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- From studio gopher to global superstar, Jon Bon Jovi spent years chasing his big break. Working the club circuit as an underage teenager, Jon was shocked one night when his musical idol Bruce Springsteen jumped on stage and started duetting with him! Actually, he was singing The Boss's song at the time. Pretty cool. Later when Bon Jovi finally got a demo for his song Runaway recorded, he was rejected by every record label in the biz. And he thought that maybe it was time to call it quits. But in a last-ditch effort, he decided to sneak into a New York radio station and pitch Runaway straight to the DJ… The DJ ended up playing it and virtually overnight the song was a hit and set this singer up for a record label and a major tour… the only problem was Jon didn’t even have a band! Up next, the story of Jon Bon Jovi’s tenacity, and how he formed a band after Runaway hit it big and transformed a would-be pop idol into a hard rock icon NEXT on the Professor of Rock.
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I’m excited to return to another one of my favorite shows that we do on this channel. It’s called Breakthrough. In this show, we break down songs, albums, or events that kicked open the door to an artist or band’s career and gave them the momentum to rocket to long-term success. I gotta tell you, I’ve been watching the Bon Jovi Documentary on HULU and I’m Blown away at Jon Bon Jovi’s drive and tenacity… He really deserves all of his success. But it’s interesting because Jon almost went a totally different route… as a rookie he was startling the fence between pop and rock… Today we tell the story of what took him from a would-be pop idol to a hard rock icon, with the story of their 1984 debut, Runaway.
So Bon Jovi was formed in 1983 in New Jersey, but our story actually begins before that… back when lead singer Jon Bon Jovi was still known by his given name John with an “H” Bongiovi. Jon started getting into music big-time while he was a teenager, attending Sayreville High School in New Jersey. There he joined nine other musicians to form a Rhythm and Blues cover band called Atlantic City Expressway… Among others, the ten-piece covered songs from New Jersey natives Bruce Springsteen and Southside Johnny… played at clubs along the Jersey Shore, and this even though they were underage.
Actually, in 1979 Jon and the band were even joined onstage by Bruce Springsteen himself while singing the Boss’s song Promised Land… One minute Jon was up there performing and the next he looked over, and there he was - Bruce Springsteen - on stage singing along. Going back to high school the next day, Jon was walking on air. The impossible felt possible. And he realized that nothing mattered but the music. Forget math class. Forget all the high school drama. - Розваги
Poll: Who is your pick for the greatest vocal and guitar duo of the 80s?
Living Colour - Corey Glover and Vernon Reid
Angus n Brian
Seals and Crofts. Been listening to them a lot lately. "We will Never Pass this Way again" is one of my favorites of all time
The Finn brothers of Crowded House fame.
Ozzy Osbourne/Randy Rhoads
I was not in the least bit a bon Jovi fan.. But I do give the man much respect because he opened I believe 3 soup kitchens in the Manhattan and Jersey area. During COVID he had a hard time getting help so he would go to these soup kitchens and help out by washing dishes and prepping food. Working 12 hour days even. Much props to Jon! That's a very beautiful thing you did for the homeless and poor.
Thanks!
Great guy, love him but can't stand his music. We need more like him whether you like his music or not.
That’s very kind of him.
Didn't know this. Very cool and not a fan of his music either.
Never really a big Bon Jovi fan but I can respect a man that hustles for his dreams.
It was 2003 Bon Jovi along with the Goo Goo Dolls were getting ready to perform at the old Arco Arena in Sacramento and I was working for a foster care agency at the time working In Kind Donations. Around 3pm I received a phone call from the Sacramento Kings / Arena Donation Department offering me plus 10 kids tickets to that show that night. I couldn't refused the tickets despite the one stipulation I had to bring 9 kids and 1 other foster parent. It was one hour before showtime and I got the tickets to make a long story short. Bon Jovi put on a great show and I have always been a fan since the 80s. Bon Jovi and Jon will always hold a special place in my heart
I am a 55-year-old guy and a big Bon Jovi fan. Watching the documentary brought me right back to the late 80s and early 90s. The old footage made me emotional. This band was the soundtrack of my life.
So cool!
Same here. It seemed much longer between album 3 & 4. Slippery When Wet on repeat for months.
