You can tell they're young because they're still trying. Dave actually sings the lyric. Starting on the first tour after the first album Dave got very sloppy and then sang that way for the rest of his time with Van Halen. He would just "slur talk" the lyrics live. Also, Ed was not yet "over flourishing" his guitar parts yet. He's actually playing a phrase from beginning to end without throwing in incidentals. Bands are better in the early stages before they have success to rest on.
@NelsonClick Most of the time "Bands are better in the early stages before they have success to rest on" thats what I say, too. But then, fans are also lazy. Ed can stand around and wank Eruption with 3-4 notes and they gush "greatest ever"
77 76 78.. who cares just enjoy it why argue bout what year its from shit if u know what year it was than why do you have to prove it to everyone on youtube shit anytime someone puts a year of a recording for van halen all the noobs get together and stick it up each others ass
It's funny thinking about it, that people spent the next 15 yrs trying to clone van halen. Some of the cheesiest bullshit acts ever conceived were because of these guys. Myself, along with countless others have tried to make a buck stealing (a little or a lot) from van halen's originality.
Eddie was all over the place!! He said they thought they were kinda punk in the early years, and this song sounds like it. Very cool version of a great song!
alright already....jeez.....get off my back. I still got all you fucks. Saw Halen at the Garden in 81. 12 years old....only spook in the arena.....fought the zoo crew and the deli boys and the cops that night. they extended EVERYBODY WANTS SOME. JUNGLE DRUMS......I WAS THE ONLY MOOLIE OUT OF 17,000 CAVEMEN. I FUCKING RULE SO EASE UP CAUSE I GOT THE FREAKIN YEAR WRONG ALREADY!
I thought most of the songs on the first album had been written a good year or two in advance? Either way in 78 they gave the rock world a big kick in the ass haha!
The picture in this video doesn't make sense. That's a young EVH during the Roth days holding a Wolfgang guitar that didn't come until after his Roth days. I don't think he even had Wolfgangs even in '86 when Samuel Hagar first joined either. Wasn't until the 90's he had the Wolfgang guitars? Anyway, thanks for uploading this live piece from '76. The classic Van Halen is always the best.
Hey genius - yea, it came out in SEVENTY-EIGHT on the first VH album, but they were playing these tunes for fucking YEARS in the clubs before they got signed. I'm not saying this is from 76, but it is feasible that it could be....
i remember talking to Pete Angelus outside a Cars show in Tulsa. he was looking at the tour shirt i had just bot, and i needed it back. Pete looked offended and said, "you think i'm going to steal it ? " . i responded, "no, my parents are here and i gotta go now".
alex van halen best drummer?? hell no, maybe top 30, john bonham, with the small kit he used was the most talented drummer ever. a beast on the drums, and im not talkin "moby dick" wich is good, watch the dvd of zep's royal albert hall show and watch bonzo, just insane
dream of me Adnoydal....LMAO!!!! Shhhh Noyd...those voixces in your head are mine....keep stalking my profile!!! Youre owned Noyd...caught you again today, stalking my profile!!! LOL EDV is god
There are many bootlegs from '74 on up. This bootleg is from Oct 15, 1977 at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium. That's Pete Angelus introducing the band.
I have this bootleg in it's entirety. They had signed with Warner Bros but had not yet gone into the studio. Dave makes a reference prior to Atomic Punk about how he has, "...always wanted to say this, here's one off our first album. It's called Atomic Punk!!"
I used to listen to this while in Nam in 1967. Then our swift boat sank. We had to walk on the backs of alligators to make it ashore again. Some crazy times man.
