This is a very true statement. I have been listening to ‘rock music’ since I was around 15 and Bon Jovi are the one band I detest with a vengeance. I saw them back up Kiss in the very early eighties before they were known in the U.K. and even then they were total crap. A pastiche of a rock band.
@@11Kralle Funny thing, though. That entire audience was able to sing along to both songs, pretty accurately it sounded like to me. Those songs, or at least the choruses, are in our DNA now.
I've always found the lyrics of "Livin' on a Prayer" a tad contradictory. They declare both that "we''ll make it I swear" and "it doesn't make a difference if we make it it or not". Why swear that we definitely will 'make it' when it clearly doesn't matter?
Well "it doesn't make a difference if we make it it or not" to everybody else. But, despite that, "we''ll make it I swear" means the world to 2 people who have nothing but themselves. It's the you and me against the world mentality that everybody not born with a silver spoon and loads of fickle, self-absorbed, vacuous friends can relate to. It's like Rod Stewart's "Young Turks". It's an anthem for the young and restless.
Ex Essex as far as I always understood, the girl in the song says it makes no difference whether they make it or not, and then the singer reassures that they will make it by swearing it or what not. What it is they make I don't know though..
I saw Bon Jovi in concert as a 13 year old and then again as a 15 year old. Loved them then. Realise now that it's music for teenage boys and somehow simultaneously middle-aged women.
I saw them twice, once in 2013 once in 2019. Gotta say, they were fucking sick both times. Not my favourite band by any stretch but I do like them. I am, however, a middle aged woman at heart
Funny thing is Jon Bon Jovi himself didn't like the song at first. But his co-writers Richie Sambora & Desmond Child convinced him that it's an earworm and a potential hit. Now its music video has a billion views, which is huge for a single from 1986. And w/ an ever-fluctuating economy, it'll likely continue to resonate across cultures & generations.
Omg how can anyone hate the maniac tones of Come on Eileen, you could tell any bad news while it is playing and no one would be bothered (yeah so thats also how they work in politics, they keep on blasting Come on Eileen)
It's one of the songs where for every musician in a wedding/function band, if someone requests it and they resist hitting the person with their guitar, it's been a successful night.
@@barryhomeowner9293 I believe they're the first artists that have three singles released in three different decades before TH-cam's existence that each have a billion views. So there's really no pretending there.
@@barryhomeowner9293 Well, that's you. But billions of views are way too big for just pretenders. I'd say the likes of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Elton John, Michael Jackson, the Gibb brothers, John Williams, etc... are generally seen as serious artists. Hence, they've all been inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, & Desmond Child were all inducted in the late 2000s.
It's exactly the same as Journey - Don't Stop Believin'. I hate that song with a passion, especially now every teenager who doesn't even know the artist is singing it at Karaoke pubs.
Jamie Welton I just hate Karaoke... so any of these songs are alright to listen to, on there own, but as soon as you get into a pub... FORGET IT! Same goes for Bohemian Rhapsody or Bat out of Hell. Great tunes, soon as they come on the pub speakers, everyone thinks they're Freddy 2.0
Youknow, especially with the curly-ish hair on WILTY, he looked like two people that I used to go to school with (both became actors) but sortof mashed up. Which is why at first, I couldn't see him as attractive or handsome. But after 2:58, I'll admit, he looks handsome.
BTW Jeff Beck who sang Hi Ho Silver Lining is one of the greatest guitarists of all time. In fact, for the Bon Jovi song Blaze of Glory, they got Jeff in as a hired gun session player to play the solo instead of Richie Sambora. It sounds like he used a slide, but he actually didn't - a very, very skillful guitarist!
djs who play this song should just be put in to room 101 altogether. My mates a dj Oh ya what does he play? House? Garage? DnB? Techno? Funky stuff? Grime? Whats his thing? No hes the sort of dj who plays livin on a prayer, come on eileen and smells like teen spirit..... heresy, burn them at the stake
I suspect that James actually dislikes this song for the same reason as most people our generation - it just brings back endless memories of being hammered in crap clubs. That, Summer of 69 and Paradise City are the trifecta of a wasted youth.
maybe it's because I'm a Jersey girl but I like the song (have not listened to it in a while). it's probably more nostalgia and homesickness more than anything because that song and "who says you can't go home" was the background music of every good jersey diner.
Jason D just so happens to be your favourite time of year as I read your comment. I hope you have a lovely Xmas with the same 10 songs on repeat. Ho Ho Ho! 🎅🏻
That damned Mariah Carey singing "all I want for Christmas is you". Apparently Pandora thinks two versions of her singing that Christmas torture is sufficiently different to play it once and after two other songs play the slightly different version of the same dolphin torturing ditty.
