02-05-2016, 01:52 PM
(02-05-2016, 12:08 PM)BengalsRocker Wrote: I disagree about VH.
Eddie is a better rythm writer than most people give him credit for.
In fact I'm not in the majority. His solos kind of bore me now. Can you only imagine hearing that in a club back in mid to late 1970s though? You would have shit yourself!
I like the little things he does that connects chords much more.
He's not overrated. Yeah VH has some dumb lyrics LMAO. You got that one right.
I meant the band is overrated. I don't think he is. (I'm not his biggest fan, but he's definitely earned his spot among the greats)
I just absolutely hate David Lee Roth. Yankee Rose is maybe the worst song of all time. Pretty Woman and Hot for Teacher sound like songs that should be sung by Bugs Bunny or something.
As great as Eddie is, the rest of the band is pretty bland. They're decent musicians but there's not a lot going on. A lot of the progressions just seems kind of meh to me. Just an avenue for Eddie to shred over and that **** face Roth to do whatever he does over. (Whoo!!! Ahhh... Eeee!) I'm definitely taking Van Hagar over Van Halen.
But to be fair the early Van Halen was before my time. And I get a lot of people griping about a band I like in the Chili Peppers in the same way. Anthony Keidis can't sing his way out of a paper bag, and Fruciante's best work was BSSM, 25 years ago. It can be one of those "you had to there" bands.
