Biggest Surprise - Dave or Eddie ?? Wolf or Alex ??

[Panamark]

I gotta admit,

Both Dave and Ed have far exceeded my
positive expectations, is one of them outshining
the other ?? Or are they both nailing it equally ??

I put Wolf and Alex on Poll just in case somebody
was even more surprised by them....

To me Alex is as solid as a rock, so he never really
surprises... (Thats a compliment to Big Al !)

[ELVIS]

Hmmm...

That's kinda hard at this point...

But, based on the Cleveland crappily recorded U-Toobs, Edward is easily the biggest suprise, especially considering 2004...

Dave has also exceeded my expectations to a fairly high degree, sounding younger than he has in years and even hitting several worthy screams...

I'll leave some of my negative comments in a thread in the near future...

[binnie]

Eddie.

Because I knew that Dave wasn't going to fuck this up and would ensure that he was the best he could possibly be.....

I wasn't too sure if Ed would be sober long enough to improve.

[ELVIS]

Here's a few clear YouTubes to help decide...

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[Panamark]

I went with Dave, he has surprised me more..
Eddie has been Eddie with that band forever,
Dave has just returned and yet is bringin it
home bigtime...

If we dont get a new album next year, it will
almost be as criminal as the wait we have endured
for all of this !!!

Eddie is awesome too, not the same Eddie that shared
a stage with the Hagar Halves a few years back...

[Shaun Ponsonby]

Dave has performed better than he has in years...and so is Ed...I expected as much from Dave and hoped as much From Ed after rehab.

But...the biggest surprise for me has been Wolfie.

Didn't expect him to be as good as he is.

Good luck to him...

[chi-town324]

Dave is bringing it strong....

[Polk High]

Dave sounds excellent

[bantonelli]

? A bit baffled as to why DAVE seems to surprise?

He's been constantly touring most summers and each year he's improved his voice, his look, and simply putting on a better show. He did a very impressive Summer Tour '06, kicking the asses of CBS and sending the message that he didn't need the radio gig. His voice sounded great, displayed the motorcycle impression, threw on a Sinatra-style fedora hat for alittle bluesy razz-matazz. With Dave, no surprise...he's consistent with striving to give us his best... succeeds.

I think Ed is the biggest surprise in his display of brotherly love towards Dave that actually looks sincere.

I'm loving it!

[Mezro]

The biggest surprise is that they didn't work through all their shit in 1996.

Mezro...11 years wasted...

[dave_is_vh]

Originally posted by Mezro
The biggest surprise is that they didn't work through all their shit in 1996.

Mezro...11 years wasted...

23 wasted years

[PlexiBrown]

Eddie. After meeting him in 2004 and seeing his condition and playing and then seeing how he was at the start of this year I thought that he may be either dead or 100% burnt by now. He has made a pretty dramatic turnaround. Dave has surprised me too because he looks and sounds better than he did in 1996.

[Mezro]

Originally posted by dave_is_vh
23 wasted years

Mezro...amen brother...what could have been...

[FORD]

I'd have to call this a draw.....

Eddie for fully recovering from Trainwreck 2004.

Dave for looking like he never left (aside from the natural aging process that none of us are immune to)

[TN Dave Fan]

I'm not surprised .... Dave is where he belongs and Ed has a reason to stay sober ... appears once he has sobered - he realized what he'd been missing. All this and we know this has been in the works since end of last year ... but none the less. DAVE ROCKS.