And while it’s somewhat innocuous, you know exactly how much fun is inside. It’s an iconic orange and brown wrapper that is universally known and revered. If you listen closely, there are intricacies emphasizing upbeats, and resting in places one wouldn’t think calls for a rest that result in a more complex sound. Tico Torres might not be Neal Peart or Ginger Baker shit, he might not even be Stewart Copeland, but he adds more than just timekeeping. They give it another layer even when they go unnoticed. Those ridges actually add quite a bit of texture to every bite. The Crinkles Around That Form The Outside Border Sambora isn’t as straight-forward as a Pete Townsend or a Tony Iommi, or as intricate as Eddie Van Halen or Jimmy Page, but he has a keen self-awareness that allows him to hold the band together while quietly riffing in the background or stepping up to take a lead. We all know that (with very rare exception) if you wanted to be a hit in the ‘80s, you needed a big time guitarist. The guts of the whole thing that differentiates a Reese’s from almost any other candy. Jon was more tame than Diamond David Lee Roth and Dee Snider, but he was also more talented than both of them and could afford to tone it down just a bit knowing he had the musical chops to carry the show. It was tight pants, long hair, and on-stage antics that would get any stadium crowd fired up. In the ‘80s music business, chocolate meant a charismatic front man with an easily recognizable voice and an outlandish stage persona. One taste and you immediately want more.Įveryone who isn’t allergic or deranged loves chocolate. But together, they form the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup of rock music. It’s a beautiful marriage of two popular genres, neither of which I really get into on their own. But the songwriting duo of Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora put the best aspects of the two together and came up with pure fun.
Heavy metal is dark, intense, and there seems to be violence and mayhem always lurking in the neighborhood, while 1980’s pop was a bit too bubble-gummy and immature. So how do you get a kid from New Jersey and a metal head aligned? You load them up with some goddam Bon Jovi, that’s how! The Venn Diagram of their musical preferences looks like John Lennon’s glasses. by pleasing both of them is a near impossible feat. Unfortunately, my two associates have tastes that don’t have much overlap. I have a list of over 100 albums I would really like to pitch at EONS.