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Album cover parody of New Jersey by Bon Jovi
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Possible Misspelled Names:

These are the alternate spellings of the performer's name we've had to correct in submissions to amIright.

Jon Bon Jovi, Bon Jovi, Slippery When Wet. . ., Bonjovie

Quotes:

If you wanted to torture me, you'd tie me down and force me to watch our first five videos.
- Jon Bon Jovi
Submitted by: LucidLupin
Map out your future, but do it in pencil.
Submitted by: Alex the Jovi Queen
There are additional music quotes available.

Jokes:

What is Jon Bon Jovi's death wish? Shot through the heart!
Submitted by: Mother of 3 Ferrets
An Italian actor moves to the USA to star in a famous TV show. After three years he returns home to Italy. Everybody is waiting for him at the airport, family, friends, fans and the press.
A reporter gets close to him and says "Bon giorno, signore!"
The actor replies in a hurry "Bon Jovi!"
Submitted by: JoviChick
There are additional music jokes available.

Band Name Origins:

  • It is true that the band is named after Jon, but he never changed his name (officially) to "Bon Jovi". Submitted by: Hannah
  • Jon's last name is Bongiovi. So they mixed it up a little and became "Bon Jovi" and personally i have always wondered if this has caused any onimosity within the band. Evidently not, they've been together 20 years or whatever. But they rock! Submitted by: Sydney

Music Performer Pseudonyms:

Also known as: John Francis Bongiovi Jr. . Submitted by: Bill Tong

Singers Who Act:

Notable Acting Credits
Comments & Submitter Name
"Moonlight and Valentino, The Leading Man, Destination Anywhere, Homegrown, Little City, No Looking Back, Row Your Boat, Vampires Los Muertos, U-571"I haven't seen any but apparently he is pretty decent. - Travis

New Song Names:

Original Song Name
New Song Name
Submitter Name
"Living On A Crayon""Living On A Prayer"Kaylie L
"Living Near The Mayor""Living On A Prayer"Kaylie L
"You Make Love a Sad Game""You Give Love a Bad Name"Kaylie L
"Wii Got It Going On""We Got It Going On"Worawat
"We Got S*** Rolling On""We Got It Going On"Worawat

There are additional new song names available.

Literally Impossible Song Titles:

Song/Performer
Comment
Submitter Name
"I'll Sleep When I'm Dead,"When you're dead you won't need sleep.Peter
"You Give Love A Bad Name,"No one can really give love a name, bad or good.Peter
"My Guitar Lies Bleeding In My Arms,"A Guitar is an inanimate object so it can't bleedRich
"Blaze Of Glory,"Glory is not combustible.Richard Head
"Someday I'll be Saturday Night,"Oh really...Is Friday still available?Ricky

There are additional literally impossible song titles available.

Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:

Song & Band Name
Song & Band Name
"Bad To The Bone," George Thorogood and The Destroyers"You Give Love A Bad Name," Bon Jovi
"Love You Like A Love Song," Selena Gomez"This Ain't A Love Song," Bon Jovi
"I'm A Flirt," R. Kelly"You Give Love A Bad Name," Bon Jovi
"Indian Outlaw," Tim McGraw"Wanted Dead Or Alive," Bon Jovi
There are additional songs titles that answer other songs available.

Remove a Letter From a Song Title:

"Fields Of Fir" originally "Fields Of Fire"
Gretchen Wieners
"Ad Medicine" originally "Bad Medicine"
What advertising men take?
Gretchen Q. Wieners
"Bed Of Ross" originally "Bed Of Roses"
Jessica Junderworth

Add a Letter to a Song Title:

"Dry Country" originally "Dry County"
Sally Kedoula
"If I Wash Your Mother" originally "If I Was Your Mother"
Doug Wells
"Brad Medicine" originally "Bad Medicine"
For Brad Pitt maybe? Or Brad whoever...
Daisy Pappus
"Bard Medicine" originally "Bad Medicine"
When you take any more iambic pentameter?
David
"Band Medicine" originally "Bad Medicine"
For being in bands, such as Bon Jovi!
David

There are additional song titles with a letter added available.

Change a Letter:

"You Gave Love A Bad Name" originally "You Give Love A Bad Name"
Serafina
"Have A Lice Day" originally "Have A Nice Day"
Ewww!!!
Maddie's The Boss
"Bed Of Noses" originally "Bed Of Roses"
Do you make it or pick it?
Helen Reddy Whip
"Living Is Sin" originally "Living In Sin"
George Straitjacket
"Lining In Sin" originally "Living In Sin"
George Straitjacket

There are additional song titles with a letter changed available.

