How many of you actually have seen Van Halen live?

[ZahZoo]

78 - 81 were really the best years IMO. Especially the 2 shows I saw in Oakland in 81.

[VAiN]

78 - 81 were really the best years.

Amen, brotha!!

[Hardrock69]

I agree. When they were shit hot. Complacency and inter-band rivalries/arguments had not crept in yet. The first 2 tours were the shit.

[Cato]

btw, what tour was Sean Penn gonna see in his movie "Fast Times at Ridgemont High", Fair Warning or Hide Your Sheep?

[chefcraig]

btw, what tour was Sean Penn gonna see in his movie "Fast Times at Ridgemont High", Fair Warning or Hide Your Sheep?

Neither. Since he hired the band for a private party, it's arguable that Spicoli would have had some input on the set list.

[Cato]

I remember a scene. he's trying to get the VH tickets....
haven't you seen that movie?

[chefcraig]

I remember a scene. he's trying to get the VH tickets....
haven't you seen that movie?

Only about a million times, and you are wrong. For one thing, Spicoli never had any money, so just how was he supposed to be paying for the tickets he intended to buy?

The scene you are thinking of is at the beginning of the film, when the character of Damone the scalper is first introduced. Two young kids (neither being Spicoli) ask about VH tickets, then complain about the price.

You can view a clip of the scene HERE.

[Cato]

oh sorry for my bad memory craig-san

you seem to know everything

[Va Beach VH Fan]

Technically it would have been the Hide Your Sheep Tour.... DD was released in Apr 1982, Fast Times was released in Aug 1982.....

[chefcraig]

you seem to know everything

Nah, only about the dubious and insignificant stuff. Whatever is truly important (and commonsensical) completely eludes me.

[hideyoursheep]

Technically it would have been the Hide Your Sheep Tour.... DD was released in Apr 1982, Fast Times was released in Aug 1982.....

I think the book came out in '81?

[Jagermeister]

Oh no.... That point, for me and Poj anyway, was when both Dave and Ed teared up during the stop in the middle of "I'm The One" in Greensboro (about the 7:40 mark) .... By the way, wanted to also mention that video doesn't do the crowd justice... When they stopped playing in the middle, that crowd was fucking ROARING !!

You were there bro, there wasn't a dry in the house !!

I didn't cry but I saw them on that tour also on Ed's birthday. 8th row stage right. I couldn't walk for a week from jumping around like a damn kid at a rock concert. Really I was that sore. I learned a valuable lesson.

[KTC5150]

I saw VH in MSG, NYC 1981, and haven't missed a tour since.. My best one w/ DLR was the 1984 show in Biloxi, MS on Jan, 1984, which was I believe the 3rd show of the tour.... I went back to the beach condos me & my buds were renting for the w/e, then went to the bar next door to party... I'm shooting some pool, hear some whooping & hollering, somebody slams quarters down on the table & asks if he can get the next game w/ me... I look up & I almost sh!t myself by seeing none other than EDDIE! Al & Mike were there too! We hung & partied for about 3 hours, then they took off. The next day, I saw DLR @ the local mall(but he wasn't as cordial...) and it capped off my best time w/ classic =VH=... I've seen VH about 25 times in my life, the last one being Nov.25, 2007 here in San Diego. I must say that show was one of the best of any of the 07/08 shows I've seen on youtube.... SOUND-WISE, OR PERFORMANCE-WISE! Ed's guitar sounded a little too over-processed, but overall great tone! It was also the 1st show he perfomed w/ the cream colored Wolfie...

[Jagermeister]

oh sorry for my bad memory craig-san

[PETE'S BROTHER]

twice on the 07-08 tour. once in glendale and once in vegas new years eve eve, i think. and soon to be once in '11