I've seen almost every live VH live video out there (even before Youtube I was trying to get VHS/DVDs)...but never saw this '78 footage. Pretty F'ing amazing. To see them so fresh on the 1st tour. crazy!!!!
dam, back then it was like a big kick ass party for everyone. Too bad those days are gone. These days, its all about the self centered "artist" who want to make "statemets" what every happened to just having fun?
just saw this footage and read comments from gandalfngrey, hey man I was there!!! went with friend cuz he was a BS freak, VAN HALEN changed his mind forever that freakin night! heard parts of album walking to school from friends but after that night I KNEW rock was about to change forever. VH rules
I was in the Army, stationed in Germany in 1980, when Van Halen blew thru. We showed up VERY early, and it so happened they were showing up at the same time for sound check, totally hammered of course. They walked right by us and I said, "What's up fellas! I'm from West Covina (CA)!" They stopped in their tracks and Ed said to Dave, "Look! We got a homie here!" Dave says, "Bill (or Bob?, a road manager)! Take care of these guys!" So my buds and I watched the show from the wings!! I was 19!
@jimistreets Dude! Thats awesome! it couldn't of happened to a better bunch of guys. It's always cool when our troops get the VIP treatment. I bet it was killer!
I was from that era and I remember reading about bands that VH opened for how they did not really like going on after VH cause the crowd went nuts for them (u know usually during the opening act it time to hit the bathroom) And yes black sabbath was one of the victims of VH opening show.
I 1st saw them on their mean streets tour..they opened for the stones and i drove 4 hrs from ft lauderdale to orlando to catch them at the T(Tangerine)- Bowl were okay, I remember dave mooning the audience cause the writers called him an asshole..So he saluted the crowd and said this is for all the critics..The stones were clearly not at the top of their game, not even close..Mick's voice sounded hoarse and tired.It almost did not sound like him.
I saw them 5 days later in Portland, Oregon. It was the day I got out of the Navy. I had to drive down from Seattle and just made it time for the concert. It was freakin amazing to see them and Sabbath together.
Dood I saw VH and BS at the mid south coliseum in memphis tennessee the night of the marine corps birthday Nov 17, 1978 - I do want to say that VH was loaded with electricity but as loud as they were, BSs PA was way louder and deper and bassier than VH and Ozzie was at top form and despite alot of people sayin VH blew them off the stage fuckin Ozzie and Sabbath were SMOKIN. I got relieved from guard duty the next day because i was still tripping from the night before
Personally I like Black Sabbath better than Van Halen, and laugh at the notion if Van Halen "blowing" Sabbath off the stage, but I also understand that Van Halen's power/stadium rock-esque sound has much more mainstream appeal, and accept that mainstream audiences are going to like Van Halen over Sabbath.
Awesome band. Too bad Diamond Dave blew it at the US in 83. After seeing them in the 80 invasion, I was disappointed as was about 300,000 others. I saw Dave guest on Billy Squire in Irvine, CA - they looked too funny frolicking on stage. The Diamond Dave lineup is the classic.
this song still has the drive and depth VHs later tunes sorely lack - drum pads, Eds long-winded self-indulgent piddly diddles all sounding virtually identical, fuzz pop lyrics.
LMAO Noyd....theres now an official YOUTube hate adnoydal page!! LOL....And thanx for another mind boggling blowjob in your dream last night Noyd......LMAO.....Finally...a Noyd hate club.......it was only a matter of time. But youre so fucking psychotic that that page wont phase you Noyd...hated by millions....LOL
ed shits on you ed shits on you....fuck off Noyd...you waste of skin and heartbeat...you smell like piss Noyd....you must like that....fuck you stink. And dont forget to suck my dick again tonight in your dreams......maggot
@hockeydudeluv just following your and Eds example by wanking the same 2 off-topic notes over and over - Ed is God we piss in the fag mouths of all you gay non-believing pussy niggers LOLOL
fuck shit suck dick fuck LMAOEd is God Ed is God Ed is God Ed is God Ed is God Ed is God
It's true that VH kicked Sabbath's ass,but Ozzy was kicked out of the band for bein f**ked up all the time,even missing shows.They even asked Dave to SING FOR OZZY but Dave was like,"I don't know the words",(Crazy From The Heat,DLR,1997)
i saw them for my first time on this tour in Houston. They opened for Black Sabbath. After this tour Ozzy went solo cause he was embarrased Sabbath got their ass kicked by an opening act.
