

New single: What Do You Got - audio and lyrics

Bon Jovi's new single premiered on 95.5 PLJ today and can now be listened to on BonJovi.com. You can also get the mp3 at this link.

Here are the lyrics according to my ears... feel free to make corrections.

Everybody wants something, just a little more
We're makin' a living and what we're living for
Rich man or a poor man, a pawn or a king
You can live on the street, you can rule the whole world
But it don't mean one damn thing

What do you got if you ain't got love?
Whatever you got just ain't enough
You're walkin' a road but you're goin' nowhere
Tryin' to find your way home but there's no one there
Who do you hold in the dark of night?
You wanna give up but it's worth the fight
You can have all the things that you've been dreaming of

If you ain't got someone you're afraid to lose
Everybody needs just one someone to tell them the truth
Maybe I'm a dreamer but I still believe
I believe in hope, I believe that change can get us up off our knees

What do you got if you ain't got love?
Whatever you got just ain't enough
You're walkin' a road but you're goin' nowhere
Tryin' to find your way home but there's no one there
Who do you hold in the dark of night?
You wanna give up but it's worth the fight
You can have all the things that you've been dreaming of
If you ain't got love, it's all just keepin' score
If you ain't got love, what the hell we doin' it for?

I don't wanna have to talk about it
How many songs I gotta sing about it?
How long you gonna live without it?
Why does someone somewhere have to doubt it?
Someday you'll figure it out

What do you got if you ain't got love?
Whatever you got, it just ain't enough
You walk on that road but you're goin' nowhere
Tryin' to find your way home but there's no one there
Who do you hold in the dark of night?
You wanna give up but it's worth the fight
You can have all the things that you've been dreaming of
If you ain't got love, it's all just keepin' score
If you ain't got love, what the hell we doin' it for?

(Whoa oh oh oh) Ohh, what do you got if you ain't got love?
(Whoa oh oh oh) Ohh, what do you got if you ain't got love?
(Whoa oh oh oh) Ohh, what do you got if you ain't got love?
(Whoa oh oh oh)

More Greatest Hits (Australian) news

From the website of Australian radio station Triple M:

The special edition is a 30-song 2-CD set made up of the standard greatest hits CD and a second disc of fan faves like "Blaze Of Glory" and "Keep The Faith" and, wait for it, four new songs!
...
The new single "What Do You Got?" goes to radio tomorrow, August 28. The Greatest Hits album will be available November 5.

Looks like it might be a slightly earlier release Down Under (compared to November 9) and they've said The Ultimate Collection will have 30 tracks instead of 28... International bonus tracks? Or just inaccurate rounding? ;)

Read the full post here.

What Do You Got to debut on 95.5 PLJ

From the website of New York radio station 95.5 PLJ:

At 7:45am on Friday morning, Scott & Todd will have the WORLD PREMIERE of the brand new Bon Jovi single, "What Do You Got," from the greatest hits CD that hits stores on November 9th.

Tune in for the world premiere!

International IPs are blocked from listening but you can try either using a proxy to get around it or wait for someone to (hopefully) post a decent quality rip.