In 1984 and 1985, Bon Jovi released their first two albums and their debut single "Runaway" managed to crack the Top 40. In 1986, the band achieved widespread success and global recognition with their third album, Slippery When Wet, which sold over 20 million copies and included three Top 10 singles, two of which reached No. 1 ("You Give Love a Bad Name" and "Livin' on a Prayer") Their fourth album, New Jersey (1988), was also very successful, selling over 10 million copies and featuring five Top 10 singles (a record for a glam metal album), two of which reached No. 1 ("Bad Medicine" and "I'll Be There for You"). After the band toured and recorded extensively during the late 1980s, culminating in the 1988–1990 New Jersey Tour, Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora released successful solo albums in 1990 and 1991, respectively.
In 1992, the band returned with the double-platinum Keep the Faith. This was followed by their biggest-selling and longest-charting single "Always" (1994) and the album These Days (1995), which proved to be a bigger success in Europe than in the United States, producing four Top Ten singles in the United Kingdom. Following a second hiatus, their 2000 album Crush, particularly the lead single, "It's My Life", successfully introduced the band to a younger audience, and the band considered this their comeback album. The band followed up with Bounce in 2002. The platinum albums Have a Nice Day (2005) and Lost Highway (2007) saw the band incorporate elements of country music into some of the songs, including the 2006 single "Who Says You Can't Go Home", which won the band a Grammy Award and became the first single by a rock band to reach No. 1 on the country charts. The Circle (2009) marked a return to the band's rock sound. The band also enjoyed great success touring, with both the 2005–2006 Have a Nice Day Tour and 2007–2008 Lost Highway Tour ranking among the Top 20 highest-grossing concert tours of the 2000s. After recording and releasing Because We Can in 2013, lead guitarist Richie Sambora left the band just before an April concert during the supporting tour to spend more time with his family. The band released their first studio album without Sambora, Burning Bridges, in 2015 and the follow-up album This House Is Not for Sale in 2016, the tour for which encompassed 2017–2019. Their most recent album 2020 (2020) was re-worked to include songs inspired by the COVID-19 pandemic and George Floyd protests; its supporting tour was delayed to 2022.
Bon Jovi consisting of frontman Jon Bon Jovi, drummer Tico Torres, keyboardist David Bryan, lead guitarist Phil X, bassist Hugh McDonald and guitarist John Shanks have unveiled a video for the lead single “Legendary” from their upcoming studio album Forever, which will be released on June 7, 2024. Forever is the follow up to Bon Jovi‘s studio album 2020, which was released back on October 2, 2020.
Bon Jovi has released 15 studio albums, five compilations and three live albums. They have sold more than 120 million records worldwide, making them one of the best-selling American rock bands, and performed more than 2,700 concerts in over 50 countries for more than 34 million fans. Bon Jovi was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2006, and into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018. The band received the Award of Merit at the American Music Awards in 2004, and Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora were inducted into Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2009.
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Studio albums
Bon Jovi (1984)
7800° Fahrenheit (1985)
Slippery When Wet (1986)
New Jersey (1988)
Keep the Faith (1992)
These Days (1995)
Crush (2000)
Bounce (2002)
Have a Nice Day (2005)
Lost Highway (2007)
The Circle (2009)
What About Now (2013)
Burning Bridges (2015)
This House Is Not for Sale (2016)
2020 (2020)
Forever (2024)
Pictures of You
Bon Jovi Lyrics
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And you're my masterpiece
I painted you a lifetime
Now what's left are memories, oh
Sunlight's in the curtains
Diamonds in the trees
I gave you colors blue and gold
Something so familiar drawn from this blank page
Every line from my hand takes me back to what I can't erase
No matter how I try, no matter what I do
I'm still painting pictures of you
I could almost smell your perfume
In each brush stroke of the flowers
I left you tea from China
Waiting in your sacred tower
Something so familiar drawn from this blank page
Every line from my hand takes me back to what I can't erase
No matter how I try, no matter what I do
I'm still painting pictures of you
If I should go crazy, if I would go blind
I'd still fill the canvas from the pictures in my mind
If that's the only way to make you mine
It was something so familiar
Drawn from this blank page
Every line from my hand takes me back to what I can't erase
No matter how I try, no matter what I do
I'm still painting pictures, I'm always painting pictures
Still painting pictures of you
Oh, oh, oh, oh
The lyrics to "Pictures of You" by Bon Jovi suggest a nostalgic reflection on a past love. The singer compares his/her creative process to that of Picasso's, and the love interest to a masterpiece. The fact that the subject is now just a memory implies a romantic relationship has ended. The imagery in the song is quite vivid, with sunlight through curtains and diamonds in trees. Despite the passage of time, the singer cannot erase memories of the former love, and is still painting pictures of that person. In the final lines, there is a suggestion that the singer would be willing to lose their mind or their sight in order to keep those pictures vivid in their mind.
