Supposedly Brett got this from the same source about the Louisville opener, I think... Everything's a blur lately....
Supposedly Brett got this from the same source about the Louisville opener, I think... Everything's a blur lately....
Eat Us And Smile - The Originals
"I have a very belligerent enthusiasm or an enthusiastic belligerence. I’m an intellectual slut." - David Lee Roth
"We are part of the, not just the culture, but the geography. Van Halen music goes along with like fries with the burger." - David Lee Roth
No and maybe. "Jungle Boogie" had one hell of a horn chart, however.Originally Posted by hambon4lif
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“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.”― Stephen Hawking
Well if it is Cool and the Gang the place will be empty for the opening band. I can't imagine any self respecting VH fan would want to sit through this.
Talk about a jungle boogie.
I would say this is bullshit. In fact I would just about bet on it.
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The key words there being YOU CAN'T IMAGINE... sounds like a mismatch to me, too - but would almost have to be more entertaining than that Marley kid that wasn't Ziggy in '07...
Still, not buying it.... but I guess we'll see...
Are you stoned this early in the AM? "Too Hot" is an awesome tune. And if Kool & The Gang does indeed warm up for VH, it will mark the first time in recorded history that I will bother walking into the arena to hear the opening band, other than that one odd evening The Replacements opened for Tom Petty.Well if it is Cool and the Gang the place will be empty for the opening band. I can't imagine any self respecting VH fan would want to sit through this.
Seriously. I would be ok with going to the casino and seeing Cool and the Gang in the Ice Bar. Security is pretty tight at that bar. But at a Van Halen concert?
See above.
You're nuts! Kool and the Gang are perfect openers. FUNK - and besides, this tour is a fucking CELEBRATION!
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"Ya know what they say about angels... An angel is a supernatural being or spirit, usually humanoid in form, found in various religions and mythologies. Plus Roth fan boards..."- ZahZoo April 2013
yeah, and on the next Replacements tour, Tommy Stinson would say "at least we don't have to listen to Free Fallin'."
Is Kool & the Gang like Hootie & the Blowfish (no guy named Hootie)? Or is one of the guys actually called 'Kool'?
I assumed VH wouldn't have an opening act for this media show. Whatever. They always choose weird opening acts anyways. At least we all know the Kool & the Gang songs as opposed to some no name band.
“Great losses often bring only a numb shock. To truly plunge a victim into misery, you must overwhelm him with many small sufferings.”
If anybody needs me, I'll be in the concourse drinking and scoping out the MILF's...
Cool and the Gang
At a Van Halen concert.
I guess I am just too old school.
Is not the riff to Van Hagar's 'Best of Both Worlds' a reworking of the riff to Kool and the Gang's 'Celebration'? I reckon so. That coulda been a good VH song if we had heard the version Dave probably worked on, before Hagar got the session leftovers for the 5150 album.
Listen, guys, I'd be cool with Kool and the Gang opening. It's gonna be a party, goddam it. And in terms of attitude, I always though VH with Dave were more in that ball park - I repeat, attitude-wise - than they were in the metal camp.
THINK LIKE THE WAVES
Or Petty's reaction upon meeting the band: "They said, we really like your song "Running Down A Drain."
I'm cool with Kool & The Gang opening for VH - definitely upbeat music, besides - who the fuck doesn't like Jungle Boogie?
Hell, everytime I hear that song I think of this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s27wOS-Ada8
I was just checkin the Cafe Wha? Facebook page to see if there was any info about tonight, and their blurb is interesting:
Is there something in this connection ... !Cafe Wha? is the legendary Village venue where EVERYONE got their start: Bob Dylan. Jimi Hendrix. Bruce Springsteen. Kool and the Gang. Richard Pryor. Bill Cosby.
The first couple of minutes of this are interesting - at the Wha? they talk about starting there. Whether or not there is any truth in the rumour of Look and the Gang opening for VH, my bet is that they were playing there when DLR spent his summers there.
