Van Halen - Runnin' With The Devil 1989

[craigslistbusiness]

Are you crazy people, Atleast Sammy can sing anything VH

ROTH can't sing any SH tune!!!!!

[mcherzfeld]

Sammy seems to be deliberately trying to sing it as differently from as possible which I understand but this is just bad. Not nearly as epic as when dave sings it.

[Deltarogers]

I am glad Diamond Dave is back I HATED VAN HAGAR, but I like Sammy Hagar's solo shit

[getnmyn]

It's almost like Metallica playing "For Whom The Bell Tolls" without Cliff..actually it's JUST like that!

[vmartin96]

sammy kills this song e.e

[SteveBurk]

LOL, Sammy can't even hit the notes that Dave can, or even sound sexy like DAve! Shitty vibrato too, DAve is so much better.

[92Redstrat]

I love Sammy and I'm totally obsessed with CF. But this was the first VH songI ever heard because...it was the first song on the first VH album. I was a senior in HS at the time and I was bored with stuff like Boston, Kiss and oh yeah...two years disco *shutters*. So I asked this stoner freshman kid if he knew anybody new and of course it was VH. It blew my mind! This is the only song that I can't stand Sammy singing because of that memory.

[awesomedude1133]

This song definitely wasn't made for Sammy, but I still give him an A for effort. I'd like to hear Dave try and pull off singing a song like "Dreams." It would probably be the same situation.

[GolasgilEldemar]

@awesomedude1133

Dave would do just fine.

[wimpyliberalbuster32]

God listen to mike's BG vocals... incredible. in-fucking-credible.

[YodaVanGrindey95]

Ah eddie should have stuck to kramer!

[robertcool160]

Sounds good, but Dave PWNS Hagar with this song!

[downincognito76]

If SAMMY is so much better a singer then ROTH wldnt he be able to sing the songs better???? maybe hes not that good???

[bicycless211]

Not Sammy's song.

[STLFISHER]

Sammy always did Dave's songs great like panama, jump, ain't talkin bout love. But this isn't so good.

[tittyj2020]

@STLFISHER Sammy fucking sucks...he was a pop rock singer who got put in a kick ass hard rock band and fucked it up...There is NO COMPARISON between him and DLR

[STLFISHER]

@tittyj2020 That's your opinion. Everyones allowed to have their own opinion. I prefer Sammy to Dave. But I do like Dave, hell I even like some of the stuff with Gary Cherone. I think everybody cussing each other over which singer is better is just dumb.

[fraroc]

Sammy can sing Aint Talkin Bout love, Panama, and even Jump good, Sammy singing Runnin with the devil is only passable.

I am a true VH fan. I love both Sammy and Dave and dislike Gary Cherone.

[WAJNproductions]

@fraroc That's my exact philosophy

[mesarock2vh]

sammy sucks!

[MetallicaForYou]

dave cant sing at all live

[abiggerexplosion]

Mike's backing vocals saved this. I was certain Sammy could do better than that, when he sings Panama it works ok.

[DylanBStringer91]

Sammy Can't Drive 55 Or Sing Dave's Songs!!!

[psychopath360]

Sammy Hagar playing Running with the Devil w/ Van Halen isn't all that rare... (Or wasn't, rather.)

[wwehardy09]

ur racist to japinease people and the video that u are playing is A.F.U from the japan tour

[BCWTrackandField]

i hink van halen got screwd over the break up cuz sammy can't sing davis songs but davids band can sound almost as good as van halen with these old songs

[zhilo95]

ive always thought that hagar can sing any roth-era song as good as dave, this being the exception. roth certainly cant sing hagar-era songs though. bot pretty boss singers though

[JoeShanks1225]

most people say sammy a good singer but this song wasnt made for him, but i think if sammy created it and dave sang it people would say the same thing bout dave so watever... VH rocks in general so i gusse it doesnt matter!

[paistekid]

For the record, they never played RWTD in 1989, they teased the audience in 1995 and played the whole song in 1993 in Pittsburgh. I have the bootleg!

[novembergolf15]

@paistekid well isnt this show in 1989 at the tokyo dome?

[vanhalenkid]

I can tell by the tone this is 1989.

