Some things are a bit suspect here. Mostly, why is the mix so bad??? They would have fired the guy at the board on the spot with this mix. I have a real suspicion this is a doctored video -- ala the "Shred" parodies. Nice try.
For anyone bashing Ed's playing here,this might have been around the leg of the tour where he had to go to the hospital for a period of time and they cancelled some shows. Also, if anyone hadn't known, Eddie had a bone spur in his thumb that had a tendon wrapped around it that he needed surgery on after the tour ended. I'd be lucky to play at all with a problem like that let alone actually playing an entire tour with the injury. So give him a break.
@bigapplepieinthesky If Ed was so "bad off" and hurting. Then why not cancel the rest of the tour until he gets better? You would pay big money to see a man that can't play his own axe..?? Please.. stop robbing people of their money with that kind of playing and cancel the tour if you are that bad off..!!!
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As good as he might be, as much money as this might make me...I'd quit before a dealt with a drunk on stage. I've done it too many nights. It makes the band look bad, not just the drunk guy.
Oh yeah, he's pretty tanked here. Pretty sloppy and not like a sober Ed at all. At least he's still standing......Good lord. Been like that on stage a few times myself (Way back), and it's not the best thing when people tell you how much you sucked afterwards.
@vertigo453 its all about the cash.im pretty sure if there wasnt a shit ton of money on the line he wouldnt.i'd actually understand if he was drinking on this tour...lol
R U all that oblivious 2 the fact Ed has drinking issue!?! Plz stop defending Eds numerous attempts at his once-was great guitar playing when in fact he's a raging alcoholic. Every single utube of him making these "mistakes" are due to his drinking. Maybe 1 day this will be a inspiration for others NOT TO DRINK like he inspired millions 2play. Ed, ur a beautiful man but please, think of the fans & what U do will effect others (obviously).
Dave did a good job trying to save the show, He kept up the frontman position even though this truly sounded like shit! Its a shame what eddie has reduced to, but hes still the greatest!
hes wasted,cant handle it like he did when he was young...to many miles on that brain and body to get drunk and try to play live..hes still awsome..my first concert was van halen 1984,he was insane..no scew ups back then..
what happen to other half of song when the solo bout to start ? i hear just little jam session goin on there no oops or buts it was just ed thinking on his guitar or giving some kind of message or expressing himself throw his playing, Thanks for uploading and sharing it
This might explain his inconsistant play.Van halen had hand surgery a couple of years ago, around the time of this show. He had pain in his pinky and his thunb that got progressively worse to the point that he wasn't able to play at all. Initially he was treated for arthritis, but his doctor soon discovered a bone spur, twisted tendon and a cyst in the joint of his left thumb.
He eventually had surgery was a success. After a lengthy rehab full recovery was/is expected.
Man. Eddie is just so dryed up now. Such a shame. He let all the fame and attention get to him. Man i want the old Eddie back, With the awesome hair, the awesome Guitar riffs. the Awesome Energy. What happened? I swear im never drinking like this. That is just awful
I can't believe Alex allowed him to get that crocked and put on so many bad shows until Wolfgang finally had the blow up with him backstage. I also can't believe Dave would put up with such horrible playing. Sure, Dave used to fuck up all the time in the old days but the presentation, energy, and confidence were always there.
That is such a shame to see him play that bad. When I saw them in Albany on the 2004 tour he was great-spot on, but I guess he had good and bad nights on that tour as well as the 2007/08 tour.
@Boomclack On the OU812 tour I went both nights on the Seattle stop (consecutive days). First night he was off. Next day Amazing. First night, clean shaven. 2nd night, fuzz faced and looked like he had been up all night partying. Just like the rest of us he has good days and bad days.
@Boomclack And also.... what the hell is wrong with his kid? He looks like he is walking to the fridge for a soda. Not on stage with one of the greatest bands ever. He needs to live up!
Eddie was inconsistent on the tour i saw in 2004. He would have nights where he was on fire and nights he was off. This tour i have seen good stuff and bad he might have had equipment problems on this tour who knows. One thing i do know is that he is once in a lifetime kind of musician. He wrote a book on rock guitar that influenced everyone
@MrConassassin LOL he sucks! LOL!!! YOUR FUCKING STUPID AS SHIT! HE RE INVENTED MUSIC U LITTLE SHIT FUCK U. HE INVENTED EVERYTHING THESE FUCKHEADS PLAY TODAY. SO U TAKE YOUR SHORT DICK AND FUCK YOUR ASS SIDE WAYS YOU FUCKING PRICK
@kDelPrete101 who r u??? and the shit he came up with is good during DLR era then it went down hill, now he is just old and doesnt need to be on the stage as u can see in this video^^^, and he didnt invent half the shit bands play today, for that i would say black sabbath wrote way better riffs then EVH
Ouch... Funny what a role reversal this is compared to Dave "I forgot the fuckin' words California!" Roth from the US Festival. At least Dave didn't shoot the same eye rolling look of disgust that Ed sent his way back in '83.
This gives me the same feeling I had as a kid watching Larry Holmes kick Ali's ass.
I love edward but what the hell is he thinking? And what the hell is up with his son! It looks like they handed the bass to somebody out of the audiance,not a person you would pay to see!! Dave just walks around with that same cocaine smile all the time. It is so sad I just can't watch it,I don't think the kid is actually playing all the time!
Yup been there many times, a few beers actually helps relax me and I play better. A case-I THINK I'm EVH(LOL). Anyway I heard the same thing about him-playin his ass off clean and sober. Good for him man. On a side note, have you seen the Two and a Half Men episode he is in? Its pretty funny-check it out.
Man everyone has a bad day. I have played solos in the wrong key, songs I have played 300 times b4 and couldnt find my place to save my ass. It happens. Just sucks because I dont have everyone and their mother watchin my every move.
@vonkiser As a guitar player, it's true. No one can play perfect 100% of the time. Nobody. Not even EVH. Although, like I said, he was more than likely wasted here. The first few shows in 2007 it is well known he was drinking a lot. That's enough to mess anyone up. A couple beers, you still got it. A case, forget it. Now, last I heard, he's been sober and playing his ass off.
