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BusyBeingBest
(9,173 posts)
no_hypocrisy
(55,072 posts)
cbdo2007
(9,213 posts)that sucks so much right now
Le Roi de Pot
(744 posts)
Initech
(108,934 posts)
Roland99
(53,345 posts)
aggiesal
(10,843 posts)Tom Seaver
Bob Gibson
Eddie Van Halen
2020 sucks!
lostnfound
(17,547 posts)aggiesal
(10,843 posts)The point of my response is that 2020 sucks.
Along with Covid we also had some famous people that have died as well.
I pointed out 3 of the most recent.
This will definitely be a year to remember and I'm hoping November 3rd is the peak.
CottonBear
(21,615 posts)2020 just keeps on getting worse...damn.
live love laugh
(16,428 posts)
Ohiogal
(40,759 posts)I’m in total shock!
FirstLight
(15,771 posts)FUCK! 
I guess I know what my playlist will be for the day...
vercetti2021
(10,481 posts) 
OnlinePoker
(6,135 posts)
0rganism
(25,666 posts)Kobe, Boseman, now EVH too
worst year ever, no joke
jayfish
(10,308 posts)I can't believe that was less than a year ago.
BusyBeingBest
(9,173 posts)RANDYWILDMAN
(3,166 posts)RIP
hlthe2b
(114,161 posts)He seemed like such a fun guy and always made me smile to see him.
GoCubsGo
(34,944 posts)
Baked Potato
(7,733 posts)melman
(7,681 posts)I don't even know what to say. RIP to the greatest ever.
ellie
(6,975 posts)
MissB
(16,344 posts) 
Bleacher Creature
(11,504 posts)RIP (I really hate 2020)
exboyfil
(18,366 posts)and had part of it removed. I don't know if it metastasized.
Too bad. Loved his wife as an actress (Valerie B.). Enjoyed listening to his music when I jogged (before Audiobooks got big).
TexasBushwhacker
(21,237 posts)They had to do radiation treatments and remove a third of his tongue. He was cancer free for a while, but it came back in his throat and neck and I'm sure that meant lymph node involvement. Once it gets in your lymph nodes, it's going to go everywhere. From Valerie Bertinelli's tweet, it sounds like it ended up in his lungs. Cancer is a motherfucker.
machI
(1,285 posts) 
ProfessorGAC
(76,957 posts)What a crappy year!
Not merely a great guitar player, but a trailblazer. Rock guitar changed forever because of him.
He was Jeff Beck on steroids! And I mean that in a good way.
I'm guessing his brother is devastated. They've been joined at the hip since they were little kids!
dewsgirl
(14,964 posts) 
Alacritous Crier
(4,496 posts)RIP
jayfish
(10,308 posts)Jimmy Page pretty much said Eddie was on another plane. RIP!
Oh, and he stole my girlfriend.
gademocrat7
(11,973 posts)Very sad news.
consider_this
(2,847 posts)I was like 'whaaaaaaaht!!' when that first album came out. Man did he bring it.
R.I.P.
Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)Eruption was a shot heard round the world.
Leghorn21
(14,098 posts) so sorry
catbyte
(39,201 posts)Leghorn21
(14,098 posts)
SergeStorms
(20,676 posts)He made it nearly 20 years anyway. Still....... that sucks. Only 65 years old, but what a 65 years those were. 
peggysue2
(12,553 posts)Bad news to worse.
11 Bravo
(24,323 posts)
Dem2theMax
(11,005 posts)
I've run out of words.
colorado_ufo
(6,259 posts) 
Tommymac
(7,334 posts)
Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)Just... Fuck.
NBachers
(19,485 posts)
PCIntern
(28,452 posts)
CaliforniaPeggy
(156,713 posts)
denbot
(9,950 posts)They hadn’t signed a contract yet, but they were a favorite local band due to the insane number of surfer chicks at their gigs.. Good times.
Granny M
(1,398 posts)He was a year younger than I am. This is awful.
cbdo2007
(9,213 posts)that would have been amazing to see
Skraxx
(3,179 posts)melman
(7,681 posts)Van Halen is my all time favorite band and Edward Van Halen is my all time musical hero. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.
bdamomma
(69,582 posts) 
malaise
(296,822 posts)Damn!
he was young, too sad.
CaptainTruth
(8,226 posts)Damn 2020 sucks...
crickets
(26,168 posts) Granny M
(1,398 posts)Heartbreaking.
mcar
(46,166 posts) 
MrScorpio
(73,775 posts)Like Eddie, she was also born in the Netherlands to Indonesian parents and then immigrated to states. She always told me that she was proud to have that in common with the Van Halens.
May he rest in power.
spanone
(141,808 posts)Amazing Guitarist....
Different Drummer
(9,083 posts)Damn, just damn! RIP, Eddie!
Celerity
(54,622 posts)
lostnfound
(17,547 posts)“drugged, defeated, psychotic, desperate Trump's finger”
Celerity
(54,622 posts)
NorthOf270
(290 posts)Eddie made a lot of missteps later on when it came to the band (getting rid of Michael Anthony was unforgivable) but his talent was undisputed. It was his name so I guess his band. I spent many a teenage nights air guitaring his solo to Hot For Teacher.
