Pet Peeves

[Eoin McLove]

Waking up to several texts from people that I work with telling me that EVH has died. I have no interest in Van Halen but they all took it upon themselves to text me.

The first one of them just said "RIP Eddie H". There's a lad in work called Eddie Harrington - I thought it was him.

Milk it. Get loads of Facebook likes and artificial sympathy, take a day off to listen to his music and drink to his memory (might have to swing in to Golden Discs on your way home to grab a greatest hits CD). Shit, I'm starting to well up here myself, now that I think about it. I might take the day off myself...

[Blackout]

Ah yes that great "rocker" Eddie van Halen as someone in my office said.

[StoutAndAle]

Milk it. Get loads of Facebook likes and artificial sympathy, take a day off to listen to his music and drink to his memory (might have to swing in to Golden Discs on your way home to grab a greatest hits CD). Shit, I'm starting to well up here myself, now that I think about it. I might take the day off myself...

The faux sadness tweet trawling for likes.

"Rest In Power #EddyVanHallen. I remember once seeing you on MTV. Jump into heaven. #Jump #EddyVanHalo #EddiVanHeaven #VanValen #VanTheMan"

[Blackout]

Milk it. Get loads of Facebook likes and artificial sympathy, take a day off to listen to his music and drink to his memory (might have to swing in to Golden Discs on your way home to grab a greatest hits CD). Shit, I'm starting to well up here myself, now that I think about it. I might take the day off myself...

The faux sadness tweet trawling for likes.

"Rest In Power #EddyVanHallen. I remember once seeing you on MTV. Jump into heaven. #Jump #EddyVanHalo #EddiVanHeaven #VanValen #VanTheMan"

Followed by the peace sign/pout combination.

[StoutAndAle]

Followed by the peace sign/pout combination.

Yup.

https://twitter.com/yung_natters/status/1313718794699841536?s=20

[Caomhaoin]

It's very rare indeed that a musician/celebrity/thinker whatever passing would affect you for very much longer than a quick moment. The Twitter eulogies are so embarrassing and transparently fabricated, and this is just the millionth example.

Jack Charlton was a sore one and there might have been a few tears and a whole morning in the bed watching videos on the day, but just be sad, and not gimp it up to 11 for the billion gimps on Twitter.

[Pedrito]

Waking up to several texts from people that I work with telling me that EVH has died. I have no interest in Van Halen but they all took it upon themselves to text me.

The first one of them just said "RIP Eddie H". There's a lad in work called Eddie Harrington - I thought it was him.

Milk it. Get loads of Facebook likes and artificial sympathy, take a day off to listen to his music and drink to his memory (might have to swing in to Golden Discs on your way home to grab a greatest hits CD). Shit, I'm starting to well up here myself, now that I think about it. I might take the day off myself...

Eddie Harrington ffs 

[Wiseblood]

Milk it. Get loads of Facebook likes and artificial sympathy, take a day off to listen to his music and drink to his memory (might have to swing in to Golden Discs on your way home to grab a greatest hits CD). Shit, I'm starting to well up here myself, now that I think about it. I might take the day off myself...

The faux sadness tweet trawling for likes.

"Rest In Power #EddyVanHallen. I remember once seeing you on MTV. Jump into heaven. #Jump #EddyVanHalo #EddiVanHeaven #VanValen #VanTheMan"

On a side note, when did "Rest In Power" slip into people's vocabularies? Did it sneak in at the same time as "wet pubs"? Maybe I live under a rock and missed it but horseshite new phrases seem to pop up overnight.

[Eoin McLove]

Reset with all the power of a corpse.

[StoutAndAle]

On a side note, when did "Rest In Power" slip into people's vocabularies? Did it sneak in at the same time as "wet pubs"? Maybe I live under a rock and missed it but horseshite new phrases seem to pop up overnight.

I only started noticing it a few weeks ago but I'm not down with the kids, innit.

You're dead right though. Phrases are appearing in the lexicon overnight and everyone (bar us oul fuckers) seems to use it.

[StoutAndAle]

It's very rare indeed that a musician/celebrity/thinker whatever passing would affect you for very much longer than a quick moment. The Twitter eulogies are so embarrassing and transparently fabricated, and this is just the millionth example.

Jack Charlton was a sore one and there might have been a few tears and a whole morning in the bed watching videos on the day, but just be sad, and not gimp it up to 11 for the billion gimps on Twitter.

Definitely. There have been a rare few in my lifetime where I've had to take pause - Joe Strummer, Rik Mayall, David Bowie, Anthony Bourdain and Tom Petty are the only ones where I felt genuine sadness.

Jackie Charlton too, to a certain degree but I think that was more stopping to reflect on that period of Irish history, living through it and how fucking great it was see Ireland turning a corner not just in sport but in culture, commerce and social thinking.

Most other celebs die - OK, what's for dinner?

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Van Halen arguably had a broader impact on culture, in a general sense, than anyone on that list besides Bowie. The begrudgery, as usual, is just as mind-numbingly predictable in form as the thing begrudged.

[Blackout]

If he hadn't died the twitter "eulogies" would have killed him.

[Carnage]

On a side note, when did "Rest In Power" slip into people's vocabularies? Did it sneak in at the same time as "wet pubs"? Maybe I live under a rock and missed it but horseshite new phrases seem to pop up overnight.

'Wet pubs' is an industry term in the pub trade, it's been around a while. Horrible phrase though, as though pubs that serve food are somehow 'dry'? 'Rest in power' is fucking cringeworthy, though.

[Pedrito]

Wet pubes