I have to watch it!
Many false things in that “documentary” and they left out many of the band things. Is what it is. It’s to push the new tour because everyone was concerned about Jons voice.
@@Terk131 I agree the doc was partly a marketing piece. What did you think was false? I did notice they ignored "This Left Feels Right"
I have an even greater respect for Jon BonJovi after watching his documentary. This is a hard working man. Even if music wasn’t his career, he would give it all to whatever he chose. To this day, he’s still busting his butt.
I feel exactly the same!
I haven’t seen it yet but I’m sure it will be very emotional.
My Mom worked with his cousin, and when my Mom was invited to her wedding she met him. He was very sweet and polite, and probably charmed by the fact that my Mom had absolutely no idea who he was. 🤣
Awesome! Thanks for sharing.
Haha!
How the hell did your mum not know who he was??
@@mikekaraoke Well, at the time, she had three college/near college children all of whom were acting out because she also had a shit husband who was having an affair and who decided the best to divorce her was was while her sister/my aunt was dying of cancer. Needless to say her attention was not on music at that moment.
I knew as soon as I saw the thumbnail this was gonna be about Runaway. Saw Bon Jovi open for the Scorpions at Madison Square Garden right when this song became a hit. As a singer I also experienced something similar to Bon Jovi in the same era. It was 1987 and I was fronting a band of my own in NYC. And not to toot my own horn, but at the time I was a very similar looking guy to Bon Jovi. Good looking, long blonde curly hair, green eyes, cowboy boots, the whole look. Anyway, we played a showcase type show at CBGBS. After the show one of the A&R guys came to talk to me. He said he liked the band alright but was more interested in me as an individual. And was interested in signing ME to a deal. I immediately turned him down and said I was all in with the band. It was us or nothing. Well, nothing happened. That was it. Five years later the band was over and here I am typing this in 2024. The road less traveled huh?
Mmmmmm.., strawberry quick! In the metal can with the pop out round lid. Good times!
For some reason I always called it Quikamilk, lol. Still like to drink it. 😋
I was more of the chocolate version, but wow, I am still having flashbacks!
Yeah the real pink fluid that is the greatest hummmmmm
Nectar of the Gods😊
Amazing how Jon Bon Jovi worked so hard to promote his song Runaway after so many rejections - he was resolved and persevered- shows his passion to be a rock star
Amen!
The struggle is real, kids today would never know and understand.😆
I'm thankful he was so persistent...I love so many of his songs. And, he kept going even though he was rejected by everyone...he definitely deserved his career.
He was determined!
@@edzeljereza8234 . . Right, now that finishing top 8 in one of the (name of your country)'s Got Talent is seen as a legitimate career pathway to success! The industry is now skewed to prevent people from accessing the studios and label offices to give them your demo. But the top 8 in every
TV talent show are all given a career they couldn't achieve in their wildest dreams. Then 50-year-old professional songwriters write their songs and studio moguls produce them.
i've never been a fan of Jon Bon Jovi's music. but i've also known people who know him personally, and just about all of them say that he's a genuinely nice and good person. plus i do admire his tenacity. so three cheers to you for sticking with your dream, Jon.
+ Bon Jovi the band??
My cousin and I are two of the people in the crowd for You give love a bad name and living on a prayer. Filmed on a sound stage in Long Beach California. It was a great experience i'll never forget.
Takes me back to when l was just out of High School. Great time to be alive. Those that rip on John Bon Jovi, seem to forget that he has been doing this a very long time, and as one gets older, it takes a toll on your voice. No one sounds the same after over 40 years, He deserves the respect that he has earned for his music. We all get older, The young online haters don't seem to comprehend that.,
That's right. He's a legend. no doubt
Right. Constant singing can change your voice over time.
Didn't seem to affect Jeff lynne
Ah, sweet justice will come. The "young, on line haters" (who, btw have nothing to be proud of now) will understand someday when they grow a belly and lose their hair (no offense, professor 😳).
I wouldn't blame him for losing his voice. Like you said, it naturally happens over that much time.
That doesn't mean Jon Bon Jovi should just keep touring forever. No one has a God given right to perform as long as they want to.