RIP
DemUnleashed
(633 posts)2020, you suck! Started with Kobe Bryant's death and downhill from there
Stinky The Clown
(68,955 posts)Escurumbele
(4,100 posts)My father died 30 years ago, and I still think of him every day, I miss him every day.
Very sorry to hear about Eddie Van Helen, such a nice guy and great musician, my son's guitar idol.
Damn, the good ones leave us so early, and the real bad ones still around.
cbdo2007
(9,213 posts)RIP Eddie
ismnotwasm
(42,674 posts)Just fuck off
MontanaMama
(24,731 posts)My husband just walked into my office with this news. RIP Eddie.
2020 just keeps on sucking. Bad.
Snackshack
(2,591 posts)Has just been one gut punch after another...CSMF...
R.I.P. EVH...🕯
Harker
(17,905 posts)their debut record.
I had heard nothing like it. He influenced many to come afterwards and had his imitators, but he was a pioneer.
jayfish
(10,308 posts)The rest? ...not so much.
njhoneybadger
(3,911 posts) 
cayugafalls
(5,963 posts) jayfish
(10,308 posts)
jayfish
(10,308 posts)cayugafalls
(5,963 posts)I understand what you may be implying but your own mind is reading it wrong...no worries.
Eddie was a Great. I just alluded to all the other greats we have lost...
Take it for what you will.
DinahMoeHum
(23,639 posts)Cross gently, man.
SweepPicker
(277 posts)greatest and one of the reasons myself and many picked up the guitar. Rest in peace, hero.
Illumination
(2,458 posts)
SunSeeker
(58,333 posts)
Kingofalldems
(40,325 posts)SergeStorms
(20,676 posts)Damn, he was way too young. One helluva' of a guitar player. Rock and Roll heaven is inducting one of the very best today.
Ilsa
(64,429 posts)RIP, Eddie. You made an enduring mark on music.
ALBliberal
(3,363 posts)
marble falls
(72,012 posts)Hamer555
(75 posts)
jalan48
(14,914 posts)SunSeeker
(58,333 posts)I still own it, scratched to shit. Too much sentimental value to throw it away.
kozar
(3,338 posts)and just DAMN
Koz
edbermac
(16,466 posts)
since does it.😢😢😢
Upthevibe
(10,205 posts)guitarists.....So very, very talented. I posted on another thread that Van Halen music brings back such great memories for me and their MTV videos were just classic....R.I.P. Eddie....
Dukkha
(7,341 posts)
Doesn't matter what style you were everyone who played looked to EVH as an inspiration. I wore out my 1978 copy of their debut LP it was a mind blowing game changer back then.
RIP to a legend
Rebl2
(17,827 posts)realize he was still battling cancer. Thought he had beat it several years ago. So sorry for his his son, Wolfgang.
Chicagogrl1
(651 posts)No words! Grew up to Van Halen. Saw them a couple years ago. So glad i got to see him. I am gutted😭
Niagara
(11,876 posts) 
Withywindle
(9,989 posts)I'm so glad I got to see them live in their glory days. What a SHOW.
The thing that struck me so much about him was what a great time he always seemed to be having. Nothing broody or angsty, his whole demeanor was like, "I have the greatest job in the world, and it FUCKING RULES."
Too soon, Eddie. You'll be missed. I can still hear you shredding up there, heaven just got a lot LOUDER.
JDC
(11,129 posts)
Catherine Vincent
(34,610 posts)
blueseas
(11,714 posts)Oh man.
Mr. Evil
(3,459 posts)I remember vividly the first VH song I ever heard, Runnin' With The Devil.' I kept saying "WOW!" and a few other choice words to describe my excitement. Went out and bought the album and cassette the next day. He changed everything going into the 80's. A true pioneer and legend.
Sophiegirl
(2,338 posts)...I adore Valerie and my heart goes out to her and her family.
RIP
UserNotFound
(114 posts)I'll always remember the 1st time I heard Runnin' With the Devil. I just kinda sat there with my mouth hanging open...
BigmanPigman
(55,301 posts)
JohnnyRingo
(20,918 posts)Kid Rock and Pat Boone will be around forever.
Goodbye EVH ☹
warmfeet
(3,321 posts)RIP Eddie.
melman
(7,681 posts)
world wide wally
(21,836 posts)Thank you, Eddie
mahatmakanejeeves
(70,188 posts)Marshal Kim Jong-Un does not worship gods as most humans know them, but if he did, he would worship “rock god” Eddie Van Halen.
Link to tweet
Blue Owl
(59,292 posts)He'll be remembered as the greatest guitarist in rock and roll history -- and rightly so...
Backseat Driver
(4,671 posts)Dammit, how many times, this year alone, can music die?
Thank you for sharing your talent, Edward Lodewijk Van Halen; JUMP on up and always play among the stars!
Olafjoy
(937 posts)Oh Eddie you sexy god with glorious hair and amazing fingers. 2020 continues the unbelievable suck. I am blasting him/them as part of my November 3rd soundtrack
dchill
(42,660 posts)Alacritous Crier
(4,496 posts) BootinUp
(51,456 posts)ScratchCat
(2,750 posts)Around 4:00 yesterday, MTV Classic went to playing the same 7 VH videos over and over, and I wondered if something had happened to Ed. Damn, my fears were correct. They usually put a "rip" on the screen or show a black screen with dates in between commercials when they do this, but nothing like that yesterday. Couldn't find anything on the CNN ticker or E!