Comments on: Classic Rock magazine’s Van Halen Buyer’s Guide

By: therockmachine3

therockmachine3 — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:22:49 +0000

i have seen van halen with hagar (1995) on the balance tour and it was pretty good had some highpoints but eddie wasnt moving around at all kinda just stayin in one spot and it was note for note almost perfect ( he had hip surgery around that time so that explains why he was stationary) but i was disapointed in the fact that there were very few roth songs played sammy wouldnt sing em i know but still kinda a let down but weirdly enough sammy was the mvp of that particular show he did a tribute to jerry garcia who had recently died playing his song where eagles fly and he had alot of energy and he and michael anthony really seemed to be having fun i already talked about eddie who was still playin like a genius just not much energy but alex was goin thru the motions and i must say 15 minute drun solos get really boring! and the second time i saw vh was on the roth reunion tour i really was about 25 yrs late because all the elements were there and some of the magic was evident but the execution was routine and the show was just a generic lets just do it and get paid and move on to cleveland type of thing once again eddie was stationary and seemed shy and nervous roth moved around but his high over the shoulder leg kick now is a over the knee cap leg kick alex was the same consixtent and a non factor wolfgang was nonexistent and it seemed like they used michael anthony backing tracks on some sings particularly beautiful girls

By: arthur_bishop1972

arthur_bishop1972 — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:15:15 +0000

Yes, I would too Duck.

By: Dirty Duck

Dirty Duck — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:04:12 +0000

I never got that? Why did the production and sound get worse as the years went on for VH? I mean I would think it would be the other way around no?

By: t1m

t1m — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 09:16:38 +0000

The thing that makes me mad about OU812 is that the tunes weren’t all that bad…watching their ’89 Tokyo concert “Black and Blue” and “Mine all Mine” are pretty flippin’ sweet. It was just the album: the sound of it and the production of it. I feel similar about 5150, For Unlawful and Balance are much better in my opinion.

By: Dirty Duck

Dirty Duck — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 17:59:24 +0000

Thanks snoop dog…..

By: RR

RR — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 11:22:38 +0000

Dirty Water Dog is a great tune. Get with it brother.