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Bon Jovi: "Can't Go Home" And "Livin' On A Prayer" (Live At The Grammys) (Video)

11:15 a.m. · February 1, 2010 · by Andrew Winistorfer

I remember I used to be confused as to who the hell was buying new Bon Jovi albums, since it seemed like the only people who listened to them listened exclusively to the older stuff. But then I worked with this 40-year-old dude at a pizza place, and he was like, "It's the same fucking band, man. Even if they go country, it's still Bon Fucking Jovi, man. If you support the old shit, you got to like the new shit. They're the same fucking band." 

I don't know why I mention that, except for the fact that I can't ever refer to Bon Jovi without saying Bon Fucking Jovi. Maybe since they performed one of their "country" songs on the Grammys last night? (I am a doctor of seriously excellent transitions.) It's probably a shrewd move to go country for Bon Fucking Jovi, since country stars are doing their best to do populist ballads just like Ratt used to do.

But since Bon Jovi are the same band, they also did "Livin On A Prayer" last night, which I think we can all agree has the best talk box solo of all time. I mean, when people dig us up in 50,000 years, they'll be like, "This race of people loved the talk box, and no one talk boxed it better than Richard Sambora."