Fabs Review~ Vegas 8/6/04

[MAX]

Pete is mean. I'm both scared of him and his pets.

[MAX]

Heh!!! Heh!!!! Eat THAT and Smile Petey boy!!!!!! LOL!!!!

[Fabulous Shadow]

MOD FIGHT! MOD FIGHT!

[Panamark]

Originally posted by Lou
That is one fucking horrible setlist. I'd be pulling my hair out if I had to endure that.

Fuck Yeah ! Totally agree with ya Lou.

Have they been promoting this setlist ??
Another possible factor for the lacklustre sales ?????

The Dave tunes are just as token as the
last time Van Hagar sucked.....

[Panamark]

Nice review FAB.

After reading all the reviews of the fans here, Im so glad
Im not seeing this. I want to remember EVH when he was
a guitar god..

[SoCalChelle]

So where's your August 7th review? That was a way better show

[Fabulous Shadow]

I'm almost done with it...
Geeze... Impatient! :p

[Mezro]

Originally posted by moose

Way to go Mez.

Don't thank me; I only channeled the painful mediocrity of Van Hagar.

Mezro...really...it almost wrote itself...

[Mezro]

Originally posted by MAX
Yet again, The Mez rules the house!!!!! Kickass post my partner in crime!!!!

SIZZZLIN" TO THA TOP!!!!!!!!!

Fo shizzle my MAX nizzle

Mezro...our fucked up house in the middle of the street...

[Mezro]

Originally posted by rustoffa
What Max said.
Napalm in the evening bro.....un-fucking-believable.

I love the smell of roasted and toasted sheep in the evening.

Mezro...if the big R vibes to it then the post is worthy from coast to toast...

[Mezro]

Originally posted by Fabulous Shadow
Mez! I can't wait to see what you do with part two! KUDOS!

You know your Mez is working hard; he'll write the deuce

Mezro...CHEESE FILLED COMBOS to you...

[Mezro]

Originally posted by pete
You one bad mutha...... (all the cullud girls go):shit yo mouth!

Nah, nah, nah...they like it better when I shit in their mouth and then spray oatmeal down south.

Mezro...testify brother Pete...send the Lord home with bruised nuts from your righteous foot...

[Fabulous Shadow]

Ok, Here's Saturdays Review...

Van Halen
8/7/2004
Las Vegas NV
Mandalay Bay Events Center

Set List:
You Really Got Me
Runaround
Humans Being
MA Bass Solo
Somebody Get Me a Doctor
Poundcake
It’s About Time
AVH Drum Solo
Top Of The World
Unchained
Why Can’t This Be Love
Sammy Solo- Eagles Fly/ Hallelujah
Seventh Seal
BOBW
EVH Guitar Solo
Dreams
Ain’t Talkin Bout Love
Right Now

Encore 1
Jump
Panama

Encore 2
When It’s Love


Night two in Vegas… Lets just say, we were up until 6:00 am and then out all day and I was dragging. I took some herbal supps to get myself prepped for the night. We headed over to the Mandalay Bay and again got there just in the nick of time. We were not at our seats yet but I could hear that VH had already hit the stage, surprisingly, the band did not open with Jump, but rather Ain't Talkin 'Bout Love. Nothing like getting the crowd "up" from the start! We didn’t rush in because Wolf and I needed our Jack and Cokes! We got seated and noticed the set list didn’t not change much from the night before… I wasn’t expecting too much tonight, infact I was less than enthusiastic! HOW WRONG I WAS! Sammy, Mikey, & Eddie were jumping around the stage and engaging the crowd from the opening song! Mike and Sammy definitely have a strong bond though and Eddie just doesn’t seem to find his place among them. I did get the feeling that the fans were psyched to see Eddie, Sam, Alex and Mikey again because the place was Rockin!

Eddie's tone was a lot drier tonight and less effected than Friday night. In other words, his tone was "BROWN". Eddies playing Saturday was fairly accurate until after his solo. By fairly accurate, I mean he was hitting most of the notes, but would be slightly out of tempo w/ Mike and Alex, or he'd play a couple wrong notes and then bring it back… But then I’ve always thought Eddie was a bit of an improviser, but that's what makes each VH concert unique! You never know what you'll be getting!

Now his solo was edgy, and not in a good way. He laid on the ground in front of one of his 5150 straight cabs, which longer feature the Peavey logo but instead are replaced by a huge "EVH" logo and just wailed into the intro. Then he played a few rifts (in between feedback) from "women in love" and "dance the night away” Ed said onstage that this was a "work in process". Whatever. Again, the audience didn’t care, it was Eddie! But I cared, BECAUSE it was Eddie and I wanted to see him do MORE and I want him to be OK… 13 or so minutes later, Sam, Alex and Mike kicked into "Top of The World", and the show went on and picked up it’s energy again…

The crowd was into every song. I was screaming so loud that I lost my voice and I still haven’t got it back! Saturdays show was awesome and Eddie was in better form that night; however I liked his solo better Friday night! I’m seeing them again on Monday so we’ll see what happens next…

Fab OUT~

Did I mention that Eddie played the new EVH Charvel (black and yellow) on only the new tune "Up for Breakfast". The rest of the show was his Tobacco burst Peavey Wolfgang.

[Fabulous Shadow]

here's a few pics...
Not too good but what the hell. You can see that the stage is the VH LOGO. I'm hoping for better pics at the Pond...

[GAR]

Originally posted by Mezro
Fo shizzle my MAX nizzle

HEY

No shitting on people's nozzles, it is rude.. unkind, and slathers of all things indecent and uncouth.