Bon Jovi - Sylvia's Mother (Dr Hook Cover)

Bon Jovi's version of the Dr.Hook classic Sylvia's Mother.

[@ronniemead805]

He poured his heart and soul into this production; not merely sing but wailed.

[@carriemcmillan2228]

so glad to hear someone else appreciates Dr. Hook!

[@jazzorcullo]

love Dr Hook!

[@jenniferweeks8055]

Love them!!!!

[@bettybeaton8639]

Dr. hook deserves to be honored

[@MrArgoman45]

+Betty Beaton A great band that never seemed to get the acclaim they deserved. Always seemingly underrated. Maybe it was the Dr. Hook and the eyepatch thing that gave them the appearance of not being a serious band. They actually had a lot of great tuned that got a lot of air play in the early 70's. "When you're in Love With a Beautful Woman" was one of my faves too. "Cover of the Rolling Stone" - another classic.

[@davecasey4341]

Kind of hard to take a band seriously when it sounds like they walked into a recording studio, turned on the tape decks and 45 minutes later they turned 'em off and said, "Done! There's your album you wanted." Bankrupt. Oh, and it was one of their best albums ever. I love it. ;)

[@Beenana9]

Bon Jovi does a great job with this song! Love it!!!!!!!!

[@joanawasfound8509]

Sylvia's mother says, 'Sylvia's busy Too busy to come to the phone' Sylvia's mother says, 'Sylvia's tryin' To start a new life of her own' Sylvia's mother says, 'Sylvia's happy So why don't you leave her alone?' And the operator says, '40 cents more for the next 3 minutes' Please Mrs. Avery, I just gotta talk to her I'll only keep her a while Please Mrs. Avery, I just wanna tell 'er goodbye Sylvia's mother says, 'Sylvia's packin' She's gonna be leavin' today' Sylvia's mother says, 'Sylvia's marryin' A fella down Galveston way' Sylvia's mother says, 'Please don't say nothin' To make her start cryin' and stay' And the operator says, '40 cents more for the next 3 minutes' Please Mrs. Avery, I just gotta talk to her I'll only keep her a while Please Mrs. Avery, I just wanna tell 'er goodbye Sylvia's mother says, 'Sylvia's hurryin' She's catchin' the nine o'clock train' Sylvia's mother says, 'Take your umbrella Cause Sylvie, it's startin' to rain' And Sylvia's mother says, 'Thank you for callin' And, sir, won't you call back again!' And the operator says, '40 cents more for the next 3 minutes' Please Mrs. Avery, I just gotta talk to her I'll only keep her a while Please Mrs. Avery, I just wanna tell 'er goodbye

[@jdh023]

It's cool Bon Jovi is giving respect to Dr. Hook. Good job guys.

[@therealgabrielcash]

Very underated band, with help from the amazing Shel Silverstein

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[@jenniferweeks8055]

They did a fantastic job with this song!!!! They nailed it!!!!!!

[@Haaheomusic]

THANK YOU FOR GIVING "SYLVIA'S MOTHER " (DR. HOOK'S) SONG LIFE AGAIN...............GREAT RENDITION !

[@CATniteOwl]

Of course he isn't Dr Hook but I think Bon Jovi did a real good job of keeping the original sound and emotion of the original!! I love it,

[@sandracantrell4684]

Indeed!

[@sylviaadisa3657]

"As the operator says forty cents more, for the next three minutes..." too good

[@kerrymarch7267]

didn't know this cover existed...glad I heard it tonight

[@tonyr2308]

Sung with respect.

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[@neilt7145]

Wow! Bon Jovi, legends of the 80's 90's showing respect to Dr Hook & the Medicine Show of the 70's.. Quite a respectful rendition.

[@Johnny03902]

Are you kidding this is ONE of the best covers...Great Job!

[@tammieyancey3400]

I love this cover of Silvia mother. Honestly shocked

[@jacquismith3277]

Me too. I never expected it to be this great.

[@stanleysauls]

Not quite Ray Sawyer or Dennis Locorriere but he does the tune real justice, hits every note and nail the passion

[@curiosoeae]

Dr Hook cured alot of our sadness with his music in the 70’s

[@teresamay6981]

Best cover this grandma 👵 has ever heard of this dr hook song 🎵 my older sister has been gone 11 years now she left me and when to heaven but when we were young she played the 33 record to me all of the time rest in peace tammy. 🙏 😢😢

[@cynthia6924]

Love this version, but it's lacking the desperation and desolation Dr. Hook's version has. Hard to top a true classic.

[@kfrerix9777]

Absolutely. Still glad they wanted to cover it!

[@kanemura93]

The original version sounds like he's singing with a rope around his neck, pretty much.

[@montycloern7897]

I'm a BIG bon jovi fan but yep...what u said!

