SRK
04-06-2004, 12:21 AM
David Lee Roth was and always will be the heart ,soul, and spirit of Van Halen. The keeper of the flame ,that burns forever rock n roll. From the very beginning this was evident. He named the band Van Halen, he designed, and promoted most everything ,album covers, tee shirts ,stage passes, flyers, stage props,did the most interviews ,directed all the videos ,and had MTV eating out of the palm of his hand, at a time when this kind of leverage was very important to have......Dave made Van Halen a band for the people . Do you think the Van Halen brothers came up with such things as the brown M&M ryder,or "parachuting onto the stage"or the whole roadie ,groupie "incentive plan". David Lee Roth made the myths and built the legacy that was Van Halen. I'm not saying he did it alone but he defiantly was the straw that stirred the drink, the spark that started the fire we know as Van Halen. ......Eddie , Alex ,and Mike were great but Dave was the fearless leader...their guiding light and we all know the Van Halen brothers need a guiding light , they have proven this to us for years now. In life you have leaders and followers... Eddie was a leader in the guitar world...but he was never the leader of the group Van Halen...being a follower is not a bad thing ,as long as your a good follower and know your role...every great leader needs good followers.
The Van Halen brothers and Dave are completely different personalities ,with two very different approaches to life. The brothers seem to be pessimistic ,the glass is always half empty...Dave on the other hand is an optimist, his glass runnith over ,for better or worse .....Give Dave lemons and he'll make lemon aid...give the Van Halen brothers lemons and they will more then likely cry you a river... if Eddie does not drowned himself with alcohol, he may drowned in apathy...he seems only happy being unhappy.....So as these two ways of life clashed more and more, and the brothers became more lax toward touring and making rock n roll....Dave and the boys decide to part ways...so exit Dave and here comes Sammy Hagar a cookie cutter, run of the mill, "wanna be rock star" who leads like a fat dog chasing it's own tail.......Before Van Halen he's just a haircut away from being the next Eddie Money or better yet Michael Bolton....Sam has a couple mediocre songs that people know of but he is no rock star...not on Van Halen's level anyway and not even close to David Lee Roth' s level....Sam sees his chance at the big time and latches on like a blood sucking leach...He and the brothers bond by ripping Dave ,and writing cookie cutter love songs that would make Air Supply sound like a rock band...Sammy fools himself ...I'm a rock star now...I'm the man...only to be haunted forever in DIAMOND DAVE'S shadow!!! Sam tries everything to out run this huge shadow but is forever darkened by it....No matter how many cookie cutter love songs he writes...he is forever over shadowed by DAVID LEE ROTH....Then comes the best of VH , Sam's insecurity gets the best of him" WHY SO MANY DAVE SONGS!"...Edward has now sobered up and decides he would like to be leader of the band... He and Sam have it out...they part ways....Edward being the spiteful ,petty person he is decides to use Dave to get at Sam...YEA Dave come on over we'll do some songs just like old times, but all this time Edwards got a new puppet of a singer named Gary....Edward has his chance to be leader the band Van Halen .....There's only one thing wrong with this picture, Edward has no clue on how to lead a band ...He can barely lead his own life , just ask his ex wife...HE LEADS THE BAND RIGHT DOWN THE TUBES!
Ed and his brother go into hibernation like two hermits...Edward loses his wife and continues to drowned himself in his sorrows and his booze....while snubbing the fans with his who needs you attitude....All the while Dave with all his belligerent enthusiasm and rock n roll spirit has really never changed, for better or worse, through thick and thin he is still making rock n roll for the people...his looks may change...but his rock n roll spirit and attitude remain the same. Can we say the same of the Van Halen brothers? So Here comes Vanhagar again except now they have a drummers who's health is a question mark....a guitarist who's mental health and health is a question mark.....a bass player who was out of touch of the brothers for years and has to wonder if he is really wanted by them ...and an infomercial for a singer ,who sounds to me like he wants to hold on to his old band just in case this falls through...I seriously doubt they can live up to old Vanhagar standards now let alone CLASSIC VAN HALEN.....AS THE CLASSIC SIX ALBUMS ALWAYS SAID VAN HALEN IS DAVID LEE ROTH- EDDIE VAN HALEN-ALEX VAN HALEN- AND MIKE ANTHONY........AND REMEMBER DAVE'S GAME IS BETTER THEN EVER...WINNERS COME AND GO ....BUT LEDGENDS ARE FOREVER!!!!!
