LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-AUGUST 18, 2019-THIRTY THREE YEARS AGO BON JOVI RELEASED THE MEGA ALBUM ‘SLIPPERY WHEN WET.’
HERE ARE SOME FUN FACTS:
-THE COVER ART OF THE ALBUM WAS A GARBAGE BAG WITH WATER SPLASHED ON IT. JON BON JOVI SAID THIS WAS THE COVER AFTER HE SAW THE ORIGINAL COVER THE RECORD COMPANY SELECTED WITH A BIG PINK BORDER AROUND IT
-THIS WAS THE ORIGINAL COVER
-SLIPPERY WHEN WET HAS SOLD OVER 28,000,000 COPIES
-THE ALBUM IS THE 33RD HIGHEST SELLING ALBUM OF ALL-TIME
-SLIPPERY WHEN WET SPENT 8 WEEKS AT # 1 ON THE ALBUM CHARTS
-IT WAS THE TOP SELLING ALBUM OF 1987
-THE SONGS FOR THE ALBUM WERE WRITTEN BY JON BON JOVI, RICHIE SAMBORA AND DESMOND CHILD IN RICHIE SAMBORA’S MOTHER’S BASEMENT.
-THE ALBUM PRODUCED 4 SINGLES ‘YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME’ ‘LIVIN’ ON A PRAYER’ ‘WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE’ AND ‘NEVER SAY GOODBYE’
-THE BAND CHOSE THE ALBUM NAME ‘SLIPPERY WHEN WET’ AFTER A VISIT TO A STRIP BAR IN VANCOUVER
-THIS RECORD WAS THE FIRST ROCK ALBUM TO FEATURE 3 HITS N THE TOP 10
– JON BON JOVI DIDN’T WANT TO INCLUDE ‘LIVIN’ ON A PRAYER’ ON THE RECORD BECAUSE HE DIDN’T THINK IT WAS A STRONG ENOUGH SONG. RICHIE SAMBORA SAID IT WOULD BE A HIT. THEY COMPROMISED AND RECORDED IT OVER, USING THE NEW VERSION ON THE ALBUM
HERE’S BON JOVI’S OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR “YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME”.
