Van Halen Somebody Get me a Doctor Live 1977

[madtechie]

This song is from a bootleg called Die Laughing.

vhboots.com/dielaughingcd.html

[eclipseoneonone]

I have this on Vinal. Definantly from 1977 cux I've owned it since 1979

[LonghammerGuy]

This video is one of the numerous reasons of why Michael should get back in the band.

[MrHorrorble]

I'm 43, never heard this....KILLER!!!! I can't believe how great the sound quality and performance is. Would love to have this. I think what's so startling about the guitar tone is that it sounds like a vintage marshall ON FIRE = sizzling! I like Blackmoore, but his amps didn't do that.

[sweenykim]

Michael Anthony's contribution to the Van Halen "Sound" is beyond amazing!

[Jetster777]

Anyone who is a tru Van Halen fan will know that this is authentic. Pure and raw!

[xxxx15us]

No question it's from 1977, if you hear the whole show it's made apparent. Awesome show. I bought this from a bootlegger on CD in the early 90s and still listen to it a lot.

[rodjohnson69]

This is def. from 1977 and I think is off the "Dressed To Kill" bootleg. Great vid!

[zer0dahero]

@TheAURIEMMA No it wasn't so you must not be a so called "fan"

[Mystica245]

seen them open for sabbath van Halen blew them away

[Mystica245]

seen them open for sabbath van halen blew them away

[SkyNett]

People are dumb shits - of course this is from 77 - you can tell by the different intro chords.... lol...

[SuperBobo228]

i hope i dont effend any one by saying this but this sounds so mutch better than on they album

[jimmy5150ify]

MICHAEL ANTHONY!!!

[glowasted999]

this is not from '77...I have this "album" on a bootleg record, LP..Its off Van Halen 2 tour. '79.

[fullinyou]

@glowasted999 This is a bootleg that went around on cassette back in the eighties. It was the first show after recording Van Halen 1. It was at the Pasadena Civic in December of '77. It is called "Die Laughing." Listen to Atomic Punk from this show. He says "This is our last show at The Pasadena Civic!"

[duppydoopy]

@glowasted999 dude sorry, but all you have to do is listen to the intro to know this aint from the 79 tour....the intro was changed for the VH 2 album thanks to Ted Templeton.........this is definatley pre Van Halen 1 and 2.

[davidbrucemusicvideo]

Yep, this totally sounds like its from before they were signed, or from when they were touring in '78 for the new record. But the way you can tell its probably '77 is if they were emulating the record, there wouldn't be the longer solo and then going into a totally different progression of the song that's not on the record. Producers have a way of shortening songs. :-) Great stuff!

[mfluke44]

i have a bootleg copy of this supposedly from 1977 also...it sounds similar to this...i will upload it..

[CribNotes]

Even if you think Eddie is a wanker, you can't talk shit about his SOUND. During the 70's mulit-tracking guitars became the norm. Boston was the pinnacle of the 70's overdubbed guitar sound in 1976. Then Eddie comes along and says "I don't need no stinkin' overdub! Eat this!" Best sounding hard rock guitar ever - the brown sound.

[epoxycock]

I had this on a bootleg 20 yrs. ago it is from '77- Eddie on a good night- BAD-ASS.

[TuskerKevin]

I have this 77' demo. It IS real. Plus, Eddie does the extended solo, which didn't make it to the album in 79'

[badhorsee]

EDDIE HASNT PLAYED THIS WAY IN 4 EVER, HELL , HES BORING NOW, I MEAN FOR ALL THE GUITERPLAYERS HES PROB REGRESSED THE WORST, I MEAN HES GOT NO FIRE NOW, BARELY A FLAME

[Gaffhart77]

@badhorsee you mean "re"gressed? lol I know what you mean though, it seems like Eddie really cooled down now after quittin the partying and drugs...

[bongnbud]

you-tube,... read comment by "nerdflanders8710" the words run continuosly and they are very disgustingly offensive (please) remove!,..

[MrTRockster]

I've had this cassette tape boardmix since 1981 at least. There are clues to the date.

[AtomicPunk1995]

this could be in 1977. Why would anyone say otherwise?

[ramindsr]

Thats true all of their early material had been played live even before Gene saw eddie warming up (eruption). Was around thirty songs and more that didnt make it on the first few albums....bullethead is a good example

[nerdflanders8710]

i don;t know lads, sometimes eddie just blows me away and sometimes his solos are just him jerking off.