+Jason I recently heard "I'm dreaming of a White Christmas' by Michael Bublé and some other girl. And I don't know who she is...but she sounds like she's dying during the hiccups. It was replayed a lót last december and I just walked outside if the shop played it. The lady just...nasally moans through her singing; 'Nnnhhwaaahhh-iim dreaming..offaawaaaaaaahhhh-it Chriihhhiiiiiiistmaaahhahhhzzzz."
Bon jovi is like grinding glass in my ear after bartending and working bars bouncing. Every fucking night Sometimes three times a night. Grumble grumble grumble *Walks away to the kitchen and makes midnight waffles. Goes and sits outside contemplating life choices. Remembers he didn't file his taxes yet. Wonders who will save the world from the rebirth of the woolly mammoth* Oh sorry forgot this was still on. Fuck that song.
Muddy miko no Mr brightside is good for the fact it proves most people are morons who don't listen to the song properly, most seem to think Mr brightside is uplifting and optimistic, when actually its about the self torment of imagining your ex fuck someone else.
@@stupidhandles Your comment reminds me of all the people who play Every Breath You Take by The Police as their wedding dance, failing to realise that it's about stalking someone.
Try and find the original demo recording of Living on a prayer by the guy who written it. A soft slow piano piece that is better. In the mid nineties on BBC radio they did a 3 or 4 part series about songwriters who written for some of the biggest names around. Eye opening.
@@adh0c468 Because it was on a songwriters series on BBC radio 1 in my late teens. I'm now 50. Things ain't as easy to find when it's not a link away, like it is today, or I would have.
@@sabretooth1971 Then it’s pretty much impossible for us to find as well, isn’t it? Gosh, I hope I’m not coming across as a jerk here. I’ll end by apologizing if I am.
It's rock music for people who don't like rock music. James Corden probably has it on 8 different playlists.
This is a very true statement. I have been listening to ‘rock music’ since I was around 15 and Bon Jovi are the one band I detest with a vengeance. I saw them back up Kiss in the very early eighties before they were known in the U.K. and even then they were total crap. A pastiche of a rock band.
I doesn't rock - that simple.
facts
@@11Kralle Funny thing, though. That entire audience was able to sing along to both songs, pretty accurately it sounded like to me. Those songs, or at least the choruses, are in our DNA now.
Thia is so on point ahahha
My theory is that Kettering town FC's rivals play living on a prayer at their games
Title made me think he was going to sing it or something
Same.
Far better than that.
Its James acasrer lol he ain't singing he's swinging.
"None of you know anyone who used to work on the docks."
What was that a reference to ?
None of us know anyone who crept into one of his own bedrooms and stabbed the King to death. So off you go Macbeth.
"Tommy used to work on the docks"
There was Tommy who used to work on the docks.
Isleofskye lyrics in the song
Surprised it's not cabbages
Cabadge
Anne Stone that was a fucking amazing story
I'm surprised it wasn't Alex Horne
or more like the thought of being "cabbaged".
WOAHHH, CABBAGE ON A CHAIRRR
I've always found the lyrics of "Livin' on a Prayer" a tad contradictory. They declare both that "we''ll make it I swear" and "it doesn't make a difference if we make it it or not". Why swear that we definitely will 'make it' when it clearly doesn't matter?
+Ex essex
Agreed. Your comment has too little thumbs up.
Edit; I see you posted this two days ago, that might explain why.
Well "it doesn't make a difference if we make it it or not" to everybody else. But, despite that, "we''ll make it I swear" means the world to 2 people who have nothing but themselves. It's the you and me against the world mentality that everybody not born with a silver spoon and loads of fickle, self-absorbed, vacuous friends can relate to. It's like Rod Stewart's "Young Turks". It's an anthem for the young and restless.
HAH! Brilliant.
Ex Essex as far as I always understood, the girl in the song says it makes no difference whether they make it or not, and then the singer reassures that they will make it by swearing it or what not. What it is they make I don't know though..
@@Horowitzer they make a crap song that makes millions. They made it I swear 😂😂🤣🤣
You don't know how much you hate *anything* by Bon Jovi or Guns n Roses until you've been a barman in a working men's club
you should have paid more attention at school then and got a better job.
TheStgmp44 That's a fairly simplistic view of the job market
TheStgmp44 what makes you think barmen can't be at school?
because you have to be over 18 in the UK to serve alcohol by law.
