*First Time Reaction* 🎵 Bon Jovi Living On A Prayer Reaction

[@heavybrett-al4082]

This was the anthem of poor struggling teen couples desperately in love back in my day, great song!

[@darlenegattus8190]

❤

[@barbarachieppo9603]

👍❤❤❤

[@stAirborneMk]

The most ANNOYING song at any college bar...

[@heavybrett-al4082]

@@stAirborneMk 🤣I never went to college, but I'd imagine the most annoying would have been anything from a shoe gazer band like nirvana...ect, most college kids in my day loved that antidepressant shotgun in the mouth type of stuff? But each to there own.

[@kimberlinibambini1988]

Yessssss! An anthem I tell ya-

[@Bigslo]

Man the 80’s were a great time to grow up in.

[@blgeiger71]

Yes, yes it was! :-)

[@Sanguine_Addiction]

Forever thankful to be Gen-X 🤘

[@sandim900]

Richie Sambora used a talkbox on this song, which gave it a very distinctive sound. A talkbox is an electronic device that allows a guitar player to make distorted sounds with his mouth.

[@terrylandess6072]

A talkbox receives the guitarist's speaker signal, but uses a horn driver (looks like a speaker magnet but has a very small diaphragm) with a tube attached to the front, instead of the big 'horn' shaped metal sound director. Pure analogue - not digital. The guitarist's other speaker cabinets need to lose their signal when the talkbox is in effect, and a microphone picks up the sound.

[@edwardpaulsen1074]

There have been a few guitarists to have used the talkbox over the years.... Peter Frampton was known for it... It is just like putting the speaker for the guitar in your mouth and use that sound for "talking" after a fashion and shaping the sound in cool ways.

[@aslakrantakokko5347]

More talkbox, The Scorpions and their song The Zoo.

[@edwardpaulsen1074]

@@aslakrantakokko5347 I keep asking for that one in the hopes they will try it... I would also like to see their reaction to the Scorpions "Animal Magnetism" as well, but that is a slower "heavier" ballad that is awesome, but might be "too slow" for their faster rock explorations... I know Lex would absolutely LOVE the musical sound journey of that song with her kinesthesia... that one is *SUPER* cool for soundscape qualities. Or Nazareth's "Please Don't Judas Me"... slower songs but very rich in almost surreal and encompassing music!

[@leetroy3129]

@@aslakrantakokko5347 Ithe first song using a talk box that comes to mind for me is Joe Walsh in Rocky Mountain Way.

[@worldwidehappiness]

"Take my hand, we'll make it I swear"... one of the most romantic lines ever.

[@deelawson4551]

This qualifies as hair metal/rock to me that was a definite 80s thing :) All of the groups dressed like this and their hair was always better than mine so I was jealous,lol..I was a rocker chick during this time and I definitely dressed the part mini skirts and acid-washed ripped jeans(we didn`t have to buy them that way, we made them that way with wear and tear over the years) and I used my share of Aquanet hairspray and lots of eyeliner :) Keep On Rockin'

[@terrylandess6072]

Aquanet +1

[@3DJapan]

I dated an Italian girl in the mid-90s who had that hair. Her bangs were reaching for the sky! LOL

[@coreyz.2800]

Bon Jovi. Cinderella. Rod Stewart. 80's "Hair Metal" is just simply iconic.

[@marcelosilva6914]

@@coreyz.2800 Sebastian Bach also

[@beckyconner3632]

Me too!

[@danielfarrell574]

Jon Bonjovi literally lived this song, he married his high school sweetheart and they are still married today, when out on the road he never strayed and stayed very faithful to her, that is true love and he makes an effort to show his love of his wife and children in everything he does.

[@dana_brooke_27]

Jon and Dorothea broke up briefly in the 80's and he dated actress Diane Lane. What a gorgeous couple they were in 1985.

[@danielfarrell574]

@@dana_brooke_27 thank you, I did not know that, I guess you really do learn something new everyday.

[@dana_brooke_27]

@@danielfarrell574 I was a huge Bon Jovi fan in the past. Being from Long Island New York I had a lot of access to the Band and others.

[@danielfarrell574]

@@dana_brooke_27 well we are kinda like neighbors, I grew up in Queens, College Point. I live in Missouri now but still consider New York my home.

