This Left Feels Right
Occupation
- Vocals: Jon Bon Jovi
- Guitar and backing vocals: Richie Sambora
- Keyboards: David Bryan
- Percussion: Tico Torres
- Bass: Hugh McDonald
This Left Feels Right is a compilation album from 2003 by Bon Jovi earlier versions with alternative hits of the band. Here, most of the songs that are faster hard rock songs in the original were transformed into slower ballads.
Background
During the tour for the previous album Bounce in Japan Bon Jovi had made an appearance, in which they have played only acoustic versions of his own songs and some covers. This performance was recorded and it was up for discussion, to publish it as a live acoustic album. However, the band was not satisfied with the result and therefore they had decided to follow a more experimental way, so they have added completely new versions in the studio.
The title of the album Jon Bon Jovi had first At The Steps of Graceland in mind, but as someone said "this left feels right", which means something like " this is unconventional, but feels right " means that the album title was clear.
It was written for the album, two new songs, but both were not released with the album: Last Man Standing and Thief of Hearts. However, both songs were released a year later in the box set 100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can not Be Wrong. Last Man Standing was also published in an extended version on Have a Nice Day.
Musical content
The album includes the successful hits of the band, but there are all new versions. Even the bonus track The Distance, although it is a live recording, an acoustic variant. Many songs that are harder rock numbers in the original version were to slower, acoustic alternatives. Although the band from the "Unplugged" performance by Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora at the VMA 's in 1989 was inspired, most of the songs are not " unplugged", because the band wanted to offer more than what they already almost 15 years earlier had made.
For the musical variety has Richie Sambora particularly by Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin, and Jon Bon Jovi by Tom Waits, can be influenced.
Title list
Information about individual songs
Wanted Dead or Alive was released only as a promo single and has no relevance chart.
With Livin ' on a Prayer Bon Jovi released the first duet with another artist. Olivia d'Abo sings the female part of the song. In the next release there is then more duets: Who Says You Can not Go Home is 2006 as a duet with Jennifer Nettles of the band Sugarland, published, this will be a country hit in the U.S., and Till We Is not Strangers Anymore, 2007, was recorded with LeAnn Rimes.
While Bon Jovi have not played at live performances, most of her songs in the This Left Feels Right version, the version of Bed of Roses sat for some time, until the Lost Highway tour in 2007, also live by. Then Bed of Roses was frequently played again in the Original version.
When MTV Unplugged performance by Bon Jovi from the year 2007, the band has also You Give Love a Bad Name in the This Left Feels Right - variant presented, albeit less experimental than on the album. They also played it as a medley with Hit the Road Jack.