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Van Halen To Try For Singer # 4 On CBS Rockstar Show
TMZ ^ | 2-12-2006

Posted on 02/12/2006 4:28:03 PM PST by My Favorite Headache

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To: My Favorite Headache

Yep, they did write them but they should then leave the ones he sung alone. They were great songs but they were also great because of his voice, you don't try to replicate that. It ends up sounding like karaoke. Let them get a new lead singer and if he's good and the song writing talent is still there, it'll show.


21 posted on 02/12/2006 5:00:10 PM PST by ShadowDancer (I think I may have the Asian Bird Fru. I mean Flu. (Damn, it's starting already))
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To: dogbyte12
Eddie Van Halen is an idiot. He loses the hottest wife, ruins his liver, smokes himself silly and can't keep a lead singer.

He's become a real jackass in his older years too. His attitude and personality rot.

22 posted on 02/12/2006 5:03:05 PM PST by MotleyGirl70 ("It's turkey jerky. Want some? Come on take a pull. No? Okay, more for me.")
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To: My Favorite Headache

Eddie Van Halen had throat cancer a couple of years ago. The last time I heard him speak, he was pretty hoarse. At least they didn't take out his voicebox.


23 posted on 02/12/2006 5:04:34 PM PST by melt (Someday, they'll wish their Jihad... Jihadn't.)
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To: My Favorite Headache
It's Dave Or The Grave. Edweird's ruined that band and it's legacy. Even the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame committee won't touch 'em. They're probably waiting for Ed's liver to detonate, then they'll invite the alumni.


24 posted on 02/12/2006 5:04:57 PM PST by Viking2002 (Allah FUBAR!)
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To: dead

Their best album was Hagar's first one with the group. Roth was OK, but Hagar was more talented and whoever was writing and arranging the music did much better when they started using synths extensively. Yes, I know so-called hard core VH fans hate synths, but the harmonies are so much better and Eddie's licks can be showcased as well.


25 posted on 02/12/2006 5:07:40 PM PST by 1L
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To: RockinRight
VH was great with Roth. Roth on his own, was mediocre. Hagar is great as a solo artist. Hagar with VH was mediocre.

I was never a Van Hagar. Dave's solo career was better than Sammy's.

To wit...

"Eat 'Em and Smile."


26 posted on 02/12/2006 5:08:56 PM PST by MotleyGirl70 ("It's turkey jerky. Want some? Come on take a pull. No? Okay, more for me.")
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To: MotleyGirl70

everybody has a price.


27 posted on 02/12/2006 5:09:44 PM PST by oceanview
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To: MotleyGirl70
I was never a Van Hagar fan.
28 posted on 02/12/2006 5:09:49 PM PST by MotleyGirl70 ("It's turkey jerky. Want some? Come on take a pull. No? Okay, more for me.")
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To: 1L

For me, their best album was Fair Warning.


29 posted on 02/12/2006 5:10:10 PM PST by new cruelty
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To: My Favorite Headache

Van Halen produced better albums. Van Hagar put on better concerts.


30 posted on 02/12/2006 5:11:36 PM PST by Doohickey (If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice...I will choose freewill.)
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To: My Favorite Headache
I sort of forget Van Halen, but watched Rock Star show last summer and was totally smitten with J.D. Fortune, who won the gig with INXS. JD's song "It ain't pretty" opens every "Las Vegas" TV show==maybe he's on it, but I've never seen it. .....

Anyone know how INXS and JD are doing now? He was absolutely utterly dreamy, had everything going for him including but not limited to great looks and talent. Can I use the "S" word on FR on Sunday? Made me feel young again.....PLEASE someone, bring back the '60s.

(Ms.) Veto!

31 posted on 02/12/2006 5:12:51 PM PST by Veto! (Opinions freely dispensed as advice)
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To: MotleyGirl70
Eat 'Em and Smile, I'll admit, was Dave's best solo album. However, I thought Hagar's VOA and Three Lock Box were both pretty good, better than anything Dave did.
32 posted on 02/12/2006 5:20:09 PM PST by RockinRight (Attention RNC...we're the party of Reagan, not FDR...)
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To: melt

Not throat...tongue cancer and he got it from years of smoking...which he has since gone back to. His voice has always sounded like a frog with a cold.


33 posted on 02/12/2006 5:20:34 PM PST by My Favorite Headache ("Scientology is dangerous stuff,it's like forming a religion based around Johnny Quest and Haji.")
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To: MotleyGirl70
I was looking about for some evidence as to which performer had better album sales- Sam or Dave (I like both artist's music) and I ran across this from Wikipedia-

Hagar has never been openly political for the most part. However, the title track off his album, VOA is a patriotic, pro-American tune, and he, and his brother, have suggested in interviews that Sammy supports the Republican Party. He also shows up on newsmeat.com as a Republican donor, and has acknowledged that he is a close friend of Congressman Dana Rohrabacher.

34 posted on 02/12/2006 5:21:44 PM PST by new cruelty
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To: My Favorite Headache

Won't you tell me


35 posted on 02/12/2006 5:21:48 PM PST by ThreePuttinDude ()......Politically incorrect by Intelligent Design........()
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To: Doohickey
Van Halen produced better albums. Van Hagar put on better concerts.

I never saw Van Halen in concert, but I've seen David Lee Roth twice in concert--both were great. I'm not a Van Hagar fan, however I did see Sammy in concert and I was thoroughly surprise at how much I like him solo.

36 posted on 02/12/2006 5:22:03 PM PST by MotleyGirl70 ("It's turkey jerky. Want some? Come on take a pull. No? Okay, more for me.")
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To: new cruelty
Well then, that seals it. He's the best ever.
37 posted on 02/12/2006 5:23:19 PM PST by ShadowDancer (I think I may have the Asian Bird Fru. I mean Flu. (Damn, it's starting already))
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To: My Favorite Headache

They might as well Jump?


38 posted on 02/12/2006 5:25:46 PM PST by nickcarraway (I'm Only Alive, Because a Judge Hasn't Ruled I Should Die...)
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To: ShadowDancer

guess he's not called the red rocker for nothing. :)


39 posted on 02/12/2006 5:32:33 PM PST by new cruelty
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To: mysterio
It's Dave or the Grave. There is no Van Halen without David Lee Roth.

yep... hagar was ok...but it wasn't Van Halen...the red rocker and eddie were a group....

Van Halen was and is the Van Halens and Roth....

oil and water.....


40 posted on 02/12/2006 5:33:12 PM PST by Dick Vomer (liberals suck......... but it depends on what your definition of the word "suck" is.)
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