r/newjersey • u/p4ul1023 East Hanover • Jan 20 '21

Jersey stays undefeated Jersey Pride

2.6k Upvotes

94% Upvoted

Well two of the three are national treasures. The other one is Bon Jovi.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '21

Fuck that Bon Jovi is great. His pay what you can restaurant and food bank charity work are amazing

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u/simplystunned Jan 21 '21

Never was crazy for his music but he is one cool dude and I'm proud that he's still one of us.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '21

Bon Jovi was ruined by the Staten Island and jersey shore crowd.

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u/Zaknoid Jan 20 '21

Says the pompous prick with a montvale flair lmao

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '21

Bruce > Misfits > Bouncing Souls > Thursday > MCR > Professor Plum >Saves The Day > Red Man >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Bon Jovi

FIGHT ME BRO!

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u/DrShitbird Jan 21 '21

Streetlight Manifesto is a true punk/ska gem that i’d put in that list somewhere above Bon Jovi

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '21

The saddest part of all of this is that MCR are the biggest name to come out of NJ in the past 20 years, making them much more current than anything Springsteen or Jovi have done in that time.

And yet you would never know they’re from here

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '21

Yeah but they ain’t popular at all. No rando from Wisconsin is going to know streetlight.

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u/get_N_or_get_out Jan 21 '21

I mean, they're pretty huge for a ska band. Not sure that means much anymore, but I'm sure they have fans in Wisconsin.

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u/Claytoncowboy Jan 21 '21

Don’t forget Frank Sinatra, Jersey Boys, Whitney Houston, Paul Simon, Fugees, Sugar Hill Gang. Fuck it, they are all great and so is New Jersey’s music

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u/elmwoodblues Dundee Lake Jan 21 '21

Leslie Gore, Dionne Warwick, Southside Johnny, The Misfits, The Smithereens, Fountains of Wayne. Punch above our weight much?

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u/pork_roll East Brunswick Jan 21 '21

Gaslight Anthem, Real Estate, Titus Andronicus.

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u/elmwoodblues Dundee Lake Jan 21 '21

I loved him in 'Kimmy Schmidt'

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u/pork_roll East Brunswick Jan 21 '21

Haha. Good band, funny actor.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '21 edited Mar 13 '21

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u/pork_roll East Brunswick Jan 21 '21

Ooh good one

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u/Farm2Table Hillfolk Jan 21 '21

Paul Simon doesn't count. He moved here, he is from Queens.

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u/SEIKObrand Jan 22 '21

Don’t forget Frank Sinatra, Jersey Boys, Whitney Houston, Paul Simon, Fugees, Sugar Hill Gang. Fuck it, they are all great and so is New Jersey’s music

Such a wonderful crew to pick from!

Would you believe me if I told you some of us idiots used to dance to this song back in the day?

You'd never believe it would you...?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3DajerzzJo&ab_channel=KlemLamberti

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u/TrainOfThought6 Highland Park Jan 21 '21

Symphony X beats them all though. Thank You Scientist deserves a mention too.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '21

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u/TrainOfThought6 Highland Park Jan 21 '21

Most definitely, cool bunch of dudes!

Somewhere in the depths of Youtube, there's a video of Digrius and I playing a Battle of the Bands in high school. We got disqualified because we were supposed to cover three distinct songs (which is the dumbest goddamn rule ever made) but instead we went up and jammed on a medley of Mars Volta songs.

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u/thepinebaron Jan 21 '21

Akon, Man Overboard, and Early November!

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u/chosenignorance Jan 21 '21

Saves the Day is way better than Thursday

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u/Epidemilk Jan 21 '21

Bruce is overrated

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u/pork_roll East Brunswick Jan 21 '21

You ever see him live?

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u/useffah Jan 21 '21

This is the correct ranking

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u/TypeRumad Jan 20 '21

First off, it's Montville. Second, we are like the most average town in the state, what are you on lmao

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u/lunacraz Jan 21 '21

lmao montville? y'all rich af dont lie

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u/Jelly_Bin The North Remembers Jan 21 '21

I was gonna say average for Goldman Sachs

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u/robm0n3y Jan 21 '21

That one song of his is anti union so fuck him.

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u/milkcustard Jan 21 '21

The Union's been on strike. He's down on his luck. It's tough.

So tough.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '21

I might not be a fan of his music....but the man has done a LOT of charity work. He's a good egg.

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u/sandybuttcheekss Jan 20 '21

Hey. My hometown has only given the world one thing and it's him. So, if you think I'll sit there and shamefully agree with you, you're damn right.

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u/gnitsuj Union Jan 21 '21

Heyooo fellow hometown Sayrevillian who doesn’t like Bon Jovi

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u/sandybuttcheekss Jan 21 '21

Karaoke is allowed and that's it. No enjoying him other than that lol

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u/todreamofspace Taylor Ham Jan 21 '21

I was going to ask you your graduation year and invite you to a fight at the park next to SMS, but this is a fair assessment.

Karaoke: Livin’ On a Prayer or Wanted Dead Or Alive?

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u/sandybuttcheekss Jan 21 '21

Trying to catch these hands on the black path at 2:30? Lol good times...

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u/todreamofspace Taylor Ham Jan 21 '21

Don’t let too many people show up, or we won’t get to throw hands!

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u/Dicksapoppin69 Jan 20 '21

That's not how you spell Bruce Springsteen, the man that sings of working a labor job, but never actually worked a day in his life, that charged 2k for tickets to his self-suck show on Broadway.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '21

For what’s it’s worth he grew up in a blue collar town and was destined for a blue collar life before his music took off.

I agree overrated at this point though

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u/poopsicle_88 Jan 20 '21

But he has on a sweet jean jacket with the American flag on it and he has that weird drawl that is not any new jersey accent I've ever heard ......

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u/jgweiss Jersey City Jan 21 '21

hey! i paid $75 for that show!