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#40 Take Me Home
| life lessons in Bon Jovi songs

Welcome back, Jovi friends!
Life lessons in Bon Jovi songs continues with Take Me Home

This is the eleventh “outtake”;
A song that was never included on the album.

Take Me home was written for Bon Jovi’s third album Slippery When Wet (1986).

Unfamiliar with the song?
🎶🎧listen here to Take Me Home

video recorded Thursday 18 December 2025

In this video:

1. Welcome to another episode 00:00
Of Life lessons in Bon Jovi songs.
With an era coming to an end!
Take Me Home is the final outtake, wrapping up the first three Bon Jovi albums, here in this final video from 2025.
It is possible I will discover new outtakes at a future date, belonging to these albums as well. And if I do, I will make an additional outtake video.

Curious about the list of rare outtakes?
Here’s the playlist:
Rolling List of Hidden Bon Jovi Gems 1985 – current day

2. The Bottom of the Barrel 02:00
I sometimes unceremoniously refer to these rare outtakes as the “bottom of the barrel”.
But whether you agree or not:
It is a fact that you can get zero context on them!

There are no backstories about this song at all.
When I Google it, I get my own blogpost from the previous video as the top search result, solely because it mentions the title ()
And there are search results for the lyrics:
https://www.letras.com/bon-jovi/297452/

3. The Ending of Everything 03:30
The wrapping up of the third album, the ending of all the outtakes, the ending of the year, and it’s definitely the ending of me!
My energy and inspiration are just flat, I have nothing more to give.

4. The 29th degree in astrology 03:58
In astrology to have a planet in the 29th degree of a sign means it’s at the final end of that sign.
It’s called the anaretic degree, and if you have that you are wrapping up your karma there.

Mentioned in this video:
How generations can be appointed based on where Pluto was.
Here is the article where you can find more on this:
Pluto and the power of generations by Chani Nicholas

Generation X gets two Pluto placements here: Virgo and Libra
I am in the first bracket and was born when Pluto was in the final degree (29th degree) of Virgo.

LESSON
Bon Jovi’s song Take Me Home, symbolizes the things in life where we’re at the final degree;
We wish so very hard to already be at the fresh beginning of something new.

But it’s karmic wrap up time, Baby.

Next stop, the album opener for New Jersey (1988);
Lay Your Hands On Me!

~Suzanne Beenackers
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THIS SERIES
All videos, of Life lessons in Bon Jovi songs (playlist):
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiGoDE3C06SeCKg4jvR2EoVHBOfXzHm_R

SOURCES for this series:

1. OUTTAKES
Handmade list with rare Bon Jovi songs
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiGoDE3C06SfkAr0Ll4wz-GlGnZJNZDYh
Rolling List of Hidden Bon Jovi Gems 1985 – current day

2. RANKED
My favorite Bon Jovi article and indispensable for this series:
https://ultimateclassicrock.com/bon-jovi-songs-ranked/
By Tony Kuzminski.
List also covers any outtakes from the 2004 box set.

3. QUOTES
https://twostorytown.com/slippery-when-wet-quotes
full page of quotes EVERYTHING anybody ever said about the 3rd Bon Jovi album:

4. BJ TOURS
https://bjtours.jimdofree.com/the-albums/1986-slippery-when-wet/

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#39 Lonely Is The Night 
| life lessons in Bon Jovi songs

Welcome back, Jovi friends!
Life lessons in Bon Jovi songs continues with Lonely is the Night

This is the tenth “outtake”;
A song that was never included on the album.

Lonely is the Night was written for Bon Jovi’s third album Slippery When Wet (1986).

Unfamiliar with the song?
🎶🎧listen here to Lonely is the Night

video recorded Wednesday 26 November 2025

In this video:

1. Welcome to another episode 00:00
Of Life lessons in Bon Jovi songs.

We’re at the outtakes, songs that were never released on a studio album.
But there’s different levels of outtakes!
There are the ones who did eventually end up on “The Box Set” (100.000.000 Bon Jovi Fans Can’t Be Wrong, 2004), although that barely has 80s songs;
Or they ended up on the unofficial 80s bootleg We Are Not Unused;
And then there are the few who did not get released anywhere, like Lonely Is The Night.
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2. New Year, New Jersey?! 03:16
I really feared being stuck in the deepest layers of Bon Jovi outtakes, at the end of the year. But I removed a song from the list, and now we’re almost there.

