Dearest DDE - These are the things we want as well as the things we don't want...

[ELVIS]

Who want's to be first ??

[1971Quarter]

Get rid of the headset

[ELVIS]

And get rid of the headset...

[Jagermeister]

Oh brother.

[Jagermeister]

Who want's to be first ??

Add Jump to the set list............

[ELVIS]

Remove Jump from the fabric of time...

[Zing!]

I don't know. Get rid of the headset maybe? Don't open with (or even include) 'You Really Got Me' in the set-list. Don't want Ed to play plain, boring painted guitars - they should all be stripey. Get rid of the head set. Did I already say that one?

[Dave's Bitch]

Kool and the gang

[diamondsgirl]

Remove Jump from the fabric of time...

If only.

[ELVIS]

Mark Zing down for getting rid of the headset...

[FORD]

No "Jump". No "I'll Wait". Play "Tattoo" without the keyboards (they weren't necessary to begin with).

Is there a theme here? Yeah... leave the fucking synthesizers off the tour. Completely.

Also, change up the set list. You have 7 albums to work with now, (minus the two previously mentioned songs from 1984 that should be dropped completely) so be prepared to play all of it. At the very least, you should play every track from ADKOT on this tour. Not all in one show, of course. But if you play 3 or 4 of them every night and rotate them, along with all the songs from the 6 pack, it could be a different set list every night.

If you do this, I won't give a flying fuck about the headset one way or the other.

[Vinnie Velvet]

Don't bite the hand that feeds.

....just sayin.

[ELVIS]

No "Jump". No "I'll Wait". Play "Tattoo" without the keyboards (they weren't necessary to begin with).

Is there a theme here? Yeah... leave the fucking synthesizers off the tour. Completely.

Also, change up the set list. You have 7 albums to work with now, (minus the two previously mentioned songs from 1984 that should be dropped completely) so be prepared to play all of it. At the very least, you should play every track from ADKOT on this tour. Not all in one show, of course. But if you play 3 or 4 of them every night and rotate them, along with all the songs from the 6 pack, it could be a different set list every night.

If you do this, I won't give a flying fuck about the headset one way or the other.

Dang FORD...

But I would normally disagree with playing all the new stuff, but with the album possibly being at the number one spot above Adele or whoever, you have a point...

[diamondsgirl]

What we do like...what we really, really, really like....

1. all these invites to secret gigs and rehearsals! keep that shit up indefinitely!
2. Dave is smiling!
3. Dave is in stellar shape!
4. maybe someone could at least explain the headset, please.
5. Dave's lyrics are as cool as ever! funny, sexy, and badass.
6. Dave's voice sounds great (as long as he lays off the high stuff.)
7. Dave and Ed are getting along.
8. The Van Halens are letting Dave be Dave and actually seem to be enjoying it.
9. Dave talking to us about lyrics, etc. Keep him talking to us!! Let us know whats going on.
10. Most of all..the Old & New VH!!

[Sensible Shoes]

Dang FORD...

But I would normally disagree with playing all the new stuff, but with the album possibly being at the number one spot above Adele or whoever, you have a point...

I'm sure some of it can't be played live. For instance, I don't think Dave could pull off "Stay Frosty" live with all the quick lyrics in the verses.

[ELVIS]

He can just make some of it up...

[Jagermeister]

Remove Jump from the fabric of time...

[ELVIS]

Bring back this Dave...



See the mic ??

[conmee]

Dearest DDE Representatives:

I would like the following:

1) MORE Keyboards - If DLR can rewrite the words to demos, have him re-write When It's Love, Why Can't This Be Love, and I'd like a keyboard version of Panama.
2) MORE Tights - I want the ENTIRE band in lavender and teal TIGHTS!
3) MORE Headsets - I want EVERYONE on Bluetooth Headsets... Samsung makes some svelte units.
4) MORE Covers - Let's face it, VH is the premier band at reworking their own and OTHER people's music. Where Have All The Covers Gone?
5) NEW ALBUM ART - The train is OK, but please type out the lyrics, it's too difficult to read DLR's handwriting, if you can call it that.
6) VH v. KATG DUEL - Eddie v. the black dude that plays guitar in KATG (they have a guitarist, right?). Dave v. Kool. Wolfie v. The Horn Section?