@Brian77TX They played the Coloseum. It was in November and I just turned 16. I am from Beaumont and never told my parents I was going to Houston to see Black Sabbath and Van Halen. Now I have a 16 year old.
@dongtingwong Awesome...I had JUST turned 1 when this show happened. Ive said this plenty of times...I was born at the wrong time. I would change lives with ANYBODY that was lucky enough to see VH back during the beginning. VH is the best rock band in US and just in history....EVER!!!
Ohhhhhh Yeahhh the Rock and Roll does not get any beter then this!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ufffff I love to listen to Eddie at this time. The true and only master!!!
@OzzyVanHalen - I saw them open for Sabbath in Oakland and back then most everyone in the crowd thought they just made a bunch of noise and the singer was annoying. We just wanted to see Sabbath. Show's what we knew ;-) 2 years later saw Def Leppard open for Pat Travers and thought the same thing. Ugh....
its cuz without Roth, Eddie tried to make art on his guitar. Before, Roth forced Eddie to make NOISE with just a little bit of art to it. his was mainly to compliment Roth's way of singing, and ended up making one of the most memorable guitarists of all time. until he left the band. then, they got hagar. X-(
A gibson neck?! I don't think so. I've never heard that. Plus you answered it yourself claiming that it's a set neck. Edward switched pick ups a lot so it may nto have had stock pups. I believe they were mighty mite pups.
did you even watch the vid. you expect me to think that that is a fender strat when it has the body of a gibson explorer? no dipshit it isnt. its a Ibanez Destroyer EVH used on the first album that he later broke. do your homework assfuck
@Phailure365 When did he break it? He cut out part of it out in '77 but he used it up until '80. It is still hanging in the control room at 5150 Recording Studios.
@MeanStreet1981 I read that he cut a chunk of wood out of the middle one time while modifying it and it just lost the tone that he liked it so well for.
It's an Ibanez Destroyer. It was used on Van Halen one on several songs. ( you really got me, runnin with the devil, feel your love tonight and on fire) This is the infamous guitar that Ed cut a huge chunk of wood out of. You can't really see it in this vid but he cut a large section out of the back, thus affecting and some say ruining the tone of the guitar! He even claims so. It sounds so full and fat on VH1 and even still here. Great stuff.
alright, if u wanna get really technical, its an ibanez destroyer (btw they re-introduced them recently) that he modified. coincidentally the neck on this guitar was that of a gibson (probably an explorer, although i'm not sure how cuz that's a set neck).
Welcome to 1978 San Antonio Tx. Road trip! Stub says opener 'Van Halen' wtf is a VH? Robert Plant on steroids leaps through your stoner haze. Some alien on guitar blows your f'g mind. Literally... dropped jaws everywhere. BS comes on and EVERYONE is still shouting for VH. And we were the first back to the hometown blasting VH from our car dropping jaws EVERYWHERE. Good times.. Even BS says on their live liner notes it was a mistake to let VH open. Nuff? Eddie threw rock on its ear end of story.
the problem's for black sabbath was eddie van halen - alex van halen - michael anthony - david lee roth there was there problem. at that time i dont give a shit what band you were if you toured with van halen your asses were in trouble.
Black Sabbath owns and Van Halen wouldn't exist if Black Sabbath didn't. Hell, Van Halen himself was even considering name their band "Rat Salad" after a instrumental song by Black Sabbath.
Did you see that tour? That is all I am saying. Sabbath sucked, they broke up weeks later. Ozzy couldn't hold a note with a handle on it. He was done for then. They were better no doubt years earlier.
No, they would have been there. Did they ever do a Sabbath song? No. Does he (Eddie) sound anything like Tony? No. Anything resembles them? No. You are a kid that was not even alive during this time. Take a word of an elder.