Aside from that - marvel at how lucky WARF and all those other guys will be to be SO close to the mighty VH. A once in a lifetime experience ...
Kool And The Gang Cafe Wha (2005) by Loupiface
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I won a disco dance contest...lie... I/we finished in the top 4 out of maybe 12 couples .. this was a song that played as if I wrote it towards my highschool romeo and juliet love afair...you see it was too hot to hot for ones so young and foolish..and the brass is fenominal....so, I would sit thru this any day of the week.Well if it is Cool and the Gang the place will be empty for the opening band. I can't imagine any self respecting VH fan would want to sit through this.
Love it!
2015 once smoke 2 smoke ...poke
clara the tiny giraffe make fur curve
If it's Kool and the Gang I want them to break out their pimped out clothes from the old days!
It's the nickname of the founding member, Robert "Kool" Bell.
The reason I asked about this rumor is because I'm really hoping that it's true. It's just simply brilliant. Especially given what the political climate is going to be this summer, things are going to get a bit 'touchy', to say the very least. Bringing these two worlds together would be like a summit for all the real people that just want to have a good time. All the illiterate racist scumfucks are better off somewhere else fighting amongst each other. If you don't dig it, don't fucking go!
I doubt that it makes much of a difference to alot of Van Halen fans, because saying you like Van Halen is just another way of saying you like good music, but there's always that random punk asshole that just doesn't get it.
If Kool And The Gang is on the bill, then I am totally fuckin' there. That's the crowd I definitely want to be a part of.
If it turns out to be true, then something tells me that Dave had a strong hand in coordinating something like that.
The man's a genius!
Kool & the Gang's site shows them as "booked" for a show on March 3rd. no location, just "booked." then there are three dates after that, two in Dallas, 3/23 and 3/24 at Meyers Symphony Center. last date listed is here in Cleveland at Public Hall on May 24.
Chubby Checker is playing here. Maybe I should go see him. Do the twist.
Wait a minute...by yourself, you entered as a couple? That would explain a few things.
Not as much as the tripple pleated sea foam green pants, with a white and paisley open down to my belly button shirt with bell sleeves would.Wait a minute...by yourself, you entered as a couple? That would explain a few things.
juss a giggalooo ...
ugg ...I guess I was cool..llol
Sweet Jesus, I'd love to put a round or several into the nitwit's skull that came up with polyester pants with flares that would get caught in your bicycle's chain-guard, as well as the concept of flower-patterned dress shirts. Nothing announced a lack of personal hygiene on a hot day in Florida during the seventies quite like a fucking silk shirt.
Well, you see you must wash those, "silkie things" in warm water in the sink by hand. I would recomend Woolite as a washing liquid, it is gentle.. to.. the... then hang then to dry , blocking.....them..uhh... with a clean bath towel.........wait a second ...no!! that was not me... I don't know about those things....ahhh shiiitttt!!!!
Ignore the man behing the,.. curtain..... closet....
Dave confirms the album title and gives us a couple of NYC dates!
Already in the other thread bro....
Keeping up with these threads the last week is nearly impossible :-)
Damn, I even poked around before I posted! Things are happening at a pace that we're not accustomed to 'round here!!
Know I"m brand new to the wonderful world of the RothArmy (love it by the way!) but just wanted to mention thatmy post about the Buffalo/Boston/Montreal/Toronto/Ottawa dates that I posted on a now-closed thread on Tuesday evening were bang on!
Just a little pat on the back for myself for bringing it to y'all. Hope it gives me a half an ounce of cred...
(Because it is so hard to break into the clique!) lol!
Gimmee a bottle of carb-free beer, and a low-fat muffin...TO GO!
They would not be my first choice, but I can dig it. It'll give me a chance to grab some random chick and dance.
~I like to grab random chicks and dance~
~Only you can prevent low volume~
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