Part 8C: The WAWAZAT MOTHERFUCKING SHOW
You know something...the solo hasn't come yet...ignore that...it came after this tune...
anyways...
They bust into Pretty Woman...and Dave was still hitting the high notes...and at this point...he and wolfie are grooving through it...
No, it wasn't like Mike...but it wasn't bad...
Ignore the shit about Wolfie not playing as well as Mike. No, he doesn't play the same...but I think he's as good...and like I said...that fucker NEVER LOOKS AT HIS BASS...EVER...
I don't like Pretty Woman...but here's what struck me...
It sounded IDENTICAL to the disc...fuck me...identical...24 years ago...and a 16 year old bass player...
fucking A...
Setlist guy was really studying...and I was pissed...
Now...the drum solo...
It was alright...I did notice some folks leaving...5150 guy with big tit girlfriend left again...and Va could tell how worked the fuck up I was...
lmfao...
Guys with his fucking cellphone...
I'm about to drill him in the head...
but he was gone...
So I said to his girl...during the drum solo...at the top of my lungs..."DOESN'T HE KNOW THE SONGS!!!!" And she says, "NO, HE'S ONLY BEEN TO A SAMMY SHOW WITH ME!!!!" And I said...big tits be damned...
"SAMMY IS A FAGGOT!"
And she says, "OH, YOU'RE ONE OF THOSE!"
And I say, "WHAT, A MAN?!?"
She gives me that snooty, Sammy FAGAR I'm better than you look...
and turns to watch the solo. I'll bet she didn't fucking know Alex' name...
So douchebag comes back...grabs out the fucking set list,
Va turns right around...and grabs the fucking thing right out of his hands...crumples it up...looks him in the eye, and yells...GREAT SHOW...AND FUCKING THROWS IT ABOUT TEN ROWS DOWN...
We both laughed...and that was that...5150 dude...and big tit whore ignored us the rest of the way...and are now just part of the story...
fucking assholes...
Post Drum Solo...and the fun really starts...
Now look...I was fucking beat to the ground...it was pretty much an hour of in your face...Van Halen...for the first time in 22 years...
So what do they open up part 2 with?
Something to slow it down????
HOW ABOUT FUCKING UNCHAINED...and out comes set of chains that Dave carries around the whole time. Now...I heard Ed play this during the Cherone show...
and this was NOTHING LIKE IT...
Wolfie was supposed to say, "C'mon Dave...give me a break..."
but he said...well...I don't know what the fuck he said...but it wasn't "C'mon Dave...give me a break..."
He sure as hell fucked it up...as Dave looked over...didn't really know what to do...then looked at Ed...and pointed...and laughed...
I wonder what he would have done if Mike had done that...probably not good...
Then the keyboards came rolling out...and time for I'll Wait...
Now...most people didn't want this song...but I fucking love it...the solo is one of the best in song solos of all time...
This was the FIRST time that Dave went on the ramp into the crowd, and Eddie went out over to Wolfie...Dave was really interacting...and acknowledging the crowd...shaking hands...
Then...during the solo...for the first time...I noticed that Ed had a black and white striped homage to frankie...I'm guessing was a Charvel...it was good seeing Ed using the stripes again...
He'd been using the sunburst Wolfgang up to that point.
Man...Ed was really shredding...
Dave worked his way back to the stage at the end of the tune...and yelled...
"Are you HAVING FUN GREENSBORO!!!"
And there it was...you know how the fucking energy lulls at most concerts...not here...the crowd went fucking nuts...
FUCKING CRAZY...
And again...bam...into And the Cradle Will Rock...
And Eddie brings out another Charvel...Yellow and Black...of course...
I Love this song...and Eddie was shredding it...there's no real other way to describe it...I watched him the entire time...and you can tell that he was putting some fucking work into it...really getting into it...Dave was next to him...looking amazed...it was phenomenal...
The Dave hits the "Have you seen Jr.'s grades..."
cept he says..."have you seen Wolfie's grades..."
Now...you know they've done that before...but fucking Ed and Dave were laughing like fucking little school girls...it was hilarious...
This is when Eddie flew across the stage at Wolfie...and slid on his knees halfway across the floor...ending up right at Wolfie...
It was incredible...
Right out of that...they blow into Hot for Teacher...which is one of my favorite tunes...
Dave is joking around during the beginning speaking parts...then walks over to Ed again...and they are just fucking tearing this song up...
But here's what struck me about this song...Wolfgang...