"Van Halen can keep providing the rain and I'll keep providing the parade." : ROTH
"What are the characteristics of a good rock'n'roller? Rock'n'roll is in you. You either got it or you don't. You can't fake it. It has to be inside you just itching to get out. And when it does, POW! It's like a dam bursting. That's Van Halen : ROTH
The Van Halen brothers and Dave are completely different personalities ,with two very different approaches to life. The brothers seem to be pessimistic ,the glass is always half empty...Dave on the other hand is an optimist, his glass runnith over ,for better or worse .....Give Dave lemons and he'll make lemon aid...give the Van Halen brothers lemons and they will more then likely cry you a river... if Eddie does not drowned himself with alcohol, he may drowned in apathy...he seems only happy being unhappy.....So as these two ways of life clashed more and more, and the brothers became more lax toward touring and making rock n roll....Dave and the boys decide to part ways...so exit Dave and here comes Sammy Hagar a cookie cutter, run of the mill, "wanna be rock star" who leads like a fat dog chasing it's own tail.......Before Van Halen he's just a haircut away from being the next Eddie Money or better yet Michael Bolton....Sam has a couple mediocre songs that people know of but he is no rock star...not on Van Halen's level anyway and not even close to David Lee Roth' s level....Sam sees his chance at the big time and latches on like a blood sucking leach...He and the brothers bond by ripping Dave ,and writing cookie cutter love songs that would make Air Supply sound like a rock band...Sammy fools himself ...I'm a rock star now...I'm the man...only to be haunted forever in DIAMOND DAVE'S shadow!!! Sam tries everything to out run this huge shadow but is forever darkened by it....No matter how many cookie cutter love songs he writes...he is forever over shadowed by DAVID LEE ROTH....Then comes the best of VH , Sam's insecurity gets the best of him" WHY SO MANY DAVE SONGS!"...Edward has now sobered up and decides he would like to be leader of the band... He and Sam have it out...they part ways....Edward being the spiteful ,petty person he is decides to use Dave to get at Sam...YEA Dave come on over we'll do some songs just like old times, but all this time Edwards got a new puppet of a singer named Gary....Edward has his chance to be leader the band Van Halen .....There's only one thing wrong with this picture, Edward has no clue on how to lead a band ...He can barely lead his own life , just ask his ex wife...HE LEADS THE BAND RIGHT DOWN THE TUBES!
Ed and his brother go into hibernation like two hermits...Edward loses his wife and continues to drowned himself in his sorrows and his booze....while snubbing the fans with his who needs you attitude....All the while Dave with all his belligerent enthusiasm and rock n roll spirit has really never changed, for better or worse, through thick and thin he is still making rock n roll for the people...his looks may change...but his rock n roll spirit and attitude remain the same. Can we say the same of the Van Halen brothers? So Here comes Vanhagar again except now they have a drummers who's health is a question mark....a guitarist who's mental health and health is a question mark.....a bass player who was out of touch of the brothers for years and has to wonder if he is really wanted by them ...and an infomercial for a singer ,who sounds to me like he wants to hold on to his old band just in case this falls through...I seriously doubt they can live up to old Vanhagar standards now let alone CLASSIC VAN HALEN.....AS THE CLASSIC SIX ALBUMS ALWAYS SAID VAN HALEN IS DAVID LEE ROTH- EDDIE VAN HALEN-ALEX VAN HALEN- AND MIKE ANTHONY........AND REMEMBER DAVE'S GAME IS BETTER THEN EVER...WINNERS COME AND GO ....BUT LEDGENDS ARE FOREVER!!!!!
"Van Halen can keep providing the rain and I'll keep providing the parade." : ROTH
"What are the characteristics of a good rock'n'roller? Rock'n'roll is in you. You either got it or you don't. You can't fake it. It has to be inside you just itching to get out. And when it does, POW! It's like a dam bursting. That's Van Halen : ROTH