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Keep The Faith
Bon Jovi
Mercury, 1992
http://www.bonjovi.com
REVIEW BY: Daniel Camp
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: 02/09/2008
There are certain artists a music reviewer, even an amateur like me, is simply expected to like: the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, U2…Bon Jovi?
Yeah, I know, I know, there’s a pretty serious stigma in the music world against arena rockers. All the songs sound the same, the lyrics are juvenile, every band is all glitz and no substance, etc. etc. But if the album’s fun, does it matter? Easy answer: not this time.
With standard-fare arena rockers “I Believe” and “Keep The Faith,” fans of classic Bon Jovi will be happy to see that some things never change. Loud, rousing choruses that demand a crowd response are what you expect the boys from Jersey to deliver, and about half the album is full of solid, if unspectacular, numbers like “Fear,” “Woman In Love,” and “I Want You.”
“If I Was Your Mother” fits this mold, albeit with lyrics that just cause you to cringe a little when you hear them: “If I was your mother/Could I teach you what’s right/Could I tell you stories/Maybe tuck you in/And kiss you sweet goodnight.” You know what Jon means here, but still…the lover = mother idea just makes me say eww.
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