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[Terry]

When do the tickets go on sale?

Yeah, my rational mind says that should Anthony return, it wouldn't make a difference. However, if he did, like a bitch I'd buy the tickets.

[DONNIEP]

Yeah, my rational mind says that should Anthony return, it wouldn't make a difference. However, if he did, like a bitch I'd buy the tickets.

So fast my paypal account would be screaming...

[Terry]

So fast my paypal account would be screaming...

And I'd be eagerly awaiting the show from the second I bought the tickets until the show date...then I'd get to the arena early, have several stiff drinks and watch the show gawking like an open-mouthed breather the whole time they were onstage.

And THEN, true to form, I'd log onto this site, write a scathing review and periodically return to bitch about it for years to come.

[chefcraig]

Don't forget to lock it...

After Spicoli wrecks Jefferson's car...

Jefferson's Brother: My brother's gonna kill us! He's gonna kill us! He's gonna kill you and he's gonna kill me, he's gonna kill us!
Jeff Spicoli: Hey man, just be glad I had fast reflexes!
Jefferson's Brother: My brother's gonna shit!
Jeff Spicoli: Make up your mind, dude, is he gonna shit or is he gonna kill us?
Jefferson's Brother: First he's gonna shit, then he's gonna kill us!
Jeff Spicoli: Relax, all right? My old man is a television repairman, he's got this ultimate set of tools. I can fix it.

[Terry]

Seen the new Playboy?

No. Good?

Bo Derek's tits!

Alright!!

I like sex!

[chefcraig]

Seen the new Playboy?

No. Good?

Bo Derek's tits!

Alright!!

I like sex!

"Hear that? That's my skull!"

[moose]

Yeah, my rational mind says that should Anthony return, it wouldn't make a difference. However, if he did, like a bitch I'd buy the tickets.

Same here.....

[DONNIEP]

After Spicoli wrecks Jefferson's car...

Jefferson's Brother: My brother's gonna kill us! He's gonna kill us! He's gonna kill you and he's gonna kill me, he's gonna kill us!
Jeff Spicoli: Hey man, just be glad I had fast reflexes!
Jefferson's Brother: My brother's gonna shit!
Jeff Spicoli: Make up your mind, dude, is he gonna shit or is he gonna kill us?
Jefferson's Brother: First he's gonna shit, then he's gonna kill us!
Jeff Spicoli: Relax, all right? My old man is a television repairman, he's got this ultimate set of tools. I can fix it.

Perhaps one of the greatest movies ever made...

[DONNIEP]

And I'd be eagerly awaiting the show from the second I bought the tickets until the show date...then I'd get to the arena early, have several stiff drinks and watch the show gawking like an open-mouthed breather the whole time they were onstage.

And THEN, true to form, I'd log onto this site, write a scathing review and periodically return to bitch about it for years to come.

I don't know man...I remember opening nite in '07...I went to the show, my kid spent the nite with my mom and I went and didn't have one drink - had to drive home of course. I got home, proceeded to get half lit then wrote my review over at DDLR. I was so thrilled to see Dave back in the band that Wolfie could have come out in Power Rangers pajamas and it wouldn't have made one bit of difference to me. I think it would be the same if I went to a show and Mike was there. It may not be as good as I think it would be, but it would be better than I could have imagined, if only for that one nite.

[DONNIEP]

Anyway, back on topic - Fast Times - if you dug that movie and have never seen The Wild Life, you really should check it out. Great fuckin' movie.

[chefcraig]

Perhaps one of the greatest movies ever made...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAiFSHfMeio

[DLR Bridge]

Anyway, back on topic - Fast Times - if you dug that movie and have never seen The Wild Life, you really should check it out. Great fuckin' movie.

"It's casual"

That was a great movie. And it starts of with the instrumental version of Blood & Fire.

[DLR Bridge]

Haven't listened to this in a while. This is pure brown sound. What we got on ADKOT was reddish black.

[DONNIEP]

"It's casual"

That was a great movie. And it starts of with the instrumental version of Blood & Fire.

Great catch phrase. And Penn did a great job in that picture, Stoltz too. I remember seeing it at the movies and thinking "No wayyyy! That guy turned his glove box into a beer cooler?? I got to have one of those!" Hahahahaha.

No kids, you shouldn't try that. It was a different time, back when drinking and driving wasn't such a big deal.

[DONNIEP]

Haven't listened to this in a while. This is pure brown sound. What we got on ADKOT was reddish black.

Now, I love Blood & Fire. But I prefer the instrumental, Ripley. Same thing with She's The Woman and the other redone songs. Not because I pine away for the days when Dave could peel paint and shatter glasses with his screams. But because I can't unlearn the original lyrics, and because I'm just so damn used to hearing Ripley without lyrics.

[DLR Bridge]

I agree. Some of those earlier lyrics were God awful, but that just didn't and doesn't matter.

