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@24theMoney3 ай бұрын
In the 80's if someone told me that one day you can just push a button and see Van Halen live footage for free, I would have never believed it.
@adamsaben32993 ай бұрын
….on your phone!
@jamiemcgill673 ай бұрын
👍🤘
@styrmugnsell45603 ай бұрын
YES, it's amazing when you thinking back on tape-trading, low-quality recordings that was sent across the nation and very expensive bootlegs... And now everything is so easy to access... Mind-blowing, and a bit confused feelings...
@garysmith18633 ай бұрын
I’M ON FI-YARRRRRRRRRR!
@happyjack713 ай бұрын
@@styrmugnsell4560I was a collector of bootlegs. It was an expensive hobby. Now I can access all of those expensive bootlegs for free on KZbin.
@TeamLuka6 ай бұрын
Mike was always such an integral part of that band. The musicianship and dexterity bass playing, the fantastic backing vocals, the stage presence. Always the consummate professional through and through. On top of that, he was... is ... and always will be the nicest musician you could ever meet. It's beyond comprehension and beneath contempt the way he was treated in the later years and tossed aside like trash.
@rags8473 ай бұрын
Agreed however it wasn't later years it was always. Edward tried to get Billy Sheehan in the band in 1981 just 3 years after the first album. Billy wisely declined. VH killed the 4-way split of music rights and profits when 1984 was released so it wasn't just later... becoming a hired musician for the 2002 tour or the firing in 2005.
@autk3 ай бұрын
OMG he never would have been anything without EVH, what a clown take
@davewolpak27323 ай бұрын
But Eddie still needed to have a bass player and Michael was the perfect fit. Held that bottom like the left hand of a piano and then that voice. So you my friend are the clown.
@davewolpak27323 ай бұрын
Ed wrote most of the music on piano and his guitar playing was very piano like his rhythm playing. Sheehan would have drove him crazy always wanting to go crazy on the neck. That is what Michael great. Just holding down the groove with Alex
@rags8473 ай бұрын
@@davewolpak2732yeah imagining a super group with EVH, Sheehan, and Niel Peart ignores that music needs space and there's no room for everyone to show off and take the lead. End up a bunch of noise.
@CapstoneTider6 ай бұрын
It's amazing how good this is.
@nathanwalsh30286 ай бұрын
Alex!!! More swing than a swing set!! My favorite Hard rock-Classic rock Drummer ever!!
@x4qmc6 ай бұрын
Yep
@thiagocorrea202826 күн бұрын
Yeah🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
@scottankers66903 ай бұрын
Nothing touches the original line up. VH with Sammy...good band with a good vocalist and phenomenal guitarist. VH with Dave...legendary force to be reckoned with. When VH1 dropped in 78 it was like a nuclear bomb hit suburban America.
@jonthehermit80823 ай бұрын
Especially at this time, the original hair band.
@jjd9033 ай бұрын
Van Halen vs. Van Hagar
@sneakerfacevids4412 ай бұрын
In my opinion, VH was better with Sammy Hagar.
@scottankers66902 ай бұрын
@@sneakerfacevids441 did you see them circa 78-81; i.e. early era Roth?
@sneakerfacevids4412 ай бұрын
@@scottankers6690 Never seen them in concert . But I have heard some of the records, and I just like Sammy’s voice better. Right Now is a masterpiece.
@joserdiazalmodovar18987 ай бұрын
Light up the Sky ¡ Man it brings tears to my eyes My all time VH tune insane
@tylerstamps27863 ай бұрын
If we could freeze Dave in a bottle so that this is how he’s remembered that would be great. Because there was a small window of 4 or 5 years where he was an unstoppable force of nature and probably the coolest guy on the planet. We gotta remember him that way instead of the unfortunate clown show he morphed into 😎👍
@stevestarscream51823 ай бұрын
I’d say more like 7-8 years… Eat em and Smile was great
@tylerstamps27863 ай бұрын
@@stevestarscream5182 you’re not wrong…eat um and smile has some bangers and probably the best musicians of his solo career. Not to put too fine a point on it but one could argue that in terms of coolness Dave was beginning to show some troublesome signs like the ass less spandex and that goofy smile. For my money there’s still the first 4 or 5 years and then there’s everything else i.e., the video for unchained.
