Van Halen - US Festival Devore, CA May 29, 1983

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[wardaddy]

I think it’s an age thing

Xers who weren’t punk raised are all in on Van Halen

Boomers like me grew up on anything from the 50s rock and roll like E and Buddy and Cochran and Chuck that my mom played for me as a kid kid and Little Richard her favorite to Brit Invasion and yes pop rock like Grass Roots etc which I liked btw and Chess Stax and Motown and onto San Francisco psychedelia like Steve Miller or JA and in New York the Velvets and Later southern rock and early metal...a wide chronology of my life featuring bands from Stones to Doors to Who to Hendrix to The Band and Byrds and CSN and Manassas and Allmans and Skynyrd And ZZ and of course Led Zepplin and the Floyd but also Tull and Wishbone Ash and Humble Pie and pre California Fleetwood Mac and of course Sabbath.....and Lou Reed with Hunter and Wagner....so damn good ......that chronology range.....with hits all charting way before my 18th birthday in 1975

While I was by then also a serious Deader

I was also noticing punk and early alternative like the Dolls and Television and Modern Lovers and the Police and Devo and Ramones and early Heads and Mink DeVille and of course The Clash....Clash big folks....

Anyhow....I was at Ole Miss trying to be cool and we’d go to LSU or Austin to hang with friends where punk new wave had made more inroads than it had at Oxford

So Van Halen sorta hit when I was into college rock....imagine the Eagles Greeks Don’t Want No Freaks or Zappa Disco Boy

I think we all agree disco sucked 90% of it anyhow but hey ....where did the girls go....you had to at least show up....ugh

Both Van Halen and AC/DC and even Kiss both sorta hit after I was grown and my 13 years younger brother drank it up

I did notice Eddie was a strong guitar player and deserved to be on same lists as Eric or Jimi or Duane or Johnny Winter etc

And their videos I loved.....that’s what brought them home to me I guess

Steve Ray Vaughn also came out even later actually but his style was more familiar so it felt like I’d been listening to him longer

Like Blackberry Smoke or Mule feel today

My little brother bought tickets a few years ago for he and I and rib and four of my kids

Nashville Arena....Roth ....it was perfect...sounded like the albums

Something I never thought Plant and Page did honestly though Floyd did

I’m truly sorry for this loss to you folks even if VH was simply not on my radar in formative years I empathize and like their music

It’s all I’ve listened to since yesterday

Now if I outlive David Gilmour ....that will be my comparative loss

Respect

PS daddy was all Grand Ole Opry and WSM even we listened from 450 miles southwest of the tower at Concord road and 65 I pass daily in my life now

[cport]

Dude, I never said I didn't like the Stones, Time is on My Side has a great Keith solo, and Some Girls to me is their best (but then, I like Ron Wood). I get that he is the sound of the Stones. And Mays is the sound of Queen, etc. My arguement was with Mariner mentioning him in the same breath as Clapton, and maybe I picked on Keith a bit.

But take Mick out of the equation, is anyone talking about Keith...what happened to Mays after Freddie died, except getting paid to help whitewash a biopic about the band...yet someone like Clapton is Clapton, in whatever iteration, or even, dare I say, Eddie Van Halen. EVH had gone through two lead singers (I don't count Cherone, LOL), and a bassist or two, yet he will always be relevant. Come to think of it, the Glimmer Twins have survived a few line-ups as well...hmm, may have to rethink this a little....nah, Richards is still no Clapton or SRV.

To assume I am a millenial considering my admiration for Clapton, SRV and EVH indicates to me you tried the brown acid....Boomer

[Sgt_Rutter]

Hey man-just a bit of friendly ribbing as I’m cool with anyone who has reverence for an unfortunate bygone era. In my mind, if anyone were to watch Hail!Hail! Rock n’ Roll, they would understand Keith Richards beyond the drugs persona he cultivated in the 70s. Also they would know his process and understand he was not trying to be Stevie Ray Vaughan or Eric Clapton.

Not a boomer (born in 73); Elvis, Roy Orbison, Beatles all day but I do understand the difference between a solo virtuoso vs. massively talented rhythm players with a knack for inventing the greatest riffs ever recorded in POPULAR music (also see Malcolm young). Yes, to their chagrin Mick/Keith are codependent for relevance (or past relevance as it’s pretty much over). That run starting with beggars banquet before they sacked Brian Jones through Exile was pretty mesmerizing.

[Albion Wilde]

Friday bump.