Overall, this song speaks to the universal experience of grappling with the memories of a love that has ended. The lyrics paint a beautiful picture of the vivid memories that remain, and the struggle to keep those memories alive. The song's tone is one of bittersweet remembrance, and Bon Jovi's delivery captures the wistful emotion of the lyrics perfectly.
Line by Line Meaning
I feel just like Picasso
I feel like an artist who has created a masterpiece
And you're my masterpiece
You are the masterpiece that I have created through love and memories
I painted you a lifetime
I have loved you and cherished you for a lifetime
Now what's left are memories, oh
But all that remains now are memories of that love
Sunlight's in the curtains
The curtains are lit up with the sunlight
Diamonds in the trees
The trees are shining like diamonds
I gave you colors blue and gold
I have given you beautiful colors of blue and gold
As you lay upon the sheets
As you lay on the bed
Something so familiar drawn from this blank page
The memories and love that I have for you are so familiar
Every line from my hand takes me back to what I can't erase
Every drawing and stroke that I make reminds me of the memories of you which I cannot erase
No matter how I try, no matter what I do
I keep trying, but I cannot forget you
I'm still painting pictures of you
I am still drawing and painting pictures of the love and memories that we shared
I could almost smell your perfume
I can almost smell your fragrance in the painting
In each brush stroke of the flowers
In every stroke of the paintbrush in the flowers, I have remembered our memories
I left you tea from China
I left the Chinese tea for you to drink and remember our time together
Waiting in your sacred tower
Waiting for you to come and take the tea in your special room
If I should go crazy, if I would go blind
Even if I lose my sanity or vision
I'd still fill the canvas from the pictures in my mind
I would still be able to paint the memories from my mind
If that's the only way to make you mine
If that's what it takes to have you again in my life
I'm always painting pictures, still painting pictures of you
No matter where I go or what happens, I will always remember our love and memories by continuing to paint pictures of you
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, WORDS & MUSIC A DIV OF BIG DEAL MUSIC LLC
Written by: JOHN SHANKS, JON BON JOVI, RICHARD S. SAMBORA
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Forester2000
I feel just like Picasso
And you're my masterpiece
I painted you a lifetime
Now what's left are memories
Oooh
Sunlight's in the curtains
Diamonds in the trees
I gave you colors blue and gold
As you lay upon the sheets
Something so familiar drawn from this blank page
Every line from my hand takes me back to what I can't erase
No matter how I try, no matter what I do
I'm still painting pictures of you
I could almost smell your perfume
In each brush stroke of the flowers
I left you tea from China
Waiting in your sacred tower
Something so familiar drawn from this blank page
Every line from my hand takes me back to what I can't erase
No matter how I try, no matter what I do
I'm still painting pictures of you
If I should go crazy, if I would go blind
I'd still fill the canvas from the pictures in my mind
If that's the only way to make you mine
It was something so familiar
Drawn from this blank page
Every line from my hand takes me back to what I can't erase
No matter how I try, no matter what I do
I'm still painting pictures, I'm always painting pictures
Still painting pictures of you
Oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh...
Matigacer12
el mas grande Jon Bon Jovi ,la mejor banda de todos los tiempos!!!!!
dr662
Greatest voice of all time. I've never heard him do a bad song. Wow.
Little_Butterfly
I wish more people knew him. He is so so good and his songs are also amazing.
elisangela bongiovi
AMEI O ALBUN INTEIRO E LINDO! TE AMO JON!
Nicole Turpin
Cette chanson reflète tout a fait mes sentiments .Les métamorphoses successives de Jon Bon Jovi sont une source d inspiration pour réaliser différents portraits de celui qui pour moi reste un rêve Inna cessible.Jon Bon Jovi a su peindre avec ses mots ce que je ressens avec mes pinceaux quand je peins .Je suis une très grande fan et je le remercie pour ce cadeau Love❤❤❤❤❤
Forester2000
I feel just like Picasso
And you're my masterpiece
I painted you a lifetime
Now what's left are memories
Oooh
Sunlight's in the curtains
Diamonds in the trees
I gave you colors blue and gold
As you lay upon the sheets
Something so familiar drawn from this blank page
Every line from my hand takes me back to what I can't erase
No matter how I try, no matter what I do
I'm still painting pictures of you
I could almost smell your perfume
In each brush stroke of the flowers
I left you tea from China
Waiting in your sacred tower
Something so familiar drawn from this blank page
Every line from my hand takes me back to what I can't erase
No matter how I try, no matter what I do
I'm still painting pictures of you
If I should go crazy, if I would go blind
I'd still fill the canvas from the pictures in my mind
If that's the only way to make you mine
It was something so familiar
Drawn from this blank page
Every line from my hand takes me back to what I can't erase
No matter how I try, no matter what I do
I'm still painting pictures, I'm always painting pictures
Still painting pictures of you
Oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh...
elisangela bongiovi
CHEIA DE CHARME FEZ MUITO BEM PRA MINHA ALMA!
Danielle Dufresne
Another masterpiece from the Most Amazing Men On The Planet!
Marlene Steins
That's so true!!!
Kamila Pachwicewicz
Beautiful song