Bon Jovi Box Set

[JonBonJovi]

100,000,000 BON JOVI FANS CAN’T BE WRONG... - UNIQUE FOUR-CD/ONE-DVD BOX SET FEATURES 38 NEVER BEFORE RELEASED RECORDINGS PLUS 12 RARITIES
(Friday, October 1, 2004)

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100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can’t Be Wrong...:
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UNIQUE FOUR-CD/ONE-DVD BOX SET FEATURES 38 NEVER BEFORE RELEASED RECORDINGS PLUS 12 RARITIES
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100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can’t Be Wrong... (Island Def Jam/UMe), released November 16, 2004, is a “thinking outside the box” box set from one of the most popular and successful bands in rock. Another landmark in Bon Jovi’s history of pioneering events, the mammoth four-CD, 50-song collection (plus a DVD) is not a greatest hits collection but instead is comprised largely of previously unreleased recordings from the band’s vast archive--in other words, the band’s “greatest hits you never heard.” Along with the 38 tracks that make their debuts are a dozen rarities from around the world. The earliest songs hail from 1985, the latest from 2003. Yet each CD was sequenced by the band as a complete album experience rather than chronologically.

Also included is a bonus DVD featuring exclusive interviews and behind-the-scenes footage. In addition, the hardbound collector’s box set package boasts a 64-page booklet with rare photos, fan testimonials, exclusive interviews, and personal content from the band.

Marking the 20th anniversary of the band’s debut album, 100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can’t Be Wrong... is the group’s first box set and, in typical Bon Jovi fashion, breaks new ground. Whereas most such packages recycle a greatest hits album and add a few previously unreleased bonuses, this collection offers fans the chance to discover their own never before released favorites by presenting dozens of songs that, for whatever reason, never made an album. Typically, this prolific band records upwards of 30 songs for an album; matters of time, style and personal preference often result in difficult choices. In fact, Jon Bon Jovi jokes that he would make a poor A&R exec because he wanted to leave what turned out to be a monster hit, “Livin’ On A Prayer,” off the landmark album Slippery When Wet.

Also noteworthy is that with 100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can’t Be Wrong... Bon Jovi launches American XS Platinum, a premium paid level of membership in the American XS program that provides exclusive content and benefits. Bon Jovi initiated the original American XS program with the release of 2002’s Bounce. Each copy of that CD included a sticker with a unique pin code and by logging onto www.bonjovi.com, purchasers could sign up for American XS and receive exclusive access to footage (video and audio) as well as access to passwords for pre-sales on concert tickets.

Bon Jovi’s history of initiating such new ideas has included Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora’s seminal bare-bones, acoustic performance on the 1989 MTV Video Music Awards, which became the inspiration for the “Unplugged” series. Bon Jovi also became the first artist to close New York’s W. 53rd Street for a performance on “The Late Show with David Letterman” and the first to perform on the rooftop of that show’s Ed Sullivan Theatre. In 2002, the band drew more than half a million people to Times Square to see their performance at the inaugural NFL Kickoff event and then helicoptered to Giants Stadium to become the first artist to perform at a Giants halftime show. A 2002 London concert was broadcast live into movie theatres across the U.K. and Europe and Webcast live to more 1,000,000 viewers in 60-plus countries.

Bon Jovi also spearheaded the Moscow Music Peace Festival in that city’s Olympic Stadium--the first rock music fest of its kind in the former U.S.S.R.--and the band’s New Jersey album was the first western rock album officially released by Melodiya, the government label in the then-Soviet Union.

With the release of 2002’s Bounce, Bon Jovi again made headlines when they partnered with MTV Worldwide for a “Bounce to Australia” contest where every single MTV partner across the globe sent contest winners to see Bon Jovi’s show in Australia.

A rarity for a hard rockin’ band that emerged in the ‘80s, today Bon Jovi’s dignity remains intact, its songs have stood the test of time and its fans still want more. As the title says, 100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can’t Be Wrong...





100,000,000 BON JOVI FANS CAN’T BE WRONG



CD #1



1. WHY AREN’T YOU DEAD?

Previously Unreleased



2. THE RADIO SAVED MY LIFE TONIGHT

Previously Unreleased



3. TAKING IT BACK

Previously Unreleased



4. SOMEDAY I’LL BE SATURDAY NIGHT (DEMO)

Demo; Previously Unreleased (Final version included on’ Cross Road’ album)



5. MISS FOURTH OF JULY

Previously Unreleased



6. OPEN ALL NIGHT

Previously Unreleased



7. THESE ARMS ARE OPEN ALL NIGHT

Previously Unreleased



8. I GET A RUSH

Previously Unreleased



9. SOMEDAY JUST MIGHT BE TONIGHT

Previously Unreleased



10. THIEF OF HEARTS

Unreleased Studio Track (live version available only on TLFR DVD – audio never released)



11. LAST MAN STANDING

Unreleased Studio Track (live version available only on TLFR DVD – audio never released)



12. I JUST WANT TO BE YOUR MAN

Previously Unreleased



CD #2



1. GARAGELAND

Previously Unreleased



2. STARTING ALL OVER AGAIN

Released as a Bonus Track in Japan Only on ‘Keep The Faith’ album



3. MAYBE SOMEDAY

Previously Unreleased



4. LAST CHANCE TRAIN

Previously Unreleased



5. THE FIRE INSIDE

Previously Unreleased



6. EVERY BEAT OF MY HEART

Previously Unreleased



7. RICH MAN LIVING IN A POOR MAN’S HOUSE

Previously Unreleased



8. THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY

Previously Unreleased



9. YOU CAN SLEEP WHILE I DREAM

Previously Unreleased



10. OUTLAWS OF LOVE

Previously Unreleased



11. GOOD GUYS DON’T ALWAYS WEAR WHITE

Released on the soundtrack to the motion picture ‘The Cowboy Way’



