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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Oct 6, 2020 19:53:56 GMT
Very sad news. Wonderful talented man.
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Post by Sandman on Oct 6, 2020 19:58:22 GMT
Very sad news. Wonderful talented man. Sad news indeed.
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Post by clusium on Oct 6, 2020 20:31:31 GMT
Rest in peace.
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Post by ellynmacg on Oct 6, 2020 21:12:56 GMT
Very talented--and by most accounts, a good guy. But he had his problems with alcohol (and possibly other drugs), which so often seems to accompany fame in the entertainment business. Also, I believe he was a heavy smoker for many years, which undoubtedly contributed to his developing throat cancer. Then there were the stresses and strains of what the Eagles would call "life in the fast lane"... He will be sorely missed.
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Post by politicidal on Oct 6, 2020 23:12:35 GMT
R.I.P.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Oct 6, 2020 23:16:46 GMT
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Post by uncreative on Oct 6, 2020 23:42:28 GMT
He's dead, Jim.
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Post by dirtypillows on Oct 8, 2020 13:44:52 GMT
Cute picture. Actually they kind of look like each other a little bit.
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Post by dirtypillows on Oct 8, 2020 13:48:22 GMT
RIP Eddie. You were prettier than Valerie Bertinelli.
But Van Halen was one of the oddest and perhaps most pretentious acts in rock n' roll history. They appealed to a hard rock, pop "metal" audience. But their front man David Lee Roth was a screamer and gay as hell, yet none of their fanboys ever realized it.
I never thought DLR was gay, just excessively flamboyant and narcissistic. When I was a teenager I was very much attracted to him, though. As a matter of fact, I remember lifting a copy of Playgirl magazine with him on the cover. To be honest, I would imagine, that for all his energy, Roth is probably a dud in the sack. He's too much into himself. I could be wrong.
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Post by dirtypillows on Oct 8, 2020 16:31:40 GMT
I don't much about Van Halen or the background of the group, but this doesn't surprise me. It is always going to be straight before gay, this is the image that makes them look credible. That is Hollywood is so phony and hypocritical regarding the image of their actors and their moral posturing for being so fake liberal in attitude and projecting faux outrage at prejudice when it is rife within its own industry regarding homoness. I never thought DLR was gay, just excessively flamboyant and narcissistic. When I was a teenager I was very much attracted to him, though. As a matter of fact, I remember lifting a copy of Playgirl magazine with him on the cover. To be honest, I would imagine, that for all his energy, Roth is probably a dud in the sack. He's too much into himself. I could be wrong. Roth is definitely a screamer. I just googled and he's never been married.
You have to remember that rock stars need their swooning female fans so he had to put up a front.
I think the main reason why DLR never married is because he is too self-involved. I can't picture him in any kind of a relationship. I can see him being a bottom, though. Not necessarily gay, but I can see him needing to relinquish the control in one way or another.
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Post by ck100 on Oct 8, 2020 16:51:33 GMT
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