and if you think sammies songs suck then you are not thinking straight. this song right here is deep..at the same time dave is singing veautiful girls, ice cream man, hot for teacher, panama, california girls etc. those were great songs but more fun.
been a vh fan since 81' and have seen sammy and dave in concert. sammy is lyrically deeper and much better live. better voice by a long shot. he is a rocker and it shows.
Sammy always delivers 100%, the best frontman they ever had!!!! I've been to DLR shows and everytime he was half in the bag, struggling to finish the show without falling down.
I'm 51% Dave 49% Sammy. Dave's a better front man but I think Sammy has a better voice. He can sing DLR songs, but I can't see Dave singing Van Hagar songs (like he ever would). But Dave is not a ballad singer. He sounded damn good on the reunion tour. It's just too fucking bad they kicked Mike out! That's a black eye for Eddy. If Mike was back, & somehow Sam & DLR could share the stage on tour...holy shit! Wha ta show that would be. Nobody would even come close.
@JensenDR5150 I agree with you man. I wish more then anything though that Anthony would somehow show up for VH their next tour as a surprise guest.. The roof would blow off the place.. Can you imagine?
@TOPmusicman8 .... Yeah... fucking Sammy!!!... So full of energy!!!.... in those years, Hagar looked like a fuckin` athlete... I mean.... like a singer and frontman!!!
According to Sammy Hagar, none of this recording is live. They messed around with it so much they had to go back and re-record almost everything in the studio and dub it. Still a great band though
THIS was the REAL VAN HALEN... in Eddie`s words (1986),... and I`m agree. I mean,,,, what quality in musicians!... what a fucking energy!!!... Great lyrics!!!
This is real music... not all that crap in radio nowadays.... this world is in decadence...
@Zappafan1980 .... Yeah, shit has always existed, and good music too, but these days, this new century... the 90% in music is crap... I`m tired of all this electronic-pop-hiphop-rap-plastic-puke!!!.
Maybe because I`m getting old (41)... but that`s why I`m here in youtube.... watching all my old bands....thanx for the tip on Paul Gilbert (great player)... just waiting for the new Chickenfoot material.....
After watching videos like this one and stuff from the DLR years(early and reunion), I can't understand how people can slam these years. The band is so much tighter onstage and Sammy never seems to be struggling with his vocals! The band just delivers!
@dferris7767 The two eras are different and some people can't handle different. I am a VAN HALEN FAN and also enjoyed VHIII with Gary. I like all their stuff. To me, Van Halen is the brothers and I appreciate gifted artists and how they change and evolve over time. Let's face it, most Van Halen fans are like Uncle Rico from Napoleon Dynamite... stuck in '82.
@dferris7767 The band sounded sharper with sammy---srry dave fans---Dave delivered in the studio,but he was too into drinkin/ doin the "Rock God" thing on stage and didnt pay enough attention to his vocals
@dferris7767 Well it's because Dave is about the party and the show first and the music and the singing in particular second. I love all VH but am partial to the original with DLR but I'd be a fool if I said I disagreed with your statement. They were so freakin' tight with Sammy. I saw them on the OU812 tour and it was amazing. Mine All Mine is one of my fave VH tunes of either era of the band.
@dferris7767 The tape doesnt lie---Van Halen was miles better live with Sammy---You could argue that their "Material" was as good or better with DLR,but live,they rarely delivered,no thanks to DLR's goofy antics and his habit of not singing 1/2 the lyrics in the songs. With Sammy,they were a lot sharper live,and thats a fact.
@brianbela But you'll always have those DLR suck asses that will never agree. The only thing they pay attention to is the party factor instead of the quality "musically"..
@dferris7767 They'd rather have a pretty shitty singer because David Lee Roth gained a lot more range in his later years after Van Halen, he really wasn't that great with Van Halen, Eddie was always the biggest thing with the band, and as long as he is Van Halen, it is good, not like anyone could use the name Van Halen without him without getting sued anyway. lol
i guess as far as concerts in japan go, none of the japanese chicks throw their panties or bras up on stage. ...that would be awesome to see sammy pick one up and throw it over ed's head as he is hammering away on his axe.
