Sammy had two choices

[rothandroll1983]

ok so one day eddie fuckin van halen rings you and says "wanna front van halen...roth has left? "

this is the question sammy had to answer and he could open one of two doors

door 1 - turn down the offer continue hes lame ass solo career, fizzle out in the next 6 months, and try to score gigs on the sunset strip


door 2 - take the offer front van halen, play sold out shows, sell millions of albums but the catch is he would never fill david lee roths shoes and have that burden to carry for the rest of his career if not his life

ive thought about this a million times...

the money, the chix, the shows, the fame if i had the chance id do it


what would you do??

[FORD]

It's not about what Spammy did then. It's about what he did AFTER that.

Once again, he had two doors....

door 1) He could have said "Look, I know damn well I'm no David Lee Roth, but god damn it, those Montrose records were pretty good, and I made a record with Neal Schon last year that kinda rocked despite that pussy shit music he makes with Journey, and fuck it Eddie, I'm here to ROCK. And what we get out of this may not be Van Halen, but it will be damn good in it's own right"

Or he could have said.....

door 2) Aw damn, would you look at this, I got the biggest rock band in America backin ME up now. What should I do about that?

I know! I'll write a whole album's worth of synth pop crap and sappy assed Hallmark card lyric love songs!!


Unfortunately Sammy chose door #2

And even Monty Hall thought it sucked.

THAT is why his capri pants wearing ass is not appreciated around here!

[Soul Reaper]

3) "Sorry Eddie, the poodle on my head's caught fire and I need a doctor. Try Gary Cherone instead"

that would have been interesting....

[Jérôme Frenchise]

He rather had two options (or had a choice).
Anyway it's a pity this should be posted in Main... Just as there are matter and antimatter, there's DLR/VH and there's Spam Hagar.

[binnie]

Originally posted by FORD
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sappy assed Hallmark card lyric love songs!![/i]

Ha Ha!!

Hagar also thought to himself "How can I keep the energy of DLR as a frontman alive? I know, I'll copy him."

He also shadowboxed on stage. Not quite a roundhouse of split kick now is it tubbs?

[Soul Reaper]

Originally posted by binnie
Hagar also thought to himself "How can I keep the energy of DLR as a frontman alive? I know, I'll copy him."

he was too fat to jump though....

[FORD]

Originally posted by Soul Reaper
he was too fat to jump though....

But they faked it for the inner sleve of the Van Hagar live album.

Seriously.

[WOAHYEAH]

Hagar should have stuck with "his Van Halen", Montrose.

[Terry]

Never blamed Hagar for Roth leaving in 1985 in the first place. Never blamed him for taking the gig, either.

CVH imploded. Hagar was brought on as an afterthought ("it's all over but the shouting...").

In terms of the music that resulted from Hagar joining Van halen, as well as Sammy and his attitude toward the original lineup and singer, I lay that responsibility at his feet. Just because the Van Halens and Roth decided to air their dirty laundry in public didn't mean Hagar had to join in, even if Roth was slamming him in the press.

Really matters not in the end. Even if Hagar had taken the high road and not said a word about Roth ever, or inflated his own contributions to the Van Halen catalog sales in countless interviews, it's not like it would have made Van Hagar's music more palatable to me, and the music is always the bottom line. The barbs slung back and forth in the press and the neverending soap opera saga are only of interest because the music Van Halen put out after Dave left wasn't.

[POJO_Risin]

Blame spED

Forget about Sham

buy a glazed donut

high road

low road

left at the corner

right at the light...

he couldn't drive 55 because he drives a pinto...

and no matter what you do to a pinto...

it ain't gonna be no damn Corvette...

just a bad accident waiting to happen...

[Bob_R]

Sammy Hagar w/o Edward Van Halen = Billy Squier

[POJO_Risin]

Dude...

you've just tarnished Billy Squier's career...

don't do that...

[Plexi Head]

Originally posted by FORD
It's not about what Spammy did then. It's about what he did AFTER that.

HA! Exactly!!

[madraoul]

Originally posted by Plexi Head
HA! Exactly!!

Yep, it was all about the cash. Let's say I was opening a bar and needed some drones to go on a pilgramage to Mexico every year to spend their hard earned pay. Being the tone deaf ass I am, I guess I would put a long ass boring commercial about it on a VH record. Hell, Warner Bros. told me I can sing for them. I can always do the Buffett thing. No talent and he has a part of the VH stink on him? Hell, Hagar was actually kind of smart.

[Fat Wolfie]

This is what Spammy does when he has two choices