The following response came in regards to this Bon Jovi review.
THANK YOU for writing this review. I couldn't even believe that people liked, "Have a nice day" cause I was embarrassed when I heard it cause it sounded like other stuff and the song just seemed dumb to me. "Weren't born to follow" sounds weaker than weak. The whole song falls apart in the chorus. I have noticed that BIG bands tend to get sucky when they fire their managers. Aerosmiths "Pump" album was HUUUUUGE and what made it great was that they had a gun to their head by others who made them work harder and longer to get the album to be better. Same thing with Metallica and they put out amazing stuff. Bon Jovi fired McGee and there went some oversight over quality. (I know they fired him a while ago, but the damage is showing)
Someone needed to say, THIS SONG SUCKS worse than your usual B-sides, Jon. I noticed a step down in quality from seeing them on "Bounce" and seeing them on "Lost Highway" Tour. Jon just walks on stage like he was so used to it all (and in a way he should be) but he seems to think that he can open his mouth and a good song comes out. He has lost the hunger that makes writers work harder. They never would have done this years ago.
Also, they need to go back to the pizza party days where they gave younger people pizzas to sit and listen to their songs and choose which were better. NEW JERSEY was a great album because THE FANS chose songs and more importantly rejected songs that surprised the band. I guarantee you that Weren't born to follow would NEVER have made it past one pizza party session.
