Early 80's high school crew

[suicideking]

I saw AC/DC around 2000. Great show and maximum props lol.

 

[Apparition]

LA got a better tour shirt

 

[Apparition]

Saw an icon tonight, cool experience

 

[Squatch]

Saw an icon tonight, cool experience

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He's weird...

 

[JMT]

I wasn't much into the big hair/head banger stuff in the 80s, I was still recycling Zeppelin, The Who, Stones, Floyd, Sabbath type bands from the 60s & 70s... plus the later 70s Van Halen & Kiss though they may have fit into both categories. I always thought Hagar sucked on his own, he was decent with Van Halen but being a Diamond Dave fan it was hard to look at anyone else in that band

By the end of the 80s things started looking up again with Guns & Roses who I always thought brought old rock & roll back.

The 80s synthesizer sound was still alive & well towards the end of the decade with this one.



I'm not really sure what the death knell was for that sound but it died with the decade.

Grunge seemed to take over the early 90s, & besides Pearl Jam I wasn't a fan of much of that either.

When in Rome. Great stuff. Love the Cars. We could sit and listen for hours and enjoy every minute.

 

[Squatch]

it's funny how common that story is not only in music but all things, for whatever reason we don't appreciate many things in real time but in looking back we realize...

I heard all the 80's music in the 80's but it was kind of background music, almost muzak, it probably wasn't until long after the decade ended I really began liking it & appreciating it for how cool so much of it was.

I think it has something to do with it being new, new music has no connection to anything (yet), hasn't had time to ripen & gain significance, so for me the classic rock produced in the late 60's & throughout the 70's was far better because it was all that was available the first 14 years of my life so by 1980 it was a well known thing.

Like how you don't recognize when you're living a moment in high school with your buddies that would become legendary to you all 20, 30 or 40 years later.

Reread this just now (what, a year and a half + later?), and realized just how perfect the entire sentiment is. Truly something to think about.

I wonder what kind of memory this day will create...?

 

[Westtown Willy]

one of the greatest sounds of the 80s, Petty & the Heartbreakers. I just stumbled onto this video, I've always thought Vedder has been the best vocalist since he first emerged in 90, what a great collaboration

 

[chili_pepper]

I always thought Hagar sucked on his own

Not necessarily bad music, definitely of the time and not for everybody, much like the other '80s music you referenced. But I always thought the young, raw Sammy Hagar was quite good as the front-man for Montrose. RIP Ronnie.

 

[Apparition]

one of the greatest sounds of the 80s, Petty & the Heartbreakers. I just stumbled onto this video, I've always thought Vedder has been the best vocalist since he first emerged in 90, what a great collaboration

Vedder has his moments

The music he did for Into the Wild was great

But then there's songs that you can't understand.

 

[John Cooper]

Not necessarily bad music, definitely of the time and not for everybody, much like the other '80s music you referenced. But I always thought the young, raw Sammy Hagar was quite good as the front-man for Montrose. RIP Ronnie.

I have always liked Sammy, the only problem with VanHagar was Sammy and Eddie were/are great guitarist.

 

[Westtown Willy]

I have always liked Sammy, the only problem with VanHagar was Sammy and Eddie were/are great guitarist.

how was that a problem, certainly you jest putting Hagar and Eddie Van Helen in the same guitarist category? Hagar may be decent, Eddie was from another universe.

I've always been a staunch Diamond Dave fan, that version of VH blew up the world. Though in time I became a big fan of Hagar's version as well, their music was more in depth than the earlier punch you in the nuts version, though still not classic VH.

 

[suicideking]

I've always been a staunch Diamond Dave fan, that version of VH blew up the world. Though in time I became a big fan of Hagar's version as well, their music was more in depth than the earlier punch you in the nuts version, though still not classic VH.

Same here. Used to be 'Dave only' and not a fan of Van Hagar. Getting older and running out of good music to listen to, now listen to the Van Hagar albums pretty regularly. Both eras are very different.

Dave years - Raw rock music with an edge.
Van Hagar years - More refined musically. Though less sexual, more mainstream love songs like 'Why can't this be love', 'Love comes walking in', etc.

I haven't read Alex's book yet or watched the documentary, but I believe I heard that he considered Van Halen ruined when Eddie started using the keyboards on the 1984 album. I don't dislike 1984 (it was the first Van Halen album I got), but that does mark the moment where the band changed their sound.

 

[NDSpeed]

I was born three months before Russia invaded Afghanistan.

so i had the better teenage hood. the late 90s. Tool, Smashing pumpkins, Bush, Soundgarden

 

[John Cooper]

how was that a problem, certainly you jest putting Hagar and Eddie Van Helen in the same guitarist category? Hagar may be decent, Eddie was from another universe.

I've always been a staunch Diamond Dave fan, that version of VH blew up the world. Though in time I became a big fan of Hagar's version as well, their music was more in depth than the earlier punch you in the nuts version, though still not classic VH.

Not so much a problem guitar wise, Sammy is in his on league and Eddie is a step or 4 higher. I think it was an ego thing with Sammy.

Still like Sammy ego or not.

Of course Dave had a big ego too.

 

[suicideking]

Not so much a problem guitar wise, Sammy is in his on league and Eddie is a step or 4 higher. I think it was an ego thing with Sammy.

Still like Sammy ego or not.

Of course Dave had a big ego too.

The ego problem with Van Halen was definitely Eddie (and maybe Alex). Neither Dave nor Sammy quit the band, they were both fired. Though nobody is going to claim that Dave was the easiest person to work with.

In the end, you just have dysfunctional rock stars which has ruined more bands than the overdoses (though probably close in numbers haha).

I've been listening to the Sirius 'Ozzy' channel, lots of tributes. I heard a few say they can't believe he's gone. More like I can't believe he lived that long.

 

[Squatch]

I've always thought Vedder has been the best vocalist since he first emerged in 90

I don't know if I think he's the best, only because I've never thought about it to that extent. However, I do think he is, at the very least, one of the best. I've always been impressed with his vocals. So much talent.

 

[John Cooper]

Dime Bag was the man!!!

 

[Squatch]

Vedder has his moments

The music he did for Into the Wild was great
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But then there's songs that you can't understand.

It's funny about not understanding lyrics. Truth be told, there are so many songs out there that I can't understand the lyrics to, and it just really doesn't bother me at all. Sometimes it's a general sound that works for me...the delivery, I guess. Much the way Robert Plant could do this sort of primal scream, an unintelligible lyric can add to the song, as well. Just my opinion, of course.

 

[Westtown Willy]

I don't know if I think he's the best, only because I've never thought about it to that extent. However, I do think he is, at the very least, one of the best. I've always been impressed with his vocals. So much talent.

yea it's way too subjective to say the best, my favorite would be a better word.

It's funny about not understanding lyrics. Truth be told, there are so many songs out there that I can't understand the lyrics to, and it just really doesn't bother me at all. Sometimes it's a general sound that works for me...the delivery, I guess. Much the way Robert Plant could do this sort of primal scream, an unintelligible lyric can add to the song, as well. Just my opinion, of course.

You know who else could do some crazy primal screams, Paul Stanley. I've been watching some old Kiss videos lately & came across these, not really a good examples but great tunes nonetheless

 

[Apparition]

It's funny about not understanding lyrics. Truth be told, there are so many songs out there that I can't understand the lyrics to, and it just really doesn't bother me at all. Sometimes it's a general sound that works for me...the delivery, I guess. Much the way Robert Plant could do this sort of primal scream, an unintelligible lyric can add to the song, as well. Just my opinion, of course.

Don’t get me wrong Pearl Jam has great music. Even when it doesn’t make sense.