Shit happens and it's unfortunate but maybe it's time to hang it up. She's not a rocker but when Julie Andrews lost her voice, she stopped singing and pursued acting only and had to give up musical roles, she would have been perfect for.
Love Bon Jovi. My 2 favorite glam metal bands of the 80's are Bon Jovi and Def Leppard. "Runaway" is one of Bon Jovi's best songs. This was their first hit before their blockbuster Slippery When Wet album gave them their massive success so many people who are not die-hard fans may not be familiar with the song. I'm glad you're covering it. I'm from New Jersey and these are my home state's definitive music artists by decade: Frank Sinatra in the 40's and 50's, Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons in the 60's, Bruce Springsteen in the 70's and Bon Jovi in the 80's. I'm a fan of all of the names mentioned.
Me too,.. didn't know they were all from New Jersey!! I learn something new everyday from this channel!!
Great bands to have as your faves! Whitney Houston was born in Newark. Dionne Warwick is from Orange.
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Absolutely. Love both Whitney Houston and Dionne Warwick, too. We also had Kool & The Gang from Jersey City, top 50's and early 60's female singer Connie Francis from Orange, and 60's teen queen Lesley Gore from Tenafly. Those are just a few more great artists that came from New Jersey. I could easily name more.
@@stephenhanft1226 Yes! 2000s band My Chemical Romance is from Newark, Danzig is from Lodi, the Sugarhill Gang is from Englewood.
Thank you for all of your videos. Being in tune with everything you do is like having a time machine.
Thank you Jon Bon Jovi. The most help I ever had in picking up girls.
😂😂😂😂 so that was you?? 😂😂😂😂 Just messing around
Hey Adam,
My wife is from Jersey and I am from Connecticut. I met my wife in 86 when she visited my church and two years later, we married in 88. However, back in 86 when I drove to Jersey to visit her and her family, she took me to where she worked in order to introduce me to her coworkers. She worked in "the ring room" where the jewelry was made at a company called "Consumers", and one of her coworkers was none other than Richie Sambora's mom...a very nice lady who I got to meet that day. And that's the closest that I ever got to meeting anyone from Bon Jovi. 😊
Thanks for sharing.!
@@ProfessorofRock
Yes, I know...not very exciting. But it's all I got.
That’s really cool!
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 😉👍
For me, it's "Dead or Alive". Because I walk these streets, a fueled chainsaw on my back.
Ha!
"I walk these streets.
A cold six pack in my hands.
I drink for three.
Because i might just need a snack.
I've drunk every where.
And i'm falling down.
Because i'm not sober, (sober) sober AT ALL!
Sober at AAaAAAAALLLL, sober at all!"
I can remember when Slippery When Wet came out, it was the first cassette I ever bought with my own money as a kid. Great memory. Literally wore it out....then scotch taped it back together and played it some more...lol.
Love stories like that!
Haha…it was salvage worthy!
Yeah Slippery When Wet was a juggernaut album that made me sit up and take notice. I loved Bon Jovi after that. It had the same impact on me that Appetite for Destruction did.
The first time I really got into Bon Jovi I was a seventh grader that went to a birthday slumber party with a big bunch of girls. The birthday girl had multiple Bon Jovi albums on tape and we listened to it all night until 7:23 AM. I have a soft spot in my heart for that band since then. Great music!
One of the cool facts about Bon Jovi is that I’m related to him. His grandfather and my grandfather came from the same town in Sicily, Sciacca and we share several relatives and ancestors. Kind of cool that I have a relation that is so famous.
Very cool! Thanks for sharing Michael. You ever met him?
@@ProfessorofRock I’ve been to a few of his shows, but never personally met him, but I hope someday to bump into him for real
So he’s a distant cousin of yours?
You get 2 cool points for that.
❤
LOVE Bon Jovi!!! They have been my life line, since '86. They are so positive and up beat. This comes out in thier music, every time! They never give up!! They taught me to never give up, no matter what. I am stronger now, because of that!! They will always have my support!! Always and forever a Jovigirl! I loved the docuseries!! ❤❤❤❤☺
I was introduced to Bon jovi through Slippery When Wet .... with that release i became i fan - that caused me to go back and find Runaway... loved it as well
Saw Bon Jovi open for Ratt in 1985, they played a very short set, I think Ratt knew how good they were and didn’t want to get upstaged
Soundtrack of my life. I'm 45 and my "conversion" to rock & roll was hearing "You Give Love A Bad Name" on the radio in 1986. At 8 years old, I was hooked. I can reference every period of my life from a Bon Jovi song and/or album.
