而真正让Bon Jovi尝到大红大紫滋味的应该是1986年推出的第三张决定性专辑Slippery When Wet(难以捉摸)。这张堪称Bon Jovi音乐注册商标的专辑,首支单曲You Give Love A Bad Name一推出就攻占Billboard单曲排行冠军,第二首让乐迷朗朗上口的单曲Livin' On A Prayer同样成绩斐然,流畅但不落俗套的编曲至今仍让乐迷们念念难忘。这张专辑让Bon Jovi获得空前的成功,不但蝉连Billboard专辑榜冠军宝座长达8周,更在榜上停留了40周之久,并晋身摇滚巨星的行列。而Bon Jovi团员得天独厚的开麦拉费司和亲和力不但为80年代末期开拓出硬式摇滚曲风的女性听众版图,他们融合了摇滚与流行乐的音乐风格更是吸引许多新进乐团争相学习。接着1988年推出的专辑New Jersey(新泽西)又为Bon Jovi的歌唱事业掀起另一波高潮。这张展现出更纯熟音乐风格及深富意含歌词内容的专辑,为Bon Jovi缔造出多首经典歌曲如:Bad Medicine、Born To Be My Baby、I'll Be There For You等。Bon Jovi受全球欢迎的程度,也让他们成为第一个受苏联官方邀请表演的西洋团体。然而在历经无数精疲力竭的巡回演唱会后,Bon Jovi对于未来的不确定性让他们在歌唱事业高峰暂时退出乐坛,期间只有主唱Jon Bon Jovi和吉他手Richie Sambora推出个人专辑,直到1992年时Bon Jovi才再以全新的姿态复出乐坛。
I wake up in the morning And I raise my weary head
在寒风刺骨的清晨醒来,昂起我困乏的头颅
I've got an old coat for a pillow And the earth was last night's bed 我用我破旧的外套当枕头,而大地,是我昨夜的床 I don't know where I'm going Only God knows where I've been 我不知道自己浪迹何方,只有上帝知道我的行踪 I'm a devil on the run A six gun lover A candle in the wind 我是一头亡命的恶魔,一个手枪情人,一支风中残烛 When you're brought into this world They say you're born in sin 当你呱呱坠地,他们便断定你有原罪 Well at least they gave me something I didn't have to steal or have to win 也好至少给了我一件我不用去偷或是去赢的东西 Well they tell me that I'm wanted Yeah, I'm a wanted man 是的他们告诉我我被通缉,不错,我就是个通缉犯 I'm a colt in your stable I'm what Cain was to Abel 我在你的马廐中忍受折磨,就像该隐之于亚伯 Mister catch me if you can 尊敬的先生,来捉住我, 只要你能 I'm going out in a blaze of glory 我会幻化成一道荣耀的瞬光 Take me now but know the truth 现在就逮捕我,不过先生您得知道 I'm going out in a blaze of glory 我会幻化成一道荣耀的瞬光 Lord I never drew first But I drew first blood 我从不先动手,但我总是让惹怒我的家伙最先流血 I'm no one's son Call me young gun 我不是谁的儿子,叫我少年枪手 You ask about my conscience And I offer you my soul 你问我是否有良心,好,我给你看我的灵魂 You ask if I'll grow to be a wise man Well I ask if I'll grow old 你问我是否会有一日变得明智,行,我反问你我是否会变老 You ask me if I've known love And what it's like to sing songs in the rain 你问我是否了解爱情,有没有尝过雨中唱情歌的滋味 Well, I've seen love come And I've seen it shot down I've seen it die in vain 哼,我见过爱情的到来,我还见过爱情蜕变,我更见过爱情无故消亡
Shot down in a blaze of glory 坠落在荣耀的瞬光中 Mister catch me if you can 尊敬的先生,来捉住我,只要你能 I'm going out in a blaze of glory 我会幻化成一道荣耀的瞬光 Take me now but know the truth 现在就逮捕我,不过先生您得知道 I'm going out in a blaze of glory 我会幻化成一道荣耀的瞬光 Lord I never drew first But I drew first blood 我从不先动手,但我总是让惹怒我的家伙最先流血 I'm devil's son Call me young gun 我是恶魔之子,叫我少年枪手 Each night I go to bed I pray the Lord my soul to keep 每个薄暮我进入梦乡前,我以灵魂向上帝祈祷 No I ain't looking for forgiveness
不,我不想乞求宽恕 But before I'm six foot deep .Lord, I got to ask a favor 但在我进棺材前,上帝,我祈求你 And hope you'll understand 'Cause I've lived life to the fullest 我希望你能理解这一切,因为我已经度过人生的所有 Let this boy die like a man 请让这个男孩像男人一样死去 Staring down a bullet Let me make my final stand 凝视着这颗子弹,让我登上我人生最后的舞台 Shot down in a blaze of glory 坠落在荣耀的瞬光中 Mister catch me if you can 尊敬的先生,来捉住我,只要你能 I'm going out in a blaze of glory 我会幻化成一道荣耀的瞬光 Take me now but know the truth 现在就逮捕我,不过先生您得知道 I'm going out in a blaze of glory 我会幻化成一道荣耀的瞬光 Lord I never drew first But I drew first blood 我从不先动手,但我总是让惹怒我的家伙最先流血 I'm devil's son Call me young gun 我是恶魔之子,叫我少年枪手( 完)