[@dana_brooke_27]

@@danielfarrell574 I moved out of New York four years ago. I lived in Ronkonkoma. I did get very involved with the band in the 90's. I became great friends with their photographer and fanclub employee. I'm still close friends with her. Being in the fanclub you have very close access with Jon and this family. His mother Carol or AKA Mrs. Bongiovi is a wonderful woman. We'll always be New Yorkers.. Nothing can change that.💃🗽🕺

[@midkingsteve]

The lead singer Jon Bon Jovi (real last name is Bongeovi, Italian, so they just made it Bon Jovi to pronounce it easier) is one of those guys who does a tooon of charity work both financially and on the front lines. He's in soup kitchens and shelters like constantly, to this day.

[@stevefriery9086]

He was a halfway descent actor, too.

[@3DJapan]

He owns several restaurants where people can pay what they can afford or work out off in the restaurant. JBJ Soul Kitchen. Also an apartment building in Philadelphia that really cheap for people down on their luck the building has services to help them find work and other things. JBJ Soul Home I think.

[@continentalaquatics2725]

@@stevefriery9086 Wasn’t he in “Cry Wolf?” He was a teacher I think. I saw him in person in Rumson, NJ. I thought of saying hello, but a worker at the grocery store warned me that he wasn’t approachable.

[@956675]

Bongiovi actually.

[@shannonphares3277]

Tommy and Gina make a comeback in Bon Jovi's later song "It's My Life." Which happened 20ish years later than this song. You can also see how they had aged at that point. Spoiler JBJ was still Hot AF!

[@sarahzentexas]

Jon Bon Jovi ❤️ Still gorgeous in his…sixties? I think that’s how old he is now…a silver fox who’s been married to his hometown sweetheart for like 40 years. This is so 80’s to me, specifically 1986. Memories!

[@federer911]

Wow, i completely had missed, that there has not been a Bon Jovi reaction by you guys so far. It speaks volumes of the quality of the channel, given that most reactors use the heavyweights from the get go. There are countless amazing Bon Jovi to choose from!

[@tristramcoffin926]

When Brad said 'rockers of long ago' i died a little.

[@harvestmoon_autumnsky]

Long long long ago....we're so old (cries in 76)

[@GTLyons]

As an Old 80's Big hair musician, I'm looking back about 30 years, with tears in my eyes, this song could be the story of every young couples life...I said it back then and I'm sayin' it now... Man. I wish I wrote this song! great reaction , as always, thumbs up and more please...

[@Jd-im4my]

Went to see this tour and it was as much fun as it looked. Seen them twice back then and it was always a great live concert. Jon is a great front man and he is great with the crowd. From beginning to end their concerts were like a big PARTY!!!! Love ya, great pic. Check out "You Give Love A Bad Name". It was a great break up song back in the day. lol.

[@PhatLayCes7825]

Picture.. A bowl cutted lil chubby Filipino kid screaming this to the top of his lungs -1986 New Year's countdown on MTV! Timeless. Jon Bon Jovi was my Freddie Mercury cause I didn't discover him yet.

[@jaybird455]

As a metal fan I’m supposed to despise Bon Jovi, but I have a secret passion for this music. Love this song and I really love the song Dead or Alive.

[@DaveThomson]

Wwwaaaannnntttteeeeddd....

[@robertpfeiff]

No lie, my favorite part of Dead or Alive is the line "Seen a million faces, and rocked em all". Cause love or hate Bon Jovi, that was truth.

[@p.h.5752]

Lol, I know that feeling. Dokken, Bon Jovi etc. Had to hate on them...but...still.

[@LLiivveeeevviiLL]

I got the "7800° Fahrenheit" in -85 by my aunt. Was disappointed then as I never had heard about them back then. I still got the record.

[@theghostofthomasjenkins9643]

bon jovi gets a metal pass for a few songs because some are just phenomenal. mainly this and dead or alive.

[@rick5440]

Got married in 1981, this song resonated. Worked in the day, wife went to school, I went to college at night. It was a struggle but man, were we happy.

[@ambbean]

I’ve been to many, many, many concerts and I’ve seen Bon Jovi in concert 3 times and this song is the loudest from the crowd in any concert I’ve been to.

[@buzzkillington3840]

I love how you guys jump right into the song rather than going through all sorts of bullshit making us wait a whole fricken year to see the reaction, so thanks for that!

[@alannunez3436]

I’ve finally found the perfect reactions channel and the two perfect hosts 🙏🏼 you guys do a lot, thank you!

[@jasoncar1469]

You haven't lived till you're in crowded club/bar and the DJ is cranking this and turns it down during the chorus. Bunch of drunk people singing"Whoa-oh livin on a prayer"!!.

