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Post by Iceman on Jul 28, 2015 17:18:00 GMT
If you've co-written a song, anyone involved has the right to release it. And mostly people don't mind having their songs released.
There's no way Richie could prevent Jon from releasing a song Jon co-wrote. And vice versa.
And usually the last album in the contract with any record label is a compilation or a live album. So maybe this is Jon's way of filling the requirements, by releasing a compilation of old-new tracks. Possibly they were recorded for single B-sides but since the albums didn't do too well the singles never got released? Anyway, I don't see that anyone of the band spent any time in the studio for Burning Bridges, since they were busy recording the next new album.
Also, if either Jon or Richie had basis for suing the other, I'm sure they or the record companies would've done that already. Probably they didn't have a contract for Richie to have to do the tour, or maybe it wasn't signed yet, who knows.
Ice
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Post by nate71 on Jul 29, 2015 6:20:17 GMT
Hi Ice, that with the compilation just makes sense and perhaps is also the reason why Jon doesn't want to promote ist as a new album. And I think it also makes sense now that he said, the album is the end of an era. I didn't knew that a compilation is most time the end of a contract with a record company.
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Post by Iceman on Aug 4, 2015 8:29:44 GMT
I have to say that I like these two tracks better than anything off The Circle or WAN.
I feel that Jon has distanced himself so far from what I as a fan want, that the B-sides and the tracks he thinks are not up to snuff are exactly the ones that I love. It's not a new phenomenon, but it's becoming more and more clear now. The last "new" music (by Bon Jovi) I loved was on the box set. I also love the NJ special edition, but "new" music has left me cold for a long time. I did like Lost Highway, mainly because it wasn't over-produced and the songs weren't about "livin' my life every day".
Ice
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Post by kenobionaprayer on Aug 4, 2015 13:38:55 GMT
Didn't Jon say somewhere that We Don't Run is the direction the 2016 album is going to be or did I imagine that?
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Post by Iceman on Aug 5, 2015 12:53:32 GMT
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Post by flash on Aug 7, 2015 18:18:10 GMT
Blind Love in full:
A Teardrop To The Sea can be found at least from Spotify.
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Post by flash on Aug 7, 2015 18:32:48 GMT
Call me crazy but of these four songs Blind Love sounds the best so far. Somehow it sounds the most "sincere" to me. I don't know... More listens required I guess. But I'm now looking forward to this album anyway. Seems to prove once again that Jon still doesn't compile albums based on which tracks are the best ones (which is fine IMHO) or he simply doesn't recognise which tracks are the best ones...
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Post by nate71 on Aug 10, 2015 6:19:54 GMT
I love them all, but Blind Love has already a special place in my heart. When these are mostely outtakes, I think, somebody should really have a word with Jon. How can't he see how good these are??? Or does he perhaps think that they are too special, so the normal fans won't listen to them??? But I'm glad he put this album out now for all to enjoy them. And perhaps, when people show him how much they love these songs, he perhaps learns from that for the future. :-)
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Post by nate71 on Aug 13, 2015 11:42:17 GMT
Island Records @islandrecords 12 Std.vor 12 Stunden
#NYC @bonjovi fans! Reply with your favorite Bon Jovi album for a chance to attend a "Burning Bridges" fan album listening event on Friday. 30 Retweets 50 Favoriten
Oh, I would so love to be there.
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Post by flash on Aug 14, 2015 5:29:32 GMT
I'm Your Man is now on Spotify. I'm really liking these new/old songs.
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Post by nate71 on Aug 14, 2015 7:27:20 GMT
Me, too. And I think it's a good description of who Jon is. Then I think, when you're a friend of him and you've problems, he's there, no matter what. That's the thing, that moves me about him. That he cares for friends.
So what does everybody thing about the new snippets, especially of course Burning Bridges!!! I love that. He showed balls to put it on the album, not matter if it's about the label or perhaps Richie or perhaps both. I like it, that he showed his feelings in this one.
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Post by flash on Aug 17, 2015 7:14:19 GMT
I find Burning Bridges pretty hilarious but I like it! Who Would You Die For sounds pretty interesting too. Not going to listen to snippets anymore but rather waiting for the album to come out.
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Post by nate71 on Aug 19, 2015 8:03:55 GMT
Only two more sleeps. Can't wait for Friday to come. :-) So curious about the whole Burning Bridges song. I always laugh out loud when I listen to that snippet. Who would you die for sounds really interesting. The same with fingerprints. But not long till we'll be able to listen to them all.
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Post by nate71 on Aug 20, 2015 9:42:34 GMT
Awww, I just heard that some people already got the CD from Amazon here in Germany. Grrr. I still have to wait till tomorrow for my itunes download. But I want it now!!! Lol.
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Post by flash on Aug 21, 2015 5:24:48 GMT
It's in Spotify now too. I get my CD today.
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