[MultiCoach]

Impossible compare Sammy with David!! This version sounds terrible!! David L.R. Forever !!!

[Scotishirony]

OMFG Why do ppl pick a song from Van Halen and dub the song into one of their shows or series of shows it;s stupid and ruining good entertainment. Why don't you buy Live Without A Net or their F.U.C.K tour DVD @ Fresno CAL. and post it on here so you don't give a great rock legend a bad image!!!

[DarthKazi]

I still don't get why they didn't give Mike a try at vocals after Sammy. So what if you don't have a blonde douchewank doing karate kicks and acting like a fool... you'd have a guy who can actually SING! Wow, what a concept.

[careywasp]

Shite post!!!!

[Corleonetone]

this is 95 not 89

[PatVanHalen5150]

Video is from Toronto 1995.

Audio is from OU812 tour, 1988/1989.

[paistekid]

and from Pittsburgh, I have the bootleg video.

[paistekid]

No it's not! the audio is from 1989

and not 1993 either when they began to play this on a nightly basis.

[PatVanHalen5150]

Uh, they NEVER played RWTD regularly with Hagar.

The only times they played the song in full was during the OU812 tour & the 2004 tour (which they only played once, & Mike was on vocals)

[paistekid]

Uh, yes! If you have the bootlegs from 1993. At times they didn't played the whole thing but as the tour progresses, Hagar was singing them regularly. Unchained began to make its way to the set list as well.

[OutdoorEnt]

Sammy is the MAN!

[thielees]

Van Halen ceased to exist in 1985, and I think we can all agree that this clip provides indisputable proof.

[AstroFiend91]

dude..im 18...and i agree with you...sammys vocals are pure shit

[foxheadspeed]

agreed

[Qblue92]

Sammy shouldn't do Dave's songs.

[redhed5150]

@Qblue92 THAT was the problem! Ed wanted it and Sammy didnt...

[meanmaddness]

@Qblue92 Yeah, this is just really bad! Roth does a much better job.

[bajaracer40x]

@Qblue92 not this one anyway

[Master4999]

@Qblue92 well Dave doesn't even have the ability to sing Sammy's songs.

[roquero36]

@Qblue92 ..... And vice-versa. Please, Dave is a mediocre singer at best.

[SilvioSAMP]

I think it would've been better if micheal sung the DLR songs, his scream voice is better than Sammy's, even though Sammy's voice is better than DLRs, would've been interesting to see.

[asktomysis]

Sammy who?

[Jmastanaru]

are you seriously asking that?

[logang95]

Sammy Hagar, he was the singer 86-97.

[ouluvme2]

Sammy's great but lacking in the attitude and swaggar department!

[ouluvme2]

um no shit!

[ugafan93]

DAMMIT Roth is so much better

[TampaRed]

Notice how they shortened it though. That was probably Sammy's stipulation: "Fuck it, I'll sing it, but it's gotta be short."

[mememememe1980s]

Yeah definitely, He should never sing Roth's stuff, In my opinion still a much better voice than Roth... But Cant sing Roth's songs... If you think about it most of the vocals in the original song were screaming more than singing, which is not one of Sammy's strong points.

[jamesmaro]

suck ny dick bitch

[WanneiTorres530]

David Lee Roth Should ONLY Sing This Song I Mean Sammys Good But Not In This Song

[joeldeth]

Eddie Guitar

Sammy Voice

Mike Bass Guitar

Alex Drums

David Lee Roth TRAITOROUS

[nkreed66]

They did this song at monsters of rock...when the music started everyone went nuts...when sammy started singing things got real fucking quite....

[DraxZombie]

Oh, my god... that didn't go well. At all. Diamond Dave for the win, man. Sorry, Sam.

[PatVanHalen5150]

I don't mind Van Hagar's stuff.....that was originally recorded by Van Hagar. There shoulda been a rule that Hagar should have never performed ANY of Roth's material. He butchers it to hell.

[frankenstrat25]

this is so rare even more than unchained!!!

[80sMetalFan1]

Sammy ruined Van Halen

[bedofskeletons]

Dave >>>>>>>>>>> Hagar

[DraxZombie]

And will always be. Diamond Dave is a pretty hard act to follow, man. The fucker can SING.

