Oh man...I'm going through withdrawal. Almost two weeks since I've seen them. Hope for a second leg and maybe a show in my neck of the woods. They last played here in 81 for Fair Warning.
Oh man...I'm going through withdrawal. Almost two weeks since I've seen them. Hope for a second leg and maybe a show in my neck of the woods. They last played here in 81 for Fair Warning.
Holy cow! You could knock me over with a featherOriginally Posted by VAiN
...they played Blood and Fire??????
What's next.... "As Is" or "Stay Frosty"?...... (hear me scream!!!!!)
No kidding.. this tour is just about everything we wanted.. I'm seeing them in April.. I cant wait!Holy cow! You could knock me over with a feather
What's next.... "As Is" or "Stay Frosty"?...... (hear me scream!!!!!)
OH FUCK YES ---- this tour is heating up again ---- just in time for Pittsburgh this Friday which I'm attending (2nd show this tour)
I'm planning on taking my new $500 Sony HD camcorder with motion stabilization ---- sick of the shaky cell phone footage ---- just hope the security asswipes don't hassle me.
Steel City will be rockin' if they keep "Blood and Fire" and "Jamie's Cryin" ---- maybe they can add "Stay Frosty" and "Take Your Whiskey Home" !!!
Buy A Hat-Cam.OH FUCK YES ---- this tour is heating up again ---- just in time for Pittsburgh this Friday which I'm attending (2nd show this tour)
I'm planning on taking my new $500 Sony HD camcorder with motion stabilization ---- sick of the shaky cell phone footage ---- just hope the security asswipes don't hassle me.
Steel City will be rockin' if they keep "Blood and Fire" and "Jamie's Cryin" ---- maybe they can add "Stay Frosty" and "Take Your Whiskey Home" !!!
First Roth Army Kiwi To See Van Halen Live 6/16/2012 Phoenix Arizona.
Buy A Hat-Cam.
I did something similar to a "hat-cam" on the 1998 Van Cherone tour ---- I snuck in a very small mini-DV camcorder and recorded footage while a tour t-shirt was draped over my head ---- security never saw me and I recorded about 4 songs (once the sun went down).
This is back in the day when all cameras were forbidden ---- and I would've have gone apeshit if some security asshole tried to confiscate my $1000 camera.
Guys..I am exhausted I will post online tomorrow. But the show was incredible. I so envy whoever is going 'again'. Complete surprise, but I have to say my favs in order are Reading, AC then Philly. I had great seats perhaps that is why..but everything about the show including Blood & Fire and J cryin it was really great. I have to figure out a way to get to another show...After 3 in about 3 weeks, you would think that is enough considering the setlists are fairly similar...BUT they are so spot on, it is like a addiction....
Till tomorrow...
For Diver Down tour at Forum had 2nd row center and palmed Cannon A-1, while being frisked kept it high in back and waved other hand to keep him off point at 6'2" pulled it off. Knew I was gonna get shook down and as soon as we got to seats guy made me open and obliged with the old roll I knew would be gone. Had 2 other rolls strategically placed. Half into show tried n got popped again. But for encore pulled out last and went to town with 400 film. You can see VH security ready to pounce but enough people rushed the barrier and they were too busy to get me. Got some killer ones for film and tough shooting, quick up and downs as I could. Very proud I pulled it off and few years back shared with Zloz at his studio and even He was impressed!
The goofy Dave tour with Mambo Slammers in Vegas was funny. You sat at tables of 8 and in very front had snuck in best Sony at the time. Sat it on table and had entire show going under jacket. Dave got a funny look near end and ran off stage right. Next thing I know Big Ed was tapping my shoulder, come the fuck with me.
We went around side of stage and he went into verbal assault bout charges and Raged. Took my tape Hi8, was the shit at the time, And camera! He wanted me thrown out! Went back to enjoy last couple minutes of show with all peeps jaw dropped at what just happened. One of them had walked up during rage to calm him down sayin we drove in from LA for fun not to ruin great night.
After was kinda sick thing lost a grand and my tape, went to concierge and luckily it was there but the info I gave Big Ed had to be what was givin to him, had ID and was straight up, got the bitch back!
To this day can't understand what was so bad, I was in no way going to try and sell, no such media as YouTube not even an Internet crept for bulliten board style. Just wanted to enjoy Dave from his show. I do remember that tur was never seen as a good move from most fans let alone industry. Friend I was with used to be a KNAC DJ and word was this was bad move for Dave back then. He had just cut his hair off and was playing all together new style of music for Dave in those days, but it was Dave and I enjoyed it"........all I know is I'd put money that once they watched it, they said this was well done & either Dave or Ed still have it to this day.
Light Up the Sky! Now I will have to see every SoCal show to not miss a single nugget. Blood & Fire was highlight at Forum last month and it's great knowing they are listening, Trouble with Never is not that great live, BnF and Stay Frosty instead of China Town is way to go. The Take Your Whiskey, Fools, Sinners Swing and In a Simple Rhyme will be in the sets by June. At this point they might even throw in Loss of Control to show us this ones for Us.
