long live Twitter!
shit, no army peeps inside??
long live Twitter!
shit, no army peeps inside??
David Lee Roth's the greatest motherfucker who ever lived!
— Brian Moore (@brianpmoore666) June 26, 2012
Twitter has been bad for the last several gigs...thought it was a California thing.
Told ya I was comin' back... Say you missed me... Say it like ya mean it!
Well - sorry folks, but I need to go to sleep....it's 12:47 am here....way past my bedtime, and about 5 1/2 hours til my kids wake me. Plus, I'm drunk!!! Nite nite all! See you bright and early with YouTubes (I hope).
Stay Frosty!
THE DAY IS DONZO LET'S HAVE SOME FUNZO!!
I like your quote damngoodtimes :-)
Night Momshell...ttys.Originally Posted by Momshell
Thanks for the updates as best you can guys!
To our Roth Army people inside: HAVE A DAMN GOOD TIME!
I'm Stayin' Frosty!
Wow, how'd you know bout the Browning part? My uncle was president of Browning for 20 years, Browning/Winchester for about a decade. Uncle Don and Dad are in Door County, WI right now and plan on fishing the Gorge area when they head back in a few weeks. He wouldn't ever bother him back in the day for VH favors but, Ted Nugent was best RnR bonus from his days in Ogden. Think I shared a funny story T.N. related from H.O.B. Strip on our old Army site. Uncle Don and Ted was oil & vinegar so his T.N. archery line was short lived. If I remember correctly David did Ektelon racquetball catalog shoots as well before they sold it off. Did you work for Browning?
Not even a post regarding set list, or if pants up or down?
Thought San Diego thread was rough...........!
Well Happy Fathers Day to All!
And now it seems the Boy's are going to stick to script as that's five in a row without a song swap. Now as hard as it is to believe, Final Four stretch....._______...... Only time tells the answers to all our questions =VH=, As Is.
HOLY SHIT,Greatest Van Halen Show Ever.
Review In the Morning.
BTW.........................Pants Were Off For most of the Show.
First Roth Army Kiwi To See Van Halen Live 6/16/2012 Phoenix Arizona.
In short a fucking great time. Not sure what new I can add that hasn't been said before. It was just a great time. I'll add more later in the day. Need sleep to rest the ears.
Jason
All things considered, I had awesome time with my brother at the show. I wasn't able to meet up with any Roth Army members because we were late getting down to the arena. Wished they would've added at least one of the tunes that they haven't played throughout the tour, but really enjoyed HAIL. The crowd seemed to have a great time. And I had a BLAST! Keep the reviews coming and I'm getting depressed already thinking that NOLA will the last US show until 2013. Do any of you think there may be a festival in the works? Thanks for reading and good night!!!
Least you are Near Baja...and the water is warm....and the fireworks are cheap
Last edited by SunisinuS; 06-17-2012 at 05:30 AM. Reason: :hitch:
Can't Control your Future. Can't Control your Friends. The women start to hike their skirts up. I didn't have a clue. That is when I kinda learned how to smile a lot. One Two Three Fouir fun ter thehr fuur.
great quality
http://vhfrance.activebb.net/ (1 er Site Francophone sur Van Halen)
http://www.youtube.com/user/VHFranceVideos (Our new Channel)
Looks like vaijuju beat me to it! No others yet. Glad all of those here who went got what sounded like a great show!
This one threw me off 'cause it was posted as "Change", but here is...... (part of) Unchained!!
Last edited by Momshell; 06-17-2012 at 08:05 AM.
Dozed off with my phone in my hand, lol. From the sounds emanating from the bathroom, I'd say my piss-tank roommate is suffering big time from his bender this weekend. HA! Payback's a bitch!!!
"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
RWTD
Happy Father's Day to all you rockin' dads out there!
thx as always for the videos!! yes and happy fathers day to all the Army dads!!
Father's day...so that means Hagar was thrown out of the band 16 years ago!
Roth Army Icon
First official owner of ADKOT (Deluxe Version)
haha!!!! yup.. It is the end of false VH dayFather's day...so that means Hagar was thrown out of the band 16 years ago!!
we had some AMAZING seats, and a coupla decent seats. the wifey and i took the decent seats so dan and a gradeschool friend of mine(who's birthday was yesterday) sat 12 rows off of eddie's side of the stage. no idea which song he kept his pants on for....
Another one of those classic genius posts, sure to generate responses. You log on the next day to see what your witty gem has produced to find no one gets it and 2 knotheads want to stick their dicks in it... Well played, sir!!
haha!!!! yup.. It is the end of false VH day
Cheers All...Happy Father's day
Hey psycho, please get out of my Van Halen T-shirt before you jinx the band and they break up.
we don't have a time zone in az, we just borrow others.....
that, and most of the birds, and bugs, burst into flame around july and the mornings are quieterWell, when it's 115 degrees in the summer, who the fuck needs to save daylight?
