Eddie Van Halen, What Happened

[Bengal]

never mind

Well, here are a few I found using the search tool.

http://www.jcfonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80102&highlight=van+halen

http://www.jcfonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=76783&highlight=van+halen

http://www.jcfonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=75723&highlight=van+halen

http://www.jcfonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=74332&highlight=van+halen

You didn't think you were the first one to bring this up, did you?

[randyrhoadsguitar]

You didn't think you were the first one to bring this up, did you?

umm... of course not... i'm not an idiot

[Bengal]

umm... of course not... i'm not an idiot

I didn't think so. You reminded me that I can get those plastic "picks" off bagel wrappers. I forgot that.

So sorry if I implied you were an idiot.

[skorb]

A bunch of musicians talking out their behinds about genetics and responsibility is pretty strange reading.

:ROTF: it sure the fuck is

best post of the entire thread, right there.

[Cygnus X1]

I'm not all that sure where this is going.
But, yeah, it looks like poor Eddie's either drunk, or not in control of his faculties, for whatever reason. Bengal has a point, that is, he peaked early, and not much has come from his strings since that time. Not that Bengal needs my help, though.
It's just a sad sight, I stopped watching the vids. I wasn't the huge VH fan because I thought the tapping was a gimmick. But I loved the songs, the way they wrote them, I still don't know for sure who was responsible for that structure, but I think it was actually DLR that had the maturity to pull them off.
If it's a testament to dry up, fine, but I also think that Eddie was akin to the child star who never had the chance to grow up. All the signs are there.

[toejam]

I don't know if alcoholism is a gene thing or not. I said that in my first post. Some call it a disease. Some call it a kind of brian deformaty.

Being named Brian is a deformity?!? :ROTF:

[Bengal]

Being named Brian is a deformity?!? :ROTF:

You haven't heard?

[toejam]

Oh, yeah. Brian "Head" Welch.

[randyrhoadsguitar]

I didn't think so. You reminded me that I can get those plastic "picks" off bagel wrappers. I forgot that.

So sorry if I implied you were an idiot.

dude, i'm just joking around with you. no matter what anyone says to me, i exajerate and make a joke about it ("i'm not an idiot"). it's all cool

[Bengal]

dude, i'm just joking around with you. no matter what anyone says to me, i exajerate and make a joke about it ("i'm not an idiot"). it's all cool

So you are an idiot?

Kidding man.

[randyrhoadsguitar]

So you are an idiot?

Kidding man.

heyyyyyy.

[Top Jimmy B]

it's not only about the heritable genes... you have to look at the bigger picture... DNA and the whole organism... some specific chain of chemical elements wich can cause some reaction can be recessive in most people but dominant in few.. then we have to consider the mutation factor wich happens all the time... it happens to everyone and sometimes the mutation is pretty bad wich can lead to an organism with different kind of reactions and behaviors.
when two things are built with using the same elements but constructed differently then we have two things wich characters are different... that goes for human beings and pretty much everything in this universe
there's no tabula rasa, yes the enviorment changes how each thing develops but the development still comes from its nature
one kid is fat, the other one is thin... it's becuase they are "built" differently
one kid likes Led Zeppelin the other one Eminem... it's not a choice... different organisms... different characters... it comes from their nature (how they were "built")
a lot of pedophiles were raped when they were kids.... but a lot of them didn't turn out to be pedophiles... that kind of event is a big factor in person's development but some's nature doesn't let that change them
genetics is a very misleading word, most probably consider it some gene thing wich you get from your parents... blue eyes from mom, black hair from dad etc. but everyone have different actions... because their choice becomes from their nature... everyone has a different nature... because everyone is "built" differently

I have read this somewhere before...it smells familiar.

[lerxstcat]

yes EVH liked Nirvana and hung out with them (the other 2 guys) backstage once and then wanted to jam with them... but Kurt said (with the whiniest voice possible) "we don't do that sort of thing"

Probably because Ed was smashed and walked up to Kurt and asked if he could use "the Raji's guitar", meaning Pat Smear. Pat was standing right there at the time. Pretty low-class on Ed's part to do it that way.

[Foolius Maximus]

wow that was really hard to watch - the guy used to be the king and i know he has nothing to prove but you gotta deliver the goods when playing a show that big with fans that expect your best - i feel bad for his kid - anyone know what his health issue is? neddi

[nhspike]

randy,

There is the option to ignore on this forum, such as it is.

Bengal taught me how to use it.