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#33 Out of Bounds
| life lessons in Bon Jovi songs

Welcome back, Jovi friends!
Life lessons in Bon Jovi songs continues with Out of Bounds.

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

Out of Bounds was written around the same time as Bon Jovi’s third album Slippery When Wet (1986).

UNMENTIONED IN THE VIDEO:
The song was not written for their own record, but for a movie Out of Bounds (1986), but was never used there.

Unfamiliar with the song?
🎶🎧 listen here to Out of Bounds

Out of Bounds wasn’t officially released until 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.
Out of Bounds was never released on the album it was written for, making it one of many OUTTAKES.
But it was released almost two decades later on the box set “100.000.000 Bon Jovi Fans Can’t Be Wrong”, which contains 4 cd’s and one dvd

2. As (not) talked about on the DVD 01:08
Like many other outtakes released on the Box Set “100.000.000 Bon Jovi Fans Can’t Be Wrong”, Out of Bounds was one of the songs “discussed” in the complementary documentary, the 5th disc in the box.
However, it is not really talked about and instead Jon skips to telling a very interesting story about the title of the Slippery When Wet album
(you can find it in the documentary at the 42:14 marker)

Which led me to also tackle this song with a different story about the album title and cover.

3. The Cowboy Era That Never Really Was 02:22
Both the album title story Jon tells on the dvd, as well as my story on the album title, are rooted in the fact that for the longest time, they went with a cowboy theme!
They had gone through lengths growing beards, purchasing cowboy-appropriate clothing, and had even invested in a professional photoshoot.

But the whole cowboy theme was thrown out of the window, only to return briefly, for the single Wanted Dead or Alive.

4. Another “detour” 07:00
The last minute cover-change!
After already “losing” a considerable amount of time on the cowboy theme, AND with a whole shipment of first pressings already shipped to Japan;
They changed it again.

The album cover was cancelled, within a day the photographer and Jon Bon Jovi came up with an alternative;
And we got the Slippery When Wet album as we know it today.

5. The lesson in this story 08:25
Work is never lost!
By throwing themselves headfirst into the theme they would ultimately abandon;
And by taking their first cover design all the way into print, and shipping out the records to Japan;
Bon Jovi had gained so much momentum, that they could now make their final cover in minutes!

Go with what inspires you.
It will give you the momentum to make adjustments, even at the very last minute.

Next stop, the fifth outtake song:
Deep Cuts The Night!

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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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