@nomandad20003 ай бұрын
@@tylerstamps2786yep, it was a case of trying to “fix things that aren’t broke”. According to Ted Templemans book and other stuff, he wanted to make a lot of silly decisions…Especially around 1984….I think that would be about the time he jumped the shark…
@rayerscarpensael230029 күн бұрын
DLR was a cabaret jew adapting to hard rock. As soon as he got autonomous the cringy stuff slowly took over. And losing his hair was a major stage performer. That said he is awesome in his later private lifestyle, the sheep herding, the free climbing, the martial arts , japan alone, he is a giant outside music.
@jerardnorgren341111 күн бұрын
He sang in ranges very few could reach.
@primolilla6 ай бұрын
This is great stuff and much better, MUCH, better than the earlier version. The boys were hungry here. Dave is doing his thing but keeping up with the vocals. Ed is spot on, playing like he's got something to prove, and proving it. Mike and Al have the rhythm buckled down tight. The energy is contagious. The sound quality here is good. Thanks for posting this up!
@turkeeg76446 ай бұрын
damn I have seen Sasquatch videos with better focus ...... still grateful..
@admtech693 ай бұрын
Ed was a monster, the way he kept that guitar in tune between multiple dive bombs on the whammy bar was downright heroic. RIP King.
@Swanlord053 ай бұрын
It went out tho .....but he handled it
@derekjackson10393 ай бұрын
He basically created his own Floyd rose
@e.l.norton3 ай бұрын
He was actually using the bar to bring it back to pitch when it would go out from bending. He was a mad genius.
@jeffk8359Ай бұрын
I read an article somewhere that it was also the way he strung the guitar not only did he string the guitar like normal but he also Twisted the strings Down The Long axis of the string. Ie, a lot of torsion on the string from the part that goes into the nut to the part that anchors to the bridge so he added a whole new component of tension through a rotational component @e.l.norton
@e.l.nortonАй бұрын
@@jeffk8359 Wound up the posts, down on some strings. As he tightened the string he would also turn the ball end of the string so that the string didn't twist along its length. He wanted as little tension as possible. He also widened the slots in the brass nut, and adjusted all the bridge screws. The inside and outside screws were tightened differently.
@jesseserna8424Ай бұрын
First 8 track tape I bought was VH first album I played it on my stereo in my room over and over I was in jr.high school..Now I’m a 59 year old grandpa in my bedroom listening with my headphones at 1:30 am..RIP Ed🎸
@rafa_v1.03 ай бұрын
David Lee Roth he was doing the outfit changes during the show before Madonna and Britney Spears! The best frontman ever!
@AmericanPatriot4-19-953 ай бұрын
Best front men EVER are 80s Vince Neil Ozzy and Elvis 😮😱🤯🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇮🇱🙏💯
@rafa_v1.03 ай бұрын
@@AmericanPatriot4-19-95 Stop! Vince Neil copied David Lee Roth and was bad at it! Look at him now. Vince Neal has been eating bacon and sausage by the truckload the past 2 decades in a band playing recorded back tracks. I like Ozzy but he's on stage persona has always been very limited. Hand to God, In 1976 I saw Elvis live! 1979 Bon Scott live! (He's better than Vince Neal) , 1981 Ozzy with Randy Rhoads live!
@AmericanPatriot4-19-953 ай бұрын
@@rafa_v1.0 I understand people get old but Crue and Van Halen were friends. Vince had his Own style but in 81-91 They were on top and he was wasssy different......he didn't copy Roth. Most consider him a prick. I love early Van Halen. Hey at least Vince is still out there....... Eddie bit the dust and secretly wished he could read music, understand theory. Then instead of being dependent on the whammy (tremolo) bar and was able to compose solos like Randy Rhoads.... The GOAT 🐐. I SPENT 13 YEARS IN THE USMC AS AN EOD (CORPORAL RANK) and I did 3 tours and was shot 3 times. I'm desert shield and storm all we listened to was DIO , CRUE, and OZZY. Now I'm old and fat....that's kinda how it goes MOTLEY CRUE made their contribution. Look at the rolling Stones. Old ,, ugly and sound like a tribute band. Wtf have you done 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🥋💯 SEMPER FIDELIS 🌎🦅⚓💯
@troynichols98867 ай бұрын
Diamond Dave was that fuckin Dude back in the day😩
@zevongrie14026 ай бұрын
Dave in his prime was the best front man ever in my opinion.
