My friend Jay over at The Sexy Armpit Blog may have the post of the year going on. Before you go any further here, head over there and read his insightful prose about the wonders of the internet.I'm not sure if this is the greatest concert T-Shirt ever to be created or the worse? But damn if it isn't a lightning rod for conversation. Apparently it went for over $200 on eBay. While this may seem insane for a old and worn t-shirt that is two decades old, upon further review, it may be a bargain. The average Bon Jovi concert ticket is over $100 with all of the added service charges, parking, etc...so you figure you and a friend or significant other sit in the rafters for 2 hours of entertainment for $200.
When the show is over, for about a week, friends will ask you:
"Hey, how was that Bon Jovi concert?"
You reply with:
"You know, it wasn't bad. The band played over two hours, they sounded good and they played all the big hits. But no album cuts except "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" (which I wish would die) and stuff from 'Lost Highway'. Oh yeah and I hate Jon's new hair!"
That will be all that you get from your investment of $200. But this t-shirt will engage people for not just hours, days, weeks, months or years...but decades.
First off, a roid version of Jon Bon Jovi will bring about endless amounts of laughs, questions and puzzling looks. First off someone may ask:
"Is that Jon Bon Jovi...and why does he have a codpiece?"
Then if you went to a comic book convention, some may think it's Thor, Beowulf or He-Man. "Dude, that He Man shirt is bad-ass, do they have one for She-Ra?"
Then in some bar in New Jersey, some guy will see it and go:
"Man, I hope they do a shirt like that when Springsteen closes out Giants Stadium this fall. Seriously, you could have Bruce with his guitar around his back and the Big Man on top of the stadium, how bad ass would that be?"
This may be a greater conversation piece than an original Picasso hanging in your house. Seriously, how many people will you allow to see a Picasso? But this shirt....this shirt, you could wear it everywhere and random strangers will come up and talk to you about it. You could go to Germany, Japan, Canada, the United Kingdom, Third-World countries and it's inevitable that someone will say something about it. In my opinion, this is the best $200 you could ever spend.
So what does this say about Bon Jovi? I have no idea. But if they had mass produced this shirt for the Jersey Syndicate Tour, they should have possibly changed the opening of the show.
Instead of opening every show with "Lay Your Hands On Me" and having Jon Bon Jovi erupt through the stage amidst a flurry of pyrotechnics, Jon Bon Jovi should have gone to center stage pulled out his sword and said "By the Power of Grayskull", have a bombastic pyro blast and then begin the show. That would have been awesome. Plus think of the cross promotional possibilities (relating the kids, comic geeks, etc.). It could even give new meaning to "on a steel horse I ride". Man, the possibilities are endless for a mere $200.
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He-Man Intro
Lay Your Hands On Me
