Jon Bon Jovi - Destination Anywhere
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Free Music Notes for Destination Anywhere
Free Music Review: Jon Bon Jovi is going places . . .
Hit: 5 Stars
So, you say you're a Bon Jovi fan, eh? Or, maybe you're one of those nay-sayers who never believed in those athemic, guitar-laden rock songs, filled with aesthetic keyboard melodies and poetic lyrics. Or, worse yet, maybe you are actually one of those critics (barring myself, mind you). who has enjoyed the fruits of pleasure in knocking down a band that has stood the test of time, and has more talent in their pinkies than you do in your whole being. Regardless of what side of the fence you're standing on, you are in the know.It's no news, then, that the rock band, Bon Jovi, has taken a hiatus (again) to explore other avenues. Jon Bon Jovi is the first one out of the camp (in between being busy with the challenge of taking a shot at an acting career) to throw some music the public's way. So, you think you have Jon Bon Jovi all figured out by now? After all, you have thirteen years of looking back on material by the band as a unit, not to mention Blaze of Glory, Jon's last solo effort back in 1990. So, since boys will be boys, and Jon will be Jon, this solo effort must be jam-packed with a dozen happy-go-lucky arena rock tunes, and some tear-jerking, highly emotional melodic numbers mixed into the bag. History usually repeats itself, and what's not broke don't fix, right? WRONG!!!!! Just when you thought you had this guy pegged, he whips you a curve ball.
Quite on purpose, Jon Bon Jovi has made an album which is "opposite of what people expect me to do." If you think having a fluffy head of hair for so many years has rendered this guy stupid, think again. If you can't beat someone at their own game, you're certainly going to play along, but with your own set of rules.
Destination Anywhere is the title of Jon Bon Jovi's newest opus. To say it's different is an understatement. In life, there are generally changes, and in some cases, it's not for the worst. Jon took a left turn on this latest piece of work, but the road he's traveling down is colorful and intriguing, and surprisingly enjoyable. The sound that has been Bon Jovi's trademark in the past, and Jon's sound as a solo artist on Blaze of Glory, is not-so-evident in Destination Anywhere. Instead, there's sampling, and this thing called `loops', and a grittier, harder-edged sound. Lyrically, Jon writes as he always has, only he's gotten better. He has the God-given talent of writing a song, swallowing you in it's emotion, and not letting you go. Whether it's a feeling of joy, or an emotion that causes a tear to drop from your eye, or to fill you with an unrest that's so unsettling it squeezes your heart in a vise -- he can do it all. He has the ability to convey whatever it is he is feeling in his heart while penning the tune, and communicating that to the hearts of others in the form of speech we call . . . song. Put with the right music, to set the right mood, and it's under your skin. Jon's words and his expression gets under your skin and in your veins. Just as with Jon's past material, both alone and with his co-horts, Destination Anywhere gets in your system, whether it be immediately or gradually, with a vengeance.
1. Queen of New Orleans: Destination Anywhere starts out with a kick in the butt, but a kick unlike the usual. Starting out with a cool, gritty guitar groove, it kicks into a toe-tapping, pelvis-thrusting, get-down sexy beat. This song is one of the lighter on the album, with no particular heavy lyrical content:
Free Music Review: West of nowhere, in no urban country, in no countrylike city
Hit: 5 Stars
Jon Bon Jovi has a fascinating voice, the fascinating voice of an abyss that attracts you without any remission. It is New York City life. It is the life of any big city. Life comes from no one knows where in places that look like nothing really human, even if they are called maternities, like an asepticized no man's land between anywhere and nowhere, a somewhere that has no depth, no dimension, no density, except that or those of an abysmal chasm in which one falls without knowing when it started and when it will end, without knowing where it will lead since it comes from nowhere. And that voice of Jon Bon Jovi's rocks us gently in our feeling of loss and of abandoned escape that has no destination and no departure. Life is just a vast movement among things and decors more or less peopled with ghosts and strangers whom we cannot feel, to whom we cannot speak and from whom we can get no signifying message. Life is a driverless taxicab that recklessly runs among vehicles and people hitting some now and some more then and running always faster and still without any sense of direction. Our life in a city is like a tot tossed in a trashcan, a promise that may very well never see the sun again after the lid has fallen over its eyes. Can love be saved in this jungle ? Can love save us from this melting asphalt ? Can love redeem the asphalt jungle in which we are trapped ? And is there any escape, even with and in love, that can repave the dirt road in which we are grounded and stuck ? This long clip, this short film does not seem to leave any hope for any soul surviving in this blind alley of city life. And maybe it's better like that. We can always dream a miracle. It has more chances to happen than the city has to salvage itself into human density.Dr Jacques COULARDEAU
Free Music Review: One of my Favorites
Hit: 5 Stars
I bought this CD when it first came out a few years ago. I have to admit, when I first listened to it, I did not like it. At all. I guess I thought it was too...different. Unfortunately, I think I kind of put it in one of my "reject" CD piles. It must have been months later that I eventually dug it out and started listening to it again. After hearing it a few more times, I finally realized "Wow this is really good". This album is COMPLETELY un-Bon Jovi, but that's probably one of the reasons it's so good. As always, Jon succeeds in blowing me away with his songwriting talents.