I wonder if the blowers were on.
sweet!
Wow at 1:50 the first real scream I have seen in any of the clips.....sure do miss that.....I wanted a few more on the album as well.....
Dave actually screamed like that, I think, more than a few times throughout the show. He was clearly 'on' last night. I noticed that Alex couldn't stop laughing in a few spots. Dave's singing was excellent. No drop outs minus a line or two. I didn't notice any signs of this nearing the end of the first leg from anyone.
Ditto!
panama sounded great!!
credit to YouTube filmer named 'azsunsfan' :
Edward's solo plus Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love.
Unchained......credit to same YouTube uploader 'azsunsfan'.
RWTD and STW....
EWS and SGMAD
Yeah, I figured that one out
BTW.........................Pants Were Off For most of the Show.I think we all figured as much! Glad you all had a killer time! Sounds like it was an awesome show!
Methinks this will generate a comment or two.....
http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/upo..._center_61.php
Van Halen, US Airways Center, 6/16/12
By Mike Escoto Sun., Jun. 17 2012 at 9:00 AM Comments (24)
When the recently reunited Van Halen (featuring original vocalist David Lee Roth) announced it was postponing a handful of dates on its current tour, most people assumed that it was due to some conflict within the band. Eddie Van Halen and David Lee Roth wasted no time dismissing the theory and chalked it up to the band's biting off more than it could chew with this tour.
Fortunately for Van Halen fans in the Valley, the band's Phoenix date went down as scheduled, and if there is any animosity within the Van Halen camp, they certainly didn't display it. But, after watching the band perform Saturday night in front of a packed US Airways Center, another reason for the postponing of those tour dates seemed more likely: They're not very good.
Allow me to clarify. I'm not suggesting that Van Halen is a shitty band, because it isn't. In fact Van Halen, fronted by David Lee Roth or Sammy Hagar, is undeniably one of the greatest rock bands of all time. (The Gary Cherone-fronted Van Halen? Not so much.)
And it's not even that the members of the Van Halen clan aren't very good: From a technical standpoint, drummer Alex Van Halen was good and virtuoso guitarist Eddie Van Halen was amazing (the later performing a guitar solo -- surprise -- that was without question the highlight of the night), and even Eddie's son, Wolfgang (the least experienced of the crew) held his own on stage. This brings us to David Lee Roth, who sadly was the weak link of the group on Saturday evening.
To his credit, Roth was just as much the showman as he's ever been. The problem was he focused too much on the antics and not quite enough on the musicianship (which can be a big problem when, you know, Eddie Van Halen is onstage).
Any time Eddie Van Halen ripped into a guitar solo, Roth would strut around the stage, hamming it up for the audience. It was funny at first -- "Hey, it's Diamond Dave" -- but at a certain point, he just started to look awkward. Essentially, he turned into that guy who shows up at a party and just tries way too hard to impress everyone there. You wanted to say, "You're David Lee Roth. You don't have to try so hard. We already like you."
When Roth wasn't goofing, he'd engage the crowd with stories that lacked much sense, and you wondered if you were missing an inside joke. There was also a video package of Roth with his sheepdogs, and it felt strange and out of place.
Minor gripes aside (Roth's always been eccentric), all real offense came from the vocals. Roth just seemed to be all over the place. For the most part, all the songs were performed in a sing-speak style, and he had a hard time hitting the high notes and just omitted large chunks of songs for no apparent reason.
As much as I wanted to like this show I didn't. There is an inherent coolness to seeing Van Halen perform songs like "Hot For Teacher" or "Runnin' With The Devil." But a minute or two into each song, I realized that Dave was kind of fucking up the song, and the nostalgia factor just went right out the window. So if they need to postpone some dates so that they can recharge their batteries and get Roth sounding better, then I'm all for it.
I don't think anything sums up this concert better than this. On the light-rail ride home, a man in the same car as me started singing the song "Hypnotized" by Bob Welch. A woman sitting behind me yelled out, "You sing better than David Lee Roth." The sad thing is, she wasn't wrong.
Critic's Notebook:
Last Night: Van Halen and Kool & the Gang at US Airways Center
Personal Bias: I've always really liked Van Halen, more so with Roth than Hagar, so it was a pretty big disappointment I didn't like this show.
The Crowd: Mostly older couples and a few parents with their younger children.
Random Notebook Dump: Enough with the kung fu moves already, Dave.
One more thing: Kool & the Gang seem like a really weird opener for Van Halen, but they were actually really great.
Setlist:
Unchained
Runnin' With The devil
She's the Woman
Romeo Delight
Tattoo
Everybody Wants Some!!
Somebody Get Me a Doctor
China Town
Hear About It Later
Oh, Pretty Woman
You Really Got Me
That's the Trouble With Never
Dance the Night Away
I'll Wait
And the Cradle Will Rock...
Hot for Teacher
Women in Love...
Beautiful Girls
Ice Cream Man
Panama
Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love
Jump
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
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