What will happen to Van Halen now?

[DrewKaree]

http://news.yahoo.com

Sure, NOW they split   I so was gonna hit on her but she was married so.....I uh.....errrr.....ahem

And I gotta say, she still looks like a snicky!

[Stingray]

She is still looking pretty darn cute at 45. Hard to think of her as anything but the teenager that she played on that terrible sitcom.

-S

[ChadTower]

Van Halen will remain as irrelevant as they have been for the last decade.

[Stingray]

Van Halen will remain as irrelevant as they have been for the last decade.

Two decades. 1984 was the last album worth listening to, but we're not talking about the band.

-S

[ChadTower]

I like the stuff they did with Hagar.  It's not about which is better when it's all good, just different.

[JackTucky]

They've been seperated for 4 years.  no big deal.  what about britney and kfed?

http://wwtdd.com/index.php?type=one&i=376

 

[shmokes]

All Van Halen music sucks.  Sucks ass.

[ChadTower]

Now you're just trolling, you troller.

[shmokes]

No I'm not.  I figured we would get into an intelligent discussion over the quality of Van Halen, based on verifiable facts. 

[ChadTower]

Okay... verifiable:

Very, very few guitarists in rock music can duplicate Eddie Van Halen's work.

[Stingray]

All Van Halen music sucks.  Sucks ass.

This coming from the guy who got all bent out of shape when Eminem (or some other no-talent schmo) was similarly insulted.

-S

[Jabba]

All Van Halen music sucks.

[Havok]

Okay... verifiable:

Very, very few guitarists in rock music can duplicate Eddie Van Halen's work.

I second the motion...

And, Van Halen has sucked since David Lee Roth left...

[ChadTower]

I liked OU812.

Not the same as the Roth stuff but who says it has to be?

[Stingray]

I liked OU812.

Not the same as the Roth stuff but who says it has to be?

That one was okay, but it just didn't live up to my expectations.

-S

[shmokes]

Okay... verifiable:

Very, very few guitarists in rock music can duplicate Eddie Van Halen's work.

And few vocalists can duplicate Mariah Carey.  And anyone who says that anyone who say Van Halen sucks, SUCKS big time, SUCKS big time!

[shmokes]

No I'm not.  I figured we would get into an intelligent discussion over the quality of Van Halen, based on verifiable facts. 

p.s. This part was a joke...

[Jabba]

    ( as Jabba cranks up Eruption! )

[Zakk]

Smokes has always been more of a Spinal-tap kind of fan.

[Stingray]

Why is Stonehenge 18 inches tall?

-S

[DrewKaree]

Something about not caring about shmokes' opinion of the music I like keeps nagging at the back of my mind.  That, and not caring which was better, Van Halen or Van Hagar, the music sounded good to me regardless.  I preferred one over the other, but it was all good.  I even liked one or two of the songs they did with that other dude, Gary something-or-other, right?

[ChadTower]

[Zakk]

Why is Stonehenge 18 inches tall?

-S

I followed the plan on the napkin.

[MYX]

Back in highschool I took a smoke put it in my guitar head just behind the strings and let it burn so my guitar would look like Eddie. I look back now and say What was I thinking. I liked both David and Sammy, but would lean more towards Sammy's stuff. 5150 and OU812 were both Kick @$$ albums. Yes albums. Had no CDs at that point. For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge just plain sucked and it never came back after that. (except the song that they did for the movie "Twister". That rocked)

[Stingray]

I do not, for one, think that the problem was that the band was down.  I think that the problem may have been that there was a Stonehenge monument on the stage that was in danger of being crushed by a dwarf.  Alright?  That tended to understate the hugeness of the object.

-S

[ChadTower]

What is an album?

[Zakk]

So maybe that tape you had that was labelled "Van Halen" was actually a bee gees album, and you just can't figure out what all the fuss is about?

