Bon Jovi - Bad Medicine - ISOLATED VOCALS - Analysis and Singing Lesson
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- Опубліковано 23 чер 2021
- In this video we do an ISOLATED VOCALS takedown of Bon Jovi's BAD MEDICINE! Watch Now!
Bon Jovi - Bad Medicine - ISOLATED VOCALS - Analysis and Singing Lesson
Desmond Child who co-wrote “Bad Medicine” with Bon Jovi, has said that the trio was a particularly focused band who mostly stayed away from drugs and other temptations because their work was so important to them.
What other bands can you think of that followed that same path and have enjoyed such longevity as a result? Share with me in the comments?
In this video we’ll look at the different elements that make this song so interesting and catchy,
including the quarter note rhythm groove that Jon does on the vocals.
We’ll see how each part of the song has its own unique, composed vibe to it and we’ll explore how Jon masterfully used breath control to sing a whole lot of lyric with very little breath.
Check it out!
Also be sure to check out the version I did here:
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Great band - great musicians - great songs - great sounds - great vocals - what a vibe!!!
Indeed, Diego!! Rock on!
Jon lead vocals, Richie Sambora backing vocals n the duet, but David Bryan's background vocal is great too... This harmonies form Bon Jovi's "sound"...
Thanks for listening!
Desmond Child had a huge impact here. As a matter of fact a lot of bands of that era had to write with him.
Trooooff
This song and "Lay Your Hands on Me" are some of the coolest and underrated riffs!!
👍
"Always Be My Baby", "Lay Your Hands on Me" are my favs...But Bad Medicine is also in my top 5. Such cool songs!
Love it. Thank you, for this. My mum/mom, is an opera singer, even she was impressed by JBJ's breath control here.
Thanks for listening!
I think what set Bon Jovi apart from others of their peers at the time was the band's vocal harmonies, which you can hear not only on this song, but especially on "Born To Be My Baby" for example: Jon Bon Jovi sang the leads, Richie Sambora sang the harmonies, Alec John Such sang the falsettos, David Bryan sang the second backings, and Tico Torres sang the low vocals. I'm sure when they did "New Jersey" they realised it was their trademark, so they searched long to find another big bombast chorus like "Bad Name" or "Prayer". You can tell they found it, because whenever they play this song live, they always add at least one chorus and let the crowd sing it 😉.
Thanks for the observations!
Tico didn't sing background vocals.
I said it before and I'll say it again, I would buy an album that has just Jon's voice without music. It is that good!
I met Bon Jovi on their UK leg of Slippery When Wet tour in Ipswich 1983 or 4, oppps ( date not correct it was 1985!) after the gig back at the hotel we were partying, Ritchie Sambora played me Bad Medicine for the first time. I started to sing a long with the track just humming the melody, Jon was shocked that I picked up the melody straight away he was shocked and was not happy he thought someone had already played me the song because I picked up the melody first time….. ha those were the days!!! Love your videos Ken💜💜💜
Yep dates are a fuzz but yep UK tour was very early on in this bands world tour of Slippery when wet tour and Bad medicine was the tour later but the track was already demo ready as I was played it by Ritchie Sambora in Ipswich. Cudos to your fact check dates! Like I say it was fuzzy remembering the dates! I was a recording artist back then before meeting Brian Robertson of Thin Lizzy and being together a lifetime and having our dear son Logan Robertson. But yes everything is true fact but dates…. err sorry!!!
@@acason4 yep I just replied to your info, thanks for that yes your dates are correct, the bad medicine was demo but a finished track even that early on on slippery when wet tour! Ipswich was the gig and I was played the demo by Ritchie back on his sound system in his hotel room after the gig! 💜💜💜
Ken, you are just as entertaining to watch as listening to Jon sing these lyrics! The part where Jon says “shake it up”, and you do your little shake, reminds me of the Bad Medicine video where the girl in the audience does the same little “shake” you do... makes me think that you were playing the video in your head while going through this song?!?? It’s what I was doing!! Again, this video was quite entertaining!! 💕✨
Busted! Rock on!
Thanks Ken for pointing out those nuances that John used on this song. Great breath control.
Thanks for listening!