The song that was removed from the list with all rare Bon Jovi songs, was a demo I had filed under both names:
Too Much Too Soon (Life lesson video already available) as well as Never Enough.
With this song removed our next Life lesson is also the final outtake from this album.
We can now wrap up these Slippery When Wet outtakes within this year.

And in 2026 we’ll start with the regular songs from a new Bon Jovi album, New Jersey.

3. Lonely Is The Night 05:08
It reminds me of two other songs

1. the riff
Reminds me of the beginning of
AC/DC – Highway to Hell (Official Video)

2. And the combination of singing with electric guitar
Reminds me of 
Denis Leary – Asshole (Uncensored Version)

4. The Meaning of The Song 08:28

It is a sad song, about someone waiting for their lover to return:
Lyrics:
https://genius.com/Bon-jovi-lonely-is-the-night-lyrics

5. Contrast to the Leary song 09:10
Where Lonely Is The Night is very passive, I’m An Asshole sets an example of the power in being angry.

6. The life lesson 11:11
If we combine these two songs (Bon Jovi and Denis Leary) the lesson is about how stepping into anger can really be the first step out of feeling powerless.
The first step to feeling better.
There is actually a theory that explains why you get so much energy if you switch from feeling like a victim into anger.

That was it!
Looking on the list
Rolling List of Hidden Bon Jovi Gems 1985 – current day
we can see we only have one song left from the Slippery When Wet album.

Next stop, the 11th outtake;
Take Me Home!

~Suzanne Beenackers
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THIS SERIES
All videos, of Life lessons in Bon Jovi songs (playlist):
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiGoDE3C06SeCKg4jvR2EoVHBOfXzHm_R

SOURCES for this series:

1. OUTTAKES
Handmade list with rare Bon Jovi songs
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiGoDE3C06SfkAr0Ll4wz-GlGnZJNZDYh
Rolling List of Hidden Bon Jovi Gems 1985 – current day

2. RANKED
My favorite Bon Jovi article and indispensable for this series:
https://ultimateclassicrock.com/bon-jovi-songs-ranked/
By Tony Kuzminski.
List also covers any outtakes from the 2004 box set.

3. QUOTES
https://twostorytown.com/slippery-when-wet-quotes
full page of quotes EVERYTHING anybody ever said about the 3rd Bon Jovi album:

4. BJ TOURS
https://bjtours.jimdofree.com/the-albums/1986-slippery-when-wet/

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#38 The Promise
| life lessons in Bon Jovi songs

Welcome back, Jovi friends!
Life lessons in Bon Jovi songs continues with The Promise

This is the ninth “outtake”;
A song that was never included on the album.

The Promise was written for Bon Jovi’s third album Slippery When Wet (1986).

Unfamiliar with the song?
🎶🎧 listen here to The Promise

video recorded Monday 17 November 2025

In this video:

1. Welcome to another episode 00:00
Of Life lessons in Bon Jovi songs.
We’re at the outtakes, songs that were never released on a studio album.
But there’s different levels of outtakes!
There are the ones who did eventually end up on “The Box Set” (100.000.000 Bon Jovi Fans Can’t Be Wrong, 2004) and well – those that didn’t😅

The number of rare Bon Jovi songs is so large, that I created a list, collecting them all:
Rolling List of Hidden Bon Jovi Gems 1985 – current day

And we’re definitely in the deepest trenches of the outtakes!
Of songs even AI had never heard of.
And we’ll probably be here (looking for the rarest of songs of record number 3, Slippery When Wet) until well into January 2026.
But alas!
This is where we are.
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I briefly mention my other channels.
They’re @TheNewRockStarChannel (basically it’s The Lessons, without the Bon Jovi songs😅)and @suzannebeenackersschrijver (Dutch)
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2. The Promise 03:02
It’s an acoustic song, about a romance between two young people. The song has a very melancholic, past tense vibe to it, which begs the question:
“Who is Jon singing about?”

