Official 5/1 Tulsa Meetup/Review Thread

[vaijuju]

First video posted on youtube from the show tonight!!! WOO HOO!

It's a st louis vid !

[VAN HLN CA]

Especially with how cold it was. It was hot as hell during the day, but by the time Van Halen came on, it was cold and windy

Amplified by all of us being burnt in the day, the trek back over the pass to lots afterwards took a lifetime, So worth it ALL!

[VAN HLN CA]

I'll post a full review later and start uploading videos... Thanks for playing along.

Gotta give us at least one tonight, Thanks Man!!!

One more month till HelLA!!!!!!!!!

[Light Em' Up!]

It's a st louis vid !

Oh shit! A guy from the show tonight posted...ugh...major fuck up! SORRY ALL!!!

[Light Em' Up!]

I jumped the gun...too much excitement....sorry, I'm still a newbie here...

[SNIPER]

Way to go Light! ..Double check next time. Hehe!

[SNIPER]

Oh shit! A guy from the show tonight posted...ugh...major fuck up! SORRY ALL!!!

I will have to spank you tonight for that.

[Light Em' Up!]

Way to go Light! ..Double check next time. Hehe!

Thanks for the support! Great...now I'm gonna lose all credibility on here...FUCK!

[Light Em' Up!]

I will have to spank you tonight for that.

Is that a promise or a threat??? Either way, spank away!!!

[Dan]

Get A Room.

[redfire]

As I begin to type this review, I'm in the process of copying my videos on to my harddrive because I'm a fan of multi-tasking...

To understand what this night means to mean, you have to start at the beginning.

My brother, the House of Pain, former mod of the House of Music and Roth Romper Room here at DLRArmy, is about 8 and half years older than me. We shared a room growing up in a small town north of Tulsa. And like most brothers, we didn't always see eye to eye with each other. I'm sure I was a pain as a 5 year old, until I was 15 or so I understand why he wasn't always a fan of me. The friendship we have was birthed out of Van Halen. My brother always played Van Halen on the badass stereo he had, I mean the thing even had a record player on it and 2 tape decks for recording. How player is that? But I never really got into Van Halen until I turned 16 and started driving. I had a 1976 POS truck with a tape deck... in 1998 (I know, I was awesome.) And in trying to find music to listen to, I found a nice set of old tapes my brother owned. And I recognized Van Halen, so I took 1984 and began listening.

My brother took me under his wing in expanding my =VH= library and made me another mix tape of various Van Halen songs, and at that point I was hooked.

In 1999, I joined tha VHlinks, and eventually became the moderator of the VH Song and Album forums as a 17 year old. Also around that time, I met a couple of superfans, if you will, that eventually became like a brotherhood. Also in this time frame, we joined the Army here representing classic Van Halen. I was a mod here as well in various forums, the Rumor Mill, Song and Albums, and eventually the House of Music.

During this time, I began to collect various bootlegs from the Van Halen tours. I, having been born in 1982, was never fortunate to see Van Halen live. But I had several bootlegs. I had/have at least one from each of the first 6 tours, and plenty of demos. Napster was such a great resource back in the day... Thanks Sean whatever your name is. (Sorry, the Social Network was a little boring)

I'd obviously seen many of the videos from this current tour, and I wasn't entirely sure of what to expect. I didn't go in with low expectations. But as someone who sings and plays the guitar weekly on stage, I know it's not the easiest thing to do. And being consistenly great for 20+ songs is tough.

I know we've always said Dave is a showman. A frontman. An entertainer... let's be honest. Dave is THE entertainer. THE frontman. THE SHOWSTOPPA! THE ICON! (with appologies to Conmee) But I've never seen someone run a show like he did tonight.

That was the single greatest event I have ever been to. In part because of who Van Halen is to me. What those songs mean to me. I mean, the first 10 songs I ever learned on the guitar were Van Halen songs. And I was singing DLR and VH songs several years before I began playing.

But the amazing thing is: they were spot on tonight. I've seen Eddie not nail the Ice Cream Man solo plenty of time, but he was spot on tonight. I've heard Dave have trouble with the second half of the demanding setlist, but he had no trouble tonight during that I'll Wait, HFT, Women in Love, GGB gauntlet. Wolfgang is the man and I don't know what he's going to do in the future, but I'll be listening. He's progressed to the point that I don't need to say Michael Anthony who? Mikes irrelevant, and there is no reason to compare them anymore. Alex is still amazing. Drums pull everything together. I say that as a guitarist who's had not so great drummer in the past. But the songs fit together in no small part because of Alex.

It looks like my videos on my CPU now, but I most go to sleep since I have to be at work in 7 hours. I will make sure the audio is good, then I'll upload them to Youtube so you all too may experience a small portion of what I experienced tonight.

James out.

(I apologize in advance for spelling and syntax errors...)

[redfire]

Exact set list..............

Unchained
Running With the Devil
She's the Woman
Romeo Delight
Tattoo
Everybody Wants Some!
Somebody Get me a Doctor
China Town
Hear About it Later
Pretty Woman
Drum Solo
You Really Got Me
The Trouble With Never
Dance the Night Away
I'll Wait
Hot for Teacher
Women in Love
Girl Gone Bad
Beautiful Girls
Ice Cream Man
Panama
Guitar Solo
Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love
Jump

[VAN HLN CA]

James, that was inspirational on many levels. Cutting your teeth on the epitome of American R&R and being forever changed for it, is what its all about & the fact your love of music is driven by VH. it's great we get shows like tonight to make the decades of suffering almost tolerable. The curved years have been wiped away, we don't even have to be reminded when we are on official site's as ringed discs are not part of the catalog & the only time we're forced to recall the pain is when that Cabon rent O'vox forces delusions & abductions when allowed to rant. Your brother opened the right door for you and we are all getting more than we hoped for as you guys just soaked up the band at it's most precise peak, above even their expectations. In some ways this tour, disc, Dave being Dave and nothing to prove a'la '07/8 makes things today seem impeccable. Finally feeling content, content if touring has to end for any reason, reasonable only because ADKOT/VH 2012 is the Best VH we will ever have, hear or see.......how perfect, after decades of turbulence it's poetic justice that the future is entirely open & if it's over could not have ended on a better note. Thanks & Looking forward to your clips, will look in the morning need sleep now

[Momshell]

Wow redfire - amazing review. Thanks for sharing your story of being inspired by the Mighty VH and of connecting with your big brother. It sounds like you've been a 'superfan' for many years and I'm really happy for you that you got to experience what sounds like a killer show last night. Thank you for sharing all of your updates with us throughout and letting us feel some of your excitement with you. Now it's time for me to search youtube! Roth On!!!

[Momshell]

Clip of RWTD