@kirkhaas66656 ай бұрын
@@zevongrie1402oh hell yeah he was
@bb-gc2tx7 ай бұрын
the best time to catch a band is when their rocket ship to stardom is just taking off like van halen here and guns n roses at the ritz in 88
@rotadyma3 ай бұрын
These guys were born to be Rock Stars!!!
@jotacalvo6 ай бұрын
When the cameraman finally figured out the focus on close ups on Feel Your Love Tonight… holy crap! Gave me the chills. I had VH1 on 8-track as soon as it came out, but I was only about 10. So I was too young to see them live. Seeing this was a definite treat. Thank you!
@Mr.Krinkle19936 ай бұрын
Dave sounds amazing here
@coldacre2 ай бұрын
well duh. you dont become the biggest band in the world with a shit singer. he was the BEST from 1975-1985
@johnp.johnson1541Ай бұрын
If you like the sound of Woody Allan singing ...
@Borissf333 ай бұрын
Raw energy - never over rehearsed and tons of fun . The proper VH
@geraldhartley6 ай бұрын
I saw the 1980 World Invasion tour - so this is the next best thing to a "time machine."
@TheBrettWilson3 ай бұрын
0:00 Light Up the Sky 4:03 Somebody Get Me a Doctor (intro) 4:30 Running With the Devil 7:18 DLR Banter 8:04 On Fire 10:47 Bass Solo 11:47 Feel Your Love Tonight 13:53 Drum Solo 15:20 Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love 18:53 Guitar Solo 21:22 Dead Or Alive (DOA) 22:25 You Really Got Me 27:12 Bottoms Up!
@deanpesaturo64012 ай бұрын
You cut out a greater part of your collection like DOA for a Kinks cover?? Gee, thanks! We never heard enough of that one before..
@deanpesaturo64012 ай бұрын
You cut out a greater part of your collection like DOA for a Kinks cover?? Gee, thanks!
@SidAlienTV3 ай бұрын
That music............ Simply ahead of their time. Michael Anthony backing vocals are gold.
@shawnmorrison81163 ай бұрын
Without his backing sound they wouldn’t have sounded the same. Simple truth.
@johnp.johnson1541Ай бұрын
Simply peak of 70s pentatonic rock. EVH basically stole his playing from Jim McCarty (Catcus, Detroit Wheels) and two-handed tapping from John Du Cann (Atomic Rooster). EVH was the end of a long line that starts with the Sonics, though it became legit with Hendrix The guy who fundamentally changed rock and from which most everything metal comes today is Yngwie Malmsteen.
@SidAlienTVАй бұрын
@@johnp.johnson1541 it is sarcasm, isn't it?
@SidAlienTVАй бұрын
@@johnp.johnson1541 it's sarcasm, isn't it?
@johnp.johnson1541Ай бұрын
@@SidAlienTV You mean you do not know?
@thethrillofpattaya84043 ай бұрын
The Greatest **American ** Band Of All Time
@TomGrubbe3 ай бұрын
This the best I've heard Dave live. It's the start of the tour so he's got a fresh voice.
@perrysar59543 ай бұрын
His tone,phrasing,fills so tasteful and every note counts, EVH still blows away ALL shredders
@jaycoleman80623 ай бұрын
We saw this tour in 1979 in Rochester NY and i read it was their first headlining tour. It was great. Tickets were ten bucks! Good memories for sure.
@sticknskin3 ай бұрын
I remember the $10 arena ticket days, we used to ride our bikes down to midnight records for tix oh yeah!!
@floepiejane3 ай бұрын
Who else played?
@jaycoleman80623 ай бұрын
Rochester has always had a great music scene. Eastman School of Music and the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra just to name two. So many great people have played there.
@deathmetaldouglas693 ай бұрын
Was there an opening act?
@jaycoleman80623 ай бұрын
@@deathmetaldouglas69 I had to look it up. Granati Brothers. Don't remember that name, but it was 45 years ago. Damn. 😃
@mattwuxx38883 ай бұрын
It blows my mind and angers me a little to think that "Live Without A Net" was the first pro-shot VH concert, in 1986. I get that it's on the band to hire people to capture your shows and pay for it out of your own $ or investor's $. But it really is ridiculous we have so little footage of this band, during their hottest years of creativity and power. Props to the uploader for making this show watchable.