Eddie ended up about 2 beats off from the rest of the band. Glad I didn't pay to see this. I have guitar students that make these same mistakes. Simple fix, count.
Like family members of an alcoholic who try to deny it, EVH fans are being the same way. "Oh, it was the guitar's fault!" Bullshit! I am a fan of EVH too but face the facts. He was wasted!
One time i got so shit faced doing a gig that i totally couldn't even remember what I was supposed to be doing. Needless to say I never did that again and this reminds me of that time.
The problem is, he's gotten away fro his signature tone, insisting on fabricating that piece of crap guitar, when there's no need to do that at all. The amp does not sound like the classic 68 Plexi, the damn pedals he's using suck too....hats of to Dave for singing on key throughout that whole tour.
Man...EVH is the reason I started playing guitar ...and this is really sad and painful to watch...work the steps Ed; but start with the first one dude, their in order for a reason :-(
What I'm hearing is bad audio recording. Notice how there is no bass?
all midrange. Get yourself a better recording system. don't post digital crap, sure Eddies playing is loud fast & distored he also is sloppy not my fav.
@shrineme haha yeah somebody's going to take proper recording equipment to a concert. Have you even been to any, or do you just assume youtube videos are the same as if you were there?
Maybe, just maybe, he had not learned them yet. That is a big stretch that he hadn't learned them yet by the time they got to dressed rehearsal.
But, when I saw them they cut the hell out of Mean Street, they didn't do the intro tapping part and they cut the outro jam. Maybe it was for time purposes, but it might be that he just can't play it anymore.
That's ok, I never could play it, and I didn't write it. Hard to watch heroes get old.
@tgfabthunderbird An off night??? From the looks of a lot of posted videos from different venues they played on this tour, I'd say he had more than just one night off.
what the FUCK is that? Is he trying to pluck the hair off a cat with a pair of tweezers? I love Eddie, man, I wish I hadn't see this video!!! Oh well, everyone has a bad day
yeah I like that the dude f'd up. he was either 1. havin a real bad show period... or 2. he was trying not to play the same thing twice... which he has said he tries to do. Yeah that was fuckin shitty but at least he is trying to bring some life into tunes they have played hundreds/thousands of times.
Here's the reason Wolfgang is in there....... as long as he's there no one else has to try for shit. They're Van Halen, every crappy screwed up song they play is fine because "it's Van Halen". Wolfgang doesn't cover M.A's high end backup vocals. I have yet to see him play anything with ANY attitude or anything other than basic everything. Want this fixed? Hire Billy Sheehan. He'd be like "I ain't goin' nowhere w you dudes till you get your heads outta' your asses and play like professionals".
you know why this happend??? eddie runned wolfgang prototypes during this reunion tour. and there was caught a problem with the floyd roses on the collection of guitars.
@pualxxx you know why this happend??? eddie runned wolfgang prototypes during this reunion tour. and there was caught a problem with the floyd roses on the collection of guitars.
I guess if your the singer during songs where you don't sing you have to look busy......I first thought Dave was going to mop the floor or something......& wolfgang looks like he was paid $50 to play for the night. Mike A plays as if he's still hungry for the record deal. I wouldn't see VH w/o MA .
@sbrave I'm a fan of both men and let me tell you, Beck has some embarrassingly bad nights too! He takes chances and switches things up, to a degree that doesn't always come off. He's a pioneer and an innovator. Nobody was doing wammy bar dive bombs before Beck, nobody was hitting the strings against the pickup poles (on purpose) before Beck... but I can tell you Jeff is not Eddie Van Halen and would probably tell you you're an asshat for making such a comparison.
@DarthKazi I agree with the fact that JB takes chances and has had bad nights.
Yes, JB was doing all that stuff years before EVH. Jeff has class.
What he DOESN'T do is go out on stage fucked on drugs and alcohol and make a complete ass of himself and the band. The least EVH could do is play sober as he told everyone he was, and play his parts! This is not switching it up...lol
I've seen a s-load of clips fro this tour, and while there are a few good moments, there are a lot of these scenarios!
@sbrave You're making some very bold assumptions. He learned to play drunk as a kid. Every record he recorded from 1978 to 1991 was performed with alcohol in his system. Read interviews by Clapton, Page, Jimmy Vaughn and others who were raging alcoholics and they all say that trying to perform sober after decades of booze, is like starting over.
Ed is not drunk here. He is struggling with sobriety. In case you haven't kept up, he's been sober since before the 2007 tour.
@DarthKazi Actually he's shit faced. He relapsed during the tour, hence why they stalled the dates so he could go back to rehab right after the New Year in 2008. He had a backstage blow up with his own son that resulted in him deciding to go back to rehab cus he slipped and was getting hammered every show.
@theShowStopper321 If true, that's really sad. I know from experience how hard it is to kick booze. It makes me very concerned about why it's taking so long to AT LEAST put out a press release as to what the fuck they are doing at the studio, if anything at all. It would be nice to get a "Hey, folks... we're working on the record" or something. Instead it's a New Years message from January. Ugh!
@DarthKazi For some reason they don't care about the fans. Eddie said something about the fans not being good enough for him to do something. I forgot the exact quote but its from and interview in Guitar World with Toni Iommi on the cover. Ed don't like to say anything to the press and public unless he has to. He's my favorite but he got real bitter as the years passed.
@theShowStopper321 I think you need to read the interview again. I just did. He basically said that no matter what you do, people bitch... if you don't put out new albums they bitch... but when you do, they bitch because it doesn't sound like "the classics".
I can understand why he and Tony are a bit jaded about music fans in general, but at the same time, they are grateful for their fortunes because of the fans.
Nowhere in that interview indicated to me that either man dislikes the fans.
@theShowStopper321 Ed could always play drunk. They carried him to the stage after 40 beers in Vancouver before the 5150 show started...the lights when out...the crowd roared...Ed woke up and played for 2hrs...amazing show! This video footage from 2007 shows us Ed can't play drunk and stoned on Oxycintin and Xanax and Percacet. Chop Ed up a nice rail and hand him a dozen beer...he rocks! Painkillers and beer? He flops.
