Edward Van Hale vs. Angus Young

[KramerPacer]

The other thing I'd say, and maybe it ruins this whole web page....

Ed was going where he was going whether it was Sammy there or not. During 1984, he took CONTROL. That's where it was going. For Dave. Or for the poor guy who took on that challenge after him (which turned out to be Sam). Sam didn't change Ed, Ed did. He just wanted to do something different.

It's just that WE didn't want that side of Ed (though, admittedly, I didn't want "Dancing in the Streets" or "In the Midnight Hour" either).

[stilleddiesangel]

EDWARD VAN HALEN ... nuff said!!!

[thome]

OK so i dig your frames of reference that hook of anguss' delivers for
me as well. repeating a first album is hard 60% of the rock i like
is one or two albums only of any band. even with hager all thier
music sold. thats incredible i just didnt buy it ..Dont get me started on
ticket prices 20 could take me & my girl to see Rush & Nugent ....Gas
some smoke & 6 pack

[KramerPacer]

A friend of mine has his ticket stub from Back in Black.....$3.

And another friend saw VH open for Nugent on their first tour.....and he left on the 3rd song into Nugent's set because he was still trying to comprehend what he saw with the opening band.

[thome]

KP i started looking over this site in the year of its conception
over the years a thought has occured to me and you just reminded me of it again thanks OK heres the deal if this is off subject
forgive me I saw Van Halen on thier fist tour in Kansas City with???
I keep thinking Aerosmith ( I remember a Volkswagon BUG
behind stage right lifted up in the air set to come down) Anyway the
promoters wouldnt let them drop it( I was so stoned back then)
sory about all that heres the question:::How can I find out when i
saw them exactly who they were with 1st tour in KC I remember exectly how BLOW AWAY I WAS BY THE BAND the stuff i was on
blew my memories of time & space??Any Help

[thome]

OK forget that Can anyone help me find out the history of dates
and times of vanhalen 1st tour?? thank you

[KramerPacer]

There's an old issue of the Inside that lists Kansas City as 3/31/78 and 9/17/78.

[Hecubus]

Eddie for sure, but dammit if Angus isn't one of the best. How about EVH vs. Jimi?

[Bill Lumbergh]

Originally posted by Brett
Of course AC/DC keeps writing the same stuff over and over, Malcolm and Angus only know 4 fucking chords.

At least they dont repeatedly SHIT all over their fans.

[Matt White]

"Sam can never REALLY be in Van Halen because he wasn't at the backyard parties with them in 1976. Brian Johnson can never REALLY be AC/DC's singer because he wasn't fighting Australian rednecks behind the nightclub because he fucked their girlfriends."

Brian never tried to slagg off the memory of BON SCOTT...not that he could have!!!


BON SCOTT FUCKING RULES!!!

[Bill Lumbergh]

Originally posted by Matt White
"Sam can never REALLY be in Van Halen because he wasn't at the backyard parties with them in 1976. Brian Johnson can never REALLY be AC/DC's singer because he wasn't fighting Australian rednecks behind the nightclub because he fucked their girlfriends."

Brian never tried to slagg off the memory of BON SCOTT...not that he could have!!!


BON SCOTT FUCKING RULES!!!

A-fucking-men bro! Not only do they not "slag him off", they still celebrate his life!

[Terry]

Well, we can't really be talking in terms of technique, because Ed just walks all over Angus, live and in the studio. Angus is an important part of the AC/DC sound, obviously agreed. And am not trying to knock Angus or the band for their simplistic approach; those guys have put out some of the most memorable rock tunes ever, IMO. You can definitely say that AC/DC stuck to their guns, and didn't undertake any stylistic shifts that alienated a substantial part of their fanbase (even though the band really said all it had to by 1982 - sure there was the odd single or song here and there that rose to the occasion). By the same token, it was mentioned earlier that Angus has beaten the 5-note pentatonic solo into the ground.....can't say I disagree with that.

Performance-wise, Ed gets the props. Angus was high energy, no doubt. Probably still is. Myself, always thought the schoolboy outfit was kinda lame, as was his epileptic flailing about.

Guess both EVH and Angus provided excellent live representaions of what their respective bands did on record, but Ed just had that much more to represent to begin with. Ed was a stellar player. Angus' main strength was as a part of the band. Just a lopsided comparison from the get-go in terms of the talent involved.