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  • Firebrand
    Roadie
    • Jun 2004
    • 103

    What are you realistically expecting to see/hear?

    It's been over 20 years since the boys played on one stage, much less one record.

    To be honest, I haven't listened to much Eddie since Balance. Seems like most everything had become retread city, except those tracks with Dave on the greatest hits compilation, which were pretty danged good.

    But reading comments from people who seem to be 'in the know,' Eddie's playing has degenerated quite a bit in the last 10 or so years. I am sure the booze and the illness have contributed to that. Can he recapture the fire?

    Wolfie has been playing bass a year or so. Again, that was a year or so. He is 15. Again, that was 15. I fear he will crap his pants the first time he has to take the stage in front of 15,000 REAL Halenites...but can he hold his own?

    From what I've heard of Dave the last handful of years, he's actually held up pretty well vocally. Physically, though, let's be real...he ain't a spring chicken any more. How will he hold up under the expectations/pressue of being onstage with Eddie again?

    Alex seems to be Alex. You can say what you want about the jokers mentality or attitude or whatever, but he may be the most underrated drummer in rock history (mainly because he just happened to fall into a band with a guitar player and vocalist who were so good they just overshadowed everything else). Alex will be fine.

    What do you expect realistically?
    With a rebel yell, she cries "more more more!"...
  • Terry
    DIAMOND STATUS
    • Jan 2004
    • 12133

    #2
    Realistically, I expect a solid show.

    If Ed shows up and nails the old licks, that's all I'd really like to see and hear from him. He's not gonna reinvent the wheel again, so he can save his "inspired noodling" for his home studio demos. Just play the tunes the way he wrote them.

    Alex is a decent enough drummer. PERHAPS underrated...but he'll be fine, agreed.

    It won't take much for Wolfgang to replicate the bass parts. Perhaps the backing vocals will be different, but this is small potatoes.

    Long as Dave makes the effort to sing the verses and Ed is playing well, it's gonna be a good night out.

    Ain't expecting some earth-shattering experience that is gonna rank up with the best live shows I've ever seen, but am still hoping that Van Halen 2007 is gonna go out there feeling like they still have something to prove; if their energy levels are up and they got the fire, it could be a great gig to be at outside of just seeing Ed and Dave together onstage again.
    Scramby eggs and bacon.

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    • Atomic Dyver
      Head Fluffer
      • Mar 2004
      • 313

      #3
      I expect them to try to replicate the past. Regardless if Eddie likes it it will be a nostalgia show....a last chance to see Dave and Eddie onstage again.

      Unless they put out an album of all new material....then we'll have something else to talk about.

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      • Matt White
        • Jun 2004
        • 20569

        #4
        "What are you realistically expecting to see/hear?"


        "Folk music...shot out of a cannon..."DLR

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        • WOAHYEAH
          Head Fluffer
          • Jan 2004
          • 485

          #5
          I went to a Dave Lee concert sometime in the fall at a shitty casino near by.

          The band fucking rocked. Guitar was awesome, vocals kicked ass.

          It was a small venue, shitty crowd (barely packed, and most looked like they were giveaway tickets) and the damn thing ROCKED.

          So I'm assuming that in a bigger venue, with Edward Van Halen backing him, it's going to be a thousand times better.

          Dont call it Classic Van Halen, or a reuinion, or whatever, but consider it a David Lee Roth show. That right there should be making you buy a ticket, regardless who's on bass.
          Served hot, right from the rhythm kitchen.

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          • Atomic Dyver
            Head Fluffer
            • Mar 2004
            • 313

            #6
            Originally posted by WOAHYEAH

            Dont call it Classic Van Halen, or a reuinion, or whatever, but consider it a David Lee Roth show. That right there should be making you buy a ticket, regardless who's on bass.
            I agree. But if that talk gets up in the air it will set off Eddie on wild jealous tangent, which could make for some great comedy.

            This is a fragile little world surrounding VH mk Ib.

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            • TAKIN WHISKEY
              Commando
              • Apr 2006
              • 1190

              #7
              As long as it has Ed and Dave, It's Van Halen.

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              • m_dixon1984
                Foot Soldier
                • Aug 2004
                • 636

                #8
                No power ballads!!

                Even if we don't get any new music we get 2 hours of CVH (we can always hope for MWM or CGTSNM in the set and maybe some of the old cover tunes)

                Even if Ed pulls a sissy fit ala 2004 we get Dave to entertain us. No more Spammy McGaygar hawking tequila and signing autographs instead of singing.

                Even though we have a child on stage we don't have to put up with bass player's tired, old, uninspired solo.

                Outdoor, amphitheatre shows...summer weather...cold beer...spliffs...even if it's bad, who cares!

                M
                http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n...rip10_full.jpg

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                • TAKIN WHISKEY
                  Commando
                  • Apr 2006
                  • 1190

                  #9
                  Summertime in general. Warm summer night, good friends, cold beer, a little kind, a woman with a smile. Now that my friend is life. Throw Van Halen in the mix with Dave back at the helm and you have Good Times. Damn Good Times.

                  If that isn't a damn Good post, i don't know what is!!!!!

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                  • TAKIN WHISKEY
                    Commando
                    • Apr 2006
                    • 1190

                    #10
                    Thanks M, for the inspiration. I'm with you bro.

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                    • DLRdelight!
                      Veteran
                      • Jul 2004
                      • 1501

                      #11
                      im expecting the best show they can offer in this point in time

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                      • ELVIS
                        Banned
                        • Dec 2003
                        • 44120

                        #12
                        Originally posted by m_dixon1984
                        even if it's bad, who cares!

                        M

                        Me

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                        • bueno bob
                          DIAMOND STATUS
                          • Jul 2004
                          • 22951

                          #13
                          Originally posted by ELVIS
                          Me
                          I'll second that. They'd better not fucking suck or else I'm done with this whole shitting business.
                          Twistin' by the pool.

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                          • binnie
                            DIAMOND STATUS
                            • May 2006
                            • 19145

                            #14
                            I'm expecting to see 75% of Van Fucking Halen!
                            The Power Of The Riff Compels Me

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                            • kamaboko
                              Head Fluffer
                              • Nov 2006
                              • 287

                              #15
                              Well...coming from someone who has seen the real deal several times, this is what I would expect to see.

                              Dave: In great shape and totally animated on stage. I think his vocals will hold up for the first half of the tour then begin to break apart after that. If he uses the same old lines such as "I'm gonna fuck your girlfriend" as he had in the 80's, he really will turn it into a nostalgia show and that would be sad. It worked in his 30's, but not in his 50's. Dave has to reinvent himself for the 21st century. For example; for those that can relate, it would be like seeing someone at your 20th high school reunion that still acts 18. Not cool.

                              Ed: If Ed goes into the "zone" he'll put on a great show. If he's tipping the bottle, then expect to see some really shitty playing. I saw them twice for the 84' tour. The second show was toward the end of the tour and it was apparent that Ed and Dave were not getting along. Ed was drunk off his ass and his playing seriously sucked. Keep him sober and he'll do fine.

                              Alex: Hmmm...I don't really care.

                              Wolfie: A mistake in my opinion, but we'll have to wait and see.

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