@Gordfozzfoster He's taking all those prescription drugs? I always thought that cus he had all those surgeries and cancer so I figured he was supplied good opiate painkillers, and when u mix those with alcohol, good nite!
@theShowStopper321 This is definitely opiates and beer mixed...lol! His fingers are prolly' numb. I had a root canal and the Dr prescribed me percodan. I couldn't play a note or lift my arms. I sounded like this. Drunk? I think I sound great! haha! Stoned on pot? I'm ok but sloppy. Cocaine? I sound like CC Deville or Vinnie Vincent. Sober? Coffee and smokes?
I think it's the opposite of what people are assuming. He's NOT drunk. He's a guy who had to be drunk to play for 30 years of his music life and suddenly he was trying to play sober. He learned how to play drunk. He played every session and album drunk. Most former *serious* alcoholics (Jimmy Vaughn, Johnny Winter, Clapton, etc) all say that playing sober is really hard after years of abuse. You have to start over. I don't think Ed was ready.
Who gives a fuck? They made $93,000,000,00 on this fucking tour. They can pay your ass to go to music school and learn the song for them and play it live while they wax their nuttsack. Get it ?
Obviously drunk...Which is nice, considering he's on stage with his kid.... "Hey Wolfie... Are ya proud of daddy?". Who would have thought Dave would be the one looking like he's got his act together?
it's Eddie Van Halen you fuckin piss heads. Who the fuck cares what he does. HE IS EDDIE VAN HALEN. The greatest rock guitarist ever. So what if he got drunk and play sloppy. You are lucky enough to be in the same room with a GOD. Ungrateful ass bastards...
Dude this is pure shit man .....what did Eddie do put his head in a bottle of crack and lit it up.....he looks like keithRichards....he use to say that Page played like he had a broken hand live well Eddie you play way worse than that...
thanks, we need more negativity in the music bizz. people wonder why its in such a shambles. cause every tom dick, and mary has a video camera, and choose to show the negatives and not the positives. everyone has a bad day/ night, whatever...its called being human! its crazy, as soon as u stumble, the same people that were asking for your autograph, are stomping on your face!
yea Eddie might of had a bad show, song, day, night...but "U" blew it up, and made it more than what it was.
All of these bad clips are from the same show, so he must have been really shit-faced and right before they postponed the tour so he could to to rehab. He had his son with him, u would think it would have been a reason for him to set a good example and stay sober.
Something's seriously wrong with him that he's not talking about. That doesn't just seem like fucking up or being drunk, he's losing motor function or something. It's like he knows what he WANTS to play but, his hands won't do it. When you're drunk you have some level of rhythm but your fingers land on the wrong places. Here, he isn't getting the rhythym OR finger placement (much of the time). Or he's just an asshole who doesn't mind ripping people off!
Just sex and rock n´roll, take out drugs from the equation or there will be no more sex or rock ´n roll, or nothing. Look at the crude example Eddie have become...
Oh that's horrible. Man we all have our nights but he looks like he didn't even wanna try. He totally just mailed it in on that one. I remember reading an interview with Ed years back where he was ripping on Jimmy Page for sounding like shit when he played live with Zep. Take a look in the mirror Ed because now you sound like shit.
because he is a rock icon and legend we are quick to criticize but the truth is we've all been in this same situation, if you havnt then you dont Rock...
So you can go off the rails and still make squillions? Wish i hadda known that a few years ago. Now i gotta be serious most of the time. Oh yeah, the talent thing, forgot to factor that in.
I can't believe Ed allowed himself to play this bad, this sloppy, this drunk. Its a shame and embarrassing. What was his reason to be getting shit faced? He had his band back, was selling out tours, and making money playing with his son. You'd think with his son there he'd want to set a good example.
Yikes!!! Edward is a tortured soul. His years of alcohol abuse has rendered him incapable of playing. He has the 'slowness' that most life long alcoholics have...so very, very sad. :(
EVH always plays all his songs differently live than the recorded version. compare the studio versions to all the others in his younger years. he plays them differently.
I saw them live around 1983 and Dave was so drunk he couldn't even remember the words, stopped the songs halfway through, cussed at the crowd and sang horribly. I wrote it off as them having a bad night, but looking at their other concert footage, it wasn't much better. This is sad to see. They should have hung it up after Sammy Hagar.
yeh maybe he might have to practice and rehearse like us mere mortals-sheesh -hasnt had to play these songs for 20 years doesnt cut it with me-relearn 16 songs then tour -ffs why should fans acept this?
thats sad to see.. but think about it that man prob hasent had to play thoes particular songs in like 20 years or so.. or maby he needs some sause or needs to lay off.. but ether way heas still the reason we all play guitar...
Wow. Saw VH in Las Vegas on 12/28/07, They were great, the best concert I have seen. Early in the tour though. This is just terrible. Come on get better Eddie!!
There is nothing wrong with Eddie's guitar...if something was wrong his guitar tech would quickly hand him another one. He's completely wasted and during the last 2 tours, when he gets wasted he con't pull it off like he use to. Sad to see him this way.
@billykid84 no shit what the fuck happened? mean street is one of my favorite songs to play and i play alongside the original track. WOW i now know what it feels like to be disappointed in EVH. now that's impressive
Yea, that was my mistake, but it is a fact that E.V.H. basically transformed guitar into something much more awsome. I think Eddie will stay off the drugs and booze, considering the fact that he allready has like what, tongue or throat cancer. It really is sad that Fame and Fortune got the better of him and really started to fuck up his life.
Yes. EVH, blew the rock guitar world wide open in 1977/78 and will forever remain that legend. I actually like him more for his sound than playing. His sound was brilliant! Hopefully, he will come back to earth and realize that life really sucks when you are drinking. I am sure he will, now that he is married again.
