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Van Halen 2012 tour (and album)
TopJimmyCooks:
Still no dates - surprise! >:D
first choice assuming outdoor venue - Raleigh.
second choice - Charlotte
3rd choice - screw it!
yotsuya:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on January 03, 2012, 10:13:26 pm ---Well, the rub with Van Halen is that Eddie's done nothing interesting for 25+ years. Couldn't give half a damn about either singer.
I mean, don't get me wrong, I saw ZZ Top and Santana in 2011 but Billy Gibbons is still out there being nuts and Santana played for over two hours. I passed on Joe Bonamassa, and that was probably a mistake, but I don't care for cover bands even if they're better than the original artist ever dreamed of being (and Joe's voice and original material stinks).
Also saw what remains of Styx in 2011, but that cost me $10. That's about my Van Halen interest level.
:dunno
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I'd love to see ZZ Top.
Howard_Casto:
--- Quote from: JMB on January 03, 2012, 07:33:57 pm ---
--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on January 03, 2012, 07:26:24 pm ---
--- Quote from: Mikezilla on January 03, 2012, 02:37:03 pm ---
Whoa whoa WHOA. Michael Jackson is NOT overrated! Lady Gaga is Madonna, so that doesnt count. With you on Amy Whinehouse though...
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+1 on Mr. Jackson.
Doh't misunderstand, he quickly degraded into insanity and obscurity BUT in the 80's he pretty much invented pop, the "dancing concert" and the music video. And most of his earlier stuff was pretty awesome as well. Of course the bad side to that is that he invented the "dancing concert" and pop music... meaning he's indirectly responsible for all the backstreet kids on the block boys and the britney christinia swifts.
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The fact that he molested children makes all of this irrelevant IMO.
ON TOPIC - It will be interesting to see if the cash grab factor outweighs the fact that they couldn't get along. I would not be the least bit surprised to see this tour blow up at some point before it finishes or possibly even starts.
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Well first off, no, not it does not. Oj Simpsom is a murderer, or at the very least civially liable for murder, but he was a hell of a football player and was damn good in those lethal weapon movies. Now I don't want to ever see the son of a ---smurfette--- again, but back in the day... he was pretty awesome.
Secondly MJ didn't molest children. He was never convicted of anything. To top it all off, shortly after his death some of the familes that accused him of molestation released statments saying that it was all a ploy for money. I'm willing to give the guy the benefit of the doubt. He wasn't a molester, he was ape-crap crazy. Because of said craziness he had no concept of how to behave around children, getting him into seemingly inappropriate situations.
Of course we'll never know for sure, but last time I checked we live in America and around these parts you have to be proven guilty of something before people have the right condemn you.
yotsuya:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on January 04, 2012, 09:55:26 am ---
--- Quote from: yotsuya on January 04, 2012, 09:31:28 am ---I'd love to see ZZ Top.
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It's worth it once... they're a bunch of old ---daisies--- but you forget how MTV was basically them and Duran Duran in the early 80s, so there's a lot of prop and stage show stuff going on. I tend to like their 70s stuff which was kinda underrepresented, but they did do a ~10 minute medley at the end that covered most of them.
:cheers:
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Awesome. I grew up on the 80s stuff (I don't care who you are, listening to 'Sharp Dressed Man' before going out is a +10 ego-booster for any guy), but I recently picked up a 2 Disc Greatest Hits set that has a lot of early stuff and fell in love with 'Tush', 'La Grange', and all the other 70s stuff.
shmokes:
--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on January 04, 2012, 10:10:21 am ---around these parts you have to be proven guilty of something before people the government has the right [to] condemn you.
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Fixt :cheers:
Seriously, though, I kind of lean toward innocent. Stupid. Incredibly naive. Reckless. Strange and unhealthy obsession with children. But not a child molester. But, like you said, who knows?
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