Eddie Van Halen wanted to name the band Rat Salad, if thats not enough of a tribute, I dont know what is. I doubt Van Halen just made there signature sound, that had to have some influences.
Eddie was always saying shit like tht, but he was joking around, stick to the fact, eddie grew up on blues and rock and roll, not a more heavy sound. u lost this battle kido
From somebody who was already involved in video by 1978 - it is not unusual to find audio sliding up or down - especially because you're seeing the tracking error in the middle of the screen. Lots of cards had to align to get everything to sync up back then - and if the control track was disturbed it could go slow - or go fast - or do both at a really annoying frequency. Especially if it was reel to reel - which a lot of systems were - 3/4 tape was brand new in 1977.
youtube got rid of all the other copies of this song!!!!! this is probably the worst one!!!! dude what the hell happened???? i love this song, but god! this is a horrible copy of it!!!!
This show is in Fresno,California, I was there. Unreal ,it was like the most intense drug you could imagine.I'm talkin'bout the band not the columbian gold.Felt like a dream that ended way too soon. ~Donnie L. Johnson ~
I'm convinced that Eddie DEMANDED that he lay back. Where are the TV and print interviews (DLR's specialty)?...... Ed's girlfriend is the press agent.
The real VH. There is nothing better. Van Hagar didn't hold a candle to DLR era VH. Ed and Dave have some serious chemistry. Just caught there show in Philly and it was AWESOME.
I've seen almost every live VH live video out there (even before Youtube I was trying to get VHS/DVDs)...but never saw this '78 footage. Pretty F'ing amazing. To see them so fresh on the 1st tour. crazy!!!!
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dam, back then it was like a big kick ass party for everyone. Too bad those days are gone. These days, its all about the self centered "artist" who want to make "statemets" what every happened to just having fun?
zer0dahero 6 months ago
just saw this footage and read comments from gandalfngrey, hey man I was there!!! went with friend cuz he was a BS freak, VAN HALEN changed his mind forever that freakin night! heard parts of album walking to school from friends but after that night I KNEW rock was about to change forever. VH rules
zeke4061 7 months ago
I was in the Army, stationed in Germany in 1980, when Van Halen blew thru. We showed up VERY early, and it so happened they were showing up at the same time for sound check, totally hammered of course. They walked right by us and I said, "What's up fellas! I'm from West Covina (CA)!" They stopped in their tracks and Ed said to Dave, "Look! We got a homie here!" Dave says, "Bill (or Bob?, a road manager)! Take care of these guys!" So my buds and I watched the show from the wings!! I was 19!
jimistreets 10 months ago
@jimistreets Dude! Thats awesome! it couldn't of happened to a better bunch of guys. It's always cool when our troops get the VIP treatment. I bet it was killer!
wiffsofsmoke 8 months ago
WURD 2 UR RK 'N ROLL MUTHA!!!
romi1romi 10 months ago
I was from that era and I remember reading about bands that VH opened for how they did not really like going on after VH cause the crowd went nuts for them (u know usually during the opening act it time to hit the bathroom) And yes black sabbath was one of the victims of VH opening show.
eric69132 10 months ago
si, si. dood iz a half floater in the city pool.
derekRTK 11 months ago
Sabbath rocks and we know this...but VH was no joke! Especially in this era when they were hungry to take over!
ANGRYEEL 11 months ago
I 1st saw them on their mean streets tour..they opened for the stones and i drove 4 hrs from ft lauderdale to orlando to catch them at the T(Tangerine)- Bowl were okay, I remember dave mooning the audience cause the writers called him an asshole..So he saluted the crowd and said this is for all the critics..The stones were clearly not at the top of their game, not even close..Mick's voice sounded hoarse and tired.It almost did not sound like him.