Thank you VH for the perfect disc, shows, sets and giving us what we want! This shit makes me smile while our family is in final days of Moms battle of 'C'. All VH from before Christmas to now has taken been perfect to brighten the days.
Jamie's Cryin(2012 Tour Debut)" Van Halen@Sovereign Center Reading, PA 3/26/12
Cheers Dan - freakin awesome.Jamie's Cryin(2012 Tour Debut)" Van Halen@Sovereign Center Reading, PA 3/26/12
Go home the Earth is full....
I hear ya! It's been three days and four shows and I'm still not satisfied! I was good, and then they go and play new stuff...again! Blood and Fire!!! Seriously hoping for a second leg!
Stay Frosty!
THE DAY IS DONZO LET'S HAVE SOME FUNZO!!
Here it is.....Blood and Fire!!! Including "I told ya I was coming back!!!"
blood and fire anyone? huge thanks to dan -amazing/goosebump vid
Panama
whoops--thanks momshell --all the way from aus
Just read on twitter than Jamie's Cryin replaced HAIL and Blood and Fire replaced Trouble With Never.
Damn!! Blood and Fire is back in...that's great...The Trouble with Never is great but, Blood and Fire should stay in simply for Dave to say the "Told ya I was comin' back" part...the video of it on Youtube...and even with only 7000 people there, the crowd pop during that part sounded huge!!
Light up the Sky at soundcheck huh?
If they had played that Saturday night in AC...I'd still be passed out on the floor at Boardwalk Hall....seriously....
That's fuckin' awesome!Here it is.....Blood and Fire!!! Including "I told ya I was coming back!!!"
Dave still has to be careful in those higher ranges....the "We Came, we came, we came" is really a strain on his voice.
But it's great to hear this in the show!!
Originally posted by perilouspete
fryingdutchman you pretty much own everyone.....sick comebacks, well put. top class wit.
yup - got chills from just seeing that part on YouTube - must've been amazing live!
Actually, in re-listening to it, it seems what's giving me the problem is actually Wolfie's harmonies.....not Dave's vocal.
Wolfie should be singing the exact same note as Dave to boost it and pound it home, not stretching way up for some Michael Anthony-esque two-part harmony that really isn't in the studio recording.
It's great to hear this in the show.
Man...I hope they extend the tour and come back this way again.
Here it is.....Blood and Fire!!! Including "I told ya I was coming back!!!"
ARGH!!!!!!!
it cut off just as my favorite song started
I barely heard the cowbell man. I NEED MORE COWBELL!!!
“Great losses often bring only a numb shock. To truly plunge a victim into misery, you must overwhelm him with many small sufferings.”
Completely agree.
I forget what song they were in at the AC show when they stopped it and soaked in the applause...but the "Told ya I was comin' back" part is a natural for that same treatment.
I'm seriously considering Greensboro...Saturday show...take Friday and Monday off...
hmmm...
So is she......
Awwwww dude....don't tempt me.
If I just took off like that I think I would come home to the locks changed and all of my shit out on the front lawn....
I'm out of "Thanks"....but that was fucking hilarious!!So is she......
I took care of it, bro! LMFAO!I'm out of "Thanks"....but that was fucking hilarious!!
From Lou
1. Unchained 5:07
2. Runnin' With The Devil 3:43
3. She's The Woman 2:59
4. Romeo Delight 4:57
5. Tattoo 4:32
6. Everybody Wants Some!! 7:20
7. Somebody Get Me A Doctor 3:44
8. China Town 3:21
9. Jamie's Cryin' 4:15
10. (Oh) Pretty Woman 3:00
11. Drum Solo 2:57
12. You Really Got Me 4:11
13. Blood And Fire 4:21
14. Dance The Night Away 3:47
15. I'll Wait 5:05
16. Hot For Teacher 5:22
17. Women In Love... 4:19
18. Girl Gone Bad 4:42
19. Beautiful Girls 3:58
20. Ice Cream Man 7:19
21. Panama 3:56
22. Guitar Solo (Eruption, Spanish Fly, Cathedral) 8:30
23. Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love 5:17
24. Jump 5:51
Notes:
This was Van Halen's first ever performance in Reading, PA. While it's not the most convenient place to get to, it was kinda cool for one time to take in a VH show at a 7,000 seat arena in the middle of nowhere. These are the kinds of places Van Halen would play 30 years ago when they made it a point to hit virtually every city in the USA, like Pocatello ID, Salina KS, Johnson City TN, Binghamton NY, etc. So I pretended like I was travelling back in time, even moreso than one normally would for a VH show.
Another nice warm recording, my most centered and least echo-y of the four I've done so far. I wish the high frequencies had turned out better and thus I can't give it an "A." I had lots of buffoons around me including many people who tried to sneak down to the floor, only to be removed by security. Unfortunately, it got to the point where a security guard asked to see my ticket during "Blood and Fire." Thankfully he didn't notice the mics clipped to my collar. Also, I'm thankful that the mics cut out a decent amount of the extracurricular activity around me.
