View Full Version : Winner of MTV’s “Lost Weekend With Van Halen” Tells His Story
Va Beach VH Fan
12-05-2012, 12:57 PM
Hat-tip VHND, please do not copy/paste:
http://www.vhnd.com/2012/12/05/winner-of-mtvs-lost-weekend-with-van-halen-tells-his-story/
lesfunk
12-05-2012, 01:36 PM
I want part 2!
sadaist
12-05-2012, 01:46 PM
I want part 2!
Our lost weekend was the night WARF went to the Cafe wha? show. Everyone here in one thread clicking refresh every 15 seconds and mentally every one of us was right there in front with him basically the 5th member of the band. Greatest night at the Roth Army ever.
My favorite part was WARF as Eddie walked to the stage right in front of him & for a moment they were fae to face. All WARF could say to Eddies face was....
"This is fucking awesome!!!!!!!!!!!"
Yes sir, it surely was.
Makes me sad remembering when MTV was cool.
Va Beach VH Fan
12-05-2012, 02:02 PM
Our lost weekend was the night WARF went to the Cafe wha? show. Everyone here in one thread clicking refresh every 15 seconds and mentally every one of us was right there in front with him basically the 5th member of the band. Greatest night at the Roth Army ever.
My favorite part was WARF as Eddie walked to the stage right in front of him & for a moment they were fae to face. All WARF could say to Eddies face was....
"This is fucking awesome!!!!!!!!!!!"
Yes sir, it surely was.
Makes me sad remembering when MTV was cool.
Some of us were front row at the Forum too, but sure, WARF had the ultra-cool gig in NYC.....
gbranton
12-05-2012, 02:02 PM
It's hard to believe that MTV ever was cool but that is a fact.
I remember sending in a huge stack of postcards (nearly 200 of them), writing until my hand ached, in hopes that this would be me.
chefcraig
12-05-2012, 02:04 PM
Our lost weekend was the night WARF went to the Cafe wha? show. Everyone here in one thread clicking refresh every 15 seconds and mentally every one of us was right there in front with him basically the 5th member of the band. Greatest night at the Roth Army ever.
+1. Abso-fucking-lutely.
That evening set in motion the standard for the pattern of drinking I have engaged in ever since. :guzzle:
Nitro Express
12-05-2012, 02:08 PM
MTV was is it's best when the cable companies where just trying to find something to fill all those channels up. If you had a video MTV would probably put it on the air and new up coming bands and even some established ones made some videos. Once the big television people saw MTV was generating ratings they started to diddle with it until they turned it into one big reality soap opera and it became everything but music. Not only that, it became a political propaganda channel to influence the young and gullible. MTV went from stick it to the man to bend over.
sadaist
12-05-2012, 07:03 PM
Some of us were front row at the Forum too, but sure, WARF had the ultra-cool gig in NYC.....
I remember. Remember I was in the on-deck circle in case one of you guys had to pull out. So awesome how Dave treated us here at the Army. But it was a little less climactic for us page refreshers since we had a bit of experience under our belts from Cafe Wha?. that night was just about the greatest thing ever.
When WARF yelled out "She's The Woman" .0002 seconds into the song.......pure awesome!
sadaist
12-05-2012, 07:10 PM
You guys think we will ever hear from or find the 4 kids who played the mini-band members in the HFT video? Mini Dave lol. Lucky little fuck. Playing mini Dave in 1984 in the HFT vid at age 14 or so....I bet he got laid like crazy in high school.
DONNIEP
12-05-2012, 07:32 PM
The Cafe Wha? gig nite was fucking epic. A PC, an iPod and a laptop all goin at once...
The Lost Weekend contest was awesome. I was too damn young to enter and it killed me every time I saw the commercial.
Some of us were front row at the Forum too, but sure, WARF had the ultra-cool gig in NYC.....
I know we butt heads some times but I really still do appreciate everything you and the Roth Army has done....
Not just for me.... but for the entire Van Halen community....
Va Beach VH Fan
12-05-2012, 07:52 PM
I know we butt heads some times but I really still do appreciate everything you and the Roth Army has done....
Not just for me.... but for the entire Van Halen community....
It was my pleasure WARFy, and don't worry, I'll collect one of these days.... ;)
It was my pleasure WARFy, and don't worry, I'll collect one of these days.... ;)
I don't know how tall you are but it was supposed to be your big head blocking Jimmy Fallon's view! :)
It's a good thing I was sober that night I probably would have rushed the stage or started a "Roth Army" chant!
Zing!
12-05-2012, 08:10 PM
The Cafe Wha? gig nite was fucking epic. A PC, an iPod and a laptop all goin at once...
The Lost Weekend contest was awesome. I was too damn young to enter and it killed me every time I saw the commercial.
The Wha? night was bad ass. Pages couldn't refresh fast enough. Tattoo blasting and staying up all night getting Chinese eyes. Great, great night. Such euphoria that VH was back and doing something for the fans. Damn... Let's do it again!
I remember waiting til like 5 am for youtube to world premiere that video.... work sucked that day!
DONNIEP
12-05-2012, 08:33 PM
The best was the feed from the Wha? coming up and everybody going ape shit - and then going nuts when it cut out. Epic nite for the Army!! And WARF - send me Dave's cup mofo!!
The best was the feed from the Wha? coming up and everybody going ape shit - and then going nuts when it cut out. Epic nite for the Army!! And WARF - send me Dave's cup mofo!!
I do everything with that cup!
I drink whiskey from it...
I eat my cheerios in it...
And if I get into porn you better believe I am gonna film the "two girls one cup" with it!
DONNIEP
12-05-2012, 09:02 PM
I do everything with that cup!
I drink whiskey from it...
I eat my cheerios in it...
And if I get into porn you better believe I am gonna film the "two girls one cup" with it!
Then send it to me before you shoot the video!! Hell - you better still have it next time I'm in town :gulp:
DONNIEP
12-05-2012, 09:04 PM
I know this has been posted many times but you can't have a thread about the Lost Weekend without the video!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMlxspJs2nM
Va Beach VH Fan
12-05-2012, 09:29 PM
There used to be a longer video of that, it got taken off Youtube.... Hopefully one of us saved it....
DONNIEP
12-05-2012, 09:35 PM
There used to be a longer video of that, it got taken off Youtube.... Hopefully one of us saved it....
I was looking for it - no luck.
The best part is when Jeffries tries to run back to the front of the stage and the roadies pull him back. Man, that dude had more self restraint than I would have :)
Va Beach VH Fan
12-07-2012, 06:28 PM
Part II....
http://www.vhnd.com/2012/12/07/lost-weekend-with-van-halen-part-two/
Va Beach VH Fan
12-08-2012, 02:03 PM
Some more of ATBL...
78/84 guy
12-08-2012, 04:01 PM
It's a good thing I was sober that night I probably would have rushed the stage or started a "Roth Army" chant!
What stage ?! lol
silverfish
05-02-2019, 11:01 AM
Van Halen ‘Lost Weekend’ Documentary Screening This Week
A short documentary about a Van Halen fan who won the chance to party with the
band for 48 hours will be screened this week.
Titled Lost Weekend, the film tells the story of Kurt Jefferis, who won an MTV Lost
Weekend contest in 1984. The 14-minute movie was made by Bradford Thomason
and Brett Whitcomb, who previously made the documentaries GLOW: The Story of
the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling and A Life in Waves.
Full story at:
https://ultimateclassicrock.com/van-halen-lost-weekend/
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