You know Barack Obama has to be a Van Halen fan

[Sebastian Doyle]

Heard some clip on AP radio news where he said he was gonna "hit the ground running", and then it all made sense......

Change, nothing stays the same
Unchained, yeah you hit the ground running
Change, and nothing stays the same
Unchained, yeah you hit the ground running
No, I don't ask for permission
This is my chance to fly
Maybe enough ain't enough for you
But it's my turn to try ....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P1d8BVvY-I

[bunnies]

1. Because they use the same cliches?

:shrug:

[DJ13]

2. 'cause he's Running With the Devil?

[Sebastian Doyle]

6. I wouldn't say that......but I've heard they were distantly related.

[YOY]

3. Because both continually get snubbed by a Nebbishy Jewish guy who used to be cool long ago?

Later on they make nice...but it's all for nothing?

[Sebastian Doyle]

5. Now that's just going too far!

Comparing Diamond Dave to that treasonous schmuck Lieberdouche?? :mad:

[YOY]

7. Just saying they snub their original "party"/"band"

n/t

[wyldwolf]

16. Get out of my Van Halen T-shirt before you jinx the band and they break up

[Sebastian Doyle]

17. Best line in that entire movie

Too bad Adam Sandler outed himself as a Republican tool in this last campaign. :evilfrown:

[yardwork]

20. Wow. Dave looks terrible. What happened?

[Sebastian Doyle]

22. Well, he's in his mid-50's now

Doesn't have the long blonde hair anymore. So instead of looking like the old Diamond Dave......



... now he looks closer to "Neil Diamond Dave".

But why shouldn't the two greatest Jewish singers on the planet have some similarities?

[YOY]

27. He got old. Everyone does. Of course "Entertainment News" never recognizes that.

They expect everyone to look the same and rip on folks when they fail to get plastic surgery at 50 so they look like they're in their 20s/early 30s.

[GoesTo11]

29. Sorry, one of these guys will always be cool and the other never was

Dave can make an ass of himself as often as he likes. It's still his world and we just lie in it.

Did you know Van Halen also invented the phrase "Right now".

[mitchum]

31. LMAO!!!

well done :)

[Occam Bandage]

4. ...

http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/woman_profoundly_moved_by

[Indiana_Dem]

8. Yeah, I grew up in that era same time as Barack! Could be! eom

[soothsayer]

9. Ok, but it was Sarah who named her latest kid 'trig van palin'

Just sayin'

[AlCzervik]

10. as long as it's not Van Hagar.

[Sebastian Doyle]

12. Does President Obama look like a guy who would listen to this clown?

[JuniperLea]

23. Dude... I was so into Montrose!

Van Halen didn't suffer because of Hagar. They just suffered.

[Sebastian Doyle]

25. The Montrose records were actually decent

Despite Ronald McDonald Hagar's efforts :evilgrin:

[JuniperLea]

26. Shoot... I was a stoner surfer...

And a chick, so I dug him just fine:)

[Sebastian Doyle]

28. So listen to the Surf Punks then, not a cheese peddling Republican friend of Nugent!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VP5daqIuSLk

[JuniperLea]

30. I don't mix politics and music anymore...

Not since I lost a good friend who wrote one of the most killer of all rock guitar solos in our or any time. He is a Republican. Long story short, his wife thought I was a horrible person for treating him like any other human being instead of a rock god. eh... not going to happen.

[watercolors]

11. we were at seminole Hard rock in Holly wood Fl

Our grandson plays with Classic albums Live , show was Van Halen, it was great!! our granson plays with the group. he was eddie, ice cream man. Our first intro to Van Halen, wild. If any of you have opportuniy to see any CAL performance , don't miss it! Love , Love Obama man!

[JerseygirlCT]

13. Goodness, I hope not. nt

[QueenOfCalifornia]

14. Why?

Did he admit to having shitty taste in music or something?

[wyldwolf]

15. that's clever, but you should know better than to introduce a music thread on DU..

music snobbery runs rampant. If the great unwashed likes it, it can't be any damn good.

[No Elephants]

18. I have used the word "change" and the very old expression "hit the ground running." Does that make

me a Van Halen fan, too?

[BootinUp]

19. Some friends of mine just the other night

Went to hear this cool cat blow.
The say he sang so good that the roof fell in,
And they didnt even stop the show.
They dont remember the place, but they remember the face,
And now everybody wanna go.


Top jimmy cooks, top jimmy swings.
Hes got the look. top jimmy, hes the king.
Jimmy on the television, famous people laughing with him,
Jimmy on the news at five.
Jimmy on the radio and even on the video,
That baddest cat alive.
Driving all the women crazy, only want jimmy-baby,
Love it when he rolls his eyes.
Chorus
(guitar solo)
Juke-joint jimmy is the latest thing,
Hes got the sound that everybody digs.
And the joint been jumpin when the band been pumpin
And you know theyre playing crazy gigs.
Well you aint been living till youve seen the living thing,
Top jimmy and his rhythm pigs

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Warning! Don't play this song while driving your sportscar in traffic.

[Odin2005]

21. Given that he was a 20-something in the 80's, that's not suprising, actually.

:shrug:

[Spike89]

24. Thought it meant he was once a hobo

That's the story I heard behind the phrase. It supposedly came from hobos jumping from moving trains and literally hitting the ground running.