Recordings:

May 16 "I'm Desperate for You" by Below Average Dave a parody of "I'll Be There for You" by Bon Jovi
To make an awesome but sappy rock song even more sappy. . .101 soundclick.com: (mp3) (Comments)
May 10 "Bad Decade" by Jason Simms a parody of "You Give Love A Bad Name" by Bon Jovi
Osama Bin Laden was the catalyst for a lot of bogus stuff in this country. Funny how a Bon Jovi song fits the situation so perfectly. simmantics.com: (mp3, mp4) (Comments)
Feb 13 "Your Giant Career Is Such A Sad Shame" by Mark Scotti(and Q104.3) a parody of "You Give Love A Bad Name" by Bon Jovi
This is a parody based on Plaxico Burress's last "Giant" mistake.. YouTube: (Windows Media) (Comments)
Feb 22 "The Living Teddy Bear" by Matthias a parody of "Living On A Prayer" by Bon Jovi
Tommy (from the original song) and the story of how he was 'down on his luck' as a little kid. www.soundclick.com: ((Demonic Toys)) (Comments)

Song Parody Lyrics:

Original Song Name
Parody Song Name
Parody Author
"You Give Love A Bad Name""Gave Our Son A Bad Name"Abbott Skelding
"Living on a Prayer""Living and I'm Scared"Dan Creeden
"Wanted Dead or Alive""Walkin' Dead and Alive"Chris Bodily TM
"Livin' On a Prayer""You Only Live Twice"Dylan Baranski
"Bad Medicine""More Accordion"Abbott Skelding
"You Give Love A Bad Name""The Mary Sue Song"CookieCat
"It's My Life""FML"Abbott Skelding
"Livin' On a Prayer""Jared Loves to Scare"Below Average Dave
"Wanted Dead Or Alive""Lord Of The Flies"Wild Child JIN
"You Give Love a Bad Name""You Give Jersey a Bad Name (The Jersey Shore Song)"Amanda

There are additional song parodies available.

Songs for Commercials, That Haven't Been Done Yet:

Song Name
Product
Submittor
Last CigaretteStopping SmokingTravis
It's My LifeLife CerealStone Cold Crazio
NovocaineDental Careben
Livin On A PrayerChurchesIndra.v
You Give Love A Bad NameAnti-prostitution CampaignDuckTape182
There are additional commercials that haven't been done yet available.

Bad Choices for On Hold Music:

Song Name
Company/Organization
Submittor
You Give Love a Bad NameAny tennis clubRaphael
Who Says You Can't Go Home?PrisonMother of 3 Ferrets
Who Says You Can't Go Home?Homeless ShelterSean Johnson
Everybody's BrokenHospitalWorawat
Lost HighwayBus LineWorawat
There are additional on hold music ideas available.

Songs for Duets, That Haven't Been Done Yet:

First Band/Song Name
Second Band/Song Name
New Song Name
Submittor
Don't Stop Believing
   Journey
Living on a Prayer
   Bon Jovi
Don't Stop Living On A Prayer
Cantanstrophe
All You Need Is Love
   The Beatles
You Give Love A Bad Name
   Bon Jovi
All You Need Is To Give Love A Bad Name
Thessaly Danes
You Give Good Love
   Whitney Houston
You Give Love A Bad Name
   Bon Jovi
You Give Good Love A Bad Name
And why not?
qaz
A Shot In The Dark
   Henry Mancini
Shot Through The Heart
   Bon Jovi
A Shot Through The Heart In The Dark
He must be a good shooter!
Paul Warren
There are additional duets that haven't been done yet available.

If Groups Combined, Their Names Might Be:

Bono Jovi
Bon Jovi combined with Bono
U2's frontman puts a twist on the hard rock band from New Jersey!
Submitted By: nally

Misheard Lyrics:

"Livin' on a Prayer"
Misheard Lyrics:
Tommy's got a six-inch cock
Original Lyrics:
Tommy's got his six-string in hock
"You Give Love a Bad Name"
Misheard Lyrics:
You call love a bad name
Original Lyrics:
You give love a bad name
"Livin' on a Prayer"
Misheard Lyrics:
Gina must've died of old age
Original Lyrics:
Gina works the diner all day
"Living on a Prayer"
Misheard Lyrics:
Livin' on a chair
or
Living surrounds chairs
or
Living on a bear
or
Kitchen Underwear
or
Living doesn't care
or
Kitchen's comfy sweaters
Original Lyrics:
Living on a prayer
There are additional misheard lyrics available.