[ChadTower]

No, but I had 15 copies of Hold an Old Friend's Hand by Tiffany with various things like NWA and 2 Live Crew on them.

Record store clearance bins can be useful.

[Stingray]

So maybe that tape you had that was labelled "Van Halen" was actually a bee gees album, and you just can't figure out what all the fuss is about?

I totally love that one Van Halen Song Rocky Mountain High. Man, that one rips!

-S

[ChadTower]

Van Halen was all downhill after Staying Alive.

[DrewKaree]

So maybe that tape you had that was labelled "Van Halen" was actually a bee gees album, and you just can't figure out what all the fuss is about?

So you were the guy on Napster.  Shoulda figured.  Dirty Canadian

[Bones]

Van Halen rocks. Shmokes doesn't like good rock'n'roll probably because he is homosexual. NTTIAWWI.

He might as well jump.

[DrewKaree]

Van Halen rocks. Shmokes doesn't like good rock'n'roll probably because he is homosexual. NTTIAWWI.

He might as well jump.

Some ass hat will sue Van Halen when they realize their molester was driven to do it because they looped a tape with Hot For Teacher on it and had insane visions that the kid in the front row was singing it to her when no one was looking. 

Ooooh!  GWB....the Atomic Punk

[Stingray]

   ( as Jabba cranks up Eruption! )

That's been in my head since you posted this.

-S

[DrewKaree]

   ( as Jabba cranks up Eruption! )

That's been in my head since you posted this.

-S

There's plenty of room for it to roam around in there at least

[Stingray]

Eruption.












































































































































































































































-S

[Bones]

Not really Van Halen but same sound.... Yankee Rose.

When I was a young man I used to turn this up loud and drive my car very fast and fang it sideways at every opportunity. I thought I was the coolest guy on Earth.

It took me many years to realise that I actually was.

[JonnyBoy]

To reinforce the fact that Eddie is a guitar God, here's the tab for Eruption.

----------------------------------------------------------5---------------
--------------------------------------------------------5-5-8^5^0---------
\--2------------------------------5--7^(^7--5--7^(9)-------------8------
\--2------------------------5--7------------------------------------------
\--0------------7^(9)^7^(9)-----------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                                    gliss
------------------------------------------------5-------------------------
--5^8^5^0--5^8^5^0--5^8^5^0--5^8^5^0--------5---8-5-------5---------------
--------------------------------------7^(------------7----7^(^7^5-----
------------------------------------------------------0^----------------6-
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                                          slight ritard
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------4--------------------------------
---4---5---7---5-7^5^4----4^7^5^4----4^7^5--4--7--4^7^5^4-----4-----------
-----------------------7----------7------------------------7----7-6-5-4---
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

                             ritard
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------3---3--------
-----------------------------0-----------------------------2---0---2---2/---
-----------------------------------------------------------2---0---0--------
---7-6-5-3----------------------3-----0^2^0^2^0^2^0^1^0----0----------------
-------------5\16-0-^-5-^-3------------------------------------3------------

----------17---------17---------17---------17--------17-20-21----20-17----
--20^(22)----20^(22)----20^(22)----20^(22)-----20-------------19----------
--------------------------------------------------0-----------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

----------------------17---------17---------17---------17-----------------
---19^(22)^19^20^(22)----20^(22)----20^(22)----20^(22)----20--------------
-------------------------------------------------------------0------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

---17-20-21----20-17-----------------17---------17-20^(21)^20^17^---17----
------------19-------19^(22)^19^(20)----21^(22)------------------20-------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
---20^(22)^20^17----20^(22)^20^17--20^(22)^20^17----20^(22)^20^(22)\------
-----------------19------------------------------19-----------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                  gliss
---------------16^17^20--------------17-20-17^20^17^14-15^14^--------------
------16^18^20-------------17^20---X^------------------------17^14---------
--/18-------------------18--------X--------------------------------17^(18)-
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------


