Van Halen and Generation X

[kwame k]

Originally posted by size5dress
16 year old right here!!! And yep, i love em because of my dad. He raised me listening to great music like Van Halen, Collective Soul, Boston, Def Leppard, Kiss, ect.

Umh, what do I love about Van Halen? Well, they are a REAL rock n roll band. Dave's voice is incredible, Ed is just phenominal on the guitar, Al is a pretty good drummer, Mike... i've never really had much of an opinion on Mike, but all tgether, they make magic. And that's what i like. Also, every song has a different sound.
Also: Dave's personality makes me smile =)

Ahh...16 years old, my 68 Camaro, Alpine Stereo cassette player with Pioneer 6x9's blasting out 1984, hot chick by my side, summer time, oh those were "good times, damn good times"

Sorry size5dress that's what us old dudes do. Living in the pasture....

Right on!!! On the Classic Rock, give your pops a high-five for me.

[VAiN]

Originally posted by VanHalener
Old age is gonna rock

Cops will be showing up to get an 85 year old dude to turn down running with the devil.

Classic.

[Va Beach VH Fan]

My youngest son is 14 and knows just about every VH song that I do, other than the obscure ones they don't play in concert....

He and I hopefully will be rocking to VH at UVA on May 2nd....

[theicecreamman]

Originally posted by Bob Brubake
I'm afraid the youth of America is into rap/hip-hop and American Idol. There may be a few who like Van Halen, but only because of their parents. I imagine most people going to these shows grew up w/Van Halen and are now in their 30's, 40's and 50's.

Actually I got my dad into Van Halen. I started listening to Van Halen in high school when I took a music appriciation course and saw the music video for hot for teacher. Ever since then I listened to VH and Roth's solo albums when I drive and got my dad hooked onto them. We went to the greensboro and atlanta shows. That was his first rock concert.

[DavidLeeNatra]

my daughter is 13 and she is blasting out panama as loud as hell and sings along with unchained and many other classics...

she is on a (german) message board and came into the dave-sam discussion (she had no idea that something like osammy bin hagar existed before) and asked me about him and if he was singing for van halen, too...

I showed her a youtube of fatty and she immediately asked me "is he gay?" which made me very proud of my little girl and shoot my coffee through my nostrils from heavy laughing....

[Van Dutch]

Dutch youth here,.. Almost 20 (april 28) Been a fan since I first came in contact with their music,.. '96 I think. (Post Cherone)

[DeadMan1984]

I'm 21 and have been listening to Van Halen since 1999 when I was 13 years old. I got into them late into the game, but the wait to see them was worth it.

To answer a question asked before "what does a kid raised on classic rock like that's new?" That's easy, the bands we like's new material and maybe one or 2 of the newer rock bands. For me it was Puddle of Mudd and Drowning Pool.

[bohsmug]

I'm 22 and got into Van Halen when I was about 16. Bought a best of and it just kind of grew from there. Funny thing is before I knew anything about Van Halen I hated Dave. For the first year or so of listening to them I liked the Dave era stuff but still thought he was a dickhead. Before I knew it I was reading his book and worshiping all that is David Lee Roth.

I'm from Ireland and have never seen the band. I got home from New York last week. It cost me three fucking grand to go see Van Halen but I didn't mind 'cos at least I'd get to see them. Did I fuck? Still pissed off about it, had to walk past MSG every day. Now I've no fucking money and for what?

Guess it's Ed who's the dickhead....

[moose]

Well my boy who's 12 just finished an essay that he must present to the whole school on "The Mighty Van Halen"
My 7 yr old has officially renamed himself to "Atomic Punk"
and you should hear my 4 yr old belt out "Unchained"(in between her Hi Scool muz song)
My boyz got their friends into this stuff as well so ya a little influence from pops has helped
But if the boyz in VH would get their head out of their assholes and let Dave talk to the media and relax when it comes to allowing "other" companies to produce shirts and hats etc etc, things would change for the better!

