Any post-1984 Classic Van Halen???

[Matt White]

From what I seen and heard since Monk left, it looks like the motherfucker TOOK ED'S TALENT AND HIS BROTHER SHEMP'S FUCKING BRAIN!!!!

[EddieFan4Ever]

Originally posted by Matt White
From what I seen and heard since Monk left, it looks like the motherfucker TOOK ED'S TALENT AND HIS BROTHER SHEMP'S FUCKING BRAIN!!!!

Whoo-Hoo...yer soooooooo funny...ha ha.....hee hee.....ho ho. Dork.

[Matt White]

Hey look..the Copernicus of the stupid...nice to see ya!!!!!

[EddieFan4Ever]

Originally posted by Matt White
Hey look..the Copernicus of the stupid...nice to see ya!!!!!

Piss off......lol.

[Matt White]

lol....Just like big time wrestling Bro'! Ed's the reason I picked up a guitar 20+ years ago.

[EddieFan4Ever]

Originally posted by Matt White
lol....Just like big time wrestling Bro'! Ed's the reason I picked up a guitar 20+ years ago.

Right on...i started play guitar at age 5.....heard Eddie at age 8...never looked back. Here i am, 34 and still in awe of the guy.

[Matt White]

Whatever issues I have with the guy aside, he is (in my mind) the greatest guitarist I have ever heard. And the most influential.

[EddieFan4Ever]

Originally posted by Matt White
Whatever issues I have with the guy aside, he is (in my mind) the greatest guitarist I have ever heard. And the most influential.

Yup...plenty of pretenders, but no contenders. Ed IS rock guitar to me. I appreciate many,many players....but nobody as much as EVH. I think Vai (for example) is technically brilliant.....and while he sometimes conveys emotion, most of the time he comes off cold to me. He does very similiar two-handed runs in the style of Ed, but repeats each part anywhere from 2 to 8 times over....seems like he is doing more, but often he's not. He's clean and accurate....but on the G3 tour recently he came off not as brightly on some spots. I only mention him due to the Roth-VH connection. But if you ask me, Vai is like a marriage of Fair Warning era w/Zappa.... just not as original as either. Eh, i'm rambling...peace.

[rockvanhalen66]

ed vanhalen is not only a great lead player the mother fucker is a riff monster. the boy is like fine wine the older he gets the better he sounds.

[EddieFan4Ever]

Originally posted by rockvanhalen66
ed vanhalen is not only a great lead player the mother fucker is a riff monster. the boy is like fine wine the older he gets the better he sounds.

amen

[guwapo_rocker]

Originally posted by rockvanhalen66
ed vanhalen is not only a great lead player the mother fucker is a riff monster. the boy is like fine wine the older he gets the better he sounds.

Yep...you are what you drink!

[Carmine]

Originally posted by PerryLane
I can picture Dave originally singing Summer Nights, Best Of Both Worlds, 5150.. With his own lyrics and rap of course. I'm only imagining here, but it's possible. Would be cool to hear for sure.

I've thought summer nights, BOBW, and get up would have been great dave tunes since the first time I heard them. They probably were at some point.

[RogueHorseman]

Interesting to note that while it is documented that Dave had a hand in 2-3 of the tunes that wound up on 5150, he never demanded any payment... unlike Sam and his threats over CGTSNM to extract cash.

[Carmine]

good point

[L.S.D.]

Originally posted by DLRoswegony
I've thought summer nights, BOBW, and get up would have been great dave tunes since the first time I heard them. They probably were at some point.

Youd like to think that wouldnt you? But wrong. It is well documented that the only songs that had anything down was Good Enough, Dreams, and Summer Nights.

5150 and Best of Both Worlds are so Van hagar is obvious. I cant believe you guys dont like those songs.