Jon Bon Jovi Says This Bon Jovi Video is ‘Horrible’

Bon Jovi has plenty of music videos under their belt. Some of their best, most memorable videos capture the fun of a Bon Jovi show. Others? Well, they pretty much make Jon Bon Jovi literally cringe.

The topic of Bon Jovi music videos was discussed in a recent interview JBJ gave to Andy Cohen. Bon Jovi touched on band's first single "Runaway," which he called "technically socially conscience." He said that when he used to take a bus from New Jersey to Manhattan to work at a recording studio, he would see young girls "working the bus station, if you know what I mean." This inspired the song, and, unfortunately, the music video, too.

"When we made a video...'Wait a minute, I just learned to play the guitar and write a song. You want me to be a filmmaker? What the hell do I know?'" recalls Jon about the video for "Runaway."

He continued, "I fell for it hook, line and sinker. And the stupid record company with the stupid video director who says 'Fahrenheit 451' [instead of '7800 Fahrenheit,' which was the title of Bon Jovi's second album] or whatever with his niece starring in the video, it's like Jesus God!"

To drive his feelings home further, Jon says, "You want to embarrass me? Tie me to a chair and make me watch videos from my first two albums." When Cohen follows up and asks if the "Runaway" video is included among that group, JBJ responds, "Horrible! Horrible!"

The fact that Bon Jovi and Cohen failed to mention those bitchin' lavender leather pants he wore in the "Runaway" video is rather disappointing. Perhaps, the video's plot visuals were embarrassing enough for him.

Bon Jovi has been active for over four decades, and they aren't showing signs of slowing down.

Their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame career has netted them over 130 million albums sold worldwide and legions of fans spanning generations.

Narrowing down their catalog to a select number of songs and ranking them is a daunting task, but here are Bon Jovi's 35 best songs, ranked.

A new docuseries about Bon Jovi is set to premiere on Hulu on April 26. The docuseries is titled Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story.

The docuseries also has the cooperation of all Bon Jovi members, both past and present. A teaser trailer of the docuseries offers a supercut of the band's wild career, including the exit of guitarist Richie Sambora.

Additionally, the teaser trailer shows Jon Bon Jovi in a hospital bed. He's holding a dry-erase board that simply says, "I'm good." Meanwhile, an unidentified voiceover says, "Jon's going through his challenges." It then cuts to JBJ saying, "It almost killed us."

The "challenges" appear to be about Bon Jovi's recent vocal issues, which he discussed during the Pollstar Live! conference in February 2024.

Per Ultimate Classic Rock, Bon Jovi said, "It's become public knowledge now, but I've had major reconstructive surgery in my vocal cords, and I never had anything like this, ever. So it's been a difficult road, but I found a doctor in Philadelphia who did something called a medialization, because one of my cords was literally atrophied."

A description of Thank You, Goodnight from Hulu also promises it will delve into the band's "most public moments of friction." Of course, this is likely a reference to the 2013 exit of Sambora, who has often talked about the potential of rejoining the band.