Hagar and bass player seek a fan to phone them

[Halen High]

In a September 6 interview with CBS, Sammy admitted that a lot of the music he made with Van Halen is not worth playing again.

Referring to his work with Van Halen, Sammy said, "I will play 'Right Now' and 'Finish What Ya Started,' 'Why Can't This Be Love,' 'Dreams' for the rest of my life...There are a lot of songs that I won't," he said. "But those songs will be played for the rest of my life because they were great, great, great."

There are a lot of Van Hagar songs that he won't revisit? Wow...what an admission.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-207_162-57601367/sammy-hagar-on-new-album-and-his-days-with-van-halen/

[sonrisa salvaje]

Sammy and Kid Crock are the ultimate leeches so not surprising to see them sucking each other off on this record.

[Hardrock69]

Wish he would not revisit any of them. Period.

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In a September 6 interview with CBS, Sammy admitted that a lot of the music he made with Van Halen is not worth playing again.

Referring to his work with Van Halen, Sammy said, "I will play 'Right Now' and 'Finish What Ya Started,' 'Why Can't This Be Love,' 'Dreams' for the rest of my life...There are a lot of songs that I won't," he said. "But those songs will be played for the rest of my life because they were great, great, great."

There are a lot of Van Hagar songs that he won't revisit? Wow...what an admission.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-207_162-...ith-van-halen/

Surprisingly, in his book, he did seem genuinely embarrassed about some of the lyrics he offered up in those days. I would bet that this recent admission is a way of distancing him from some of his shittiest work ever without putting the full blame, or any blame for that matter, on himself. The man is top notch at not claiming responsibility for anything that went bad in Van Hagar, which was pretty much everything.

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There are a lot of Van Hagar songs that he won't revisit? Wow...what an admission.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-207_162-...ith-van-halen/

The last paragraph says it all. The "trick" he learned when he left Van Hagar was to make money while being on vacation. And of coarse, his life is a vacation. The guy finally admits to completely ripping off Buffet. Great guy.

[Zing!]

"Mr. Haggar, I really liked you on that one Montrose album. My question is, how did it feel to perform 'Jump' for ten years, and why, during the course of 1986-1996, could you never convince Edward Van Halen to drop it from the setlist? You could have done us all a tremendous favor. Thanks for calling and good luck with your novelty album!"

[Va Beach VH Fan]

Invisible Man®©™ knows I'll bash Bette at every conceivable opportunity, but I give him credit for at least doing this....

Ever seen DLR or the VH boys do a moderated Q & A with the fans ??


Didn't think so.....

[Terry]

On some level, it probably does irk Hagar that he'll always be considered by many as an average talent and not even close to being the definitive singer for Van Halen. I'd be willing to bet, though, that the boatloads of money he has made is an ample consolation. To read Hagar's book, you'd think the guy really does believe that what he and Eddie Van Halen did was on the same level as Jagger/Richards, Page/Plant and Lennon/McCartney, when the reality was that it wasn't even as good as it was with the previous lead singer.

[vandeleur]

Yeah, I always think hagar as a singer reminds me of the old john Lennon joke when someone asks is ringo the best drummer in the world and Lennon replies he isn't even the best drummer in the Beatles .

[Va Beach VH Fan]

On some level, it probably does irk Hagar that he'll always be considered by many as an average talent and not even close to being the definitive singer for Van Halen. I'd be willing to bet, though, that the boatloads of money he has made is an ample consolation. To read Hagar's book, you'd think the guy really does believe that what he and Eddie Van Halen did was on the same level as Jagger/Richards, Page/Plant and Lennon/McCartney, when the reality was that it wasn't even as good as it was with the previous lead singer.

It also doesn't help when you have tools like Eddie Trunk dish out blatant lies like "they were more successful with Sammy"...

Of course, I shot his ass down on Twitter for that, but he's said it dozens of times for his buddy.....

[Kristy]

Hope your Trailer Park '13 Tour works out for you, fatso.

[Halen High]

The last paragraph says it all. The "trick" he learned when he left Van Hagar was to make money while being on vacation. And of coarse, his life is a vacation. The guy finally admits to completely ripping off Buffet. Great guy.

Reading this interview, it's hard to believe this guy once fronted one of the most street-cred bands in rock n' roll history.

[Halen High]

It also doesn't help when you have tools like Eddie Trunk dish out blatant lies like "they were more successful with Sammy"...

Of course, I shot his ass down on Twitter for that, but he's said it dozens of times for his buddy.....

A lot of people look at Van Hagar's 'four number one albums' status and fail to see the bigger picture behind that statistic...starting with ordinary overall sales despite a highly commercial approach. Those sales were even more disappointing as 'Van Halen' had been established as the biggest name in hard rock by 1985, and Van Hagar was around during the genre's most popular era. Finally, and worst of all, with Sammy they ceased to be an influence, particularly from OU812 onwards. They very quickly lost their cred with their peers who preferred to only talk about 'the Roth era' or 'Old School VH'....

Of course, Eddie Trunk doesn't mention any of this...

More successful? What a joke.

[Halen High]

Surprisingly, in his book, he did seem genuinely embarrassed about some of the lyrics he offered up in those days. I would bet that this recent admission is a way of distancing him from some of his shittiest work ever without putting the full blame, or any blame for that matter, on himself. The man is top notch at not claiming responsibility for anything that went bad in Van Hagar, which was pretty much everything.

I haven't read his book, other than the excerpts provided by fans at the VHND. There was one comprehensive list exposing all the lies, compiled by a guy who actually likes Sammy! Yeah I'm surprised he's faced up to his lyrical short-comings. But Eddie and Alex hired him and let him get away with it for years...

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I remember that list. The guy's name was Adam, right? He completely tore S.H. a new one. I was shocked to here he was a fan, too.