I guess you could say the songs are more mellow; don't expect any Livin' on a Prayers, Bad Medicines, etc. But it's a nice change to hear Jon sing (with the band it can be more like yelling) and without the blaring guitars. Don't get me wrong, Bon Jovi wouldn't be Bon Jovi without Richie or those amazing choruses, but this IS a solo album.
As a whole, this album is probably one of the best I've heard. I could get into detailing every song but it would take me forever because there are so many good things I could say about each one. In fact, this is one of only two CDs I've ever encountered (the other being Cross Road of course) that I can just put in the CD player and let it play. I really don't think there is even one bad song on it.
Do I recommend this album? Absolutely. BUT, if you go into it trying to compare it with Bon Jovi the band, you will likely have the same reaction I did at first. If you can accept it for the great music that it is, I don't think you'll be disappointed.
Free Music Review: Simply Amazing.
Hit: 5 Stars
Destination Anywhere is no doubt one of my favorite CDs of all time. And it's not just because I'm a huge Bon Jovi fan in general. It's a great solo effort by Jon because he was able to put a more personal touch to the songs, and even though this album wasn't as big of a hit as the band's albums, there are some great classics on here. Being on his own, Jon was able to do a few deeper songs that would have seemed out of place on a regular Bon Jovi CD. At first listen, you might not even recognize that it's Jon with all the different technology and the experementation with different sounds, so don't give it a listen while expecting a Bon Jovi clone. The music itself on the CD is good, but the overall result is driven by Jon's excellent lyrics and vocals, something that was on occasion drowned out by heavy guitar riffs and catchy choruses on the average Bon Jovi album. I believe the reason this album didn't do as well when it was released was because fans were still focused on the future of the band and didn't give DA the chance it rightfully deserves. I recommend it to anyone with a longing for a more meaningful CD, and if it's not your favorite the first time around, play it a few more times and really pay attention, it just might grow on you.
Free Music Review: Timeless enjoyment.
Hit: 5 Stars
This is by far my favorite BON JOVI tape. I have had the CD for twelve years now--bought in 1997 while serving as a federal employed social worker working for the Army in Augsburg, Germany. I have been purchasing music in one form or other since 1966. Few have stood the test of time but quite honestly DESTINATION ANYWHERE never seems to get old. My husband is one who tends to not like songs unless he understands the words. Well the words on this tape are not only easily understandable but I find myself singing to them over and over again whether the tape is playing or not. I especially love MIDNIGHT IN CHELSEA, STARING AT YOUR WINDOW WITH A SUITCASE IN MY HAND, EVERY WORD HAS A PIECE OF MY HEART, IT'S JUST ME AND LEANING HOW TO FALL. I remember the advent of "soft rock" back in the 1970s. It was not appropriate for those of us who worked in offices at that time to listen to hard rock or head banger music. The music in DESTINATION ANYWHERE is totally appropriate however. I find it kind of mystical sometimes, mysterious and seductive. It is not surprising then that it remains one of my favorite tapes after all these years...