I dont know anything about singing, but even I noticed, before i got to the part where you pointed it out, about how many words he was saying without taking a breath. Damn I miss this version of Jon.
Thanks for listening! Rock on!
Absolutely amazing song and to die for vocals from Jon. And i could´nt agree more with you Ken, this song has indeed withstood the test of time. Can´t wait to hear more Bon Jovi analysis and tutorials in the future :)
More to come!
I LOVE YOU VIDEOS KEN !!! YOU ARE AWESOME !!
Awesome. I love this band and have seen them three times. Thanks for the video Ken!🤘🏻
The first thing that stood out to me was that he still had some breath left to end of his phrases with a little vibrato! Love it....love this time in music.
Such a wealth of great tunes! Rock on!
@@kentamplin Heck yeah! Blackie Lawless or Michael Sweet would be great to hear. If I remember correctly, Michael Sweet tended to be a little sharp in pitch? Oh and Miljenko Matijevic or Tony Harnell.... just throwing things out there lol! You're awesome!
You are great sir. Everytime i saw you, you immediatelly bring good vibes and smile on my face.Thank you for your years of work and knowlegde that you bring us.
So nice of you!
Jon and Richie's writing...they are a great team
New subscriber here from PH. My favorite Rock Band JBJ. I love watching your videos. Awesome!
New Jersey was the very first Compact Disc (CD) I ever purchased, was Tapes and Vinyl before that. I absolutely love this album. I'd love to hear you do a version of track 4 Ken , Living In Sin. I always loved the energy in the vocals on that track especially at the end of the song. Awesome breakdown of Bad Medicine too 😃👍
Thanks for listening!! Appreciate it!
Great performance! Love the analysis! Made my morning.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Another great video Ken!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Many thanks for this analysis Ken !!! I was 12 when this song was released on the 'New Jersey' album and I can still remember today the 1st time I listened to it as it was like receiving a rock n roll slap in my face. Since this day all Bon Jovi music is a source of inspiration for my band. Great review from you as usual.
My pleasure!
You and Rick Beato are doing some really great work and your series on “isolated vocals” is must watch YT!!
I saw Bob Jovi at the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo as my wife loved him and I must admit the performance was one of the best I’ve ever seen and they sung it just like was on the recordings. I couldn’t believe how good he was.
He also did this thing where he would take a long lap on foot while playing the guitar and shake alot of fans hands (mostly girls and women) but he came across as such a genuine guy.
Very cool!
Always love when you review Bon Jovi. My favorites. ❤
Glad you like them!
I love these videos and how you enjoy the music, man! Rock on!
Glad you like them!
Love your passion Ken! Thank you very very much. We all love music!
My pleasure!
Nice! Those are super long vocal lines, wow! Thank you for being so positive, I always feel like rocking out after your videos!
Wow, thank you!
Wow Ken just wow 👌🏼😎👍🏻🔥I love the way you have a blast with these iso vids you do and your own down-to-earth style...your spirit is infectious man! Keep bringing it for us please! 😃💪🏼👍🏻 Always loved this song by Bon Jovi, and I can’t wait to listen to your performance of it as well - rock on! 🎶🎤🎸🥁🎶
Glad you like them!
This song is nostalgic for me. Great video. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Love it when you do Jon Bon Jovi isolated vocals Ken! 😎👍
Glad you enjoy the videos!
Jon ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ I love this!
Before I loved the music Now I love the Music with your break-down AMAZING . God Bless you my Brother👍👍👍
Thanks so much, Dave!
@@kentamplin Your work is very important...keeping the music alive .. I really enjoy hearing these amazing songs again in a new light..
You can really hear Springsteen's influence in Jon's lead vocal. He was going after The Boss. Love it!
Ken, defenitely enjoyed it! Thank you for this IVA !!!!!!!!!!!!! You are amazing!
You have made my day!!!! .Thank you for your passion,🔥🔥🔥 work and knowlegde. I'm a big Bon Jovi fan and I also love your version of Bad Medicine! You nailed it! What a voice you've got! Thank you! And what an amazing song it is! Great lyrics and Jon;s rendition, I have always loved Jon Bon Jovi for his passion and professionalism. Exactly the same what I love about you. Thank you! I'm sure we'll get to 1 million subscribers very soon.😘
Wow! Thank you very much, Ilo! I appreciate the kindness! Rock on!