[@reid1boys]

Ive been with my wife, then girlfriend since 1986. I made a list of about 30 Bon Jovi songs that literally tell the story of my life with my wife. Growing us as teen parents, military, college, careers, struggles, starting a business and on and on and on. He is one of the few acts from the 80s that has continuously put out new music up till today. IM not gay.. but he sure is damn looking back then. You want him today? hes out there. Check out ALWAYS for the love song. Beautiful song.

[@shadmedina3033]

“99 in the Shade”……that’s the next Bon Jovi song to do. The energy & vibe is thru the roof. I really think you 2 would dig it.

[@shadowlark6]

Haha and then follow it with the drunkenness of Love For Sale!

[@leonardcharley5917]

FYI, Jon Bon Jovi runs a soup kitchen in NJ called JBJ’s Soul Kitchen

[@donnasmith7188]

I’m from Cleveland and my sister moved to Cali for 4 years and when I went out to visit her she surprised me and had tickets to Bon Jovi when this came out. One of the best times of my life!!

[@pleutron]

Many fans love the whole Slippery When Wet album, which I also think is pretty good. But my favorite Bon Jovi album came in the 90's... These Days. Love that entire album.

[@jdovma1]

This song took over the world when it hit. There's very few songs I've seen that hit that hard. It was crazy. Like Beat It or Thriller or something. And it never really ever went away.

[@youravgjoe42]

This song and Prince’s Purple Rain are probably the two most sung songs at Karaoke bars. Karaoke classic.

[@jasonkyle7600]

My mom, in he 60s loved this song, I would come home hearing it playing on the stereo. After my divorce I almost hate hearing it, but I wanted to see Lexs response.

[@The_Zilli]

@Brad and Lex - one thing you guys dont realize that you're doing, you're helping make music more accessible for individuals like myself who have a hearing problem. You see, Ive heard a ton of these songs that you're now listening to when I was younger but never knew who sang them, and all the smaller details. Now with you going over the older stuff, Im now able to find who's who so to speak and dig em up to learn more. For perspective, for us deaf folks, we have a hard time even distinguishing a male from female singing voice at times let alone try to make out the words to the songs. And regardless of that, youll quickly learn that the music of yesteryear is miles better than whatever is being put out today, Tom MacDonald and a few other exceptions of course.

[@RoBotz007]

Bon Jovi was from New Jersey and at least 30 years after this song came out you could be in any bar in the state and if this song came on and you started singing tons of ppl would join in

[@bluethunder7391]

Iconic song from the 80s, very very extremely big

[@AshReacts]

Wow have you guys not actually heard this one? Iconic track. Wonder what Tommy and Gina are doing now haha. Another great track by bon Jovi is it's my life.

[@itsalwayssomething7490]

Well, they did, but didn't realize until the chorus.

[@markullyett]

Of course they have heard it,wish they would be honest

[@AshReacts]

@@markullyett I made the comment right at the start when they said they weren't sure if they've heard it. Brad said he recognises the song from somewhere by the time the chorus hit. This channel is easily the most honest channel out there.

[@itsalwayssomething7490]

@@markullyett but they were. Did you watch the video? It gets to the chorus and they say they've heard it. That doesn't happen to you? There is a song in a commercial right now that is only the hook. I never heard what the verses were until I looked up the song and discovered it was Imagine Dragons. My kids play Roblox and there parts of songs. I hear it over and over, but I wouldn't be able to recognize the rest of it until those parts. It's not believable that they would have only heard a part of this song?

[@markullyett]

Ok fair point ,but most of the songs they review are classics and 99% of people know them. In my humble opinion

[@zach6808]

This song is everywhere played at a lot of sports games

[@josephtingley654]

Still rocking out at his age and killing it.

[@christikirk7265]

Saw them in 86 in Charlotte. They opened for .38 Special. Those red cowboy boots he wore!

[@agenusinvestor1072]

Desmond Child wrote this song. He also wrote Living La Vida Loca for Ricky Martin, & I Was Made for Loving You for KISS.

[@Dakahrii]

Cowrote with Jon and Ritchie.

[@jrcarter312]

This song was released during my Sr year of HS just so many memories

[@jaybea365]

As a kid, I loved this song. As an adult I adore thiis.

[@pretzelprints]

Grew up on this and loved it, so cool to hear it again after a minute.

[@playform]

80s = Awesome times & Music

[@c1ph3rpunk]

Saw Bon Jovi open for .38 Special in 1984, yes, as an opening act. Slippery had just recently dropped and was just starting to get air time. Ironically, I had no clue who they were, I went for .38 Special, but became my FAVORITE band of the 80’s. Slippery and New Jersey got me through high school. Thanks Jon, Ritchie, Dave, Alec and the groove man, Tico. That’s one thing I miss that music doesn’t really offer any more, hope. Everyone wallows in their misery now, so much so I really think they enjoy it so much that they create it, in purpose, out of nowhere.

