Powerage5 Posted April 4, 2015 Share Posted April 4, 2015 Cool, we're planning on getting there really early too - not gonna miss a chance to be on the barrier for Van Halen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussTCB Posted April 4, 2015 Author Share Posted April 4, 2015 Grabbed lawn for DTE here north of Detroit. That's good by me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsh327 Posted April 4, 2015 Share Posted April 4, 2015 The "VIP" tickets were supposedly a way to make shows affordable for everyone else. I've seen them up close in the Van Hagar days and Dave solo when Ray Luzier was his drummer (who's now in Korn, I'm sure Axl had him on the drummer shortlist). Which is fine if they want to do some VIP tickets, but half a venue's worth? That's overkill big time. Azoff was the one who concocted it when he took Ticketmaster over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Jay Posted April 4, 2015 Share Posted April 4, 2015 Eddie and Alex are the heart and soul of VH. If they ever release a new cd, Dave will have to take singing lessons to keep up.I love what Wolfgang is doing. VH looks fresh again. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estranged Reality Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 never forget. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bran Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 man roth sounds horrible 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardNixon Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 When I heard some of the songs I thought Roth sounded rough, but I enjoyed the new album. It's a raw, entertaining show. I'm going to see them at Mansfield. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Bond Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 What was going on with She's The Woman on the new album? It might as well have been an instrumental. I'm amazed they didn't cut it. That's probably the worst song on there save for Dave's creative new mumbling on I'll Wait, but at least he tried to sing that one. That was a shock because I'll Wait was usually his best song in 2012. All that said, the album does make for an enjoyable listen, Dave aside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerage5 Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 Chinatown is worse than She's The Woman. Both are horrid though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Bond Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 Chinatown is worse than She's The Woman. Both are horrid though.True, but I expected Chinatown to be that bad so I was less surprised. Even the band sounds sloppy on this release though. It definitely should have been a 2012 show. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron MikeyJ Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 Chinatown is worse than She's The Woman. Both are horrid though.True, but I expected Chinatown to be that bad so I was less surprised. Even the band sounds sloppy on this release though. It definitely should have been a 2012 show.Yes, some songs could have been tighter, that's for sure. Somebody get me a doctor has a couple of moments when I thought the band might fall apart on it. But overall the band was great, I can't rag on them. They really got better as the show went on, Which tends to be the case anyways, when playing live. Which all the examples of the band having trouble was all within the first half of the show, the 2nd half is a different story.But these examples are why they should have picked songs from the entire tour. Obviously they recorded every show, so why not have it be the best performances of each song? That's my biggest problem with this album. I really like that Its a true live album, But they really should of made some better decisions. I'd rather have a quality release that is from the whole tour, as opposed to just one show with some less than stellar moments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Bond Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 Chinatown is worse than She's The Woman. Both are horrid though.True, but I expected Chinatown to be that bad so I was less surprised. Even the band sounds sloppy on this release though. It definitely should have been a 2012 show.Yes, some songs could have been tighter, that's for sure. Somebody get me a doctor has a couple of moments when I thought the band might fall apart on it. But overall the band was great, I can't rag on them. They really got better as the show went on, Which tends to be the case anyways, when playing live. Which all the examples of the band having trouble was all within the first half of the show, the 2nd half is a different story.But these examples are why they should have picked songs from the entire tour. Obviously they recorded every show, so why not have it be the best performances of each song? That's my biggest problem with this album. I really like that Its a true live album, But they really should of made some better decisions. I'd rather have a quality release that is from the whole tour, as opposed to just one show with some less than stellar moments.I agree. Find the best performances of each song and make a consistent release. Unfortunately for Dave the stellar moments were few and far in between on this show. He was more consistent in 2012 as he got into the groove. The best song is probably I'm The One. Not only does he mostly sing it but he manages to capture the right feel. It proves he can still sound like old Dave when he wants. If it weren't for the completely botched lyrics I'll Wait would be okay because his tonality is good for the most part. Outside of those, it's amazing Dave picked this show himself. It probably had more to do with it being Tokyo than anything. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerage5 Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 Chinatown is worse than She's The Woman. Both are horrid though.True, but I expected Chinatown to be that bad so I was less surprised. Even the band sounds sloppy on this release though. It definitely should have been a 2012 show.Yes, some songs could have been tighter, that's for sure. Somebody get me a doctor has a couple of moments when I thought the band might fall apart on it. But overall the band was great, I can't rag on them. They really got better as the show went on, Which tends to be the case anyways, when playing live. Which all the examples of the band having trouble was all within the first half of the show, the 2nd half is a different story.But these examples are why they should have picked songs from the entire tour. Obviously they recorded every show, so why not have it be the best performances of each song? That's my biggest problem with this album. I really like that Its a true live album, But they really should of made some better decisions. I'd rather have a quality release that is from the whole tour, as opposed to just one show with some less than stellar moments.I agree. Find the best performances of each song and make a consistent release. Unfortunately for Dave the stellar moments were few and far in between on this show. He was more consistent in 2012 as he got into the groove. The best song is probably I'm The One. Not only does he mostly sing it but he manages to capture the right feel. It proves he can still sound like old Dave when he wants. If it weren't for the completely botched lyrics I'll Wait would be okay because his tonality is good for the most part. Outside of those, it's amazing Dave picked this show himself. It probably had more to do with it being Tokyo than anything.That was my first thought when Eddie said they left the decision up to Dave entirely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoSoRose Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 (edited) I hate to say it, but now that I've listened to it a lot, this is one of the weakest live albums in recent memoryIt makes bitching about AfDemocracy seem silly Edited April 13, 2015 by ZoSoRose 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsh327 Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 "None of us wanted to sit there and listen to 200 shows to pick the best one. So we left it up to Dave." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussTCB Posted April 14, 2015 Author Share Posted April 14, 2015 I gotta be honest and say that I don't think the album is anywhere near as bad as you guys are claiming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Bond Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 I gotta be honest and say that I don't think the album is anywhere near as bad as you guys are claiming.The band sounds fine. They weren't as tight as 2012, but that's a minor issue considering it was one of only a few 2013 dates. The band alone makes the album an enjoyable listen. That said, I doubt it's an album I'll return to. The problem is definitely Dave. As much as it's "Dave being Dave," he's way off more than he's on and far less consistent than 2012. I can't imagine showing She's The Woman or Chinatown to a casual fan or friend and having them say Dave sounds good. There's no hiding how bad he is on those. I'm The One is his best like I said before, and Unchained and Romeo Delight are decent too, but then Panama and Jump leave me cringing and scratching my head. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeppelin Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Women In Love sounds awesome. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerage5 Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Women In Love sounds awesome.I think that's my favorite on the album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Bond Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Women In Love sounds awesome.I think that's my favorite on the album.I forgot about that one. That one was good too, although I was disappointed with Hear About It Later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardNixon Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 Pretty awesome performance tonight at the Billboard Awards, and they best part is it was at the very start and you don't have to sit through hours of shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Jay Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 Same formula as the grammy awards with AC/DC. Doubt the younger crowd appreciate them.But yeah it rocked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Sabbath Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 Yeah, was a little worried but Dave did better than I was expecting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardNixon Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 never forget. I have always enjoyed that. Dave looked like he was having a great time. Nothing to be embarrassed about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussTCB Posted June 19, 2015 Author Share Posted June 19, 2015 http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/6605231/eddie-van-halen-addiction-david-lee-roth-touringCurrently reading the interview linked above. Ed says they're doing Top Jimmy and Drop Dead Legs on this upcoming tour. Y E S. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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