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Bon Jovi – Livin’ On A Prayer

Bon Jovi – Livin’ On A Prayer

Music video by Bon Jovi performing Livin' On ...

January 10, 2012
Few bands embodied the era of pop-metal like Bon Jovi. By merging Def Leppard’s loud but tuneful metal with Bruce Springsteen’s working-class sensibilities, the New Jersey-based quintet developed an ingratiatingly melodic and professional variation of hard rock — one that appealed as much to teenagers as to housewives. Bon Jovi skillfully employed professional songwriters to give their songs, especially their power ballads, an appropriately commercial sheen, inaugurating a trend that dominated mainstream hard rock and metal for the next decade. They also made simple performance videos that emphasized lead singer Jon Bon Jovi’s photogenic good looks, and these clips helped propel 1986′s Slippery When Wet and 1988′s New Jersey into multi-platinum status around the world.