TheStgmp44 perhaps you ought to rethink your definition of schooling. Is it beyond your comprehension that students can be aged 18 and over?
I saw Bon Jovi in concert as a 13 year old and then again as a 15 year old. Loved them then. Realise now that it's music for teenage boys and somehow simultaneously middle-aged women.
I'm 41 and think they're decent.
That sir is the funniest thing I have read all month but you are right this is what mums and sons listen to together.
@@Hellwyck qed
I saw them before Livin on a Prayet was even written. They were an average suppory act, and nowadays are an average headline act.
I saw them twice, once in 2013 once in 2019. Gotta say, they were fucking sick both times. Not my favourite band by any stretch but I do like them.
I am, however, a middle aged woman at heart
Funny thing is Jon Bon Jovi himself didn't like the song at first. But his co-writers Richie Sambora & Desmond Child convinced him that it's an earworm and a potential hit. Now its music video has a billion views, which is huge for a single from 1986. And w/ an ever-fluctuating economy, it'll likely continue to resonate across cultures & generations.
This, Summer of '69, and Grease fucking Lightning.
Urathamax +1
Summer of '69 is decent.
Livin on a Prayer, Sweet Caroline, Don’t Stop Believin, Chelsea Dagger, Come on Eileen.
The “lets put sing-along rock music on” dj set.
mr bright side and 500 miles as well ahaha
Don’t stop believin can never be overplayed. It’s just amazing
ok hold on
chelsea dagger is a banger
No, people like those songs for a reason.
Omg how can anyone hate the maniac tones of Come on Eileen, you could tell any bad news while it is playing and no one would be bothered (yeah so thats also how they work in politics, they keep on blasting Come on Eileen)
James Acaster, the result of an unholy union between Milton Jones and a pair of corduroy trousers.
Either that or Jarvis Cocker and snooker player Steve Davis had a baby
Their styles of comedy aren't really similar...
i've said it before but what if Ian Curtis was recast as a lead character in The Inbetweeners @@jedaaa
Nothing like Milton Jones!
It's one of the songs where for every musician in a wedding/function band, if someone requests it and they resist hitting the person with their guitar, it's been a successful night.
As someone who adores Bon Jovi I was ready to cry till I realised he had a point 😭😭
I really think in order to like Bon Jovi you have to pretend you're at least self aware
Exactly. They’ve got ton of great hits, compared to their bsck catalog, it’s too over played. Same with journey & Neil diamond
@@barryhomeowner9293 I believe they're the first artists that have three singles released in three different decades before TH-cam's existence that each have a billion views. So there's really no pretending there.
@@jp3813 I do love Bon Jovi, I just think they're a bit of fun rather than proper serious artistes
@@barryhomeowner9293 Well, that's you. But billions of views are way too big for just pretenders. I'd say the likes of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Elton John, Michael Jackson, the Gibb brothers, John Williams, etc... are generally seen as serious artists. Hence, they've all been inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, & Desmond Child were all inducted in the late 2000s.
I LOVE THIS MAN. Throw in Don't Stop Believing While your at it
Should've sung 'Hi ho Wolverhampton' like they do at the Molineux to annoy Frank
Mr Brightside always does my head in for that.
I knew I wasn't the only one. Hate that song it's bloody everywhere
@@BanthaBoi this song has single handedly ruined my life.
It's exactly the same as Journey - Don't Stop Believin'. I hate that song with a passion, especially now every teenager who doesn't even know the artist is singing it at Karaoke pubs.
blame glee
Was great until glee now I hate it out of spite.
Oh and "Summer of 69" (fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck me)
Jamie Welton I just hate Karaoke... so any of these songs are alright to listen to, on there own, but as soon as you get into a pub... FORGET IT! Same goes for Bohemian Rhapsody or Bat out of Hell. Great tunes, soon as they come on the pub speakers, everyone thinks they're Freddy 2.0
I'd never heard it till 'Family Guy', now I hear it all the time!
This is how I feel about journey and don't stop believing
"Happy" by florel Williams can go right into room 101 as well.
Sweet Caroline is the one I'd put in
I know, it's going strong
Nah.
SWEEEEEEET CARRROLIINEE
DU DU DUUUUU
I cannot hate that song.
Livin' on a Prayer was the gateway that eventually led me to Slayer and Kreator.
Never mind.... always remember it's never too late!
Well played, James.
He's so freakin cute.
Im the same with Don't stop believing, every bloody time, EVERY BLOODY TIME
Living on a prayer has affected millions countless times an accident on the motorway only affects a couple people once
I think you've missed the point..
