Comments on: Perspectives on Bon Jovi’s “Livin’ on a Prayer” [Think Tank]

By: steph

steph — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:45:37 +0000

think he is mainly tellling a story
holding on to a prayer to survive

it is also a song wi hope
with a sad story at the back ground

she says gina says
we got to hold on
it is in a context

By: Gab

Gab — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:20:55 +0000

Think of how different the song’s meaning would be if the lyric was, “Tommy got,” not, “Tommy’s got.” When you look it up, the false version appears quite frequently online, but listening to the recording, he clearly sings the “s.”

By: Matthew Wrather

Matthew Wrather — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:23:31 +0000

Exactly — in hock means in the pawnshop.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hock

By: mlawski

mlawski — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:30:33 +0000

I’ve always understood it to mean that Tommy pawned his guitar and is holding in his musical soul, which is what he used to play it. Like musical blue balls. Sad stuff, Mr. Jovi. Sad stuff.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 14:42:00 +0000

Does anyone know what the lines “Tommy got his six string in hock. Now he’s holding in what he used to make it talk” actually mean? I assume “six string” means guitar, but what is a “hock” and how is he “holding in what he used to make it talk”?