During Which Song Will You Go For A Leak and/or Beer Counter During The Show?

[VHscraps]

I think it's time to cut all the solos, even 'Eruption'. If they want to give Dave a rest, or whatever, let them run through an instrumental of 'Girl Gone Bad' - and they can show off plenty. It is practically an instrumental anyway - and I'd much rather hear that than one guy on stage doing a solo. It's just old hat.

Didn't Al used to solo after the SECOND song on the '1984' tour?

Tommy Lee's 360 thing on this recent Motley tour was just a variation on what he'd done before - the only novelty for me was the guy from the audience on there with him. Seeing if he was gonna fall off ... that kept my attention for a couple of minutes.

[guwapo_rocker]

i think it's time to cut all the solos, even 'eruption'.

gasp!!!

[Va Beach VH Fan]

Yeah, cut out the greatest guitar solo of all time....

[VHscraps]

I bet Ed hates having to do it - it's like a dead weight around his neck.

That original LP version, however, is timeless and can't be topped.

I didn't mind Mick Mars's solo on the recent Crue tour, because he didn't try and be flash. He just made a hell of a lot of noise, feedback, etc., for a few minutes - and it sounded a bit like you'd imagine the sound of skyscrapers if they were being pushed into each other, or summat. I thought that was cool - a kind of anti-solo. Then it segued quite perfectly into 'Kickstart My Heart', I think (I'd had a few beers by then ...)

Good pacing.

[VHscraps]

Yeah, cut out the greatest guitar solo of all time....

Would be a brave, and probably unlikely, thing to do - but I just think solos mess up the pacing of a good show. Unless he did it for 96 seconds, as per the original.

[vandeleur]

sorry dude , aint gonna happen

[VHscraps]

yeah, I know. But a bit of unpredictability would be good.

[VanHalenI]

Nothing will take me out of a Van Halen concert NOTHING, I'll think it twice if they play "Runnin'..." nothing against that song, believe me, one of my favorite pieces of music, but I want something fast!

[So this is love]

GUYS I just want a song or a solo to go for more beers and a piss...Don't start cutting out RWTD or the greatest guitar solo of all time.......Geez BTW who leaves the stands when ED's soloing?

[ThrillsNSpills]

GUYS I just want a song or a solo to go for more beers and a piss...Don't start cutting out RWTD or the greatest guitar solo of all time.......Geez BTW who leaves the stands when ED's soloing?

Well since you put it that way, and although it doesn't match the title, you can go during "I'll Wait."

[So this is love]

Well since you put it that way, and although it doesn't match the title, you can go during "I'll Wait."

I think I'll Wait will be left out this tour...I never had this problem when SH was with VH...I could leave my seat anytime I wanted

[Terry]

Last year I found myself getting bored during the Neil Peart drum solo and went to the bar when Tommy Lee was spinning around upside down.

You can't get more over them than that...

I mean, fuck, throw a couple more tunes in there rather than a drum solo.

I can understand it gives the rest of the band a chance to have a break, and/or switch off guitars...[drum solos] are as boring as fuck, though.

[Terry]

GUYS I just want a song or a solo to go for more beers and a piss...Don't start cutting out RWTD or the greatest guitar solo of all time.......Geez BTW who leaves the stands when ED's soloing?

Honestly, last time around Ed's solo would have been a good time to cut out and take a piss.

[academic punk]

Last year I found myself getting bored during the Neil Peart drum solo and went to the bar when Tommy Lee was spinning around upside down.

You can't get more over them than that...

This conversation reminds me of an old joke:
An anthropologist is in deepest, darkest Africa, researching and studying the natives. From the time he'd arrived, he could hear the sound of drums off in the hills. "What's up with the drums?" he'd constantly ask. "Very bad if the drums stop." But he could never get an answer as to what would happen if the drums were to stop and why it would be bad.
So after months and months of hearing the drums, asking about the drums, getting the same response about the drums, not getting any real answers about the drums, their significance, and what happens if they stop, well, one day...the drums...just....stop.

