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Tour starts in less than a month, the vitriol will be endless....
Dave's hair, Dave's yelping, Dave's Judy Garland act, Dave's inability to jump off a 20 foot drum riser at age 60, Ed's stale solo, Mike's continued absence, Wolf's continued attendance, Wolf's ever-expanding weight, numerous hatred of the setlist, and I'm sure someone will find something to complain about Reverend Al.....
Other than that, it will be great....
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 RothComment
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Fuck that, I'll jump ahead of the crowd & start bashing on Alex RITE NOW! I never liked Al, that mongoloid looking motherfucker. There's something about him that doesn't sit quite right with me. I bet he's the one who pulls Ed's broken, twisted strings.Tour starts in less than a month, the vitriol will be endless....
Dave's hair, Dave's yelping, Dave's Judy Garland act, Dave's inability to jump off a 20 foot drum riser at age 60, Ed's stale solo, Mike's continued absence, Wolf's continued attendance, Wolf's ever-expanding weight, numerous hatred of the setlist, and I'm sure someone will find something to complain about Reverend Al.....
Other than that, it will be great....
So you suspect Dave will continue his Judy Garland descent to madness? You have inside sources, so I'm not betting against you, but I was hoping for a full on Moulin Rouge/Folies Bérgere Can Can act.
One can dream.
Cheers!
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Fuck that, I'll jump ahead of the crowd & start bashing on Alex RITE NOW! I never liked Al, that mongoloid looking motherfucker. There's something about him that doesn't sit quite right with me. I bet he's the one who pulls Ed's broken, twisted strings.
So you suspect Dave will continue his Judy Garland descent to madness? You have inside sources, so I'm not betting against you, but I was hoping for a full on Moulin Rouge/Folies Bérgere Can Can act.
One can dream.
Cheers!
I agree, pretty apparent from the interviews over the years that Al is pretty intelligent (other than his religious leanings), much more so than Ed.... I wouldn't doubt for a second he has much more influence on business decisions than people would think.....
And as for Dave, let's face it, the only thing separating him from Judy right now is a fucking top hat and cane, it's not really a stretch.....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 RothComment
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I am hoping Dave grows a goatee, takes the stage like a samurai and goes into some weird Man of La Mancha meets Dr. Fu Manchu... "to dream the impossible dream" lolFuck that, I'll jump ahead of the crowd & start bashing on Alex RITE NOW! I never liked Al, that mongoloid looking motherfucker. There's something about him that doesn't sit quite right with me. I bet he's the one who pulls Ed's broken, twisted strings.
So you suspect Dave will continue his Judy Garland descent to madness? You have inside sources, so I'm not betting against you, but I was hoping for a full on Moulin Rouge/Folies Bérgere Can Can act.
One can dream.
Cheers!I got lost in the...Comment
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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 RothComment
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I know how Dave liked waving that big ass flag on tour... now he could have fucking windmills turning in sync with his drum major baton twirling routine too, and then bring the same chick up on stage every night and sing "Dulcinea" to her in interesting new octaves lol
I got lost in the...Comment
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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 RothComment
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Some nice screams in there. Would be great to see this one make the set this tour.Comment
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Complaints? Naaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...well, maybe just a bit.Tour starts in less than a month, the vitriol will be endless....
Dave's hair, Dave's yelping, Dave's Judy Garland act, Dave's inability to jump off a 20 foot drum riser at age 60, Ed's stale solo, Mike's continued absence, Wolf's continued attendance, Wolf's ever-expanding weight, numerous hatred of the setlist, and I'm sure someone will find something to complain about Reverend Al.....
Other than that, it will be great....
I don't miss Mike anymore. Missed him in 2007. By 2012, Wolf had acquitted himself well enough. Truth be told, when I saw the band in 1984 I was only barely aware Anthony was even there, anyway. When I saw the band in 2012, I was only barely aware that he wasn't. If he rejoined now, it wouldn't make Van Halen sound any better onstage than they do now (even his lauded background vocals aren't what they once were).
The setlists of the last two tours were a decent mix of things you'd obviously expect to hear and several deep cuts. The deep cuts changed on each tour.
Reverend Al played well on both tours. Got no complaints about him. Don't really care what his offstage life/personality is like. It's irrelevant to my enjoyment of the show.
Ed's solo spot IS stale, but at least Ed has been capable of performing his parts in a professional manner from the ADKOT tour forward to the present. Certainly nothing new or innovative from him has been (or probably will be) offered live or in the studio. What he's doing now live clearly isn't up to the level of what he was doing 30 years ago in terms of technical execution, but it's far better than what he was doing in 2004 and 2007/2008.
Dave, dave, dave. Doesn't matter to me that the hair is gone, or that the onstage karate routines have been shelved. His appearance and presentation are befitting of someone his age. At least I can look at him now and not wince in embarrassment, as opposed to, say, the Heavyweights of Rock tour he did with Hagar (with that laughable platinum hair plug weave and Krusty The Klown spandex). And I don't have to watch him try to execute the old jumping high kick routines, visibly lose his footing and wonder if the show will come to an abrupt halt because Dave has fallen down and can't get up. Thankfully that didn't come to pass, but it easily could have had concessions in that area not been made. Also, I was glad that Dave had excised his continual onstage taunt about fucking my girlfriend. The idea of Crazy Old Uncle Roth with my old lady backstage, trying to make good on his threat with his aged manhood in one hand while staring at the watch on his other hand and waiting for the Viagra to kick in...talk about no future for old men...I mean, even an old huckster satyr like Dave deserves to fade into his senior years with more dignity than that.
Even the high-end of his range and those screams being gone forever is tolerable.
All he has to do is walk around and sing the tunes properly. It's a diminished standard, but surely not one that Dave can't attain. Is it? I'm not so sure, because on the last tour he was only really capable of doing the former and not so much the latter.Last edited by Terry; 06-06-2015, 06:21 PM.Scramby eggs and bacon.Comment
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