Re: Van Halen fucking ROCKED!!!!!
Yeah, they're sounding as good as they did at their peak. Looks like all of them took it seriously, got in shape, staying healthy and the show is very well rehearsed. You're going to see the exact same show every night. Safe play on their part, though I kinda prefer the way a band like Metallica doesn't set the play list until night of the show just for the surprises.
David Lee Roth looks like he hired a trainer and worked out like a mad man. He didn't push the vocals too hard, I heard little to none of his injections of throat singing for his sound effects and screams. That's a wise move as it should let his throat still be in good shape at the end of the tour.
Eddie, well, Eddie can blow away any other guitarist even at the end of a 4 day bender. But when he's straight and on like he seems to be right now, I can help but feel we're seeing something that is a level of genius that will be remember 100 years from now like Mozart is remembered now. You cant teach what he does. He gets a sound in his head and can figure out how to make it come from a guitar.
Wolfgang is already better than Michael Anthony in my opinion. The kid is only 16 and didn't pick up playing bass til about 18 months ago. The apple didn't fall far from the tree.
Alex... Alex made me tired just watching that solo. He's 54 years old and still able to go strong for almost 2 hours straight.
Great show, I've also entertained thoughts of trying to squeeze tickets to their return show here at Gwinnett Arena in a couple of weeks.
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