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If no surprises, probably the set list for this show ?
Unchained
Runnin' with the Devil
She's the Woman
Romeo Delight
Tattoo
Everybody Wants Some!!
Somebody Get Me a Doctor
China Town
Hear About It Later
Oh, Pretty Woman
Drum Solo
You Really Got Me
The Trouble With Never
Dance The Night Away
I'll Wait
Hot for Teacher
Women in Love
Girl Gone Bad
Beautiful Girls
Ice Cream Man
Panama
Guitar Solo
Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love
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you're what we ozzies call a champion. in every sense of the word.
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trust me, it's a great compliment in these parts!
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Van Halen erupts at Rexall 3
BY MIKE ROSS ,EDMONTON SUN
FIRST POSTED: FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2012 11:30 PM MDT | UPDATED: FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2012 11:37 PM MDT
The true value of a rock ’n’ roll reunion is how long the band stays reunited — without wearing out its welcome a second time.
Van Halen, now five years into what will come to be called the “Wolfgang Period” — Eddie’s son having replaced bassist Michael Anthony around the time David Lee Roth came back — played Rexall Place Friday night and sounded as if they’d never been away.
The classic VH style was there, the songs were there, Alex’s thundering double kick was there, Eddie’s shredding sonic saturation guitar wheelies were there, and David Lee Roth was there. Crazier than ever.
An estimated crowd of 9,000 certainly showed no signs they were sick of Van Halen, and yet there was laughter — and it was hard to tell whether it was with David Lee Roth or at David Lee Roth. Either way, he was the centre of attention.
For all their competency in rendering their own hits, the Van Halen boys aren’t much to look at on stage, and while over the years one sometimes got the feeling they would’ve been happy never to need a lead singer at all (LSD, Eddie called it, “Lead Singer Disease”), Diamond Dave was the most colourful frontman they could’ve ended up with. He lent a crucial clownishness to the serious excess VH was known for, and when he left, it wasn’t quite the same. Go ahead and argue.
Now, as he demonstrated in Friday’s show, Dave comes off like an uncle you don’t want to get too close to: giant giddy grin pasted on his face, flamboyant stage moves a bit toned down, while still hitting all the high notes. Almost. Eddie is as serious as ever. Dave is a clownish as ever. The chemistry is just different.
As the strains of Unchained fired up to open the show, Dave made his entrance in an ascot hat, an ascot, too, or maybe it was a scarf, parading around like some rock ’n’ roll Truman Capote. A few high kicks and minor mojo workin’ suggested the impending show might be better with one’s eyes closed (no help from the big TV screen showing slow motion instant replays).
In truth, you couldn’t take your eyes off the guy even if you wanted to, nor miss any his carnival barker spiel. Later on, after some forgettable material from their forgettable new album, Roth brought a touch of burlesque to Pretty Woman, hamming it up to the point one forgot whatever it was Roy Orbison was trying to say.
Irony isn’t really the right emotion to bring forth at a classic rock concert. Is it?
To his credit, Roth changed the intro to Hot for Teacher so he wasn’t actually pretending to be high school student, which would’ve really been creepy, and pretty much nailed the song. That goes double for Eddie, whose own distinctive guitar mojo, the sound that makes Van Halen sound like Van Halen, is intact, unchanged, perhaps even better with age.
And then came the part of the show where Roth took the stage by himself to talk about his dogs. Why they let him to this is a mystery. But then came Panama — with some inspired and unscheduled Roth patter — and for a brief moment, there was magic, perfect chemistry. Why, Eddie even jumped up and down. Don’t see that every day.
Verdict: More hits than misses at this show, and VH’s Wolfgang period will be remembered longer than some of the other chapters in their odd career — second only to the Sammy Hagar period and, of course, the original David Lee Roth years. Can’t ever beat that, even with your eyes closed.
Getting Kool and the Gang to open the concert reveals more how cool Van Halen is than Van Halen’s fans, who basically just sat there — possibly stunned into submission by the non-stop parade of breezy, melodic, old-school funk, which some people used to call “disco.”
Only at the end of the set with the inevitable Celebration did the crowd really start getting into it — because EVERYBODY knows Celebration.
Maybe Eddie the boys thought it would be kick to bring this well-preserved disco dynamo on tour with them, but there was no irony in Kool and the Gang’s flawless performance.
The nine-piece band brought it on with Vegas schtick and style, funky grooves and dance moves.
It used to be two different worlds: One occupied by Van Halen in which disco sucked, and disco. Now, anything goes, anytime, anywhere.Eat Us And Smile - The Originals
"I have a very belligerent enthusiasm or an enthusiastic belligerence. I’m an intellectual slut." - David Lee Roth
"We are part of the, not just the culture, but the geography. Van Halen music goes along with like fries with the burger." - David Lee RothComment
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Mike generally writes pretty good reviews. I disagree with the forgettable album part though.
As for the asshole tweets discussed earlier. Those were by Terry Evans, morning shock on K-97 Edmonton. He didn't pay for his ticket, and his job is to create controversy. The only person you'll ever say him say anything good about are porn stars.
I wouldn't be concerned with his tweets, he's a dick."Ya know what they say about angels... An angel is a supernatural being or spirit, usually humanoid in form, found in various religions and mythologies. Plus Roth fan boards..."- ZahZoo April 2013
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No knock against Canada but do they really deserve all these shows? Winnipeg next? yikes...Comment
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