UPDATED: Here Comes the Hate Mail...

Dear Sean,

No doubt, you’ve already been bombarded. I wanted to join the ranks. Clearly you are not a Jersey girl who grew up in the 80’s with a door-poster of Jon in your bedroom; I get that. However, if you aren’t a fan of Bon Jovi’s new music, then perhaps you shouldn’t have gone to the concert bearing its name in the first place. I’m sure there were other people that would’ve gladly taken your spot. At 46 Jon is still a great artist/singer and performer, and for you to take that away from him with such demeaning words seems a bit harsh, even for a "critic." I understand everyone is entitled to their opinion, but something tells me your opinion differs from about 20,536 people who enjoyed the show immensely, especially the shimmys! Perhaps you were also a little jealous of just how much we female fans love our man Jon. After all, you certainly can’t argue that he looks DAMN GOOD for his age.

Jersey Girl extraordinaire

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Dear Sean,

Next time the Times should send someone to the Bon Jovi concert who truly appreciates good music.

Your article and your taste in music need to learn how to rock, cause you don’t!

PS Bob Dylan can't sing to save his life!

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Sean Sean: What the hell?!?!?!?!

Dumb, dull, fine, sublime, goofballs....What concert were you at????

The Bon Jovi concert last night kicked ass!!!!!!!!!!!!  Did you notice that the crowd,
woman and MEN where on the feet almost the entire concert singing and dancing and having an awesome time. Where were you watching the concert from, the men's room?
You obviously are not a Bon Jovi fan. To bad you missed a GREAT time?!?!

From a true Bon Jovi Goofball Fan

PS: And yes I screamed when he showed some chest and shook his fanny!! Are you jealous Sean?  Are you? I think so!

Comments

[DW]

I couldn't agree with your more. When I first read this review - my first thought was "Was he really at the same show?"

[NickWithAnAxe]

Really?

Did someone really just insinuate that JBJ was superior in any way, shape or form to Dylan?

I must have been imagining it. HAD to have been.

[Bassnote]

Sean is right, the new album is not good. By the way, I like Bon Jovi.

[Guy]

You nailed it, Daly. Trekked up to Newark last October to see the tour-opening show and wanted to stick a fork in my eye each time most of the new songs were played. 4-5 new songs, OK - I realize you have new product to push. 7-8 songs is overkill, particularly when you largely ignore vast swaths of your catalog (Bon Jovi, 7800 Fahrenheit, These Days, etc.). Jon's efforts to out Springsteen the Boss get tiresome as well.

Still, you gotta give them props for their longevity at a time when every band of their era (U2 excepted) wouldn't be able to draw half as well.

[DG]

I agree that their their latest album pales in comparison to their best work. The part I didn't get was when you conflated Bon Jovi to Daughtry, as if their of the same ilk.

Bon Jovi really did get to where they are through years of hard work. Daughtry took a short cut through American Idol. If Daughtry hadn't been on AI, his band would still be playing in roller rinks.

[Jeff in Cuba]

SD,

Thanks for sharing.

I consider myself quite the connoisseur of hate mail and this is some good stuff.

I shut down TV service over about a third of the base on for 6 hours on Saturday, and I'm still getting "love notes".

[nomoreodu]

May not have been the best Bon Jovi show I've ever been to, but it certainly wasn't dumb, dull, sublime, or goofy! It was great rock concert where people had fun! What show were you at Sean?

[chad]

what many people might not get, bon jovi have never jumped on the nostalgia bandwagon. everytime they tour its for new product. is lost highway as good as slippery when wet, no, but how could it ever be. i dont know why people, or critics for that matter, always compare one cd to another. even if they tried, bon jovi couldnt do another slippery. its been 22 years, they are not the same people. they have families, and other responsibilities. their view of life is different. their catalog is pretty impressive. have they made a masterpiece everytime out, nope. but nobody has, not even u2. maybe 7-8 songs from a new cd is excessive, but i'm willing to bet more bands wish they could do that. thats why bon jovi has stayed relevant through the years.

[Spears]

Hey gang, I can assure you the crowd at this show wasn't on its feet the whole time. Any time he queued up a new song, pretty much every one in the second and third levels sat down. And pretty much half the section I was sitting in (in the first level) sat down.

There's a certain amount of hyperbole coming from the die-hard BJ fans here. Take it with a grain of salt (and a shot of whiskey).

[denvermatt]

Hate to break it to you Chad, but Bon Jovi is not relevant musically. He has stayed in the spotlight for everything BUT music.