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02-05-2023, 08:33 PM

Terry replied to a thread Political Cartoons in The Front Line

Voted for Obama, twice. Regret neither of those votes, but the 2008 one was (I'll freely admit) aspirational vs. the 2012 one, which was - more...

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02-05-2023, 08:19 PM

Terry replied to a thread Why didn't the 1984 Tour continue after Donington? in Main VH/DLR Discussion

It's well-worth the read, along with Van Halen Rising.

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02-02-2023, 12:28 PM

Terry replied to a thread Great Stuff Revisited in Main VH/DLR Discussion

He wasn't all that great when I saw Crue open up for Ozzy in '84, in that he didn't sound nearly as good as he did on the SATD album, but at least he...

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02-02-2023, 07:44 AM

Terry replied to a thread Annual Rock Hall Nominee Shit Show thread in House of Music

Eh, I rant a bit about it, too. Dunno why, because the RnRHoF is as meaningless as the Hard Rock Cafe is. To me, anyway. Went into a HRC...

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02-02-2023, 07:37 AM

Terry replied to a thread Great Stuff Revisited in Main VH/DLR Discussion

Yeah, there was Journey. Truth be told, I liked Journey. Wasn't over the moon about them and am not one of those guys who says "everything after...

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02-02-2023, 07:23 AM

Terry replied to a thread Great Stuff Revisited in Main VH/DLR Discussion

Gotta say, for me when these aging rock bands - specifically these 3, 4 or 5 piece combos - get to the point where they need to detune the songs to...

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02-01-2023, 09:09 PM

Terry replied to a thread Great Stuff Revisited in Main VH/DLR Discussion

Half in the bag and STILL killed it. Back when rock stars acted like rock stars and didn't apologize for their behavior or try and drown the...

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02-01-2023, 09:03 PM

Terry replied to a thread Annual Rock Hall Nominee Shit Show thread in House of Music

Sheryl Crow sucks. This rip-off institution has been scraping the bottom of the barrel for so long that this is what it has finally come down to:...

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01-27-2023, 03:21 PM

Terry replied to a thread KISS News Bits in House of Music

I'd have perhaps been more interested if it was a show that had been filmed...maybe I'll give it a listen when it comes out.

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01-27-2023, 03:19 PM

Terry replied to a thread Why didn't the 1984 Tour continue after Donington? in Main VH/DLR Discussion

I suppose Dave must have recorded CFTH prior to the 1984 European tour, if (according to Noel Monk) Dave was playing the ep to Eddie on the plane on...

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01-26-2023, 11:25 AM

Terry replied to a thread Beat It isolated guitars, EVH and Lukather in VH/DLR Songs And Albums

had always struck me that way, as a sort of distillation of Ed's bag of tricks he had already been using in Van Halen. Great solo, though.

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01-24-2023, 08:41 AM

Terry replied to a thread Why didn't the 1984 Tour continue after Donington? in Main VH/DLR Discussion

I think the 1984 tour started in either January or February and ended in...August or September. As I recall, there weren't a lot of off-days,...

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01-21-2023, 12:42 PM

Terry replied to a thread Jeff Beck Dead at 78 in House of Music

I would have liked to have seen that. Lately, I've been going backward and relistening to that 50's rockabilly stuff.

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01-21-2023, 12:40 PM

Terry replied to a thread New Roth Show episode in Main VH/DLR Discussion

Like, not that the guy didn't have his own problems and aspects of his personality that were less than ingratiating at times - just like anybody else...

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01-21-2023, 12:33 PM

Terry replied to a thread David Crosby Dead at 81 in House of Music

I recall reading years back that he had more than a few health problems. I haven't even thought about him in musical terms for over thirty years....

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01-16-2023, 06:08 AM

Terry replied to a thread DLR on Craig Ferguson's Late, Late Show in Main VH/DLR Discussion

Sam left the band in 1996. He did, what, the one tour and the three new tracks in 2003/2004. That whole experience was pretty fucked up and...