That aint sayin much...any dope with two arms can play drums...Oh, wait a minute..I guess you really only need one arm... like that dude in Def Leppard...hahahahaha
I played drums since I was a baby and I say it was a slight mistake but it turned out on time, so that doesnt make it a mistake it makes it an original cool fill. The double kick accents are a little slow though throughout the whole song though
I have an LA tape with Women & Beer on it and other originals that were never recorded. I think it's off the board and maybe from Gizzaries, or somewhere on the strip. I'll dig it up and post it.
bonham isn't worth to hold alex's sticks.come on.Even if you like alex better.their is no denying that bonhams was a great drummer.I love vh halen music but their is alot of it i don't like.I have to say i like everything zep did.But I think the first 4 vh albums were flawless. 1984 was alittle to pop sounding for me. but still good.I just never could get into the van hagar stuff. great musicians still.good writting but just not heavy enough for me
I don't disagree, but listen, Alex was such an under rated drummer. I'm not sure if he takes Bonham out, but i never realized what was so special about Bonham? He was obviously amazing, but Alex if anything isn't that far behind. Don't believe me? Check out Alex's drum solo on the 5150 tour with hagar, absoloutlyjaw dropping
right, Hagar fucked up the heavy Van Halen sound and I think technically Alex is a better drummer than Bonham, but agree that Bonham had a special sounding.
van halen was released on febuary 10th 1978 - the World tour began in march of 1978 - van halen II released march 20 1979 - world tour began in april of 1979.
they they world tour'd just about all of 1978 and 1979. van halen couldnt be touched by ANYONE! that includes led zeppelin.
Eddie and Alex were in a band called Mammoth and rented Dave's PA system for ten bucks a night. They got sick of paying so they joined together so they wouldn't have to pay. Mike just was in their classes and they recruited him.
Woah! dude that must have been so dam cool! do you think this was recorded of the board? it must have been! great quality recording for that time there is no way it was recorded with any mic type thing. Man I wish the rest of the show was on this you-tube thing > that sounds really good.... like the first VanHalen album wasn't even out untill the next year!
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Alex van halen kicks the shit out of most drummers past and present that also includes john bonham. bonham aint worthy to even hold alex's drum sticks
I've never heard ANY drummer sound like Bonham, before or after. That's why he's great, and that's why a lot of other people think he's great. Obviously you didn't get the memo. As a Van Halen fanboy (which you obviously are) maybe you're upset that Alex Van Halen is underrated. Maybe you're even right...but better than Bonham? Come on...Bonham is in a class with maybe 4 or 5 other drummers...and Alex isn't in there. Sorry.
@blacksabfan I'd argue that bonham as a hard rock drummer has no rivals, Yah others can play more technical stuff, but that doesn't automatically make a song sound better, Paul gilbert can play circles around eddie, but i can only listen to so much of it before i get bored.
Did anyone notice the guitar in the picture dos`nt match the period its supposed to depict lol . Well thats all my Vannerd quota used up for today cool picture though .
You can find any of the styles of all these guitarists you all have mentioned on The Yardbirds Roger The Engineer album from early 1966. BECK started it all and is still the best flash guitarist of all time!
Van Halen bootlegs are not always accurate on the dating. Some people mix and match tunes on different dates. It is possible that Van Halen covered it when it came out that summer.
Not saying I dont believe you but Trampled was off Physical 1975. Was it released on a 45 before that, or like the song Houses of The Holy, was it suppose to be on an earlier Zep album?
How the fuck can you say that? Michael and Uli were a WHOLE different trip on guitar. Ed doesn't play minor/harmonic minor/ or prhygian runs. Ed plays ED! Mike and Uli are two of my favorite guitarists, but Ed blazes his own trails!
I mean early Schenker and I'm not talking about Eddies
tricks! He admitted copying a few thing from Uli to a Japanese Friend of mine who makes custom guitars. He knows Eddie, Michael, Uli, Rudy, Iron Maiden...etc..Of course then again Eddie could have been Drunk & stoned out of his mind!
don't get me wrong I've always respected Eddies Playing!
See, this is what pisses me off: Misinformation. This song came out in 1979 not 1976. Rock Music changed night and day between those years. Get your freakin facts straight dude.
This was from a live tour bootleg in 1976 that I downloaded, it's not a studio recording. I have the whole set list on my computer, if you believe the person I downloaded this LIVE material from to be incorrect then fine, you know best...
