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Seems Dave knows the clock is ticking .. maybe like Robert Plant knows he cannot hit the highs much longer so no more Zepp - but the rest of the band could play all day long
Dave wants to take advantage of his ability while he has it - he wants to do VH now & until he can't any longer & would love to bring MA back for a real reunion - a full tilt boogie
ED - who knows ?? is it drugs, sex ? solitude and his guitar ? If he likes drugs - so what, let him run rails all day long if they keep him going - just stay off the booze .. that seems his Achilles heel
The good thing for all of em, they made a boat load of $ in the last 6 yrs
Dave made some $ too and got notoriety again, he has room to be himself, he isn't a NYC medic or in obscurity - he has a recent record out with VH and 2 tours that paid well in the last 6 yrs - he has said he has been rich and been poor, and he prefers being rich
maybe now he wants to keep the VH machine rolling like Page wants to keep the Led Zep machine rolling, but Plant is a no go for any $$
Hopefully Ed is a no go due to health
Sammy & Dave together - oh please no - I saw Van Hagar and I enjoyed the show because of the band - the singer was an ass on stage and toward his guitarist - he treated the Maserati like a tool
the future of VH seems stale - Ed seems to want to be his own man or get wolf ready to do something bigger than Jason BonhamComment
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I can see that the comments about Mike might cause some problems between Dave and Ed, but I just don't think that Dave has been playing third fiddle, or that Wolfgang is the driving force, etc.
Sure, it may have taken Wolf to get Ed into making the album / doing the tour in the first place - but driving force? Creatively? My ass.
I look at ADKOT and I see an album with Roth's lyrics and handwork plastered all over it. A guy that is a payroll singer? Doubt it.
Why did ADKOT end up on Interscope? Answer = because it was what Dave wanted. Look at the credits - all songs written by 'Roth/Van Halen'. Who chose Kool and the Gang to open the tour? Dave.
Before they started recording the album Dave said at some point that he had been going over to Ed's place every day for months and months to work on the album. I think we're reading too much into 'we haven't written a song together for 20 years' and the fact that Dave recorded his parts at Henson Studios.
Remember that it was DAVE who got Ed to use the producer they ended up with, and got him out of 5150 to finish the album off. Ed even said it in one interview - 'It was what Dave wanted'.
Looks to me like Ed has been the one accommodating Dave all along this process, and that without Dave the three Van Halens would still be jamming those tunes up at 5150. AND Ed has paying compliments to his writing ('Dave's amazing'). So c'mon, it is Dave who was the driving force behind even getting an album out.
I think Dave's jazzed because he's living in Tokyo, meeting new people and soaking up all the energy of the place. He's ready to keep moving forward. Ed lives in the Hollywood Hills - a slower pace already, and then add to that Dave being a workaholic / an experience junkie.
I agree entirely with what someone said back near the beginning of this thread - without hearing Dave's voice / audio of the interview with RS there's no way of telling if he is really pissed off. Maybe the journalist has just done as much as he could to slant the written story in a way that will send traffic to Rolling Stone's website.
Yeah 'DLR VENTS' that'll get attention ...THINK LIKE THE WAVESComment
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very astute observations Mr Scraps....
i still think they're mad if they don't go the aussie tour straight after japan. if japan happens; that is.Comment
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I believe that the only way that Mike comes back is if Wolf falls on his sword, deliberately steps aside, and looks Ed in the eyes and says "Dad....you know it's the right thing to do. Give the people what they want."
Wolf is obviously a rabid fan of Classic Van Halen, which is why he stuck his iPod in Ed's ears and convinced him to get back with Dave in the first place.
Perhaps this was all part of some complex 5 year plan on Wolf's part to get the originals back together again. I can just imagine him having a checklist:
1. Get dad sober
2. Get dad to re-learn all of the CVH catalog
3. Tell dad it's my dream to play live with him, but only if Dave is the singer
4. Convince dad to tour
5. Convince dad that the only thing better than touring with him would be to make a record with him and tour to support it
6. Tell dad it's been fun, but I want to jam with some other dudes closer to my age and he needs to rebuild the bridge with Mike like he did with Dave
7. Consider the possibility of having to start back at step 1 and get dad sober again.Originally posted by perilouspete
fryingdutchman you pretty much own everyone.....sick comebacks, well put. top class wit.Comment
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Take from it what you will but Wolf wrote simply "No Comment" on his facebook page last night...Comment
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I don't know. Wolfie was the fresh blood that got VH pumping again, and now that Dave mentions Micheal Anthony's name, everyone gets excited and wants to cast Wolfie to the side, after all he did, it just doesnt seem right. Not to mention the simple fact that Wolfie is the boss's son, and by giving props to Mike, without praising Wolfie may cause some static amongst the family.
Sounds to me like Dave may possibly have a contract that needs to be renewed, and Eddie is taking his sweet time deciding what to do and when to do it.
If Dave & Ed have different creative aspirations, they could easily do side projects in addition to VH. I hope it all works out, but seems like another fucking soap opera.Comment
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Nahhh. Things jus' heating up.Originally posted by fourthcoming
VHND posted a pretty decent dissection of Dave's interview.Comment
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On a lighter note..The guy still has it!
"But so far there hasn't been any response, so hope and faith are not actual tactics and strategies – they're strippers from Albuquerque."
sigpic" You ever notice when I scream I sound like Mr. Bill on acid" DLRComment
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