MOSKII58 1 year ago
Anyone know where this was? As in, the arena?
dogtownskater777 1 year ago
I saw them 5 days later in Portland, Oregon. It was the day I got out of the Navy. I had to drive down from Seattle and just made it time for the concert. It was freakin amazing to see them and Sabbath together.
bendered 1 year ago
THE SHARK!!!
hitlerlovedjews11 1 year ago 3
Dood I saw VH and BS at the mid south coliseum in memphis tennessee the night of the marine corps birthday Nov 17, 1978 - I do want to say that VH was loaded with electricity but as loud as they were, BSs PA was way louder and deper and bassier than VH and Ozzie was at top form and despite alot of people sayin VH blew them off the stage fuckin Ozzie and Sabbath were SMOKIN. I got relieved from guard duty the next day because i was still tripping from the night before
rudeboywhitey 1 year ago
@rudeboywhitey what is a dood?? i think you mean dude..
MOSKII58 1 year ago
@MOSKII58 nah I meant dood, short for doodlebug.
rudeboywhitey 7 months ago
Edward had the coolest guitar moves on the planet.
n2motocross 1 year ago
Van Halen with David Lee Roth=the best days
Skankaman2468 1 year ago
Personally I like Black Sabbath better than Van Halen, and laugh at the notion if Van Halen "blowing" Sabbath off the stage, but I also understand that Van Halen's power/stadium rock-esque sound has much more mainstream appeal, and accept that mainstream audiences are going to like Van Halen over Sabbath.
NoCalMike 1 year ago
Awesome band. Too bad Diamond Dave blew it at the US in 83. After seeing them in the 80 invasion, I was disappointed as was about 300,000 others. I saw Dave guest on Billy Squire in Irvine, CA - they looked too funny frolicking on stage. The Diamond Dave lineup is the classic.
EnriqueRealtor 1 year ago
PRIME!
ouluvme2 1 year ago
PRIME!
ouluvme2 1 year ago
umm, may i ask why your arguing on a van halen vid and not on each others channels, come on now people
trampo1993 1 year ago
this song still has the drive and depth VHs later tunes sorely lack - drum pads, Eds long-winded self-indulgent piddly diddles all sounding virtually identical, fuzz pop lyrics.
Adnoydal 2 years ago
Wow! This is the day I was born!
mousetelevision 2 years ago
is it me or duz eddies tone sound like dave davies
frankenstrat25 2 years ago
I like how at 1:21 on this tour was re-visited on the recent 2007/08 tour
very cool
it's a Zep thing.
BigTroubles 2 years ago
lol yea
they are tryin to be zeppelin there
jimipaigeownzzz 2 years ago
1978 WORLD TOUR THE MIGHTY VAN HALEN
eugvh18 2 years ago 3
David was a diesel dyke back then for sure
Adnoydal 2 years ago
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hockeydudeluv 2 years ago
dudeluvr comments on a video: Ed is God pisss shit fuck blowjob shit ass dick LOL
dudeluvrs math is just as godly as Eds playing.4-5 teen boys/closet gays hating me dont equal "millions".
dudeluvr doesntt know the difference between "faze" and "phase". LOLOL
Ed and every celebrity you virtually suck off on youtube shits on you and the milliions like you.
Adnoydal 2 years ago
see what i mean, youre so psychotic, you never even read my post!! LMAO!!!!
hockeydudeluv 2 years ago
@hockeydudeluv Eds shtting on you is prrof youre the supreme rote asshole LMAO sick suck fuck shit LOL piss dick Ed is God LOL
Adnoydal 2 years ago
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hockeydudeluv 2 years ago
@hockeydudeluv just following your and Eds example by wanking the same 2 off-topic notes over and over - Ed is God we piss in the fag mouths of all you gay non-believing pussy niggers LOLOL
fuck shit suck dick fuck LMAOEd is God Ed is God Ed is God Ed is God Ed is God Ed is God
Adnoydal 2 years ago
@ AdUrinal...fuck off you pscychotic fuck...i am honored to join the page that hates you, with dozens, and soon to be hundreds of others.
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Adnoydal 2 years ago
It's true that VH kicked Sabbath's ass,but Ozzy was kicked out of the band for bein f**ked up all the time,even missing shows.They even asked Dave to SING FOR OZZY but Dave was like,"I don't know the words",(Crazy From The Heat,DLR,1997)
r8ersfan 2 years ago
i saw them for my first time on this tour in Houston. They opened for Black Sabbath. After this tour Ozzy went solo cause he was embarrased Sabbath got their ass kicked by an opening act.
dongtingwong 2 years ago 6
@dongtingwong Im from Houston...did they play the Summit or the Coloseum?