Wolfgang was nailing the high parts. This is one of those subtle songs...where Mike was hitting it so high...you really don't hear it. So I was really fucking curious...
I'm sure the reviews won't hit this...because they won't be paying attention...
but during the chorus...during that HIGH REGISTER spot...Wolfie was fucking nailing it...not close...but nailing it...it was unfucking believable...now...
Ed couldn't go down the ramp...during the solo...like on his table solo in the video...so Dave did...
That's when I fucking noticed it...
Fabio...remember fabio from the fucking Ramp...there he fucking is...about three feet in front of wrning...right on the fucking ramp...with his hand up...Dave walked by him...
fucking FABIO...you had to fucking see this fucker...
If I were Dave...I would have kicked him in the fucking skull.
So I look back up...still hot for teacher...and now Wolfie's singing the chorus by himself...
AND SOUNDED FUCKING GREAT...
and there was no background piped in...
Again...the POJO Review is the only one that caught that...
fuckers...
And of course...those fucksticks from three rows up...are now fucking doing the 3-lock-box VH sign...which pissed me off...because it was in direct line of our site...
Va and I both started yelling "MORONS...THIS ISN'T BETTE MIDLER..."
The whole back row started rolling with us...
Of course...they had no idea...
Litte Dreamer started...and Dave was back at the top of the S...above Al...
He stayed there the entire time...and this was pretty standard fare...and was the one time I felt like I could take a break. Wolfie had switched to a blue and white Frankie bass...
Then came the song I was waiting to hear for some odd reason...Little Guitars...
and Ed had a Red and White Charvel that looked like Frankie...or so I thought...more on that later...
Wolfie had changed to an orange and black, smaller bass...painted like Frankie...
Again...Wolfie was really showcasing the high register here...but so was Dave...
So...I'm turn my attention to the big screen, and the Ed-cam...and I noticed a lot of fucking nicks on the "Charvel." So...I climb all over Va to get a better look...and folks...that was no Charvel...
IT WAS FRANK!!!!!
Now...I don't know if it was Frank...because the rumors are that it was all fucked to hell...from Ed trying to fuck with it...or another one of his Frankenstrats...
Either way...it was old school...
DID ANYONE ELSE SEE FRANK???????
Holy fuck...I still can't believe it...I remember thinking...Dave...Ed...Frankie...
the history...
fuck...
You know something...the solo hasn't come yet...ignore that...it came after this tune...
anyways...
They bust into Pretty Woman...and Dave was still hitting the high notes...and at this point...he and wolfie are grooving through it...
No, it wasn't like Mike...but it wasn't bad...
Ignore the shit about Wolfie not playing as well as Mike. No, he doesn't play the same...but I think he's as good...and like I said...that fucker NEVER LOOKS AT HIS BASS...EVER...
I don't like Pretty Woman...but here's what struck me...
It sounded IDENTICAL to the disc...fuck me...identical...24 years ago...and a 16 year old bass player...
fucking A...
Setlist guy was really studying...and I was pissed...
Now...the drum solo...
It was alright...I did notice some folks leaving...5150 guy with big tit girlfriend left again...and Va could tell how worked the fuck up I was...
lmfao...
Guys with his fucking cellphone...
I'm about to drill him in the head...
but he was gone...
So I said to his girl...during the drum solo...at the top of my lungs..."DOESN'T HE KNOW THE SONGS!!!!" And she says, "NO, HE'S ONLY BEEN TO A SAMMY SHOW WITH ME!!!!" And I said...big tits be damned...
"SAMMY IS A FAGGOT!"
And she says, "OH, YOU'RE ONE OF THOSE!"
And I say, "WHAT, A MAN?!?"
She gives me that snooty, Sammy FAGAR I'm better than you look...
and turns to watch the solo. I'll bet she didn't fucking know Alex' name...
So douchebag comes back...grabs out the fucking set list,
Va turns right around...and grabs the fucking thing right out of his hands...crumples it up...looks him in the eye, and yells...GREAT SHOW...AND FUCKING THROWS IT ABOUT TEN ROWS DOWN...
We both laughed...and that was that...5150 dude...and big tit whore ignored us the rest of the way...and are now just part of the story...
fucking assholes...
Post Drum Solo...and the fun really starts...
Now look...I was fucking beat to the ground...it was pretty much an hour of in your face...Van Halen...for the first time in 22 years...
So what do they open up part 2 with?
Something to slow it down????
HOW ABOUT FUCKING UNCHAINED...and out comes set of chains that Dave carries around the whole time. Now...I heard Ed play this during the Cherone show...
and this was NOTHING LIKE IT...
