slappa_da_bass Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 (edited) QUOTE (LeaveMyThingAlone @ Jan 7 2011, 03:35 PM) EVH is all chops and fast and technically proficient. Alex Lifeson is all about feel and emotion in his playing. Such a huge difference. Uh, no. You can't just say that about anyone you don't like and expect it to go over. EVH has plenty of emotion in his playing. If you want to see emotionless, maybe something like Yngwie Malmsteen would work. But not EVH. Maybe he's just playing too fast for you to hear Edited January 7, 2011 by slappa_da_bass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeaveMyThingAlone Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 QUOTE (slappa_da_bass @ Jan 7 2011, 03:44 PM) QUOTE (LeaveMyThingAlone @ Jan 7 2011, 03:35 PM) EVH is all chops and fast and technically proficient. Alex Lifeson is all about feel and emotion in his playing. Such a huge difference. Uh, no. You can't just say that about anyone you don't like and expect it to go over. EVH has plenty of emotion in his playing. If you want to see emotionless, maybe something like Yngwie Malmsteen would work. But not EVH. Maybe he's just playing too fast for you to hear I guess it's just a different opinion. I don't feel anything when EVH plays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slappa_da_bass Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 QUOTE (LeaveMyThingAlone @ Jan 7 2011, 05:20 PM) QUOTE (slappa_da_bass @ Jan 7 2011, 03:44 PM) QUOTE (LeaveMyThingAlone @ Jan 7 2011, 03:35 PM) EVH is all chops and fast and technically proficient. Alex Lifeson is all about feel and emotion in his playing. Such a huge difference. Uh, no. You can't just say that about anyone you don't like and expect it to go over. EVH has plenty of emotion in his playing. If you want to see emotionless, maybe something like Yngwie Malmsteen would work. But not EVH. Maybe he's just playing too fast for you to hear I guess it's just a different opinion. I don't feel anything when EVH plays Well, I'm a musician and can feel what he puts into the music, the difficulty and emotion. Maybe that's the difference? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 I don't think the fight happened, but I for one would like to see a rumble between Eddie and Geddy... There's rhyme in my reasoning, it'll be the fight of the seasoning. Geddy will fight with his nose Eddie will fall when he blows with a tissue all full of crows people die when Geddy snot flows Eddie will be left staring at his toes laying down for how long no one knows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Jane- Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 QUOTE (treeduck @ Jan 7 2011, 02:51 PM) I don't think the fight happened, but I for one would like to see a rumble between Eddie and Geddy... There's rhyme in my reasoning, it'll be the fight of the seasoning. Geddy will fight with his nose Eddie will fall when he blows with a tissue all full of crows people die when Geddy snot flows Eddie will be left staring at his toes laying down for how long no one knows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micgtr71 Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 QUOTE (jkt2112 @ Jan 4 2011, 06:00 PM) The most amazing thing I have taken from this thread is that DLR actually is credited with writing a book??? I would be surprised if he ever read a book!!! He probably spoke a book to his ghostwriter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micgtr71 Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 I think that EVH was fantastic, but I think he finished up in 81. The first album is stellar and full of killer tone and feeling. The last interesting thing that he did (for me) was Mean Streets which was fantastic. Since then, he seems to be rehashing his stuff. That's not a bad thing cause he did it pretty well. Unfortunately, I could care less what he does now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosy Toes Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 QUOTE (micgtr71 @ Jan 7 2011, 11:45 PM) QUOTE (jkt2112 @ Jan 4 2011, 06:00 PM) The most amazing thing I have taken from this thread is that DLR actually is credited with writing a book??? I would be surprised if he ever read a book!!! He probably spoke a book to his ghostwriter. I've said it before, but DLR is a smart cookie. Probably more widely read than NEP. DLR just enjoys fun more than NEP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micgtr71 Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 I'm not doubting his intelligence, I am considering the time factor. I was a big DLR fan back in the day. I still think he was the best frontman that ever was Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tripdad Posted January 8, 2011 Author Share Posted January 8, 2011 This thread certainly has evolved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosy Toes Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 QUOTE (micgtr71 @ Jan 7 2011, 11:58 PM) I'm not doubting his intelligence, I am considering the time factor. I was a big DLR fan back in the day. I still think he was the best frontman that ever was Sorry, didn't get your drift. I think he may write fast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Good,bad,andrush Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Didn't want to enter this topic because it was on the 2112 view...but I had to do it to post that I was the 2112 view suckas! First time that I'm the 2112 view Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troutman Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 DLR = American Idol!