Brian77TX 1 year ago
@Brian77TX They played the Coloseum. It was in November and I just turned 16. I am from Beaumont and never told my parents I was going to Houston to see Black Sabbath and Van Halen. Now I have a 16 year old.
dongtingwong 1 year ago
@dongtingwong Awesome...I had JUST turned 1 when this show happened. Ive said this plenty of times...I was born at the wrong time. I would change lives with ANYBODY that was lucky enough to see VH back during the beginning. VH is the best rock band in US and just in history....EVER!!!
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SkateAnton95 2 years ago
Ohhhhhh Yeahhh the Rock and Roll does not get any beter then this!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ufffff I love to listen to Eddie at this time. The true and only master!!!
advancedtshirts 2 years ago
I can't believe that none of you VH fans don't have the Anaheim Stadium show from the very next night. I'm talkin' bout the parachute drop-in baby!
pepper123 2 years ago 2
What a jam.
successfully43 2 years ago
Poor Edder must have cried when he plugged it in.
I mean after he took the chainsaw to it.
Ellipser 2 years ago 2
he did.
alpha1shadow 2 years ago
yeah, but, man it doesnt sound bad at all, it sounds good, REALY GOOD!!!!
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TheEdgesGuitarist 2 years ago
great !
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Ajwmsaguitarman 2 years ago
is this when they were touring with black sabbath and blowing them off the stage ????
this is amazing
OzzyVanHalen 2 years ago 10
@OzzyVanHalen - I saw them open for Sabbath in Oakland and back then most everyone in the crowd thought they just made a bunch of noise and the singer was annoying. We just wanted to see Sabbath. Show's what we knew ;-) 2 years later saw Def Leppard open for Pat Travers and thought the same thing. Ugh....
trinzeon 1 year ago
@trinzeon in Def Leppard's case you were right.
rags847 1 year ago
van halen from 78- 84 is my favorite
strousem 2 years ago 5
its cuz without Roth, Eddie tried to make art on his guitar. Before, Roth forced Eddie to make NOISE with just a little bit of art to it. his was mainly to compliment Roth's way of singing, and ended up making one of the most memorable guitarists of all time. until he left the band. then, they got hagar. X-(
videogamer1805 2 years ago 2
TRUE!!!!!
dogtownskater777 2 years ago
Eddie's sound: fuckin' best ever!
cvjucla3 2 years ago 3
A gibson neck?! I don't think so. I've never heard that. Plus you answered it yourself claiming that it's a set neck. Edward switched pick ups a lot so it may nto have had stock pups. I believe they were mighty mite pups.
monkface 3 years ago
its a stock Ibanez Destroyer that eddie pantied.
Phailure365 2 years ago
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no it aint
its a fender strat that eddie painted with a strat neck from an old strat that he liked. and then he changed pups.
hence y fender make the EVH signature gear.
check my page
ryaniomitch 2 years ago
did you even watch the vid. you expect me to think that that is a fender strat when it has the body of a gibson explorer? no dipshit it isnt. its a Ibanez Destroyer EVH used on the first album that he later broke. do your homework assfuck
Phailure365 2 years ago 5
soz
i was talkin about his frankinstien guitar not this one
check my page :)
ryaniomitch 2 years ago
@Phailure365 When did he break it? He cut out part of it out in '77 but he used it up until '80. It is still hanging in the control room at 5150 Recording Studios.
MeanStreet1981 1 year ago
@MeanStreet1981 I read that he cut a chunk of wood out of the middle one time while modifying it and it just lost the tone that he liked it so well for.
dalandser562 1 year ago
@dalandser562 my bad, didn't see your post. Not sure when it happened. I wasn't born yet...
dalandser562 1 year ago
where did you get this from?