Pretty fucking good for a guy who's drunk off his ass.
tonystewart14car 1 month ago
Some things are a bit suspect here. Mostly, why is the mix so bad??? They would have fired the guy at the board on the spot with this mix. I have a real suspicion this is a doctored video -- ala the "Shred" parodies. Nice try.
hideglue 1 month ago
horrible shame
been there, done that--the man is clearly drunk and disoriented
one of my oldest guitar heros is a hopeless lush it seems
and his kid is fat and goofy lookin
krustyluv 1 month ago
idc what anyone says hes still got it and he'll always be the best. go watch the US Festival 83 solo.
guitargod9000 1 month ago
For anyone bashing Ed's playing here,this might have been around the leg of the tour where he had to go to the hospital for a period of time and they cancelled some shows. Also, if anyone hadn't known, Eddie had a bone spur in his thumb that had a tendon wrapped around it that he needed surgery on after the tour ended. I'd be lucky to play at all with a problem like that let alone actually playing an entire tour with the injury. So give him a break.
bigapplepieinthesky 1 month ago
@bigapplepieinthesky If Ed was so "bad off" and hurting. Then why not cancel the rest of the tour until he gets better? You would pay big money to see a man that can't play his own axe..?? Please.. stop robbing people of their money with that kind of playing and cancel the tour if you are that bad off..!!!
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KendallsFather 2 months ago
Ed fell off the wagon during a large chunk of this tour.
20carrocks 2 months ago
holy christ they really lost it..... You really cant stay on top forever. They had their glory days in the 80s..... sucks gettin old man :(
RobBurtonGuitar 2 months ago
As good as he might be, as much money as this might make me...I'd quit before a dealt with a drunk on stage. I've done it too many nights. It makes the band look bad, not just the drunk guy.
guitarcomet5 3 months ago
Oh yeah, he's pretty tanked here. Pretty sloppy and not like a sober Ed at all. At least he's still standing......Good lord. Been like that on stage a few times myself (Way back), and it's not the best thing when people tell you how much you sucked afterwards.
BrianLuper 3 months ago
Damn, Eddie ---- you might need to take remedial guitar lessons ??
Hunkola 3 months ago
HOw does Ed put up with that retard roth?
vertigo453 4 months ago 2
@vertigo453 its all about the cash.im pretty sure if there wasnt a shit ton of money on the line he wouldnt.i'd actually understand if he was drinking on this tour...lol
Pat9201 3 months ago
R U all that oblivious 2 the fact Ed has drinking issue!?! Plz stop defending Eds numerous attempts at his once-was great guitar playing when in fact he's a raging alcoholic. Every single utube of him making these "mistakes" are due to his drinking. Maybe 1 day this will be a inspiration for others NOT TO DRINK like he inspired millions 2play. Ed, ur a beautiful man but please, think of the fans & what U do will effect others (obviously).
EncryptedGod 4 months ago
what fuckin song was that/
seeinsideguide 4 months ago
Disgraceful.
creepshowcrate 4 months ago
Eddie sounds bad.. what happened ???
zzerovisibility 4 months ago
Dave did a good job trying to save the show, He kept up the frontman position even though this truly sounded like shit! Its a shame what eddie has reduced to, but hes still the greatest!
Juggalo5588 4 months ago
oh god this is as bad as Shencker drunk vid lol
TrueVideo 4 months ago
This sounds amazing to me! What are you guys talking about?
MrGeorgios2020 5 months ago
wow hendrix is in awe
outtacastatv 5 months ago
hes still pullin it off, more or less, because hes EVH, but yeah - hes doin' a lot of bullshittin here...
MrMattyHaze 5 months ago
He was so drunk he was numb and could not feel the guitar any more.
volksman2332 5 months ago
hes wasted,cant handle it like he did when he was young...to many miles on that brain and body to get drunk and try to play live..hes still awsome..my first concert was van halen 1984,he was insane..no scew ups back then..
mwarkmusic7 5 months ago
Drunk as FUCK!
DLRisVH 5 months ago
FREE BIRD
1977BanditTransAM 5 months ago
wtf!!!booooo boooo
jiminkrumah 6 months ago
Hell I could'a played it THAT good, and I SUCK...
Thirdgen83 6 months ago
what happen to other half of song when the solo bout to start ? i hear just little jam session goin on there no oops or buts it was just ed thinking on his guitar or giving some kind of message or expressing himself throw his playing, Thanks for uploading and sharing it
eugvh18 6 months ago
This might explain his inconsistant play.Van halen had hand surgery a couple of years ago, around the time of this show. He had pain in his pinky and his thunb that got progressively worse to the point that he wasn't able to play at all. Initially he was treated for arthritis, but his doctor soon discovered a bone spur, twisted tendon and a cyst in the joint of his left thumb.
He eventually had surgery was a success. After a lengthy rehab full recovery was/is expected.
daniel213141 6 months ago
He sounds like ted Nugent XD
gpotrouverdepseudo 6 months ago
@gpotrouverdepseudo What is wrong with Ted Nugent?
TheErikovec 6 months ago
@TheErikovec Did I say that there is something wrong with Ted Nugent ?
gpotrouverdepseudo 6 months ago
@gpotrouverdepseudo No, but your first comment sounded a little negative.
TheErikovec 6 months ago
Man. Eddie is just so dryed up now. Such a shame. He let all the fame and attention get to him. Man i want the old Eddie back, With the awesome hair, the awesome Guitar riffs. the Awesome Energy. What happened? I swear im never drinking like this. That is just awful
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kevinrusso1980 6 months ago
Pathetic. They sold this crap to the people? Fuck Eddie
sbrave 6 months ago
@sbrave Yeah, they should refund the price of the tickets for those who attended...
Thirdgen83 6 months ago
I can't believe Alex allowed him to get that crocked and put on so many bad shows until Wolfgang finally had the blow up with him backstage. I also can't believe Dave would put up with such horrible playing. Sure, Dave used to fuck up all the time in the old days but the presentation, energy, and confidence were always there.
theShowStopper321 7 months ago
That is such a shame to see him play that bad. When I saw them in Albany on the 2004 tour he was great-spot on, but I guess he had good and bad nights on that tour as well as the 2007/08 tour.
theShowStopper321 7 months ago
DIDN'T U KNOW YOUR NOT SUPPOSED TO GET DRUNK AT WORK!!!!!!!!!!
muppy1100 7 months ago
YKnow with all the changes in styles, line ups, fueds, addiction Alex has always been the rock.
drwiggleston 7 months ago
You ever just take your knowledge of a song for granted? I've done this a million times. Dont mean I'm "wasted". Just careless with my studies.