The trouble with calling your album 100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong is that there are 7,400,000,000 people who will tell you otherwise.
I actually really like that song. It gets me hyped and it makes me happy. :-)
fucking legend. was genuinely on the fence about him but after this i reckon we'd get along famously
Have you seen on WILTY? He’s hilarious!
Haven't heard it since, thanks James 😆
Now I have to listen to it for the next few days. God, it's catchy.
Great choice. Add in Life Is A Rollercoaster, The Final Countdown and many others.
I'm glad he agreed to put it in, I despise that song. Also I'm pissed that I had to hear it AGAIN.
Fucking love that track. Wooooh ohhh!
When someone says says in my old job "we're half way there" I'd sing the rest of it.
This is one of mankind's greatest achievements. Now I don't have to explain my reaction to this song, I can just say 'it' s in room 101'.
Youknow, especially with the curly-ish hair on WILTY, he looked like two people that I used to go to school with (both became actors) but sortof mashed up.
Which is why at first, I couldn't see him as attractive or handsome.
But after 2:58, I'll admit, he looks handsome.
This is YMCA for me
This is me with any pop song nowadays
‘Mr Brightside’ should go in there with it.
When this came out I loved it my excuse was I was about 7 years old and knew nothing about good music 🎶
Bon Jovi - Bryan Adams. What more do you want ? Lol To be fair they were the most up-to-date songs Whitby night club had in the early 2000's.
I love living on a prayer, it's one of my favourite songs, I'm also shocked it was cabbages too
It's damn good song when I am drunk
legend
he makes a great point
You cant put that in without putting in Final countdown.
BTW Jeff Beck who sang Hi Ho Silver Lining is one of the greatest guitarists of all time. In fact, for the Bon Jovi song Blaze of Glory, they got Jeff in as a hired gun session player to play the solo instead of Richie Sambora. It sounds like he used a slide, but he actually didn't - a very, very skillful guitarist!
you dont expect someone who knows what theyre talkin about to turn up in a comments section. jeff beck is s genius.
I feel the same about American Pie, Living Next to Alice and Mustang Sally.
I take American Pie way over Billy Joel’s monstrosity We Didn’t Start The Fire and I highly respect Billy Joel.
@@thecinematicmind I'll add Is This the way to Amarillo
This is so true! As someone who spent two years as a student working in nightclubs in the '90s I can confirm that DJs do this with Livin' On a Prayer!
djs who play this song should just be put in to room 101 altogether.
My mates a dj
Oh ya what does he play? House? Garage? DnB? Techno? Funky stuff? Grime? Whats his thing?
No hes the sort of dj who plays livin on a prayer, come on eileen and smells like teen spirit.....
heresy, burn them at the stake
I like him even more now
It’s a great song.
I fully support and endorse this message
YES!
I love anybody that hates Bon Jovi
And why are they so exuberantly happy about being at a half-way point? It's like "Yay! Time to break out the sandwiches!"
I was confused and was thinking it was Madonna but that's Like a Prayer!
Hahah so true about the dj
"we'll give it a shat"
I suspect that James actually dislikes this song for the same reason as most people our generation - it just brings back endless memories of being hammered in crap clubs. That, Summer of 69 and Paradise City are the trifecta of a wasted youth.
maybe it's because I'm a Jersey girl but I like the song (have not listened to it in a while). it's probably more nostalgia and homesickness more than anything because that song and "who says you can't go home" was the background music of every good jersey diner.
can't swing a dead cat without hitting a diner in jersey...
To be fair, 'Livin' on a Prayer' gave us the Squidward on a Chair meme so it's not all bad.
Kirsty Wark seems like a nice person - is there not some way we can make her prime minister?
Outpolled
Whoooaaa...skint in Aberdare
You don't mute for the "ooh-ooh", you let the "ooh-ooh" go and then mute on the 'livin on a prayer".
Sad
I like the DJ Ranking version
I worked in a cover band for years, and sometimes I had to perform this damned song twice a night.
He should listen to the alternative Prayer '94 Bon Jovi did. Beautiful!
If only I could name every American pissed about it.
Surprised he didn't choose cheese graters
and equally guilty song is Dont Stop Believin. can we room 101 that shits too thanks
He's right, but there are many songs to go with it.
Good of Chris to play a Wolves song
someone play this at his wedding!
Heston looks like a frog.
I never realised how much Heston Blumenthal sounds like Ed Sheeran
My mum, a typical middle aged British lady, has a Bon Jovi tattoo and has seen them 8 or 9 times live. Think that says it all, really.
