What About Now

I know that at the moment I am doing more music reviews than book reviews. This is because I am writing a long in-depth post on Jonson's 'Volpone' and I am trying to update and finish my post from a few years ago on 'The Odyssey'.

I watched Bon Jovi play live yesterday and suddenly realised that they have released a new album. So I'm going to review it- afterall it is the first real rock album that i've reviewed in my blogs!

We owe so much to Bon Jovi. All their songs are anthems and I'm told that they are truly amazing live! I'm desperate to go to their concerts and sing you give love a bad name as loudly as i possibly can! Songs like Livin' on a Prayer, It's my life, Wanted Dead Or Alive and You Give Love A Bad Name are the most commonly known songs and the most requested in sing-a-longs. These songs get you through crap times and motivate you all the time.

What amazes me is that they have never produced a bad album! Of course there are some songs that are better than others, but they don't have a bad album. Another amazing point is that i have never heard a cover of Livin on a prayer. There are some songs that shouldn't be covered and everyone seems to accept that this is one of them!

So 'What About Now' was released in March 2013. The song What About Now has a similar feel to Two Story Town or Say It Isn't So. It's got a calmer, more relaxing feel to it that is often associated with Bon Jovi . It shows their ability to really sing and keep writing songs in the same style. Sometimes we hear bands and we think that all their songs sound the same.... Bon Jovi songs all sound like Bon Jovi songs, but they don't sound the same. They incorporate the styles of Bon Jovi but manage to adapt and make every song a new song.

All their songs are catchy and easy to listen to, but a personal favourite of mine is #2 on their album "I'm with You". It sticks in my head easily and incorporates everything I liked about It's my Life and You Give Love A Bad Name. I wouldn't say that it is the best ever Bon Jovi song- I don't think that they will ever outdo 'Livin On A Prayer', but they are still meeting the exceptionally high standards they have set for themselves over the previous 11 album.

I have to admit that I almost forget about the existence of their 2009 album 'The Circle'. I do know some songs off of it such as 'We weren't born to follow' and 'Brokenpromiseland', but they just don't spring in to my mind when i think of Bon Jovi, not like Bad Medicine. Their album wasn't bad- they aren't capable of producing a bad album, i just forgot to listen to it on loop because at that time, a lot of things were due to come out such as 'The Final Frontier', 'Death Magnetics' and 'Black Ice'.

Because I stopped reading Kerrang!, I stopped becoming informed about new albums and therefore didn't realise that Bon Jovi had released another album. So this is a reason why you should carry on reading Kerrang! and keep following bands that you like.

My final point is about his voice! He sounds like a trained singer and has managed to keep his voice exceptionally well. It has a mystical tone to it that manages rock exceptionally well but also does acoustic songs beautifully. I know they did a cover of hallelujah, which i really liked and if Romeo And Juliet wasn't such a good song to start with and on the list of songs that should never be covered, i would go as far as to suggest that they could do a really good cover of it!

Ignore the ratings that magazines gave to this album- all Bon Jovi albums are better than 3 stars and this one is no exception!