the glorious eddie van halen

[Big Fat Sammy]

Ed's playing doesn't sound that bad. Well, not nearly as bad as the Columbus show.

Wish the sound was better so we could know for sure.

But it really doesn't matter as long as Ronald McHagar is singing.

[VonHalen]

ooooooooooooook

[hollywood5150]

it didnt sound that bad, but he was fucking up alot. EVH can fall down the stairs and land on his feet.

the show i saw he played well, but his 15 min SOLO SUCKED, I have seen him do better.

EVH was obviously trashed, he made mistakes, and he managed to injure his picking hand.

Why didnt anyone notice? (fucking guy was bleedin' AOTP)

[Big Fat Sammy]

Originally posted by hollywood5150
it didnt sound that bad, but he was fucking up alot. EVH can fall down the stairs and land on his feet.

the show i saw he played well, but his 15 min SOLO SUCKED, I have seen him do better.

EVH was obviously trashed, he made mistakes, and he managed to injure his picking hand.

Why didnt anyone notice? (fucking guy was bleedin' AOTP)

He was fucking BLEEDING?

On this vid...or where you saw him?

[thome]

Now i know what i look like after a ten day drunk and i try to play.

I hope nobody was filming me .

What.... no.... thats the real GUY?...he makes how much?...

people are funny..

[qtipp]

Originally posted by bueno bob
As long as the sheep keep coming to be fleeced, there will be a revolving door of lead singers and a half-sober (at best) Edward Van Halen playing CVH material half-heartedly.

2004 was such a success across the boards, wasn't it? Eddie, Alex, Mike, Sammy and everyone who bothered to support them should be ashamed of themselves. Period.

Disclaimer: I dig CVH. Van Hagar sounds the same as solo Sammy. DLR was the greatest frontman ever, in his prime. EVH was the best guitarist in the world for about 6 years & has been in rapid decline ever since.

As long as people keep supporting Dave's half assed attempts at entertainment the show will never go on either. Nobody works unless they have to. I'd like to see them all living out of cardboard boxes without a royalty check between them. That would get the creative juices flowing.

Go back through the history books. Every band begins to suck according to the same set of criteria.
A. They begin to think of themselves as "artists"
B. One or more of the members finds T-Total sobriety
C. One member of the band or other is recognized as being "THE"
band(ie. the debate over whether VH is Dave's singing or Ed's
guitar playing)
D. They find a following of loyal sheep willing to buy whatever BS
they put out

[Big Troubles]

Originally posted by Big Fat Sammy
Ed's playing doesn't sound that bad.

Wish the sound was better so we could know for sure.

agreed.

To me it looked like he was pumped up & lost on energy. Might have been near the end of the set.

Looked like he was about to fuck up the solo too. I dont think you are supposed to tap the intro Ed. :D

[scorpioboy33]

crap

[Kristy]

I'm sorry but that made me laugh my ass off. Ed looks like a strung-out derelict methadone addict whose only word he can speak is "paneemauh" over and over again. It's like Ed was cute when he was a puppy but really, the poor guy needs to driven way on long-forgotten abandoned road somewhere and have a bullet put though his the middle of his eyes. That was pathetic - but funny kind of pathetic. What a shame to see such talent mock not only themsevles but their fan base like that.

Ed and Al can say all they want about how much of a ego-tripping dick David Lee Roth is but, unlike them, at least Roth has the decent to keep himself in shape and certainly the knack to hold a lot more respect for his fan base than that embarrassing and dismal performance.

[hollywood5150]

(Big Fat Sammy)

Notice his picking hand right before the solo. he is bleeding, right before it ends he notices he is bleeding.

As a matter of fact he interupts the solo.

Look at it again

[Big Fat Sammy]

Originally posted by hollywood5150
(Big Fat Sammy)

Notice his picking hand right before the solo. he is bleeding, right before it ends he notices he is bleeding.

As a matter of fact he interupts the solo.

Look at it again

DAMN! HE IS BLEEDING AOTP!!!

[zeronumber]

That's fucking sad, he actually cut himself while trying to tap.

His performance wasn't that bad. It wasn't great, but it wasn't that bad.

It wasn't till the vid fades out that you notice his cuts his fucking finger.

[Mr. Vengeance]

I don't know whether to laugh or vomit......A guy with so much going on who just is self destructing.

At this point, EVH might actually need Dave to just stay alive. A good, SOBER (well, within reason) CVH tour and new album might get the guy focused on life again.

[DavidLeeNatra]

the worst thing about the vid is that you can see how everybody plays "alone"...ed is all for himself and there is absolutely no link to any other band member (except for his cig)...sad...

but the venue looks packed

[Nickdfresh]

The effort is there, but as the reviewer from Calgary stated, the band has immense unfocussed energy. ED bangs around like a kiddy with ADD. His guitar skills are still with him, but Jesus has the booze taken it's toll! He's just mucking through that performance like a guy happy to be playing at all, but not happy about how he's playing nor too concerned about how well he's playing.


I find it to be very depressing...