[BlackenedGass]

oh and at 0:32 he looks like Robert Plant

[BlackenedGass]

Inferior to Roth I think persoanlly.

[SadeofDarkness]

why do they look different at the beginning lol

[Hunkola]

FUCK, man..........this rendition clearly reminds me why that fat fuck Hagar was TOTALLY WRONG for Van Halen..........he just plain sucked dick.

[bubbabubbabooba]

Sammy's vocals never worked on the classic Van Halen tunes..........

[johnadorian]

woah woah woah..... the video was cut!!!

0:25

[vanhalenkid]

weird but awesome at the same time

[80sand90smetal]

i enjoyed most of the other stuff sammy did, but this is awful

[werewolfnomore44]

what happened to david lee roth?

[xxFortunadoxx]

What happened to Roth? He was replaced by an incompetant singer that looks like a drunk retard.

[80sand90smetal]

he got a big ego and left the band

[classicrockguy91]

he sucked

[BlackenedGass]

Nice version but I prefer Dave

[dxvolt]

this is 1995 not 1989. Still Sammy rules and is better than David

[VH1984Fan]

Pretty sure, this was taken from 2 concerts and put as one. At first they show Eddie's short hair he had in '95, and Sammy in a different outfit, and then to Eddie havin hair like he had in the 80's. Probably the Balance Tour they did in '95 and the OU812 tour from the 80's.

[housemandoc23]

Whats with the "short hair" Eddie in the beginning?

[johnadorian]

they cut the video

[scu2r]

I saw them perform this song in Atlanta in 1988. They only played half the song ,then ripped into ..aint talkin bout love.. they were so tight then.

[PatVanHalen5150]

For everyone that says this is from 1995, they're deaf. The Kramer & Music Man have two very different tones. Plus the fact that they didnt play in standard tuning in 1995. This is definitely from the OU812 tour.

[Lenjia]

That sucks, Van Halen went down the tubes when DLR left.

[logeybear5150]

this is '95 on the balance tour '89 was the OU812 tour and eddie used the 5150 guitar

[RockoVanClark]

weird!!! Sammy singing one of Dave's songs!

[mahieu2041]

I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU WILTNER

[dogtownskater777]

van halen rocks but sammy sucks man!

[RockoVanClark]

you're deaf

[dogtownskater777]

yeah uh, nice comeback

[Lilrocker5150]

ok 5150EVH5150, this is 1995 not 1989

[wiltner]

The only line up for me is the original band. 1984 is their best work. I always respected Eddie for playing live in concert pitch unlike Yngwie and a few other 'shredders' who tune down to Eb or God forbid a low D. A 12 year old could play like that with the strings lying on the frets! Eddie is a true legend like Clapton and SRV.

[insaneclownicp]

i like there debut album and 1984 that was them at there best but 5150 wasnt half bad

[designatedwingman98]

have you ever noticed all the good bands cut thier hair short after they get a aittle more famous? AC/DC...Van Halen...

[Unmauricio]

I really Prefer Sammy Hagar than David

[insaneclownicp]

srry man for this song i prefer david sammy dont suit this song

[Santy92xD]

Hagar is not bad...

But I prefer David...

[dogtownskater777]

hagar can go suck a sewage pipe

[insaneclownicp]

hagar stick with your own songs

[SPECTRE1961]

Sammy Hagar is a true singer...Gary is ok..but he isn't so complete as Sammy.

By the way, David is a fine guy, but isn't a professional singer ...IMHO !!!!!!!!!

Thanks !!!

[twinkietime103]

wow hagar sucks

[disturbedsucks123]

blasphemy.  absolute blasphemy.

[DlrEvh0708]

hagar ruins this song unbelievably

[dogtownskater777]

he is the worst singer van halen or anyone else can ever have.i'd rather see styx than see him!

[SmacHW33]

Strongly disagree..Gary Cherone as Van Halen lead singer was worse..Have you heard Sammy's own stuff? Easy to diss Hagar doing Roth songs.. Solo wise Hagar Rocked!!

[earlymtv]

man, these guys struggle live

[iamprov]

van halen NEEDS Mike back.

