tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9238596.post1134056511937950358..comments2023-08-29T09:12:53.828-05:00Comments on OMIGOD ... I'm ThirtyWHAT?: Everybody Wants Some ... ThirtyWhathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15013731537383431181noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9238596.post-63419226683597112762013-05-29T14:36:28.212-05:002013-05-29T14:36:28.212-05:00Oh Scrivner ... Scrivner Scrivner Scrivner ... how...Oh Scrivner ... Scrivner Scrivner Scrivner ... how could you do this to me? I can't deny there are some <i>damn</i> good Sammy songs ... <i>Finish What Ya Started</i> and <i>Black and Blue</i> for instance. But <i>Dreams?!</i> Or <i>When It's Love?!</i> What a bunch of synthesizer-heavy, over-processed, commercialized crap.<br /><br />Actually ... I think it's not really even fair to compare the two. Van Halen with DLR vs. Van Halen with Sammy were two completely different bands. The first is much more metal ... more guitar heavy ... the second is much more ... Sammy. LOL<br /><br />I do have to tell you ... the whole Panama "reach between my legs" thing ... that was <i>life changing</i>. I wasn't sure <b>what</b> I wanted from DLR ... but I knew it was <i>something</i> ... and it involved him reaching down between his legs. LOLOL<br /><br />Yes ... we'll have to agree to disagree. haha :) Someone on Stoney's side ... you know, I'll never hear the end of this ... :)ThirtyWhathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15013731537383431181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9238596.post-78960922220825925102013-05-29T13:58:12.535-05:002013-05-29T13:58:12.535-05:00I'm 44, which puts us at about the same age. ...I'm 44, which puts us at about the same age. I love the first three (of four, I guess) incarnations of VH (the failure of VH3 wasn't Gary's fault; the band just seemed to forget how to write songs; the boringness of _Balance_ just before it is evidence). <br /><br />And you know what? The Sammy era was better. The songwriting was better; the variety in musical styles was better. And Eddie was better not having to carry the sonic load of what had essentially been a power trio. The addition of a second guitarist, one who wouldn't steal any of the spotlight from Eddie but who could hold up his end of a song? Huge.<br /><br />Evidence: "Finish What Ya Started." I didn't think anyone could outsexy DLR ("reach between my legs and...ease the seat back...") but Sammy does it in this song ("I got the tools...to satisfy..."). And that is the tastiest guitar playing Eddward has ever done.<br /><br />Agree to disagree? :)onebadscrivenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14369040536178632130noreply@blogger.com