Opinions are like assholes. Everyone's got one. I think I'll stick with what the folks here at the Army have to say.
Opinions are like assholes. Everyone's got one. I think I'll stick with what the folks here at the Army have to say.
Told ya I was comin' back... Say you missed me... Say it like ya mean it!
Looks like the crowd was on fire last night. Dave was tearing up the intro of EWS. Great stuff!Originally Posted by Light Em' Up!
I read the article and again, another writer who doesn't fully understand the act he is going to see. Sure you like the music pal. I get that. And you would be devoid of taste if you didn't but did you happen to cross any live footage from the early days before putting your opinion to print. Roth has always taken liberties with the melodies and vocals at the shows. Fuckin' ass-clown.
Good Afternoon All, From,Holy Shit,My kiwi balls Are On Fire,Mesa,AZ.
My Review from last Nights Van Halen Show will Be Short but Sweet.
As You Know I Dont say much But i Love You All.
Never seen Van halen Live In My Life,until last Night With Pete's brother And great friends.Let me Start By Saying That Kool And The Gang Was A sweet As Choice To start The Night off.I had been Drinking At Cooper's Town bar And Grill Trying To Met Up with DON DON.No Sign Of That Fucker At All.
Now Pete's brother And Bean had Great Seats Near Eddie's Side Of the stage.Now My seat Were Still Good But In The Middle,near The back.This sweet As People give This Crazy kiwi from the heat their seats.No Shit,that Meant Alot To Me.I was just A touch Away From Eddie Van Halen.Please Note:My heart is Races Like crazyyyyyyyyyyy.
Now To the Main,In Your face show.
David "The Rock king" Lee Roth,what Can I say,Live In front of My kiwi Eyes.100%.You gave Everything he Could.No Fucking way was he Off at All.True Front man of Van Halen.End OF End.
Eddie "Hot Fingers" Van Halen.Nothing But,How Does He do It.The Love he has For Van Halen is So strong.:d
Alex "The Drum Master" Van Halen,His solo Was Cool As.Played Out Of his Socks.
Wolf "Fuck Off Bass" Van Halen,Thank You For being You.You ARE The Glue In Van Halen.
BTW...............Thanks For reading This,My English is Not the Best As Kiwi is My First Choice of Words.
BTWA.............First Kiwi Roth Army member In History To See Van Halen Live.So proud that I Could say That.
BTWAA...........My hat Goes Off To Pete's Brother And Friends for making This Kiwi's dream Come True.
First Roth Army Kiwi To See Van Halen Live 6/16/2012 Phoenix Arizona.
Nice review! But I can't believe you have never seen VH live!! But then again I didn't see the "real" VH till 08. I am glad you finally got to see the greatness that we all love.. It looks and sounds like it was a great show from the clips I have seen.Good Afternoon All, From,Holy Shit,My kiwi balls Are On Fire,Mesa,AZ.
My Review from last Nights Van Halen Show will Be Short but Sweet.
As You Know I Dont say much But i Love You All.
Never seen Van halen Live In My Life,until last Night With Pete's brother And great friends.Let me Start By Saying That Kool And The Gang Was A sweet As Choice To start The Night off.I had been Drinking At Cooper's Town bar And Grill Trying To Met Up with DON DON.No Sign Of That Fucker At All.
Now Pete's brother And Bean had Great Seats Near Eddie's Side Of the stage.Now My seat Were Still Good But In The Middle,near The back.This sweet As People give This Crazy kiwi from the heat their seats.No Shit,that Meant Alot To Me.I was just A touch Away From Eddie Van Halen.Please Note:My heart is Races Like crazyyyyyyyyyyy.
Now To the Main,In Your face show.
David "The Rock king" Lee Roth,what Can I say,Live In front of My kiwi Eyes.100%.You gave Everything he Could.No Fucking way was he Off at All.True Front man of Van Halen.End OF End.
Eddie "Hot Fingers" Van Halen.Nothing But,How Does He do It.The Love he has For Van Halen is So strong.:d
Alex "The Drum Master" Van Halen,His solo Was Cool As.Played Out Of his Socks.
Wolf "Fuck Off Bass" Van Halen,Thank You For being You.You ARE The Glue In Van Halen.
