Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet: Happy 25th Anniversary !!!

[ponkine]

Hi all!


Today (18 August) is the 25th anniversary of a classic album: Slippery When Wet

Not only Bon Jovi's most succesful album to date (more than 28 million copies worldwide, making it the #21 best seller album of all times) but one of the greatest, biggest hard rock albums ever

At the time the album spent 8 weeks #1 on Billboard Top 200

Share your memories about this great album!

Happy anniversary

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[Burlington77]

 

[Danny Boy]

I have that Star Wars Christmas album where Jon Bon Jovi sings to R2-D2.

 

[IWasBored]

there's no statute of limitations on musical crimes.

get him.

 

[u2popmofo]

I have that Star Wars Christmas album where Jon Bon Jovi sings to R2-D2.

Strangely, so do I.

 

[lazarus]

 

[nielsgov]

 

[LemonMelon]

I've never heard the album but it probably sucks maybe I'll listen to it later

 

[u2popmofo]

It was definitely one of my favs when I was a kid. I'm sure I still have the cassette tape sitting around somewhere at my parents' house.

 

[bono_212]

Like it, new jersey is way better.

 

[u2popmofo]

Like it, new jersey is way better.

Agreed.

 

[bono_212]

I've always been a fan of Bon Jovi , but until about the last year or so, I'd only heard Crush. Finally got around to the self titled, New Jersey and Slippery When Wet. When I heard SWW, I was kind of surprised by how much I didn't like it. The singles are great, obviously, if you're into Bon Jovi, but the other material was way weak. Then I hear New Jersey and I just really liked everything about it.

 

[u2popmofo]

It was great at the time, but it dated itself very quickly. I remember even thinking that it sounded "old" around '89 or so, before grunge had even started.

 

[mikal]

It's!

My!

Life!

 

[u2popmofo]

Not even close to the same era.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

On several occasions I have encountered people around my age that claim they are huge BJ ( ) fans when they find out I'm crazy about U2. My response is always "really? Them?"

 

[bono_212]

Funny, I get that same reaction when I say I'm a U2 fan. The "What? Them?" part I mean.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

That is funny

 

[u2popmofo]

They're both dinosaur acts, so I guess there's that.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

Do you ever just stop and think damn I'm old!?

 

[u2popmofo]

Do you ever just stop and think damn I'm old!?

Yes, I think that about you often.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

Yes, I think that about you often.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Tommy used to work on the docks, till they outsourced his job to Mexico. Now he does sexual favors for cash. It's tough.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

Tommy used to work on the docks, till they outsourced his job to Mexico. Now he does sexual favors for cash. It's tough.

You have got to hold on to what you've got

 

[lazarus]

I've always been a fan of Bon Jovi , but until about the last year or so, I'd only heard Crush. Finally got around to the self titled, New Jersey and Slippery When Wet. When I heard SWW, I was kind of surprised by how much I didn't like it. The singles are great, obviously, if you're into Bon Jovi, but the other material was way weak. Then I hear New Jersey and I just really liked everything about it.

FYI ElMel, this disturbing lapse in taste may be grounds for divorce in every state besides New Jersey, and maybe Pennsylvania.

 

[corianderstem]

I like a handful of their singles. They're fun.

.... that's all I've got.

 

[bono_212]

FYI ElMel, this disturbing lapse in taste may be grounds for divorce in every state besides New Jersey, and maybe Pennsylvania.

Would you believe me if I told you that at almost the same exact time I got into U2, I got into Bon Jovi. Like, I got a little obsessive about both bands, but eventually one took up more of my attention than the other and I ended up a U2 fanatic and just a mild enjoyer of Bon Jovi's.

Extreme lapses in taste, ahoy!

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

the JOV!

 

[nirniva]

Still haven't forgiven those assholes for stealing U2's stage.

 

[IWasBored]

that thread was in b&c? haha.

i remember some thread where a bunch of us discovered that we have heard far more bon jovi songs than we previously thought. i can't remember the details because it was a horrible, traumatic experience that i've blocked out of my memory.