[NukeCulear]

Damn Straight.

[RGM86RGMIII]

The video is taken from various sources, mainly the Tokyo '89 show, however, the audio is from still another source, so the audio and video are ALWAYS going to be off. :P

[alvanhagar]

ther very begining of the video is from a promo they did back in 78, then it's the band doing a tease of RWTD from the 95 PPV that was broadcast on muchmusic in canada. the audio is from 88 or 89 and most of the video footage is from that same time. the band is great here, the song is one fo the ones that has "dave" written all over it and Sam pulls this off pretty well, it's funny how dave fans bitch about the bnad not doing dave era songs when sam was around but then they bitch when he did.

[gretsch58]

sammy really sucks!!

[ReginaldsTest]

Not bad.

Ok... I'm going to get blasted for this, but this just doesn't compete with the Roth-era performances of this song. Sammy does a fine job of singing it, the band does a fine job of playing it, but when you look at the late 70's and early 80's performances of this song you can see it just ain't the same band anymore.

This line-up was totally fine for Hagar-era songs, but the original tunes really lost their punch after '84.

[joedinaadi]

michael anthonys vocals are #1

[sholstein]

Well, the audio is Sammy singing Runnin' With the Devil, but I don't know what they're performing in the video.

[ReardenTech]

Argg Michael Anthony is SUCH a good singer! What the hell is Eddie's problem?

[mhowardrn]

In 1989, Van Halen was this little band opening up for Black Sabbath, saw it in Germany. They totally rocked and blew Black Sabbath off the stage, but this is Totally not it!!!!! Sammy Hager wasn't there for years later. Get your Chronologics together, and if you're not sure, check the net!

[giantsean]

Do you mean 79? But you couldn't call them little.

[mhowardrn]

Yes definately '79, sorry for the typo, and they were just getting hot then.

[crazyguitarluver]

the nets usually wrong.

[sluyt]

talk about chronologics *lol* I think you mean 1979 instead of 1989 perhaps?

[gismwism]

This is clearly 1995 - Balance tour.

[bigbadosker]

Why did something like this have to happen?

[chtafrach]

BLASPHEMY! Don't touch Dave's era songs Sammy!

[rockygotfingered]

Sammy Hagar sucks at just about everything, so it's no surprise why this video was a colossal disappointment.

[SpudAlmighty]

I quite liked it so um I guess not all of us are narrow minded VH Fans :P

[YooTubeSuxLikeHell]

This fuckin sucks. Thank God Dave is back.

[arleco12]

The only part that sounds decent is the chorus. Sammy doesn´t have the voice, charm, personality or sex appeal of Dave. I don´t like Sammy. He screams too much. Sammy is a piece of shit. I can fart more tunned than he sings.

[kissvanhalenacdcrule]

this is a song Sammy should stay clear of

[vanou812halen]

i no its def not the best song for sammy to do of daves

but i still like him

in my opinion

true van halen fans love both dave and sammy

but fuck cherone

he should just stuck with extreme

[fraroc]

Vanou812halen: I agree with your comment I like Dave and Sammy but FUCK CERONE!!!!!!!!

[ieetemos4breakfast]

I couldnt agree more. True Van Halen fans like both the singers. After all its not really about David Lee Roth or Sammy Hagar, its about Eddie and Alex. Van Halen carried on through a singer change, but a guitar/drummer change would lose their entire fan base. There was actually word of a tour that Sammy and Dave wold both be headlining but I'm sure yet again that Eddie/Alex and Sammy werent getting along again...screw it up for everybody else eh, actually only the fans that like both of them.

[ClassofOHNine]

couldn't agree more. Dave and Sammy are both talented and though Dave was the original, and had most of the hits, Sammy still did good stuff.

[reecekyle]

wow sammy's not the one to be doin this song, it sounds horrid

[sikora719]

that was awful sammys garbage

[Bpags868]

Why is there footage from the 1995 Balance Tour in the beginning?

[ohpoepoe]

the video itself is just a bunch of clips. its just an audio of the song the video doesnt go with it.

[vanhalenforever1]

Sammy blows at ALL Dave songs!

