when I was a pre-teen to late teen, my brother (4 years older) was in a band with some buddies. They played covers and a few originals. The guitar player (Rob Cappelletti) was amazing. They often played Van Halen (incl Eruption) and lots of Rush (incl La Villa Strangiato). Because I was the roadie (and they rehearsed in our house), I know waaaay too much VH, Rush, and other songs. Songs will come on the radio and I can boop-beep-dum-dum-dum the bass lines, guitars, and drums. Eddie's guitar work was remarkable.
I also know lots of VH because those formative years were 1980 to the late 80s. I was a Friday Night Videos, MuchMusic, MTV, and Good Rockin' Tonight fan for all the up to date videos. (closing by bringing this back to TV :) ) On Tue, Oct 6, 2020 at 8:29 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > Van Halen is probably the only one of those Rock groups that I bothered > watching on MTV back in the day, almost all due to Eddie. I am not a mega > fan, but he is another in a line of recent pop culture deaths of people who > have just always been there, in the background of my life. Hard to imagine > life without him, sober reminder that there is less time (for me) than I > might imagine to find out. > > On Tue, 6 Oct 2020 at 2:17 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > >> MTV rose to prominence by standing on the shoulders of great groups like >> Van Halen. Pop music would always find a home on MTV, but if rockers like >> Eddie and Diamond Dave hadn’t started playing with the visual medium, it >> would never have gotten widespread attention so early on. >> >> On Tue, Oct 6, 2020 at 1:04 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> TMZ revealed late in 2019 the rock icon had spent the previous five >>> years getting periodic treatments for throat cancer he said ultimately >>> started with a metal guitar pick he'd held in his mouth. The 'toob is rife >>> with (non-Donz) posts of his band's Letterman appearances. >>> >>> 65. >>> >>> https://variety.com/2020/music/news/eddie-van-halen-dead-1234794641/ >>> (link) >>> >>> >>> B >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/ccdcf19a-80a6-460d-ad8c-fe610088e641n%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/ccdcf19a-80a6-460d-ad8c-fe610088e641n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> Kevin M. (RPCV) >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4BrNCep77cZhFsDWa-QzjfQ_aF%3DcMrZG160UqfuUK80kQ%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4BrNCep77cZhFsDWa-QzjfQ_aF%3DcMrZG160UqfuUK80kQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkY%2BMgB6B6Ehb1iqe0SgWSuH88yFGrCtoZThOXth%2BLcbeuQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkY%2BMgB6B6Ehb1iqe0SgWSuH88yFGrCtoZThOXth%2BLcbeuQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Doug Eastick <[email protected]> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAK5Q1BrQN8u8zo%3DqagNbwfWHVyduc29dKmqYZdhUHCikQrXXpA%40mail.gmail.com.