[izzydye]

I believe ya brother.

[theShowStopper321]

Some of the rawest playing ever. 

[DeepGlue555]

"zaa blah ga waaa zana gawba SOMEBODY GET ME A DOCTOR"

LOL Dave wtf r u singing

[theShowStopper321]

Its hard to believe thats a just a cranked plexi. The variac was more for making the tubes last longer than adding more gain. I've used a variac'd Marshall before and its doesn't really add more gain.

[headlesssoldier]

@theShowStopper321 it totally is. I've heard one in person, and I have a reproduction of one. Plus, Eddie uses light strings and an extremely hot pick up. He claims he used something like an old PAF. But he had rewound super hot/

[bbutters2]

I can't believe that angus young labeled van halen "basically a pop band", hes a dope and doesn't get what vh were trying to do. all he has to do is listen to this and realize it is really hard blues rock music, what a douche he is(angus) good guitarist but a douche nonetheless. vh has pop sensibilities but are not a "Pop" band.

[mrbrianmccarthy]

@bbutters2  Angus was just jealous of Eddie---

[bbutters2]

@mrbrianmccarthy Im sure he was, I am!

Ha LOL

[theShowStopper321]

@bbutters2 Angus was jealous. He said Edward must know all his scales, which shows he knows nothing about Edward cus he wasn't a "scale" guy, he just came up with more creative ways to play outside the box, where Angus was stuck in the pentatonic box. They also were not pop, Warner forced them to become more commercial after Fair Warning, which sounded anti-pop

[rodjohnson69]

This is from the "Dressed To Kill" bootleg, I think. I used to own it and submitter isn't lying:  It's from 1977

[tmpc45]

Personally i could care less when it was recorded.. All i know is ive never heard it except for live back in the day. Everyday i hear something on YouTube i never knew existed.. YouTube fucking rocks!

[justentime77]

I have a bootleg tape of them playing a party in Pasadena in 76' and they were already playing this.

[tambrose445]

1977??? - I don't even care. There is no mistake that this is early Van Halen at their best and this is an excellent bootleg recording.

[tomintroy]

FREAKIE LITTLE DUTCHMAN WARPED THAT GGG-TARRR!

[longwhip]

I have this boot leg from the Pasaden Civic center and THIS IS REAL from 1977. In this show they had the "car horns"in the box for noise makers you hear slowed down to "E" for Running with the Devil...on the album and NON BELIEVERS do not even post a comment to this....I have the ORIGINAL RECORDING. Eddie even had the pickup fall out of his guitar in this show in which he claimed a kid ripped out, but I saw it break and fall against the pickup after a stage jump he did...

[AgilePenatonic1]

This is from '77, I made a copy of this from a friends bootleg album, believe it or not. Listen to the structure of the song, its a little different than VH 2.....Ted Templeton changed it. On this album Dave says "Heres something I been waitin to say...this is from our new album, then they go into a song from the first album, Atomic Punk I think. webvidseek you are right 1977

[careypeak23]

@AgilePenatonic1 this is the first show after recording thier album,the last local show before they left for tour. They changed the beggining and middle of somebody get me a doctor, like the always were changing and developing thier songs.

[dittohed71]

This is way cool!! thanks man!!!

[vanhalenkid]

How is this so hard to figure out, this song came out in 1979 on VHII, it was written a LONG time before that. So what. House of Pain was written around the same time but wasn't released until 1984

[gobbler6]

The lick at 2:14 is why Eddie is still the most important rock player since Hendrix. But his brother Alex had no small role in that feat.

[BillFrancoGuitarist]

This is indeed from a 77 gig they did before releasing VH1, just after they had finished recording it. Those that remember (aka: old dude like myself) can recall that it was Feb 78 when it came out & we all said a collective "WTF?!"

I bought a copy of this bootleg store in '82 & Roth clearly states, "Here's one from our FIRST album...!"

So, yup, it's 77, & Eddie does have LOTS-o-gain (from turning the amp all the way up & using a variac). G*d he was an unstoppable force of nature back then!!

[theShowStopper321]

In the early days Eddie played really raw, free, and it sounded almost savage-like.

[stevemanick]

Lsten to webvidseek-he is a smart man. This young band had over 40 songs in their arsenal before the release of their first album. Since only 10-12 songs went on an album back then it stands to reason they had plenty left for upcoming releases.

