Official 6/3 Oakland Meetup/Review Thread

[sadaist]

Maybe I read it in here but I thought I read somewhere that they're playing the last few songs at a faster tempo than before. I'm listening to this show now (available on Dime) and I agree, they do sound faster. I really noticed it in Panama. This is not a bad thing though.

Maybe by the end of the show they gotta pee?

[FALCO]

Come on Dave please stop singing these songs like show tunes!!


One thing for sure Ed's playing even better if that's possible than back in the day!!

I am speechless to what Dave just did to the '12 version of Hear About It Later... I'll stick with '81

[FALCO]

HAIL

Jesus H. Christ!!!

I have stayed off mostly since my enjoyment of the Ft. Lauderdale gig... still cranking the CD... but HOLY F**K what is going on with the vocals???
To do this to one of the coolest, most vibe-y songs (and my favorite) is just butchery...
Can someone show Dave the '81 Oakland... because that was the first and last time I will watch his version of '12 Oakland...

I have said from the Cafe Wha? gig that there is something wrong with DLR's voice and this just proves either that is true, or he has gone deaf...

There is NO WAY ANYONE in the VH Camp can be listening to that and saying "We must release a DVD of this!!!"

I am Dave Or Grave and thought '07//08 he was THE MAN... I am shocked as to what I just heard there...

Sing in the normal key and melody PLEASE!!!

\m/ \m/

[Seshmeister]

Correct me if I'm wrong... no "running w/the devil".

Second song?

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/van-halen/2012/oracle-arena-oakland-ca-73dfda19.html

[fourthcoming]

[QUOTE=Carloscda;1660031]Come on Dave please stop singing these songs like show tunes!!


I am a huge fan and supporter of pretty much anything Dave does....but I gotta agree with you here.......I don't need that bullshit upper register during Hear About It Later......he sounds so damn good when he stays within himself. No need to re-invent perfection. If your bored singing the same tunes every night, then play nice with the rest of the band and change up the set list.

[bantonelli]

Oopsie.... maybe Dave and I should shack up - two fools a minute - he's off key and I'm losing it.

[Guitar Shark]

Overall, great, one left to go....next Saturday night in Los Angeles with Jay Hale. We will be sitting in VH Band's guest seats...hope they are decent. Jay will most likely post pics.

Very cool!

[bantonelli]

What I wouldn't do to try to get to Nawlins' to see the LAST..... I guess it was meant for Elvis to close out this leg of the tour with his review.

I'm already teary eyed for next Saturday's gig.

Ya know.... to a diehard Van Halen fan & RothArmy'er like me-self...you've been here long enough to endure some challenging and disappointing time in this band's history. Do you really think I'm going to be a harsh critic of whether Dave knocks over a microphone stand in error, complains of A/C or sings off key? Who CARES????? Our dreams became realized when Dave and Ed began to speak to one another and this band did the inevitable as Dave predicted on his radio show. Dave also had his heart in the right place over Ed's relapse for the 2007/08 tour with his unforgettable quote: "Hope springs eternal". The respect has come to fruition with these guys and I am living the DREAM... my favorite band that has put so many smiles on my face in good times and in bad, I can't help but be overwhelmed with gratitude and Love for this band. If it weren't for Wolfie, none of this would be, as we know and have acknowledged.

Just enjoy the last of what this amazing band, with these amazing guys have done for us. Whether Dave is off key, having sung every other night at a new gig in a new town enduring exhaustion should be totally excused. And yeah... they aren't Wolfie's age anymore - so give em' a break!

VH is not over for me, nor will they ever. I'm realistic. I know I may never see them tour again, but if that's the case, they went out of the spotlight like a beaming glow of a flawless diamond. I LOVE THIS BAND. (just had to vent over some of the nutty things I've been reading about the tour reviews and so-called flaws of Dave's request for the A/C to be turned off, yada, yada, yada.)

[jhale667]

We're going to have a blast (again), B...I can feel it!

[jhale667]

HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!! I want some of those!!! Where do I get those????

My niece runs a fashion blog, said they're everywhere, even Target stores...

http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fashionstylebeauty.com%2F%3Fp%3D5819&h=IAQG8dtgo

[bantonelli]

Yeah, Jay - I think it will be the BEST LA Concert that will ecco for years to come. I pray the seating is good. At Oakland, Dave played to the band's guest seating alot of the time!

[EdVanZep]

Here`s the Full Bug from Oakland , at 2:23 watch that bad mofo catch some air