Most of the time when a musician screws up mid-gig, you feel kind of bad for them, like when Nick McCarthy screwed up nearly everything that could possibly go wrong in a performance of Evil Eye, all while looking generally depressed, or when someone from Interpol screwed up during their Spotify session performance of All The Rage Back Home. Those instances made me feel bad. Like a real person with human emotions and compassion and empathy. I don't feel bad for Van Halen in the video I am about to link. I feel no sympathy. I feel nothing. This video has rendered me emotionless, unable to react to whatever went down in Greensboro, North Carolina on this warm summer night in 2007. I was introduced to this video via a Cracked Spit Take video. I don't even know how I reacted when I first saw it. I think I just stared at my screen and didn't know whether I should laugh or just keep staring. I pretty much grew up listening to Van Halen. My dad was a teenager in the 80s and of course the music you listen to as a teenager sticks around so I heard a lot of them. It was also around the time of their big reunion and the induction of Wolfgang Van Halen as bassist. So, obviously, being five years old I thought Van Halen were the coolest people around. This video would have either crushed my dreams or just made me really, really confused.
Honestly, the video is kind of sad until David Lee Roth bounces around on a giant inflatable microphone for an extremely uncomfortable amount of time. I can kind of feel bad for Eddie, who is desperately trying to make the mess of a backing track sound like something, but that sympathy fades away when David starts walking away from the main part of the stage. That's when the reality of the video sets in. This is real, this is happening, and no one cares. If you ever think you did something embarrassing, just remember it most likely wasn't 'David Lee Roth bouncing around on a giant inflatable microphone for an extremely uncomfortable amount of time while Eddie Van Halen plays the garbage disposal in the background' embarrassing. Have a great day.
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