Edward's Demons !?

[thome]

Originally posted by Jesus Christ
My children, let Me put it this way...

I'm the One who hears Edward's prayers....

And verily, I am as stumped as any of you are. I forgive him for his mistakes and tell him to "go and sin no more", so what does he do?

Returns to smoking & drinking and calls Samuel the descendant of Abraham's handmaiden Hagar.

If he will not heareth even My voice, what can ye do?

Heysuse you Da Man!! yeah tho

Give me 20 hail marys an a bottle of anything to go!

[steve]

I think it's out of place to suggest one knows the about Eddie and Alex's childhood.

What seems obvious to me is Eddie and Alex made a concerted effort afterthe band broke up in 85 to slag Dave.

For 20 years, it's been what an asshole he is, how untalented Dave is - yet, Dave has not been part of their lives.

Both those guys are TERRIFIED of the legacy of the primary thing that will be remembered about them when they die - which was their combined efforts with David Lee Roth. They will all be remembered as ONE entity. DLR is comfortable with it and long ago accepted this...in fact, he has embraced it and pays tribute to the legacy, and thus, in part, himself. Eddie and Alex go out of their way to try to destroy and ignore...and deny their own past.

The lyrics to Me Wise Magic pretty much say it all:
"I am you and you are me."
"Who are you and where are we?"

So you have 20 years of denial, insecurity, guilt over demonstrising DLR and their own classic VH legacy, and the drinking. Every time Eddie has uttered "anybody can sing these songs", it has built upon the foundation of HATE and jealousy (that DLR was such a great vocalist and songwiter and that NOT just anybdy can sing the songs and write great rock lyrics).

All and all, it's not good.

[diamondsgirl]

Originally posted by steve

For 20 years, it's been what an asshole he is, how untalented Dave is - yet, Dave has not been part of their lives.

Both those guys are TERRIFIED of the legacy of the primary thing that will be remembered about them when they die - which was their combined efforts with David Lee Roth. They will all be remembered as ONE entity. DLR is comfortable with it and long ago accepted this...in fact, he has embraced it and pays tribute to the legacy, and thus, in part, himself. Eddie and Alex go out of their way to try to destroy and ignore...and deny their own past.

The lyrics to Me Wise Magic pretty much say it all:
"I am you and you are me."
"Who are you and where are we?"

very good point

[fret_buzz_blues]

^Yeah, I agree. It seems that Eddie is haunted by the once great entity that Van Halen were.