So we got a bit of a curveball tonight, with Jamie's Cryin' performed for the first time since July 3, 2008, and the first performance of Blood And Fire since the tour rehearsals in February. The word from a credible source is that Light Up The Sky was rehearsed three times at soundcheck and was on the official setlist, but was scratched at the last minute because Roth did not want to perform it. Girl Gone Bad was played instead.
The performance by the Van Halens was tight as has been the norm on this tour. Roth remains the weak link though he was better tonight than in Atlantic City. He at least pretended he wanted to be there, he engaged the crowd and he did some improv, especially during Everybody Wants Some. He also scolded the crew before She's The Woman and during I'll Wait. I'm not sure why this continues to be a problem on this tour.
ditto!I'm out of "Thanks"....but that was fucking hilarious!!
Fucking Lou is making me late for work as I wait for his show to download!!!
Come on, Dave...give us a break...
I hope you at least gave him a reach around.
He said 'I told ya we' at the warm up gig.Here it is.....Blood and Fire!!! Including "I told ya I was coming back!!!"
I think he enjoyed the cheer there, we may see it again although he's struggling to reach it live.
It's maybe just too high for him now...
Damn... now THAT'S a great set-list! Could have been slightly better with LUTS, but what the hell - Dave's voice sounded fatigued in the vid for BAF halfway through the set, so maybe that's a good thing... for now. Hope they drop TTWN and keep Blood And Fire permanently (or at least through the month of May...)Kudos to all who saw this intimate VH experience!
My karma just ran over your dogma.
I hear ya, Sesh...I'd like to hear what it sounded like though...I wish someone could grab some sound check audio...
Not at all. I thought it was funny too!
I said I'm sorry! Realized after typing it that although I cracked myself up, I sounded like a bitch.
LOL...You got me!
http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=375712
Review: Van Halen rocks, but vocals rocky
Jon Fassnacht
Reading Eagle
For much of Monday night's concert, David Lee Roth's vocals struggled to be heard clearly above the powerful racket being made by his Van Halen bandmates.
That wasn't a bad thing.
The one-of-a-kind lead singer, back leading the band that made him famous 30 years ago, gave a packed Sovereign Center a wildly uneven performance.
Prancing around in front of a mammoth, high-definition screen, Diamond Dave, 57, certainly was fun to watch. He unleashed spin kicks, contorted himself into a variety of positions, twirled the mic stand like a martial artist and seduced a woman in the front row during an extended take of "Everybody Wants Some."
But his vocals were all over the place. He forgot words, he had trouble staying in time and his attempts at hitting some difficult notes - for example, the "Can't you see what I mean" line in show closer "Jump" - were often cringe-inducing.
A shame, because the cymbal-heavy chugging backbeat provided by the Van Halen family members sounded as powerful and infectious as ever.
Really, is it possible to hear the first minute of "Hot for Teacher" and not be ready to take on the world?
Guitarist Eddie and drummer Alex, both pushing 60, sound like musicians half their age.
Bassist Wolfgang - Eddie's son - actually is half their age.
The 21-year-old wasn’t even born until the band was well into the Sammy Hagar era.
The younger Van Halen was almost a nonentity, his contributions overpowered by the ferocious playing of his father and uncle. His lone moment in the spotlight was the brief one-note intro to "Runnin' With the Devil."
Not surprisingly, the band culled nearly half of the 22-song set from its 1978 self-titled debut and "1984," the mega-selling albums that bookended Roth's first stint with the band.
Also not surprisingly, many of those songs - "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love," "You Really Got Me," "Ice Cream Man," "I'll Wait," "Panama" - got the biggest responses.
But the band dug deep a few times for the diehards in attendance, dusting off early rockers "Romeo Delight" and "Somebody Get Me a Doctor."
"A Different Kind of Truth," this year's reunion album, also comprised a nice chunk of the 110-minute set. Of the five songs played from the album, the single "Tattoo" and the pounding "China Town" made the biggest impression.
The set also featured two unaccompanied solos: a brief rumble by Alex and a lengthy excursion by Eddie, which included a heavy dose of his trademark tapping and incorporated segments of his legendary solo piece, "Eruption."
Fans likely did a double-take when they saw who the band tapped to be its opening act.
About the only things Van Halen and R&B/funk veterans Kool and the Gang have in common is a string of hits in the '80s and namesake band members.
Only two founding members of the group remain, including bassist Robert "Kool" Bell, but the groove remains.
Dressed entirely in white, the 10-piece band couldn't have done a better job kick-starting the evening, with 50 minutes of nearly nonstop energy.
The interplay was tight and the arrangements were loose, allowing the band members to solo, which they did, and get the crowd to chant, which they did.
Kool and the Gang wisely chose to bypass its popular ballads, sticking to '70s funk classics like "Ladies' Night," "Hollywood Swingin' " and "Jungle Boogie," and '80s rock-tinged hits like "Tonight" and "Misled."
By the time the set came to a close with - what else? - "Celebration," much of the arena was on its feet, singing along.
Contact Jon Fassnacht: 610-371-5017 or jfassnacht@readingeagle.com.
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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