Sammy's new single is better than ANY classic VH

[zeronumber]

Originally posted by rustoffa
I wonder why sam didn't do alot of covers with ed during the van hagar era?

Was it like a "don't fucking go there" rule?

Most bands and artist don't like doing covers, for they feel it leaves a stigma that they follow a formula, or belittles their credit, for they don't want to be known for doing somebody elses song.

And well, During the Van hagar era, VH got criticized for following a formula already.

Besides, I'm sort of glad Sam and VH didn't do that many covers...
To me, doing covers is just a cheap way to get more hits on a record, while doing as much work as one would do for a filler song.

[bueno bob]

In a nutshell, I read an interview with Ed once where he was noodling around with a song idea for Diver Down, and his riff was, as he put it, "Forced to become the intro for Dancing in the Street" - and at that point, he swore left and right that there wouldn't be any more covers, ever - which of course does nothing to explain why they covered half of Sammy's solo catalog live, other classic rock covers (Mountain, Zeppelin, Who, Neil Young, Deep Purple, et al) or why they did "Apolitical Blues".

But...

[Vinnie Velvet]

Ed has always said one thing and done another.

Alcohol abuse can do wonders to your judgement.

[bueno bob]

Originally posted by Vinnie Velvet
Ed has always said one thing and done another.

Alcohol abuse can do wonders to your judgement.

Yup...incidents in 1985, 1986 and 2004 are living proof of that...

[Vinnie Velvet]

Let's not forget 1996 (and don't believe Ed was sober then -- he was not).

[bueno bob]

Ahhh yes.

[rustoffa]

Originally posted by zeronumber
To me, doing covers is just a cheap way to get more hits on a record, while doing as much work as one would do for a filler song.

Diver Down was just full of hits.

Did you know that Casey Casem lost his voice doing repeated lead-in work for the "You're No Good" American top forty domination?

I'll agree with ya on the work ethic thing, they recorded WACF in two and a half weeks. Plain and simple? Lazy motherfuckers.