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Rating: I will try to review this latest work by Bon Jovi released about a month ago.
The widespread opinion is that the band with their latest albums hasn't produced anything worthwhile, repeating themselves without generating new ideas and becoming merely commercial puppets.
Personally, I don't own any old Bon Jovi albums except for the collection "Crossroad" (1994), while I do own the penultimate "Have a Nice Day" (2005), which, despite the criticisms I've heard, is an album I like a lot, more than the singles from the previous albums.
This "Lost Highway" instead I find a very anonymous album; even the first rather distracted listen left me with nothing, and subsequent listens added very little, mainly because the songs fail to capture my attention, they mostly drift by indistinctly. From what I have read, it’s an album recorded in the city of Nashville and should be born out of a country inspiration. This is certainly not new for Bon Jovi, but "Wanted dead or alive" or "Blaze of glory" were something else. You get some sense of that atmosphere, but the album doesn't have a real country identity, nor a Rock one, in short, it seems to lack an identity.
Analyzing the tracks is rather superfluous, apart from the first two, the others tend to be forgettable. The atmosphere is pleasant in "Seat Next To You", " One Step Closer" is enjoyable and well-executed, one of the best moments, and also "Any Other Day" is not bad, while the single "Make a Memory" seems to strive to evoke a certain pathos but doesn’t quite succeed.
The version I own also contains live versions of "Make a Memory" and "Lost Highway", which add absolutely nothing to an album that I feel recommended only to group enthusiasts who don't want to miss a piece of discography.
For others, an album to play in the background in the car radio, and forget about. Anyway, I like the cover.
Regards
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Lost Highway (04:16)
In my rearview mirror
My life is getting clearer
The sunset sighs and slowly disappears
These trinkets once were treasure
Life changes like the weather
You grow up, grow old, or you hit the road 'round here
So I drive (drive drive)
Watching white lines passing by
My plastic dashboard Jesus
Waiting there to greet us
Hey Hey
I finally found my way
Said goodbye to yesterday
Hit the gas, there ain't no brakes on this lost highway
Yeah, I'm busting loose, I'm lettin go
Out on this open road
It's independence day on this lost highway
Hey hey, hey hey
Don't know where I'm going
But I know where I've been
I'm afraid of going back again
So I drive (drive drive)
Years and miles are flying by
And waiting there to greet us
Is my plastic dashboard Jesus
Hey Hey
Hey Hey I finally found my way
Said goodbye to yesterday
Hit the gas, there ain't no brakes on this lost highway
Hell, I'm busting loose, I'm lettin go
Out on this open road
It's independence day on this lost highway
Hey hey
hey, hey
Oh patron saint of lonely souls
Tell this boy which way to go
Guide the car, you've got the keys
Farewell to mediocrity
Kicking off the cruise control
And turning up the radio
Got just enough religion
And a half a tank of gas
Come on
Let's go
I finally found my way
Said goodbye to yesterday
Hit the gas, there ain't no brakes on this lost highway
I'm busting loose, I'm lettin go
When I'm out on this open road
It's independence day on this lost highway
Hey hey
02 Summertime (03:20)
Feels something like summertime
Top down and nothin' but time
Radio's on and your by my side
Feels something like summertime
These days life goes like this
Wake up, check that off of some list
Gotta be a little something more than this
The bottom of my coffee cup
I keep a, postcard in the back of my mind
White sand, sunshine
And you shining like a brand new diamond
It's keeping me from giving up
Thinking like I had enough
You make me feel something like summertime
Top down and nothing but time
Radio's on and you're by my side
Feels something like summertime
Like that first slow dance and that first long kiss
There ain't nothing baby better then this
It's like a beach blanket and a bottle of wine
It feels something like summertime
Sum-sum-summertime
I was a warm breeze with a cool tan
Life mapped out on the back of my hand
When I was laughing I was making plans
But I didnt laugh when I found you
There's a heaven baby you're the proof
You make me feel something like summertime
Top down and nothing but time
Radio's on and you're by my side
Feels something like summertime
Like that first slow dance and that first long kiss
There ain't nothing baby better then this
It's like a beach blanket and a bottle of wine
It feels something like summertime
Sum-summer-summertime
[Solo]
Feels something like summertime
Top down and nothing but time
Radio's on for me and my valentine
It's like that first slow dance and that first long kiss
There ain't nothing baby better then this
It's like a beach blanket and a bottle of wine (yeah)
Feels something like summertime
Top down ain't nothing but time
Radio's on and you're by my side,
Feels something like summertime
Just like summer time
Sum-sum-summertime
Feels something like summertime
03 (You Want To) Make a Memory (04:38)
Hello again, it's you and me
Kinda always like it used to be
Sippin' wine, killing time
Trying to solve life's mysteries
How's your life, it's been a while
God it's good to see you smile
I see you reaching for your keys
Looking for a reason not to leave
If you don't know if you should stay
If you don't say what's on your mind
Baby just breathe
There's nowhere else tonight we should be
You wanna make a memory?
I dug up this old photograph
Look at all that hair we had.
It's bittersweet to hear you laugh
Your phone is ringing I don't wanna ask
If you go now, I'll understand
If you stay, hey, I've got a plan
We're gonna make a memory
You wanna steal a piece of time
You can sing the melody to me
And I can write a couple of lines
You wanna make a memory?
If you don't know if you should stay
And you don't say what's on your mind
Baby just breathe
There's nowhere else tonight we should be
We Should be
You wanna make a memory
You wanna steal a piece of time
You can sing the melody to me
And I can write a couple of lines
You wanna make a memory? (x2)
04 Whole Lot of Leavin' (04:19)
It's pretty cold for late September
And autumn wind is creepin' in
The summer sun packed up, it's long gone
There's a whole lot of leavin' goin' on
Yeah
I bet it's warm in California
I think it's time to hit the road
I just might call that plain of gypsies
Whose searching for our pot of gold
Seems like lately there's a whole lot of leavin' goin' on
I close my eyes and picture your hand in mine
I still hear your voice that takes me back to that time
Where I can find a reason to be strong
Seems like lately there's a whole lot of leavin' goin' on
Close the window, draw the curtains
You ain't the only one here hurt
No one's right, no one's wrong
Lately there's a whole lot of leavin' goin' on
I close my eyes and picture your hand in mine
I still hear your voice that takes me back to that time
Where I can find a reason to be strong
Seems like lately there's a whole lot of leavin' goin' on
You used to live to say you love me
Now you got one foot out the door
It's then you turn around and ask me
Do we got it anymore
I close my eyes and picture your hand in mine
I still hear your voice that takes me back to that time
Where I need find a reason to be strong
I close my eyes and picture your hand in mine
Yeah, I hold the line, you'll never hear me say goodbye
So, pretty thing, let the years be strong
Seems like lately there's a whole lot of leavin' goin' on
I'l come back for you, baby
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