Misleading reporting of the LA Times story.

[K-tuna]

Not sure if this justifies a new thread, mods feel free to merge if Im wrong.

A couple of Music websites are reporting that " Roth admits Van Halen have no new ideas and can't write music like they used to"

http://rocknewsdesk.com/world-news/roth-our-new-songs-are-old/4483/

http://www.antimusic.com/news/12/February/01David_Lee_Roth_Confirms_New_Van_Halen_Songs_Are_Old.shtml

Whos writing for them, Slammy?

[VAiN]

Wow, those sure are misleading.. what bullshit. There are what? Maybe 4 or 5 out of 13 tracks using classic riffs?? If anything, the fact that these gems are finally being brought to light should be celebrated! It's classic VH, motherfuckers!!

[Yount]

Headlines are typically misleading. Roth says it well. He's got new lyrics. That to me is new music. And fuck it! It's good music!

[K-tuna]

seriuosly....theres NOWHERE in that interview that Dave even suggests that. he mentions using some of the old stuff but keeping a HEALTHY safe distance because he implies that the lyrics could be better because they're older now. how is that even remotely " we can't write new stuff" ?

[jero]

You can tell it's bullshit by this line at the end of the article

Anthony is a member of supergroup Chickenfoot with ex-VH singer Sammy Hagar.

[Seshmeister]

Nice comment by scott at the bottom, is he one of us?

Nature and the media abhor a vacuum.

If they don't do more media then bullshit will appear and Hagar will be able to set the agenda of that bullshit.

[ELVIS]

I think this is much ado about nothing...

Let it die...

[Bad Muthafucker]

It will all be settled once the album is certified multi-platinum.

[So this is love]

Who cares? EVH has always said through the years that he had written many songs that were never released....whether its new or old it never been released so to me this is all new. Decisions have been made probly by record exec in the past to prefer other songs over these ADKOT and so what??

Lets just enjoy this new release and tour and FUCK the rest.

[Hummarstra]

Dave's quotes were taken out of context. But, who gives a shit?

[ELVIS]

Who cares? EVH has always said through the years that he had written many songs that were never released....

That was one of Edward's bullshit lies...

[alsip]

My Thoughts on the LA Times Interview with DLR

Dave was extremely witty and thoughtful in his comments.

It's also good to see that he and Eddie have let bygones be bygones, and his concluding remark re EVH was brilliant!

[fryingdutchman]

I'll file this one under the heading of "there is no such thing as bad publicity."

The fact that this kind of story, misleading as it is, even gets to print is an indication that Van Halen is still very relevant and people want to know what's going on with them.

If this was a Spammy solo album, or another Chickenshit album 5 or 6 years down the road, nobody would be doing any poking around to find out the song origins. Because most people don't give a fuck about either one of them.

The band has nearly 4 decades of history. And Dave and Ed had a 27 year layoff in writing material together. Any so-called "rock journalist" who thinks that they wouldn't mine their archives for some ideas is an idiot.

[K-tuna]

That was one of Edward's bullshit lies...

Seriously, How the FUCK would you know one way or the other? Are you in the studio with him?

Do I believe you or Roth who says Ed's never happy with his own stuff and has tons of stuff in the archives?

GODDAMN, Eds no angel , but feel free go back to drinking the kool aid.

[K-tuna]

I'll file this one under the heading of "there is no such thing as bad publicity."

The fact that this kind of story, misleading as it is, even gets to print is an indication that Van Halen is still very relevant and people want to know what's going on with them.

If this was a Spammy solo album, or another Chickenshit album 5 or 6 years down the road, nobody would be doing any poking around to find out the song origins. Because most people don't give a fuck about either one of them.

The band has nearly 4 decades of history. And Dave and Ed had a 27 year layoff in writing material together. Any so-called "rock journalist" who thinks that they wouldn't mine their archives for some ideas is an idiot.

Yeah, I agree, but how did they get from all of that article that "ROTH ADMITS VH CAN"T WRITE SONGS LIKE THEY USED TO"

Just surprised by the fact that its so blatantly dishonest .