Ok . .what the FUCK happened?!

[DaveIsKing]

Re: Ok . .what the FUCK happened?!

Originally posted by WOAHYEAH


I know the size of the picture is shit, but you all know what it looks like.

A Gat-Damn Sea of people.

Imagine if Van Halen got back with Roth?
I might be a dreamer, but I believe that they could do a show like this again. If everyone was in the right frame of mind [ie: NOT hating other band members] It'd be the biggest fucking rock and roll reunion ever. So what do they do? They go back with Sam.

Did they ever do a show the size of this? Ever? Even in the apex of the Sam era?

The Bridge Drone Troll. That's what happened.

[bullshit]

I think the point being missed here is the music. Granted, Dave's era of VH can't be matched by the Sammy stuff, but give the guy some props. Take out some of the Hagar era CDs and give them another listen. Finish what ya started? Best of Both Worlds? Take Me Back (Deja Vu)? Cabo Wabo? Poundcake? All great songs on their own. Maybe the Dave-VH reunion will happen, but maybe it won't. If you're a VH fan, and ever want to hear Eddie rip it up live again, this might be your last chance. These guys are pushing 50-ish and not getting any younger.

[ZahZoo]

Originally posted by MAX
The Army's own resident grandpa "Zahzoo" was in that crowd!!!

Lucky bastaad.

Oh well, at least I was fortunate enough to see them live once in my life. :D

Heh heh... resident Grandpa... please not yet... my oldest is only 16 I ain't ready for Grandpa time yet... no way!!

[DaveIsKing]

If seeing Van Halen live again means no Dave...I'll pass. I'd rather live with my memories than have them desecrated.

[Warham]

I did just that. I took out Balance (covered with dust) and gave it a listen. I'll do a track by track analysis...

The Seventh Seal - This is the best song on the album. It goes downhill after this one. Good backing track: I like Ed's riffage. They tried something different with the monk chanting.

The Please Stop My Spammy Suffering moment: The 'Yeeeeeeaaaaaahhhhh! ' at 2:42 thru 2:45. I think I just lost 10% of my hearing.

Can't Stop Lovin' You - Horrible schlock for a Van Halen album. This makes 'I'll Wait' look like a masterpiece. Eddie's whining guitar at the beginning is grating. Mailed-in solo.

The Please Stop My Suffering moment:
'Hey Ray what you said is true' line. Ray could tell these lyrics sucked, and he can't read the lyric sheet.

Don't Tell Me (What Love Can Do) - Don't be deceived by the initial riffage. It goes downhill quick. Boooooring.

The Please Stop My Suffering Moment:
'I can drive, I can shoot a gun in the streets, score me some heroin, i can jump, be the sacrifice, bear the cross just like jesus christ'. Absurd lyrics. Anytime he mentions religious figures in a song, it's a disaster waiting to happen.

Amsterdam - Al sounds good on this track.

The Please Stop My Suffering Moment: The
Yeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh! at :23 to :27 (is your throat clear now, Sam?), and the chorus 'wham, bam, oh amsterdam...'. Hagar fans say Sam writes good lyrics, eh?

Big Fat Money - A giant turd. This is THE worst song in the Van Hagar catalogue. I have nothing good or even bad about this song. All you have to do is listen. Ed's solo sucks.

The Please Stop My Suffering moment:
'space station, starvation, premature ejaculation'. Was Sam masturbating to the movie Apollo 13 when he wrote this one?

Strung Out - Ed's fuckin' around with a piano. Ed, was this your attempt to do Intruder, part 2?

The Please Stop My Suffering moment: None, it's bad enough without him

Not Enough - The boys had to bring in Toto guitarist Steve Lukather to help out on this abortion of a song. It's 'Right Now' part two.

The Please Stop My Suffering moment:
'to love somebody naturally is not enough, to love somebody faithfully, to love somebody equally, is not enough...' Sammy is into artificial means of love (inflatables maybe?), from my understanding of these lyrics. Lame

Aftershock - This song sounds like a fuckin' miracle after the previous number. It's a pretty groovy backing track.

The Please Stop My Suffering moment:

Actually, this might be Sam's best vocal on any Van Halen songs. My hearing remains intact throughout. No cat-scratching screams, the lyrics are pedestrian. I can give him a pass on this one.

