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Man, I remember in 1996 when I was as stunned as anyone when Dave walked out on stage on the MTV awards. It's one of those moments you never forget.
I remember walkin' around high school (ha ha you old fucks) on cloud 9 thinking how fuckin' sweet it was. I remember the first time I heard Me Wise Magic, the first time I heard Can't Get This Stuff No More.
I had been introduced to Van Halen through Van Hagar, and didn't know about DLR for a few years. When I found the first 6 albums, I played the shit out of them and came to love that era, where I liked the second era initially. I went from casual fan to Vanatic.
Actually, my first concert with VH, I didn't give a shit ... my Dad made me go, and after I heard Ed do his guitar solo I became very interested. Before that I'd been listening to a lot of Aerosmith and liked that stuff, but I started to listen to more VH, starting with Balance, and then getting their live album. For a long time, I actually thought Van Hagar was responsible for the songs I liked, which were Panama and You Really Got Me.
Anyway, getting back to the point, when I thought Dave was back, I was ecstatic. Not a whole lot of people at my high school knew much about or cared about VH, and didn't get why I was so happy. Fuck it, I didn't care.
Then Dave and VH didn't happen. I was upset, I didn't get it. I didn't know about all the feuding, so I didn't see what was going on. I started hearing about Dave fuckin' things up, and I was bummed. Then I heard about them already having someone else, and I was further bummed.
Gary comes, Gary goes ... Dave might be back? Sweet! But then, it didn't happen ... again. And then the years started to roll by, and eventually I kinda stopped caring. I don't really know what I'm missing. I have some DVDs and some CDs and I can hear the shit, but it's not the same as the concert experience.
So now that it's all said and done, after waiting for fuckin' 5 years or whatever to get Dave back, they go back with Sam ... whatever, I guess. I'll give it a listen because I liked the Sam songs before I heard DLR songs, so I don't approach it the same way you guys do.
But I'll always regret not getting to see DLR and VH, or hearing another album in my day.
I remember walkin' around high school (ha ha you old fucks) on cloud 9 thinking how fuckin' sweet it was. I remember the first time I heard Me Wise Magic, the first time I heard Can't Get This Stuff No More.
I had been introduced to Van Halen through Van Hagar, and didn't know about DLR for a few years. When I found the first 6 albums, I played the shit out of them and came to love that era, where I liked the second era initially. I went from casual fan to Vanatic.
Actually, my first concert with VH, I didn't give a shit ... my Dad made me go, and after I heard Ed do his guitar solo I became very interested. Before that I'd been listening to a lot of Aerosmith and liked that stuff, but I started to listen to more VH, starting with Balance, and then getting their live album. For a long time, I actually thought Van Hagar was responsible for the songs I liked, which were Panama and You Really Got Me.
Anyway, getting back to the point, when I thought Dave was back, I was ecstatic. Not a whole lot of people at my high school knew much about or cared about VH, and didn't get why I was so happy. Fuck it, I didn't care.
Then Dave and VH didn't happen. I was upset, I didn't get it. I didn't know about all the feuding, so I didn't see what was going on. I started hearing about Dave fuckin' things up, and I was bummed. Then I heard about them already having someone else, and I was further bummed.
Gary comes, Gary goes ... Dave might be back? Sweet! But then, it didn't happen ... again. And then the years started to roll by, and eventually I kinda stopped caring. I don't really know what I'm missing. I have some DVDs and some CDs and I can hear the shit, but it's not the same as the concert experience.
So now that it's all said and done, after waiting for fuckin' 5 years or whatever to get Dave back, they go back with Sam ... whatever, I guess. I'll give it a listen because I liked the Sam songs before I heard DLR songs, so I don't approach it the same way you guys do.
But I'll always regret not getting to see DLR and VH, or hearing another album in my day.
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