Anyone else still hate Bon Jovi enough to continue the boycott?

[Draconator]

Bon Jovi delivered music that got the youngins up and dancing. When Bon Jovi is played, the majority of us middle age folks sing along. He's smart in marketing and writing music that goes along with the marketing. 

 

His music to me is meh. So much better out there. Honeymoon Suite were about the same time, and their music is superior to Bon Jovi. 

[Augie]

  On 4/17/2025 at 1:56 AM, BillsPride12 said:

Augie you seem like a guy who stays pretty well connected to your WNY roots.  Did you not follow the Sabres in 05-07?  I'm just genuinely curious.  Obviously there's no right or wrong answer 

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I moved to Cincinnati for college in 1977.   There was no way to follow out of market NHL teams then. 

 

 

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[DaBillsFanSince1973]

Who's bon jovi?

[BillsPride12]

  On 4/17/2025 at 2:51 AM, Augie said:

 

I moved to Cincinnati for college in 1977.   There was no way to follow out of market NHL terms then. 

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Gotcha.  You missed some good times in the late 90s and Mid 2000's...but it's a good thing you haven't had to watch them the last 14 years

[May Day 10]

I never hated Bon Jovi really.  I hated that there was a Toronto group with him as the face with hopes of purchasing the Bills and moving them.  It wasn't his fault, his dream is NFL ownership.  

[US Egg]

  On 4/17/2025 at 11:17 AM, DaBillsFanSince1973 said:

Who's bon jovi?

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He was a really cute guy who started a rock band that sold over 100 million records that made him mega rich and he wanted to buy the Bills and move them.

[rusty shackleford]

Eh, I'm half way there.

[Southern McButterpants.]

Yep, still do. 

 

[4merper4mer]

  On 4/16/2025 at 6:43 PM, JÂy RÛßeÒ said:

Other than me?

I don't hold onto a grudge.  I share it willingly.

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You’re not alone.  Even if his “music” wasn’t  the horrible scourge trash garbage waste excrement that it truly embodies, the BS he was slinging at Bills fans was enough on its own.

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[Mark Vader]

  On 4/17/2025 at 1:02 PM, US Egg said:

He was a really cute guy who started a rock band that sold over 100 million records that made him mega rich and he wanted to buy the Bills and move them.

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And he tried to pawn himself off as an actor. 

[Just Jack]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFhP4x-R5yr/

 

 

 

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[Westside]

  On 4/16/2025 at 6:43 PM, JÂy RÛßeÒ said:

Other than me?

I don't hold onto a grudge.  I share it willingly.

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He’s dead to me!

[Doc]

  On 4/16/2025 at 10:30 PM, davefan66 said:

Not a fan of his music. Don’t believe he would have been famous if not for his “Jersey” ties when Bruce was huge.

 

Not a fan of his interest in the Bills.  So double whammy.

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Bunch of pretty boys playing pop metal on MTV?  The only surprise would have been if they somehow messed it up.

[davefan66]

  On 4/19/2025 at 11:11 PM, Doc said:

 

Bunch of pretty boys playing pop metal on MTV?  The only surprise would have been if they somehow messed it up.

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Yea, product of the MTV generation for sure. And like I had mentioned, product of the Jersey “rock scene” at the time…mostly consisting of Bruce with bon jovi, and to a lesser extent John Cafferty (played the music for Eddie and the Cruisers).

 

Bon Jovi had catchy tunes, but not the chops to have a real career beyond the MTV influence.

 

Don’t like his music. Doesn’t have the staying power as even some of the marginal acts out of the 80’s and I guess early 90’s. Def Leppard, Bryan Adams, Motley Crue and even Poison to name a few were much better then Bon Jovi, even outside of the MTV effect.

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[Doc]

  On 4/19/2025 at 11:39 PM, davefan66 said:

Yea, product of the MTV generation for sure. And like I had mentioned, product of the Jersey “rock scene” at the time…mostly consisting of Bruce with bon jovi, and to a lesser extent John Cafferty (played the music for Eddie and the Cruisers).

 

Bon Jovi had catchy tunes, but not the chops to have a real career beyond the MTV influence.

 

Don’t like his music. Doesn’t have the staying power as even some of the marginal acts out of the 80’s and I guess early 90’s. Def Leppard, Bryan Adams, Motley Crue and even Poison to name a few.

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Look, I don't care for JBJ after what he tried to pull with the Bills, but I grew up with his music and appreciated it for what it was.  "Wanted Dead or Alive" is an all-time great song, "Lay Your Hands On Me" is IMHO a great rock song and I can tolerate the rest. 

 

But look at Wikipedia for his actual story.  Suffice it to say that Jersey didn't (help) make him at all and he has just as much staying power as those other bands, if not more.  And again he was exactly what MTV and record companies were looking for after Quiet Riot showed that pop/glam metal could be profitable.

[US Egg]

  On 4/19/2025 at 11:39 PM, davefan66 said:

Doesn’t have the staying power as even some of the marginal acts out of the 80’s and I guess early 90’s. Def Leppard, Bryan Adams, Motley Crue and even Poison to name a few.

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Motley Crue marginal? I don’t think so.

[Doc Brown]

Let's just say of the three bidders I'm glad Pegula got it.

[Doc]

  On 4/20/2025 at 5:50 AM, US Egg said:

Motley Crue marginal? I don’t think so.

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Same for Def Leppard and Bryan Adams. Poison, yeah.

[davefan66]

  On 4/20/2025 at 5:50 AM, US Egg said:

Motley Crue marginal? I don’t think so.

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Fixed. Didn’t write it the way I wanted.

 

Those bands were some of the MTV darlings who were actually good. And had more staying power outside MTV than Bon Jovi in my opinion.

[US Egg]

  On 4/20/2025 at 12:27 PM, davefan66 said:

Fixed. Didn’t write it the way I wanted.

 

Those bands were some of the MTV darlings who were actually good. And had more staying power outside MTV than Bon Jovi in my opinion.

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Thought you were implying Crue as something as less. Never was a fan, couple catchy tunes. Started listening to my kids “Decade” CD in my 50’s. Thought they be fun to see. Went, what a show! Went and saw them again. Vince Neil sounded great each time.
 

Rock on!