Mark and I attended a very interesting and entertaining concert last night, Bon Jovi with Chris Daughtry as the opening act. Mind you, we would never have purchased tickets for this show as I think Bon Jovi is one of the cheesiest rockers out there but we were not going to turn down free tickets and a suite with free food and drinks. We went with the mindset that it was probably going to be pretty bad but a chance for some great people watching and another opportunity to see what we can receive, redeem and reject from the experience. So with that being said here is some feedback on the show:

Daughtry’s music was good, not great, in the words of Randy Jackson, “it was just alright for me dog”. The songs were clean and rockin but I realized after each one of them ended I had no interest in hearing them ever again so that’s never a good sign. The thing I liked the most about them was their humility and their camaraderie as a band. It seemed like they were just a group of close friends getting to live out a dream playing in front of a packed crowd of 18,000 and loving every moment of it. They were fun to watch and their sound was tight so all in all I give their entertainment factor a C+.

Now, onto the main event, Jon Bon Jovi. I can honestly say that he is a true entertainer and gave his fans exactly what they were looking for. The show was high energy from start to finish and I’m pretty sure that Richard Simmons does all of Bon Jovi’s choreography. There were moments when it looked like the whole crowd was being led in a Jazzercise exercise of Sweatin to the Oldies but at least there was crowd participation taking place. Richie Sambora was amazing, a guitar legend who was giving it all he had and still had a lot to give which was fun to watch. An unexpected an interesting addition to the band was a female violinist who was awesome and did some fun backing vocals to boot. Bon Jovi sounded great and looked good considering his age and lifestyle and the ladies go bananas over him which is always fascinating to watch. There were moments between him and Richie where you could see how much they truly love what they do and that they are desperate to hang on to the glory days which is a little sad to watch. On that note, there seemed to be this running theme through all of the songs like; live every moment to the fullest, you can sleep when your dead, were not old just older (literally that was a line in the song), you only have today, make the most of this life etc, etc. He seems to be fixated on the time he has left and what he is doing with it. It made me wonder if he was saved, he referenced God in some of his songs but I didn’t get the feeling that it was coming from a place of assured salvation but more of a keep my fingers crossed and hope I get there sort of thing. It made me start to think of all the things I still want to do with my life and all the plans that I have made for myself and how sometimes time seems to be slipping away faster than I would like it to and then it hit me that all of that means nothing if God isn’t calling me to those plans I have laid out for my life. If I have some big dream of my own separate from God it is a fruitless effort that will leave me unfulfilled and frustrated so again, it all comes back to; what is He asking me to do with my life, the gifts He has given me and this time He has given me here on earth? Isn’t that the question we are all asking to some degree even if we aren’t asking our Creator? I think Jon Bon Jovi is dying to know if he is fulfilling his purpose here on earth and at the core of it all just wants to know that he has made the most of his life and has made a difference.

Well, I apologize for the lengthy post but there were so many interesting aspects to the evening. In summary…what can I receive, reject and redeem from the experience? Be great at what you do whether that is hard rock or power ballads, don’t keep hanging on to the past and your glory days, seek the Father’s will for your life because that is where true fulfillment is found and everything else is spinning your wheels in desperation to find purpose.

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