You can read the lyrics of the song here:
https://www.letras.com/bon-jovi/297461/

I’m gonna go with The Promise being about Diane Lane, whom he dated in 1985.

3. Diane Lane 05:52
Although it was presumably only a 5 month relationship between her and Jon Bon Jovi, and one in which he felt betrayed by her;
She ended up being instrumental to the band’s success!

I also refer to a meta I wrote, about their romance.
You can find it here:
A Meta on JBJ and Diane Lane
| Secret Dreams by Bon Jovi (Fahrenheit album, 1985)
| blog post { pre-work for YouTube video }

4. Life lesson 07:17
If indeed, both the fiery You Give Love A Bad Name as well as the melancholic The Promise are about Diane Lane, then what does that teach us?
I’ll give you my two cents on it, but basically, that life is complex 🧐

And that it’s not uncommon for the extraverted and the visible, to have a secret, hidden, counterpart.

Next stop, the 10th outtake;
Lonely Is The Night!

~Suzanne Beenackers
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THIS SERIES
All videos, of Life lessons in Bon Jovi songs (playlist):
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiGoDE3C06SeCKg4jvR2EoVHBOfXzHm_R

SOURCES for this series:

1. OUTTAKES
Handmade list with rare Bon Jovi songs
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiGoDE3C06SfkAr0Ll4wz-GlGnZJNZDYh
Rolling List of Hidden Bon Jovi Gems 1985 – current day

2. RANKED
My favorite Bon Jovi article and indispensable for this series:
https://ultimateclassicrock.com/bon-jovi-songs-ranked/
By Tony Kuzminski.
List also covers any outtakes from the 2004 box set.

3. QUOTES
https://twostorytown.com/slippery-when-wet-quotes
full page of quotes EVERYTHING anybody ever said about the 3rd Bon Jovi album:

4. BJ TOURS
https://bjtours.jimdofree.com/the-albums/1986-slippery-when-wet/

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#37 Too Much Too Soon (Never Enough)
| life lessons in Bon Jovi songs

Welcome back, Jovi friends!
Life lessons in Bon Jovi songs continues with Too Much Too Soon
Sometimes called Never Enough.

This is the eighth “outtake”;
A song that was never included on the album.

Too Much Too Soon was written for Bon Jovi’s third album Slippery When Wet (1986).

Unfamiliar with the song?
🎶🎧 listen here to Too Much Too Soon

video recorded Thursday 6 November 2025

In this video:

1. Welcome to another episode 00:00
Of Life lessons in Bon Jovi songs.

This song was written for Slippery When Wet, but did not make it onto that album.
It was also not included on the 5-disc box set “100.000.000 Bon Jovi Fans Can’t Be Wrong” either.
But it was included on the mid-90’s bootleg “We Are Not Unused”.

I think by next week, we’re actually breaking into the songs that are in even rougher shapes and even more obscure.
But Too Much Too Soon, is actually still a good and fully fleshed out song!

It is a pure rock n’ roll song (versus a rock song) which might be one of the reasons why didn’t pursue it further.

2. Too Much Too Soon (Never Enough) 07:31

The song is about someone who became famous too soon, and is unable to handle the success.
All this is contrast to people who deliberately worked for their success, like Jon Bon Jovi (who was 21 when Bon Jovi had his first big concert, late 1983) and Madonna, who turned 25 when the year her first album came out.
She has even specifically named her relative late rise to fame, as a huge advantage of being able to deal with it.

It’s not even about when you achieve fame, that you enables you to deal with it;
It’s about having created it yourself, and being in control of your own agenda.

Next stop, the 9th outtake;
The Promise!

~Suzanne Beenackers
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THIS SERIES
All videos, of Life lessons in Bon Jovi songs (playlist):
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiGoDE3C06SeCKg4jvR2EoVHBOfXzHm_R

SOURCES for this series:

1. OUTTAKES
Handmade list with rare Bon Jovi songs
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiGoDE3C06SfkAr0Ll4wz-GlGnZJNZDYh
Rolling List of Hidden Bon Jovi Gems 1985 – current day

2. RANKED
My favorite Bon Jovi article and indispensable for this series:
https://ultimateclassicrock.com/bon-jovi-songs-ranked/
By Tony Kuzminski.
List also covers any outtakes from the 2004 box set.

