Van Halen live on the Jon Stewart Show 1995

[BABMusic]

I've seen a lot of my favorite singers leave a band that I loved. It happens for lots of reasons. Sting was far better when he was in the Police. I also liked Damon Albarn much better in Blur than in his more popular side project, Gorillaz.

 

[Uzi Nein Millimetah]

I've seen a lot of my favorite singers leave a band that I loved. It happens for lots of reasons. Sting was far better when he was in the Police. I also liked Damon Albarn much better in Blur than in his more popular side project, Gorillaz.

Sting was forced to not take himself and his "art" QUITE so seriously in The Police. After the mid '90s, he became insufferable.

 

[BABMusic]

Sting was forced to not take himself and his "art" QUITE so seriously in The Police. After the mid '90s, he became insufferable.

He did have some good songs in his solo career (Fotress around your heart), but a lot of his music later became romantic songs for women in their 40s or 50s. Or worse, experimental songs like Desert Rose.

 

[The~Kid]

Sounds fucking sick......


That Sunset Sound *_*

 

[legend71]

I think Ed and Alex, moreso Ed pretty much ran the band and was sick of Dave's shit and Dave thought he was Van Halen so those egos just could no longer tolerate one another. It's evident they( Ed/ Alex) treated Michael Anthony as a stand in bass player and not a full member of VH and that's why Sammy and Mike became such good friends as they were outsiders to their own band. I think Van Halen itself caused the breakup and there was no stopping it. I don't blame Sammy at all. He was invited to come sing after Ed jammed with him at FarmAid and at the time they all said it was a good fit.

Eddie wanted to take the band in a new direction which he certainly did whether we liked it or not and at that point I don't think Ed cared that it didn't sound like old Van Halen. I didn't really love the Van Hagar in 1986-1995 I kept hoping it would sound like old VH and it never did. So onward ten years or so I listened again with an open mind and found Ed's genius in those songs as well.....Yeah Sammy was going for POP radio or that's just how he was writing those days and maybe Ed was too but I doubt Ed cared about the radio play, he had enough money already.

Finally someone online that actually says something insightful and intelligent about that situation..........you are right on all points!!!

 

[RaceU4her]

i bet sammy and michael were "hanging out" after the show

 

[harddriver]

Was is know what speakers ED was using in those Peavey cabs? Was he using the actual Peavey Speakers or were they loaded with something like a greenback???
Some more cool clips that I had not seen.

 

[harddriver]

I've seen a lot of my favorite singers leave a band that I loved. It happens for lots of reasons. Sting was far better when he was in the Police. I also liked Damon Albarn much better in Blur than in his more popular side project, Gorillaz.

I think Sting was a bigger dick than both DLR and Sammy combined................................

 

[Rick Lee]

You have to respect both Sting and DLR. They are true legends. But I wouldn't have wanted to be on a tour bus and hotel and studio and practice space with either of them more than about once or twice.

 

[Techdeth]

Amsterdam kicks ass in every aspect. Totally solid song. IMHO, the Sammy era stuff doesn't hold up as well as the Dave ear stuff, mostly because of the so juvenile lyrics. But the musicianship is solid across both eras. No question. How awesome would it be to have Dave era footage of them playing those old tunes on Johnny Carson? Just didn't exist.

They played on Johnny Carson with Dave ? Fuvk me . What year ?

 

[Techdeth]

You have to respect both Sting and DLR. They are true legends. But I wouldn't have wanted to be on a tour bus and hotel and studio and practice space with either of them more than about once or twice.

They both ate great and all eras of Van Halen rule

 

[Rick Lee]

They played on Johnny Carson with Dave ? Fuvk me . What year ?

No, just sayin'. What if?

 

[Techdeth]

No, just sayin'. What if?

Oh
I was excited af

 

[Dave L]

Was is know what speakers ED was using in those Peavey cabs? Was he using the actual Peavey Speakers or were they loaded with something like a greenback???
Some more cool clips that I had not seen.

Didn´t they make those speakers especially for the 5150, as a modernized greenback variation? I always heard he used them.