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 * __ Bon Jovi __**
 * __ It’s my Life __**

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 * __ What am I going to talk about __**** : **

**__ Introduction: __** " It's My Life " is Bon Jovi' s first single from the album Crush. It is a hard rock song which was released on May 23, 2000. The song was written by Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora and Max Martin. “It’s my life” has been one of the most compelling and important songs I have ever listened to. This single has a powerful rhythm that impacts you with a lot of energy. I have chosen this song for many reasons but the main reason is the meaning of the lyrics. I thought doing this Bon Jovi song was ideal due to the message that the lyrics transmit to the audience who are listening it. The lyrics expresses a freedom sensation which everyone would like to have, but cannot and so when they listen the song, they feel closer to freedom than they appear. **__ Story: __** The song has many characteristic Bon Jovi (the group) features, such as Sambora's use of the talk box, and a line in the second verse "For Tommy and Gina, who never backed down" which is a reference to Tommy and Gina, a fictional working class couple that Bon Jovi and Sambora first wrote about in the 1986 classic "Livin' on a prayer." "It's My Life" is also notable for its line referencing Frank Sinatra: "My heart is like an open highway   Like Frankie said    I did it 'My Way'." Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora apparently had a disagreement over those lines, with Bon Jovi recalling: **__ Lyrics: __**
 * Introduction
 * Story
 * Lyrics
 * Conclusion
 * Activity
 * hits you with
 * listening to it
 * a sensation of freedom
 * making reference to
 * || I had just come home from making //U-571// and I said "Sinatra made 16 movies and toured 'til he was 80. This is my role model". He [Sambora] said, "You can't write that damn lyric. Nobody cares about Frank Sinatra but you." And I wrote it anyway.  ||   ||


 * "It's My Life" **

This ain't a song for the broken-hearted

No silent prayer for the faith-departed

I ain't gonna be just a face in the crowd

You're gonna hear my voice

When I shout it out loud

//[Chorus:]//

It's my life

It's now or never

I ain't gonna live forever

I just want to live while I'm alive

(It's my life)

My heart is like an open highway

Like Frankie said

I did it my way

I just wanna live while I'm alive

<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">It's my life

<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">This is for the ones who stood their ground

<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">For Tommy and Gina who never backed down

<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Tomorrow's getting harder make no mistake

<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Luck ain't even lucky

<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Got to make your own breaks

<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">//[Chorus:]//

<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">It's my life

<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">And it's now or never

<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I ain't gonna live forever

<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I just want to live while I'm alive

<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">(It's my life)

<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">My heart is like an open highway

<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Like Frankie said

<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I did it my way

<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I just want to live while I'm alive

<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">'Cause it's my life

<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Better stand tall when they're calling you out <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Don't bend, don't break, baby, don't back down

<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">//[Chorus:]//

<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">It's my life

<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">And it's now or never

<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">'Cause I ain't gonna live forever

<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I just want to live while I'm alive

<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">(It's my life)

<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">My heart is like an open highway

<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Like Frankie said

<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I did it my way

<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I just want to live while I'm alive

<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">//[Chorus:]//

<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">It's my life

<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">And it's now or never

<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">'Cause I ain't gonna live forever

<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I just want to live while I'm alive

<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">(It's my life)

<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">My heart is like an open highway

<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Like Frankie said

<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I did it my way

<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I just want to live while I'm alive

<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">'Cause it's my life!

So, what do the lyrics say? The overall message Bon Jovi wants to show is that he is a free soul. He’s trying to express that he doesn’t want to be ordered, that he wants to do the things he likes to do and that he was to enjoy live as much as possible due to that he’s not going to live forever. We can observe this clearly in the lyrics on top. All this messages Bon Jovi is transmitting is what the song basically means. It’s Bon Jovi rock.
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**__ Expressions of the Lyrics: __** "This ain't a song for the broken-hearted,   No silent prayer for the faith-departed" The first lines set the stage. It is going to be about love, break-ups, and broken hearts. But it is not for the broken-hearted, so if your heart is broken this song isn’t for you. It is actually for the one, who broke your heart!

"I ain't gonna be just a face in the crowd" I am not going to be like the others, who just stay still not looking for fun. I want to show my personality by doing wild stuff.

"You're gonna hear my voice   When I shout it out loud" This means that the narrator in the song is not ashamed if they see or hear him doing something that people don't approve. It’s kind of a rebellion showing its own liberty.

"My heart is like a open highway" - I am open for other people.

"I did it my way" - I feel guilt, but I am not going to admit it.

These examples could be continued for all the song. This song expresses perfectly the meaning it wants to show and, in my opinion, I think this song can be used, when being accused of flirting and not being faithful. It is a hymn for someone, who wants to live wild and isn't going to stay put. What makes the message more compelling for me? This is a song for those who are still living, those who cling to each moment with hope-even as it passes. Our time is limited on this earth, if we want to do something; we have to do it now, not wait for tomorrow, because each day will be harder than the last. You just have to do an effort and try to do the things earlier so that you can enjoy the rest of your life.
 * make an effort

**__ Comments and thoughts of people after hearing this song: __** This song saved me out of my depression I had as a young teenager. “It’s my life”, why waste it on being sad and miserable? I am not going to live forever so why not spend the time give to you on happier things. It saved me from suicide, it saved my family. I think I owe Bon Jovi a lot...   … This song means that Bon Jovi wouldn’t be a face in the crowd... meaning he will stand out from everyone else... It’s also saying that the people that stand their ground and don’t give up and keep trying to move forward usually win, and achieve it… …  **__ Conclusion: __** To conclude I would say that it is a song that completely took me since I first heard it, it made me realize how some people are, really enjoy their lives while their others which just don’t enjoy it at all spending all their free time working. It made me thing about the importance on having fun every moment you can because you never know when you are going to die and if you keep on working for having a better future and you die in an unfortunate accident you’ll have been spending your whole live working for nothing. Although I wouldn’t recommend everyone to follow the meaning of this song because if everyone did so, the world we now know would end up in chaos.
 * had a strong effect on me since the first moment I heard it


 * __ Activity: __**


 * Choose the correct option, and then listen. **


 * This ain't / He sings ** a song for the broken-hearted

**No / A** silent prayer for the faith-departed

I **ain't / am** gonna be just a face in the crowd

You're gonna hear my voice

When I shout it out **aloud / loud .**


 * Reorganise the lines, (then listen). **
 * you out stand tall Better they're calling when
 * don't back down, don't break, Don't bend, baby,


 * What does Bon Jovi mean when he says **
 * “It’s My Life”? **


 * What is the main theme of the song? **

Jaume Planas