Don't go away mad...

Yet another great article from the UK -- this time from the Telegraph.  You can read the whole article here, but this is the part that resonates:

It’s curious, though, that in our post-everything age, in which every trend has been endlessly revived and revisited – especially if it’s from the 80s – Bon Jovi have never, at any point, been cool. That may be because they’ve never gone away for long enough to generate much in the way of nostalgic affection. It may also be because their singer can come across as a bit of a berk.

I don't agree so much with the not-being-cool thing, because I think they're pretty cool, but the other part. They've never really gone away -- not for a long long time. They're always in our faces.  Now, this isn't a bad thing, but even the band can admit that too much of a good thing is like getting high and coming down.  In other words, a bummer.

The interview where Jon was talking about "what's next", and made no mention of heading back into the studio for the next Bon Jovi project was refreshing, and not just because that means my accounting software will finally show more black again.  It means they're taking time to regroup, probably individually.

Let David do his Broadway thing (after all, there'a ALWAYS room for another Tony, right?)

Let Tico do work for his foundation, and enjoy his young son.

Let Richie work on his projects, both his solo efforts and those with Nikki, and relish the summer with his daughter.

Let Jon enjoy the summer with his kids.  Take a breather.  Relax.  If you're getting bored, then it's time to do something else before you start to really hate your job.  That would suck for all of us.

I've talked with some of you out there, and admittedly, this was suggested to me by someone I'll call T. T threw out the statement that if they went away for a year or two, when they decided to come back / tour again / put out another record, it would do great. Give us a chance to miss you before you jump down our throats again.

Don't go away forever, just take a vacation. Let us miss you.

And let us build up our bank accounts.

~ Hath