[Bon Jovi] It’s My Life (2001)

In 1986 You Give Love a Bad Name,

In 1987 Livin' On A Prayer,

In 1988 Bad Medicine,

In 1989, the song I'll Be There For You peaked at number one on the Billboard charts.

 

And as an individual Bon Jovi, the following year, 1990, with Blaze of Glory, he once again topped the Billboard chart. Bon Jovi, who gained popularity amid the hard rock and glam metal craze that dominated the 1980s, continued to maintain his skills in the 1990s.

 

Always, a song loved by many Bon Jovi fans in Korea, is a huge hit with over 1 million copies sold in the United States alone and over 3 million copies worldwide. , 2nd in the UK charts and 4th in the German charts. It is also the last single as a Bon Jovi member of Alec John Search, who left the Bon Jovi band at the end of 1994.

In the 1990s, he also appeared in movies, and in the 2000 film 'Pay It Forward', which was very popular in Korea. Appears in the role of a father who left a family. In addition, he acted in supporting roles and leading roles in several films, including the war movie U-571.

 

 When I first saw this movie, I didn't know it was Jon Bon Jovi, I only knew him as a minor actor. In 2001. Bon Jovi's new masterpiece, It's My Life, appears, and marks a new turning point. Although it is quite different from the existing heavy metal, it is more suitable for the times and yet does not abandon the original color of Bon Jovi.

In my opinion, My Way, which continues the genealogy of Frank Sinatra's My Way, Billy Joel's My Life, and Bon Jovi's It's My Life. I see it as the ‘Life’ series. This song, which gives a very young feel, also mentions Frank Sinatra, who is from the same New Jersey state, in the lyrics, and shows enough that it has the same outstanding abilities as in the past despite entering the 21st century.

 

Into the 2000's. More strictly speaking, from 1991 to 1992, the aspect of music has changed dramatically. In particular, the era of metal became history and other styles of music such as rap and grunge have become the mainstream. 

 

Naturally, the bands that were famous in the 80s went down a path of decline, but they persevered as much as Bon Jovi, and they rose to the top again as they were revived as knights with It's My Life.   Most of my favorite songs are from 1989 or earlier.

 

Of the 100 pop songs listed in these articles, only a few are after 1989, but only up to 1992. In such a situation, the 2001 song is the most recent, and Bon Jovi seems to have been the driving force for gaining the same popularity as the past from the younger generation.

Personally, I listen to Bon Jovi songs since the 2000s - We weren't born to follow (2009) - so I can say that Bon Jovi's songs are worth listening to regardless of the times.Listening to Bon Jovi's It's My Life and We Weren't born to follow, there is one thing that I vaguely feel.

 

That's something you can feel in the songs of Frank Sinatra or Billy Joel. That point can be condensed into ‘I go my way’. It reminds me of Going My Way, the title and theme song of Bing Crosby's 1944 film. It's My Life was surprisingly released after Bon Jovi's heyday, but it also feels very different from the existing Bon Jovi songs, but it's made so well that you can feel the thrill when you listen to it, and it is also praised as Bon Jovi.

 

Bon Jovi in ​​his 20s and his 30s are different, and the current musical style looking forward to his 60s cannot be the same. From that point of view, it's about adapting well to changes and refining your musical style accordingly to continuously secure a fan base. That point is also Bon Jovi's charm, and the starting point for showing it seems to be 2001's It's My Life.