Article: Solo CD, 5 movies on way // Bon Jovi lays it on the line

TORONTO "Do you mind if I sing to you?" Jon Bon Jovi inquires.

Mind?

Well, if he insists. If he must. When a rock star in sprayed-on blue jeans makes such a simple request, why deny him? "The song is called `Learning to Fall,' " he says, his sex appeal cranked up to 10. The tall, muscular music man leans so far forward on a deeply sunken couch that he's almost kneeling on the ground. Talk about setting a mood. Bon Jovi starts strumming the air as if it were a guitar. "I had to learn to walk before I crawled. I had to learn how to fall," Bon Jovi sings softly, casting a spell. He lets the last note linger in the air, and then suddenly the magic is broken. He yawns. Loudly. Yes, you're ...

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