Boomclack 8 months ago
@Boomclack On the OU812 tour I went both nights on the Seattle stop (consecutive days). First night he was off. Next day Amazing. First night, clean shaven. 2nd night, fuzz faced and looked like he had been up all night partying. Just like the rest of us he has good days and bad days.
blackholesuns1 7 months ago
@Boomclack And also.... what the hell is wrong with his kid? He looks like he is walking to the fridge for a soda. Not on stage with one of the greatest bands ever. He needs to live up!
blackholesuns1 7 months ago
Just glad I got to see a sober Eddie on this tour.
wondersong1 8 months ago
Sad.
loesmed 8 months ago
Any real fan knows this is Ed abusing alcohol....this has to be before the tour stopped and Ed went back to rehab.
jroundy1649 8 months ago
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It must be because the video was in posted in 07 and didn't they start again in 08 ?
HolmesIsOnline 7 months ago
Eddie was inconsistent on the tour i saw in 2004. He would have nights where he was on fire and nights he was off. This tour i have seen good stuff and bad he might have had equipment problems on this tour who knows. One thing i do know is that he is once in a lifetime kind of musician. He wrote a book on rock guitar that influenced everyone
who came after him.
MAGIK5476 9 months ago
He's desperate now:(
58016428 9 months ago
I think Eddie needs to start drinking again while he plays live, he was better with a little booze in him
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he sucks my cock can play beter than this
MrConassassin 10 months ago
@MrConassassin LOL he sucks! LOL!!! YOUR FUCKING STUPID AS SHIT! HE RE INVENTED MUSIC U LITTLE SHIT FUCK U. HE INVENTED EVERYTHING THESE FUCKHEADS PLAY TODAY. SO U TAKE YOUR SHORT DICK AND FUCK YOUR ASS SIDE WAYS YOU FUCKING PRICK
kDelPrete101 9 months ago
@kDelPrete101 who r u??? and the shit he came up with is good during DLR era then it went down hill, now he is just old and doesnt need to be on the stage as u can see in this video^^^, and he didnt invent half the shit bands play today, for that i would say black sabbath wrote way better riffs then EVH
MrConassassin 9 months ago
I hate to say it, but EVH is f*ckin' awful. What a waste of a great talent. Drugs & booze will do you in every time.
Catonian1 10 months ago
dave is such a queer
jeffs1000 10 months ago 2
@jeffs1000 ya...its pretty much easy to see now..lol
Pat9201 9 months ago
Ouch... Funny what a role reversal this is compared to Dave "I forgot the fuckin' words California!" Roth from the US Festival. At least Dave didn't shoot the same eye rolling look of disgust that Ed sent his way back in '83.
This gives me the same feeling I had as a kid watching Larry Holmes kick Ali's ass.
tonyfrombalt 10 months ago
I love edward but what the hell is he thinking? And what the hell is up with his son! It looks like they handed the bass to somebody out of the audiance,not a person you would pay to see!! Dave just walks around with that same cocaine smile all the time. It is so sad I just can't watch it,I don't think the kid is actually playing all the time!
zeHoff97 10 months ago
@zeHoff97 hahahaha agreed. Fuck him Michael Anthony and sammy down in cabo FTW!
DmxBloodline 10 months ago
time to retire...please!
jeffs1000 10 months ago
Eddi Van Halen is a fruit cake thats all there is to it! He might had ONCE been a great guitar player, but currently he is a washed up wino.
TheMrleadguitar 10 months ago
Yup been there many times, a few beers actually helps relax me and I play better. A case-I THINK I'm EVH(LOL). Anyway I heard the same thing about him-playin his ass off clean and sober. Good for him man. On a side note, have you seen the Two and a Half Men episode he is in? Its pretty funny-check it out.
vonkiser 10 months ago
Recently I also found out he had an operation on his hand and fingers for arthritis after this.
LedWilde 10 months ago
Man everyone has a bad day. I have played solos in the wrong key, songs I have played 300 times b4 and couldnt find my place to save my ass. It happens. Just sucks because I dont have everyone and their mother watchin my every move.
vonkiser 10 months ago
@vonkiser As a guitar player, it's true. No one can play perfect 100% of the time. Nobody. Not even EVH. Although, like I said, he was more than likely wasted here. The first few shows in 2007 it is well known he was drinking a lot. That's enough to mess anyone up. A couple beers, you still got it. A case, forget it. Now, last I heard, he's been sober and playing his ass off.
LedWilde 10 months ago
Eddie ended up about 2 beats off from the rest of the band. Glad I didn't pay to see this. I have guitar students that make these same mistakes. Simple fix, count.
scottm43211 11 months ago
The OP's spelling is AWFUL...(not awfull...moron)
pressrolls 11 months ago
omg i thought this was a St. Sanders vid at first..this is brutal...
realdealio1 11 months ago
Like family members of an alcoholic who try to deny it, EVH fans are being the same way. "Oh, it was the guitar's fault!" Bullshit! I am a fan of EVH too but face the facts. He was wasted!
LedWilde 11 months ago
@LedWilde You are spot on friend. :( It must suck to have the world in your hands, then not appreciate it anymore.
isit1984yet 10 months ago
@isit1984yet Good news though, from what I hear, he's now sober and kicking ass.
LedWilde 10 months ago
One time i got so shit faced doing a gig that i totally couldn't even remember what I was supposed to be doing. Needless to say I never did that again and this reminds me of that time.
kbstarrider 1 year ago
this is sad. such a legendary band gone to shit. what a slop fest.
VHWarshawski 1 year ago
GAWD, you're right, that WAS fuuuuuucking awful! And people still applaud!
davidbrucemusicvideo 1 year ago
The problem is, he's gotten away fro his signature tone, insisting on fabricating that piece of crap guitar, when there's no need to do that at all. The amp does not sound like the classic 68 Plexi, the damn pedals he's using suck too....hats of to Dave for singing on key throughout that whole tour.