[DONNIEP]

I agree. Some of those earlier lyrics were God awful, but that just didn't and doesn't matter.

Well, I kinda prefer the original to "her Thunder Thong around your neck"

[DONNIEP]

I mean, come on! When I hear Thunder Thong I immediately get a mental picture of Honey Boo Boo's mom wearing a K Mart thong and farting like a rhinoceros.

[DLR Bridge]

I get that same mental picture!

[DLR Bridge]

Outta Space is creative yet too frenetic. Let's Get Rockin' is dumb yet catchy.

Big Trouble is fun in a Jamie's Cryin' sense. Big River is fun in a old fart going camping sense.

Tattoo, again some points for creativity, but the theme, soul, swagger and character that went into the club version (not the Japan one) of Down In Flames is just too damn good.

Bullethead. Never understood more than a few words of the original, but it's manic delivery pushes it past the choppy verses of the ADKOT version.

Beats Workin I actually like the new better than the old. "Fast Eddie. He's getting ready". Duh. The only slip up on the new is the same as Outta Space. Dave is singing in the Indeedido voice. Too shrill to really understand what the hell he's saying.

[FORD]

When I first read the titles "Big River" and "Outta Space" I thought they were going to be cover tunes. Yeah, a rewritten "Big Trouble" did cross my mind, since Dave had already cannibalized the song title on SkyCrapper, but I was wondering if they were going to attempt the old Johnny Cash song.

And with Dave's old joke about being a "black man trapped in a Jewish body", a Billy Preston cover seemed entirely possible.....

[FORD]

I mean, come on! When I hear Thunder Thong I immediately get a mental picture of Honey Boo Boo's mom wearing a K Mart thong and farting like a rhinoceros.

Thanks for that visual.

[DLR Bridge]

Yeah, a rewritten "Big Trouble" did cross my mind, since Dave had already cannibalized the song title on SkyCrapper

Not SkyCrapper. Eat'em and Smile.

[DONNIEP]

Thanks for that visual.

Puhleaze.....what visual did you get from Thunder Thong? It sure as hell doesn't conjure forth images of hot blond bikini babes. Sounds more like the new panty line at Lane Bryant to me.

***Lane Bryant is a plus sized chick store. And their models are pretty hot

[FORD]

Not SkyCrapper. Eat'em and Smile.

Yeah, you're right. Must be age related memory relapses....or I just haven't listened to any of the solo albums in a while.

[cadaverdog]

Thanks for that visual.

I was getting ready to munch down a leftover breakfast burritto. The key word here is was.

[DONNIEP]

I was getting ready to munch down a leftover breakfast burritto. The key word here is was.

Is it breakfast time already in The South?

[cadaverdog]

Is it breakfast time already in The South?

I went swimming earlier, ate a couple burgers, got drunk, passed out and just woke up. It's time for breakfast.
BTW. The Wild Life sucked ass. Too much drama, not enough funny.

[DONNIEP]

I went swimming earlier, ate a couple burgers, got drunk, passed out and just woke up. It's time for breakfast.
BTW. The Wild Life sucked ass. Too much drama, not enough funny.

Drama?? What, the Vet stuff? Yeah, that was a downer. But the rest? Gold.

[cadaverdog]

Drama?? What, the Vet stuff? Yeah, that was a downer. But the rest? Gold.

The Lea, the cop with the Freddie Mercury stache and Eric triangle. Boo.

[DONNIEP]

The Lea, the cop with the Freddie Mercury stache and Eric triangle. Boo.

Lea Thompson was hotter'n hells.

The cop was a douche.

Stoltz's character had no ballz - I'll admit that. But he was supposed to have no ballz! That's why she was banging the fag cop!

[78/84 guy]

Yeah, my rational mind says that should Anthony return, it wouldn't make a difference. However, if he did, like a bitch I'd buy the tickets.

Well the bass parts would sound more like the way Ed wanted them too be. His kid get's too do what he wants.

[Romeo Delight]

Yeah, my rational mind says that should Anthony return, it wouldn't make a difference. However, if he did, like a bitch I'd buy the tickets.

I think everyone obviously has a right to make a decision on whether to go to a show, buy or even listen to the new live cd, etc.

I am just getting tired of people claiming they are the only true fans because they are fighting the true fight, etc...boycott the tour because Mikey was dissed...c'mon.

If we based our decisions to buy or not buy made on ethical choices made by companies/entities what would we be buying exactly?

I am going for purely selfish reasons. For me its worth the money for the entertainment value, particularly the venues I am going to, is well worth the money.

Hell, a night at the movies for some formulaic movie is half the price of a show at Red Rocks. How many times have some of you told us in these threads that you aren't going to a show? I have a quick count tabulated for some of you:

WARF - 2,345
Donnie - 2,122

Honestly...enough. Don't go, please. Thanks,

[Terry]

I think everyone obviously has a right to make a decision on whether to go to a show, buy or even listen to the new live cd, etc.