VanHalenPinkFloyd 3 years ago
bad quality they still sound good
2346 3 years ago 2
It's an Ibanez Destroyer. It was used on Van Halen one on several songs. ( you really got me, runnin with the devil, feel your love tonight and on fire) This is the infamous guitar that Ed cut a huge chunk of wood out of. You can't really see it in this vid but he cut a large section out of the back, thus affecting and some say ruining the tone of the guitar! He even claims so. It sounds so full and fat on VH1 and even still here. Great stuff.
monkface 3 years ago
what type & brand of guitar dose Eddie have?
ultrahippe854 3 years ago
looks like a gibson explorer, but knowing eddie it's probably some kind of hybrid
AdrienGuitarPlayer 3 years ago
i just looked it up, it's an ibanez destroyer, they stopped making them after a lawsuit with gibson
AdrienGuitarPlayer 3 years ago
u gotta be fuckin me, THEY STOPED MAKING THEM!!! ;(
ultrahippe854 3 years ago
why did they sue bro?
raulnjanette 3 years ago
cuz they were copying the explorer, had the same body shape and headstock and everything
AdrienGuitarPlayer 3 years ago
did they sue eddie or the company?
raulnjanette 3 years ago
the company. Gibson sued Ibanez
AdrienGuitarPlayer 3 years ago
alright, if u wanna get really technical, its an ibanez destroyer (btw they re-introduced them recently) that he modified. coincidentally the neck on this guitar was that of a gibson (probably an explorer, although i'm not sure how cuz that's a set neck).
HighVoltageAZ 3 years ago
classic stuff...thanx 4 posting!
ndnsoldierboy 3 years ago
Edward had the coolest moves in guitar! It was a natural extension of his body
n2motocross 3 years ago
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i like it better in the key of g
like the original, by the kinks
quialman666 3 years ago
Van Halen !!!
Our DUTCH PRIDE!!!
TirSzDS 3 years ago
Welcome to 1978 San Antonio Tx. Road trip! Stub says opener 'Van Halen' wtf is a VH? Robert Plant on steroids leaps through your stoner haze. Some alien on guitar blows your f'g mind. Literally... dropped jaws everywhere. BS comes on and EVERYONE is still shouting for VH. And we were the first back to the hometown blasting VH from our car dropping jaws EVERYWHERE. Good times.. Even BS says on their live liner notes it was a mistake to let VH open. Nuff? Eddie threw rock on its ear end of story.
GandalfnGrey 3 years ago 17
@GandalfnGrey
Damn straight Brother!!!
n2motocross 1 year ago
Cool video.
Thanks for sharing! \o/ \o/ \o/
Simonthehead 3 years ago
yeah but Rush are canadians so they are disqulified for being "canidiots" and Van Halen are the sole champions. Eddie cannot be touched!
ajg2012 3 years ago
RUSH was the only band at the time who could hang with these fuckers
bendito103 3 years ago
I don't know what the problems were but he blew Sabbath off the stage before they got on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
peaceonearth777 3 years ago
the problem's for black sabbath was eddie van halen - alex van halen - michael anthony - david lee roth there was there problem. at that time i dont give a shit what band you were if you toured with van halen your asses were in trouble.
stratdem 3 years ago
Black Sabbath owns and Van Halen wouldn't exist if Black Sabbath didn't. Hell, Van Halen himself was even considering name their band "Rat Salad" after a instrumental song by Black Sabbath.
UncleJimmema 3 years ago
Did you see that tour? That is all I am saying. Sabbath sucked, they broke up weeks later. Ozzy couldn't hold a note with a handle on it. He was done for then. They were better no doubt years earlier.
peaceonearth777 3 years ago 2
Fine, so the tour could have been a flop for sabbath.
All im saying is that Van halen wouldn't exist without them.
UncleJimmema 3 years ago
No, they would have been there. Did they ever do a Sabbath song? No. Does he (Eddie) sound anything like Tony? No. Anything resembles them? No. You are a kid that was not even alive during this time. Take a word of an elder.
peaceonearth777 3 years ago
Eddie Van Halen wanted to name the band Rat Salad, if thats not enough of a tribute, I dont know what is. I doubt Van Halen just made there signature sound, that had to have some influences.