--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--14-------------------------------------------------------17-------------
-----18^(19)^18^14-17^14^17^14^17^14\------19^(21)^19^(21)----19^(21)-----
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------0\----------------------------------

     fast picking
------------16-16-16-16-19-19-19-17-17-17-16-16-16-17-17-17-17------------
---17-17-17----------------------------------------------------19-19-19---
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

---16-16-16----------16-16-16-19-19-19-17-17-17-16-16-16-17-17-17---------
------------17-17-17----------------------------------------------19-19-19
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

---16-16-16---12-12-12-14-12\10-10-10-10-12-10\9-9-9-10-9\7-7-7-9-7\5-5-5-
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                                                ritard
---7-5\3-3-3-5-3--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1^3^1\0---------------------------------
------------------------------------------5^3^1^0-------------------------
--------------------------------------------------2(4)^2\1----------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------2/------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------0-13-0---
                                                                  ~  ~
                                                        trill
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------6^0^5-------8^0^7--5^(7)-------------
--------------------5^0--------5-0-4^------7^0^5--------------------------
-------5^7-7-7-7-7-------7-7-7--------------------------------------------
---/7---------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------4^0---------------------
------------------------------------5^0^4--------------6--4^(6)----4^0----
-----------------5^0----------5^0----------7-4-4--------------------------
------5^7-7-7-7-------7-7-7-7-----7---------------------------------------
---/7---------------------------------------------------------------------

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------5^0----------5^0^---6-0-5-------8----------------------
-------5^7-7-7-7-7------7-7-7-7-----8--------7-0/5----10------------------
---/7---------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
---9^11^9^11^9^11^9\7^9^7^9^7\5^7^5^7^5\4^6^4^6^4^6-----------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
---18^6^9-13^6^9-13^6^9-13^6^9-13^6^9-13^6^9-13^6^9-13^6^9----------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
---14^6^9-14^6^9-14^6^9-14^6^9-14^6^9-14^6^9-14^6^9-14^6^9^8--------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

             repeat 3x                             repeat 4x
--|--------------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------
--|--------------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------
--|: -14^8^11-14^8^11 :|-16^8^11-16^8^11-|: 16^9^13-16^9^13 :|------------
--|: ---------------- :|-----------------|: --------------- :|------------
--|--------------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------
--|--------------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------

             repeat 3x                             repeat 3x
--|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------|-------
--|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------|-------
--|: -17^9^12-17^9^12 :|-19^9^13-19^9^13^11-|: 19^11^14-19^11^14 :|-------
--|: ---------------- :|--------------------|: ----------------- :|-------
--|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------|-------
--|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------|-------

                                  repeat 3x
--|-------------------|---------------------|-----------------------------
--|-------------------|---------------------|-----------------------------
--|-21^11^14-21^11^14-|: 21^16^13 21^16^13 :|-----------------------------
--|-------------------|: ----------------- :|-----------------------------
--|-------------------|---------------------|-----------------------------
--|-------------------|---------------------|-----------------------------

                change feel
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--21^13--21^13--21^13^16--21^13^16--21^13^16--21^13^16--21^16-------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--21^16^19--21^15^18--21^15^18--21^14^17--21^13^16--21^13^16--------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
---19--21^16^19--21^16^19--21^15^18--21^15^18--21^14^17--21^14^17---------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
---21^13^16--21^13^16--21^14^17--19^14^17--19^13^16--19^13^16--19^12^15---
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
---19^12^15--19^11^14--19^11^14--16/17^15^17^12^15--17^11^14--17^11^14----
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                                       repeat 8x
--------------------------------------------|---------------------|--------
--------------------------------------------|---------------------|--------
---17^10^13--17^10^13--17^9^12--17^9^12--16^|: ^8^11-16^8^11-16^ :|-------
--------------------------------------------|: ----------------- :|-------
--------------------------------------------|---------------------|--------
--------------------------------------------|---------------------|--------