I am just getting tired of people claiming they are the only true fans because they are fighting the true fight, etc...boycott the tour because Mikey was dissed...c'mon.

If we based our decisions to buy or not buy made on ethical choices made by companies/entities what would we be buying exactly?

I am going for purely selfish reasons. For me its worth the money for the entertainment value, particularly the venues I am going to, is well worth the money.

Hell, a night at the movies for some formulaic movie is half the price of a show at Red Rocks. How many times have some of you told us in these threads that you aren't going to a show? I have a quick count tabulated for some of you:

WARF - 2,345
Donnie - 2,122

Honestly...enough. Don't go, please. Thanks,

People are free to use whatever rationale they want for attending or not attending the current (or future) Van Halen tour(s)...put it this way: they're certainly free to do that without getting a ration of online shit from me for it.

I mean, you run across odd mentalities among some 'superfans'. Some will claim they are 'more true CVH fans than you are' because they have every available bootleg of every show. Then, you ask them if they want to trade copies of some of those shows and they're all 'no way, I'm not trading copies of my collection'.

Or you get those who buy every single thing put out under the Van Halen name as soon as it comes out and never have so much as a single critical opinion about the content of any of it. If you happen to mention that, say, Where Have All The Good Times Gone on Diver Down was a track you found to be pretty weak by CVH standards, they jump all over your shit and blather 'hey, man, if you had heard that track live on the Hide Your Sheep Tour, you'd realize what a kick ass track it was, man!' Then you reply that you HAVE heard that track played by the band live on the DD tour, and you STILL think the album version is pretty lame, and you get the old 'true fans of the band wouldn't feel that way' song and dance.

If someone wants to boycott the band going forward because Mike Anthony isn't there, who am I to say that isn't a good enough reason for them to stop buying what Van Halen are selling?

I didn't bother with the Tokyo Dome album because what I heard of it it wasn't anything all that great to my ears. I'm not bothering with the current tour because the band aren't doing anything different from what they were doing 3 years ago live. What I got out of the band in 2008 and 2012 live was maybe 75% of the way there to what I would have deemed acceptable in terms of the band putting out a live performance that was worth the time, money and effort for me to attend. What the band is doing this go-around, from what I have seen and heard so far, is nothing substantially different from what they have been doing over the last 8 years. So I'm not going to the trouble of attending when it's just gonna be more of the same.

If what the band is doing now is an acceptable level of entertainment for some, I say that's cool. Enjoy the show. I just found from my last 2 shows with the band that I wasn't really enjoying the shows. I think maybe my memories of what the band used to be able to do (and what I honestly feel they COULD be doing now but are opting not to do because of age and ego) are just prohibiting me from accepting the band for what it is now, as opposed to what it was.

What the band was is over, and they're not gonna be able to recapture it for me. They had two chances to do so since 2007, and they came up short twice. When I heard the Tokyo Dome stuff and saw them on Kimmell and the Billboard awards, my response certainly wasn't enthusiastic enough to prompt me to buy the live album or get tickets for their Sept show in my area. In point of fact, my response was sort of 'meh'.

[Jetstream]

I have a non politically correct Hollywood old Indian response to this very serious question regarding the various opinions on such a serious rock group with such serious messages in the music...

1) Eddie speak with forked tongue, me no go
2) Me like crazy singer touched by Great Spirit, me go
3) They make lot heap wampum on tour, cheat red man, no go
4) Eddie play like soaring eagle, me go
5) They play same songs as long as grass is green and river flow, me no go
6) Me like Mike, me no like tatonka on thunder, me no go
7) Me drink fire water, make all good, me go

Ugh!

[DONNIEP]

How many times have some of you told us in these threads that you aren't going to a show? I have a quick count tabulated for some of you:

WARF - 2,345
Donnie - 2,122

Honestly...enough. Don't go, please. Thanks,

Miley says quit counting my posts...

[Va Beach VH Fan]

Here's the stage....

Alex Van Halen's massive custom drum riser! #VanHalen #drumriser #customset #cnc #scenic #AllAccessStaging A photo posted by All Access Staging & Prod. (@allaccessstaging) on Jun 29, 2015 at 10:59am PDT

[PETE'S BROTHER]

Here's the stage....

Alex Van Halen's massive custom drum riser! #VanHalen #drumriser #customset #cnc #scenic #AllAccessStaging A photo posted by All Access Staging & Prod. (@allaccessstaging) on Jun 29, 2015 at 10:59am PDT

complete with launch pad

[Va Beach VH Fan]

Totally put that in the wrong thread....

I'm slipping....

[DONNIEP]

Nice, glad to see they're using that for this tour.