UncleJimmema 3 years ago
Eddie was always saying shit like tht, but he was joking around, stick to the fact, eddie grew up on blues and rock and roll, not a more heavy sound. u lost this battle kido
RandyRhoadsx13 3 years ago
Whatever dude.
UncleJimmema 3 years ago
oh yes the 1978 world tour i saw them in may of 1978 and 30+ years later its still fresh.
eddie van halen the master, the man, the KING!
stratdem 3 years ago
van halen simply BRILLIANT!
stratdem 3 years ago
The Shark guitar!!!
tullynewyork 3 years ago
From somebody who was already involved in video by 1978 - it is not unusual to find audio sliding up or down - especially because you're seeing the tracking error in the middle of the screen. Lots of cards had to align to get everything to sync up back then - and if the control track was disturbed it could go slow - or go fast - or do both at a really annoying frequency. Especially if it was reel to reel - which a lot of systems were - 3/4 tape was brand new in 1977.
shadageeirish 3 years ago
no one cares
stovenutts 3 years ago
the tape is pretty old as well. But I think he's tuned to d on this tour.
vanhalenkid 3 years ago
Very cool upload-thanks. Not the overplayed
MTV version!
wjv4me 3 years ago
Listen to the shriek at 4:20. You won't hear that ever again unless it's a recording!
thastankanator 3 years ago
youtube got rid of all the other copies of this song!!!!! this is probably the worst one!!!! dude what the hell happened???? i love this song, but god! this is a horrible copy of it!!!!
asbutterfly 3 years ago
dang hes tuned downnnnnnnnn
TVTsteven 3 years ago
Yeah, Ed had some serious tuning problems before he got the Floyd.
TheSims2Films 3 years ago
fuckin sweet!!! shark is in da house!
planetpisshead 3 years ago
This show is in Fresno,California, I was there. Unreal ,it was like the most intense drug you could imagine.I'm talkin'bout the band not the columbian gold.Felt like a dream that ended way too soon. ~Donnie L. Johnson ~
yotkrj 3 years ago
Fuckin' brown sound. It could crunch fuckin' steel.
cvjucla3 3 years ago
was this when they opened for black sabbath?
UncleJimmema 4 years ago
yes sir.
my dad saw em in San Antonio with Black Sabbath.
the Municipal Auditorium.
Gary2112 3 years ago
Awesome!
UncleJimmema 3 years ago
Yeah, that's rock people...This is why Van Halen is what they are!
schwickd 4 years ago
they put on an amazing show back then when they had the fresh new sound and had something to prove, they were unbelievable.
ripsix 4 years ago 3
i love seein these rare 78 shows
MotleySixx101 4 years ago
Ed plays a little bit of the "You're no good" solo in this! VERY COOL!
dajzilla 4 years ago 6
Sure did. It worked too.
sholstein 4 years ago
Van Halen must have been the biggest no brainer signing any manager/label ever made. Total rock stars!
bbstopit 4 years ago 8
Roth has got to wear those pants again, His current look just ain't happening
BeamOut1 4 years ago 2
I agree, Dave has really toned down his style in the current tour.
sholstein 4 years ago
I'm convinced that Eddie DEMANDED that he lay back. Where are the TV and print interviews (DLR's specialty)?...... Ed's girlfriend is the press agent.
BeamOut1 4 years ago
Don't even start that stupid pointless argument, please
Wyckedkill 4 years ago 4
Totally! May Hagar's name never be invoked again.
cvjucla3 4 years ago
The real VH. There is nothing better. Van Hagar didn't hold a candle to DLR era VH. Ed and Dave have some serious chemistry. Just caught there show in Philly and it was AWESOME.
ginogiant 4 years ago
Yes, this nicely contrasts the coolness of Roth & the boys w/ that geek, Hagar.
cvjucla3 4 years ago 2
Eddie really rocks....really showing his style..in late 70's. Many guitarist copy his moves,style,dance, and technique....a real pioneerer...
utazn5200 4 years ago 4
rare video
MOLDOVAAA 4 years ago 2
great stuff
eddddddievh 4 years ago 2