5 Replies to “Talking back to satan’s music 1 (cranky-d)”

1. serr8d says:

   January 28, 2007 at 12:46 pm

   Thanks for reminiding us; Jan. 26 was Eddie Van Halen’s 55th birthday.

   Whether or not you like those lyrics, give it up for the guitarist.

   Maybe these lyrics from 1991 represent VH’s ‘grown up’ mentality…from In ‘N’ Out…

   Hey it all depends how you see it
   
   It’s a plan or an opportunity
   
   One thing for certain, you’re gettin’ nothin’ free
   
   I never met a man doesn’t owe somebody somethin’, no
   
   No way to get free ‘n’ clear
   
   Only deeper, year after year, oh yeah,
   
   Well they got you comin’ in, well they got you goin’ out
   
   Got you comin’ in, for the same amount, goin’ out! 

   (Hey, at least they’re not stealing anymore~!)

2. serr8d says:

   January 28, 2007 at 1:09 pm

   the ballot or the bullet
   
   the choice is up to you
   
   the ballot or the bullet
   
   tell me what you gonna do
   
   the sword and the pen
   
   can be held, by the same hand
   

   what’s it gonna take to liberate
   
   an emancipation, a false proclamation
   
   all these token words that you legislate
   
   sound a little bit absurd, and a little too late

   when a house is divided
   
   it just will not stand
   
   once it’s decided
   
   a line drawn in the sand

   From the 1998 song Ballot or the Bullet… you’d almost think VH was prescient, from a concrete jungle perspective…

3. The Lost Dog says:

   January 28, 2007 at 4:21 pm

   I hate EVH!

   I hate anybody who got to do Valerie when she was young and luscious. That was supposed to be my stuff!

   I guess I can forgive him though. I wouldn’t have honored anybody elses claim, either.

4. Great Mencken's Ghost! says:

   January 28, 2007 at 5:43 pm

   “I live my life like there’s no tomorrow
   
   and all I’ve got, I had to steal
   
   Least I don’t need to beg or borrow
   
   Yes I’m livin’ at a pace that kills”

   And when I die in my own puke in front of the Viper Room will act like it’s a tragedy

   or

   And when I die
   
   And when I’m dead, dead and gone
   
   There’ll be one alphie born
   
   In this world to carry on, to carry on…

5. cranky-d says:

   January 28, 2007 at 8:33 pm

   Van Halen was and is one of my favorite bands, and Eddie one of my favorite guitar players.

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