[@scobo4743]

A smile is an amazing thing that not enough bands or people use. Smilers never lose, and frowners never win!

[@garytom1935]

They were awesome in concert, they still tour today, good review yeah 🤘😆🤘🎸🎸🎤

[@salvadorfernandez2820]

1986 was when this song became huge. Still love it till this day.

[@abcdefoxtrot]

A song filled with energy

[@jasonbodden8816]

This and "You Give Love A Bad Name" are off of an album called 'Slippery When Wet'. I'd love to see you guys react to "Let It Rock" from this album. It's the album's opener and kicks all kinds of ass. Richie's guitar solo is awesome!

[@edgcrushr]

The two of you are such a great couple.

[@adamfanalways]

I love ❤️ Bon Jovi, great band great music 🎶 they go inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018! This came off the album Slippery When Wet along with other hits You Give Love A Bad Name, Wanted Dead Or Alive, Raise Your Hands and Never Say Goodbye! The whole album was great all the way thru! The lead singer Jon Bon Jovi has been married to his high school sweetheart all these years, has 3 soup kitchens and works in them does lots of charity work he and his wife and he is just a great human being! Thank you for showing Bon Jovi some love ❤️ please do more Bon Jovi, I listed a few but here is some more Bed Of Roses, I’ll Be There For You, Always, Keep The Faith and It’s My Life🤟🎶🙌🥰🎧

[@joehayes437]

Best thing to do while it is raining at work and im sittin in the truck. Yall freakin rock

[@MP-od1zz]

Bon Jovi still making music today, you can easily find recent videos of them. Probably one of favorite recent songs is When We Were Us.

[@patton303]

This is the song that blew Jon Bon Jovi’s voice out at a show in Vancouver many years ago and they had to cancel a lot of shows. And you can hear why.

[@jonathongeorge3093]

Love me some Bon Jovi!! If you want some serious "belt it out" ballad magic, check out "Always" (it was released 8 years after this one - when they were starting to be less relevant - but it's my favorite sing/scream along song ever!)

[@yrankin1]

Bon Jovi still rocking and have a modern rocker look.

[@AriseNBMen]

An anthem for the 80's. Love that talkbox. I'm still in love with you, Lex!

[@ImRyanP3756]

This song will always energize sports fans no matter what sport they’re watching when it’s played on the PA

[@frankhermansen243]

Heard this Album again and again, Slippery when wet, in my early youth. The first tiny steps towards Metal.

[@melk1393]

The talk box effect kills me 😆

[@karihargrave1096]

Dead or Alive is epic!

[@carolynnewcomb2153]

We used to run out to the dance floor singing our heads off to this one, lol! Long long time ago!

[@ShaunHensley]

This song was in heavy rotation on classic rock and pop stations for years

[@wasteoftimeonline]

Every east-coast wedding reception since 1986…

[@Mack-cb6gb]

This was on the first album I ever bought. Thanks guys!

[@harvestmoon_autumnsky]

I still have it.

[@mkerlin4576]

I love their sing Miracle

[@defblinders9585]

I remember when this video premiered on MTV. My sister used to look at Jon and say “That’s my boyfriend.”

[@thothmark]

It doesn't make a difference if we make it or not, we got each other and that's all right for love

[@MrZola1234]

Never played guitar hero, and still guaranteed this is in the game.

[@josephgallagher945]

Lex mentioned their hair. Groups like Bon Jovi were called "hair bands" for a reason lol.

[@diablo4166]

☆LONG LIVE THE 80'S☆

[@tarnold6535]

Y’all need to do Journey….anything live. Steve Perry’s voice is unreal.

[@mikenastasi8927]

This song is based on a true story and real couple. Singer Jon Bon Jovi said that the names of the real couple were changed for the song. The "Tommy" in the song, I believe got a scholarship to play baseball but he got his girlfriend "Gina" pregnant, and got a job instead to provide for them. Tommy & Gina are also referred to over 20 yrs later in the Bon Jovi hit It's My Life.

[@twwtjohns]

We saw Bon Jovi a few years ago on their Circle Tour. If you count being on the Circle we had front row seats.My wife got great pictures of John and Richie.