MAGNUM121570 1 year ago
Man...EVH is the reason I started playing guitar ...and this is really sad and painful to watch...work the steps Ed; but start with the first one dude, their in order for a reason :-(
pinfinity 1 year ago
What I'm hearing is bad audio recording. Notice how there is no bass?
all midrange. Get yourself a better recording system. don't post digital crap, sure Eddies playing is loud fast & distored he also is sloppy not my fav.
shrineme 1 year ago
@shrineme haha yeah somebody's going to take proper recording equipment to a concert. Have you even been to any, or do you just assume youtube videos are the same as if you were there?
joshkosh95 1 year ago
That gitar sound like shhhhhhhhhhhit
Big0il 1 year ago
I can listen to this shit all day... :P
Big0il 1 year ago
Bad...bad..bad.. VH are my fave band of all time, both era's with DLR and Sammy....but when VH have a bad night, they sure have one.
Rockywaves73 1 year ago
Alcoholic Ed!
Nutbustin1 1 year ago
He said he had to re-learn all the old songs.
Maybe, just maybe, he had not learned them yet. That is a big stretch that he hadn't learned them yet by the time they got to dressed rehearsal.
But, when I saw them they cut the hell out of Mean Street, they didn't do the intro tapping part and they cut the outro jam. Maybe it was for time purposes, but it might be that he just can't play it anymore.
That's ok, I never could play it, and I didn't write it. Hard to watch heroes get old.
Soxpert 1 year ago
@tgfabthunderbird An off night??? From the looks of a lot of posted videos from different venues they played on this tour, I'd say he had more than just one night off.
Mowac 1 year ago
I'm glad when I saw Van Halen in Montreal in 2007 Eddie didn't fuck up like this...I could swear his guitar sounds out of tune!!!!
kolokidi 1 year ago
what the FUCK is that? Is he trying to pluck the hair off a cat with a pair of tweezers? I love Eddie, man, I wish I hadn't see this video!!! Oh well, everyone has a bad day
shitonMOHAMMAD 1 year ago
This is what happens when Eddie tries to play while sober.
thunderkiss61 1 year ago
He simply picked up a guitar that was not tuned? why didn't he switch guitars?
Or he forgot the song? Looks like dave is mopping Eddie UP off the floor........
RasputinsFate 1 year ago
yeah I like that the dude f'd up. he was either 1. havin a real bad show period... or 2. he was trying not to play the same thing twice... which he has said he tries to do. Yeah that was fuckin shitty but at least he is trying to bring some life into tunes they have played hundreds/thousands of times.
krushgroov1 1 year ago
Ed was about a beat late, totally out of sync.
clevelandrum 1 year ago
Here's the reason Wolfgang is in there....... as long as he's there no one else has to try for shit. They're Van Halen, every crappy screwed up song they play is fine because "it's Van Halen". Wolfgang doesn't cover M.A's high end backup vocals. I have yet to see him play anything with ANY attitude or anything other than basic everything. Want this fixed? Hire Billy Sheehan. He'd be like "I ain't goin' nowhere w you dudes till you get your heads outta' your asses and play like professionals".
DamienCarrass 1 year ago
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DamienCarrass 1 year ago
you know why this happend??? eddie runned wolfgang prototypes during this reunion tour. and there was caught a problem with the floyd roses on the collection of guitars.
eddiehalenvan 1 year ago
WTF is this???? I remember VH at the US Festival, what happens to Eddie?
pualxxx 1 year ago
@pualxxx you know why this happend??? eddie runned wolfgang prototypes during this reunion tour. and there was caught a problem with the floyd roses on the collection of guitars.
eddiehalenvan 1 year ago
I guess if your the singer during songs where you don't sing you have to look busy......I first thought Dave was going to mop the floor or something......& wolfgang looks like he was paid $50 to play for the night. Mike A plays as if he's still hungry for the record deal. I wouldn't see VH w/o MA .
RF900Flyer 1 year ago
He's an addict people, and his skills are gone for the most part.
Jeff Beck could mop the floor with him anytime and JB is in his 60's!!!
Thank G-d DLR is there to move things along!
Glad I didn't waste my money on this show!
sbrave 1 year ago
@sbrave I'm a fan of both men and let me tell you, Beck has some embarrassingly bad nights too! He takes chances and switches things up, to a degree that doesn't always come off. He's a pioneer and an innovator. Nobody was doing wammy bar dive bombs before Beck, nobody was hitting the strings against the pickup poles (on purpose) before Beck... but I can tell you Jeff is not Eddie Van Halen and would probably tell you you're an asshat for making such a comparison.
DarthKazi 1 year ago
@DarthKazi I agree with the fact that JB takes chances and has had bad nights.
Yes, JB was doing all that stuff years before EVH. Jeff has class.
What he DOESN'T do is go out on stage fucked on drugs and alcohol and make a complete ass of himself and the band. The least EVH could do is play sober as he told everyone he was, and play his parts! This is not switching it up...lol
I've seen a s-load of clips fro this tour, and while there are a few good moments, there are a lot of these scenarios!
sbrave 1 year ago
@sbrave You're making some very bold assumptions. He learned to play drunk as a kid. Every record he recorded from 1978 to 1991 was performed with alcohol in his system. Read interviews by Clapton, Page, Jimmy Vaughn and others who were raging alcoholics and they all say that trying to perform sober after decades of booze, is like starting over.
Ed is not drunk here. He is struggling with sobriety. In case you haven't kept up, he's been sober since before the 2007 tour.
DarthKazi 1 year ago
@DarthKazi Actually he's shit faced. He relapsed during the tour, hence why they stalled the dates so he could go back to rehab right after the New Year in 2008. He had a backstage blow up with his own son that resulted in him deciding to go back to rehab cus he slipped and was getting hammered every show.
theShowStopper321 1 year ago
@theShowStopper321 If true, that's really sad. I know from experience how hard it is to kick booze. It makes me very concerned about why it's taking so long to AT LEAST put out a press release as to what the fuck they are doing at the studio, if anything at all. It would be nice to get a "Hey, folks... we're working on the record" or something. Instead it's a New Years message from January. Ugh!
