Rank all the Van Halen tours

[loucap81]

To me it just never got better than this.

[Terry]

Montreal is only the best 1984 show that was recorded. I don't think anyone thinks it trumps any 81-83 show.

There's a fair amount of audio bootlegs of the 1984 tour floating around...for years the only video of that tour I've seen was the Montreal gig and Donnington, but recently someone on youtube posted some footage from...I wanna say Zeppelinfield, Germany...one of the last gigs on the 1984 European tour, at any rate.

I mean, even having seen one of the 1984 shows and remembering the size of the stage production I'd still say all of the earlier tours were a bit better in terms of energy and musical intensity based on nothing other than hearing bootlegs from those years.

[sadaist]

I respect that. I was at a couple of HORRIBLE shows in 2007 thanks to Ed's playing--Kansas City and Uniondale.

Man did I get lucky. I saw them in San Diego in 2007 and that was regarded as one of their best performances of the entire tour. Eddie was near perfect all night and Dave was just off the charts. Even nearly 4 1/2 years later any of the San Diego videos still hold up so I know it wasn't just me being in the moment.

[rocking ron]

Montreal is only the best 1984 show that was recorded. I don't think anyone thinks it trumps any 81-83 show.

That's ( almost ) truth because we don't have much live stuff on dvd of that era,, would be great if the boys put that stuff out on dvd!!!

But....: for the atlethic things//moves Dave was at his top during this tour, for sure, I've seen all (DVD) '86 shows and also there he was in a very great shape//condition but those 1984

shows were over the top,,but musically I think for most of us true VH fans the '79//'80//and '81 shows are more interesting ( to see ) but like I told before there's less material from

these era !!! And again, when ( if they have any ) are they gonna put this stuff on dvd for sale, just for the die hards who are waitin' for this for years......

[fourthcoming]

There's a fair amount of audio bootlegs of the 1984 tour floating around...for years the only video of that tour I've seen was the Montreal gig and Donnington, but recently someone on youtube posted some footage from...I wanna say Zeppelinfield, Germany...one of the last gigs on the 1984 European tour, at any rate.

I mean, even having seen one of the 1984 shows and remembering the size of the stage production I'd still say all of the earlier tours were a bit better in terms of energy and musical intensity based on nothing other than hearing bootlegs from those years.

I had a tape cassette some dude hooked me up with in....jeez...it was 1990 I wanna say.....I was a junior in high school....it was 1984 at MSG......pretty decent quality too......unfortunately some years back the tape was eaten......got so worn down from repetetive playing.....and my dumb ass never made a copy of it. I'll never forget at the end of the encore hearing Dave tell the crowd..." See Ya Next Year New York!!!" Extremely depressing moment in time.......next year didn't come for another 23 years.