@deathmetaldouglas693 ай бұрын
Every tour had a different stage set and drumset so they should have had pro footage of at least one if not two shows. We get no even years at all. Especially 1980. Not even crappy bootleg footage of that year. There were pro shots before 1986 but no entire concerts. 1979 had one three song pro shot as did 1981.
@BrianGodsell-yq1kc2 ай бұрын
Oh they have it alright,it's gonna cost a fortune though when they release it
@sneakerfacevids4412 ай бұрын
This is YOUR fault , mattwuxx3888 . YOU should have been filming this.
@deathmetaldouglas692 ай бұрын
I've been a fan since 1980 and I just did a search earlier today to see photos of the "1980 Invasion" tour. Van Halen as I've never seen them!! Bizarre looking riser under Alex's freaky looking drum kit. Still only two bass drums but they were super long and tube like. Unlike the 1981 or 1982 stage there was a keyboard rig with two giant retro bombs surrounding it for a beardless Michael to play "And the Cradle Will Rock". Also Dave had the "Davesickle" acoustic guitar. I read he had it on other tours (never even seen a picture) but the "1984" concert I saw he did not use it.
@mattwuxx38882 ай бұрын
@@deathmetaldouglas69 I suspect a lot of that was VH's original involvement with Gene Simmons/Bingenheimer, WB and all of the shady characters that wanted a piece of VH, had they been captured live on film/tape. Plus once MTV/MV3/Friday Night Videos rolled around with enormous global distribution, a lot of "big" bands just expected that if they made a video, those channels would play it and that would be much more lucrative/promotional for the band's future success than a static "concert", that requires actual attention span and dedicated fans/advertisers willing to pay for it.
@metalhead-mf2zf3 ай бұрын
So great to see actual life footage of those hallowed early days!
@warnermusic77367 ай бұрын
I saw them in Tulsa Oklahoma at the Cains Ballroom in 1978... Eddie was like an alien ...totally changed my approach to my newly budding guitar skills!! LOL
@Nation46 ай бұрын
Great way to put it. "like an alien" watching him play and how he acted on stage didn't seem like a level any human could preform. So effortless and confident.
@shawnhensley4884Ай бұрын
I also saw them in Tulsa, but it was 1981 at the Convention Center downtown. The entire show blew my mind. Before that, I saw Kiss in 77, when I was eight. So to see this amazing band, with no tricks, no bombs. or smoke, absolutely kill it, was a life-changer
@richpatz48077 ай бұрын
I had this footage for years on good o'l 1/2" VHS and I thought "wow this is so cool" but with modern tech it's amazing what can be done! I wish I knew who was tweaking these old videos, I have tons of old VHS masters that could use some of this treatment...especially my Hendrix master video from 1970. The world needs to see that footage...but it needs work.
@HeavyJams7 ай бұрын
It was me tweaking these old videos
@reprintranch7 ай бұрын
God bless you, sir
@richpatz48077 ай бұрын
I have a lot of original master videos that could use this kind of AI powered clean up. One in particular is the Hendrix video from 1970. Would you consider doing some work for the cause? If so, we should communicate.@@HeavyJams
@rockoutconsiderably3 ай бұрын
@@richpatz4807 I hope you and @heavyjams can connect!
@WhizMitchell2 ай бұрын
I’m sure glad that someone was smart enough to film this legendary band as their massive success was getting underway!
@22guitarz7 ай бұрын
Ed's so On Fire that you can actually see steam coming off all of his guitars fretboards 🔥🎸
@rafa_v1.03 ай бұрын
Fucking awesome! It was so rare to see bands live anywhere but live it wasn't like now. We had the Midnight Special and that was about it. Going to concerts back then was so fucking awesome! Shows were listed in the newspaper, you heard it on the radio if they even played them on the radio and word of mouth. It was such a great experience. Nothing fancy just the band rocking out!
@ProSurveyor3 ай бұрын
YES!!!!
@williammartinez17517 ай бұрын
Good God, Eddie was something else. The band was still pretty damn hungry back then and it shows. Thanks for posting this!
