
Originally Posted by
unchainedguitars
The Ed pile-on at the links is getting insane.
I don't think it's beyond reason that Ed coached Mike on what to play.
Ed is out of his head, self contained, a perfectionist, introverted, hyper sensitive...
You guy's want him to be "Joe normal."
He could be that, but then you wouldn't get Eddie Van Halen.
You'd get Dave Grohl or another generic, barre chord hit maker.
He's not an asshole, but he's also not normal.
In his mind, Mike was not pulling his weight or playing what he envisioned.
Ed was candid, for once.
We all wanted something else beside rote responses.
We got that & he's being crucified in multiple threads (not here, elsewhere).