[@nanner3200]

They didn't take themselves seriously but they did their music. I would STRONGLY suggest Jon's (who is now 59) most recent video/song "Do what you can" Official video. It's a pre Vaccination song but about the pandemic. Shows you what he's like all these years later! (Still has epic hair and damn I'd love to be that t-shirt!) It's a great feel good song! With a horrible topic. He's a Jersey/NY guy and has a few "pay what you can" restaurants. Works there himself a lot of the time, especially has since the pandemic. With the same woman for 40ish years. Just a nice charitable guy. Another song I would recommend it you want to get into more of this type of music is "You give love a bad name" If you want mellow and feels then "Bed of Roses"

[@rayallen3492]

Jon looks VERY normal today. This song is from 1986 and seemed to kick off the Hair Metal era. You guys should listen to Bon Jovi's Runaway. It's sooooo cheezee 80s.

[@harvestmoon_autumnsky]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA She's a little Runaway!!!! Daddy's girl.......something something something

[@kimberlyfowler840]

You can see him modern day , he's been on several tv commercials, someone name them , I can't think of them

[@Triggerhippie70]

I’m originally from New Jersey and then I moved to Florida in 1976 when I was six years old but I would go to New Jersey every summer to visit family and one year we went to the Jersey shore for a weeks vacation and I was in a local donut shop with my friend I was 14 years old And I was waiting in line and I happen to turn around and standing behind me, was John Bon Jovi by himself in a pair of cut off jeans, shorts, and no shirt and he had just started becoming famous and I almost lost my shit! But I kept my composure even at 14 I started talking to him and my cousin and I sat and talk to him in line for about 20 minutes we were waiting in line

[@williamgallucci9913]

Bon movie is just incredible

[@RolandDeschain1]

'Slippery When Wet' was the first record I ever got my mother to buy for me. I was 11 years old.

[@jovancurcin3694]

You should definitely check out "Stone In Love" by Journey. It has one of the best outro solos of all time and chronologically, it is right there between "Living On A Prayer" and "More Than A Feeling".

[@bjjukes4969]

This is the single best song of the '80s.

[@rayallen3492]

I've always loved the talkbox (the thing in the beginning that make Lex oooh!) in this song.

[@greenlightning1483]

Awesome reaction! As for dressing, I dont often see modern rock bands have this look anymore, but I'm sure trying to get the look.

[@ericpohlmeyer4116]

You guys are great ! Always so positive ! So much better than the other reactors out there! Thank you1

[@EgoChip]

The best Bon Jovi song ever.

[@amelirachelmcqueen]

Jon Bon Jovi is still fashionable... grown & sexy rocker style! They have lots of hits...

[@rogerkelly7988]

One of the few great rock bands that came out past 1980 that was really good

[@bpankey1976]

Guns N Roses, Aerosmith, Whitesnake , Def Leppard, Motley Crue, AC/DC just to name a few great 80's bands

[@mistersniffer6838]

Sooooooooooo much energy in the 80's in the rock scene. Shhhhhht today!!

[@magicmike7198]

The secret behind this song and so many in the eighties: Desmond Child!

[@andreww1225]

The Sword is a great rock band and they don’t get any attention from other reactors. you guys really need to check them out, they are one of the best bands in the last 15 years.

[@polamalu4320]

Boy those were the days!!

[@lucaswilson1701]

You need to do You Give Love a Bad Name now

[@OneNoteRiff]

"Do people still dress like rockers of long ago?,"... man, that made me feel so old 😪.

[@lesliebates22]

Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, Poison top 3 bands from my teen years. Love it!!!!! Fun fact lead singer Jon BonJovi is married to his high schol sweetheart. ❤❤❤❤ and his dad was a barber and wasnt thrilled with the big hair

[@thehorrorfanx]

Jon Bon Jovi is even better looking with shorter “modern” hairstyle.

[@finlandguy]

Ofcourse he is for a younger person

[@lucaswilson1701]

Yes! Finally!

[@vanyajelezarova7374]

This makes me feel old. How have they never heard this song?

[@daveb7801]

funny that you say it's relatable to the pandemic. Some neighbors in the Roger's Park section of Chicago were said to have been singing this song together nightly. Check out "Raise Your Hands" and "Let It Rock". Those are only 2 of a very long catalog of hits

[@ZeppeRemmy]

Jon’s Mom is or was a hair stylists, his hair is always great

[@Sir_Alex]

I keep their first 2 albums as relics, amazing works !

[@robertoqiu2134]

This was definitely the song wich I first fell in love with guitar solos🤘🏻❤️❤️

[@Adsense101]

7:30 I like their edrergy too