@@kentamplin My pleasure! You've completely deserved it!👏
Great job ken! This is an Amazing song.
It sure is, maong!
Another great song from the great band!
U r amazing, the way u explained about vocals is outstanding. U r a great teacher for singing. Learning lots of new techniques on singing. 🧡🙏
So nice of you!
You're on fire Mr. Tamplin! We love it. What an incredible song.
I sang through the tune. The vocalist really needs to have a lot of air control to stay steady at G4 (it looked like on my graph) for a long time during the verses.
Thanks for watching, Nick!
Soo cool to see and watch this., :) Thank you for doing this. Isolated Vocals
Sure thing!
This is so golden.... Metal head at heart, but rocked my bon jovi and def leopard cassettes daily for hours as a wee lad... I love how you explain all the vocal talents and differentiations... Im still trying to be the rock star at karaoke night😂 thank you brother
Glad you enjoyed it, Ben!
Awwww I really enjoy your video. How u hilariously demonstrate the vocal analysis and lyrics is masterpiece and funny. That makes you exceptional. Muchlove and respect Ken🔥🔥🔥🔥
Thank you, Williams! Appreciate that!
@@kentamplin My pleasure.
Hey Ken! Missed you yesterday. Glad you're back today! Another killer video. Thank you for all that you do!😎
My pleasure, Jeff!
@@kentamplin 😎
Oh bon jovi sing this one awesome this one of my favs by bon jovi awesome song it rocks and jams your love is like bad medicine this song rocks Ken bon jovi nails it and sells it love his rocking vocals on it 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
He does, Cade!
Definitely Ken
Great video!
Glad you enjoyed it
Its a breathtaking song. Love IT.
Awesome!
I miss 80s Bon Jovi
Great band!
One of my favorite Bon Jovi songs. Definitely my favorite from New Jersey.
It's a great one!
Great band. Congrats on this video!👊🤘
Glad you enjoyed it!
Man, what a song ,,,,nostalgic...
Thanks for listening!
Ken, you deserve to hit the One Million Subscriber mark. I hope you do very soon!🔥
Thank you!
Awesome!
Thank you! Cheers!
Yes on the breath control! Singing along to this one helped me develop mine.
Awesome!
It reminds me of paradise city axel rose vocals. I learned this song and it was not easy remembering the lyrics and breath control. Glad I have a vocal teacher who is a fan of Ken Tamplin.
Haha! Rock on!
Master Jedi Tamplin, I saw Jon in Philly and he for sure just was incredible. He brought everything he had to a show. Respect!
That's great to hear!
Wicked!!! Love it love it love it.
Glad you like it!
Not going to scroll through all of the comments. But somebody had to stop by to say how BRILLIANT (And easy to pick out) Richie's voice is on these choruses.
Rock on!
Love bon Jovi music
Great band from Jersey, great songs including this one! Love this song! 🤘🏼🤘🏼
We agree!
@@kentamplin 🤘🏼🤘🏼
Hello and good morning from freezing good ol London Town! 💜💜💜 your channel as I’ve always told you. Like I told you I was around on Slippery When Wet tour here in UK. I witnessed MANY things on this tour believe me. This track was played to me by Ritchie Sambora in his hotel room. He wanted my opinion before it’s add to the album. I got the track so quick he was shocked how I sang along when I’d never heard it before … but it’s predict was easy! Anyway I do 💜 this track. Re the breath yes great but him singing this the way he did burnt his voice because he is not a natural rasp. 💜💜💜
Outstanding! You need to tour...
Maybe one day!
You are such a cool guy and show a lot of passion for what you do! Best regards from Brazil :)
Thank you so much 😀
I was watching Lionheart with Jean-Claude Van Damme ( was a big JCVD and Bon Jovi fan growing up) last week. A song came on and it sounded Exactly like you Ken.
Bon Jovi you the man!
Nice video ! From Brasil !
Thanks for the visit, Romulo!