DarthKazi 1 year ago
@DarthKazi For some reason they don't care about the fans. Eddie said something about the fans not being good enough for him to do something. I forgot the exact quote but its from and interview in Guitar World with Toni Iommi on the cover. Ed don't like to say anything to the press and public unless he has to. He's my favorite but he got real bitter as the years passed.
theShowStopper321 1 year ago
@theShowStopper321 I think you need to read the interview again. I just did. He basically said that no matter what you do, people bitch... if you don't put out new albums they bitch... but when you do, they bitch because it doesn't sound like "the classics".
I can understand why he and Tony are a bit jaded about music fans in general, but at the same time, they are grateful for their fortunes because of the fans.
Nowhere in that interview indicated to me that either man dislikes the fans.
DarthKazi 1 year ago
@theShowStopper321 Ed could always play drunk. They carried him to the stage after 40 beers in Vancouver before the 5150 show started...the lights when out...the crowd roared...Ed woke up and played for 2hrs...amazing show! This video footage from 2007 shows us Ed can't play drunk and stoned on Oxycintin and Xanax and Percacet. Chop Ed up a nice rail and hand him a dozen beer...he rocks! Painkillers and beer? He flops.
Gordfozzfoster 1 year ago
@Gordfozzfoster He's taking all those prescription drugs? I always thought that cus he had all those surgeries and cancer so I figured he was supplied good opiate painkillers, and when u mix those with alcohol, good nite!
theShowStopper321 1 year ago
@theShowStopper321 This is definitely opiates and beer mixed...lol! His fingers are prolly' numb. I had a root canal and the Dr prescribed me percodan. I couldn't play a note or lift my arms. I sounded like this. Drunk? I think I sound great! haha! Stoned on pot? I'm ok but sloppy. Cocaine? I sound like CC Deville or Vinnie Vincent. Sober? Coffee and smokes?
Gordfozzfoster 1 year ago
@gigadead it's a Peavy Wolfgang. Pick one up on eBay for about 1 grand or so.
TheChuckNorris1997 1 year ago
@TheChuckNorris1997 fender evh wolfgang
xspidermanplayax 1 year ago
I actually like the sound of this guitar he's using.. hmmmm interesting
gigadead 1 year ago
I think it's the opposite of what people are assuming. He's NOT drunk. He's a guy who had to be drunk to play for 30 years of his music life and suddenly he was trying to play sober. He learned how to play drunk. He played every session and album drunk. Most former *serious* alcoholics (Jimmy Vaughn, Johnny Winter, Clapton, etc) all say that playing sober is really hard after years of abuse. You have to start over. I don't think Ed was ready.
DarthKazi 1 year ago
@DarthKazi
Interesting point.......have no idea if it is correct, but had never thought of that possibility before.
go20car 1 year ago
@DarthKazi well said man
NotSober100 10 months ago
Who gives a fuck? They made $93,000,000,00 on this fucking tour. They can pay your ass to go to music school and learn the song for them and play it live while they wax their nuttsack. Get it ?
302zman 1 year ago
such a lemming
darkederkedarke 1 year ago
Obviously drunk...Which is nice, considering he's on stage with his kid.... "Hey Wolfie... Are ya proud of daddy?". Who would have thought Dave would be the one looking like he's got his act together?
Rootwitch06 1 year ago
im full blown drunk and i can play guitar fine haha
dmohr7 1 year ago
Hendrix was the only guy that could screw up and still make it work. Edies lost in this video
1257trebor 1 year ago
sad........
spitpermit 1 year ago
it's Eddie Van Halen you fuckin piss heads. Who the fuck cares what he does. HE IS EDDIE VAN HALEN. The greatest rock guitarist ever. So what if he got drunk and play sloppy. You are lucky enough to be in the same room with a GOD. Ungrateful ass bastards...
fight2Bfree 1 year ago
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jocapavlovic747 1 year ago
wow some wacky fun music there.. wtf
gigadead 1 year ago
Dude this is pure shit man .....what did Eddie do put his head in a bottle of crack and lit it up.....he looks like keithRichards....he use to say that Page played like he had a broken hand live well Eddie you play way worse than that...
liquidbend 1 year ago 2
Hang up the axe, Eddie! You're through! Nah! Just fucking practice and don't get so drunk.
This is karma for him slamming Page's playing all these years though.
LedWilde 1 year ago
thanks, we need more negativity in the music bizz. people wonder why its in such a shambles. cause every tom dick, and mary has a video camera, and choose to show the negatives and not the positives. everyone has a bad day/ night, whatever...its called being human! its crazy, as soon as u stumble, the same people that were asking for your autograph, are stomping on your face!
yea Eddie might of had a bad show, song, day, night...but "U" blew it up, and made it more than what it was.
gwamba 1 year ago
He's done people...get used to it and remember the glory days!
sbrave 1 year ago
All of these bad clips are from the same show, so he must have been really shit-faced and right before they postponed the tour so he could to to rehab. He had his son with him, u would think it would have been a reason for him to set a good example and stay sober.
theShowStopper321 1 year ago
Something's seriously wrong with him that he's not talking about. That doesn't just seem like fucking up or being drunk, he's losing motor function or something. It's like he knows what he WANTS to play but, his hands won't do it. When you're drunk you have some level of rhythm but your fingers land on the wrong places. Here, he isn't getting the rhythym OR finger placement (much of the time). Or he's just an asshole who doesn't mind ripping people off!
JoeyRapps1 1 year ago
needs to get back on the pipe
murph3113 1 year ago
HORRIBLE!!
GregK9 1 year ago
Just sex and rock n´roll, take out drugs from the equation or there will be no more sex or rock ´n roll, or nothing. Look at the crude example Eddie have become...
nothinghappens1 1 year ago
eddie is washed up
tkdbender 1 year ago
Oh that's horrible. Man we all have our nights but he looks like he didn't even wanna try. He totally just mailed it in on that one. I remember reading an interview with Ed years back where he was ripping on Jimmy Page for sounding like shit when he played live with Zep. Take a look in the mirror Ed because now you sound like shit.
mnsnake 1 year ago
haha.eddy u washed up dirt bag,just like your fans.
djflashg 1 year ago
he is tired and drunk,
it happens to the best of us
because he is a rock icon and legend we are quick to criticize but the truth is we've all been in this same situation, if you havnt then you dont Rock...
