1996 Mtv Awards Reunion

[janarak]

I have to see this ,what have I been missing.
When I said it didn't look good the dude who had seen it said it did not look good from a band point of view .
He thought dave was THE MAN but the girls just looked like they wanted to be some where else.

We need this a download.

[tydhurst]

yeah. It was good.

[Nickdfresh]

I remember Beck looking really confused. And Eddie Van Halen looked even more confused, but he was probably really drunk. And he mentioned something about a hip replacement or Valery's breast augmentation or something. I don't know. I think I was almost as drunk as Eddie. No easy feat for us mere mortals.

[DeadOrAlive]

LMFAO!!! Nice one!

[Rikk]

Never been more excited watching my television than that night...especially when Dennis Miller read a little poem for Sammy Hagar (making fun of him, basically). I just couldn't believe how the brothers ruined it and tried to pretend Dave made a fool of all of them. That was their cover story for fucking him over. The whole world loved that moment and was having a great time...except for the brothers who realized they would have to share the limelight.

Petty fucks.

[lafours]

I was working at a bar when this magnificent event happend....It was awesome.. The awards were playing on the tv set and no one really cared about it...The minute VH was announced and DLR emerged the whole bar stopped talking , looked at the screen and then applauded!! Awesome..It was all anyone talked about for the rest for the night...

Fuck Eddie and Alex!!!!!!!!!!!

I think the reaction of the brothers was

a) Jealousy

b) They realized with Dave back, the band was no longer theres...it was Dave and theres.....

Those idiots were so stuck on themselves they actually thought they were the show and Dave was just a "singer"

[Va Beach VH Fan]

I have it, if someone has a site to upload it to, so everyone can see it...

55 fucking seconds of standing ovation !!!

The crowd was going so crazy that even the bruthas were standing and clapping !!!

Dave and Ed embraced in a genuine (IMO) hug that I still get goosebumps watching to this day...

Maybe the Van Heinikens should plop that video in, just as a wakeup call....

[scorpioboy33]

anyone got a pic of this?

[Terry]

Even after hearing about Roth working with the Van Halens throughout the summer on the 2 BOV1 tracks, still couldn't help but smiling in amazement when all four of them walked out to present the award to Beck.

I also remember thinking at the time it was odd that they didn't perform, but this was overshadowed by being psyched to see them together again (or so we all thought).

Alex and Mike were grinning ear-to-ear (even when Roth was "being very disrespectful to Beck"), but you could tell Eddie was less than thrilled. Dave was Dave.

The Van Halens had decided before the Awards Show that they weren't gonna do anything with Roth beyond the two tracks, and were looking for any bullshit pretense to pull a bait-and-switch without looking like assholes. Failed miserably, but that was the logic, hence the whole "Dave hasn't changed, the 1984 Dave isn't the 1996 Dave, it took weeks for him to nail a vocal in 1996," bullshit. All of which, even if true, were beside the point. Who would have cared if it had taken 6 months to a year for Roth and Van Halen to put an album out after they started working together again in June, 1996? Even if it hadn't been released until June, 1997, that still would have beaten that slab o'shit that was Van Halen 3 to record stores by nine months.

The problem with the Van Halens is that half of what they have to say in the press doesn;t make sense, the half that does is undercut by what they actually do, and the now music just stinks. Wasn;t that hot from the get-go when Roth left the band and 5150 came out to begin with, and has went downhill from there.

Van Halen has hitched their wagon to music that has been beneath their capabilities for way too long now, and the most carefully worded press statements aren't gonna change that.

[stringfelowhawk]

Terry

That post was beautiful. Exactly what I think but couldn't say.

Thanks

I was not watching that show until I flipped through and heard the notes to RWTD..... When I saw Dave, I literally started screaming, "Music is coming back"! "All this whiney shit is over"!

I got goosebumps. I really did.. Thats not be trying to be dramatic. That is absolute truth... Its happened once since then..... When I saw the kid pull a solo in "School Of Rock"... Not for the movie, for the solo.

[Matt White]

What a fuckin' let down!

[Switch84]

Shocked and Awed

Damn, I remember it like it was yesterday! I laughed at the spammy poem, then was about to take a bathroom break when Dennis introduced Van Halen. I thought, "Fuck 'Van Halen' " as I was walking out of the living room. My sister said 'That's not Hagar!' I turned around, looked at the screen, saw Davy Baby and SCREAMED! Yep, folks, I actually screamed.

"Oh my GOD!! It's David! It's David! HE'S BACK!!!"

Shit, I was so crunk with joy that I actually started CRYING!

Ed and Alex...the dumbest motherfuckers on the planet!

[scottydabodi]

Dude, to see that MAGNIFICENT moment, then just a few months later to hear about Cherone in the band was the worst. Ed, and Al really know how to fuck things up on a massive scale. The appearance here could've spring-boarded into the most AWESOME reunion in Rock History, instead, it spiraled out of control into the pits of oblivion. Ed, and Al can KISS MY FUCKEN ASS. They've disappointed me SO MANY times that I've lost count. All this lying, deceit, and "I'll quit and take up TUBA" bullshit is like a slap in the face of ANYONE who believed, and supported the CVH lineup. Roth doesn't slam Ed any chance he gets, but Ed, on the other hand, is willing to discredit Dave with lies about his voice, and role in the band's rise to stardom... Ed, Al, and Mikey are all miserable MORONS with NO RESPECT for their fans, or the guy that put them in the spotlight-DAVE. I can't wait to see what happens next... maybe they'll hire the lead singer from Tyketto...