Damn, it sure was a borrowed, borrow. Thanks for pointing it out. Still my favorite bon jovi song. Absolutely love it.
I watched Frank Stallone’s documentary recently and Richie Sambora used to play sometimes with Stallone’s band. It’s weird how the gritty and down to earth bands in the east coast (From Philly, Jersey, to Boston) simply gave us deep lyrics and unique riffs. By breaking down this great song, I can hear that east coast sound.
Insightful, Pedro. Thank you!
Great band. Such an underrated singer.
I remember Elvis Costello really admiring the songwriting on this track.
Great Job 😎 Greatings from Poland 🤘
Hey, thanks!
Yes Ken, I for one remember the Paul is dead rumor from over 50 years ago! Me and a friend of mine were obsessed with finding/interpreting clues in lyrics and in some cases hearing messages when certain lines were played backwards. And although Paul appeared to still be alive and well it was obvious that he had been replaced by a lookalike!! 🤣🤣🤣
The funny thing is you still see it every once in awhile on the internet that the real Paul died in a car wreck back then and the Paul now is body double/clone. It's crazy how so many of these things seem to live on for years and years afterwards. I still see people on Facebook in certain groups that sware Elvis did not die in 1977 and is still alive today and in Witness Protection. Then there's the 2PAC still alive stories and the most recent one I guess is Micheal Jackson. It's funny how the majority of all the conspiracies like these are with musicians.
Iconic song!
Indeed!
@@kentamplin 🤘🏼🤘🏼
Jon's really gonna leave you breathless. He needs it.
Rock on!
Great video Ken. As always. There's one thing though that I wished you had touched on. There's an interesting arrangement when it comes to the stacking of vocals in the chorus. On the second "Bad Medicine," they add harmony which isn't there on the initial part of the chorus. This is also an interesting way to give a chorus a little bit of a lift. Anyway, this is one of those great rockers with some links to the past in the guitar work. One last thing... I agree with your version of the phrasing in the verses as well.
Thanks for watching! Appreciate the insight.
I used to love the Star Trek stuff from Mad magazine. That stuff was golden
In my "early karaoke" days...😜...I used to do this song and that last run verse was always a challenge and a half. Fun song. Later my band covered it...had a good groove for the ladies...
Cool!
Loving how you break the song down ! Suggestion , have you thought about doing one on Terrance Trent Darby ? His vocal range is just sick !!❤
Great suggestion!
Ken,
Any chance you could do an iso analysis on probably the best band to ever break out of South Florida: Saigon Kick? They were heavily influenced by the Beatles and their group harmonizing (especially on their first two albums) really set them apart from all of the other hair/glam metal bands active at that time imho. Thanks!
Always wondered how he had breath control that good, kinda like Get out of denver by Bob seger, singing these long phrases without taking a breath and still sounding incredible, great video 👍
Thanks so much!
Your observation of: Money For Nothing, Bad Medicine & Satisfaction is spot on Ken… 👌🏻
I'm glad you think so!
I would love to hear your impression of how different Jon Bon Jovi sings now
This song is not about AIDS. The band was shootin' a video and Richie turned to Jon and said 'that woman she like, she like Bad Medicine man' and Jon was like hold on and the song was born.
Great vid though as always
I was thinkin' Elizabeth too. He got a little Fred Sanford action in that tune.
I'm coming to join you!
Hi.. see you from argentina, this song is just amaizing, i hear so many time but never pay attention to the breath..
Love bon jovi and i wish you can make a video like this with the song santa fe from blaze of glory álbum
Saludos de argentina
Killer vid Ken. How are you getting these masters? Just wondering. If you tell me would you have to kill me??😝
😉
I cant believe I never noticed how similar the guitar lick and sound is to Money for nothing. On a side note I've also never been able to figure out how he gets those harmonics in the money for nothing lick. I've seen tabs for it that are all different and some say its pinch harmonics, some say natural harmonics which is what it sounds like to me and ofcourse some of the tabs dont show any harmonics in the lick at all. Just one of those funny things I guess, ive always loved both songs. I dont remember when money for nothing came out but I it all over MTV in around 85 or 86 when I was 6 or 7 years old and I remember getting the Bon Jovi album on vinyl which I still have and Bad Medicine was one of my favorite songs on it instantly. Luckily I had a cool mom that was into rock so she let me get the albums of the bands I was seeing on MTV and hearing on the radio.