@dojOdRiFTeR i agree with you but i wouldn't say "when a band sing better" i would say when a band sing at least the same as in the studio, that means there are no sound effects envolved just talent.
This is live, there is a backing soundtrack though particularly the "soft" part or chorus. They still kick ass though - and Eddie can play anything on his album, Sammy could really sing anything on their albums.
@Leogalvanhalen Look up Van Halens vids on here from Toronto 1995....almost the entire show/songs are uploaded. I believe youtube user esalutti(think that's how it's spelled) has the best uploads. This show was also aired on tv here in Canada. I was at this concert and the sound was awesome, so was the FUCK tour in 1992. In my opinion, Van Halen with Sammy had great shows, musicianship, great sound etc..except Eddie being wasted on the 2004 reunion tour wasn't the best
@Rockywaves73 They were on their A game here as well but I agree about the Toronto concert, thats the one I usually check out & not just because Sammy isnt wearing yellow stretch pants in that one,can you believe he was already in his early 40's on this tour,the man is ageless.
Was thinking same thing about the background vocals - love the "soft parts" in VH songs, "Light up the Sky", etc. too bad not live, but even worse now that MA is out of the group. Their live background vocals now really suck with Eddy and Fats Jr. singing...Mike got screwed.
Is that a fact? I heard this for the first time a week or two ago and was actually wowed by how sweet the backing vocals sounded. I'm thinking, "Mike, Ed-good job!" But pre-recorded huh? Bummer!
@NYVoice they filmed this for japan television, i have it on vhs with the original tv breaks. they fixed and edited the show. yeah listen to the background vocals and they are the same tracks as the album. they also played other songs that are not on the tv concert like "Cabo wabo" & "finish what ya started".
@NYVoice they most likely added the album background vocals later at 5150. i have another night's show from japan 1989 on mp3 and the background vocals are very live. haha.
I grew up on this show along with "live without a net" and never noticed all the "fixes" till years later. im a musician and really listen to this stuff.
i wasnt at this concert but im pretty sure eddie's guitar melted after that solo =)
veeaitch 5 hours ago
and if you think sammies songs suck then you are not thinking straight. this song right here is deep..at the same time dave is singing veautiful girls, ice cream man, hot for teacher, panama, california girls etc. those were great songs but more fun.
spurrier07 1 week ago
been a vh fan since 81' and have seen sammy and dave in concert. sammy is lyrically deeper and much better live. better voice by a long shot. he is a rocker and it shows.
spurrier07 1 week ago
マインオールマイン！！
SUZUKITENPEI 2 weeks ago
King Eddie rules
1regend 2 months ago 3
Sammy always delivers 100%, the best frontman they ever had!!!! I've been to DLR shows and everytime he was half in the bag, struggling to finish the show without falling down.
redhead5150 2 months ago
"STOP LOOKING OUT, START LOOKING IN, BE YOUR OWN BEST FRIEND, STAND UP AND SAY HEY THIS IS MINE ALL MINE"
Words to live by. LOVE this song.
mack666wikid 3 months ago 9
song sounds so sick cuz eddie's playing the guitar instead of the keyboard like on the album version!
saxenas 3 months ago
Van Halen..this song...and yup, we have reached..the "happy place" yet again..
Oh yeah..that works.. ;).. lol..
GottaLoveEddie 3 months ago
This song kicks ass.
psuengineer84 4 months ago 3
3:06
RockandMetal999 4 months ago
I'm 51% Dave 49% Sammy. Dave's a better front man but I think Sammy has a better voice. He can sing DLR songs, but I can't see Dave singing Van Hagar songs (like he ever would). But Dave is not a ballad singer. He sounded damn good on the reunion tour. It's just too fucking bad they kicked Mike out! That's a black eye for Eddy. If Mike was back, & somehow Sam & DLR could share the stage on tour...holy shit! Wha ta show that would be. Nobody would even come close.