Give the guy a break...
awesomejohnnet 1 year ago
HES DRUNK lol
dmohr7 1 year ago
So you can go off the rails and still make squillions? Wish i hadda known that a few years ago. Now i gotta be serious most of the time. Oh yeah, the talent thing, forgot to factor that in.
MrJMontrose 1 year ago
Shades of St.Sanders
NoQuattro 1 year ago
Even though Eddie is a mess it's still cool to see Dave kickin ass again.
joeysixtysix 1 year ago
I can't believe Ed allowed himself to play this bad, this sloppy, this drunk. Its a shame and embarrassing. What was his reason to be getting shit faced? He had his band back, was selling out tours, and making money playing with his son. You'd think with his son there he'd want to set a good example.
theShowStopper321 1 year ago
3/4 of all clips ive seen from this tour was awfull,im glad i didnt let them rip me off.
ptsmmrs 1 year ago
Eddie is a shell of what he use to be. He's nothing now but a Poster Boy for AA.
dbrew2u 1 year ago
was always a van halen fan,yet never as much in depth enough to know of this performance behavior ............."they fired the wrong guy!!!!
herbiedrumr369 1 year ago
Obviously the buttface that uploaded this minute and a half video has never been to a reunion tour or a concert PERIOD...
StarringEverett 1 year ago
@StarringEverett shut up you 50 year old douche living in your parents basement..
djflashg 1 year ago
@djflashg Yeah,the house has 6k square foot like you only dream of living in one day.
StarringEverett 1 year ago
@StarringEverett awe shoot. u got me.
djflashg 1 year ago
Yikes!!! Edward is a tortured soul. His years of alcohol abuse has rendered him incapable of playing. He has the 'slowness' that most life long alcoholics have...so very, very sad. :(
Yo!
YoBroMan 1 year ago
not every 1 is a winner.. still jams.. rock on fuckers..
derekRTK 1 year ago
He's clearly drunk.
777MarkTube777 1 year ago
hes supposed to b sober. he has really bad arthritis so maybe it was kicking up
jackman94 1 year ago
@jackman94
arthritis? wow I never knew that :(
777MarkTube777 1 year ago
@777MarkTube777 yup thats why theres guitar world lol to find these things out
jackman94 1 year ago
@jackman94
thanks for the tip! have a great day sir!
777MarkTube777 1 year ago
EVH always plays all his songs differently live than the recorded version. compare the studio versions to all the others in his younger years. he plays them differently.
themechanic345 1 year ago
Fuck you, its live....he's just having fun!!
DropkickMurphys12 1 year ago
I saw them live around 1983 and Dave was so drunk he couldn't even remember the words, stopped the songs halfway through, cussed at the crowd and sang horribly. I wrote it off as them having a bad night, but looking at their other concert footage, it wasn't much better. This is sad to see. They should have hung it up after Sammy Hagar.
snarlingrabiddog5150 1 year ago
omg....wtf is that crap.
he's so washed up....and you KNOW he'll never stop the boozin, either.
marshallplexi3 2 years ago
thank goodness he was already a legend or this would of ruined him!!! VH FOREVER
nehocyrrah 2 years ago 5
in the last shows it was spot on but this was before the rehab
doranemon 2 years ago
Eddie is so wasted these days, he constantly screws up.
dudeacus 2 years ago
im guitar player somtimes i have a brain fart and get lost in song i played for years you just draw a blank then i think oh shit yea it comes back
juicemanrocks 2 years ago
yeh maybe he might have to practice and rehearse like us mere mortals-sheesh -hasnt had to play these songs for 20 years doesnt cut it with me-relearn 16 songs then tour -ffs why should fans acept this?
jugulator0 2 years ago
thats sad to see.. but think about it that man prob hasent had to play thoes particular songs in like 20 years or so.. or maby he needs some sause or needs to lay off.. but ether way heas still the reason we all play guitar...
panteradime5150 2 years ago
Wow. Saw VH in Las Vegas on 12/28/07, They were great, the best concert I have seen. Early in the tour though. This is just terrible. Come on get better Eddie!!
dogtownskates 2 years ago
Damn that sucked.
crimchessie 2 years ago
one of those nights!
sad!
cchavez1 2 years ago 2
There is nothing wrong with Eddie's guitar...if something was wrong his guitar tech would quickly hand him another one. He's completely wasted and during the last 2 tours, when he gets wasted he con't pull it off like he use to. Sad to see him this way.
StratGT 2 years ago 3
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they would be better if their drummer was black
florgat91 2 years ago
Ouch. Sloppy, lazy playing. Not saying I could do any better, but... Actually, YEAH I COULD!
billykid84 2 years ago 12
@billykid84 no shit what the fuck happened? mean street is one of my favorite songs to play and i play alongside the original track. WOW i now know what it feels like to be disappointed in EVH. now that's impressive
kenroy916 1 year ago
This is really bad, he sounds lost,this guy is better than that.
solarwind1985 2 years ago
Too bad that a rock legend has to keep doing this. Hopefully, he can stay off the drugs and drinking for good with his new marriage.
Jasong9573 2 years ago
Yea, that was my mistake, but it is a fact that E.V.H. basically transformed guitar into something much more awsome. I think Eddie will stay off the drugs and booze, considering the fact that he allready has like what, tongue or throat cancer. It really is sad that Fame and Fortune got the better of him and really started to fuck up his life.
SadPainfulTruth 2 years ago
Yes. EVH, blew the rock guitar world wide open in 1977/78 and will forever remain that legend. I actually like him more for his sound than playing. His sound was brilliant! Hopefully, he will come back to earth and realize that life really sucks when you are drinking. I am sure he will, now that he is married again.
Jasong9573 2 years ago