Wolfie was supposed to say, "C'mon Dave...give me a break..."
but he said...well...I don't know what the fuck he said...but it wasn't "C'mon Dave...give me a break..."
He sure as hell fucked it up...as Dave looked over...didn't really know what to do...then looked at Ed...and pointed...and laughed...
I wonder what he would have done if Mike had done that...probably not good...
Then the keyboards came rolling out...and time for I'll Wait...
Now...most people didn't want this song...but I fucking love it...the solo is one of the best in song solos of all time...
This was the FIRST time that Dave went on the ramp into the crowd, and Eddie went out over to Wolfie...Dave was really interacting...and acknowledging the crowd...shaking hands...
Then...during the solo...for the first time...I noticed that Ed had a black and white striped homage to frankie...I'm guessing was a Charvel...it was good seeing Ed using the stripes again...
He'd been using the sunburst Wolfgang up to that point.
Man...Ed was really shredding...
Dave worked his way back to the stage at the end of the tune...and yelled...
"Are you HAVING FUN GREENSBORO!!!"
And there it was...you know how the fucking energy lulls at most concerts...not here...the crowd went fucking nuts...
FUCKING CRAZY...
And again...bam...into And the Cradle Will Rock...
And Eddie brings out another Charvel...Yellow and Black...of course...
I Love this song...and Eddie was shredding it...there's no real other way to describe it...I watched him the entire time...and you can tell that he was putting some fucking work into it...really getting into it...Dave was next to him...looking amazed...it was phenomenal...
The Dave hits the "Have you seen Jr.'s grades..."
cept he says..."have you seen Wolfie's grades..."
Now...you know they've done that before...but fucking Ed and Dave were laughing like fucking little school girls...it was hilarious...
This is when Eddie flew across the stage at Wolfie...and slid on his knees halfway across the floor...ending up right at Wolfie...
It was incredible...
Right out of that...they blow into Hot for Teacher...which is one of my favorite tunes...
Dave is joking around during the beginning speaking parts...then walks over to Ed again...and they are just fucking tearing this song up...
But here's what struck me about this song...Wolfgang...
Wolfgang was nailing the high parts. This is one of those subtle songs...where Mike was hitting it so high...you really don't hear it. So I was really fucking curious...
I'm sure the reviews won't hit this...because they won't be paying attention...
but during the chorus...during that HIGH REGISTER spot...Wolfie was fucking nailing it...not close...but nailing it...it was unfucking believable...now...
Ed couldn't go down the ramp...during the solo...like on his table solo in the video...so Dave did...
That's when I fucking noticed it...
Fabio...remember fabio from the fucking Ramp...there he fucking is...about three feet in front of wrning...right on the fucking ramp...with his hand up...Dave walked by him...
fucking FABIO...you had to fucking see this fucker...
If I were Dave...I would have kicked him in the fucking skull.
So I look back up...still hot for teacher...and now Wolfie's singing the chorus by himself...
AND SOUNDED FUCKING GREAT...
and there was no background piped in...
Again...the POJO Review is the only one that caught that...
fuckers...
And of course...those fucksticks from three rows up...are now fucking doing the 3-lock-box VH sign...which pissed me off...because it was in direct line of our site...
Va and I both started yelling "MORONS...THIS ISN'T BETTE MIDLER..."
The whole back row started rolling with us...
Of course...they had no idea...
Litte Dreamer started...and Dave was back at the top of the S...above Al...
He stayed there the entire time...and this was pretty standard fare...and was the one time I felt like I could take a break. Wolfie had switched to a blue and white Frankie bass...
Then came the song I was waiting to hear for some odd reason...Little Guitars...
and Ed had a Red and White Charvel that looked like Frankie...or so I thought...more on that later...
Wolfie had changed to an orange and black, smaller bass...painted like Frankie...
Again...Wolfie was really showcasing the high register here...but so was Dave...
So...I'm turn my attention to the big screen, and the Ed-cam...and I noticed a lot of fucking nicks on the "Charvel." So...I climb all over Va to get a better look...and folks...that was no Charvel...
IT WAS FRANK!!!!!
Now...I don't know if it was Frank...because the rumors are that it was all fucked to hell...from Ed trying to fuck with it...or another one of his Frankenstrats...
Either way...it was old school...
DID ANYONE ELSE SEE FRANK???????
Holy fuck...I still can't believe it...I remember thinking...Dave...Ed...Frankie...
the history...
fuck...
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