Doin' Time - Is this Al playing Mario Brothers on his Nintendo at the beginning? Tired solo.

The Pleaese Stop My Suffering moment: None, Al doesn't need the Spam on this track.

Baluc...something or another - Didn't Wolfie name this song? I know Ed could have never come up with that title. This should have been what Van Halen III sounded like. Just Ed, Al and Mike. I actually like the song, even if it does go on a bit too long. Cute little animal noises by Ed at the end. Very innovative.

The Please Stop My Suffering moment: None, he redeems this track by not putting any words to it.

Take Me Back (Deja Vu) - Is that wind chimes at the beginning? How quaint. The best part about the song, really. Then at :38 something happens. It begins to tailspin.

The Please Stop My Suffering moment:
'some call it fate, some superstition, some call it luck, it's all the same'

Entry: superstition
Function: noun
Definition: belief in signs
Synonyms: false belief, fear, irrationality, notion, shibboleth, unfounded fear
Concept: belief/theory
Source: Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.0.5)
Copyright © 2004 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. All rights reserved

Hmmm, interesting.

Feelin' - The album closer to end all album closers. I'd like to say thanks to Jesus Christ that this album is almost over.

The Please Stop My Suffering moment:
'grow it long, shave it off, life is hard, never soft' Hmmm so life is like facial hair, eh? Wow! The mystery of life can be found by looking in the mirror. Damn, why didn't I get that back in '95. Could have saved me some grief.

As Sam would say...
'Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh!' Thank God it's over. The album get's either a C- or D+. I usually even give poor albums a C. This one reeks. I think I'll use it as a coaster now for my coke can.

And that closes the album. Don't buy it. I've saved you the brain cells. Use them wisely.

[Sarge's Little Helper]

I did just that. I took out Balance (covered with dust) and gave it a listen. I'll do a track by track analysis...

The Seventh Seal - This is the best song on the album. It goes downhill after this one. Good backing track: I like Ed's riffage. They tried something different with the monk chanting.

The Please Stop My Spammy Suffering moment: The 'Yeeeeeeaaaaaahhhhh! ' at 2:42 thru 2:45. I think I just lost 10% of my hearing.

Can't Stop Lovin' You - Horrible schlock for a Van Halen album. This makes 'I'll Wait' look like a masterpiece. Eddie's whining guitar at the beginning is grating. Mailed-in solo.

The Please Stop My Suffering moment:
'Hey Ray what you said is true' line. Ray could tell these lyrics sucked, and he can't read the lyric sheet.

Don't Tell Me (What Love Can Do) - Don't be deceived by the initial riffage. It goes downhill quick. Boooooring.

The Please Stop My Suffering Moment:
'I can drive, I can shoot a gun in the streets, score me some heroin, i can jump, be the sacrifice, bear the cross just like jesus christ'. Absurd lyrics. Anytime he mentions religious figures in a song, it's a disaster waiting to happen.

Amsterdam - Al sounds good on this track.

The Please Stop My Suffering Moment: The
Yeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh! at :23 to :27 (is your throat clear now, Sam?), and the chorus 'wham, bam, oh amsterdam...'. Hagar fans say Sam writes good lyrics, eh?

Big Fat Money - A giant turd. This is THE worst song in the Van Hagar catalogue. I have nothing good or even bad about this song. All you have to do is listen. Ed's solo sucks.

The Please Stop My Suffering moment:
'space station, starvation, premature ejaculation'. Was Sam masturbating to the movie Apollo 13 when he wrote this one?

Strung Out - Ed's fuckin' around with a piano. Ed, was this your attempt to do Intruder, part 2?

The Please Stop My Suffering moment: None, it's bad enough without him

Not Enough - The boys had to bring in Toto guitarist Steve Lukather to help out on this abortion of a song. It's 'Right Now' part two.

The Please Stop My Suffering moment:
'to love somebody naturally is not enough, to love somebody faithfully, to love somebody equally, is not enough...' Sammy is into artificial means of love (inflatables maybe?), from my understanding of these lyrics. Lame

Aftershock - This song sounds like a fuckin' miracle after the previous number. It's a pretty groovy backing track.

