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That's strange, Von.... I signed up for the Navy in March 1983 but I didn't fly to San Diego for boot camp until November..... Maybe that recruiter had to fill his quotas faster, dunno....
I don't want to stress the stadium angle TOO much, but rather how VH would have been regarded had the original four members stayed together.....
But just for the fuck of it, I just looked at Zep's last US tour in '77.... There were a handful of stadiums, but the majority of the tour were arenas for multiple nights.....
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My experience was a bit different as well. After I talked to the recruiter and did some tests in his office he took me to the AFEES station near downtown L A. After I finished a fairly long physical I was sent to an office full of squids and checked out a couple offers. I scored an 85 on my ASVAB so I had plenty of options. Since I was trying to enlist in one of the largest cities population wise in the U S most of the offers I got would put me on delayed enlistment for six months or more. Eventually I decided to join The Navy Reserve which got me in in three. When it was time to start boot I had to go back to the AFEES station and take another physical. I found out when I was in boot it's harder to join from a big city than a small town because all the Armed Forces branches have quotas. You could be a dumbass from some podunk little town and go right in but you could be a genius from L A or some other big city and wait 6 months to get in.
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Nickdfresh (12-19-2016),ZahZoo (12-10-2016)
Yeah, I'd tend to think many of us here only got the chance to see CVH on the 1984 tour. That was the only tour I got to see them on, and I had only just started going to concerts when they came to town. In fact, I had to get up very early and hustle over to the local mall record store in order to get in line and get tickets when the record store ticket box office opened.
Like Von said, the 1984 tour in terms of production was SPECTACULAR. Still to this day one of the biggest I've ever seen in an arena, and definitely the biggest in terms of production that year. But it was also exactly like Von said in that because of all the costume changes, various solos and whatnot the band weren't able to do more than a few tunes in a row before somebody took a solo, or Dave told some jokes.
For me, Van Halen did hit that level of elite bands by the time 1984 rolled around. When they came to Rhode Island that year, it was all anybody was talking about in the weeks leading up to the show, keeping in mind that the show was in mid-March and only Jump had been released as a single off the 1984 album at that point.
The thing of it is, "that elite level of bands" seemingly goes hand in hand with massive stadium shows. I mean, The Stones 1989 Steel Wheels show was THE biggest stage show I've ever seen anywhere...ever. I wouldn't say it was the best show on a musical level, though.
I'm sure Van Halen could have went on to do shows on that scale. They had no problems headlining the US Festival in terms of confidence and command of the stage and the performance (keeping in mind they were all half bombed at that gig). It's just as well they didn't.
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One of these guys thinks the report was leaked to the Army from SAM's people....
Oy vey.....
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I listen to a lot of podcasts but they need to improve the sound quality if they want a lot of people to go over 2 hours with that.
On their point, I don't think it's a good idea for us to respond to theories about who the sources are since people will just try and narrow it down.
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How long do they talk about Clichegar? I'm 20 minutes in, and they are still talking about him. I really can't take much more of this.
Terry (12-11-2016)
Not really direct competition, but Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers are touring April through August.
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Claiming Sam got the '04 VH tour because of the '02 Sam and Dave tour? These guys are idiots.
Terry (12-11-2016)
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You intimated it....
"We have no idea if they'll be able to pull it off, or to what extent, but we're told Diamond Dave is trying to get the EEAS band back together, and this time it won't be for a one off gig, like the one that got shut down by the fire marshals in Los Angeles."
Absolutely...they could have easily reached that level mid tour in 84...they could have played twice as many shows in each city time permitting...which it wasn't. Proper management could have taken advantage and moved to larger venues quite easily...let alone the follow up year(s)
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Oh, of course I'd agree with that, too.
In point of fact, I think the Providence show I saw in 1984 was (If memory serves correctly) one of at least two shows they did in Providence, and they did multiple back to back sold out dates in probably half the venues they played on that tour. They were shit hot in terms of demand on that tour.
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Too much.
I sure am not!
They're going to be at the now New Era Field or "The Cap" (formerly Rich/Ralph Wilson Stadium). I can only imagine the shitfit Orchard Park will throw if Axl pulls his start-the-show-late antics. And I was never a big fan anyways...
It might be a decent tailgate venue but I'm certain beer sales will be off long before they take the stage...
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AAAAAAAUUUGGGGH!!
God damn KZOK is playing "Right Now" at fucking 7:00 AM
That is too goddamned early for a Van Hagar assault on the ears.
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wrong podcast
Yeah...yeah, I would, actually.
I'd sooner want to listen to you and Von on a podcast talking about Van Halen than another David Lee Roth interview. Mostly because I always enjoy reading what you and Von have to say about Van Halen. I mean, clearly Von is a Nazi Klansman, but he knows his Van Halen! Partly because I don't think Roth has much left of interest to say about Van Halen anymore: he always seems to be hedging in the few interviews he has done over the last 8 years when the subject of Van Halen comes up, I imagine because Dave wants to keep the peace within the band.
Like, the only things of interest I'd want to hear from Dave about Van Halen anymore would be specific questions about the financial/contract circumstances surrounding his return, and how he felt touring with a fucked up Eddie in 2007/2008...and a lot of targeted, micro-inquiries that I'd enjoy hearing real responses to. As opposed to his "David Lee Roth: Rock Star" persona he adopts when giving interviews. You know, with all the unfunny one-liners he cracks himself up by saying and all that jazz.
Some of the best interviews Roth gave were in 1997 in the form of several long sit downs in the wake of the 1996 fallout, where Roth just let his thoughts and feelings rip in an honest way.
Von Halen (12-17-2016)
When are the Von & Sesh Show™ podcasts going up..?
Finally some exciting news around here... with new cuntent!!
Terry (12-18-2016)
Did he have anything to say about the comments Ed and Alex (mainly Ed) made about his appearance on that awards show about what a goofball he (Roth) had morphed into? As far as you know has he ever spoken about the interview Ed gave right before the last tour where he said they weren't friends?
Last edited by cadaverdog; 12-18-2016 at 09:42 PM.
Come on vonzie give us the inside news seeing a couple of tweets saying news from the vh camp imminent.
Involving dlr ????
Your thoughts ?
ZahZoo (12-22-2016)
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