Misheard Lyrics Stories:

"You Give Love a Bad Name"
Misheard Lyrics:
You call love a bad name
Original Lyrics:
You give love a bad name

Story about this misheard lyric by: Mary Lucas

My son was 5 and learning about using bad language and calling people bad names. He mistook Bon Jovi's song as a lesson in etiquette.

There are additional misheard stories available.

Song Parody Fragments:

""You Give Love a Bad Name""
Better Lyrics:
Osama Bin Laden, my best friend
He is hiding under my bed
I'll bring him some water, maybe some bread
Osama Bin Laden is not dead
Original Lyrics:
Shot through the heart, and you're to blame
Darlin', you give love a bad name
I play my part and you play your game
You give love a bad name
Submitted by: E-Dawg
"Livin' on a Prayer"
Better Lyrics:
Oh, enjoy your stay-a! Ohh!
We're livin' in a trailer!
Come to my pad and you'll turn a lot paler!
Ohh! Livin in a trailer!
Original Lyrics:
Oh, we're halfway there Ohh!
We're livin on a prayer
Take my hand, and we'll make it, I swear Ohh!
Livin on a prayer
Submitted by: KGoetz
"It's My Life"
Better Lyrics:
She's my wife
And you can't have her
She said would be mine forever
Original Lyrics:
It's my life
It's now or never
I ain't gonna live forever
Submitted by: latuk

Funniest Song Lyrics:

"Livin On A Prayer"
The Funny Lyrics:
Woo-woo livin on a,prayer!,livin on,a prayer!,take my hand,and we'll make,it there!,livin on,a prayer!
Why They're Funny:
,livin on,a prayer!?,no not,if you are,an atheist!
Submitted by: Mr.x
"You Want To Make A Memory"
The Funny Lyrics:
I dug up this old photograph. Look at all the hair we had.
Why They're Funny:
Is that all they think about, their hair?
Submitted by: Daniel L
There are additional Funny lyrics available.

Repetitive Song Lyrics:

"Lay Your Hands On Me"
The Repetitive Lyrics:
Lay Your Hands On Me
Why They're Repetitive:
That's all they're saying during the chorus!! It's a great song but it could have been a bit more diverse!!
Submitted by: JoviChick
"In And Out Of Love"
The Repetitive Lyrics:
In and out of love
Why They're Repetitive:
This is a good bj song, but they sing this part 33 times along the song!!!!!!
Submitted by: Reich

Nonsensical Song Lyrics:

"Bed Of Roses"
The Nonsensical Lyrics:
'Cause a bottle of vodka is still lodged in my head.
Why They're Nonsensical:
One can't get a bottle of vodka into one's head in the first place, so it wouldn't be lodged there!
Submitted by: Karen Smith
"If I Was Your Mother"
The Nonsensical Lyrics:
Tell me there's no other
To who you're telling your secrets
And would you tell me
'Bout all the boys you been
Bringing home to meet me
Tell me what I got to do
To make my life mean more to you
I could get so close it's true
If I was yours Mother, mother
If I was your Mother, mother
Why They're Nonsensical:
First, Jon, girls don't discuss their intimate relationships with their mother (most don't anyway) and second 'If I was your mother!?!?!?' I'm sorry but that's so weird that I don't even want to think of that option! Besides isn't this streching the Mother-Myth a bit too far, I mean mothers and fathers can be equally close to a child... Way to go Jon!
Submitted by: Annukka Vastela
There are additional nonsensical lyrics available.

Dirty Song Lyrics:

"Never Say Goodbye"
The Dirty Lyrics:
Remember when we lost the keys and,
You lost more than that in my backseat, baby
Why They're Dirty:
What could be more than lost the car's keys? in the car's backseat?
Submitted by: pakcipi
"You Give Love a Bad Name"
The Dirty Lyrics:
An angel's smile is what you sell
You promise me heaven then put me through hell
Chains of love got a hold on me
When passion's a prison you can't break free
Why They're Dirty:
He was promised a night of heaven, only to find out her idea involved chains and being restrained....
Submitted by: Rychendroll
There are additional dirty lyrics available.

Song Lyrics That Name Check Celebrities:

"It's My Life"
The Lyrics:
Like Frankie Said:
I did it my way.
Who They Mention:
Frank Sinatra.
Submitted by: Celeste
"It's My Life"
The Lyrics:
Like Frankie said, I did it my way
Who They Mention:
Frank Sinatra
Submitted by: Da Phoenix
There are additional celebrity lyrics available.

