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  • DLR'sCock
    Crazy Ass Mofo
    • Jan 2004
    • 2937

    #61
    This is the final version of my review as I added when I would post at another board.

    So much has been said tha thas not been needed to be repeated.



    The show was so amazing that it's difficult to put into words how I felt about it, I mean it went so fast, 2 hours felt like 15 minutes and I was having such a great time. I wanted more, I wanted so many more songs, I just couldn't believe it when it was over.

    Firstly, this was a true Rock n Roll show.

    The first 4 or 5 songs simply run you the fuck down and you find it difficult to get back up!

    Dave was the man, Ed was in his glory smiling away and jumping, Alex brought it, and Wolf did a great job, yes quite wet behind the ears, but what do you expect he's 16. I have to admit I did think about Michael being there a few times, but the family vibe on stage and the interaction with Ed and Wolf, and Dave gave this show something special.


    I'm not gonna go into detail on this one, but I had 14th row on Ed's side thanks to Mambo, THANK YOU MAN!!!! You are awesome!!!!

    I was also about 1 row from the ramp as well, so that gives it that little bit of extra push of getting that 1st or 2nd row feel for a moment or two.

    The backing vocals were real, but there was some enhancement via processor to thicken up the tone a bit I think.

    Wow, that was the best I have heard Dave sing in the last 6 years, he brought his A game for sure, and delivered even better than expected.

    Other notes: Yes, Ed did play the black and yellow striped with PHILLY on it. Hey Lou, I hear you sort of, but it is expected. I had these people that I think snuck up with their friends next to us, which I would normally have no problem with, but they were way too far into our seats(at one point my gal and i were covering the area of only one seat, then I fucking lost it) and that fat chick was annoying the fuck out of me, so I had to tell them twice to move into their area, because I knew they didn't have the tickets for that area. That distraction took away from the show a bit.

    I enjoyed the interaction with Wolf, and I found it cute. I thought that during Eddie's solo, the years of abuse did show a bit here and there, but that's ok.......it is no easy feat for any person to climb out of that hole, and he will only shine more as time goes on. Don't get me wrong, most of the time he was simply amazing to watch. The energy was inspiring to be a part of, but I am going to shy away from reviews and not think about the next show at MSG until it comes, so maybe I can have more of surprise feeling from it.

    Also, Dave did the jacking thing with a water bottle during Mean Street, albeit quite briefly as opposed to his solo gigs.

    Alex's drum solo was more than I expected and he even reminded me of Neil Peart a bit, and borrowed the sample idea with the horns too, which worked.

    More notes: I loved Dave's story about Thursday night in 1972, but rigth at the very end of the story it happened, he cracked. You could tell that he genuinely got a little bit choked up, you know he cares.

    The goofing around and playign on stage with the hats and chasing each other created a fun vibe on stage as well.

    I also think the inflatable mic isn't really needed, but whatever.

    Boy are the Philly people fucking ugly fucks!!

    GO GIANTS!!!


    Go to this show! Do not miss this!


    I am looking forward to the MSG show in NYC, and maybe I'll another one, not sure.

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    • steve
      Sniper
      • Feb 2004
      • 841

      #62

      Rock like it's 1984


      By Dan DeLuca

      Inquirer Music Critic
      David Lee Roth is like the guy in that Beyoncé song. No matter how many times his ex tells him what a scalawag he is, he can't help but think that when it comes down to it, he's irreplaceable.

      So it was no wonder that Van Halen's original vocalist was smiling ear to ear for a full two hours at the sold-out Wachovia Center on Monday night. Because from the power-chord crunch of the opening cover of the Kinks' "You Really Got Me," it was abundantly clear that he'd been right all along.

      Never mind Sammy Hagar, and please don't bring up Gary Cherone. For all of Eddie Van Halen's how'd-he-do-that? guitar heroics, the band that takes its name from Eddie and his drummer brother Alex (and now, Eddie's 16-year-old, bass-playing son, Wolfgang) lost every shred of its showbiz pizzazz when Roth walked out the door in 1985.

      But after 22 years in exile, and a sketchy-at-best solo career of his own, Diamond Dave is back in the saddle - even if it was actually a giant inflatable microphone that he was riding like a horse during the encore of "Jump."

      Is it as if he never left? Not quite. "We're three-quarters old school and one-quarter new school," Roth said at the start of the show, which he and the Van Halens will put on again tonight at the Wachovia. (Some tickets remain.) "Kind of like watching Dragnet on your iPod."

      The "new school" referred to the kid in the Valerie Bertinelli haircut, nicknamed Wolfie, who held his own in the spot formerly occupied by booted-out bassist Michael Anthony. Wolfie earned a paternal tousle of his hair by his proud father after "Jamie's Cryin,' " and he bore more baby fat than his 52-year-old dad and the 53-year-old Roth combined.

      The old school element was obvious in both the musical approach and physical appearance of the band's twin stars. The grizzled Van Halen - who managed to delay this, the least pretentious of the year's Big '80s reunions (beating out the Police and Genesis, by a long shot) with a stint in rehab earlier this year - was shirtless throughout.

