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Livin’ on a Prayer
“Livin’ on a Prayer” | |
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Label | Mercury |
Songwriter(s) | Jon Bon Jovi Richie Sambora Desmond Child |
Producer(s) | Bruce Fairbairn |
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“6 string ” is a slang term for guitar and “in hock ” means he sold it to a pawn shop. Basically, it means Tommy’s guitar is in the pawn shop.
The reason the key change in “ Livin’ on a Prayer ” sounds so dramatic is because it is just a ridiculous leap. In the last chorus, they jump an entire minor third up from the previous choruses. That’s one way to do it.
They called her Gina because she reminded them of (Italian actress) Gina Lollobrigida. So we started the song off with Johnny and Gina because Johnny was my original name. And (Jon) said, “I can’t be singing about Johnny.
Lest you think Jon Bon Jovi’s new Palm Beach, Fla. mansion is his only home, let us remind you that he also has a chateau in New Jersey. You read that correctly — the singer has a French-inspired chateau in his hometown of Middletown, N.J., according to CNBC.
His father was of Italian (the name Bongiovi comes from Sciacca, Sicily) and Slovak ancestry and his mother is of German and Russian descent. He has stated that he is a blood relative of singer Frank Sinatra. Bon Jovi was raised Catholic.
The musical instrument we call a “guitar” normally has six strings , although there are 12- string models. Sometimes ” six – string ” is used colloquially to refer to a guitar (as opposed to a banjo, for example, which can have four or five strings ) Yeah, completely right!
Relaxation in energy would be the opposite direction, usually. Large changes in key signature (many accidentals changing ) are more likely to give a sense that you’ve gone somewhere pretty far from where you were, and small changes seem nearer by.
Grip. Living on a Prayer is featured in Rock Star, but not in Young Guns.
Will Estes (as Tommy ) and Shiri Appleby (as Gina ) are the two main characters. At the beginning, Tommy is watching a video of a Bon Jovi concert on his computer when he is ordered by his mother to take out the trash.
Rockstar Jon Bon Jovi shares the inspiration for Bon Jovi’s song “It’s My Life,” which was in part inspired by the legendary singer Frank Sinatra’s lyrics, I did it my way. Plus, Jon talks about how writing a song from a “pure place” gives him a greater chance of resonating with listeners.