@zulubeat "78 and 76 light years different?" ever heard of the band KISS they sounded pretty similar in 76 and 78, also you dont know about Van Halen at all, most of the songs on Van Halen 1 and 2 were already written and played before they made it big in 78, so get you freakin facts straight
Also, this version of the song is different from the one released on the 1978 album - there are a few differences in the song structure. This version is identical to the one on the 1977 Simmons demo tape.
I like how Edward isn't playing those tapping fills that made it to the debut album - keeping his technique secret perhaps.
Dont think thats true my friend. and I can think worse things that would piss a person off. These songs were written in bits and pieces over the years. paricularly this one. And song was officially "realeased" in February 1978 on VH1
most excellent use of fire
SuperBighaus 3 weeks ago
this is friggin' kick friggin' ass!!!
davidlovesmaggie 1 month ago
2 People Were lit on Fire by this song.
TheSilverWolfX9 3 months ago
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TheSilverWolfX9 3 months ago
You can tell they're young because they're still trying. Dave actually sings the lyric. Starting on the first tour after the first album Dave got very sloppy and then sang that way for the rest of his time with Van Halen. He would just "slur talk" the lyrics live. Also, Ed was not yet "over flourishing" his guitar parts yet. He's actually playing a phrase from beginning to end without throwing in incidentals. Bands are better in the early stages before they have success to rest on.
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@NelsonClick Most of the time "Bands are better in the early stages before they have success to rest on" thats what I say, too. But then, fans are also lazy. Ed can stand around and wank Eruption with 3-4 notes and they gush "greatest ever"
CatchinProjection 3 months ago
Yes they where .and still on fire
jameshardin13 5 months ago
Holy shit! What happened to THIS Van Halen?
thighmister 5 months ago 6
77 76 78.. who cares just enjoy it why argue bout what year its from shit if u know what year it was than why do you have to prove it to everyone on youtube shit anytime someone puts a year of a recording for van halen all the noobs get together and stick it up each others ass
motleycrue24 5 months ago
this is hot!
xpaderom 6 months ago
F' n'a!!!! This makes me wanna go crazy!!!
ctcassidy 6 months ago
IIIM OOOOON FIIIRRREEEEEE.
TayzzScottBerr 7 months ago
I always dug roth and mikes harmonies.
It's funny thinking about it, that people spent the next 15 yrs trying to clone van halen. Some of the cheesiest bullshit acts ever conceived were because of these guys. Myself, along with countless others have tried to make a buck stealing (a little or a lot) from van halen's originality.
Thanks for sharing this cool piece of audio.
philwin1X 1 year ago 4
a lot of the songs sound the same except for the solos
blaa757 1 year ago
Eddie was all over the place!! He said they thought they were kinda punk in the early years, and this song sounds like it. Very cool version of a great song!
LightUptheSky000 1 year ago 2
Halen. Nirvana. Rage. LIT......NO MORE
zulubeat 1 year ago
Heavy Metal bands that matter since 978
zulubeat 1 year ago
I know more Halen than all yous. even used a song for a break beat. the 2nd cut. side one after Mean Streets. bow down punks! lol
zulubeat 1 year ago
alright already....jeez.....get off my back. I still got all you fucks. Saw Halen at the Garden in 81. 12 years old....only spook in the arena.....fought the zoo crew and the deli boys and the cops that night. they extended EVERYBODY WANTS SOME. JUNGLE DRUMS......I WAS THE ONLY MOOLIE OUT OF 17,000 CAVEMEN. I FUCKING RULE SO EASE UP CAUSE I GOT THE FREAKIN YEAR WRONG ALREADY!
zulubeat 1 year ago 2
Amazing sound quality ,thanks for the upload!
greekfreak1980 1 year ago
I thought most of the songs on the first album had been written a good year or two in advance? Either way in 78 they gave the rock world a big kick in the ass haha!
Brown92SG 1 year ago
Thanks for posting this. Got more and how in the world did you get this bootleg? Wow! I sure like listening to this song.
