Van Halen and Generation X

[rustoffa]

I remember hearing Van Halen's first album for the first time when I was like 22. That was in like 1978. It sounded like sonic bombardment or something......I know what sonic and bombardment is now, but not then. People were just going crazy about this new album and cranking it up all over the Massengale parking lot.....lots of cut huge natural tits and coconut-smellin' tan oil. I remember asking this drunk fucker with a jacked up 4 wheel drive truck about the music blasting out of his open doors. He was like, "it's Van Halen...the name sounds stoopid but it kicks ass!" Fucking kids were walking off the beach with their parents...they started crying when they heard it!! I thought to myself: "self, you should go buy a copy of that eight track and blast it at your brothers house!" Sure enough, when I plugged that shit in over there, THE FUCKING KIDS STARTED CRYING!!! My brother asked me who the band was, and I said the name sounds stoopid but it kicks ass. Next thing I know, he was screaming at people to shut their fucking crying kids up so he could enjoy the sonic bombardment!!

Hell yeah!!

[if6was9]

Originally posted by 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...

Nice piece of bull***t.
But we know the truth:

[firestarter]

vh is ageless!!

[Ally_Kat]

Is today's youth into Van Halen? Well, honestly, it depends on what their taste is. If they like Hip-Hop/Rap or Top 40, they're likely not to be interested in VH. But for those metalheads and rockers out there -- which is a good-sized amount -- VH is deffy an appreciated and enjoyed band.

I'm actually surprised by the amount of metal and hard rock youth there is today. I'm starting to think it's because we're coming of age now and we're looking back at the things that were in the forefront of our childhood.

And p.s. -- our generation is Generation Y/the Millennials, Not GenX

[DLRdelight!]

i think young people today do get into van halen because i sure as hell did around 16 and now im 20. anyone who is a guitarist has to know who evh is.

[Coyote]

Originally posted by Ally_Kat
And p.s. -- our generation is Generation Y/the Millennials, Not GenX

What a shitty name. Who comes up with these?

[LittleDreamerVH]

Originally posted by if6was9
Nice piece of bull***t.
But we know the truth:

Hmm.... very sorry you don't believe my "bull***t, but it's all very true. That is how I fell in love with VH, the story is a classic, and why is it so hard to believe? Sheesh...

[LittleDreamerVH]

Originally posted by if6was9
Nice piece of bull***t.
But we know the truth:

Hmm.... very sorry you don't believe my "bull***t", but it's all very true. That is how I fell in love with VH, the story is a classic, and why is it so hard to believe? Sheesh...

[if6was9]

Originally posted by LittleDreamerVH
Hmm.... very sorry you don't believe my "bull***t", but it's all very true. That is how I fell in love with VH, the story is a classic, and why is it so hard to believe? Sheesh...

C'mon, man. We all are in our 40s here. And so are you, if you remember "Fair Warning" hitting the charts:

Originally posted by LittleDreamerVH
Fair Warning, when it came to the charts, wasn't that big of a hit, but with songs like Mean Street, Sinner's Swing, and "Dirty Movies", I really think that the album had a lot more potential than was actually seen, maybe just a fault on the PR's side... lol jk. All in all, Fair Warning, i loved it.

[matt19]

21!

[if6was9]

Originally posted by matt19
21!

But mentally 45 if you're a =VH= fan! :D

[LittleDreamerVH]

Sorry to disappoint if6was9, but I'm not in my 40's... Truth is, I'm just a huge VH fan born in the wrong generation... (when it came to seeing their best performances with DLR)

[if6was9]

Then I'm sorry for you, LittleDreamerVH. Go and have some fun instead of talking to a bunch of old (and bald) farts.

[LittleDreamerVH]

Don't be sorry... I'm just a little cursed in the age department, that's all... and for me it works out pretty nice anyways. I generally have more to talk about and more in common with "old (and bold) farts", as you so eloquently put it... never really been in to guys my own age. Now don't patronize me, just a personal preference.

[if6was9]

Allright, then. See ya in the Tattoos thread.