The entire village freezes. Men and women stop everything and anything they were doing. They look towards the hills in complete, abject HORROR.

"What?" The anthropologist begs, "What happens now? You always told me it would be bad if the drums stop. Well, they have! Now what???!?"

"Now," the tribal chief responds, "Comes the bass solo."

[Seshmeister]

The funny thing is now with the internet people know the running order and you see them moving towards the exits for a piss before the end of the song before the drum solo.

At a Rush show a few years back I thought I was being clever doing that to avoid two weak songs off their worst album and when I got to the gents there was a queue. I said 'so you all saw the setlist online too' and everyone laughed...

[Seshmeister]

This conversation reminds me of an old joke:
An anthropologist is in deepest, darkest Africa, researching and studying the natives. From the time he'd arrived, he could hear the sound of drums off in the hills. "What's up with the drums?" he'd constantly ask. "Very bad if the drums stop." But he could never get an answer as to what would happen if the drums were to stop and why it would be bad.
So after months and months of hearing the drums, asking about the drums, getting the same response about the drums, not getting any real answers about the drums, their significance, and what happens if they stop, well, one day...the drums...just....stop.

The entire village freezes. Men and women stop everything and anything they were doing. They look towards the hills in complete, abject HORROR.

"What?" The anthropologist begs, "What happens now? You always told me it would be bad if the drums stop. Well, they have! Now what???!?"

"Now," the tribal chief responds, "Comes the bass solo."

A couple, who's relationship was on the rocks, went to a marriage counselor who could not get them to discuss anything. The communication block was so heavy that nothing he suggested could make them open up and talk.

Finally after several sessions of non-communication, the counselor stands up, walks to the corner of the room and produces a bass guitar. He brings it to the couple, plugs it into a small practice amp and begins to play fervently. Gradually their barriers break down and they begin to discuss their problems and little things that always bothered them that they never felt encouraged to bring up before.

At the end of the session, they were smiling and laughing just like old times. They paid their bill and before leaving, the couple asked the counselor, "What did you do? How did that song help make everything work out?"

He answered simply, "Everybody talks during the bass solo."

[So this is love]

Honestly, last time around Ed's solo would have been a good time to cut out and take a piss.

I know what you mean but I saw him in MTL and he was great but then I saw the same solo in Tampa Bay and Sunrise and it wasn't as good but the whole show wasn't as good sounding than in Montreal earier in the tour/// Which Florida show did you attend...I think they also did Orlando.

[VanHalener]

I will not move from my seat when I saddle up in section 113.
I can hardly sleep at night knowing I'll be there.
You pukes can split during whatever fucking bores you, but you'll know VanHalener and his adult diaper don't need to leave the action for
A
N
Y
T
H
I
N
G
!

You better stand back and give me a little room to get it on.

V
A
N

H
A
L
E
N

B
I
T
C
H
E
S
!

[Dan]

Go Hard,Stay Hard And Take A Few Diapers With You.

[Dan]

And For The Ladies try This,www.shewee.com

[mohican]

Why don't we all chip in and buy Depend in bulk at Costco.

[academic punk]

Why don't we all chip in and buy Depend in bulk at Costco.

See, this argument is EXACTLY how Democrats should frame taxes: for the collective good and benefit of the masses.

[SNIPER]

They should put little rubber Hagar faces in the bottom of all urinals and toilets on the tour. hehe

[VanHalener]

See, this argument is EXACTLY how Democrats should frame taxes: for the collective good and benefit of the masses.

This ain't politics, baby. This is Vannnnn Halen.
I'll throw in a couple hundred if it helps people not miss a fooking thang!

OWWWWW!

[VanHalener]

They should put little rubber Hagar faces in the bottom of all urinals and toilets on the tour. hehe

That is THE only place I want to see Sir Spamness at a Van Halen concert.

[chefcraig]

They should put little rubber Hagar faces in the bottom of all urinals and toilets on the tour. hehe

One of the joints I cooked for tried putting little plastic targets in the stand-up urinals in the men's room. Oddly enough, this act actually increased the amount of restroom use, resulting in a drastically more significant amount of clean-up. One can only imagine the carnage that inserting Hagar's face would do in irreparably damaging the halls used on the intended VH tour.

