New Van Halen single "Tattoo"..
- Thread starter Qui-Gonzalez
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Halen or Tech? :lol or both
Solo4114
Master Member
Halen, sorry. Never heard or heard of the other guys.
I just look at the guys in Van Halen and I can't help but think "Man, you just look...sad now." When the DLR era was defined so primarily by virility and partying like a rock star, when you get some 60-ish guy up there mugging like he's still 24....no dude. Just....no. Stop. You're embarrassing yourself and everyone else.
There are very very few performers who can make the transition from rock and roll icon to aging rock and roll icon. I think the only guys who've really been able to pull it off effectively have been the Stones -- because they've adapted -- and KISS -- because they wear makeup and funky costumes.
Even then, you can't really recapture the past, and trying to just seems to me to be even more pathetic than saying "Hey man, we got old and fat, but what makes us good isn't our looks but rather our music." And that's the other sad part here. Their music in this case just...isn't there. It lacks the energy, the imagination, the oomph that the older stuff had.
I guess, to me, there's something to be said for aging gracefully, and you do that by accepting your age and working with it, rather than trying to fight it to the bitter end. That's a losing battle anyway.
I just look at the guys in Van Halen and I can't help but think "Man, you just look...sad now." When the DLR era was defined so primarily by virility and partying like a rock star, when you get some 60-ish guy up there mugging like he's still 24....no dude. Just....no. Stop. You're embarrassing yourself and everyone else.
There are very very few performers who can make the transition from rock and roll icon to aging rock and roll icon. I think the only guys who've really been able to pull it off effectively have been the Stones -- because they've adapted -- and KISS -- because they wear makeup and funky costumes.
Even then, you can't really recapture the past, and trying to just seems to me to be even more pathetic than saying "Hey man, we got old and fat, but what makes us good isn't our looks but rather our music." And that's the other sad part here. Their music in this case just...isn't there. It lacks the energy, the imagination, the oomph that the older stuff had.
I guess, to me, there's something to be said for aging gracefully, and you do that by accepting your age and working with it, rather than trying to fight it to the bitter end. That's a losing battle anyway.
mike5150
Sr Member
Let's not forget AC/DC and the Scorpions.
Qui-Gonzalez
Master Member
For me, not since they put other cats into Ace and Peter's makeup. Lame assed move.
Solo4114
Master Member
No argument there. But I think they get away with doing the same schtick because it's tougher to tell their age with all the makeup on. As long as they can still sorta sing, they're ok.
I don't mean good as in "quality," mind you. I mean good as in able to keep doing the old gig.
I don't mean good as in "quality," mind you. I mean good as in able to keep doing the old gig.
Qui-Gonzalez
Master Member
Well, it looks like they can't keep it together. Who is really shocked by all of this?
nwjedidave
Sr Member
Qui-Gonzalez
Master Member
I still want to see them, but things like this raise the head of the Doubt Monster and send my Spidey Sense to tingling.
Qui-Gonzalez
Master Member
I keep thinking that if they got Mikey, these shows would have been sold out.
Didn't see that coming. Not. Ok, now everyone play this audio clip:
Loudio - Audio Page: Wa Wa Wa Waaaa
Loudio - Audio Page: Wa Wa Wa Waaaa
Indeed! Nobody wants to pay that kinda money to see a tribute band. Besides being the other voice in VH, the stage moved better with Mikey on it.
-Rylo
-Rylo
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