BTW...............Thanks For reading This,My English is Not the Best As Kiwi is My First Choice of Words.
BTWA.............First Kiwi Roth Army member In History To See Van Halen Live.So proud that I Could say That.
BTWAA...........My hat Goes Off To Pete's Brother And Friends for making This Kiwi's dream Come True.
We all know what it is about and we get it. If I was to write a live U2 review it would not be good because I don't get it. Just one of those things.
Review from the Arizona Republic's Ed Masley....much more generous. He enjoyed it. The pics they took, posted here: http://www.azcentral.com/photo/Enter...nt/Music/22596
http://www.azcentral.com/thingstodo/...-lee-roth.html
David Lee Roth is a lot like Bob Dylan. Not in terms of having written "Like a Rolling Stone" - because he didn't do that. More in terms of approaching the songs his fans have come to hear him sing with no regard for the original recordings, singing what he feels like singing when he feels like singing it, changing the melody, changing the phrasing, leaving whole parts of the vocal by the wayside on a whim.
There may be notes he just can't hit at 57, which is fair enough. But there are other notes he could have hit on Saturday, June 16, as he rocked what looked to be a sold-out crowd at US Airways Center with Van Halen. In fact, on more than one occasion, he sang higher notes instead -- "My love is rotten to the core" in "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love," for example. That part isn't even high. But it was Saturday (except the time he shouted "yeah" instead of singing it).
Unlike Bob Dylan, though, who seems to sing his songs the way he pleases more because he doesn't feel as though he should be made to live up to the expectations of his audience, much less his critics, Diamond Dave spent his entire time on stage entertaining the audience, with his slides and his high kicks and yoga positions, his mike-stand-twirling antics, his constantly making ridiculous faces, his comic asides and rambling monologues, his hula dancing on "Tattoo" and asking a girl in the crowd "Have you already made a sex tape with that camera?" during "Romeo Delight." It almost seemed like singing was the last thing on his mind -- his "other" job, his real job being making sure that everyone who paid to see the show was duly entertained.
And here's the thing. It worked. Even Eddie Van Halen was laughing. So was Wolfgang, Eddie's kid, who's playing bass instead of Michael Anthony.
There may have been some people there who weren't as entertained by Roth's shenanigans as myself and the Van Halen family on stage. But there sure seemed to be a lot of smiling, clapping, cheering people standing up and partying like it was 1984 for the duration of the concert. And a lot of that had everything to do with Diamond Dave.
The show opened with dive-bombing whammy bar action and squealing high notes on Eddie's guitar giving way to the opening riff of the classic "Unchained" as Roth slid and twirled his way across the stage in a black rhinestone outfit waving the towel he used to wipe away his sweat throughout the night. The interaction between the mugging front man and the lead guitarist (whose solo on "Unchained," it should be noted, was amazing) seemed unforced enough to back their story that there's been no tension on this tour. They seemed like friends.
"Unchained" was followed by the unmistakable low-end throb of "Runnin' With the Devil," Roth grabbing his crotch for comic effect and delivering one verse as spoken-word advice to Wolfgang.
And then, they dipped into "A Different Kind of Truth," Van Halen's first album with Roth on vocals since the glory days of "1984," for "She's the Woman," which found the singer doing crazed flamenco dancer moves. Before the night was through, they'd returned to the new one for "Tattoo," "China Town" and "The Trouble With Never." But they knew enough to keep the focus on the classics, including such obvious highlights as "Everybody Wants Some!!," "(Oh) Pretty Woman," "You Really Got Me," "Dance the Night Away," "And the Cradle Will Rock...," "Hot for Teacher," "Beautiful Girls" and "Panama." They also did the synthesizer-driven hits from "1984," of course, performing "I'll Wait" and the set-closing "Jump" with piped-in synth parts.
The sound in US Airways Center was pretty cacophonous, making it hard to hear the vocals in spots.
Even Eddie's guitar leads didn't cut through as well as they could have at times. But the playing was tight, with Wolfgang asserting himself on bass and vocals and Alex Van Halen playing a Latin-flavored drum solo to pre-recorded orchestration (which Roth proclaimed "the most amazing goddamned drum solo I've ever heard in my life" - or words to that effect).
