A tired bunch, late at night and huddled around a heater in the production office of the Radio One / NME stage at the Reading Festival last year, dwelled on the subject of the 2011 main stage headliners.. it sparked a lengthy albeit weary discussion on one band, put forward by someone that *really* should know better.
Bon Jovi.
I've no idea why amongst other worthy contenders such as SoundGarden / Muse / Red Hot Chili Peppers / The Strokes (hey we got two right!) Jon Bon Jovi's band popped into this person's head, but he backed up his suggestion with the lines that they'd "go down a storm" - the case against them was overwhelming;
a) they'd get bottled off almost immediately
b) amongst the six or so people discussing this global mega-band (they've sold over 130million records), we could only name three of their songs.
It has since been pointed out that they've got two others, "It's My Life" and "You Give Love A Bad Name", but for me, it stuck - Bon Jovi only have three songs.
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