DC Tom Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 5 hours ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said: My lord, we’re a chippy bunch in the forums today. Brutally honest, but chippy. Yeah, but...I mean, my sympathies, requiescat in pace and all, but I've never seen him where he didn't look like he hadn't just drunk Eddie van Halen under the table. And I figured he would have died of acute embarrassment after making that God-awful video for Take Me Home Tonight...but maybe that was just his career. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 21 minutes ago, DC Tom said: Yeah, but...I mean, my sympathies, requiescat in pace and all, but I've never seen him where he didn't look like he hadn't just drunk Eddie van Halen under the table. And I figured he would have died of acute embarrassment after making that God-awful video for Take Me Home Tonight...but maybe that was just his career. That was the charm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
707BillsFan Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 His drinking and drug use was widely known here in the Bay Area. He'd show up to local shows plastered, often forgetting the lyrics. I guess luckily I caught him on a good day many years ago at a concert here in town. Another rocker from my childhood X'd out. On a side note, caught his TV show on AXS a few weeks back. He looked REAL bad, was surprised he was still performing in his condition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuvian Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 always found his music very solid even if most of the money went up his nose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 RIP Eddie. He would come to the local Casino (Mohegun Sun) and do free shows at "The Wolf Den" there. Saw him several times and it always a good show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 13 hours ago, DC Tom said: Yeah, but...I mean, my sympathies, requiescat in pace and all, but I've never seen him where he didn't look like he hadn't just drunk Eddie van Halen under the table. And I figured he would have died of acute embarrassment after making that God-awful video for Take Me Home Tonight...but maybe that was just his career. Actually, your earlier comment on Eddie was just the ‘tipping point’. I was more intrigued by most posters taking a backhanded swipe at Bojo in his birthday wishes thread. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon in Pasadena Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 Tonight I was watching an old episode of The Office with my 13-year old, and Michael Scott starts singing "Two Tickets to Paradise" and I commented that the guy who wrote the song just passed, and my kid turns to me and says "Eddie Money, right? I was floored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The BLUES Brothers Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 I won a contest and was able to help annonce him (John Waite and Lou Gramm ) at CMAC concert in '15 - he (and all) were nice guys -Eddie signed a shirt for my wife and we became even bigger fans. So when he put on a musical story of his life (with all his hits). in '18 called Two Tickets to Paradise - we went and saw it. One thing it talked about was when he almost died from partying too much (hospitalized for a while) and that was when he became sober - no drinking or drugs. Did it for his family and his health. RIP Eddie Mahoney Money - Heaven will have a little more Music this week... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralonzo Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 (edited) Interesting historical fact if you are into the old Casey Kasem's classic AT40's... if you listen to the shows where Two Tickets To Paradise was charting, they played a promo version with alternate vocal and guitar takes over the basic backing track. It just caught my attention as a single being about as different from the album track as I've ever heard - not just chopped up and shortened. Edit: This version was basically a unicorn for about 30 years, highly sought after. Finally released on this 2008 compilation: Edited September 15, 2019 by Ralonzo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBill Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 Another 80’s rocker dead.. May he R.I.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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