               repeat 8x            repeat 8x             repeat 8x
---|---------------------|--------------------|---------------------|-----
---|---------------------|--------------------|---------------------|-----
---|: ^9^12-16^9^12-10^ :|: 8^11-16^8^11-16^ :|: ^9^12-16^8^11-16^ :|-----
---|: ----------------- :|: ---------------- :|: ----------------- :|-----
---|---------------------|--------------------|---------------------|-----
---|---------------------|--------------------|---------------------|-----

           slow *
----------------------------||
----------------------------||
---^9/----------------------||
----------------------------||
----------------------------||
--------\0------0--^--12^---||

[DrewKaree]

I followed not a single character of that post.

All I have to say is....YOU'RE a ritard

[MYX]

It took me many years to realise that I actually was.

Pride is funny.

I can't believe that Jonnyboy posted the entire eruption tabs.
I have a wannabe strat. I blew the trem out of it because of Eddie. I feel he owes me a new bridge. Heck with interest he owes me a whole new guiter. Heck and a 5150 amp set as well.
I have never seen metal break. It was somehting like cast iron, but lighter like aluminum.

[Stingray]

I followed not a single character of that post.

Might as well have been in Klingon.

-S

[DrewKaree]

I followed not a single character of that post.

Might as well have been in Klingon.

-S

I may have picked up a few words in Klingon.  All I know about guitars is they burned them back in the 60's.  They don't seem like they'd start burnin' like that, but evidently only the good players tend to burn them up.  Shame.  I've seen many people who should burn theirs

[Jabba]

I followed not a single character of that post.

Might as well have been in Klingon.

-S

I may have picked up a few words in Klingon.

[Jabba]

Johnyboy, look even BYOAC makes a Guitar Tab cool. It added in the coooley smiley 

Cool!

Very hard to play on the guitar, much less reading the TAB at the same time,..

[Stingray]

I followed not a single character of that post.

Might as well have been in Klingon.

-S

I may have picked up a few words in Klingon.  All I know about guitars is they burned them back in the 60's.  They don't seem like they'd start burnin' like that, but evidently only the good players tend to burn them up.  Shame.  I've seen many people who should burn theirs

I thought they bustyed them, as in Pete Townshend.....?

-S

[DrewKaree]

-S

The clothes are a dead giveaway.  He was high as a kite at the time.

[Stingray]

Surely Jimi Hendrix would never have used drugs. Say it ain't so.

-S

[ChadTower]

Why is Prince burning a guitar?

[DrewKaree]

Why is Prince burning a guitar?

Prince isn't that tall

[ChadTower]

I saw Prince in concert.  Bruh can shred on the Fender.  Seriously.

[Zakk]

Jimi was nowhere near as good a musician as Eminem.  Jimi was just a wannabe angry black man, and Eminem IS an angry black man.

[ChadTower]

I'm telling on you.

We're not allowed to mention black anymore.  It's offensive to those people whose ethnicity we must respect and recognize while remaining blind to it.

[DrewKaree]

I'm telling on you.

We're not allowed to mention black anymore.  It's offensive to those people whose ethnicity we must respect and recognize while remaining blind to it.

What's the new term?  Dark-white?

[nostrebor]

I saw Prince in concert...

You have a lot of pride for someone who has been to a Prince concert. NTTIAWWT

[ChadTower]

Hey, once upon a time, Prince was the height of cool.

[nostrebor]

I will admit to owning Purple Rain. My Girlfriend bought it for me. I never once considered attending a Prince concert though.

Actually if Prince had performed in concert here (SW Missouri) I'm sure that he would be the "late" artist formerly known as Prince. The Rednecks would have killed, cleaned, cooked, and eaten him.

[Bones]

Prince was never cool,
Prince was just a tool,
Since he started wearing purple pants.

