Definitive proof that Bon Jovi listens to Bob Mould? We may never know, but the tuneвЂ™s Exhibit A. And what a riff, one of the rare instances of Bon Jovi verses trumping the refrain.

Maybe they were deflated by the fact Bon Jovi of all people perfected its jangle-metal sound a few years earlier with the Gin Blossoms-on-steroids anthem вЂњHave a Nice Day,вЂќ which doesnвЂ™t sound crazily different from вЂњItвЂ™s My LifeвЂќ and features a far less memorable chorus, but may be more satisfying in its overall power and groundswell. Released in 2008, Accelerate was R.E.M.вЂ™s most aggressive album in years, and it was nice to hear one of the best rock bands of all-time so furious and amped-up again, but not a ton of its songs stuck beyond the rush of the sound itself. And someone better call Dashboard Confessional about the bridge: вЂњYour clothes are still scattered all over our room / This whole place still smells like your cheap perfume.вЂќ вЂњBaby I want you, like the roses want the rain!вЂќ Jon Bon Jovi shrieks, for what wonвЂ™t be the last instance of rose imagery on 1992вЂ™s Keep the Faith, and he follows it with an even more emo killer: вЂњYou know I need you / Like a poet needs the pain!вЂќ And if you thought it couldnвЂ™t get even more skyward from there, in crashes the chorus built on the same chord progression as вЂњDonвЂ™t Stop BelievinвЂ™вЂќ (to which Bon Jovi winks, maybe unknowingly, вЂњI still believeвЂќ at one point). HereвЂ™s an expensive-sounding ode to celebrating oneвЂ™s haggardness, and, of course, it comes with a hook. Fittingly, Jon compares himself to a pair of torn blue jeans, even if the kind his band conjures up is a pre-ripped $100 pair from Urban Outfitters. So вЂњI like the bed IвЂ™m sleeping in / ItвЂ™s just like me, itвЂ™s broken inвЂќ implores fans to relate to the perception that their idols grow up with them. Crush was the perfect definition of a comeback album, and Bon JoviвЂ™s world-weary, Springsteen-esque self-consciousness couldnвЂ™t allow him to avoid including a track defending why theyвЂ™re still here. In which Jon Bon Jovi beats Jay-Z to вЂњ30 SomethingвЂќ by six years or so.

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