That is all (for now).

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[ToraToraTora]

Who cares about the fuckin headset? WE WANT A EUROPEAN TOUR??????? They could all wear headsets as far as i'm concerned if they showed up over here!

[Sensible Shoes]

smartasses.

[ELVIS]

Dearest DDE Representatives:

I would like the following:

1) MORE Keyboards - If DLR can rewrite the words to demos, have him re-write When It's Love, Why Can't This Be Love, and I'd like a keyboard version of Panama.
2) MORE Tights - I want the ENTIRE band in lavender and teal TIGHTS!
3) MORE Headsets - I want EVERYONE on Bluetooth Headsets... Samsung makes some svelte units.
4) MORE Covers - Let's face it, VH is the premier band at reworking their own and OTHER people's music. Where Have All The Covers Gone?
5) NEW ALBUM ART - The train is OK, but please type out the lyrics, it's too difficult to read DLR's handwriting, if you can call it that.
6) VH v. KATG DUEL - Eddie v. the black dude that plays guitar in KATG (they have a guitarist, right?). Dave v. Kool. Wolfie v. The Horn Section?

That is all (for now).

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This man does crack on the way to by coke...

Pay no attention to him...

[ZahZoo]

Everything else is trivial...

Release the Oakland 1981 videos on DVD...

[vandeleur]

Tour the uk .....preferably newcastle ....hey any were in europe would do

[Jagermeister]

Everything else is trivial...

Release the Oakland 1981 videos on DVD...

Yeah no shit.

[vandeleur]

Oh Dearest DDE you fucking rock and the stuff you have given us is fucking stella .. totally out of this world and we appreciate it and and were grateful ... even if we dont always seem to be

[Sensible Shoes]

What he said.

[DavidLeeNatra]

there is a world outside the US!!! you call it "world tour"...than fucking tour the world...start off in Berlin!!!

[Unchainme]

Come to Cleveland!

Honestly though, the mic stuff is trivial, and only very minor.

Agreed with Zahzoo, You guys release a Van Halen DVD of the Dave years, or one with the new lineup, I'll pay good money for that.

I think the only that'd be honest for Dave to do would be a pre-approved, well monitored web chat here with us.

Honestly though? DDE has been GREAT for what they've provided the Army, and I wouldn't ask for another thing honestly.

[Jagermeister]

Somebody really should start a Brown M&M thread.

[Zing!]

Tell Dave not to date his lyrics by referencing Facebook, blogging, or texting any longer. Referencing records, 8-tracks, and juke-boxes is fine, because they're cool in a timeless sort of way. A 57 year old singing about texting just sounds weird. If my dad did that I would tell him to stop. Seriously. You're creeping me out, pop.

[Sensible Shoes]

You probably think Old people don't have sex either.

[Jagermeister]

You probably think Old people don't have sex either.

They don't.

[vandeleur]

You probably think Old people don't have sex either.

define old

[Zing!]

You probably think Old people don't have sex either.

Ewww...

[Sensible Shoes]

My point exactly.

[Sensible Shoes]

define old

no...

[Sensible Shoes]

Anyway, if I were DDE, I'd be reading this thread thinking "Those ungrateful fucks!"

[Jagermeister]

You know I was just thinking while I was taking a piss. I can't think of a single song on any of the 6 albums I don't like. Not fucking one! I don't know how you can call yourselfs Van Halen fans and talk shit about keyboards ,I'll Wait and Jump.


I mean come the fuck on.

[Zing!]

My point exactly.

Although to be fair, I didn't ask Dave to stop singing about sex, chicks, babes, and foolin' around. At 57 that could be construed as questionable subject matter for some artists - but it wouldn't be very Van Halen without it, now would it?