Bring back Sammy!! (VH)

[halv]

Went to see Van Halen last night in Vancouver. The 3 Van Halen's were incredible. Eddie is in top form, Alex was rock solid and Wolfgang was a solid replacement for Michael Anthony. The music sounded perfect and their backing vocals was impressive. And then there was David Lee Roth....ugh. I never thought I would say this, but Sammy Hagar would have been soooooo much better. DLR was borderline awful. Either forgetting lyrics or not bothering to use them. Annoying scat singing. Mostly completely out of tune. He outright ruined songs. The momentum build to the big chorus in Everybody Wants Some.....here we gooooo..."scooby do wah wah wah"...AWFUL! I felt bad for the Van Halens. They were so good. They need to call up Sammy, make amends, offer him a ton of cash to sing Roth era songs and then get back on the road.

[tybird]

Sounds like you jumped into a time machine and went back to see the show on the Diver Down tour that I saw way back when.....exact same complainants that I had about DLR thirty years ago.

[Monster Rain]

The only time I saw VH in concert was on the Balance tour. Sammy was spot on for the entire show. I've never been a big fan of the DLR era because Dave did way too much of that stupid stuff to cover for his average voice. The backing vocals were always better than his lead vocals.

[mysticweed]

yeah - david lee who?

sammy rocks

[Bronx Bombers]

Maybe the tour is taking its toll on him because I saw them at MSG 1 and he sounded great although he needs to lose the headset microphone he spent a lot of time adjusting it all night.

[tybird]

yeah - david lee who?

sammy rocks

[Monster Rain]

Maybe the tour is taking its toll on him because I saw them at MSG 1 and he sounded great although he needs to lose the headset microphone he spent a lot of time adjusting it all night.

He's using a headset mic? Does he wear a half-shirt and choreograph the whole show, too?

[halv]

Maybe the tour is taking its toll on him because I saw them at MSG 1 and he sounded great although he needs to lose the headset microphone he spent a lot of time adjusting it all night.

He's using a headset mic? Does he wear a half-shirt and choreograph the whole show, too?

We got lucky last night. He got rid of the headset and used a good ol' microphone. He did have some good moves twirling the mic stand. I'll give him that, and only that.

[josevolution]

I can't believe people actually pay to see them

[tybird]

Does DLR still break out those silly samurai swords too???

[halv]

Does DLR still break out those silly samurai swords too???

Nope, he's sticking to throwing around the mic stand and pulling some James Brown shaky ankle moves.
I really have to stress that Alex, Wolfgang and Eddie were amazing. Really tight and sounded great. If Dave had been any good it could have been a very cool, nostalgic party like show. Oh well. Good thing I only bought the $29 seats but snuck into the $170 section...ya!

[DewieCox]

I can't believe people actually pay to see them

It surprises you that one of the biggest bands ever has paying customers?

[kenneth gossard]

I can't believe people actually pay to see them

It surprises you that one of the biggest bands ever has paying customers?

Haha...that's funny... Great band and the new album is excellent but Dave is brutal live,,,, bring back Sammy. Ou812 is a great album

[iammine16]

I was at the show as well, and about half way through people started to leave in my section. I had always been more of a Sammy fan, and this show defenitly proved as to why. Awful! I have never seen a singer single handedly kill any kind of buzz the building had at the start of the set. Good thing I was in the $29 seats!

I can't wait for Iron Maiden in July!

[helplessdancer]

i am sam fan