@davidregan98723 ай бұрын
I was in High School back then, and just started to like them! I was into Rush, AC/DC, and this amazing band came on the radio. Blew my mind!
@justsomedudeyouknow83723 ай бұрын
That audience is so damn fortunate to have seen them in their prime, before the hagar nonsense. Phenomenal!
@Swanlord053 ай бұрын
5150 was hagar best album only
@justsomedudeyouknow83723 ай бұрын
@@Swanlord05 I didn't like any of the hagar stuff. Didn't sound like van halen to me at all.
@autk3 ай бұрын
Pop Hagar
@justsomedudeyouknow83723 ай бұрын
@@autk For real. Wasn't even the same band as far as i'm concerned. Lost their heaviness and cool interesting sound
@jacktorrance26333 ай бұрын
So don't listen to it. No need to bitch about it like a bunch of chicks.
@GuyNarnarian7 ай бұрын
This is SO MUCH BETTER. Thank you. The Dragonsnake guitar in all of its glory and high quality video. So killer.
@SlickMopar7 ай бұрын
Glad someone finally mentioned that guitar. I first saw Eddie with the dragon guitar on a 1980 cover of some rock magazine and thought it was cool but I never saw him play it live on stage until this Fresno CA concert back in 79. Hopefully he kept it and his son Wolfgang has it now. May the king r.i.p 🐉🎸🙏
@ChrisMichaelsChicago2 ай бұрын
Hahaha A Tele control plate! Outstanding
@Nation46 ай бұрын
I was there. 14 years old.
@redskinjim3 ай бұрын
i was not there but i was uninformed also 14 years old i missed all the killer concerts in fresno
@allglorytogod123 ай бұрын
I'm about the same age and would of been envious when you showed up at school wearing the tshirt you got at the show. How many VH's did you draw on your notebooks? Hell yea!
@Nation43 ай бұрын
@@allglorytogod12 I went with my older cousin and his buddies. I felt like a big boy that night and seeing this shows was completely life changing. I
@doalex20853 ай бұрын
Me too I was 17
@Nation42 ай бұрын
@@doalex2085 Wow cool.
@BobbyStokerBand7 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for uploading this and the 1978 video🙏I went to the first concerts in the early 80s and had the chance to see Van Halen one time with Dave in Germany at the Monsters of Rock 1984. I always wondered how Van Halen sounded in their beginnings (the late 70s) and as an professional guitar player I now can imagine what an impact & experience this must must have been for the audience listening back then. Absolutely mind blowing performance & guitar sound😅🙏
@kennethmccullough13422 ай бұрын
Sammy could sing and still can but for raw energy, power, showmanship give me 1984 and earlier Dave, what a F’ing force.
@duanebroberg59673 ай бұрын
God this is UNBELIEVABLE! Thank you KZbin. If I was just a few years older I could have seen this tour.
@mookytc7 ай бұрын
Incredible footage thank you!
@5150JAM6 ай бұрын
saw Van Halen 5 times in the 80s......Fair Warning tour (10th row) 1984 Tour (3rd row) two nights! and two more shows 4 the 5150 Tour......BEST SHOWS EVER! EDDIE WAS ON FIRE ALWAYS
@eyeheartsushi22126 ай бұрын
Oh man good stuff
@MGS613 ай бұрын
I saw Van Halen open for Black Sabbath in 1978 18th row. Van Halen 2 tour Balcony, Women and Children first tour front row, Mean Streets Tour. Fair Warning Tour, 1984 Tour, 5150 Tour, 2015 tour...2nd to last show EVH ever played 7th row in AZ. I have all the tickets as well before they went digital.
@rags8473 ай бұрын
Tone and feel is eternally amazing to me.
@asconstruction414626 күн бұрын
My wife was 1 when this came out I lived in Florida I was 8 1983 mtv came out and omg did Van Halen blow up could not get enough of it
@farrington79717 ай бұрын
MORE PLEASE I was there I witnessed this tour
@GuitarMatt2 ай бұрын
"Lighting Up The Sky" to open up the concert? The song opener of side 2 of "Van Halen ll"?! This is fire!!! Signing off, a 50-year old who's had the LP since 1983 (Actually, I think it was '82 or '81, but '83 rhymes..EVH rocks forever!!!!!)