JensenDR5150 4 months ago in playlist More videos from VanHalenLive
@JensenDR5150 I agree with you man. I wish more then anything though that Anthony would somehow show up for VH their next tour as a surprise guest.. The roof would blow off the place.. Can you imagine?
codebreaker212p 3 months ago
they were awesome then. WOW
tommid11 4 months ago
Sammy es un pedazo de cantante y quizas Dave es más espectacular, pero peor cantante
fjil69 5 months ago
My God I Love This! Kick-Ass Awesome! Then again...VH always is ;)
GottaLoveEddie 5 months ago
Wow, they're really firing on all cylinders here.
jfuentezhd 5 months ago
i dont understand how people could where tights like that i mean wouldent it hurt?
distelhurst43 5 months ago
Haha, still cracks me up right after the solo when Sammy realizes he needs to sing and runs back quickly to sing late
TOPmusicman8 6 months ago 3
@TOPmusicman8 .... Yeah... fucking Sammy!!!... So full of energy!!!.... in those years, Hagar looked like a fuckin` athlete... I mean.... like a singer and frontman!!!
carensaldi 6 months ago 14
Damn thats a tight band...
tapehead004 7 months ago
According to Sammy Hagar, none of this recording is live. They messed around with it so much they had to go back and re-record almost everything in the studio and dub it. Still a great band though
jjim0437 7 months ago
@jjim0437 according to Sammy's book, it's the "Live:Right here, Right now" live album. This recording is not from that album or concert!
dferris7767 6 months ago
oh God, I remember this song. and yeah I think Sammy Hagar bring VH into whole new level of awesomeness.....too bad he's not with them anymore
payutubee 7 months ago 4
@payutubee Got that right!!!! Hagar gives his fans 110% on stage, you'll never see him struggle on stage. DLR was drunk everytime I saw them.
redhead5150 6 months ago 4
Thumbs up if you think this live version sounds better than the album version!
wsaer56 7 months ago 7
you guys better give me somethin!!!!
StandTrue2 7 months ago
eddie's solos went to crap after sammy joined
swing8th 8 months ago
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Great Lyrics, Beautiful Music, Masterpiece !!!!!!!
danikurniawan77 8 months ago
Donald Duck Shirt FTW
cris931609 8 months ago
sammy looks so young..and as akways, lyrically masterful
spurrier07 9 months ago 2
Fantastic lyrics.
apollo13jim 9 months ago
after 25 years....still get goosebumps when Eddie breaks out into that solo! EPIC!!
rapidtranq 9 months ago 2
THIS was the REAL VAN HALEN... in Eddie`s words (1986),... and I`m agree. I mean,,,, what quality in musicians!... what a fucking energy!!!... Great lyrics!!!
This is real music... not all that crap in radio nowadays.... this world is in decadence...
carensaldi 9 months ago
@carensaldi
There was decadence in 1989 to, in Lifestyle in Pop Music (look at the Budget of Jacksons videos)
Ok in 1989 there was no Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber...
What i really want to say is there is still great music these days for example my Fav, guitar player Paul Gilbert
check his Songs: Bliss, Radiator, You Kids
and American Beauty by Mr. Big ( from their new CD )
Zappafan1980 9 months ago
@Zappafan1980 .... Yeah, shit has always existed, and good music too, but these days, this new century... the 90% in music is crap... I`m tired of all this electronic-pop-hiphop-rap-plastic-puke!!!.
Maybe because I`m getting old (41)... but that`s why I`m here in youtube.... watching all my old bands....thanx for the tip on Paul Gilbert (great player)... just waiting for the new Chickenfoot material.....
carensaldi 9 months ago 3
@carensaldi
Believe me it has nothing to do with age i am 29 and started to seriosly listen to music in 1998
I was 17 my Friend learned Guitar and he gave me a CD called Images and Words by Dream Theater
i thought OMG this guy plays better then Slash
and then i learned about Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Andy Timmons, Matthias Eklundh ( of Freak Kitchen )
Kiko Loureiro
Thankfully we got youtube
Zappafan1980 9 months ago
@Zappafan1980 ... Hey, good for you... you know about good music!!!... but you believe me, I`m getting old....