[@shaykatz5648]

This song will sound great to anyone that's never heard Dr Hook

[@johancoetzer2165]

I was going to say that...

[@davidshowmaker4408]

I just recently rediscovered Dr. Hook and this version is awesome!

[@Elizabeth-lg6zb]

Sweet nod to New Jersey native Dennis Locorriere, the Dr. Hook member who sang lead on the original. Nice to see Jersey love. 💕

[@evilcowboy]

Still wasn't as high as Dennis or Ray was when they sang this song. You forgot to mention Ray Sawyer's backup vocals on the third verse. lol. In my opinion what made Dennis so special was his higher than average falsetto voice with the raspy voice, he nailed the song when he was obviously so high, especially the video of him on Shel's houseboat. But yeah Dennis is the man and still sings it as good today.

[@troybirchwood]

never was a big Bon Jovi fan and thought twice about checking out this version figuring they'd be sure to louse up this awesome Dr. Hook song. Much to my surprise, I'm actually very impressed!

[@tonytinoco9838]

Me too.

[@jacquismith3277]

Blimey. What a great rendition of this classic. ❤

[@scordova789]

Dotty (Dorothy) used to sing this to me, before her death (rest in peace). And it still makes me cry. Beautifully done Jon Bon Jovi. Awesome

[@williamj.sheehan2001]

OUTSTANDING !!!!

[@vikimcalpine3696]

love the original but also love this

[@cindyrussell1581]

Bon Jovi can sing anything in my eyes. Great 👌 job.🇨🇦

[@teresamay6981]

Beautiful just beautiful this grandma 👵 loves this cover of dr hooks Sylvia's mother

[@sledge1960]

Always been a Bon Jovi fan and like the cover but Lacorriere nailed this song.

[@cheypam]

With the help of Jay David's harmonies 🥁

[@attybong]

nothing beats dennis soulful rendition ..

[@stevebirks2186]

Beautiful ! To all us guys who have had their girlfriends mother tell us she's not in or she can't come to the phone just now ? When we damn well knew she's there ! Never thought I would say 'I like a Bon Jovi recording' ? - But now I do ! - Thanks for sharing Cheers !

[@silvytuttoilmondo5096]

Stupenda

[@senoritasteffy4324]

Excellent cover version! It's amazing how he manages to sound like the original artist but give it his own twist. And he sings with so much emotion. Check out Bridge Over Troubled Water and Mrs Robinson. It shows they have genuinely good voices and that they're versatile

[@talaitepetrowski541]

Oh, I love this version!!!

[@redsologlass8768]

Very very nice.

[@3rddrum]

Love it when the Jersey in him says Sylvi's 'mutha.' That is so cute.

[@AnnemarieMay]

My late younger brother and only uneducated Aussie country boy used to talk like that. Only it was 'me mutha said....'. As a uni educated language teacher I tried to take the poor country boy out of him, get him to speak like they do in Melbourne, city style Aussie English but it didn't last and he'd soon revert to telling his latest girl about 'me muvva etc', as well 'me old man' (father) and 'me big sista' (me). I could see the sophisticated girls cringe. 'NO girl's gonna want a bush whacker talking like that' I told him 'Well, if they can't love me for myself, I don't need to know them and me muvva agrees' he replied.

[@lucyannelepore9112]

LOVE THIS SONG BY JON

[@eleanormorales1883]

Bon jovis one of best performance

[@llynnie888]

Love this rendition!

[@terribellettini450]

Love this song!! The 70s had the best music.

[@sandracantrell4684]

Omg. I'm crazy about Dr. Hook, but yall killed that. Awwsome!!!Awesome!!!! Wow!!! I love yall.💯❣️

[@HannahBailey-y6i]

A really cool cover

[@helgabrueggemann7283]

Ziemlich geil ❤

[@crystalblackwelder5265]

Good song.

[@ednaaquino530]

Love thus version give chill to the bone

[@lisatimbynum]

love that they chose this song to do....good job !!!

[@lisatimbynum]

no problem i had to figure out how to see ur comment lol rookie but i love all music

[@mikeyjjohnson5353]

I think he did an awesome job way to go Bon Jovi

[@atthrower01]

Mikeyj Johnson respect is about all he did.......serviceable at best....almost lame

[@atthrower01]

Mikeyj Johnson not sure what u were hearing

[@eddiespjcer2160]

love the song

[@jakesbrits2114]

Love this song my wife's name is Sylvia.

[@katcihealer]

nice. love this song too

[@ahmetguvenrocksound]

BON JOVI FOREVER!

[@Bengtroslund]

@zombiewoofN. Not quite true. Look at wikipedia and you will learn the story about this song. Shel Silverstein wrote it and he was absolutly sincere with his lyrics in this song. He had a girlfriend named Sylvia and was trying to call her up on her weddingday. Sorry for my english.