[shmokes]

I love people who think "black" is politically incorrect, and that "negro" is the proper term.  That just cracks me up.  Personally, I think "African American" is the dumbest ass term possible for black people.  They are black, just like I'm white.  In fact, I'm wearing a white shirt right now and I can tell you that I am nothing like literally white.

[erictrumpet]

I will admit to owning Purple Rain. My Girlfriend bought it for me. I never once considered attending a Prince concert though.

I have Purple Rain and several others. Prince is awesome. Check out Diamonds and Pearls, terrific album. In concert his guitar neck is shaped like a penis! Brilliant!

Eric.

[Zakk]

I love people who think "black" is politically incorrect, and that "negro" is the proper term.

[DrewKaree]

I'm a "Canadian-Scottish-pink" person.  Don't diss me.  POWER TO THE PINK PEOPLE!

Well I heard it from a respected authority that if it's not Scottish, it's CRRRAAAAAP!

Oh, and this post makes me crack up....that PM.....I was taking it a TOTALLY different way!

[quarterback]

Okay... verifiable:

Very, very few guitarists in rock music can duplicate Eddie Van Halen's work.

Eddie's got nothing on Michael Angelo Batio.    Inventor of the "double guitar" (the kind that Steve Vai used in some DLRoth video) and also the fastest guitarist in the world.

www.angelo.com

And for a real treat, he plays the quad guitar.  He plays all four necks, two at a time while spinning the entire contraption in front of him.

[erictrumpet]

Hey no fair in my post above the forum cut out a word. I said Prince's guitar neck is shaped like the male phallus, ok can I say that? Geez I thought this was the EE forum, I can't even say p3nis?

Eric.

[Bones]

No, the P word is not allowed but you can say cock.

[erictrumpet]

lol ok then thats worth something

[Bones]

You can also say snorkel and purple veined blood engorged trouser python.

[Kremmit]

Let's not forget Purple Headed Yogurt Thrower.

[ChadTower]

I love people who think "black" is politically incorrect, and that "negro" is the proper term.

[Zakk]

I love people who think "black" is politically incorrect, and that "negro" is the proper term.

[mr.Curmudgeon]

And for a real treat, he plays the quad guitar.  He plays all four necks, two at a time while spinning the entire contraption in front of him.

O.....M......G.......that is so obnoxious!  I love it!



mrC

[ChadTower]

Ha.

[DrewKaree]

Ha.  I could be Canadian American or American Canadian, or maybe American Canadian American for that matter.

I was born in the US, immediately moved to Canada, then bounced back and forth about 50 times, then finally settled in the US.

So I may be American Canadian American Canadian Canadian Canadian American.

Just don't tell us when you're Erectus Americanus

[ChadTower]

I can buy that.  I'll be otherwise occupied during those 6 minute spans of time anyway.

[Zakk]

:Ahem: 6 minutes. :cough: :cough:

[ChadTower]

:Ahem: 6 minutes. :cough: :cough:

[DrewKaree]

:Ahem: 6 minutes. :cough: :cough:  That hand on the clock is the second hand, not the minute hand.

Dude, practice builds stamina.

It's Bones' soap, and he said he'll wash it as fast as he wants to.

You're not the boss of him

[ChadTower]

I think you missed a couple things in that exchange, but you're better off for it, so carry on.

[fiscap]

It took me many years to realise that I actually was.

Pride is funny.

I can't believe that Jonnyboy posted the entire eruption tabs.
I have a wannabe strat. I blew the trem out of it because of Eddie. I feel he owes me a new bridge. Heck with interest he owes me a whole new guiter. Heck and a 5150 amp set as well.
I have never seen metal break. It was somehting like cast iron, but lighter like aluminum.

Did you have your amp turned up to 11?

[JonnyBoy]

I saw Prince in concert as well Chad. He's a pretty underrated guitarist.

[ChadTower]

Dude rocked it, can't deny it.  He got a bit fruity at times but he rocked it when he wanted to.