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Originally Posted by tony404
They sold the most records with Sammy.
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I'm not so sure about that...maybe over time since he was with them for so long. But I'm pretty sure that "1984" is the biggest selling Van Halen album of all.
I liked Sammy okay. And they had some killer songs with him. But David Lee Roth brings a more "fun" attitude to the band. With Sammy they seemed a bit more "serious". But with Dave they feel more like a good time party band.
For me it was just real cool to hear those old songs brought back to life again. And Eddie Van Halen is the man on guitar. Lots of great shots of his hands on the big screen while he was playing. And he just plays the most intense shit so effortlessly it's amazing.
I was surprised by some of the licks he played...whenever I played some of that stuff in my cover band I had always tapped some of those licks, but he didn't tap all of them. Instead of tapping on some of them he actually displayed an incredible stretch and played them "normally". I have big hands, but I can't do what he did without two handed tapping.
I was real impressed with him. The last time I saw them was in 1981 when they opened for The Stones in Orlando, Fl. They were horrible that day. Or at least David Lee Roth was. He spent the entire time just walking around the stage and pulling his pants down. He never sang one damn thing that day! And of course the soundman gave them a shit sound since they were the opening band that day and everything was real muddy sounding.
But in Atlanta last night it was a whole different ball game.
Dave actually sang everything, and the sound was of course excellent.
Last year I went and saw the reunited Motley Crue. Then I went and saw Aerosmith right before the bassist got sick. And in 2006 I saw the Stones.
I'm feeling pretty good about seeing some of my musical heroes before it's too late.