12. WE RULE THE NIGHT

Previously Unreleased



CD #3



1. EDGE OF A BROKEN HEART

Released on the motion picture soundtrack to ‘Disorderlies’; also released as a b-side)



2. SYMPATHY

Previously Unreleased



3. ONLY IN MY DREAMS (featuring Tico Torres on vocals)

Previously Unreleased



4. SHUT UP AND KISS ME

Previously Unreleased



5. CRAZY LOVE

Previously Unreleased



6. LONELY AT THE TOP

Released as a b-side singles from and on special 2-CD edition of ‘These Days’ album



7. ORDINARY PEOPLE

Released as a b-side from the ‘Crush’ album



8. FLESH AND BONE

Previously Unreleased



9. SATELLITE

Previously Unreleased



10. IF I CAN’T HAVE YOUR LOVE (featuring Richie Sambora on vocals)

Previously Unreleased Solo Track



11. REAL LIFE

Released on the motion picture soundtrack to ‘EDTV’



12. MEMPHIS LIVES IN ME (featuring David Bryan on vocals)

Previously Unreleased; from the musical production ‘MEMPHIS’



13. TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING

Previously Unreleased





CD #4



1. LOVE AIN’T NOTHING BUT A FOUR LETTER WORD

Previously Unreleased



2. LOVE AIN’T NOTHING BUT A FOUR LETTER WORD (DEMO)

Previously Unreleased



3. RIVER RUNS DRY

Previously Unreleased



4. ALWAYS (DEMO)

Demo; Previously Unreleased (final version included on ‘Cross Road’ album)



5. KIDNAP AN ANGEL

Previously Unreleased



6. BREATHE

Released as a b-side from Bounce album; Released on the Target Exclusive CD in the US 2003



7. OUT OF BOUNDS

Previously Unreleased



8. LETTER TO A FRIEND

Previously Unreleased



9. TEMPTATION

Released as a b-side on singles from the ‘Crush’ album



10. GOTTA HAVE A REASON

Previously Unreleased



11. ALL I WANNA DO IS YOU

Previously Unreleased



12. BILLY

Previously Unreleased



13. NOBODY’S HERO

Previously Unreleased

 

[spawn]

How could they leave off Love Is War!


10. IF I CAN’T HAVE YOUR LOVE (featuring Richie Sambora on vocals)

Jon Bon Jovi jokes that he would make a poor A&R exec because he wanted to leave what turned out to be a monster hit, “Livin’ On A Prayer,” off the landmark album Slippery When Wet. Way to go Jon!

 

[Goreripper]

But at the same time, he kept "You Give Love a Bad Name" for himself instead of giving it to Loverboy. So he would have made a good A&R guy after all. They never seem to know what they're doing.

 

[TRrEiTxIxRiE DTrash]

Where's Borderline?

 

[spawn]

Plus he got Cinderella signed, and helped Skid Row too

 

[spawn]

But how could you not know Living On A Prayer was going to be a hit...

 

[spawn]

Did you know You Give Love A Bad Name was the first song they wrote with Desmond Child and it only took them an hour and half?

 

[Goreripper]

Yes I do, but it's a pretty simple song isn't it?

 

[spawn]

Maybe in structure, but if it was so simple we would all be doing it and raking in the millions!

 

[spawn]

I cant believe they left out Love Is War, not only did it not make an album, it didnt even make the box set with the unreleased stuff. A travesty. Im going to upload the song so everyone can bask in its greatness.

 

[TRrEiTxIxRiE DTrash]

Love Is War is an awesome song. That and Borderline should both have been on Slippery When Wet instead of Social Disease and maybe Raise Your Hands.

 

[spawn]

http://home.iprimus.com.au/spawny1/liw.zip Its 3.8 megish

Love Is War is from the New Jersey period, thats probably why it didnt make the Slippery When Wet album

How can you say get rid of Raise Your Hands? Its one of their best songs ever! It was in Spaceballs for crying out loud!

 

[Sydo]

100million?

 

[spawn]

They sold lots and lots of records

 

[TRrEiTxIxRiE DTrash]

Raise Your Hands is a good song but its definitely one of the 2 bottom songs on Slippery. It's not as good as Let It Rock, Bad Name, Prayer, Wanted, Without Love, I'd Die For You, Never Say Goodbye or Wild In The Streets.

It has great guitars from Richie in it but the hooks are a bit ordinary. I don't like the chorus very much.

 

[spawn]

But.. But... ITS SO GREAT!

 

[TRrEiTxIxRiE DTrash]

It is good, but I wouldn't go that far.

 

[spawn]

Its better than Without Love, Social Disease and Wild In The Streets for SURE

Slippery When Wet rules

 

[TRrEiTxIxRiE DTrash]

It's better than Social Disease for sure. I dunno about Wild In The Streets coz I LOVE that song but I see where you are coming from.

But Without Love? COME ON that's one of the best songs on the album... that song is unbelievable. The hooks in that are some of the best Jon has ever written (or maybe Des wrote them lol)... and that keyboard progression is amazing.

 

[spawn]

I dont like Without Love that much... Well, compared to the others, every song on the album is at least great, and most are amazing