@elitefighter150353 ай бұрын
I missed this concert, but went to many more in the 70’s and 80’s. I loved the end where they all stand together onstage after killing it, the entire crowd is standing, and not cell phone. Those were the best performances.
@dupontlajoie93953 ай бұрын
The footage is outstanding for 1979 ! thanks so much for this post, now I can have some peace of mind : I ve seen VH live on their early days
@jonathanhathaway77962 ай бұрын
I got this audience recording around 20 years ago, and it was a big deal to get a live version of Light Up The Sky. To be able to watch it is incredible.
@arnethetool9964Ай бұрын
EXACTLY how I remember my first Van Halen concert... Multiple moments of blurred vision, intermittent black outs and hallucinations of consciousness... Where have ALL the GOOD times GONE?!
@ghicks411Ай бұрын
I saw this tour! West Palm Beach Auditorium. Epic!
@juliawait817416 күн бұрын
What A Band. Lucky to catch them twice; Leicester in 1980 and Donnington 4 years later. Great times.
@spencernuckolls47913 ай бұрын
The Greatest band of all time 🤘
@thethrillofpattaya84043 ай бұрын
The Greatest **American** Band of All Time for sure!
@m420373 ай бұрын
Used to be, most music suks today, if you wanna call it music
@yuppiehi3 ай бұрын
This video's overall quality and angles are much better than most of today's amateur videos filmed on their cell phones.
@leewayne16092 ай бұрын
It is so cool to see these guys live from the early days, first saw them in 1980. Best live band at the time! Thanks for uploading!
@MsTinaZee3 ай бұрын
Endlessly entertaining! Love this band!
@TheCookster64Ай бұрын
DLR in his glory days was unstoppable. I remember seeing him on his solo tour with Steve Vai and Billy Sheehan. It remains one of my top three concerts of all time.
@b.o.4492Ай бұрын
Don’t realize till you watch this how AMAZING the backing vocals were…
@riverraisin12 ай бұрын
Saw VH on this tour play the 4,500 seat Masonic Auditorium in Detroit. Me and a friend drove down to the Masonic box office late after work and couldn't believe we got 10th row seats. Almost dead center. Some things I remember - I think that hooded cape you saw Dave wearing briefly was what he wore while performing Atomic Punk. Also, he started out singing Beautiful Girls lounging on his side on the stage floor. As if at the beach. Never been that close to a top R&R group before. All four of them gave their all.
@peanutygoodness3 ай бұрын
I was 7 years old in Fresno and about 4 years shy of my first exposure to VH, which along with RUSH were the only things on my mind as a kid. Both were influential so it’s weird to find out they didn’t get along. When I started playing music myself and discovering other guitar-based bands I got away from Eddie. Then Sammy entered and I couldn’t feel the music they made together. I don’t know why because I liked Sammy and Van Halen, but there was something different that I couldn’t get into.
@Woodrow-ty2jr3 ай бұрын
Such musicianship. Such showmanship. Van halen, forever...
@johnhagan5823 ай бұрын
This is wat made them the greatest and most unique band in the world .nothing like it had been seen before .was like hearing and seeing aliens 👽from another world .glad to say i lived in the time of the beginning of the mighty Van Halen
@Ghostshadows306Ай бұрын
Omg please.
@OfficialHankIII7 ай бұрын
EDDIE IS FIGHTING THE TUNING ON THAT GUITAR WAY MORE THEN NORMAL FOR HIM~~~ THX FOR THE TIMELESS VAN HALEN HISTORY TAKING THE WORLD BY STORM!!!!
@merkin7717 ай бұрын
yeah man that guitar sucked
@WhenHariMetKari6 ай бұрын
Yeah that bass player rocks!
@geraldhartley6 ай бұрын
Yes he does. At 25:10 he's telling Dave to get off his back. It's creeping him out!!
@metalhead-mf2zf3 ай бұрын
I definitely grew up in America at the right time just on the wrong coast!
@jacktorrance26333 ай бұрын
If you grew up on the East coast,especially in the tri-state area of Connecticut,New York and New Jersey like I did in the 70s and 80s it was fuckin' awesome! I was close to NYC,Hartford,Boston,New Haven,Great woods and the Nassau Coliseum. I saw everyone and had the best record stores around. Van Halen at the Hartford Civic Center in March of 1984.
