Back in 1985

[WACF]

Originally posted by diamondsgirl
no one could ever replace Roth

Hagar was the worst choice, IMO

Actually Hagar was perhaps not too bad a choice.
It seems Eddie wanted to go with a more pop rock direction.

It just is not Van Halen...and should never be refered to as Van Halen.

[Sugar-Dave]

if anybody could replace Roth

and i stress thw anybody bit the i would have to vote for David Coverdale


maybe he would have given them some balls that Hagar did not have

plus he can actually do the love song justice

[binnie]

mmmm, I think Roth's voice is so unique, it'd be difficult to replace him...

[WACF]

Coverdale could of been interesting...I doubt Eddie's and David's egos would of made it though.

The guy I want to hear would of been Chris Cornell...

[POJO_Risin]

These threads have been beat in the head a bit...

IMO...in 1985...cooler heads should have prevailed...

everyone should have done their respective projects...

and reconvened...

as for a better replacement?

None than Roth...

and Hagar?

fuck him...coat tail rider...

[POJO_Risin]

Cornell just isn't a VH style singer...Van Halen was about Sex and good ole' Rock and Roll...

Cornell is all about angst and pain and...well...no good fit...

Coverdale?

Christ...

he's essentially a cover guy anyways...no point in that...

would have been nice to have Dave do a 1 album solo gig...

the VH clan to do a Superstar album...

and then reconvened in 86 or 87...

[Loons The Great]

Great posts, Pojo!

Edward should have heard ONE of Sammy's lyrics and said fo'getaboutit.

There ain't no replacin' Roth. Dragline: He's a natural born world-shaker.

[The_KiD]

Whoever else it would have been, it just wouldn't of worked.. Dave is Dave and there is no substitute..

KiD

[binnie]

Originally posted by The_KiD
Whoever else it would have been, it just wouldn't of worked.. Dave is Dave and there is no substitute..

KiD

That's the bottom line!

I can't think of any band, maybe Anthrax, who have replaced a singer and been half as good.

and when that singer is DLR, why even try?

[jcook11]

Originally posted by POJO_Risin
These threads have been beat in the head a bit...

IMO...in 1985...cooler heads should have prevailed...

everyone should have done their respective projects...

and reconvened...

as for a better replacement?

None than Roth...

and Hagar?

fuck him...coat tail rider...

Thank You!

[RuzDNailz]

1985, eh? In a way for us...that was the day the music died. Edward wanted all the synthesizers and some high pitched vocals. Why he wanted that, who knows.

[diamondsgirl]

Originally posted by WACF
Actually Hagar was perhaps not too bad a choice.
It seems Eddie wanted to go with a more pop rock direction.

It just is not Van Halen...and should never be refered to as Van Halen.

For me, it was adding insult to injury

I always loved VH (meaning Ed, Dave, drummer, bass player) and always disliked Hagar.

I agree they should have changed their name, but thats the price you pay when you name the band after one (or two) of the members. Dave must have realized that when he came up with the idea.

[rustoffa]

If you think about it....like REALLY THINK ABOUT IT? No matter what the fuck else they might have plugged into it, it just simply wouldn't have been Van Halen. Roy's last name beginning with an "H" is just happenstance. It would have been van Smythe, van Money...etc. Jim Mangum cuntparisons' aside, and I always love that shit, Roth is a true original. Something new, something borrowed.....I remember something Mr. Walker said regarding parallels' to other artists' schticks or mantras.

"Standing on the shoulders of giants."

Roth's custom blend of Vaudeville, R&B, and WAWAZAT-styled vocalizin' and socializin'?

An anomaly to this day.

Period.

[thome]

Originally posted by light 'em up!
It is impossible to replace David Lee Roth as the lead singer of Van Halen just as it would impossible to replace Steven Tyler as the lead singer of Aerosmith, or Rober Plant as the lead singer of Led Zeppelin.

LEGENDS ARE FOREVER BABY!!!

Ed and his mongoloid brother should have disbanded Van Halen, retired the name, and gone solo. If they had done that, nobody would have bitched about Sammy, Gary, or any other singer Ed and Al jammed with.

But Ed and Al tried to replace David Lee Roth (twice) and tried to bury his legacy... a huge fuckup! Now, they are scraping the bottom of the barrel and the only one who can save them is... David Lee Roth. Ed and Al are basically at Dave's mercy and they don't even realize it!!!

Great Post! but i differ, i think they have always known it but refuse to
believe it ,tried to cover it up.

[Big Troubles]

Originally posted by rustoffa


Roth's custom blend of Vaudeville, R&B, and WAWAZAT-styled vocalizin' and socializin'?

An anomaly to this day.

Period.

Oh yeah? Then how do you explain this?