Oh blimey - didn't expect to find this on TH-cam. I'm the Gilly who gambled 🙈 but at the time of the call I had no passport & no winter coat & I was thinking there's no way my mum will be able to afford to get passports sorted for me & my little sister. So I thought it was worth the gamble. Had no idea they were going to give me back the prize at the end of the month & they sent £250. Ray & the whole team were so lovely & the prize was incredible. 1st time I'd flown, 1st time staying in a hotel & only my second ever concert!
Wow! That’s amazing, I’ve had this clip on a VHS for years and only converted it to a digital file a couple of years ago. I remember watching it live and felt crushed for you when you gambled. I remember reading about the gig it was at the Red Bank theatre in New Jersey wasn’t it? Sounded brilliant 🤩
@@Rockingmelmac yes, the Count Basie theatre. It was amazing! MTV rang me at the end of the month to ask if they could reply the clip because of the drama - and then they rang me again while it was on air (had no idea they were going to). They asked if I'd like to play the goodie bag game they used to do (can't remember the name of it now), but they didn't get another caller to play against, it was AndyCam instead & they gave me the prize back. I was stunned. Ray rang back off air for a chat, he was so lovely. I was 18, took my 15yr old sister with me (you can hear her storming off in the video) & we were in the Renaissance Hotel, Times Square for 3 days in December 1993. I barely slept the entire time, it was so surreal. Haven't been back to New York but plan to one of these days. Thank you so much for sharing the video x
@@gillyb9988 Brilliant to hear this, I always wondered who got to go and never thought they would let you have another chance and get to go! Amazing. I loved Most Wanted and recently found Ray on Instagram doing a similar kind of show and he's pretty much the same person. By the way the show you went to was bootlegged and is on Your Tube, pretty poor quality but hoping one day Bon Jovi will put out a decent quality version. Maybe in the 40th anniversary box set next year. th-cam.com/video/bnDm8jOAcQ0/w-d-xo.html
@@Rockingmelmac cool, will have to have a listen. I can remember Tico growling through Waltzing Matilda 😄 my mum had bought me a belated bday present just before I called into MTV - a tiny Ritchie style star tattoo on my left hand it was a challenge to get the artist to do it as hand tattoos just weren't done back then. It's forever been my lucky star & I love it 🌟
Oh blimey - didn't expect to find this on TH-cam. I'm the Gilly who gambled 🙈 but at the time of the call I had no passport & no winter coat & I was thinking there's no way my mum will be able to afford to get passports sorted for me & my little sister. So I thought it was worth the gamble. Had no idea they were going to give me back the prize at the end of the month & they sent £250. Ray & the whole team were so lovely & the prize was incredible. 1st time I'd flown, 1st time staying in a hotel & only my second ever concert!
Wow! That’s amazing, I’ve had this clip on a VHS for years and only converted it to a digital file a couple of years ago. I remember watching it live and felt crushed for you when you gambled. I remember reading about the gig it was at the Red Bank theatre in New Jersey wasn’t it? Sounded brilliant 🤩
@@Rockingmelmac yes, the Count Basie theatre. It was amazing! MTV rang me at the end of the month to ask if they could reply the clip because of the drama - and then they rang me again while it was on air (had no idea they were going to). They asked if I'd like to play the goodie bag game they used to do (can't remember the name of it now), but they didn't get another caller to play against, it was AndyCam instead & they gave me the prize back. I was stunned. Ray rang back off air for a chat, he was so lovely. I was 18, took my 15yr old sister with me (you can hear her storming off in the video) & we were in the Renaissance Hotel, Times Square for 3 days in December 1993. I barely slept the entire time, it was so surreal. Haven't been back to New York but plan to one of these days. Thank you so much for sharing the video x
@@gillyb9988 Brilliant to hear this, I always wondered who got to go and never thought they would let you have another chance and get to go! Amazing. I loved Most Wanted and recently found Ray on Instagram doing a similar kind of show and he's pretty much the same person. By the way the show you went to was bootlegged and is on Your Tube, pretty poor quality but hoping one day Bon Jovi will put out a decent quality version. Maybe in the 40th anniversary box set next year. th-cam.com/video/bnDm8jOAcQ0/w-d-xo.html
@@Rockingmelmac cool, will have to have a listen. I can remember Tico growling through Waltzing Matilda 😄 my mum had bought me a belated bday present just before I called into MTV - a tiny Ritchie style star tattoo on my left hand it was a challenge to get the artist to do it as hand tattoos just weren't done back then. It's forever been my lucky star & I love it 🌟
@@gillyb9988 I think that tattoo has made you lucky! 😃👍🏼
No problem! Was it from 1993?
Yes because Video "I Believe" is from September 1993 after "Sleep When I´m Dead"
His daughter was 5 months in the 93rd.