Bon Jovi – Lost Highway

Genre rock Publisher Mercury Nashville External Links Official Bon Jovi Website

Bon Jovi wear aviator sunglasses and have highlights. And I guess they play music too. But it’s got to be second behind the sunglasses, maybe even third, behind the highlights.

Lost Highway confounds from the beginning, building itself from a triple-attack highway themed cover/title/and first track. When you stop giggling, enjoy the sounds of a group of middle-aged men exploring the same claptrap nonsense they did years ago.

"Summertime", yes, summertiiime! Top down, cruisin’ for chicks. Rollicking pop-rock wing-wang.

"(You want to) Make a Memory" almost approaches Bowie-balladry before the whole thing crash lands with a terrible chorus and even worse lyrics. Yep, you guessed them. This is music the likes you’ve already heard – lots of "hmm-huhh" and acoustic guitars and good old’ drum n’bass n’keys. The band fly around like tired birds and Jon Bon Jovi strikes a pose.

"Stale!"

"We Got it Goin’ On" is rightly hilarious - "When everybody’s getting down/we’re getting down to business/ insane, freak train/you don’t want to miss this". (Count me in?)

"Everybody’s Broken"… Remember that song "Creep" by Radiohead? Remember, right before the chorus, the little guitar chug? "Chug-chug… chug-chug"? Ok? Well, this song has that too. Pretty much the same sound. I’m not kidding.

Duet with Leann Rimes? Check!

I would only recommend this album to a hardcore Bon Jovi fan. And then I’d spray her down with seltzer water.