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Originally Posted by Kathleen
The thing that many people just don't get (or just don't like) is that it IS just Jon. He has the record contract and he can hire anyone he chooses to play with him. Admittedly he has chosen to (mostly) stick with the original bunch but he does not have to.
Another perfect example is Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. Bruce has the recording contract and yes he has kept many of the same people with him too. But some people left the band early on, some of them died but they still play on as the E Street Band.
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That comparison is absolute bollocks. Let's look at the two biggest albums of each of them. The E Street Band isn't even mentioned on the cover of Born to Run. The E-Street band is not part of the artwork and whichever you look at it, it is a solo recording. Just that the session musicians had a name as a group. A bit like 'the Big Dogs' or 'Kings of Suburbia'. For ****'s sake, Bruce wrote ALL songs by himself whereas Slippery is almost entirely co-written by Sambora.
Born in the USA:
"Born in the U.S.A." – Springsteen
"Cover Me" – Springsteen
"Darlington County" – Springsteen
"Working on the Highway" – Springsteen
"Downbound Train" – Springsteen
"I'm on Fire" – Springsteen
"No Surrender" – Springsteen
"Bobby Jean" – Springsteen
"I'm Goin' Down" – Springsteen
"Glory Days" – Springsteen
"Dancing in the Dark" – Springsteen
"My Hometown" – Springsteen
Slippery When Wet:
"Let It Rock" - Bon Jovi, Sambora
"You Give Love a Bad Name"- Bon Jovi, Sambora, Child
"Livin' on a Prayer" - Bon Jovi, Sambora, Child
"Social Disease" - Bon Jovi, Sambora
"Wanted Dead or Alive" - Bon Jovi, Sambora
"Raise Your Hands" - Bon Jovi, Sambora
"Without Love" - Bon Jovi, Sambora, Child
"I'd Die for You" - Bon Jovi, Sambora, Child
"Never Say Goodbye" - Bon Jovi, Sambora
"Wild in the Streets" - Bon Jovi
Whichever way you look at it - Bon Jovi were a proper band. No matter who had the 'contract' or what not. Springsteen was a solo artist with a band. The way things stand now, I am not sure anymore...