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Never Say Goodbye

Never Say Goodbye, Phoenix, 1993

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The whole gang

Some of my favorite shots showing the whole band.

#bon jovi #richie's dimple in the last one #the hall-of-fame one sniff

Mic sharing

Some of my favorite details of later-years Jon & Richie is that when they share a mic, Jon is basically kissing the mic and Richie is a head width away, and yet you hear their voices at the same volume. Early on, they both got close :)

I'd Die For You - Largo 1987 I'd Die For You - Tokyo Dome 1988

Ride Cowboy Ride - Tokyo, 1988 Ride Cowboy Ride - Toronto, 1989 As close as they can get.

Blood on Blood - Moscow Peace Festival, 1989 Blood on Blood - Rio, 1990

Blaze of Glory - Oscars, 1991 So much enthusiasm. Too bad this is the last time Richie did harmonies on this song.

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead - Hamburg, 1993 I'll Sleep When I'm Dead - London 1995

Diamond Ring - London 2010 Diamond Ring - When We Were Beautiful, rehearsal THE mic sharing song of the later years.

#jon & richie #bon jovi #richie sambora #mic sharing #i love the ride cowboy ride ones but my fav is the oscars they are both so expressive #um yeah diamond ring sure let's just sing at each other

Reaction shots

Jon and Richie, judging you.

#jon & richie #richie sambora #jon bon jovi #pout frown

Smiles part 2

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Soft

cuddly, and zoning out

#jon & richie #richie sambora #jon bon jovi

Behind the Scenes, Crush

From Bon Jovi - Behind The Scenes - Follow Jon , Richie and the band as they make Crush - Full Version

#bon jovi #richie sambora #jon bon jovi #crush #jon & richie #richie rocking in the studio

Blood on Blood - Live in Rio - 1990

Richie singing his heart out, and Jon stares off into the crowd, in most likely utter exhaustion (this being towards the end of the New Jersey tour).

#jon & richie #bon jovi #richie sambora #blood on blood

Hamburg 1993

The perspective of the audience recording is so good because it mostly has Jon and Richie in the same frame, often even overlapping, seemingly closer than in reality on stage.

Taken from Bon Jovi - Full Concert (Hamburg 1993)

#jon & richie #bon jovi #jon dancing #i like the one where Richie appears behind Jon like an apparition #Hamburg has the colors #mic sharing

This pinterest account is an incredible resource for Bon Jovi pics.

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What's up with all these dimly lit grainy late 80ies Ride Cowboy Ride acoustic performances being the sexiest thing

This one is from Toronto 1989

Love when you see Jon shaking his mane behind Richie's stetson. This might be my favorite new gif. Feels intimate.

#sharing that mic #they look like ghostly mirages #jon & richie #richie sambora #jon bon jovi #ride cowboy ride #mic sharing

Jon takes Richie and Alex for a run

End of Bad Medicine, at the 1988 Tokyo concert

#let's go boys #bon jovi #jon bon jovi #richie sambora #alec john such #boundless energy

Bon Jovi - I'd Die for You (Largo 1987)

#jon & richie #richie sambora #bon jovi #jon bon jovi #shaking that hair #look at Richie twirl #so much energy #mic sharing #i'd die for you

I like the vibe of this 1988 Tokyo acoustic Ride Cowboy Ride performance a lot.

#Jon greeting him with 'Hey Cowboy'#jon & richie #jon bon jovi #richie sambora #bon jovi #ride cowboy ride #mic sharing

Richie and his ma

After finishing You Give Love A Bad Name they wanted to go party, but his ma didn't want to borrow him the car he had gifted her. Hilarious. src: ROCK Scene Magazine

His mom being a fan of Guns N' Roses lol src: Bon Jovi : Metal Muscle, Jan. 1989

I love how delighted he is at bringing up these anecdotes. src: Guitar World Magazine : November, 1989

#richie sambora #Joan Sambora #that's Richard to her

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Jon & Richie acoustic

These two shine the most in their acoustic sets. Richie doing his harmony thing (a third above Jon), and occasionally getting a few lead vocal lines :)

1988

Dec 31st 1988 Countdown To 1989: Live at Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan

Ride Cowboy Ride

The song official credited to Captain Kidd and the King of Swing.

Look at them sharing that mic. I also love how Jon's listening to the audience after his "wanna come with me tonight?" question ha.

1989

Sep 6th 1989 MTV Video Music Awards 1989

Livin' On A Prayer

Wanted Dead Or Alive

The blueprint!

That did NOT inspire MTV Unplugged (as it was already in development at that point), but influenced the type of acts they invited.

Here's Richie in 2012 on the The Preston and Steve Show - 93.3 WMMR show, talking about the VMA performance. He was worried about the mixing quality at the show and the cable mess, so he suggested to Jon they should just do acoustic versions to cut down the variables.

10-11-1989 Countdown Revolution, ABC TV Studios, Melbourne, Australia

Born To Be My Baby

Livin' On A Prayer

Great to see Born To Be My Baby getting an acoustic spotlight. They originally wanted to put an acoustic version on the New Jersey album, before the producer persuaded them to go electric. (Apparently Jon stayed convinced it would have made no.1 in its original acoustic form.)

1990

Jan 10th 1990 Hammersmith Odeon, London, England

Shooting Star (Bad Company cover)

One of my favorite performance of theirs. I love this one for the intro, which is not in the video I linked above, but the above video has more audio than the other video version.

Love how they always shake hands at the end.

C'mon, release that whole show!

Feb 5th 1990 Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile

Never Say Goodbye

Richie delegated to the coach seat, and bitching about it. Precious :)

1991

Jan 3rd 1991 YOKOHAMA ARENA, Yokohama, Japan

Diamond Ring

A evocative performance of Diamond Ring, all slow and haunting, with Jon and Richie tinged in blue and pink stage lighting. When tensions were high in the band, and Jon and Rich were supposedly up-staging each other, which lead to great performances.

1992

Studio performance

Livin' On A Prayer