The BOV1 tracks were a nice surprise. Not enough to make up for the cock tease of Dave and slipping Gary Cherone in, but a surprise nonetheless. :)
Me Wise Magic is an all time classic Van Halen champ. That and Humans Being were the closest Ed had come to his original brown sound since Diver Down. MWM is easily in my top ten or twelve VH songs. CGTSNM was kind of a throwaway for me, but I know plenty of VH diehards who dig it. We were kinda bummed out rumor had it they rehearsed a bare bones stripped down version of MWM for the 2015 tour (that era coming next week), but never played it onstage.
I agree, Ed’s playing on MWM is fantastic. I just love those two songs as a pair, as if Dave is saying “hey, remember what makes this band magic? It’s me!” But then, not so fast, the ride is over, this is just the encore,
i’m not a big van halen fan, but i’m firmly sammy over dave. to me, dave is everything gross about lead singers. did he even play an instrument? all the songs he fronts suck (that’s just my opinion) and have zero lyrical value. (and they’re just weird and creepy).
that said, i also liked sammy solo so i might be biased.
I wonder how you feel about “Me Wise Magic” and “You Can’t Get this Stuff No More.”
I’m so glad you asked, Mike!
The BOV1 tracks were a nice surprise. Not enough to make up for the cock tease of Dave and slipping Gary Cherone in, but a surprise nonetheless. :)
Me Wise Magic is an all time classic Van Halen champ. That and Humans Being were the closest Ed had come to his original brown sound since Diver Down. MWM is easily in my top ten or twelve VH songs. CGTSNM was kind of a throwaway for me, but I know plenty of VH diehards who dig it. We were kinda bummed out rumor had it they rehearsed a bare bones stripped down version of MWM for the 2015 tour (that era coming next week), but never played it onstage.
I agree, Ed’s playing on MWM is fantastic. I just love those two songs as a pair, as if Dave is saying “hey, remember what makes this band magic? It’s me!” But then, not so fast, the ride is over, this is just the encore,
You can’t get this stuff no more.
What a superb experience and detailed memory🥰
i’m not a big van halen fan, but i’m firmly sammy over dave. to me, dave is everything gross about lead singers. did he even play an instrument? all the songs he fronts suck (that’s just my opinion) and have zero lyrical value. (and they’re just weird and creepy).
that said, i also liked sammy solo so i might be biased.
I also dig Sammy outside of Van Halen, soon to be covered in an upcoming segment. 😎☯️🩷🐶