I like Zappa too, and all that weired things he did...
carensaldi 9 months ago
@carensaldi
Yeah Frank Zappa is the Man, he kind of invented complex rock music by combining it with Jazz and Classic
My Favorite CDs by him are Joes Garage, Roxy & Elsewhere, Zappa Live in New York, One Size Fits All
I am very happy that his Son plays his music Live i hope i can see them this year or so
Check Black Napkins 1977 on youtube,
Zappa plays Zappa also made 2 new Live CD s
Zappafan1980 9 months ago
Japanese fans are great. VH (with Roth or Hagar/Red Rocker/Cabo Wabo) still sell a lot of records in Japan.
MrPman851 9 months ago
2:22
thamervh 10 months ago
This is absolute peak EVH, and all the true afficianados know it!
gottaluvguitar 10 months ago
unfortunatly, sammy has put on a lot of weight since this was filmed
dcfanchris 10 months ago
nice pants sammy
apmgr251 10 months ago
After watching videos like this one and stuff from the DLR years(early and reunion), I can't understand how people can slam these years. The band is so much tighter onstage and Sammy never seems to be struggling with his vocals! The band just delivers!
dferris7767 10 months ago 44
@dferris7767
Exactly. Roth was good in studio, but Sammy was the all round frontman who always delivered vocally. :D
AUnitedIreland 10 months ago
@dferris7767 Sammy doesn't struggle with vocals. =-)
caldrumr 10 months ago
@dferris7767 The two eras are different and some people can't handle different. I am a VAN HALEN FAN and also enjoyed VHIII with Gary. I like all their stuff. To me, Van Halen is the brothers and I appreciate gifted artists and how they change and evolve over time. Let's face it, most Van Halen fans are like Uncle Rico from Napoleon Dynamite... stuck in '82.
DarthKazi 9 months ago
@dferris7767 The band sounded sharper with sammy---srry dave fans---Dave delivered in the studio,but he was too into drinkin/ doin the "Rock God" thing on stage and didnt pay enough attention to his vocals
mrbrianmccarthy 8 months ago
@dferris7767 Well it's because Dave is about the party and the show first and the music and the singing in particular second. I love all VH but am partial to the original with DLR but I'd be a fool if I said I disagreed with your statement. They were so freakin' tight with Sammy. I saw them on the OU812 tour and it was amazing. Mine All Mine is one of my fave VH tunes of either era of the band.
6StringBuckeye917 5 months ago
@dferris7767 The tape doesnt lie---Van Halen was miles better live with Sammy---You could argue that their "Material" was as good or better with DLR,but live,they rarely delivered,no thanks to DLR's goofy antics and his habit of not singing 1/2 the lyrics in the songs. With Sammy,they were a lot sharper live,and thats a fact.
brianbela 2 months ago 6
@brianbela But you'll always have those DLR suck asses that will never agree. The only thing they pay attention to is the party factor instead of the quality "musically"..
jfuentezhd 2 months ago
@dferris7767 They'd rather have a pretty shitty singer because David Lee Roth gained a lot more range in his later years after Van Halen, he really wasn't that great with Van Halen, Eddie was always the biggest thing with the band, and as long as he is Van Halen, it is good, not like anyone could use the name Van Halen without him without getting sued anyway. lol
DavidKinner 3 weeks ago
@dferris7767 Definately. Pity the songs suck.
minimumpayne 1 week ago
awesome music
Alhambrattp 11 months ago
eddie was an alcoholic, crack and heroin never came into the picture
veeaitch 11 months ago
@veeaitch EVH was (is?) also into cocaine.
jrmarrero96 11 months ago
if only eddie couldnt destroyed himself with crack and heroin....
BDPGT 11 months ago
Van Halen is about the only group I can think of from that period that continued to rule.
ColtraneTaylor 11 months ago
i think his guitar melted after that solo
veeaitch 1 year ago
Badass, rockin', in your face, steamroller of a song! I love the sound of the live drums!
