Van Halen - Hear About It Later, So This I Love, Unchained, June 1981 Oakland, Pro Shot (HD 1080p)

Van Halen performing "Hear About It Later," "So This Is Love," and "Unchained" in June 1981 in Oakland, California, in HD 1080p.
0:01 Hear About It Later
5:04 So This Is Love?
8:42 Unchained

[@jamesfeldman4234]

The audience was having much too much of a good time to realize that they were experiencing one of the greatest live performances by one of the greatest rock bands in history.

[@Shikta-poobah67]

Nah. Most of us knew it at the time. There weren’t many bands back then that could touch VH live (not at the big stadium shows at least), and by ‘81 that was a pretty well known fact. However yes, we were too busy living in the moment to contemplate such things. This was where VH peaked, and I say this as someone who saw them on every U.S. tour they did from ‘79 through ‘84. Fair Warning was their absolute pinnacle, both as a live act and as songwriters.

[@Shikta-poobah67]

One thing I should probably amend to my last comment is that I don’t necessarily think that Fair Warning is better than the first album, but first albums (by any band) are typically always the best because all or most the songs on them were written and developed over the course of several years. Albums like Fair Warning, that were written on the fly between tours are much more of a challenge to get right, and VH rose to the challenge beautifully. I’d say it could almost go toe to toe with the first album.

[@ronmounts8075]

Soooooo True,,,, I'm 58 years old and was raised up on these boys!!!! Seen them 3 times in Nashville Tn!!! ALWAYS A Grrrreat Concert!!! Tickets were $8.50 lol !!!!!

[@AniJudaism]

This is some of the best sounding of footage of the early years. Awesome find

[@PaulRhodes420]

Eddie! All the girls wanted him, and all the guys wanted to be him!! R.I.P! Eddie! The whole world misses you! "You found a place that's better than this rock we're living on! "

[@romelovesdan]

Throw the audio of these splendid 1981 Oakland treasures in the "middle' of the 1979 NY footage before Bottoms Up and Damn if we do not have a great Real Van Halen 6 song "Live EP"!

[@VanHalenStarWars]

Damn, no one matches their energy...unbelievable !!

[@nativejimmy4036]

This was my first concert seeing them in 1981 at the LA Forum!!! It was incredible!!! I memory I'll never forget...

[@denabergman6543]

I was there too. Been a long time fan since early 1979 to …

[@Shikta-poobah67]

That’s a good one to start out with.

[@mingismusic9342]

my first concert was van halen 1980 saw this tour also.good times

[@BigBlackRod]

When Titans trod the earth...

[@danielvelsor5693]

That intro to so this is love is so good

[@GG-vk4us]

What a band Van Halen might have been live on stage... if Roth had just bothered to actually sing.

[@Shikta-poobah67]

To the uploader - great job with the editing and with cleaning this up a bit. It looks and sounds better than ever (and this is some footage I’m extremely familiar with). Excellent. I wish there was some way to see the entire gig, but at this point I’m pretty sure there’s no way to do that. All I know is that this is a great little document of a band at the absolute peak of their powers. As a live stadium act, no one else could touch VH in ‘81. Not Cheap Trick, not AC/DC. Those of us who got to witness this at the time were a privileged lot.

[@100chuckjones]

love to see this full show

[@pipeman3088]

I got to see them with Dave at 8 years old 1984 tour so blessed to witness that !

[@ignaciogalvan1732]

The mighty Van Halen😮!!!!

[@PJ-Iam]

They were larger than life

[@kimsullivan5576]

Such a timeless performance to see. Thank you for sharing! 🎼🎶🎸

[@326cher]

Dave, you leave me breathless!!!

[@100chuckjones]

Something I never noticed before. Eddie starts the show with that red and white striped shirt. Then it is gone later in the set.. And now some chick in the audience is wearing it @10:18

[@100chuckjones]

Wait, different shirt I think.

[@VanHalenStarWars]

Awesome to see it in 1080 HD!!

[@Marceloony]

Chorus "lets spend the night together now I need you more than ever" 😉 I dont wanna hear about it later

[@humanbeing2420]

Hm - very astute!

[@Shikta-poobah67]

Yep. You noticed that too.

[@interplanetarymusic7929]

Love how Eddie jumps from the circles guitar to the frankenstrat back to the circles guitar just after his divebomb on unchained, great editing 😈👌

[@Michael420-mh7dd]

I noticed that a few years back when I saw this video 🤔 if you're not paying attention you won't even notice it