Originally posted by rustoffa
So...you like old news warmed over? Me niether, but this shit is funny. It's a goddamned double-negative. Marching To Mars...On The Other Hand....
Apparently, it was roy's defining moment!!
I had never cuntsidered what an ass-whooping he put on his former bandmates!!!!
This dude's a pro, y'all...
Top 10: Rock Diss Songs
By Craig Mazin
Entertainment Correspondent - Every other Wednesday
A good comeback is tough to pull off. When crossed, most people usually respond ineffectually, either resorting to a feeble string of obscenities or just sitting and stewing silently. Talented musicians have a more effective venue for expressing their displeasure to an unfaithful significant other or a backstabbing friend -- the diss song. By composing a radio-friendly diatribe, a musician can ensure that the intended target -- and millions of others -- will know all too well that they did wrong.
So in honor of the nasty comeback, here are the top 10 rock and roll diss songs. A couple of ground rules have been set. Every second pop song is a lament about some no-good man or woman, so in the interest of thinning the field, we've limited our list to those songs that pinpoint an identifiable, publicly-known individual as the focus. Also, the rap diss is such a massive genre that it merits consideration on its own, so any rap entries will be withheld for inclusion on a separate list in the future.
Number 9
"On The Other Hand" - 1997
Sammy Hagar
Say what you want about Van Hagar, but Sammy at least turned out to be a commercially successful and popular replacement for the original vocalist, David Lee Roth. In 1995, Hagar disagreed with his bandmates and management: He wanted to record a new studio album, considering that VH had released a live album in 1993. During a separate misunderstanding, Hagar was justifiably perturbed when Eddie Van Halen brought in Diamond Dave to record two new tracks for the Best of Volume 1 compilation.
It’s a little muddy, but Van Halen's supposed insistence that the turn-about was only temporary didn't placate Hagar, who supposedly responded by quitting the band and relaunching his solo career with Marching To Mars in 1997. The album was a surprisingly successful old-style, hard-rock album filled with thinly disguised verbal darts aimed at Eddie and Alex Van Halen. The most direct of these creeds was “On The Other Hand,” a bluesy put-down referencing the Van Halens' duplicitousness.
Aftermath: Full-time replacement (former Extreme singer) Gary Cherone stiffed horribly, as Van Halen III sold a fraction of the albums that Van Hagar averaged. Hagar eventually returned to Van Halen for a tour in 2004, but tensions flared again and plans for a new album were shelved.
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