Re: RIP Eddie Van Halen
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I was never a big fan of theirs. I liked mostly heavier stuff like Maiden, Sabbath, Motorhead, Anthrax, etc.
That said, I respected his abilities on the guitar. He was one of a kind. An innovator with a style all his own. Rest in Peace, Eddie.
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Re: RIP Eddie Van Halen
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Correction to my earlier post. It wasn't Steve Lukather, it was Alice Cooper that Eddie asked if he could get Glen Campbell to meet with him and show him some stuff on the guitar.
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Re: RIP Eddie Van Halen
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RIP But I am surprised of of much David Lee Roth is left out of the discussion, in that David played a major part in the success of the Van Halen and their shared fame. Nobody is an island in the music business, as much as they may want or be declared to be.
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Re: RIP Eddie Van Halen
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Mick didn't get the memo apparently.
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Re: RIP Eddie Van Halen
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RIP But I am surprised of of much David Lee Roth is left out of the discussion, in that David played a major part in the success of the Van Halen and their shared fame. Nobody is an island in the music business, as much as they may want or be declared to be. Because DLR is a whack job and was only around for their early success. I never did see VH with Sammy, but Sammy wrote some awesome VH songs! VH might not have been around long if they didn't get Sammy...
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Re: RIP Eddie Van Halen
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When my Dad was in his 90's he often said that the thing he hated the most was that he was outliving his friends. I don't want to insinuate that Van Halen was a friend but watching him, Tom Petty, Mac Davis, Charlie Daniels, Little Richard, Helen Reddy, Kenny Rogers, Bill Withers, and many others pass on reminds me that we are all getting old(er).
I think I'll find 'Dance the Night Away' on Youtube and play it.
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Re: RIP Eddie Van Halen
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Truly a drag... I remember staying home from school and I was listening to the local rock radio station. They had Alex VH and David Lee Roth in the studio to talk about their concert in Phoenix that night. This was about '76 or so, so VH was a brand new group playing in small clubs. I thought they were pretty funny guys so I kept listening. Then the DJ said;"Here's some of what you'll be hearing tonight" and proceeded to play Eruption and You Really Got Me. I about pooped my pants hearing this music come out of my little radio. It sounded like it was music from another planet!! At this time we were hearing older music or something new from Eric Clapton was "Lay Down Sally". Not really a bad song, but certainly not a real "ballsy" number. I'll never forget how Van Halen sounded to me. I managed to see them about 5 or 6 times over the years. The last time was in 2012. Still listen to them out in the shop. I'm almost 60 and every time I hear VH it makes me feel 16 again. This getting old crap sucks..... It truly was out of this world. Lets not forget that it was Van Halen and Eddies' guitar work that was used as an alien encounter sequence between Marty McFly and his teenage father in the film Back To The Future.
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Re: RIP Eddie Van Halen
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I don't want to insinuate that Van Halen was a friend but watching him, Tom Petty, Mac Davis, Charlie Daniels, Little Richard, Helen Reddy, Kenny Rogers, Bill Withers, and many others pass on reminds me that we are all getting old(er).. Yeah I was just thumbing through my record/tape/CD collection and it became readily apparent that the dead guys are starting to outnumber the living guys... *sigh*
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Re: RIP Eddie Van Halen
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Mick didn't get the memo apparently. Haha, no kidding! Nor did Keith Richards! Sad to hear the loss of Eddie. What great music Van Halen made, with David Lee Roth and Sammy!
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Re: RIP Eddie Van Halen
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RIP But I am surprised of of much David Lee Roth is left out of the discussion, in that David played a major part in the success of the Van Halen and their shared fame. Nobody is an island in the music business, as much as they may want or be declared to be. Because DLR is a whack job and was only around for their early success. I never did see VH with Sammy, but Sammy wrote some awesome VH songs! VH might not have been around long if they didn't get Sammy... I was 3 months short of my 18th birthday when I saw Van Halen in 1979. That experience along with numerous shows by Canadian band Streetheart totally altered my perception of what a live rock show should be like from an entertainment value point of view. I was of course already familiar with Eddies virtuosity via owning both of the albums.....Hell, those albums were literally the soundtrack of every outdoor bush party we attended that summer...whoever had the best car stereo opened their trunk & let the 6X9's fly.... I had always been (and remain) a big Sammy solo/Montrose Fan. But with the exception of a couple singles, I never really warmed up to what the merger of the two did to the band until after it was over...by then of course it was too late to see them live. As much as I appreciate Sammy Hagar & follow him to this day, jcc is correct in one regard: With out DLR being the flamboyant front-man that he was, Van Halen the band would not likely gotten the attention they did. That said, Roth is still alive & the conversation is about the passing of a beloved musician, so there is no reason to include him in the discussion.
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