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You are wrong. Heck, even Jump was criticized to hell and back for being synth garbage instead of the shred metal that Van Halen was known for prior to that son

You are wrong. Heck, even Jump was criticized to hell and back for being synth garbage instead of the shred metal that Van Halen was known for prior to that song. There has never been a time in history when more great music was being created and made accessible to the masses than today. And I say that as a crotchety jazz nerd.

digisign 5y ago
VH was never metal, they started before it with hard-blues reminiscent of Led Zeppelin with a party posture, then added piano chords and pop sensibility via synth. They were only in the neighborhood due to EVH imitators.
- Apocryphon 5y ago
  There's nothing bluesy about "Right Now."
  - digisign 5y ago
    So what? It certainly isn't metal either.
    - Apocryphon 5y ago
      But it does shred.