TodayzTomSawyer 1 year ago
damn this is amazing the whole band is in the zone
HayleeMichelle 1 year ago
man sammy looks a lot older now
stan2001mn 1 year ago
@stan2001mn considering this is over 20 years ago, he doesn't look that bad...
codebreaker212p 1 year ago
@stan2001mn Agreed- but he still kicks ass on vocals!!!!!
edzick917 11 months ago
i guess as far as concerts in japan go, none of the japanese chicks throw their panties or bras up on stage. ...that would be awesome to see sammy pick one up and throw it over ed's head as he is hammering away on his axe.
mireaux7 1 year ago
man alex is such an awesome drummer
tommyhyde 1 year ago
This is a great song! Only 4200 views?
Ragenrider 1 year ago
Someone should do a guitar tutorial for this song.
VanHalenLedZeppelin7 1 year ago
van halen always sounded better live thats when u know a band is good same for queen
dojOdRiFTeR 1 year ago
@dojOdRiFTeR i agree with you but i wouldn't say "when a band sing better" i would say when a band sing at least the same as in the studio, that means there are no sound effects envolved just talent.
Leogalvanhalen 1 year ago
@Leogalvanhalen true but van halen r eally do sound better live their studio stuff is good but live is just amazing
dojOdRiFTeR 1 year ago
If only Van Halen was still properly together.
VanHalenLedZeppelin7 1 year ago
This is live, there is a backing soundtrack though particularly the "soft" part or chorus. They still kick ass though - and Eddie can play anything on his album, Sammy could really sing anything on their albums.
poijof 1 year ago
Kiss Alive! was also exposed as not really being live,but you can't blame them for trying to put out the best product to the paying customer.
plofus 1 year ago
@plofus No kiss just sux, this is waaaaaay past them....
blasty5150 1 year ago
is this the real audio?, this man sang the same way as in the studio, wow!!!
Leogalvanhalen 1 year ago
@Leogalvanhalen Look up Van Halens vids on here from Toronto 1995....almost the entire show/songs are uploaded. I believe youtube user esalutti(think that's how it's spelled) has the best uploads. This show was also aired on tv here in Canada. I was at this concert and the sound was awesome, so was the FUCK tour in 1992. In my opinion, Van Halen with Sammy had great shows, musicianship, great sound etc..except Eddie being wasted on the 2004 reunion tour wasn't the best
Rockywaves73 1 year ago
@Rockywaves73 They were on their A game here as well but I agree about the Toronto concert, thats the one I usually check out & not just because Sammy isnt wearing yellow stretch pants in that one,can you believe he was already in his early 40's on this tour,the man is ageless.
plofus 1 year ago
Coolest solo on the cd! I love this song
VHDT10 1 year ago
Was thinking same thing about the background vocals - love the "soft parts" in VH songs, "Light up the Sky", etc. too bad not live, but even worse now that MA is out of the group. Their live background vocals now really suck with Eddy and Fats Jr. singing...Mike got screwed.
poijof 1 year ago 15
@poijof Mike didn't get screwed. He's in Chickenfoot and I guarantee you he is very happy!
greshamweed 8 months ago
Is that a fact? I heard this for the first time a week or two ago and was actually wowed by how sweet the backing vocals sounded. I'm thinking, "Mike, Ed-good job!" But pre-recorded huh? Bummer!
NYVoice 1 year ago
@NYVoice they filmed this for japan television, i have it on vhs with the original tv breaks. they fixed and edited the show. yeah listen to the background vocals and they are the same tracks as the album. they also played other songs that are not on the tv concert like "Cabo wabo" & "finish what ya started".
johnnybeane 1 year ago
@NYVoice they most likely added the album background vocals later at 5150. i have another night's show from japan 1989 on mp3 and the background vocals are very live. haha.
I grew up on this show along with "live without a net" and never noticed all the "fixes" till years later. im a musician and really listen to this stuff.
johnnybeane 1 year ago
This ain't totally live.
The background vocals are from the album.
You can even hear Sammy's voice singing them at the end!
johnnybeane 1 year ago