Blood on Blood

In using the software from vixy.net (which you can read more about here, towards the bottom of the column) to convert videos from YouTube to .mp3 files, it's affored me the opportunity to reconnect to bands or songs that I haven't listed to in a long time.

In a little over a week, I've converted over 40 live performances from some of my favorite bands, such as Bon Jovi, Pearl Jam, Van Halen, Live, The Dave Matthews Band, and in doing so I can enjoy these songs without having to rely on my computer to listen to them.

One band that I've been listening to and reconnecting with (since I've started converting videos to .mp3's) is Bon Jovi. And I'm not talking about that crap that they've been trying to pass off as music to their fan base the past couple of years. I'm talking about the music that they produced from the mid-80's to mid 90's when they were a good rock band.

Reconnecting with the music of one of the Greatest 80's Hair Bands has been an interesting experience, as some of the lyrics have a deeper meaning and I have a greater understanding of them, as opposed to when I was a teenager and young adult hearing them for the first time.

Now I know I've been listening too to much Bon Jovi lately, as I'm waxing philosphically, as Jon Bon Jovi tends to do between songs (as a imitation of what Bruce Springsteen does between songs - must be a Jersey thing).

Anyways, for YouTube Tuesday, below are three live Bon Jovi performance from when Bon Jovi was a rock band and played music with loud guitars and big drums in a long-haired rock and roll band.

Lay Your Hands on Me (live from London 1995). Check out the excellent guitar work in the middle of the song. Richie Sambora's too drunk, wasted and stupid to play guitar like that anymore.



Wild in the Streets (live from 1989). You weren't cool unless you had a 3/4 length full leather jacket



And finally Blood on Blood (live from 1989). Jon channeling his best Bruce performance. Nice piano work in the background during the intro. This is for all the true friends out there.