Official 6/14 San Diego Meetup/Review Thread

[Va Beach VH Fan]

Welcome to the Official 6/14 San Diego Meetup/Review thread. This thread is to discuss anything leading up to the show, as well as all reviews.

Let's hear it !!

[Va Beach VH Fan]

Check out my thread in Main about how somehow it's set up as an In the Round show on the ticket broker websites....

I also see they're having this at SDSU.... My memory is a little blurry, isn't there another arena other than SDSU that replaced the 'ol San Diego Sports Arena ??

Brings a tear to my eye just mentioning that place, that was the scene of my VH show in 1984 and it's literally two blocks from where my co-workers all work....

[DaveTheScott]

Well, there's Cricket Wireless Amphitheater (used to be Coors Amphitheater)...Sports Arena is still there and still has shows, surprisingly...Gaga was there back in the summer.

I also have seen the center-of-house stage you're talking about...hope its not the case.

Waiting to get tickets - for San Diego and Anaheim.

[python3]

Got this Spanish flyer at the Paul Dianno show Friday night at the Black Box in Tijuana.

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[Romeo Delight]

Giddeup?

[BenJammin]

Giddeup?

Seems people here around SD are a bit detached, or at least when it comes to this thread.

[python3]

Check out my thread in Main about how somehow it's set up as an In the Round show on the ticket broker websites....

I also see they're having this at SDSU.... My memory is a little blurry, isn't there another arena other than SDSU that replaced the 'ol San Diego Sports Arena ??

Brings a tear to my eye just mentioning that place, that was the scene of my VH show in 1984 and it's literally two blocks from where my co-workers all work....

Sports Arena is Vallew View Casino Center. Viejas Arena (formerly Cox Arena) is SDSU.

[Va Beach VH Fan]

Right....

I also saw Ratt/Fastway at SDSU's "ampitheater" in '84 as well....

[Top Jimmy]

This is the arena , not the amphitheater....& at SDSU it's a wierd one..

They built it inside the old concrete football stadium,
so on the outside as you walk around, you can see the old stone bleachers..

It looks like they made the arena somewhere else
& dropped it by helicopter right on the 50 yard line..

kinda surreal..like walking around some new building on top of an ancient ruin...
(in the middle of drunk ass frat-town college-world...)

Also, the seating is a lot more vertical than a normal sports arena, wicked angle to it....

GREAT sound though, from what I recall...
(sorry to say I was there originally for a 'concert' by The Wiggles...)

Speaking of the amphitheater there though,
that's where I saw Dave for the first time, opening for Bad Company..

finally saw Halen for the first time that year too, (albeit with Gary) at the Del Mar Fair...
DLR won that round....to me, having been raised on the original band..VHIII seemed...odd...
turtle-neck sweaters on a Van Halen stage...bleh...what is this the Bee Gees?

Dave's show in 1999 kicked my ASS, first time seeing Ray Luzier on drums too, what a monster player..

They opened for Bad Co, and I felt sorry for Bad Co, let me tell you...
Dave had everyone, not just standing UP, but standing ON THEIR SEATS the entire time,
opened with Hot For Teacher too, how's THAT for a big opening?

Paul Rodgers was the only saving grace for Bad Co...his voice was FLAWLESS.

but Mick Ralphs looked like a tourist in a bad hawaiian shirt and was LOST,
like he couldn't remember his own riffs,
(and these are BAD COMPANY riffs, it ain't like Dream Theater, only a few chords, right?)

...Boz, the bassist was dressed in Safari googles, with a man-purse over his shoulder...wtf?

now that I think about it, maybe they dipped into Dave's blow,
cause they were just wierd that night...

I saw the current Halen lineup in San Diego at Cox Arena,
(where they're playing next week)
on the 07/08 tour and man THAT kicked ass...
although LA was way better, that tour..

funny thing about that show..during the breakdown of Panama,
after the music drops down and he is supposed to start with 'it's gettin a little hot tonight..'...etc..

Dave forgot what song he was in,
& started into the post-breakdown segment of Aint Talkin Bout Love
(if you want it got to BLEED for it baby!!!)

ROFLMAO

looking around at the other guys with a 'why aren't you with me' look,
until actually Wolf comes over and talks in his ear...

so Dave mans up and say 'well I fucked that ALL up didnt I? yeah!!!!"

This show coming up should be a good one..
I just saw Vegas, but I might go hit the parking lot for some cheap tix,
since I live only 40 minutes away

[python3]

Is anybody else going tonight?

[mh5150]

Is anybody else going tonight?

Nope not me cause I am on the east coast

[Catfish]

I'm so pissed off. About two months ago I totally degraded myself by boning an ex-girlfriend who lives down in SD. Then she told me she has a Budweiser hookup that could score us SD tickets. So I further degraded myself by boning her again. No tickets. I even went down on her

[Top Jimmy]

next time wait till SHE cums, not you...then you might get somewhere...
how ya been , Cat??

I was going to go to this show, but the funds are too low...

Saw the Vegas show, and was a little let down by the vocals,
so wasn't gonna make a big push to see this one..

Since a few friends are going, maybe I'll change my mind last minute...

I suppose I could take some of my current 'harvest' & go hit the parking lot for a trade...

[Catfish]

Been good, dude!!! Nice to see ya.

I was at that same '99 DLR show at the open air arena at SDSU. GREAT fucking night. You nailed it: DLR really blew BC away. And it wasn't BC's fault. Just different types of rock and energy. A very fond memory.

[Catfish]

next time wait till SHE cums, not you...then you might get somewhere...
how ya been , Cat??

The whole thing was pretty awkward the second time around. Knowing VH tickets were on the line--and, of course, I was horny as fuck--I banged her despite her being on the tail-end of a rag session. This bothered me. But I did it on the floor with her laying on my secret Rag Towel that I keep around. I flipped it over so she wouldn't see this huge wicked blood streak left by one of my exes a few months prior! I feared that may have offended her. Fucking nasty shit!!!