Slippery When Wet was my introduction to Bon Jovi, and man, what an album. I finally got to see them perform live back in the late 1990s at Milton Keynes, U.K. for their These Days Tour, and Jon Bon Jovi told us all that These Days had just become Number One, beating Michael Jackson. That was a great concert. They arrived in a helicopter, and walked on stage hidden by a marching band who were playing Lay Your Hands On Me, then when the marching band finished and left the stage, Bon Jovi were revealed and they kicked off. It was amazing. I’m glad I got to see them perform live in their prime.
My daughter and her roommate were singing along to Living on a Prayer in the student section at a Notre Dame game a couple of years ago. They were shown on the Jumbotron. Then the camera pans up and Bon Jovi is in the section above them watching them sing his song. His son went to ND and was the holder for the football team. Still one of her favorite memories.
Love from a Jersey Girl! Born in Trenton!❤
Oh, yeah! "Runaway" is such a great song. I remember when it first came out. It was one of those songs where I heard it on the radio, loved it, but never paid attention to who sang it. Finally, later when "Slippery When Wet" came out, and I noticed Bon Jovi as a band that I found out they also sang "Runaway". I was like, "they sang that too? Cool!" - LOL. Awesome stuff.
Compared to Livin’ on a Prayer they sound like two wildly different songs!
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 ... agree
💯💯👍👍👍
Oh come on: 7800° Fahrenheit was a hit album in like 7 countries + went platenium in 1985 !
Was a disappointment in the US but other countries like UK, Sweden, Belgium, New Zealand , etc got in top 10/20!
@@mikekaraoke - lol, not debating that. I wasn't one of those who owned the album. Bon Jovi didn't come to my full consciousness until a little known song titled "You Give Love A Bad Name" was airing on MTV. :)
@@bartbluemusic Ah good lol
Although you don't have to own an album to know of it existing-plenty of albums I know obviously about but don't own!
As you said you knew of Runaway which was a hit but also that video was on channels like MTV a lot and their name would come up loads on TV, Magazines etc
Where you from mate? :-)
In 1984 I was 15yrs old and took a Greyhound from the cornfields of central Illinois to Milwaukee WI to live with my 20yr old boyfriend who had left the cornfields to avoid going to jail for driving without a license (again), “She’s a little runaway” was my favorite song! Looking back it’s a wonder I survived my teen years lol. After the summer was over we went back to our little country town and my boyfriend spent his 45 days in jail and eventually we all grew up, but I’ll never forget that summer!!! ❤
This band was all over MTV back in those days
Yes they were!
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 They were very popular with the ladies back then :)
I’m not lying, I just downloaded this song on iTunes a couple of days ago for an 80’s rock playlist that I can bounce around the house to.😂
Touring with Scorpions was really big thing for them. The Scorps were easily the deadliest live band of that era - they just killed it every night. Tight and high energy with Klaus Meine nailing the vocals night after night. Bon Jovi got the best school imaginable watching that band every night.
This is one artist I can say I followed from the start! Loved this song and so many others that don't get played today...it was amazing to watch them take over the world!
Jon was always spoken of as a nice person, but sometimes even nice guys have to be relentless & assertive to make sure people hear their music.
I remember taking my 2 oldest sons to see 38 special. Bon Jovi had released slippery when wet...at that moment, I had only heard about Bon Jovi from my construction co workers...I was a single mom of 5 working my way to becoming a registered nurse. Anywhosie, BonJovi opened for 38 Special in Nashville ( one of my favorite bands at that time)...probably sometime in 1985?
I remember it was a packed crowd that diminished when 38 Special came on...I laugh about it now. Then, I was, like why is everyone leaving? A few months later, well I knew why. 😊 Many years later as my sons' dad was dying, he requested my oldest son to sing "Wanted Dead or Alive" at his funeral...he rocked it!!!