Should play him Mr Brightside
james acaster deffo likes radiohead
I like James and I like Livin' on a Prayer. Great guitar sound and great vocals.
Vlasko60 then you are a monster...
livin on prayer just played...in my dads room...im scared
that's really worrying. maybe he was looking for porn or something. but bon jovi? how embarrassing
Christmas time in retail you hear the same 10 Christmas songs over and over again. If I Last Christmas by Wham one more time I will kill someone
Jason D just so happens to be your favourite time of year as I read your comment. I hope you have a lovely Xmas with the same 10 songs on repeat. Ho Ho Ho! 🎅🏻
That damned Mariah Carey singing "all I want for Christmas is you". Apparently Pandora thinks two versions of her singing that Christmas torture is sufficiently different to play it once and after two other songs play the slightly different version of the same dolphin torturing ditty.
That's the Christmas song I could listen to every hour of every day.
+Jason
I recently heard "I'm dreaming of a White Christmas' by Michael Bublé and some other girl.
And I don't know who she is...but she sounds like she's dying during the hiccups.
It was replayed a lót last december and I just walked outside if the shop played it.
The lady just...nasally moans through her singing; 'Nnnhhwaaahhh-iim dreaming..offaawaaaaaaahhhh-it Chriihhhiiiiiiistmaaahhahhhzzzz."
oh god i can relate. i played an elf for 6 weeks and now kill bill sirens go off every time i hear ‘all i want for christmas’
He didn't 'destroy' it lmao, he just moaned about not liking it. Didn't say anything clever or funny about it. (for the record I despise it as well)
What annoys me is that it's overhyped by the media to the point that no-one really knows any of the other great Bon Jovi songs!
yes, it's the repetition that's annoying, when there are other good songs available.
Other? That would imply
a: that living on a prayer is a great song
b: that bon jovi produced a great song
Double fail
Yes I hate it too, together with Don't Stop Believing and Summer Of '69 and songs similar to those!
HolandaChiquita 80s hair metal pop with poodle haircuts was the death of music
Aw man, i was hoping he's pick it apart, lyric by lyric
as he once said to Lorraine Kelly, "Go Fuck Yourself" i love Bon Jovi!
AGREE
Bon jovi is like grinding glass in my ear after bartending and working bars bouncing. Every fucking night
Sometimes three times a night.
Grumble grumble grumble
*Walks away to the kitchen and makes midnight waffles. Goes and sits outside contemplating life choices. Remembers he didn't file his taxes yet. Wonders who will save the world from the rebirth of the woolly mammoth*
Oh sorry forgot this was still on.
Fuck that song.
Couldn't agree more
Mr Brightside
Muddy miko what I hate is the fact that When You Were Young is a much better song yet everyone at a party requests Mr Bright side instead
Muddy miko no Mr brightside is good for the fact it proves most people are morons who don't listen to the song properly, most seem to think Mr brightside is uplifting and optimistic, when actually its about the self torment of imagining your ex fuck someone else.
Dave yep definitely
@@stupidhandles Your comment reminds me of all the people who play Every Breath You Take by The Police as their wedding dance, failing to realise that it's about stalking someone.
What about ITS MY LIFFFFFFE AND ITS NOW OR NEVER that my favourite bon jovi song
This is precisely how I feel about Bohemian Rapsody.
- *Runs and hides from the approaching onslaught of TH-cam commenters* -
Haha! I don't agree, but brilliant!
Completely agree with James! I really hate the beginning part
Africa - toto
Try and find the original demo recording of Living on a prayer by the guy who written it. A soft slow piano piece that is better. In the mid nineties on BBC radio they did a 3 or 4 part series about songwriters who written for some of the biggest names around. Eye opening.
“Try and find”? Why don’t you find it and put a link here? Do the world some good.
@@adh0c468 Because it was on a songwriters series on BBC radio 1 in my late teens. I'm now 50. Things ain't as easy to find when it's not a link away, like it is today, or I would have.
@@sabretooth1971 Then it’s pretty much impossible for us to find as well, isn’t it? Gosh, I hope I’m not coming across as a jerk here. I’ll end by apologizing if I am.
@@adh0c468 found it. th-cam.com/video/QhQwE3Q61II/w-d-xo.html
@@sabretooth1971 Thanks, I appreciate the effort.
So, although it's a bit eccentric... Everything James says is a bit eccentric.
Never heard of the hi ho silver lining song.
Jeff Beck 1967
whooah- Livid underwear