Ed's voice: Have you ever heard him alone?

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  • Sensible Shoes
    Full Member Status

    • Oct 2009
    • 4648

    Ed's voice: Have you ever heard him alone?

    This one's been bugging me - I can't recall ever hearing Ed's voice without Mike (or Wolf) and/or Dave in 2 or 3 part harmony. Has anybody ever heard him sing without the other two? Very curious as to what he really sounds like.

    Oh dear.
  • Zing!
    Veteran
    • Oct 2011
    • 2363

    #2
    Uhhh... How Many Say I?

    My karma just ran over your dogma.

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    • ZahZoo
      ROTH ARMY WEBMASTER

      • Jan 2004
      • 9160

      #3
      Be careful what you ask for...

      "If you want to be a monk... you gotta cook a lot of rice...”

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      • Catfish
        Sniper
        • Jan 2004
        • 898

        #4
        Ah, Zah... always willing to dive into his personal music collection to share!

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        • Sensible Shoes
          Full Member Status

          • Oct 2009
          • 4648

          #5
          well this is going to be a really short thread. Sorry, I never listened to Van Hagar. And BTW it sucks. Shit I just had to turn it off it just REEKS.

          So it's no wonder classic Van Halen has him singing only harmonies. God I'm sorry I asked.

          Oh dear.

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          • ThrillsNSpills
            ROTH ARMY ELITE
            • Jan 2004
            • 6627

            #6
            Originally posted by Sensible Shoes
            well this is going to be a really short thread. Sorry, I never listened to Van Hagar. And BTW it sucks. Shit I just had to turn it off it just REEKS.

            So it's no wonder classic Van Halen has him singing only harmonies. God I'm sorry I asked.


            Look on the bright side. They could have posted the live version.

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            • gbranton
              Veteran
              • Aug 2005
              • 1847

              #7
              Originally posted by sensible shoes
              well this is going to be a really short thread. And btw it sucks. Shit i just had to turn it off it just reeks. God i'm sorry i asked.
              Lmfao!
              "Don't want 'em to get you goat, don't show 'em where it's hid." - David Lee Roth

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              • sadaist
                TOASTMASTER GENERAL
                • Jul 2004
                • 11625

                #8
                Originally posted by ZahZoo
                Be careful what you ask for...

                Yeah really. Dude is NOT Andrea Bocelli. Shoes, you can really hear him in current form on the dvd that came with the new album. ..and he sounds great!

                Not really, but any time EVH is singing backup to DLR it's just gotta sound great right?
                “Great losses often bring only a numb shock. To truly plunge a victim into misery, you must overwhelm him with many small sufferings.”

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                • Sensible Shoes
                  Full Member Status

                  • Oct 2009
                  • 4648

                  #9
                  No, you gotta call it for what it is. Whether Dave is screwing it up, or Ed's backup is shitty, gotta call it like it is.

                  Now Elvis wants to say Dave has sounded like crap for the whole tour, but out of 3 concerts I only heard him blow it a handful of times. I could just never tell what part Ed was singing.

                  Now I'm wondering if Alex sang on any more than "Happy Trails".

                  Oh dear.

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                  • sadaist
                    TOASTMASTER GENERAL
                    • Jul 2004
                    • 11625

                    #10
                    Originally posted by Sensible Shoes

                    Now I'm wondering if Alex sang on any more than "Happy Trails".

                    God i'm gonna get shit for admitting to this......


                    But the inside jacket on For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge shows all 4 band members at a studio microphone singing something. Not sure if real or just for pose. But in my mind when I hear background to a chorus, I like to imagine the entire band in the vocal room doing it together. Band of brothers style.
                    “Great losses often bring only a numb shock. To truly plunge a victim into misery, you must overwhelm him with many small sufferings.”

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                    • SunisinuS
                      Crazy Ass Mofo
                      • May 2010
                      • 3301

                      #11
                      I remember when this came out, the kindest review came in the form of "A Tom Wait'esque Treatment". I am sure Tom Waits would have committed suicide after writing these lyrics though. Sorry Ed. Maybe the dog likes the tune.

                      Can't Control your Future. Can't Control your Friends. The women start to hike their skirts up. I didn't have a clue. That is when I kinda learned how to smile a lot. One Two Three Fouir fun ter thehr fuur.

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                      • DLR Bridge
                        ROCKSTAR

                        • Mar 2011
                        • 5479

                        #12
                        Originally posted by sadaist
                        God i'm gonna get shit for admitting to this......


                        But the inside jacket on For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge shows all 4 band members at a studio microphone singing something. Not sure if real or just for pose. But in my mind when I hear background to a chorus, I like to imagine the entire band in the vocal room doing it together. Band of brothers style.
                        I won't give you shit for that if you won't give me shit for this... I've seen Ed take on a full verse by himself during Why Can't This Be Love in You-tube clips from both the Balance and the at deaths door '04 tour and I gotta tell ya, I'd take an album of his singing over Sam's any day.

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                        • kwame k
                          TOASTMASTER GENERAL
                          • Feb 2008
                          • 11302

                          #13
                          Originally posted by ThrillsNSpills
                          Look on the bright side. They could have posted the live version.


                          There's some things that you just can't undo......listening to the live version of that or seeing this........

                          Originally posted by vandeleur
                          E- Jesus . Playing both sides because he didnt understand the argument in the first place :D

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                          • DONNIEP
                            DIAMOND STATUS
                            • Mar 2004
                            • 13373

                            #14
                            Oh fuck that's the ugliest thing I've ever seen in my life! You've crossed the line pal...
                            American by birth. Southern by the grace of God.

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                            • NIN1211
                              Head Fluffer
                              • Jan 2012
                              • 386

                              #15
                              Originally posted by ZahZoo
                              Be careful what you ask for...
                              Ed sounds like Roger Waters....a more depressed Waters...if that is possible!!!

                              Hey psycho, please get out of my Van Halen T-shirt before you jinx the band and they break up.

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