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#31 Borderline
| life lessons in Bon Jovi songs

Welcome back, Jovi friends!
Life lessons in Bon Jovi songs continues with Borderline.

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

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

You can listen here for Jon Bon Jovi’s  version.
And here for Richie Sambora’s version, which did not air until 2024.

Borderline was ultimately released in 2004, on the box set 100.000.000 Bon Jovi fans can’t be wrong. 

In this video:

1. Welcome to another episode 00:00
Of Life lessons in Bon Jovi songs.
And forget I am pitching it so dryly!
But if you do bear with me, then today we’re starting the outtakes from the third Bon Jovi album.
It’s way better than I made it sound, because this was from THE Bon Jovi album!

2. Disclaimer time! 01:00
There will be no actual life lesson…
Just could not come up with anything.
But I will be having not one, but two stories for you, tied to this rare Bon Jovi song.

3. The 2 albums this song is tied to 02:08
One is the album Borderline was supposed to be on, and the other is the album it actually appeared on. Almost two decades later.

4. Why was it dropped? 03:05
Giving you the you-have-never-heard-this-take-before story.
To my knowledge no one has mentioned this before.
But if you were born in the 70s or earlier, you might know it too, the moment you see the question in front of your eyes:
“Why would Bon Jovi not want to be tied to a song called Borderline in 1986?”

5. The Mystery of Richie’s Version 08:40
The second story with regard to this song, could benefit from someone with better detective skills than me.
But here’s my best shot 😇

6. The Rolling List 12:40
Extra mention of the list that will be build as we go, containing all the outtakes.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiGoDE3C06SfkAr0Ll4wz-GlGnZJNZDYh
Rolling List of Hidden Bon Jovi Gems 1985 – current day

7. Next up “Edge of a Broken Heart” 14:05
An outtake crowned as one of the top 10 Bon Jovi songs ever!
(https://ultimateclassicrock.com/bon-jovi-songs-ranked/)
Yet, this song might be a bit polarizing because everybody seems to agree this is one of their best songs ever.
All but one person.
( Anyone else who did not fall head over heels in love with it?)

But what I will do, is get you a proper life lesson next time!

So next stop, the third outtake:
Edge of a Broken Heart!

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

SOURCES for this series:

1. 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.

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

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

4. THE LIST
Check our full playlist with rare songs here:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiGoDE3C06SfkAr0Ll4wz-GlGnZJNZDYh&si=x3mA6MQtkafEfI9I
Rolling List of Hidden Bon Jovi Gems 1985 – current day

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

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