Van Halen: Greensboro 7/16/82

[Lou]

http://www.sharingthegroove.org/msgboard/showthread.php?s=&postid=599514#post599514

This Hagar talk is making me sick, time to show some fucking Van HALEN power over at STG.

Enjoy this gang.

EVH Fanatic: I'll burn you this show free of charge and sent it with your B&P

[Lou]

I forgot, DO NOT CONVERT TO MP3!!!!!!

[ian_doherty]

is that a virus?

what sort of extension is .torrent?

[Von Halen]

Originally posted by Lou
I forgot, DO NOT CONVERT TO MP3!!!!!!

I already converted it to MP3 long ago. Maybe you should upgrade that piece of shit Kraco stereo your Mommy gave you, so the music sounds good in any format. Come get in my car and listen to how MP3's sound on a real system.

You've got a real ear for sound Lou. Was that Dear John voicemail message you got from Sweet Irony in MP3 format? Maybe that's why you had such a hard time understanding it.

[Sarge]

Originally posted by Lou
I forgot, DO NOT CONVERT TO MP3!!!!!!

Why not?
I am not interested in anything that is not mp3!

[Lou]

Originally posted by Von Halen
I already converted it to MP3 long ago. Maybe you should upgrade that piece of shit Kraco stereo your Mommy gave you, so the music sounds good in any format. Come get in my car and listen to how MP3's sound on a real system.

You've got a real ear for sound Lou. Was that Dear John voicemail message you got from Sweet Irony in MP3 format? Maybe that's why you had such a hard time understanding it.

FUCK YOU, asshole. I don't know what the hell your problem is.

And for the record, mp3 has severely fucked up the VH trading pool to the point where no one can get a clean copy of a show anymore.

[Cato]

Lou, give us the freedom of convert.

[Lou]

No. Have you read the thread over at vhtrading.com that was posted today about this? People getting ripped off because others are sending them mp3 shit that they didn't want or knew how to check for?

This is the ONLY trading community that has no standards whatsoever, and look where it's gotten it...to the point where no one can get a fucking clean show of anything. It's just pathetic.

How do you people not care that all your shows have fucking gaps, pauses, hiccups, and junk in them? Whole fucking tracks missing even. I can't stand listening to that shit, it just totally ruins the live feel. Some of you people wouldn't last a day in the Zep community.

Mp3's SUCK. OK they just SUCK. The whole community has suffered, and Cato you should know that better than anyone.

Dammit I'm trying to give people CLEAN FUCKING COPIES of shows. WHY WHY WHY do some of you insist on ruining them!!!!

[Sarge]

I have never had a problem with hissing or gaps.
All the live shows I have sound great.
I am not into this to collect and trade.
Just to listen to it..

[Lou]

Yeah that's my whole point, I find it unlistenable with all the junk in between the tracks and the dull sound coming from mp3 sourcing.

Do you guys care about quality at all?

[Von Halen]

Originally posted by Lou
Yeah that's my whole point, I find it unlistenable with all the junk in between the tracks and the dull sound coming from mp3 sourcing.

Do you guys care about quality at all?

I agree with Sarge. The quality on most of the stuff just isn't that different.

My stereo in my car can blister your eardrums and make your fillings hurt with traditional CD's, or MP3's. Of course, I spent a small fortune so I'd have good QUALITY sound.

Maybe those ole Logitech speakers on your computer need to be replaced Lou.

[Lou]

I still want to know why the hell you're obsessed with me. You have my name in your avatar...that's just fucking SICK.

[Von Halen]

Obsessed? This is what, the second response I've directed to you out of your 213 or so posts? That is an obsession? Dude, you put up this holier than thou MP3 attitude, which I totally disagree with, and I am obsessed because I respond? Get over yourself man. Enjoy the fucking music, in whatever format you can get it in. Most bootlegs don't sound like shit because they are in MP3 format, they sound like shit because they are BOOTLEGS.

And aren't you the guy that was too cheap to BUY the Diamond Dave album? If you want studio sound quality, BUY the fucking studio albums.

[Lou]

Yeah and that's what this is all about, the fact that I refuse to support such a bad album, the fact that I went on your website and decided that I wasn't going to say it was good just because it was Dave. I had a feeling it wasn't going to be good and I wasn't going to throw away my money on it. If I liked what I heard I would have bought it.

Again, if you're not obsessed with me why do you feel the need to just bring up something that has absolutely NOTHING to do with my feeling on mp3's? Why does it have to be personal with you? Yeah leave my name in your avatar so you can prove what a neurotic asshole you are.

[Von Halen]

I'm an asshole, just not a neurotic one. How do you know that avatar isn't directed at Lou Reed? Or Lou Pinella? Or countless other Lou's out there? Again, get over yourself.

I have no problem with your opinion of the Diamond Dave album. No matter where you post it. I just find it ironic that someone that is so concerned with "quality" won't purchase and support a good sounding album from someone you claim to like so much.

You'd rather spend your money and energy on BOOTLEGS that never sounded studio quality from the beginning, because they are BOOTLEGS. And then you have the nerve to complain about them.

I bet you love the studio polished "live" albums some bands put out. That's what you are really looking for.

Oh, and I apologize for ribbing you about Sweet Irony. She is much to nice for me to drag her name into your negative world. I really should let that one go.