[@cindye7916]

Great cover of a great song. Dr Hook's but this did it justice. Drum beat building up to " and the operator says 40 cents more." Wow

[@Calvin.of.Martin.Street]

I'm happily surprised by this take on a classic!!

[@Urankar3]

Excellent 5*****!!!!

[@catherinekennedy1244]

Really sweet. Pure nostalgia

[@debbievaters4386]

Great Job

[@kayray1111]

Awesome

[@marriedagain2008]

Beyond Amazing!!

[@ronaldgiroux3307]

Good job Jon doing justice to this classic!

[@milekojot7283]

Top cover

[@jamesboston7457]

This was pretty good I really enjoyed that Dennis would appreciate that he’s the only one of dr hook left

Great cover I must say!

[@Urankar3]

Great song*****:))

[@kayleneroddom901]

Wow excellent cover version! Amazing work very talented bon Jovi

[@sheilaspaulding8812]

Wow! He did good, I’m shocked. He did so much feeling and depth. Very nice!

[@SilviaVP1]

Always loved it for obvious reasons but Bon Jovi takes it to a new level!

[@rodneybjornstad9016]

One more thing Mr bonJovi….. great pipes ! John can sing!

[@hollyr8788]

He does this with the same emotion and feeling as the original… so many covers just don’t put that feel into it. Great cover!

[@pennyholliday1209]

Love him.

[@Michele2416]

it'a awesome John Bonjovi

[@AnnemarieMay]

Wow! That's a great cover of Sylvia's Mother, Jon. I thought axrock star singing such a song would sound even more tortuous than its agonising but clever lyrics. That song would have to be one of most agonising 'hopeless love' songs ever written for a male singer. It's a musical masterpiece exploring such male romantic, emotional despair. I think if I were Sylvia, the daughter he loves so desperately, I'd ferl an overwhelming need to do some not very kind daughterly deeds to get 'Sylvia's mother' out ofcthe picture and stop interfering with my love life. Such a pushy, domineering witch of a mother from hell... oppressive. ...

[@SilviaVP1]

Love this obviously💗

[@sylviaadisa3657]

I love this. Coz i listened to Dr Hook's version too

[@bootznsian]

badass sung well swell seen dem live and they rocked da socks off

[@gilmc6475]

This is so awesome!! I love Bon Jovi, he has the best voice

[@dea9273]

Great job!

[@HugoPeccorini]

Nice Cover... Good job Bon Jovi...

[@brendaoden9540]

I love This!!!

[@stevebrown2239]

Love the New!! Rendition of this cool 😎 classic!! I know is not Dr Hook singing it again. Bon Jovi really did justice to this awesome song. Classic!!

[@DeborahGilson]

Jon and the Bon Jovi family performed "Sylvia's Mother" phenomenally. Anyone who says otherwise obviously prefers the status quo, vanilla. The fixed-minded assume the same position, eat the same food and listen to only one genre of music, never giving another artist the opportunity to shine. Thank you, Jon, and Bon Jovi, for giving the open-minded people what they want!

[@alainfrenchy]

what a good singer all time bon jovi

[@tourmalinehunter]

Kudos to Bon Jovi for digging deep . Nicely done .

[@dalekeilen4604]

fantastic job boys!

[@luisvelezmoro8289]

Excelente interpretación!!!

[@thomastehan9477]

All musicians respect songs that rip emotion and touch the heart. The universal language. Love me some Doctor Hook.

[@shamrokid65]

Awesome !

[@deborahpetitpas2332]

Well this just makes me love him even more. Great job.

[@ednaaquino530]

Love this version Bon Jovi sings just like no other

[@ebonyfaith8064]

OMG! OMG! I ♥️ Dr. Hook! And I know he became famous before I was born.. but I do not care. One of my favorite artist's ever! 😍♥️😍♥️😍♥️😍♥️😍♥️😍♥️😍

[@darmy34]

super pioseneczka

[@abyjacob2249]

Bon jovi rocks

[@RogerReese-qc8qv]

Jon,it sounded so awesome with your own twist!! Always thought that you were one of THE BEST!!❤

[@077jason]

I really love listening to these old songs and listening to the storys in the lyrics great job great cover

[@cindybowen9080]

Awsome ❤️ Bon Jovi

[@kimmycu]

Oh wow...very nice cover of one of my favorite songs!

[@SylviaLenz-qo6jm]

Supper das lied 👍👍👍👍von silvia

[@jhowell7303]

Good job Jon... honoring another New Jersey born rock star.

[@HorroRviXenKate]

frikkin fantastic , love the original ...lovin this version too

[@TheJadem9]

non

[@markbowles2382]

Man that was a stretch for them but so much appreciatted, they only had half the players of Hook but they definitely did'nt mess it up by any means... Bon Jovis got heart and moxy... well done.

[@andybilakshow260]

a stretch indeed.