Ionilidian 1 year ago
That bridge riff after the chorus is pretty hard to play and tricky.
theShowStopper321 1 year ago
Hey cucambers!!!!! A man of true taste and class!!!! Thanks bro for posting!!!!!
nehocyrrah 1 year ago
The picture in this video doesn't make sense. That's a young EVH during the Roth days holding a Wolfgang guitar that didn't come until after his Roth days. I don't think he even had Wolfgangs even in '86 when Samuel Hagar first joined either. Wasn't until the 90's he had the Wolfgang guitars? Anyway, thanks for uploading this live piece from '76. The classic Van Halen is always the best.
LedWilde 1 year ago 2
@LedWilde It's actually a Music Man guitar.
darkknight91 1 year ago
Hey genius - yea, it came out in SEVENTY-EIGHT on the first VH album, but they were playing these tunes for fucking YEARS in the clubs before they got signed. I'm not saying this is from 76, but it is feasible that it could be....
SkyNett 1 year ago
i was only 3 years than...so i miss this show :(
spand3244 1 year ago
If anyone wishes to hear an original tune in the fashion of vintage VH. Feel free to stop by here. VH is a historic band and forever a powerhouse.
aaronbergAPB 1 year ago
so there is some material from the Pasadena age before the WB deal? Wanna hear it all no matter how crappy!
lukemanify 1 year ago
i remember talking to Pete Angelus outside a Cars show in Tulsa. he was looking at the tour shirt i had just bot, and i needed it back. Pete looked offended and said, "you think i'm going to steal it ? " . i responded, "no, my parents are here and i gotta go now".
stybarrow 1 year ago
也是我會的吉他SOLO之ㄧ
Bach 1 year ago
he's great,I just think bonham is on another level.
evelskunny 1 year ago
they are great words can't say after 30 years
frank55944 2 years ago
bonham would smoke alex,not even a contest!
evelskunny 2 years ago
@evelskunny so alex is good to you jack off
zraywood 1 year ago
@evelskunny Yeah? So what?
thafoofa 1 year ago
@evelskunny A dead guy can't smoke anybody. Just sayin...
DarthKazi 1 year ago
alex van halen best drummer?? hell no, maybe top 30, john bonham, with the small kit he used was the most talented drummer ever. a beast on the drums, and im not talkin "moby dick" wich is good, watch the dvd of zep's royal albert hall show and watch bonzo, just insane
srw92831 2 years ago
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Alex drums sound wimpy, like kids splashing in puddles after a spring shower in Paris
Adnoydal 2 years ago
@srw92831 I agree man, totaly...
BosomNogomPanjIzvali 2 years ago
@srw92831 You are 110% correctamundo Sir. Bonham....best ever!!! That's it and that's all!!!
Mainrollman 1 year ago
eddie should sue himself for copyright - "Atomic Punk" is basically same. Both tunes rock though. Just sayin
ajawofcopan 2 years ago
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exactly. Ed is basically all the same.
Adnoydal 2 years ago
dream of me Adnoydal....LMAO!!!! Shhhh Noyd...those voixces in your head are mine....keep stalking my profile!!! Youre owned Noyd...caught you again today, stalking my profile!!! LOL EDV is god
hockeydudeluv 2 years ago
There are many bootlegs from '74 on up. This bootleg is from Oct 15, 1977 at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium. That's Pete Angelus introducing the band.
I have this bootleg in it's entirety. They had signed with Warner Bros but had not yet gone into the studio. Dave makes a reference prior to Atomic Punk about how he has, "...always wanted to say this, here's one off our first album. It's called Atomic Punk!!"
Yo!
YoBroMan 2 years ago 12
@YoBroMan ......Thats DLR introducing, for sure......Love this old, young stuff. Great job man for posting this!
jgrahamwireless1 4 months ago
@YoBroMan Thats Dave introducing the band bro!!
regardingwave 4 months ago
I used to listen to this while in Nam in 1967. Then our swift boat sank. We had to walk on the backs of alligators to make it ashore again. Some crazy times man.
chelmsfordresident 2 years ago 5
lol
zwaqster 2 years ago
Wow huge mistake at 0:39 ... very sloppy performance
Trader5822 2 years ago
This is a trip? I wonder who or what influenced these riffs and the song..
dannyhood66 2 years ago 2
ou812 is pretty damn heavy 67 , but fair warning is their heaviest. f'n rocks!