"Memories. Like the corners of my mind." I miss those days in the 80's. Thank you so much for your talent!❤
I remember the first time I heard Runaway. I was 16. Coming home from a date and was gassing up my Vega hatchback for the ride home. Standing at the pump with the radio blaring from an Exxon on Rt. 220 in Cumberland, MD, headed home across the state line to PA. I couldn't believe what I had heard. STILL their best song ever!!
Dave "the snake" Sabo was the man. He used lived two houses away from my grandparents and was friends with my dad and uncles and used to jam out with them. My local town's legend!
He's a great guy! I interviewed him on this channel.
Awesome!
Jon was instrumental in getting Skid row started since he and Dave were childhood friends.
I was in high school when Runaway came out and it’s always been my favorite Bon Jovi song!!
I bought the Runaway cassette in 1983 (13 yrs old) when I was staying with my older sister for a couple weeks. She looked at the cover and was concerned about the long hair. She asked if mom and dad let me listen to that kind of music (I was generally listening to ACDC and Iron Maiden at the time). So I got it. I liked it. Still like it today, even if this early Bon Jovi work is mostly unknown by his fans.
As the Professor mentioned, Tim Pierce is the guitarist on the Runaway recording. Highly recommend his channel. Tim recently made a video discussing the recording and the other musicians who played on it.
Who played the organ on the runaway recording, would you happen to know?? Would really like to know, they were great as well.
Born in 83 & broke into stardom in 84, now that is a young talent.
Heard that too😂
Exactly!
He learned to perform before he could walk. 😅
Lol!
Did he say "born" or "formed"?
A great example of persistence paying off.
My first concert was 1987. Bon Jovi Slippery When Wet tour, San Francisco Cow Palace. Cinderella opened up for them. Of all the concerts I went to after that one, its still at the top bundle of the best. 😎🎸
Bon Jovi fan since 2000. I will ALWAYS be a Bon Jovi fan! That band has been there for me when nobody else was.
Bon Jovi FOREVER!!!
I was born in 79. Livin' On a Prayer was the first song I ever heard that I wasn't introduced to through my mom's radio. It was my first year in foster care and the daughters of the family played the record for me. It's a bittersweet memory.
Thank you for sharing.
So cool!
You can’t drive the speed limit on the Garden State Parkway when Bon Jovi is playing. Learned the hard way, but made great time.
Back in 1985, Jon Bonjovi came into our radio station while they were touring to promote the 7800 degrees Fahrenheit concert and album. I didn't do the interview that year, but I briefly met him. The following year, I was going to interview Jon on the air for the "Slippery When Wet" concert and the album. He walked into the studio, looked at me for a second, and asked, "Your Lane, right?" I was stunned! Nobody at the radio station told him who was doing the interview. He remembered me from the previous year. We weren't some mega station from NY or LA. We were a popular but mid-size market station in Northeast Ohio. I had a gut feeling he had serious staying power. After that, I always had tremendous respect for him, whether I like his current song or not. And yes, he's was very friendly, down to earth, and not pretentious in the least.
Growing up my area had two competing "pop" radio stations. One mainly sugary pop songs like Borderline, Karma Chameleon and the like. The other played the same stuff but not as often and also played the hard rock that started to be acceptable such as Some heads are going roll, Runaway, Run Run Away, I only listened to the second station due to songs like Runaway. It caught my attention and I loved it. I've always liked Bon Jovi and his solo work. His music has changed over the years and I've basically stayed with him but it's the early years that I still play more often. Great video Professor.
My daughter had a life size poster on her bedroom wall 😁in 1987. She's still a fan.❤ And so am I🎉 ❤
I loved Runaway in 1984. Best guitar song they ever recorded. Pop band from there.
Love love love Bon Jovi!
Love the docu-series on Hulu. Highly recommend.
One of the greatest bands out there and one of the hardest working guys around.
They don't make them like Jon Bon Jovi anymore.
For sure!
I need to watch the Hulu series.
As a teenage girl in the 80s, one look at Jon Bon Jovi was all it took. 😍
I saw Bon Jovi in Fayetteville back in 1985 while I was stationed at Ft Bragg. They were the opening act for Ratt. They became my favorite band, but we had no idea who they were before that concert.
I love Strawberry Quik shakes and even more, the pink roll out christmas cookies we have made since I was a kid.
