here's a thought provoking thread (hopefully)

[VHdamaco]

we all here love anything and everything to do with diamond dave and cvh. i was thinking about this during class today. i have two scenarioes and i want peoples honest opinions about them.

1st scenario- the cvh era and the mchagar eras are reversed (mchagar being 1974-1985 and "cvh" being 1985-1995, 2004). do you the army members who would be around at the beginning of the fat mans time pick up that first cd (we assume its the same type of music as van hagar does now) and then shun it and those that come after it. once dave releases his first album in 1986 (playing as he and the boys(or girls depending on your take) did for their original time) do you pick it up and it has the same affect knowing that the first one left a bad taste in your mouth?

2nd scenario- same time frame and ideas as the first scenario, except that the van fagar outfit records all the songs that are on the first 6 pack, and dlr and the boys play the same thing that sammy does now, saying diamond dave is the one that ruined "van halens"legacy? do we have a (god forbid) sam hagar army?

thoughts as they come to your mind are wanted

[Terry]

Can't really think outside the box when it comes to the chronology of Van Halen lineups.

Van Hagar was basically based upon ideas from the lineup that came before; a half-assed version of CVH.

Seems like you're implying a certain amount of people didn't give Van Hagar a fair shot from the get-go. Might be true. Myself, it was all about the music. EVH was the focal point of the CVH lineup for me when they were still together. Logic dictates I should have continued to be a Van Halen fan regardless of who was singing. Didn't happen that way.

Your second scenario, where Van Hagar recorded all the songs CVH created...Sam's just not capable of writing or singing that way. Unimaginable. Not even talking Sam as better or worse than Roth. Just a matter of individual style and preference, same as those who dig one version of the band over another.

[academic punk]

Originally posted by Terry
Can't really think outside the box when it comes to the chronology of Van Halen lineups.

Van Hagar was basically based upon ideas from the lineup that came before; a half-assed version of CVH.

Seems like you're implying a certain amount of people didn't give Van Hagar a fair shot from the get-go. Might be true. Myself, it was all about the music. EVH was the focal point of the CVH lineup for me when they were still together. Logic dictates I should have continued to be a Van Halen fan regardless of who was singing. Didn't happen that way.

Your second scenario, where Van Hagar recorded all the songs CVH created...Sam's just not capable of writing or singing that way. Unimaginable. Not even talking Sam as better or worse than Roth. Just a matter of individual style and preference, same as those who dig one version of the band over another.

what he said. There's only one. Accept no substitutes.

[Dave's PA Rental]

...my head hurts...

[Mezro]

Originally posted by Dave's PA Rental
...my head hurts...

When was your last STD test

Mezro...wash the head if it is red...

[VHdamaco]

Originally posted by Dave's PA Rental
...my head hurts...

from the wording of my thread or the idea of cvh music being created my spam?

if its the wording... my bad

[ZahZoo]

While the scenario is causing several of the professors to have headaches and check their STD status...

Wouldn't work... Hagar was in the fading years of Montrose heading into the solo phase 1. Lyrically he could have never created what DLR did w/ the brothers and Mike. Hagar was Northern California... DLR & gang were Southern Ca... two different universes especially back in the late 70's... different vibe, different influences.

In simple terms if VH started w/ Hagar as we know it in 74... there would have never been a Classic Van Halen with the exception of backyard kegger parties. Van Hagar would have never existed without Dave and the storyline that he started.

[CROWBAR]

Originally posted by ZahZoo


In simple terms if VH started w/ Hagar as we know it in 74... there would have never been a Classic Van Halen with the exception of backyard kegger parties. Van Hagar would have never existed without Dave and the storyline that he started.

Amen granpa Zoo! I knew you knew! You old duffer! Ha!

[cwsmith17]

That scenario is the scariest thing that.........