Dave's big solo gig !
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When I googled "David Lee Roth Houston" earlier today I found that mash-up I posted in the other thread...Writing In All Proper Case Takes Extra Time, Is Confusing To Read, And Is Completely Pointless.Comment
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His vocals sounded really goddamned awful on those California Girls clips. Still yelping in a strained range not suited for the tune, and it would have sounded much better had he just merely sang the tune the way it was recorded. I mean, California Girls isn't a difficult one to flat-out sing to, even for Dave at this late date. Same deal when Van Halen did Pretty Woman in 2012, where Roth was yelling the lyrics off-key: it must take more effort for him to do that than merely sing the tune, which like California Girls is pretty straightforward without any type of strain needed.
I would say that it wasn't any worse than the last outing and to be honest he was singing songs that I'm not interested in hearing at this point anyway.
Nitro was saying earlier about his pal finding it weird that Van Halen gigs were full of 50 year old people acting like they were still at high school. Personally I prefer that to an audience of elderly bankers - I know we are all getting older but that audience was like a scene from fucking Cocoon.Comment
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His vocals sounded really goddamned awful on those California Girls clips. Still yelping in a strained range not suited for the tune, and it would have sounded much better had he just merely sang the tune the way it was recorded. I mean, California Girls isn't a difficult one to flat-out sing to, even for Dave at this late date. Same deal when Van Halen did Pretty Woman in 2012, where Roth was yelling the lyrics off-key: it must take more effort for him to do that than merely sing the tune, which like California Girls is pretty straightforward without any type of strain needed.posted by Ellyllions Men say, "I'll never understand women." That's a very lonely place to be if you're a woman because we don't understand half of what we do either.posted by ALinChainz Katy, Pipe down, pump off, and fly back to your cave you old bat.Comment
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Some slack can be cut because who knows if the onstage sound was good and all the vagaries of doing a few songs unrehearsed but yeah.
I would say that it wasn't any worse than the last outing and to be honest he was singing songs that I'm not interested in hearing at this point anyway.
Nitro was saying earlier about his pal finding it weird that Van Halen gigs were full of 50 year old people acting like they were still at high school. Personally I prefer that to an audience of elderly bankers - I know we are all getting older but that audience was like a scene from fucking Cocoon.
I'd agree he doesn't sound much worse than he did 3 years ago, but that's not really saying a lot.
Whatever. I'm just being a nitpicky cunt about it in terms of bitching about how bad Dave sounded in a few clips I watched for free, but the other side of that coin is I'm glad I wasn't paying to see it live.
I was less than thrilled that Ed was drunkenly half-assing the show I saw in 2008...a show which Dave (along with Al) fucking carried.
Ed got his shit together in 2012. Dave just...I dunno. I can't tell if he's singing the way he is to make it sound like he's trying hard, or if he's bored singing the tunes the way they were recorded...the net result just plain sounds bad. I suppose I wouldn't be so critical if I thought this was the best he was capable of now, but I think he can sound much better with much less effort.
Maybe get Wilford Brimley to sing uncredited offstage for him?Scramby eggs and bacon.Comment
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You think Dave sings badly these days. Try Bon Jovi at the RHOF...
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No one mentioned the bald spot on Dave's head yet? One hair thread comiiiiin' uuuuup!
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Didn't even bother watching the RnRHoF. Had seen a few clips of Bon Jovi live a few years ago: it was clear the band was tuned down at least a 1/2 step from the original recordings, and even with that advantage Bon Jovi was struggling.Scramby eggs and bacon.Comment
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Almost went to the induction, but it was a 2 ticket limit when they went on sale to HOF members. There were five or six of us who wanted to go. I ended up going to see the Darkness instead.Writing In All Proper Case Takes Extra Time, Is Confusing To Read, And Is Completely Pointless.Comment
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Well I guess at least it proves it was live...
It probably sounded a lot better if you were there and it was loud and not through a phone mike.Comment
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