Official July 5 Seattle, WA, White River Amphitheatre Meetup/Review Thread

[ThatArtGuy]

My short review as I'm sure someone will do a song by song blow by blow.

Thank you Dave.
Thank you Alex.
Thank you Wolf.
Thank you Ed.

To anyone who cares anything at all for this band and/or music: lie, cheat, or steal to see this show.

To all and any detractors: Fuck you. Fuck you. Oh, and fuck you.

TAG

[Nitro Express]

Had a friend in Seattle decide to go the last minute. Had a $25 ticket and upgraded to the 5th row for $10 more. Sent some pretty good pics. He said the sound was great and the band played great. Unchained and Drop Dead Legs were awsome. He was laughing at all the old stoners at the show.

[philouze]

Found on the Metal Sludge board:

"I'm back from the show, and holy shit was it surprising. Dave knew all the words, stayed in his vocal range and told a lot of great jokes. The place was jam-packed too.

Just kidding.

I got two tickets in the parking lot for $10 each. The seats were about half full until 2-3 songs in, when the parade of people from the lawn (still carrying folding chairs and blankets) came in to fill up the seats thanks to free upgrades.

I've seen Roth three times before (with Bad Company, the Sam and Dave tour, and the reunion tour), and loved every show. This was a trainwreck. He missed several cues and tried to vamp until he remembered where he was in the song, completely choked on Chinatown, and made even less sense than usual during his stage banter. There were entire sections where he forgot where he was, smiled awkwardly and let Eddie and Wolfie handle the choruses. He forgot several breakdowns, and re-wrote/stretched out the couple that he actually did. And he of course was still randomly singing way too high in parts.

A couple songs in, Roth started prancing around waving a scarf in the air, then literally pulled out a handkerchief and started waving that around. My wife said "Sooooo... he's gay, right?" She was absolutely convinced of it by the time Roth had done his multiple costume changes (including a shiny silver blazer and later a jacket made of sequins).

Eddie looked great, Wolfie looked fat, and Alex looked so bad it was genuinely concerning. Way worse than Mick Mars. But the three of them all sounded fantastic.

It was cool to hear Eddie again, and I had a lot of fun cringing at Roth and laughing at the mullets and all the dancing moms. I'm kinda glad I went, but I wouldn't pay more than $10."

[Nitro Express]

I guess the venue was built by an indian tribe and the parking situation was pretty bad. Once the show got going I guess the sound was great. Yeah my friend said Dave was not singing well but hey it's Dave but he said he was glad he went.

[Momshell]

Found DDL and Dirty Movies on YouTube but I have no clue how to embed them! I know I did it a million times in 2012...can't figure it out..maybe it's the hangover and 2 hours of sleep...hopefully someone else will wake up soon and do it.

[Land's Edge]

Drop Dead Legs

[Land's Edge]

Dirty Movies

[perrin29]

Drop Dead Legs

So happy to see them finally play it. Sounds great.

[perrin29]

Dirty Movies

They have that one sounded tight as hell. Great addition to the set. Let's get a "Lights, camera, action" Dave!

[VHscraps]

So happy to see them finally play it. Sounds great.

Pretty good, and great to hear that awesome riff. The tune is always gonna lose it's shape a bit as Ed segues into the solo, cos it's one of the few VH tunes I can think of that has about 3-4 guitar parts overdubbed on the recording (as it goes into the solo), and you just can't capture that with one geetar on stage

[damngoodtimes]

Wow. Great setlist! Very excited for this tour.

[Va Beach VH Fan]

Here's a better video of DDL.....

[Land's Edge]

I really like those songs, and judging on those video I think Dave is focussing more on staying in the right range. If only they would come to Europe so that i could see them for real...

[Va Beach VH Fan]

Sooooo, only one show, we'll see how the setlist changes, but they dropped Tattoo, HAIL, PW, TTWN and OLA from my show in Greensboro in '12.....

[Silexxx]

Eruption, YRGM and Panama. Dave wearing some kind of MJ's Billie Jean jacket.