Last night I was looking for the music video Bon Jovi did with Cindy Crawford in the early 90s on youtube and of course a THOUSAND Bon Jovi videos came up, to which I took a trip down memory lane. You know, that’s why I love music so much. It takes you back to times and moments you almost forgot. Whether good or bad those moments have some amazing sound tracks. Bon Jovi is one of those bands that do that to me. I was 15 years old and it was my sister’s 17th birthday. I wanted to get her something she would really like, so I decided to buy her a CD. I remember searching through different bands she liked and all of a sudden I saw Bon Jovi’s New Jersey. Was it a new release? No, but it had so many AWESOME songs. I mean ‘I’ll be there for you’, ‘bad medicine’, ‘born to be my baby’…the list goes on. I’m a thoughtful gift giver..so this CD meant a lot to me because I remember being in a car with my sister blaring ‘bad medicine’. Since we use to fight all the time that was a good moment for us. Growing up my sis & I weren’t allowed to listen to anything but ‘Christian’ music, so we would rebel from time to time by listening to Bon Jovi & others. lol Anywho, I bought my first CD (Christian or otherwise) and it was Bon Jovi. I gave it to my sister for her birthday thinking I would copy it on cassette (remember when we could do that). Lol Sadly, before I got a chance to do that my sister had a ‘spiritual’ awaking or whatever and got rid of ALL of her ‘hidden’ non-Christian music. She destroyed Bon Jovi. I remember I was SO MAD when I found out. ONE – why didn’t she just give it to me. I love them. TWO – it was a gift I gave her that she destroyed. I was really hurt by that. Luckily, my sister no longer destroys non-Christian music, in fact she’s probably shaking her head right now remembering how silly she was. It’s funny…I forgot about that story until I met a friend who’s completely OBSESSED with Bon Jovi. I understand why he is. Their songs were the sound track to our childhood. A constant staple in our lives, and to that I say Thank you Bon Jovi AND NESS you STILL owe me the CD ‘New Jersey’. ;-)
Attached is a song I would repeat OVER & OVER while dancing around my room before my sister destroyed it….lol….memories.
Don’t hate on the hair bands…..the 80s wouldn’t be the same without them. :-)
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Bon Jovi..New Jersey...
Posted by Mel at 7:40 AM
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How did I put it on the phone? This story should be less about me being a jerk and more of a condemnation on the wacked out spiritual environment of Pensacola Christian College. They were the ones who busted me for having those kinds of cd's and threatened to kick me out of school for it! So, alas, Bon Jovi, Hootie and the Blowfish, U2, and a ton of others got deposited into the trash shoot of an 8th floor dorm room...RIP. Also, thank you Jesus, that You got me out of there!!!!
PS, Sorry Melinda! =)
OMG! You're the best! I just got your gift...the New Jersey CD from itunes. I can't wait to get internet in my place this weekend so I can download it. Thank you!! I'm SO EXCITED....
Great post Melinda (well the part about throwing Danessa under the bus wasn't great for her but conducive to the story), I totally go back to the "old" days when I hear Bon Jovi. I think they are the BEST band that sprung from the 80s :) I'll Be There For You is one of the greatest! Livin On A Prayer is number 1 of course lol
THANK YOU JENN!!!!! Next time the story should be told, "A dear, sweet, wonderfully thoughtful sister who was temporarily brainwashed by some religious zealots did a not-so-nice thing..." Has a much better ring to it, I must say. =)
this post made me laugh! thanks to my dad, i grew up on Bon Jovi among many other rock bands from that time. You Give Love A Bad Name with always be my number one song by them!!!
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