Very cool mom!
Can you analyze the rise and fall of Jon’s voice? I love Jon, but I’d like to know what you think happened, whether it was smoking or overtouring.
Agreed! I love love love to hear Ken speak about jbj's current......situation.
I think Ken would be shocked to hear present time jbj vocals.
Thanks for the suggestion, Logan!
@@thequiet1374 I think he briefly mentioned it in a earlier video saying about it being street technique and he could get most his voice back but it would take a lot of effort.
I had read that he was possibly using steroids to keep his voice up during tours. I don't know if this is the case, but once I heard it, I've never forgotten. It does make sense. I've seen them in concert 4 times...the last time in 2010-ish and it wasn't great and the high notes were painful... (but I enjoyed every minute anyway) and these days it's really rough. The keys that he sings in are high and I imagine with wear and tear, age and singing every night, the rigors of touring etc and singing in those crazy high keys that his voice was bound to give out.
I was hoping for more on, as you called it "the rise and fall" as well. Frankly, that's why I tuned in. I was super curious about what Ken thought. Also, I didn't know he was a smoker.
@@thequiet1374 and even his current songwriting. he needs sambora badly in my opinion. i’m a huge fan, but that new album was not it.
The vocals on those verses are sick! Don’t know how he sang that live
Ha, it's interesting about your take with the more soul/funk like phrasing. That's exactly what I would do too, because I've always loved R&B, soul and funk along side metal.Which I brought to the table when making metal songs. Its gotta "get down" hard, and not just "rock". They gotta stripper anthems of the 80s, man. It's like the true school blues. But with crazier hair
Not my favorite song of Bon Jovi, maybe because I listen to their stuff every day and heard it too often, but i can't imagine how hard it must be to sing this song in the middle of a 2-3 hour concert. Would you ever do a review of Santa Fe by Bon Jovi? I think that's a really hard song to sing with some interesting story too
@@kentamplin No, thank you! We are seriously so very lucky to have someone of your caliber making these video's for us!
your "Elizebeth" quote was dead on LOL
Haha!
I’ve decided, you’re having far too much fun doing these. :)
So much fun, bitman!
hey ken - great video as always! p.s are you able to do another john farnham video? I know you used to have one but it seems to have disappeared!
Best wishes
Probably not. Copyright issues.
@@kentamplin ahhh I did wonder if that was it... What a shame, he's my current favourite. Thanks for letting me know!
Great stuff. You should do Sweet Emotion and how about a little BTO?
Thanks for the suggestion!
I sound like Bon Jovi in my dreams 😊
Wonderful!
Great video Ken, thank you! I’ve had issues with my voice and throat last few week and think I have nodules. Trouble is I have gigs lined up all weekend and next few weeks and I’m struggling to sing. Do you have any advice or videos on how to deal with this 😩
Check this out, see if it's applicable to your situation. store.kentamplinvocalacademy.com/voice-repair
@@kentamplin thank you so much! Finally able to gig again and I’ve lost my voice .
Very cool. I said to myself the guitar tone sounded so similar to Dire Straits, just before you said it lol I do wonder what Jon is like live with this song, how does he change it, if at all?
When you were talking about the tough, long-winded phrases in the verses, I thought you were going to say "reminds me of Little Richard", but then you said "reminds me of Linkin Park", haha! I guess that works too...
Interesting!
😍👍
He sounds like James Brown on the "I gotta...I gotta do it again, wait a minute" part. BTW I bet he never sang it like that live. With all due respect, I bet he dropped some words and altered it. He might have just let the audience and the rest of the band sing the chorus hook to save his voice. You just can't compare how you'd sing in the studio doing one song a day to how you'd sing for over 2 hours night after night. His voice was awesome! Even in the studio the breath control is breathtaking! Great stuff!
Rock on!
Awesome video Ken, do you think phrases like that fried his cords? Sounded like support dropped on him through a few of those. Just meat on the bone 🍖 view.
Could be