[custardpie40]

damn!!! i've been searching for frigging 3 decades for Vintage Van Halen Demos..anything live..i really wish they would put out some early demos

[custardpie40]

damn!!! i've been searching for frigging 3 decades for Vintage Van Halen Demos..anything live..

[spidey5959]

I don't, I remember going to some of those show, we use to come from Long Beach to go to the whiskey great place, some great talent preform there, much like the Cavern Club with the Beatles was.

[Trooperx0]

If this is really a 1977 version then no one on this fucking planet has any right to say Van Halen did nothing for rock!

[fortmeme]

@Trooperx0 this SGMA is from the Pasedena show in 10.15.1977

[eugejnr1]

jesus that bridge bit before the main riff is wild and way ahead of its time...at the time....if ya get me!!!

[zer0dahero]

i can see why some people would suspect this is not van halen. David didn't sound as we are used to but... Cover bands never improvise and the guitar here is improvising a lot and being very aggressive, exeptionally unlike a cover band. That leads me to believe it's the real thing. Besides, I've hear this same bootleg before and so I know its the real thing.

[jflor98]

They say Britney Spears invented the low rider pants. I think it was Roth. lol

[guidedbyvoices23]

lol, hell yea..Roth was a badass..alot of people dont realize that Roth kind patternrd his stage persona from Jim Dandy of Black Oak Arkansas who formed arounded the late 60s but didnt get much hoopla till like early/mid 70s, ive seen both of em live and theres no doubt that Dandy influenced Roth a hell of a lot, wether Roth will admit it, i dont know..but their both great frontmen in my book..i miss that alot, i wish more bands today were like that..

[rensklaassen]

eruption will be his own solo for ever, but from the early days this must be one of his best live solo's!! i have this one on cd and i have many more cd but i love this sole like far the most

!!! ahah the town where i live in holland is like 15 miles away of Nijmegen * where he lived in his younger years *

[guidedbyvoices23]

theres no doubt that this is from the early days, you can tell by eddies style of playing, he still had his raw aggresive edge, i mean hes still great but after like the mid 80s his style seemed to become more processed and generic, i seen VH 3 times,first in 79 all the way thru mid 90s..the early Eddie was beyond amazing

[generationaluv]

@guidedbyvoices23 I agree totally! His rhythm's are second to none! but everyone focuses on his solo's. both are the Best I have heard since Jimi!

[DEANZO6]

@guidedbyvoices23 Seventy eight!

[TuskerKevin]

I love the extended solo in this version....

[asgerms]

This is probably the best rhythm-tone I've ever heard from EVH.

[Steelersrockjj]

This has be one of Ed's greatest live solos...this one and solo on Outta Love Again. Both swing hard core and echo the main riff incredibly well. Really, absolutely brilliant. Later solos also great (Hear about it Later, Push Comes to Shove) but none had quite the same raw bite heavy swing as these two. No doubt his father, who also grooved increadibly well, must have influenced his playing in a big way.

[Cedrictheheadric]

you know your shit kudos

[jonesy97]

Agreed, that was amazing. I was 13 when this was going on, and worshiping Eddie as the guitar god that he is. I remember Frank Zappa thanked him for reinventing the guitar. Guess it was getting kind of boring out there until VH came along.

[theShowStopper321]

If your talking about the swing feel the verse riff from "Bottoms Up" swings harder than any of their tunes, and "I'm the One".

[804pillow]

PA-tape from the houseconsole?

[LMAO0O0O0]

the best rock band ever...Van @!*&# Halennnnnnnnnnn !!!!!!!!!

[heyawhaw]

amazing

all the bootleg stuff from before the VH 1 album is TOTALLY AMAZING! This is live so it's a little rough in the edges but WTF The ENERGY!!!

Not like nowdays when all rock bands go for brutality and sounding like machines

VH played music because they were brought up as musicians!

[Cedrictheheadric]

what chords is he playing in the intro??????????

[iownallnoobs]

i think power chords on A string : 12 fret 7 and 5

[Cedrictheheadric]

thanks

[ravenrage07]

G, Cadd9, and D major I think. Thts how I play it anyway. The 2nd part using the a major shape moving it up the neck. Like bar an A chord and hit the A chord, then go up to I think 5th fret, then 7th w/ a pulloff on the 8th fret B string. Thts how i do it neway.

