Van Halen 'Live...Right Here, Right Now' happened to block Dave.

[thismusicsux]

my handle was used at another site entirely...but just used the same here. it makes no sense here though..I might have to change

[ELVIS]

Which were pretty overrated IMHO.....

I like 'em...

[FORD]

my handle was used at another site entirely...but just used the same here. it makes no sense here though..I might have to change

I hear you there.... most of the people on VH related sites know the history behind my name, but I've used "FORD" on other sites too (just so I don't have to have the hassle of another e mail account to go with another name) and people assume it has something to do with cars..... or on a political site, they thought it had something to do with that guy who was President in the mid 70s.

[DLR Bridge]

my handle was used at another site entirely...

Ha! Must've been the red rocker site.

[ELVIS]

Or Tinfoil Kitty...

[smorgdonkey]

When wasn't it?

It wasn't near the issue before when people purchased product. Even though the power was there, they could be pushed by artists who had clout. Now there are only a few artists who have any.

[big fatty]

He sounded like a new gf dissing the old one. Extremely unprofessional and a scumbag move. I stand by my values and don't give my $ to assholes.

Now go stick your dick in a blender and turn it on high.

I sincerely apologize for that post. I take it all back. You are far too good of a person for that type of dispicable comment.

I have no excuse, nor recollection of making the post. I suspect I must have confused you with someone else at the time. ( Not that it makes it any better. )

[Angel]

I sincerely apologize for that post. I take it all back. You are far too good of a person for that type of dispicable comment.

I have no excuse, nor recollection of making the post. I suspect I must have confused you with someone else at the time. ( Not that it makes it any better. )

Lol. Blame it on the booze.

[ZahZoo]

It struck me... this thread should be edited to Van Halen - Dead Right Here Not Now...

[PETE'S BROTHER]

cencorship!!!!!

[binnie]

I don't really remember much about this album, other than the speech Sam makes at some point (before 'Right Now'?) being absolutely woeful........

[VAiN]

I don't really remember much about this album, other than the speech Sam makes at some point (before 'Right Now'?) being absolutely woeful........

He babbles in the middle of Panama and it's painfully cringe-inducing. Good thing it was captured forever so future generations can puke too.

[78/84 guy]

I can't reply to individual posts for some reason without being logged out every time I try, but in reply to Heater's point about sales of ADKOT - sure, ADKOT sold less than the Van Hagar albums, but every act who was around in the 70s-90s when sales were still buoyant sells less now.

When that is the case - i.e., you can't compare sales by volume in two eras - the only fair comparison is to look at where an album stands in the end of year bestselling album lists. I looked up ADKOT to check this some time ago, and I can't remember the exact spot where it ended up - maybe 40-something or 50-something bestselling album of the year (of the Top 100).

It was roughly equivalent to all Dave-era albums, and ranked higher than, e.g., Fair Warning. The only two albums that bucked the trend in the Dave-era of ending up in around the middle of that Top 100 end of year list were Van Halen II (Top 10 end of year) and 1984 (Top 5, end of year). Diver Down was something like number 50 in the end of year Top 100 for 1982, but as we know, it was a double platinum album in that year of release, so perhaps ADKOT's nearly half million is roughly equivalent to a double platinum album in the band's Dave-era.

People like Springsteen aren't selling measurably more than VH, and he sold a lot more in the past as well.

The market has changed. People don't really buy albums - simple as that, but competing like for like against current albums in the 2012 marketplace, ADKOT performed about the same (in year of release) as all but their best-sellers out of the box - VH1 sold its millions over a longer period of time.

You can't have a battle of the wit's with an unarmed person. That person would be Heater. A.D.K.O.T. as a whole is better than the 4 Van Hagar albums. You could make one, maybe two good Hagar albums out of them. That would consist of most of 5150 and Balance.

[FORD]

All you need to battle with Bleater is a good set of shears......

[Heater]

I understand the record industry and sales today are not the same as they were. It just makes me laugh at how balled up some people get if it is suggested that the VH of today is not every bit as virile as the VH of old. The extrapolating of figures, internet piracy, corporate greed-all these MUST be taken into account! And then lets not forget to cite other artists and their numbers, because when all these factors are are brought in for consideration we arrive at the conclusion that VH are actually selling better than they did in their " heyday". And the reason nothing from ADKOT gets played on the radio is because it's so awesome and ahead of its time that not being on the radio is the same as always being on the radio in the 70s and 80s!