[SNIPER]

One of the joints I cooked for tried putting little plastic targets in the stand-up urinals in the men's room. Oddly enough, this act actually increased the amount of restroom use, resulting in a drastically more significant amount of clean-up. One can only imagine the carnage that inserting Hagar's face would do in irreparably damaging the halls used on the intended VH tour.

I didn't look at it that way, good point. But it sure would be funny as hell.

[SNIPER]

Well, I plan on having a bottle in my boot and hold in my piss till the show ends. Not gonna miss any of it.

[mohican]

[academic punk]

That is THE only place I want to see Sir Spamness at a Van Halen concert.

Oh, no. No. Nonono. I wanna see Sammy there. I would LOVE to see him there. Because I want his fat ass to see and hear how beloved dave and classic VH are, and how Van Hagar never once, in all of his pompous, ill-conceived fantasies never even got near.

All the crap and abuse he's given Dave over the years for not being able to sing, and that Dave was a has-been? I want Sambo to see for himself how false and naive that notion was. I want him to hear US - the real fans - out there, and finally inevitably conclude that he only became a star because he got to walk into a household brand-name band that Dave built. To realize that it wasn't his singing or lyrics that made the band, but Eddie and Alex's musicianship while Dave wasn't around.

I want that fat prick to never be able to look in the mirror again.

[SNIPER]

Oh, no. No. Nonono. I wanna see Sammy there. I would LOVE to see him there. Because I want his fat ass to see and hear how beloved dave and classic VH are, and how Van Hagar never once, in all of his pompous, ill-conceived fantasies never even got near.

All the crap and abuse he's given Dave over the years for not being able to sing, and that Dave was a has-been? I want Sambo to see for himself how false and naive that notion was. I want him to hear US - the real fans - out there, and finally inevitably conclude that he only became a star because he got to walk into a household brand-name band that Dave built. To realize that it wasn't his singing or lyrics that made the band, but Eddie and Alex's musicianship while Dave wasn't around.

I want that fat prick to never be able to look in the mirror again.

You need to run for president sir!!

[chefcraig]

I want that fat prick to never be able to look in the mirror again.

The fact is, his mirror is covered with so many of his own smooch prints that he can't even see himself anymore. I mean really, do you think anyone goes out in public presenting themselves in such a ghastly fashion if they can at first see themselves reflected clearly before walking out the door?

[SNIPER]

bwahahahaha!!

[fifth element]

I'll piss on the guy in front of me before I leave my goddamn seat! Consider yourselves warned!!

not leaving my seat till the show is over...

[IceCreamBlondie]

Hell, Im staying for the whole VH show...... why leave the greatest show on earth?

Im just planning my drinks accordingly....

I don't care if I have to cross my legs during Dave's Tale! Its DAVE in his ELEMENT!

BTW, I thought Alex did a kick ass solo last tour. ED's solo, however, was LOOOONNNGG!

[ashstralia]

yeah, good old ash hasn't had a drink at a concert in 23 years... the upsides; i remember every detail of every show i've been to since 1988. as designated driver, my mates usually part pay for my ticket.

my philosophy is i can get blasted during the debrief the next night!!! WIN!!!

[chi-town324]

ill take a piss or head for the exit during jump every time even if it is the encore...fucking hate that song

[Seshmeister]

yeah, good old ash hasn't had a drink at a concert in 23 years... the upsides; i remember every detail of every show i've been to since 1988. as designated driver, my mates usually part pay for my ticket.

my philosophy is i can get blasted during the debrief the next night!!! WIN!!!

I didn't drink at a gig once in the mid 1990s, Aerosmith in an arena.

Never again...

[jero]

I saw Aerosmith in 2010 with a drink! It didn't matter

[WACF]

Jump....the only song I could do without.

I do not need a bass solo or drawn out drum solo either....even if Eddie cut down his solo that would be cool but....how can Eddie not have a solo.

Anything to cram in a few more songs is cool with me.