[vanhalenforever1]

Dude he fucks the lyrics up, he doesn't really sing it that good. Dave should stick to this one (along with Hot For Teacher, Dance The Night Away, & Somebody Get Me A Dr.)

[bigballspaul]

Sammy's a frickin' weeny..there's only one EVH and there's only one DLR - one without the other just aint right

[MotorCityGuy07]

That goodness Dave is back! What a piece of shit video and song. Yuk.

[MrScary1970]

yuck..Sammy fuck off

[hbd1970]

Sammy Sucks. I can't believe anyone would listen to this clown. When Roth left, I left.  There is only one Van Halen, and it pre-dates 1985. Period.

[FlyingVshredz]

Though sammy is a better singer it doesnt suit Old VH. Roth's laid back rock and roll gritty voice suited the style of music. Sammy sings to passionately and tries to hard and it doesnt work.

[chrisstatas]

This is plain SHIT!! Sammy's bringing down the VH standard. No wonder Eddie started drinking again!!

[vanou812halen]

wow that was good

[Champane97]

You should slap yourself in the face!!! if you think this sounds good. Thank god for Diamonds!!! Never liked screamers like Sammy. You want the best screamer Bon Scott, No one can touch him. Bon had the same thing Dave has got, THAT GROWL!!! It makes women weak at the knee's and turns men into beast's!!!!!

Dave & Eddie pure magic!!!!

[EricCarrIsGod2]

This is the only song Sammy sucks at

[ConnyJ10]

Agreed. And this isn't even as bad as Diamond Dave when he sings it live. It's hilarious how Sammy can sing the hell out of Jump and Panama, where as Dave could never touch a Hagar era tune, not enough vocal range.

[bastiansilva91]

the tune is in E!!

xD

[javajimmy1090]

honestly, sammy rocks on the album 5150, but he shouldn't sing DLRs classics, for he's got no style for this!

[VanHalenDude78]

Sammy's the man!

[BFahz]

Cool... I just recorded RWTD... check it out.

[ccy2]

The video footage is a combination of 1995 and 1989. Notice Eddie in his buzzcut at the start of this...this was during the '95 Balance tour. The rest is from a Tokyo concert in 1989...

[joesjoe1]

s hag got a great vocal range but he's not van halen, van halen's EVH and DLR

[andrebio1]

EXCELLENT !!!!!!!!!!!

[leehr777]

this 1995 why did they play this sammy can't come close to singing daves stuff this is SAD! I LOVE VAN HALEN my fave :(

[DirqVan]

VH performed Runnin' With The Devil on the 1988 M.O.R. tour, There are 7 DVD boots available.

[edwithmj]

This is 1995 not 1989

[5150EVH5150]

No, the video for the beggining is from 95, only because there was no footage from the M.O.R. of this song. It is actually from 1989.

[Gary2112]

i have the bass solo before this was played.

[Gary2112]

i have a soundcheck in 1991 from Van Halen playing the intro to Woman In Love,Black And Blue & Wipeout.

[5150EVH5150]

I have that as well, its actually from 1986

[Gary2112]

u sure because Edd's tone sounds like from the R.H.R.N tour. And idk what bootleg its on. So i think your right.

[5150EVH5150]

Yeah you can tell because its from the bootleg called 'The Dawn Of 5150" and at one point you can hear Alex's electric toms.

[caputo1000]

i thought black and blue was in the ou812 album that came out in 1988

[5150EVH5150]

They had the riff written in 86, but they didnt put it on 5150, they waited til 88

[crazylevipinball]

Sounds good. Just goes to show the biggest reason that Van Hagar sucked was having to hear so many of those songs on the road. If the Hagar records were anywhere near as good as the old shit I would have gone to see them.

[rocknrollrecords]

The Hagar stuff was decent. 5150, 812 and Balance are great albums. I saw Sam sing Runnin' With The Devil in Van Halen once

[silkyblonde]

not so bad....I anyway prefer Dave singing it.... Van ROTHalen!!

[caputo1000]

dave doesnt sing, sammy does.

[exchangemode]

The audio does not match what you see.

[5150EVH5150]

Thank you for pointing that out, theres a lot of filling you have to do when no video was ever recorded.