[jerichoe]

FUCK!!!!!!!!!! I'd forgotten how GOOD these mother fuckers sounded back in their day!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kenbird7]

this is from the pasadena civic center and I believe it's the first show they did after they signed with warner brothers.

[wiggertronix]

meaninig ...full of mistakes... but ! explosive and in your fkn face

[wiggertronix]

the solo is very human and nuclear reactor in nature

[rick0000122]

little rough around the edges but vintage vh none the less............

[gonedeep43]

Dude!! Alot of Van Halen song were done way before they were put out on an album. In fact some of the songs they do during this time didn't come out until their 3rd or 4th album and also they were renamed and on a few occassions, the lyrics were changed.

[webvidseek]

Because they made a lot of songs even from Fair Warning before they released their debut album. They probably spread it out to have material on all albums

[Xaldar]

@webvidseek true they had songs writen for there demo for gene simmons that were never released, alot of songs like hang 'em high and mean streets were actually completely different songs until they were finally made the ones we know and love

[Trooperx0]

@frankenstrat25 he was playing parts of spanish fly in like 1975 for his solos.....

[peter1493]

@frankenstrat25 they had even been playing a different version of house of pain around 1976 and the ended up putting it on 1984

[theShowStopper321]

@frankenstrat25 This was def. before VH1 was released. This song was on the GEne Simmons demos.

[segitary]

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[actionwood1]

He is tuned down a full step. Maybe he should have stayed with that. Great tone.

[video64]

I don't think it's tuned downed. I think the audio has been slowed down -- The whole thing is slow and Dave sounds funny

[actionwood1]

This is the best sound I have ever heard out of Eddie and that is saying something. Brown sound indeed!!

[TheGumbo13]

sweet solo i prefer this solo over the recorded one

[P4inkill3r666]

Great record!

According to the tone Eddie used at that time I'd say it was recorded in late '79 or '80.

[blackguitar86]

I have this same recording on tape. This was before they were signed. It is at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium and Ted Templeman was in the audience. I would say that the year is correct here.

[peter1493]

yeah i think it was 1977 too

[blackguitar86]

It has to be 1977. I was listening to that old audio and I heard EVH using bad guitar cords. His sound kept cutting out. He would not do that if he was signed. At least the record company would not let something like that happen.

[peter1493]

it was live

[blackguitar86]

But it was an excessive loss of sound.

[CassFan5150]

Sounds like the tone 2 Smoke on the water...

[dgdgdg100172]

More Cowbell!!!!!!

[JManGuitar5150]

It is definitely different from the released version. The opening riff is using different chords.

[Hunkola]

These guys were bad asses from Day 1..........they just had the gift.

[Greenballed]

Sombody get me a duck-taaaaaeeeiiiii!

Mike kicked ass back then.

[alagogo]

ed vanhalen, best volume swells in rock!

[747RocksJax]

Alot of bands demos are actually heavier than how its released... I almost always like the demos more... Its like when they design a kick ass concept car and then the production car doesnt have all the rawness... In Rock n Roll.. the rawness kicks is what I like...

Great track... thanks for posting... Eddie friggin rocks.

[webvidseek]

no prob. thanx for watching!

[Gaffhart77]

@747RocksJax I agree 100 percent. I almost ALWAYS like the demos more...The beginning is different in the early days opposed to the studio version...you notice that? I think the studio version sounds just asa heavy as the demo version, at least on this song...

[guitarcolossus]

I'm almost certain this is from a bootleg that I had back in like 1983 called 'Die Laughing'. Cool.

[webvidseek]

the site i got it from said '77 but you could be right.

[DoktorDum]

It was a bootleg HE HAD in 1983, which means it could easily be published in '77 :)

[webvidseek]

That doesn't make sense. How do I record something in 83 and publish in 77?

[heyawhaw]

REW / REC !!! XD

[tyepusernamehere]

The other way around ;-)

[WeberRockGuitar]

@webvidseek Many VH songs that were on Van Halen II and even Woman and Children First were written pre-van Halen I days. So it could acually be from 77

[luvthevanhalen]

so sweet

[webvidseek]

agreed

[fender51503]

awesome version!

[webvidseek]

it almost sounds a little different from the original.

[fender51503]

This is badass my friend!

[webvidseek]

thanx!

[webvidseek]

thank you!

[shamber9]

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