OK, I know this is a month-old article, but I just came across it last night. (Someone posted an odd thread with a picture of Eddie Van Halen, and I thought maybe he died or something, so I googled EVH up.)
Man oh man, how far Eddie's fallen. For those of us in our late 30s or so, Eddie Van Halen was a rock god of the highest order - bringing musical innovation in equipment and tuning along with his hard-charging riffs. (The guy even has a patent!)
But now this, along with the fact that he's the very picture of a meth-head. Ugh. No wonder Valerie Bertinelli didn't want to hang around that. Frankly, Eddie Van Halen is on my deadpool list for 2007....
1 posted on
08/27/2006 11:32:52 AM PDT by
Yossarian
To: Yossarian
I like the "couples market" term - that's a new one!
2 posted on
08/27/2006 11:45:58 AM PDT by
Mac1
To: Yossarian
Eddie then:
Eddie now:
Sad. He has a 14 year old son.
3 posted on
08/27/2006 11:46:34 AM PDT by
Yossarian
(Everyday, somewhere on the globe, somebody is pushing the frontier of stupidity.)
To: Yossarian
"The guy even has a patent!"
Is that for the D-Tuna?
To: Yossarian
14 posted on
08/27/2006 11:58:36 AM PDT by
maggief
To: Yossarian
Meth head...? The guy survived oral cancer and can't kick the cigarettes and Moosehead. I never heard of meth in the picture.
Yossarian...that's Assyrian right?
17 posted on
08/27/2006 12:05:44 PM PDT by
sully777
(You have flies in your eyes--Catch-22)
To: Yossarian
It doesn't surprise me at all. Watching the decline of Western Civ. continues even through my little window. I postulate the continued merger of mainstream entertainment and base pornography: We've already seen entertainment "borrow" themes within porn - voyeurism, amateurs, disparate pairings (racial, ethnic) - all of these have prime time alphabet network shows w/ one of these themes. Also witness television predicated on violence and a celebration of countermanding moral values a la Jerry Springer. Porn and "guilty-pleasure" televison/film are more similar than different, and both lead to the same mindset, one that is not God-fearing.
21 posted on
08/27/2006 12:20:10 PM PDT by
Harrius Magnus
(Self-loathing, self-destructive, and selfish = commonalities of Leftists and Jihadists. Not Welcome.)
To: Yossarian
It was getting hard to tell the difference between porn, Hollywood and music anyway...
22 posted on
08/27/2006 12:22:47 PM PDT by
Tall_Texan
(I wish a political party would come along that thinks like I do.)
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24 posted on
08/27/2006 12:37:15 PM PDT by
Yossarian
(Everyday, somewhere on the globe, somebody is pushing the frontier of stupidity.)
To: Yossarian
Sacred Sin, which Ninn said is aimed at the "couples market,"
If by couple he means some dude and his hand...
To: Yossarian; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; SandyInSeattle; Darksheare; OSHA; ...
Break out the wah-wah pedal!
29 posted on
08/27/2006 3:38:32 PM PDT by
Slings and Arrows
(Visit www.greenhelmetguy.com! We'll put a corpse on the rubble for you.)
To: Yossarian
> Man oh man, how far Eddie's fallen. For those of us in our late 30s or so, Eddie Van Halen was a rock god of the highest order
Mid-40's you mean. (Geez... I always thought my little brother was swiping my VH records when I wasn't around: now I got proof! I'm telling Mom!)
So now Eddie is doing porn. Great. Can't wait for his re-make of "Hot for Teacher." Not!
I saw a recent video of Diamond David Lee Roth live. There is nothing so sad: an antient rock-and-roller who has lived his life too hard for too long. Pudgy, with long blond (receding?) hair -- couldn't tell if it was really all his or fake. And in spandex with a gut. (Spandex is a right not a privilege! Mick Jagger pay attention!)
That's not even anything *like* growing old gracefully -- or even disgracefully. That's just plain-and-simple passing by the use-by date: long ago. Just like that lump of dried-out, rock-hard mouldy cheese in the back of the fridge that for some reason nobody has gotten around to throwing it away.
Scary. Just bloody scary.
Crikey.
37 posted on
08/27/2006 10:54:42 PM PDT by
DieHard the Hunter
(I am the Chieftain of my Clan. I bow to nobody. Get out of my way.)
To: Yossarian
46 posted on
08/28/2006 12:15:09 PM PDT by
sully777
(You have flies in your eyes--Catch-22)
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