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01-16-2023, 05:55 AM

Terry replied to a thread DLR on Craig Ferguson's Late, Late Show in Main VH/DLR Discussion

I don't even have anything negative to say about people who like Sammy Hagar anymore. It's not my job or business to tell people they are wrong for...

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01-16-2023, 05:46 AM

Terry replied to a thread DLR on Craig Ferguson's Late, Late Show in Main VH/DLR Discussion

Didn't (and still don't) much care for Van Halen's Jump, much less a bluegrass version of it. Thought the 2003 Diamond Dave release was bunk.

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01-15-2023, 09:07 PM

Terry replied to a thread DLR on Craig Ferguson's Late, Late Show in Main VH/DLR Discussion

Thing of it is, who cares anymore one way or the other? Someone thinking Roth is shit and preferring Hagar doesn't faze me in the least. It's not...

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01-15-2023, 09:00 PM

Terry replied to a thread Lisa Marie Presley Dead at 54 in Max's Non VH/DLR Related Stuff

Yep, well, those Elvis fans who worshipped him like a god needed to make their pilgrimage to the shrine at Graceland: can't properly pay their...

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01-15-2023, 08:37 PM

Terry replied to a thread Lisa Marie Presley Dead at 54 in Max's Non VH/DLR Related Stuff

Apparently, Elvis had an underage sweet tooth. But Elvis gets - from his fans, anyway - a perpetual pass because he's Elvis. His fans won't...

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01-15-2023, 08:27 PM

Terry replied to a thread Lisa Marie Presley Dead at 54 in Max's Non VH/DLR Related Stuff

Well, Elvis had the advantage of being largely able to control the display of his image from 1973 to 1977, so large swaths of the public weren't...

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01-15-2023, 09:17 AM

Terry replied to a thread Lisa Marie Presley Dead at 54 in Max's Non VH/DLR Related Stuff

I thought the 1968 special was alright, mama. At least with that special Elvis was trying to recapture some of the glimmer of what made him...

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01-15-2023, 09:14 AM

Terry replied to a thread Lisa Marie Presley Dead at 54 in Max's Non VH/DLR Related Stuff

She had one single I sort of remember...was it the late 1990s, or the early 2000s (or the mid 2000s)? At any rate, it was a kind of rock/pop with a...

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01-14-2023, 07:38 PM

Terry replied to a thread Robbie Bachman of BTO...dead in House of Music

Every day, in every way...they even worked overtime...woo!

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01-14-2023, 07:37 PM

Terry replied to a thread David Lee Roth - Full Show in Las Vegas 01/09/2020 in Main VH/DLR Discussion

Nope, they don't grow on trees, that's for sure.

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01-14-2023, 07:35 PM

Terry replied to a thread Lisa Marie Presley Dead at 54 in Max's Non VH/DLR Related Stuff

Elvis was already in the waning years of his career when I was growing up. Still famous, but his best years in showbusiness to my ears - his first 2...

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01-14-2023, 10:38 AM

Terry replied to a thread David Lee Roth - Full Show in Las Vegas 01/09/2020 in Main VH/DLR Discussion

Well, that was the thing, in that Lomenzo, Young, Luzier...you had distinctive personalities onstage backing Roth. Same went with the EEAS lineup. ...

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01-14-2023, 07:49 AM

Terry replied to a thread Robbie Bachman of BTO...dead in House of Music

I dunno...is the drummer of BTO really up there with Wille Nelson and Keith Richards? I mean, in terms of notable rock star deaths, mmmmm...not so...

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01-14-2023, 07:47 AM

Terry replied to a thread David Lee Roth - Full Show in Las Vegas 01/09/2020 in Main VH/DLR Discussion

I think I'm right there with Zah and Sesh...the Roth backing band circa 2020 was competent but little to nothing beyond that. Nondescript backing...

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