The Please Stop My Suffering moment:

Actually, this might be Sam's best vocal on any Van Halen songs. My hearing remains intact throughout. No cat-scratching screams, the lyrics are pedestrian. I can give him a pass on this one.

Doin' Time - Is this Al playing Mario Brothers on his Nintendo at the beginning? Tired solo.

The Pleaese Stop My Suffering moment: None, Al doesn't need the Spam on this track.

[]Baluc...something or another[/b] - Didn't Wolfie name this song? I know Ed could have never come up with that title. This should have been what Van Halen III sounded like. Just Ed, Al and Mike. I actually like the song, even if it does go on a bit too long. Cute little animal noises by Ed at the end. Very innovative.

The Please Stop My Suffering moment: None, he redeems this track by not putting any words to it.

[b]Take Me Back (Deja Vu) - Is that wind chimes at the beginning? How quaint. The best part about the song, really. Then at :38 something happens. It begins to tailspin.

The Please Stop My Suffering moment:
'some call it fate, some superstition, some call it luck, it's all the same'

Entry: superstition
Function: noun
Definition: belief in signs
Synonyms: false belief, fear, irrationality, notion, shibboleth, unfounded fear
Concept: belief/theory
Source: Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.0.5)
Copyright © 2004 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. All rights reserved

Hmmm, interesting.

Feelin' - The album closer to end all album closers. I'd like to say thanks to Jesus Christ that this album is almost over.

The Please Stop My Suffering moment:
'grow it long, shave it off, life is hard, never soft' Hmmm so life is like facial hair, eh? Wow! The mystery of life can be found by looking in the mirror. Damn, why didn't I get that back in '95. Could have saved me some grief.

As Sam would say...
'Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh!' Thank God it's over. The album get's either a C- or D+. I usually even give poor albums a C. This one reeks. I think I'll use it as a coaster now for my coke can.

And that closes the album. Don't buy it. I've saved you the brain cells. Use them wisely.

Oops. I wasn't paying attention. Tell me again what is going on.

[Warham]

I gave Balance a listen, because Spammy fans ejaculate about the album. So I gave it a fair and balanced review.

[Carmine]

Originally posted by lms2
When Van Halen was young, before they were famous, they busted ass to develop a following, and then they gave the fans 110%. Dave drove the boys harder than hell and never ever lightened up. They were all on the road to major burn out. I think it was right for them to split when they did, and I think they are better men and musicians for having gone their own ways and explored there own diversities. At least they are all still alive. However, they should have ironed their shit out back in 1996. They failed to do so. Again in 2000, they had a shining opportunity-but were unable to get their act together. I don't think there is only one person to blame. The thing is that IF they still have THIS chance to work the magic one last time, this is their last chance. And any more, I am not real sure how much of a chance that is. There is no motiviation like hunger. In the mid 70's, those boys were hungry. Now-they have been everywhere and done everything. The drive is absent. They have had the satisfaction of hearing their music everywhere they go... the fast cars, the gorgeous babes beating down their doors, the endless party, the money trip, the power trip-what the hell is left to inspire them to the greatness they once had?

exactly, remember Dave has said the boys have forgotten why they originally wanted to make music.

[lms]

[DLR_EngineRoom]

Originally posted by george
I have always wondered where that show was.. fucking amazing!

It's one of the pictures in his book. Rosebowl in '81 I believe, but I do remember that it was when they opened for the Stones. Check the pic section of the book for details.....

[RogueHorseman]

Originally posted by ZahZoo
Heh heh... resident Grandpa... please not yet... my oldest is only 16 I ain't ready for Grandpa time yet... no way!!

oH SH*T!! My oldest is, ummmmmm, twenty two.

So, I started way too young...

[gslinger]

Originally posted by RogueHorseman
"we"?

typo - he (Alex)

[bullshit]

Debating which vocalist was better with VH is like trying to decide which breast is better, the left one or the right one....VH is back!!!!

[guwapo_rocker]

Originally posted by bullshit
Debating which vocalist was better with VH is like trying to decide which breast is better, the left one or the right one....VH is back!!!!

Another fucking Sheep...holy shit!!!

[marchin2mars]

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