3. QUOTES
https://twostorytown.com/slippery-when-wet-quotes
full page of quotes EVERYTHING anybody ever said about the 3rd Bon Jovi album:

4. BJ TOURS
https://bjtours.jimdofree.com/the-albums/1986-slippery-when-wet/

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#36 Too Fast To Live, Too Young To Die
| life lessons in Bon Jovi songs

Welcome back, Jovi friends!
Life lessons in Bon Jovi songs continues with Too Fast To Live, Too Young To Die.

This is the seventh “outtake”;
A song that was never included on the album.

Too Fast To Live, Too Young To Die was written for Bon Jovi’s second album 7800° Fahrenheit (1985).

Unfamiliar with the song?
🎶🎧 listen here to Too Fast To Live, Too Young To Die

In this video:

1. Welcome to another episode 00:00
Of Life lessons in Bon Jovi songs.

We have officially broke the chronological sequence!
We were already on the 1986 album, Slippery When Wet, when YouTube recommended me a 90 second outtake, from the second album:
“Too Fast To Live Too Young To Die”.
(and on an amazing YouTube channel JoviVids! )

2. Too Fast To Live, Too Young To Die 02:05

The phrase “Too Fast To Live Too Young To Die” is attributed to Malcolm McLaren, the manager of the British punk band the Sex Pistols.

3. Brad Pitt and Juliette Lewis 03:45

The song reminds me of the 1990 movie Too Young To Die, a tv movie based on a true story with Juliette Lewis and Brad Pitt.
They Lewis were both in the earliest stages of their careers, when they made this movie, and met on set.
They became a couple and started living together with an X amount of pet iguanas, and would make a second film in the final year of their relationship, Kalifornia.

The song also reminded me of the Brad Pitt book I bought in the 90s, which contains interviews with Pitt promoting his movies, up until Seven Years In Tibet.
Including interviews that refer to Juliette Lewis.

I tried to watch Too Young To Die several times, but found the movie just too triggering.

However, their affair appears to have been surprisingly grounded for two people who were still so young, and working in the volatile Hollywood industry.
And the memory of it, has aged very well.

4. Backstage with Bon Jovi 10:35

Diving into the song’s background, I stumbled upon the official Bon Jovi website Backstage with Bon Jovi, released in 2024-ish.
Too Fast To Live was released there, and I saw the website has published other rare songs as well.

So in the upcoming months, I ll be going over the Bon Jovi Backstage website:
– to see which outtakes I missed at
https://backstage.bonjovi.com/studio/collections/demos
– and if I found one, to check if it has a YouTube equivalent
If so, it will be added to this chronological playlist:
Rolling List of Bon Jovi Outtakes
– And then finally of course, give this new find a Life lesson in Bon Jovi songs-episode

5. The Life lesson 14:30

If you are each other’s first big love?
That will last forever 💘💕❤️‍🔥
(if they ever end up back together, you heard it here first!)

Next stop, the 8th outtake;
Too Much Too Soon!.

~Suzanne Beenackers
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THIS SERIES
All videos, of Life lessons in Bon Jovi songs (playlist):
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiGoDE3C06SeCKg4jvR2EoVHBOfXzHm_R

SOURCES for this series:

1. OUTTAKES
Handmade list with rare Bon Jovi songs
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiGoDE3C06SfkAr0Ll4wz-GlGnZJNZDYh
Rolling List of Hidden Bon Jovi Gems 1985 – current day

2. RANKED
My favorite Bon Jovi article and indispensable for this series:
https://ultimateclassicrock.com/bon-jovi-songs-ranked/
By Tony Kuzminski.
List also covers any outtakes from the 2004 box set.

3. QUOTES
https://twostorytown.com/slippery-when-wet-quotes
full page of quotes EVERYTHING anybody ever said about the 3rd Bon Jovi album:

4. BJ TOURS
https://bjtours.jimdofree.com/the-albums/1986-slippery-when-wet/

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