It was one of the fundamental bands of the 80s. Bon Joviin its best times, was an inexhaustible battery of successes popular that brought the rock to all audiences. They were considered commercial for the purists, but they seemed to have the gift of the hit through melodies of the most catchy and, in addition, they had the charisma of their leader Jon Bon Jovi.
Now, coinciding with the 40th anniversary of the founding of the group, the premiere documentary film Thank You, Goodnight: The Story of Bon Joviwhich premieres in Disney Plus+, directed by Gotham Chopra and which consists of four parts in which the trajectory is reviewed, from the beginning to the present, of the formation of New Jersey.
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The documentary begins precisely with Jon Bon Jovi ordering some ribbons of cassette in which the first recordings what the band did. From that moment on, the leader and singer will show sincere when addressing all issues and obstacles they had to overcome. In that sense, it is spoken no taboos of the complicated relationships with some of the members, the problems with the respective egosand the quarrels after so much time together.
Thus, we attend some confessions with an open heart, such as those that have to do with the problems that the ringleader had with the voice and that they forced him to undergo a surgery reconstructive in the vocal chordswhich plunged him into one of the darkest periods of his life.
He also acknowledges that he never assumed the March in 2013 from the guitarist and composer Richi Sambora, with whom he was closely linked since he was 20 years old. Sambora himself also admits that no regrets having left it, but yes the shape in how he did it: before starting an international tour and without saying anything to his companions. Now, take the opportunity to request apologies to the fans and his former training colleagues.
To compose this x-ray, an infinite number of documents visuals and sonorous that will serve to articulate a narrative that is also responsible for taking us back to the past and reconstruct the map of an entire epochso we attend all changes of paradigm there have been and to be had within the music industry.
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Bon Jovi has gone down in history thanks to songs like Livin’ on a Prayer, You Give Love to a Bad Name, Wanted Dead or Alive, It’s my Life or super ballads like Never Says Goodbye, Always either Bed of Roses, among many others. The list is endless.
The documentary celebrates the good and bad times, how their legendary album was made Slippery When Wet (1986), and later Keep the Faith (1992), a time that coincided with his great peak of success. If, in principle, this work was going to become a celebration of the band, in the end it also contains some exorcism personal and intimate exploration as a retrospective.
In reality, it is both: past it shows acceleratedfull of dizzying events, and the present, twilight and circumspect. Thus, we move from Sayrevillethe town where Jon Bon Jovi was born, into a working class family, until the recording of the demo of his first hit, Runawayand the subsequent signing for seal mercurywhere they hosted their first hymns.
For the director, specialist in documentaries of sportBon Jovi’s story is very familiar to him, and he has stated that it reminds him of similar works he did previously, with the basketball player Kobe Bryant or the fighter Conor McGregor.
