Bon Jovi
Giants Stadium II
July 25th

Jon Bon Jovi tells us to have a nice day, but he really means it, and he ensures that you will have a nice day, even if it’s night.  When you go see a Bon Jovi concert, Jon Bon and company (minus Richie Sambora, but his absence hardly mattered) give you their all, and exactly what you want – those acid-washed jean stadium anthems that have somehow survived the test of cheesy time.  Granite, we are no fans of the BJ, and while 2.5 hours of BJ rocking and rolling in his home state didn’t turn us into a convert, we were kinda shocked at how unbored we were.  Unbored!!  You did it Jon Bovi!!!  Those 8ish songs we know and don’t hate sounded great, but we coulda done without the other 17ish songs, which to us sounded like generic Bon Jovi songs with endless ‘heys’ ‘yays’ and stuff and things.  Still, it’s hard not to be impressed at how nice Jon Bon’s smile is, and the bigger ones he’s eliciting from his rabid fanbase.  hairing is caring

setlist

That’s What the Water Made Me / You Give Love a Bad Name / Raise Your Hands / Born to Be My Baby 
/ Lost Highway / Whole Lot of Leavin’ 
/ It’s My Life 
/ Because We Can 
/ What About Now / We Got It Goin’ On 
/ Keep the Faith 
/ (You Want to) Make a Memory 
/ Bed of Roses 
/ Captain Crash & the Beauty Queen From Mars 
/ We Weren’t Born to Follow 
/ Who Says You Can’t Go Home 
/ I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead 
(with ‘Start Me Up” and ‘Oh, Pretty Woman”‘ excerpts) / Bad Medicine 


encore – Runaway 
/ Wanted Dead or Alive 
/ Someday I’ll Be Saturday Night 
/ Have a Nice Day 
/ Livin’ on a Prayer 


second Encore – Always /  These Days

Three Dog Night
Empire City Casino at Yonkers Raceway
July 21st

To hell with One Dog Night or even TWO Dog Night, and who needs Four Dog Night when there’s THREE DOG NIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!  You may scoff at their name, but you’d be ashamed at how many of their songs you know AND love (and if you don’t love them, then you must hate joy, and the world, AND joy TO the world).  And how bout this fact – from 1969-1974, nobody had more Top 10 hits, moved more records, or sold more concert tickets.  EAT THAT EVERY OTHER DOG NIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!  Well, the boys are still together, minus Chuck Negron and his amazing mustachio, and at 71, principal players Cory Wells and Danny Hutton are still kicking out the jams, and awesomely big hair.  I mean look at this setlist!!!

Family Of Man / One Man Band  / Black & White / Never Been to Spain (Hoyt Axton cover) / Shambala  / Out In The Country / An Old Fashioned Love Song  / You Can Leave Your Hat On / One (Harry Nilsson cover) / It Ain’t Easy / Heart of Blues / The Show Must Go On / Liar / Mama Told Me (with an awesome hip-hop remix version thrown in for fun!) / Celebrate

encore – Eli’s Coming / Prayer Of The Children / Joy To The World

and it all still soundsz so dang glorious!!

SHAMBALAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!

CELEBREX!!!!!!!!!!!! CELEBREX!!!!!!!!!!!!

with out you Americas, there would be no White Stripes or magic or White Stripes Magic or Meg White’s boobs or Meg White’s boobs magic!!!

[via Tangible JW]

Peace The Forks Out

to

Edith

The Man-Zarek

Dr J Bros

+

Snappy Man

Stepford Husband

Cuckoo Doctor

SWATty

real life Indy Jones

Dale Emmer

Tonight drummer

Nightmare at 20,000 Feet seatmater

out like Flynn

some old senator

Chuckie M

one stairstep

the Butler did it

Archie-r

arms racer

Comet

Mother Mars

&

The Deacon

how is THIS new to me??????

long live Jordy

who’s like a mini-David Lynch like David Lynch’s son was