[Va Beach VH Fan]

Originally posted by moose
Well my boy who's 12 just finished an essay that he must present to the whole school on "The Mighty Van Halen"

That is outstanding....

[size5dress]

Originally posted by kwame k
Ahh...16 years old, my 68 Camaro, Alpine Stereo cassette player with Pioneer 6x9's blasting out 1984, hot chick by my side, summer time, oh those were "good times, damn good times"

Sorry size5dress that's what us old dudes do. Living in the pasture....

Right on!!! On the Classic Rock, give your pops a high-five for me.

hahah oh kwame k, thats all my dad ever talks about. He had a Camaro too, except i think it wasa 74. I don't quite have those types of memories with Van Halen, but I got enough to keep me happy. I also get a weird feeling when i listen to Van Halen. I pretty much jsut realized it recently, but i forget about everything else thats going on when I listen to Van Halen. Call Dave's voice and Ed's guitar my drug, if you will, but thats it is for me.

Haha I shall! He'll be glad to get it.

Ohman, ever since I've been coming on this forum, i've been telling my dad some of the stuff I've learned about Dave n Van Halen, and hes amazed. Honestly, he used to tell me shit about Van Halen that I didnt know, now I'm teaching him. hahaha.

[size5dress]

Originally posted by moose

My boyz got their friends into this stuff as well so ya a little influence from pops has helped
But if the boyz in VH would get their head out of their assholes and let Dave talk to the media and relax when it comes to allowing "other" companies to produce shirts and hats etc etc, things would change for the better!

HAH! Ohmy god, I got a few friends of mine really into Van Halen too. I think they got sick of me ranting about them and not knowing what I was talking about. And just recently, my friend Greg told me that his little sister is slowly becoming obsessed with Van Halen, i think he said she was 7. I love it though, just the way its spreading. There's this kid in my school, [who is mighty fine, but thats besides the point], and hes inlove with Eddie. Ever since Van Halen came to calgary he's been wearing Van Halen shirts like crazy. I think he got 4 from the tour, and like 3 other ones. He's got long curly black hair just like Ed, 5150 shoes, and according to his friends, all he does is play guitar. A few years ago, i would never think of seeing this in a high school. The Van Halen phenomenon is hitting my generation, and its incredible to watch.

[kwame k]

Originally posted by size5dress
hahah oh kwame k, thats all my dad ever talks about. He had a Camaro too, except i think it wasa 74. I don't quite have those types of memories with Van Halen, but I got enough to keep me happy. I also get a weird feeling when i listen to Van Halen. I pretty much jsut realized it recently, but i forget about everything else thats going on when I listen to Van Halen. Call Dave's voice and Ed's guitar my drug, if you will, but thats it is for me.

Haha I shall! He'll be glad to get it.

Ohman, ever since I've been coming on this forum, i've been telling my dad some of the stuff I've learned about Dave n Van Halen, and hes amazed. Honestly, he used to tell me shit about Van Halen that I didnt know, now I'm teaching him. hahaha.

Stay off those drugs there my young friend. Good for you.

Music is the soundtrack to life. My memories are tied to the music I listened to when I was younger. Music can be a great escape and when I'm jamming the drums or playing guitar I get lost in the music. Even listening to music does that to me, still. Music affects us all to some degree.

[size5dress]

Oh yeah totally, it does. I just geuss im not one of those people to ties my memories to music. But i totally know what you mean, playing the drums just takes me places. haha. I always get lost in music and literature. It's a good escape =)

[LittleDreamerVH]

I've been a VH fan since high school, and now I'm in my twenties and I'm still very much in love with them... I would say this love started when I babysat for a teacher of mine; and man was I in love with him... talk about "Hot for Teacher"... it was bad... so I went through his CD collection like any self respecting babysitter, checked out the spines of his albums, and saw this tremendous collection of Van Halen. It was right then and there that I decided I would learn more about this mysterious band that had captured the heart of my crush. Although it's sad to say, the love affair with VH has lasted much longer than the one with my teacher! But I'll always be content with the fact that he's the one who turned me on to America's greatest rock band...