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splieve Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 (edited) Edit Edited September 16, 2011 by Splieve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splieve Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 I heard a version of this rumor in the early eighties that is similar to an early post. The version I heard went like this: Rush and Van Halen were on tour in the same town, staying at the same hotel, but playing at different venues. After coming back from their show, three members of Van Halen went down to the lobby bar, (Michael Anthony was supposedly passed out drunk) only to find Rush in the bar listening to their own music on a boom box. According to this version, it was David Lee Roth's birthday, and he did not want to listen to Rush on the boom box, so he asked them to turn it off. When Rush refused, a full-on ballroom brawl broke out, with the members of Van Halen being the victors. This tale, as well as the other versions, reek of urban legends typical of the ones on snopes.com. (This one is not there, don't bother checking tongue.gif) In the early eighties Rush and Van Halen fans were always arguing over which band was better. Die hard Rush fans could not stand Van Halen and vice-verse. The two bands were almost exact opposites as far as musical styles, one being a party band and one a thinking man's band. (You can guess which is which.) Heated arguments always broke out among fans, particularly musicians, over which band was better. It then stands to reason that a rumor like this would eventually manifest itself. It sounds to me like the version I heard probably was created by a Van Halen fan loosing the argument when you compare the bands person-to person, which often happened. Maybe both guitarists are on par, but this is really the extent of where the comparison ends. Especially when you compare both bass players and throw in the fact that Rush does it with three members as opposed to four. So if Van Halen loses the musical comparison then they must be able to win a fist fight, right? (That was a rhetorical question, don't flame me tongue.gif) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ESO9 Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 I've read DLR's book. Rush is not mentioned in the book at all - period. The original story goes: A very drunk EVH spilled a drink in a boom box while Ged played him some Rush demos they were working on at the time. There was no violence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lerxt1990 Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 QUOTE (shaun3701 @ Dec 30 2010, 09:57 PM) The same groupie who gave Alex & Geddy a BJ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lerxt1990 Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 QUOTE (D3strukt @ Dec 25 2010, 07:52 AM) No offense, but Geddy just reminds me of the guy who gets beat up. lolz. No offense to him, obviously, but I don't think he could take on a drunk EVH. Alex probably could though. I think theyd both be very lame fighters. Itd look like two praying mantises fighting. Now NEP vs. AVH - thatd be a fight. Theyd bother do some great "speed bag" on each others heads... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddysMullet Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 QUOTE (lerxt1990 @ Sep 15 2011, 10:57 PM) QUOTE (D3strukt @ Dec 25 2010, 07:52 AM) No offense, but Geddy just reminds me of the guy who gets beat up. lolz. No offense to him, obviously, but I don't think he could take on a drunk EVH. Alex probably could though. I think theyd both be very lame fighters. Itd look like two praying mantises fighting. Now NEP vs. AVH - thatd be a fight. Theyd bother do some great "speed bag" on each others heads... Two praying mantises! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 Imagine Lifeson vs. Michael Anthony. They'd probably say "f**k it" and go split a burger and a bottle of Jack Daniels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babycat Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 QUOTE (lerxt1990 @ Sep 16 2011, 03:57 AM) QUOTE (D3strukt @ Dec 25 2010, 07:52 AM) No offense, but Geddy just reminds me of the guy who gets beat up. lolz. No offense to him, obviously, but I don't think he could take on a drunk EVH. Alex probably could though. I think theyd both be very lame fighters. Itd look like two praying mantises fighting. Now NEP vs. AVH - thatd be a fight. Theyd bother do some great "speed bag" on each others heads... What's a "speed bag"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 QUOTE (JohnnyBlaze @ Sep 15 2011, 11:19 PM) Imagine Lifeson vs. Michael Anthony. They'd probably say "f**k it" and go split a burger and a bottle of Jack Daniels No they'd probably challenge each other to an eating contest! One hundred cakes in 10 minutes! Winner gets to bang Valerie Bertinelli. If Mike wins Eddie VH has to watch while tied to a chair. If Alex wins he gets to bang her and she makes him another hundred cakes to go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 QUOTE (Babycat @ Sep 15 2011, 11:30 PM) QUOTE (lerxt1990 @ Sep 16 2011, 03:57 AM) QUOTE (D3strukt @ Dec 25 2010, 07:52 AM) No offense, but Geddy just reminds me of the guy who gets beat up. lolz. No offense to him, obviously, but I don't think he could take on a drunk EVH. Alex probably could though. I think theyd both be very lame fighters. Itd look like two praying mantises fighting. Now NEP vs. AVH - thatd be a fight. Theyd bother do some great "speed bag" on each others heads... What's a "speed bag"? When you see boxers training they use punching bags as you know. The big ones are called heavy bags and are mostly used to practice body punching. There's lots of other types but the other main one is actually more of a short hung ball that is used to improve timing, and called a speed bag. If you've ever seen boxing depicted in movies or boxers training shown on the news or in a film or documentary you'll have seen them many times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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