Ah man, the cardboard container of Nestle Quik with the metal baseplate and little metal lid! Yes!
❤🎉
John Bongiovi. One of Jersey's finest.
Runaway was great...... like who is this guy?
Thanks Professor!
Love the shirt! (And album).
He’s an up and coming rockstar!
John Bongiovi? Oh yeah, that's the kid that sang R2D2 We Wish You a Merry Christmas! 😂
Showcasing 80's rock bands is my favorite part of this awesome channel.
Came across an early album featuring one John Bonjiovi. 18 years old on a Star Wars Christmas Album.
I absolutely Love that song! So filled with energy. Really pumps you up!
I am so glad you covered this Adam!! Bon Jovi is probably my favorite band and I just love there fun upbeat rockers than you can headband and still smile and have a great time to!! 🤘🏼 the band and Jon Bon Jovi’s work ethic is so admirable and appreciate them so much for all they’ve done and continue to do! And their documentary is amazing just a great love and appreciation for them! I recently bought their first 4 albums from the 80s and they’re great of course Slippery When Wet and New Jersey are the staples for sure!! 🤘🏼❤️
My favorite Bon Jovi songs are the Young Guns 2 soundtrack. Some real classics.
Love the “Breakthrough” series! Cool to hear how it all got started!!🤘🔥
Bon Jovi was my entry into harder rock. My dad didn't know what to get me for a gift one year, so he asked a lady he worked with in Manhattan (who had kids that were older than me) what were the hot albums to buy right then. I got Madonna's "Like A Virgin", Whitney Houston's self-titled, & Bon Jovi's "7800 Fahrenheit". I listened to all 3 constantly!! Bon Jovi was my favorite band for years! I will "ALWAYS" love them, pun intended.
Thank you for the post! ✌🏼😊
Runaway was my favorite song when it came out.
Loved the documentary. So much info and very nostalgic.
I absolutely LOVE "Runaway."
One of the benefits I had with Bon Jovi was small town American (Northern Minnesota). Not many radio stations played them so when I was in college my new buddies told me about Bon Jovi and when Slippery When Wet came out bought the CD immediately. Love love loved it. Then in typical fashion I went back to the record store and asked about any previous stuff they had and bought their first CD. Boy were they screwed. The first is nearly as good as Slippery and New Jersey, though 7800 was rather lame.
This is why growing up in the 80's rocked people. Jovi, Scorpions, Crue, etc.
I watched the documentary that came out at the end of April - Thank you, Goodnight!...what a career that Bon Jovi has had....sad Richie is not with them. And that Jon Bon Jovi was not only talented but I kinda forgot how hot he was...and still is.
I really enjoyed the doc!
He is really hot for his age.
Thanks for this feature on Bon Jovi.Living on a prayer,Runaway,Bed of Roses and the theme from Young Guns title of can't recall right now are my favorites because my cassette copy of their greatest hits was never return to me by the borrower.Hope I can get a CD of their greatest hits.
Runaway is a fantastic song. I remember hearing it and loving it. The VJ compared them to Def Leppard and I could see that.
Hey, Bon Jovi!! Probably my favorite band, hands down. Funny story..My husband and I were both in the Air Force. We had just married, I was 19, he was 21. We were stationed in England. In the Summer of 85, I was 5 months along with our first child, we had been married in 84. My husband got us 2 tickets to a day long Rock Festival at Donnington Speedway. It was the first concert we attend in the UK. The reason we were going? Zz Top!! So, we went to this all day rock concert. I wasn't really excited about the other bands playing that day..We were there for ZzTop! There was a Bon Jovi scheduled to perform. Since we had not lived in the States for a year or more, I had never heard of them. As the day wore on, we began to experience the insanity of an outdoor, all day concert in the UK! The crowds were highly inebriated and frankly, out of control. I begged my husband to have mercy on my pregnant self and leave! Nope! We weren't leaving until ZZTop performed. I was miserable and so angry. At some point, Bon Jovi took the stage..and I immediately knew I was seeing something new, something different. I was hooked. Through the years I have loved their music and caught a few concerts. A few years back Jon came to Atlanta. We live in Atlanta!! I grabbed my Sister inlaw and was treated to easily on of the best concerts I have ever attended. Jon was absolutely amazing. He performed the great hits, some new stuff and a couple covers..I was mesmerized. I probably would have eventually caught on to their music and been a fan. But, back in the Summer of 85, in England, no one knew who they were! When we moved back to the States in early 89, I got caught up on their music and became a life-long fan! Thank you for the story. I love hearing all the stories of the music that has really shaped my life. I grew up listening to numerous genres, born in the 60's. What a great time in the history of music to live thru!!! I
It's the best vocal he's ever done.