And then there was Eddie. If Roth brought the smiles to the party at Saturday's show, it's still Eddie who brings the musical excitement to the table, tearing off one awe-inspiring guitar solo after another. Naming highlights would be pointless. If he played it, it was somewhere in the range between greatness and brilliance.
There are those who would go to the show specifically to see him play, and of that demographic, there are those who no doubt left the concert thinking he'd be better off touring without a front man as over-the-top as Diamond Dave. But that's what made Van Halen so much bigger than, say, Yngwie Malmsteen or Steve Vai (who briefly worked with Roth post-"1984"). You get more than guitar pyrotechnics. You get a good time guarantee.
And speaking of a good time guarantee, Kool & the Gang proved an oddly appropriate fit for the opening slot, if the reaction of the crowd was any indication. They played a nine-song set that moved from strength to strength, with their saxophone solos and thumping bass grooves, ending with a four-song power jam of "Jungle Boogie," "Ladies' Night," "Get Down On It" and "Celebration."
--Jason
Isn't that what it's all about??? I want to go and have a bitchin' time. If I wanted to hear it just like on the album, I'd pop that in and sit on my ass at home and listen to it.
That version of EWS was killer , very entertaining. Ed and Dave intro antics , roundhouse kick , dropped mic stand even looked cool.
Amazing how even some posters here are expecting some boring pitch-perfect album rendition of the tunes...and VH was never about that.
Alex's solo and YRGM
Pretty Woman....pretty sure he's singing this to Momshell :-)
Dance The Night Away!!
And the Cradle Will Rock. Fuck....every video I watch makes me want to see a show more and more...
Looks like a mic issue going on here.
I'll Wait
I love the color of Ed's guitar
which one?
David Lee Roth's the greatest motherfucker who ever lived!
— Brian Moore (@brianpmoore666) June 26, 2012
Unchained from a different angle...audio is fairly good.
Ed Masley is my new fuckin' hero!!
The one that matches mine silly!
"Told ya I was comin' back....etc"
Yeah, the red Stealth is cool.
And the Cradle With Rock... different angle than above. Shows that the mic slipped out of Dave's hands. But the cameraman saved the day and located and returned it in just 10 seconds. Dave give him a shout out the next verse. Happens at 39 seconds.
There are more screams on this show than all the others combined...
I noticed that and I like it. Seems like their energy is there too. I sure hope they don't lose this momentum after the break.There are more screams on this show than all the others combined...
Hot For Teacher (hoping for a better audio clip as this doesn't do the song and performance justice). From my seats, the crowd during the drum/ guitar dive bomb / crescendo at the end was louder than the band.
dave is getting stronger with every show now!There are more screams on this show than all the others combined...
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(you just knew I'd be looking for this one)
*is it just me here, or does Dave sound motherfucking exceptionally great on the vocals for this?
“Great losses often bring only a numb shock. To truly plunge a victim into misery, you must overwhelm him with many small sufferings.”
man this break is coming at a shitty time when dave seems to be hitting his groove
Last edited by vandeleur; 06-18-2012 at 05:03 AM. Reason: cant spell for shit
fuck your fucking framing
the break will do them all a world of good, i reckon.
your biased cos there stopping to come and play over in oz
your biased cos there stopping to come and play over in oz
damn, you got me mate!
oh, yeah...that one
I had to dig back to your first post on the page to find that...
I'm sure we're not the only two with that one...
it might be the best he has sung it this tour
EWS is rockin on that vid ....
I knew you'd love that one Sadist! Dave sounds fucking fabulous!Thank you!
(you just knew I'd be looking for this one)
*is it just me here, or does Dave sound motherfucking exceptionally great on the vocals for this?
Romeo Delight
China Town
from the vids that is a killer show, the band are red hot and dave is great
Holy shit Dave's calves looked good, man you knew it was going to be a great show.
The lack of the constant scarf is a good sign he is feeling good. Seems to be gaining some strength. Looking forward to New Orleans
The republic's review is pretty fair I think. Didn't give Dave a free pass but stated what we all know, it just fucking works.
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