      Eddie looked like the character actor Fred Ward as he moved about as nimbly on stage as he does on the fretboard. And as a guitarist who matches thunderous riffage with delicate subtlety, his virtuosity remains jaw-dropping, even if his 10-minute-plus solo toward the end could have benefited from trimming.

      As for Roth, he's not quite the physical presence he was on stage, what with his blond mane now shorn and either his too-tight leather trousers or, perhaps, a bad back keeping him from working the stage with leonine vigor - or even seeming able to bend his knees. He can still kick up a leg like a Rockette, but let's just say that during "Jump," he didn't even try to get up off the ground.

      But while Roth has never been all that graceful a singer, he's a born entertainer, a guy who in another era would have been a Borscht Belt comedian or an ingratiating variety-show host.

      Sure, it was a bit creepy and a little unseemly when he shook up a water bottle and let it squirt between his legs. But as a lewd-and-louche rock-and-roll lounge lizard, Roth really has no competition. And on a cavalcade of tremendously catchy hits ("Dance the Night Away," "Panama") and even lesser-known album cuts ("Atomic Punk," "Unchained") his voice was in sturdy-enough shape.

      He also knows his audience. "I'm from the suburbs," he said before the California country-blues "Ice Cream Man." "You know, where they cut down all the trees and then name the streets after them."

      Van Halen's 1978-to-1984 heyday corresponded with the explosion of punk and New Wave, genres that got much more critical respect than Van Halen's carefree and licentious hard rock.

      But looking back, did anyone come closer to capturing the American teenage experience in their era than Van Halen? "Everybody wants some!" Roth sang with relish, then and now, in pursuit of pleasure. "I want some, too!"

      And on Monday at the Wachovia, longtime VH fans remembering the good times got the dose of Diamond Dave they'd been wanting all these years.


      Contact music critic Dan DeLuca at 215-854-5628 or ddeluca@phillynews.com. Read his blog, "In the Mix," at http://go.philly.com/inthemix.

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      • PlexiBrown
        Commando
        • Mar 2006
        • 1264

        #63
        Hot For Teacher....Philly....10/03/07

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        Dance The Night Away...Philly

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        And God heard the voice of the lad. Then the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said to her, “What ails you, Hagar? Genesis 21:17

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        • flub
          Full On Cocktard
          • Jan 2004
          • 22

          #64
          Rave reviews across the board. This is a great show. Last night I tuned into 93.3 WMMR and listened to the afterglow of pleased fans exclaiming universally that it was the best show they had ever seen. And indeed it was. VH hit the ball out of the park. Something I wish the Phillies would do a bit of today at Citizen's Bank Park.

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          • Va Beach VH Fan
            ROTH ARMY FOUNDER
            • Dec 2003
            • 17913

            #65
            Unsticking now.....
            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 Roth

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            • fryingdutchman
              Full Member Status

              • Feb 2005
              • 4133

              #66
              Originally posted by flub
              VH hit the ball out of the park. Something I wish the Phillies would do a bit of today at Citizen's Bank Park.
              I'm afraid that when it comes to the Phillies, we are officially PHUCKED...my friend from the home of tax-free shopping.

              But it was fun while it lasted.
              Originally posted by perilouspete
              fryingdutchman you pretty much own everyone.....sick comebacks, well put. top class wit.

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              • DLR'sCock
                Crazy Ass Mofo
                • Jan 2004
                • 2937

                #67
                Originally posted by PlexiBrown
                Hot For Teacher....Philly....10/03/07

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                Dance The Night Away...Philly

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                I love how in HFT, Dave goes, "Edward is playing like a mother fucker tonight!" The solo in HFT just slayed.

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                • bantonelli
                  Crazy Ass Mofo
                  • Nov 2004
                  • 2629

                  #68
                  5 Stars! to Ultraman and Flub for amazing reviews of the Show! I enjoyed reading every word.

                  Did ya ever think that 23 years down the road from '84 that you'd be writing a review of a VH-Roth Show?!!!! Who said there isn't a GOD? LOL!

                  ROTH ON!
                  "Meet us in the Future.....NOT the Pasture".......DLR, August '07, VH Press Conference - Tour '07-'08

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                  • flub
                    Full On Cocktard
                    • Jan 2004
                    • 22

                    #69
                    Thank you for the kind words about the review. and yu are right, man, it is a surreal dream come true.

                    I just watched that youtube clip of Hot For Teacher. If that doesn't give you goosebumps, you don't have a heartbeat. Damn that's good stuff.

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                    • ULTRAMAN VH
                      Commando
                      • May 2004
                      • 1480

                      #70
                      Originally posted by bantonelli
                      5 Stars! to Ultraman and Flub for amazing reviews of the Show! I enjoyed reading every word.

                      Did ya ever think that 23 years down the road from '84 that you'd be writing a review of a VH-Roth Show?!!!! Who said there isn't a GOD? LOL!

                      ROTH ON!
                      Thanks for the 5 stars kind sir. Hope you have a chance to witness history, like flub, myself and the dutchman did.

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                      • DLR'sCock
                        Crazy Ass Mofo
                        • Jan 2004
                        • 2937

                        #71
                        Just a little retread from when they were here in 07.

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