Another great episode Adam 👏 👌 🙌 👍
WOW Jon pop singer, at 55 yrs old that messes with my mind. I grew up all over the place, from John Denver to The Eagles, CCR, Madonna, Heart, Simple Minds, Guns and roses and Bon Jovi. But i guess since i think Jack and Diane is the most underrated song of the 80s, maybe Jon Bon Jovi pop singer could fit in there.
Has always been one of my favorite Bon Jovi songs.
In fact, the first 2 Bon Jovi albums are the only ones that I enjoy from first song to last.
As always, fantastic delivery of a great story! I enjoy your very “Casey Kasem-like” delivery. Reminds me of my younger days. One fact-check question: Wasn’t their Runaway video shot and produced at Silvercup Studios in Queens, not Silver City, which is a recording studio in Milwaukee?
In NJ in the 80s all you had to do was drive on the same roads as Bon Jovi and you felt like you were best friends lol
Ha ha! Thanks for sharing!
Haha!
This was a really good documentary. It really does provide a deeper appreciation of his drive and the bsnd’s.
This is the best thing I ever saw.
A local DJ here in Michigan got a hold of "Runaway" early on and played it a lot. Always loved that song.
Session guitarist Tim Pierce played the scorching solo on Runaway. I to went out and bought Bon Jovi's debut album after seeing the Runaway video which I thought was really cheesy but I dug the song.
Thanks for the memories. My group of friends' anthem was blood on blood. We'd stand in a circle with air guitars. Headbanging to the center of the circle. 80-90's we're the best 🤘😎
Great Video
I have never heard of Runaway before this video.
Ouch. Way to make a guy feel old. lol
I saw Bon Jovi open for Ratt in 1985 and it was obvious they were going to be huge. Great live shoe even as an opener.
Thanks!
Two great bands!
Saw Bon Jovi open for white snake. Fresno early 80s. Great concert.
I love Bon Jovi. Their music is original and awesome. Doesn't hurt that Jon is so hot. Even with the grey hair he looks awesome. It's not fair that him and Steve Perry are better looking with the grey hair than when they were younger. Lol.
Bon Jovi has the distinction of having the definitive 80s song. This song is instantly recognizable. The words and music are a perfect marriage. The bass line is possibly the greatest in the history of Rock. Another great 80s band with staying power.
The "definitive" 80s song? Possibly the "best bass line in the history of rock?" Wow, you don't get out much do you? Fangirl much?
Slippery When Wet high school memories. Such an awesome music time in the 80s.
Favorite 80 guitarist is hands down Eddy. He was a guitar god. Utimate duo would of been Eddy with Ronnie James Dio.
Adam, I've often wondered how many talented artists didn't make it because of music industry's execs not recognizing their talent?!?! How many made it because they take the initiative to meet radio station announcers and program directors themselves directly!?!? It's not an exact science. Never was and never will be.
Great time in the 80's!
I remember when Bon Jovi performed "Runaway" on "American Bandstand".
Cool story! This is my 2nd favorite Bon Jovi song.
Still my favorite Bon Jovi song.
The studio in Astoria Queens is Silver CUP not city. Silvercup at one time was a major bakery. It went out of business and is now used for movies and TV productions as well as videos. Jon also got a big boost when he appeared on The Howard Stern Show.
I have fond memories of WAPP. Great short lived station. I saw Bon Jovi in ‘86. Took my daughter to see them in 2011 when she was 9. She fell in love with their music when she was 3 and her preschool class learned a couple of songs for “graduation”.
I was in 7th or 8th grade when Slippery When Wet came out and it was *HUGE!* We all ran out immed and bought the album and it was being played everywhere all the time....great memories, man...and great music.
Yeah I remember him playing guitar in the early Scandal video...