@metalhead-mf2zf3 ай бұрын
@@jacktorrance2633 Grew up near Washington DC and had access to the old capital centre in landover Maryland as the big venue for concerts. Then there was also merryweather post pavilion in Columbia Maryland and Nissan pavilion which is now Jiffy Lube live in Bristo Virginia, These days we have the Fillmore in Silver Spring Maryland and Baltimore sound stage near the inner harbor. Like you I also grew up in the 70s and 80s. The late 70s and 80s were my later teens and 20's and saw like you I'm sure all the awesome big concerts of the 80s and the heyday of heavy metal. Judas Priest Turbo and defenders of the faith iron maiden power slave and somewhere in time Metallica opening for Ozzy and 86 on the master of puppets tour and the Moving pictures tour from rush in 1981, Van Halen in 1980 1981 and 1986 Motley crue on the girl's tour and Doctor feel good tour, Dio sacred heart, and the original Black Sabbath twice, Ratt, Accept, Quiet Riot, Dokken, Poison, Kix, Bon Jovi, Slippery when wet, to name a few. Still have the concert stubs and the shirts from most these awesome shows. Appreciate your comment, Brother! 🤘🍻
@joqu697113 күн бұрын
The greatest hardrock band in American rock history. One of the greatest bands to ever grace a stage. The greatest guitar player to ever live. Great band.
@paulwortman4836 ай бұрын
When is the VH camp get there shit together and release all this classic VH music. Everyone would scarf up this like no tomorrow... Please!!!!!
@witchfindergeneral137 ай бұрын
Oh shit! Eddie playing the Dragon guitar! 🤘😂🤘that’s very cool.
@gep27713 ай бұрын
Snake
@Ridingraven126 ай бұрын
Name any other band with this combination of energy, attitude, songwriting ability, and talent in all 4 members
@kirkhaas66656 ай бұрын
.....I can't
@carlosvila773 ай бұрын
U2 maybe.
@rodentcafeteria10 күн бұрын
Cactus.
@mikehunt35593 ай бұрын
When I was in high school , I remember having VH 1 on 8 track in a boom box playing on a loop the whole weekend at the beach. Back then, no one could touch them. I was telling a co worker about it. His response, omg , you’re old. My response, you missed out on being around when the greatest band in the world dropped their first album.
@fanofspooks3 ай бұрын
❤ty for sharing! I love both VanHalen Dave and Sammy, but loved them with Sammy!... But like I said both singers did well!😘 I love the 80s tunes! And many other kinds of music ! But 80s seemed a Very special time for a lot of people the 70s & 1980s especially rocked, meaning it had a different feeling to it! Todays fun, is stressful to all! Enjoy your vanhalen tunes
@jerardnorgren341111 күн бұрын
NOBODY could touch these guys in their prime. Best band Ever!
@BeachVision3 ай бұрын
One of the best VH performances Ive seen. Usually DLR is more concerned with running around than singing - this show he was awesome!
@coldacre3 ай бұрын
he was razor sharp the first 5 years of their live career. they didn’t become the biggest band in the USA by accident
@blitzshriek999Ай бұрын
I remember the first time I heard VH I was in summer camp in 78, we were taking swim classes and all these kids were yelling "Van Halen!! Van Halen!!" when the teacher asked what tunes to play during class - Runnin'with the Devil didnt quite grab me, it was the follow up(Eruption) that changed my outlook for good
@titotequilamusic24 күн бұрын
Thanks to the guy or gal that filmed this. This is historic. Many of us guitar players will be studying Eddie now and for generations to come! One of a kind. And one of a kind band! Attitude in droves! It's Rock & Roll!
@larrylanberg35523 ай бұрын
Van Halen's debut album knocked the HELL out of me when it first came out. (And I wasn't a strictly hard rock guy either). Was in my teens, on the East Coast - and just starting to smoke pot. Dude down the street kept chirping, "You gotta hear these guys! Band from California!". Yeah, yeah, yeah, I thought. Whatever. But somehow, reefer and that album it changed my perspective. I remember getting really high a & listening to "Eruption" really loud on headphones. Had all these wild images running through my head, from those sounds Eddie made! God, those were the days. The next album they started getting radio popularity, around here. But that first one is a classic.
