MAN OH MAN. I tell you. If this even goes beyond one week, It will be a miracle. I love Van Halen. Always have. But when I see all three of these guys up there is that mixed feeling thing that I get.
1) OH CRAP!! GOTTA GET THERE AND SEE THIS!
BUT...
2) Oh CRAP...This feels sooo uncomfortable.
I hope it happens, would love some new tunes from MOST of the old line up. But yeah...Dave is there, But Michael Anthony isnt??? It really is quite easy to get lost in the fact that its the first front man, the ORIGINAL. But with that, with the absense of Anthony, it really does scream from the mountain tops about what a jack ass Eddie Van Halen is.
A petty, vindictive, jack ass. Way back in 1985 when Dave left, every one hated him thinkin that it was HIM that was the pain in the ass. And Eddie and co played that up very very well. had us all believing it. I mean it had to be dave right? Hes so friggin loud and obnoxious. Had to be him.
Then Sammy came. Loved the SAmmy era. Love Sammy. And then HE left, or got booted. Whichever version you prefer. Same thing happened. Eddie and Alex crapping on Sammy. SAMMY??? Sammy isnt an ass! Sammy is Sammy!!
Then the news that Michael Anthony got kicked out. I mean comon.Then you replace him with Eddies 16 YEAR OLD SON?? Plllleeeeease!
You put that with the Dave and the Sammy exits. Not to mention Eddies wife divorcing him. Eddie doing music for porn. Drinking and going on Howard Stern and saying the most embarrasing things about the band and his son....ugh.
Turns out after close to 20 years of believing it was everyone else..Turns out it was Eddie who is the jerk. Hmm go figure.
In anycase....I do hope this has the life span of more than just a summer tour. Lets hope we get a new album or two. Three is probably out of the question...But...one can dream. One can hope.
