Van Halen - MTV Lost Weekend (Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love) - 1984-04-04 [VHFrance Videos]

[RebelSpiritof77]

This is what Van Halen was all about in their prime, pure over-indulgence and excess...god I miss those party-hearty days :(

[LSAMMAN]

I was fortunate enough to see VH tour on:

1980 Woman Children First

1981 Fair Warning

1983 Diver Down

1984 1984

And I must say, each one of those concerts kicked some serious ASS!! This dude was one lucky bastard to win the Lost Weekend contest.

[mkeane442]

lucky homo

[pixelvisions]

Merci beaucoup!!!!!!!!!

[YeshuaISMessiah1]

wow that was incredible! lucky kid won that!!!

thanks for the awesome post!

[TuneLoony61]

TUNELOONY WAS HERE! Literally! I Was At This Show! Detroit Rock City!

[144wychwood]

AHHHHHHH!!! the 80's. 

[bsouthe]

greatest live band ever....with Dave, that is!!

[hitnrundrummer]

Ive collected VH footage since the 80s...never seen all of this! Thank you!

[gtrrobster]

@gtrrobster ? at myself?

Man, I gotta say, if anyone can say there was a more powerful live band at that time (or perhaps any time)

I'd sure like to see it.

The year before I was at DD tour, same venue, and I was one of those SOBs at the very front getting smashed by the crowd. It was great! Those security dudes had their hands full, to prevent a full blown stampede.

That blond chick got the old neck choke esaphugus (-5, sp) smashing....and did not even feel it.

[ldrslucas]

@gtrrobster A more or equally powerful band live? ACϟDC

[gtrrobster]

@ldrslucas

naw!!!

[gtrrobster]

yeah man! I was at both of these shows.......me am proud of that :)

[gtrrobster]

yeah man! I was at both of these shows.......me am proud of that :)

[Gav671]

Would help if the bass was plugged in

[cotonete777]

Dave is more than drunk toniiiiiiiiight!

[jasonungar08]

I hated this fucking guy. I was so jealous. You know how many god damn entries I sent in? I made it a class project in 7th grade for christ sake.

[JeffVHFan]

6:38 just makes it look so easy huh

[ziggy72170]

(3:25)..What the Hell is "Zakk Wylde" doing there ?

[ouluvme2]

that blonde with the black top screaming at 8:23 on gets a hand to her throat and who knows what else!  crazy

[mycharity4kids]

The tone of Eddie's guitar.. gives me a boner. it's the best tone i've heard!

[aldomania]

Now that's Rock n Roll Baby!

[bsouthe]

back when music was fun,mtv was fun...no rap bullshit

[motleycrue24]

god should of made a exception and make it so van halen would of never got old

[ludwigking]

OMG is this the DORK that won??????

[TuneLoony61]

I Was At This Show! Nice! Thank's for Sharing!!!

Tune was Here!!!!

[xgcrashoveride]

what song was he playing before aint talkin bout love starts?

[justnice310]

@xgcrashoveride the riff he was playing is called "Growth". Its at the end of Women and Children first, right after "In a simple rhyme"

[Dolph1778]

@boinger5150 No it was at Cobo hall!!! I was there. If you are a big fan i can send you an aftershow pass from that night!

[GMAenterprise]

LOOK AT EDDIE AT 6:39!!! halarious

[CarolusKlipp482]

Dnload the audio from this tune at searchripgrab doht cohm.

[scittball]

IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMEBODY UN PLUGGED MIKE'S BASS

[paisleyization]

@8:27 watch the blonde girl in the black sleeveless top; the black security guard grabs her by the throat and pushes her back into the crowd.

[BiologicalUnit2380]

Eddie sounds even better in tune.

[paisleyization]

This footage is like those dreams where you're on a stage but you have no idea why or what you're doing there. Amazing to be actually on stage with the band through the camera. That guy probably spent some time in the psyche ward after his adventure.

[cvjucla3]

Awesome vid and coverage. This is absolutely intense for the hardcore VH fan to see this footage for the first time in its entirety. Takes me right back to the second night at the Forum in Los Angeles May 14, 1984 when I saw my heroes for the very first time. During this contest MTV was at its very best. Thanks VH France.

[Hunkola]

This was April 4, 1984......."Jump" was already #1 on the radio by the time this footage was shot........Van Halen was the biggest band in the world at this point

[jhop5150]

This is the highest quality old VH live video I've ever seen. Now I know how his live tone was in 84: AMAZING. I thought that maybe it seemed to treble-y in 2007 was because I had never actually seen VH live before, but this marshall sound seems MUCH more velvety. Unless that's just because this is on 32mm film and not digital, I think that this is far superior to his razorblade tone now. I think he must have lost some high frequency hearing and thinks the 5150III sounds smoother than it is.

[whalefan5150]

@jhop5150 This is recorded right off of the soundboard. Eddies guitar is basically dry. Dave's Voice has no echo or reverb. The sound you hear on this video is not the sound you would here in the audience. I love the rawness of the sound myself! good stuff.

[sandiego5150]

@whalefan5150 It is the dry guitar, drums etc. but to be more precise what we hear is Alex's monitor that is right next to him. Alex always wanted to hear exclusively Ed's dry channel and Roth's vocal. The audience got the dry and wet mix, which was incredible during the 84 tour.

[whalefan5150]

@sandiego5150 good info ur right. my brother is the same way and now he's deaf ha ha ha 

[juno716]

@VHFrance This is at Cobo Arena. April 4, and 5, 1984.  Kind of toward the end of Cobo's heyday for big rock shows. VH didn't play the Joe until 1986 for 5150.

[VHFrance]

@juno716 Whooops, you're right ! My bad :)

[MMAFAN66]

@juno716 Correct!!!! I was there!!!! Cobo Hall !!

[MMAFAN66]

@juno716 Correct!!!! I was there!!!! Cobo Hall !! Autograph opened (I believe)

[juno716]

@VHFrance This is at Cobo Arena. April 4, and 5, 1984. VH didn't play the Joe until 1986 for 5150.

[scittball]

@boinger5150  APRIL 5TH 1984 @ COBO HALL DETROIT MI.

[blachubear]

Van Halen at the peak of their career, during the "1984" tour. I remember this contest too. Wonder where this dude is now?

[tl46]

coolest thing i've ever seen. if i wasn't 9 during that tour, i would have seen as many shows as humanly possible. awesome.

[earlymtv]

dag. that would make a lifetime of memories

[Hunkola]

OH FUCK ME........so many horny chicks in the audience in rowdy Detroit........all of them lusting after Dave's cock.......that lucky bastard

[perfidia2]

umhh.. wheres Michaels Bass ?? cant hear any of it.... :S But still ******* COOL VIDEO!!!! long live Van Halen

[jhop5150]

HOLY SHIT FOOTAGE ON STAGE WITH VAN HALEN DURING A SONG. In my town Detroit, no less! NEVER have I been to a metal show in Detroit with that many chicks.

[ouluvme2]

Where the hell is the rest of this concert??

[Luckums135]

@ouluvme2 well it is the lost weekend :)

[mike2327]

DAm I sent away for that tshirt and got one should have kept it

[meritmthl]

shit that was cool

[EddieRay66]

THE MIGHTY VAN HALEN..!!!!!

[johnnybeane]

OMG!!!!!!

Ive only seen small clips of this over the years.

Imagine a whole dvd of this footage!!!!!!

[zackvanhalen]

@johnnybeane Yeah that would be awesome. But they'd have to fix up the audio.

[ouluvme2]

UNBELIEVABLE!

[deenys]

Yess!!!!!