@1984Punks-y3y3 ай бұрын
I first heard it '82 and it was like something from outer space..
@rustyrobinson80273 ай бұрын
This is the set list I remember them doing when I saw them in 79 in Columbus Ohio 👍🇺🇸
@skoorb16 ай бұрын
I saw this tour, but it was so damn long ago, I barely remember anything about it! So, this is cool to see.
@CarlLucas-zd3nj17 күн бұрын
Top of the mountain here , DLR had a screen like no other . No one could touch them . First concert was 1980 , a sound like no other
@kevinpowers90246 ай бұрын
Well, seems to me the best footage from the boys comes from Fresno in 78 and 79. Did they play there in 80 and 81? If so, let's have it! I saw the 79, 81, 82 (3X) and 84 (3x) tours also. The 1981 Fair Warning tour is the show I want to come out. Best VH show I ever saw. This is really good footage. Not much footage out there from VH back then. For me and the tours I saw back then, Fair Warning was them at their peak. Gigantic stage and light rig. For 1981, it was a sight to see. That was the first moving light rig I ever saw. The 1982 tour was just alright. Diver Down was never a favorite of mine. 1984 tour was just alright also. Stage and light rig were spectacular for sure. The boys weren't getting along, they played the songs at 100 mph, Dave talked too much and acted goofy, Alex had switched to the Simmons electronic pads and I hated the sound of them. Yep, If I could see a great copy of the Fair Warning (Oakland) tour, I can die a happy man!
@comfibold3 ай бұрын
Incredible footage. Thanks for sharing.
@francoisfavreau7697 ай бұрын
Wow!great share,a big big thank @ HeavyJams
@cclark39056 ай бұрын
Saw the shortly after this. 3rd row center stage.... I was 15 and I've had hearing difficulties ever since.
@alissamejia27432 ай бұрын
This video brings back so many memories of how insanely great VH was during this time period (and seeing them in concert while in high school)...pure raw power...
@Zedster883 ай бұрын
Oh the days when Dave used to sing were the best. They didn't last long.
@FrontmanVideo3 ай бұрын
Wow DLR sang so effortlessly back then and sounded so good! They sound so good!
@antoniomarine15672 ай бұрын
Also - Dave sounds amazing!! Love that guitar break in Light up the Skies!! This is gold.
@Jaake-my2rq3 ай бұрын
Aw yeah, that patented Mike Anthony balls in a vise backing vox! Damn. This the first time I've ever seen and heard Dave killing it in all three phases of the game.
@flalawdog712 ай бұрын
Man, what a rare treat this is. It's such a shame that VH's management didn't have the foresight to document them on video more during the early days.
@justsomedudeyouknow83723 ай бұрын
Amazing that by this time, alex and eddie had been playing together for fifteen years. They both started when they were around 11yrs old, but on opposite intruments.
@antoniomarine15672 ай бұрын
This is hands down the best live footage of VH!! There is a god!! Light up the Skies is my favorite VH song! Man, imagine seeing them live that year!! Dave is the best frontman of all time!
@ChessemillPerezChristopher3 ай бұрын
my first concert was in 81 SLC . smoked joints that were just passed along down the row of sits. amazing set, I do believe. It is the strangest thing to go from playing records to hearing VH live. TY YT
@corycrockett8523 ай бұрын
I was at this show at sell and arena it was with black Sabbath and van Halen blew them off the stage with there performance that night never forget it!
@chatter76533 ай бұрын
Man they were so on fire back then…
@da3242 ай бұрын
I saw them open for Sabbath and 6 months later they headlined their second tour. I saw them in 78, 79, 80, and 81. I never saw them after that, but if you missed those years, I'm sorry.
@greenysguitars3 ай бұрын
Just incredible. No words. 🤘🤘
@manowire21127 ай бұрын
Truly Awesome!!!!!!!!! Thank You!!!!!!!!!
@thedevilinthecircuit14142 ай бұрын
You have to remember that when Van Halen hit the scene, NOBODY in mainstream rock was shredding like this, and it was so different, even seasoned guitarists who worshipped Hendrix and Clapton were blown away. The only cat that played at this level at the time was Jan Akkerman (Focus), who was another Dutchman like Eddie, and is *still* touring at 77 years old. Must be something in the water there.