The magic died in 1985. Everything became goofy after that.
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I agree that Dave always seems like he's on something. Always.
Early on that was probably part of his shtick. As much as I love him it gets/got old real fast.
Could be it's all he knows and it's worked for him all these years but really
"skiddley scoobeyu diddly do boop" just doesn't cut it anymore.
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Entertaining as an interview subject in the 1980s and 1990s, though.Scramby eggs and bacon.Comment
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Although, disclaimer: all I care about Van Halen is EVH guitar playing. Dave post six pack has not much interest for me... IMHO, and I like EEAS but I must admit Skyscraper had some great songs on it.Now who`s that babe with the fab-u-lous shad-ow?Comment
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Think it was shortly after the BBQ vid was out there that Dave's interview schtick started to wear thin for me. I couldn't even make it through a full broadcast of his brief talk radio stint, much less the hour + podcast interviews on shows where he was a guest years later.
Entertaining as an interview subject in the 1980s and 1990s, though.No! You can't have the keys to the wine cellar!Comment
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Not sure why all the ragging on Dave is coming from but there were tons of great music, shows and moments during Dave's solo career.
The EEAS show I saw was one of the best rock concerts I've ever been to. Dave delivered big time. Much better than what he did on the '84 tour.
When Dave started playing regular gigs again in 1999 he was great IMO. The hair thing you could tell he struggled with throughout as it was a big part of his image. Easier for the rest of us non-celeb types who can just shave it all off. But he tried to contain whatever he could. Sometimes it looked ok other times not.
And when Dave wore slacks and a dress shirt with short hair in '94, people were like "what happened to Dave??" By 2002, he was back wearing bell bottomed spandex and suspenders. Then people started saying he was "stuck in the 80s".
Whatever Dave did or tried during the solo years he couldn't win.=V V=
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It was that mindset that left me initially open to checking out the band with Hagar; while I didn't want Roth to leave and was a bit bummed out the split happened, I didn't automatically think Van Halen without Roth would become as useless for me as it did because Eddie was still in the band.
Yep. Fuckin' way wrong there, wasn't I?Scramby eggs and bacon.Comment
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Not sure why all the ragging on Dave is coming from but there were tons of great music, shows and moments during Dave's solo career.
The EEAS show I saw was one of the best rock concerts I've ever been to. Dave delivered big time. Much better than what he did on the '84 tour.
When Dave started playing regular gigs again in 1999 he was great IMO. The hair thing you could tell he struggled with throughout as it was a big part of his image. Easier for the rest of us non-celeb types who can just shave it all off. But he tried to contain whatever he could. Sometimes it looked ok other times not.
And when Dave wore slacks and a dress shirt with short hair in '94, people were like "what happened to Dave??" By 2002, he was back wearing bell bottomed spandex and suspenders. Then people started saying he was "stuck in the 80s".
Whatever Dave did or tried during the solo years he couldn't win.Scramby eggs and bacon.Comment
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Dave hired the best hot shots he could find and it worked out real well. To this day Billy Sheehan, Steve Vai and Gregg Bissonette are all friends which is really cool because bands are notorious for people not getting along. All those guys said they had a blast working with Dave.No! You can't have the keys to the wine cellar!Comment
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Eat ‘Em and Smile was the pinnacle of 80’s spandex rock. Ha! Ha!No! You can't have the keys to the wine cellar!Comment
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Well Sammy still lingers. I had to go to LA for business and I was driving down Sunset and The Whiskey was advertising a Sammy Hagar jam night. A bunch of different musicians were going to play all Sammy songs.No! You can't have the keys to the wine cellar!Comment
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