Song Lyrics That Mention Brand Name Products:

"99 In The Shade"
The Lyrics:
In my old man's chevrolet
Product Brand Name:
Chevrolet
Submitted by: Samm
 

Song Lyrics That Mention Other Songs:

"It's My Life"
The Song Lyrics:
Like Frankie said, I did it my way.
Song They Mention:
My Way by Frank Sinatra
Submitted by: Celeste
"Captain Crash and the Beauty Queen From Mars"
The Song Lyrics:
Dressed up just like Ziggy but he couldn't play guitar
Song They Mention:
Ziggy Stardust - David bowie
Submitted by: Kate
There are additional Song Lyrics That Mention Other Songs lyrics available.

Songs That Open With Their Titles:

"Bad Medicine"
Opening Lines:
Your love is like bad medicine, bad medicine is what I need.
Comments:
From his 1988 New Jersey album.
Submitted by: Vic George
"You Give Love A Bad Name"
Opening Lines:
Shot through the heart, and you're to blame; darlin', you give love a bad name.
Comments:
From his 1986 Slippery When Wet album.
Submitted by: Vic George

Song Title Space Change:

"Hot Through The Hearts" originally "Shot Through The Heart"
Must be heartburn.
Submitted by: Peter
"Ill Make Love To You" originally "I'll Make Love To You"
EW!!! I hope not!
Submitted by: Peter
"Ill Sleep When I'm Dead" originally "I'll Sleep While I'm Dead"
Until then the ill will have to rock w/ Bon Jovi?
Submitted by: Peter
"Bad Medic In E." originally "Bad Medicine"
Submitted by: Rocky
"Livin' Gin Sin" originally "Living In Sin"
Submitted by: George Straitjacket

There are additional Song Title Space Change available.

Song Title Anagrams:

"If I'm Your Other Saw" originally "If I Was Your Mother"
Submitted by: Lou Quilson
"Ay, Acid Heaven" originally "Have A Nice Day"
Submitted by: Alanis More Upset

Real Places Mentioned in Songs:

"Raise Your Hands"
The Lyrics:
Raise your hands
From New York to Chicago
Raise your hands
From New Jersey to Tokyo
Raise your hands
Why:
They mention real places as New York, Chicago, Tokyo and of course New Jersey, which is their home city.
Submitted by: JoviChick
 

Super Long Pop Songs:

"My Guitar Lies Bleeding in My Arms" Length: 5:41
Submitted by: weirdkid106
"Lie to Me " Length: 5:34
Submitted by: weirdkid106
"Save a Prayer" Length: 5:57
Submitted by: weirdkid106
"I Want You" Length: 5:44
Submitted by: weirdkid106
"Bed of Roses" Length: 6:34
Submitted by: weirdkid106

There are additional Super Long Pop Songs available.

Song Title Acrostics:

HAND: "Have A Nice Day"
Submitted by: Travis
HAND: "Have a Nice Day"
Submitted by: JoviChick
SAM: "She's A Mystery"
Submitted by: Peter

Song Title Spoonerisms:

"Let's Bake It Maybe" originally "Let's Make It Baby"
Unless we should roast it or fry it
Submitted by: Hilary Duffelbag
"Mad Bed-a-Sin" originally "Bad Medicine"
Submitted by: Rocky
"Wanted: Lead Or A Dive" originally "Wanted, Dead Or Alive"
Submitted by: Ursula Turpin
"Bed Madison" originally "Bad Medicine"
Submitted by: Yvonne Sindri
"Daunted, Wed Or Alive" originally "Wanted, Dead Or Alive"
Submitted by: Carrie Blunderwood

Upbeat Songs With Depressing Lyrics:

"Wanted Dead or Alive"
The Lyrics:
i'm a cowboy,on a steel-horse,i ride!,wanted dead or alive!,wanted dead or alive!
Why:
a great basement party song?, right ?,WRONG!-NOT!,because it is,about a fugitive from justice!,hardly anything '"CHEERFUL"" don't you,CONCUR?
Submitted by: man on the street
"Livin' On A Prayer"
The Lyrics:
Tommy used to work on the docks.
Union's been on strike.
He's down on his luck. It's tough.
So tough.
Why:
The song starts with the story of a man being out of work and the rest of the song tells of how he and his girl try to cope with the reduced wages.
Submitted by: Brian Kelly

Lyrics Spoonerisms:

"Bed of Roses"
The Lyrics:
I want to be as close as the Holy Ghost is
Why:
I want to be as close as the goalie hostess
Submitted by: crazydon
 

Band Name Spoonerisms:

Jon Bovi originally "Bon Jovi"
Wouldn't make that much difference!
Submitted by: rocky

Hidden Messages:

"These Days (album)"
In the booklet inside the case of the album (on CD), there is a letter from Jon at the end. If you hold the back of the booklet up to a mirror you see a lot of this letter!
Submitted by: A Stranger

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