MGVHALEN 2 years ago 3
FUCKEN ROCK !
bambamh20 2 years ago 2
niel peart is the greatest drummer ever, or buddy rich
evhfanatic112 2 years ago
no chance
check out george kollias or romain goulon, they'd kill him ^^
skatemoreyeah 2 years ago
That aint sayin much...any dope with two arms can play drums...Oh, wait a minute..I guess you really only need one arm... like that dude in Def Leppard...hahahahaha
tmwnat 2 years ago
How come you don't play drums then?
Jables158 2 years ago 2
I played drums since I was a baby and I say it was a slight mistake but it turned out on time, so that doesnt make it a mistake it makes it an original cool fill. The double kick accents are a little slow though throughout the whole song though
mairava1996 2 years ago 2
disagree alex van halen is the best drummer on the planet period end of story
stratdem 2 years ago 2
BWAHAHAHA! He sounds beyond wimpy, like kids splashing barefoot in rain puddles after a gentle spring shower
Adnoydal 2 years ago
@stratdem I think he is the only drummer who could compliment Eddie, but no, in my opinion he would be in the top 25, but not number one.
beerbongbrother 2 years ago
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Makes my head hurt.
camerabanger 2 years ago
I have an LA tape with Women & Beer on it and other originals that were never recorded. I think it's off the board and maybe from Gizzaries, or somewhere on the strip. I'll dig it up and post it.
gutterspout 2 years ago
Thats awesome dude get that shit up!
AssassinSteven 2 years ago
bonham isn't worth to hold alex's sticks.come on.Even if you like alex better.their is no denying that bonhams was a great drummer.I love vh halen music but their is alot of it i don't like.I have to say i like everything zep did.But I think the first 4 vh albums were flawless. 1984 was alittle to pop sounding for me. but still good.I just never could get into the van hagar stuff. great musicians still.good writting but just not heavy enough for me
smithdsmit 2 years ago 3
I don't disagree, but listen, Alex was such an under rated drummer. I'm not sure if he takes Bonham out, but i never realized what was so special about Bonham? He was obviously amazing, but Alex if anything isn't that far behind. Don't believe me? Check out Alex's drum solo on the 5150 tour with hagar, absoloutlyjaw dropping
gtrincs 2 years ago
right, Hagar fucked up the heavy Van Halen sound and I think technically Alex is a better drummer than Bonham, but agree that Bonham had a special sounding.
lacika67 2 years ago
van halen was released on febuary 10th 1978 - the World tour began in march of 1978 - van halen II released march 20 1979 - world tour began in april of 1979.
they they world tour'd just about all of 1978 and 1979. van halen couldnt be touched by ANYONE! that includes led zeppelin.
stratdem 2 years ago 2
Right... Music is all just one big competition to be a fan of the group with the biggest statistics.
Peteyuse 2 years ago
I've always wondered how these guys met. Eddie and Dave, probably the two biggest opposites but what chemistry! That goes for alot of supergroups.
pablocruz12 2 years ago
Eddie and Alex were in a band called Mammoth and rented Dave's PA system for ten bucks a night. They got sick of paying so they joined together so they wouldn't have to pay. Mike just was in their classes and they recruited him.
bBpro10 2 years ago
I was there when this was recorded. This is one of the Pasadena Civic boots. Killer!!
dudewinky 2 years ago
Woah! dude that must have been so dam cool! do you think this was recorded of the board? it must have been! great quality recording for that time there is no way it was recorded with any mic type thing. Man I wish the rest of the show was on this you-tube thing > that sounds really good.... like the first VanHalen album wasn't even out untill the next year!
SteveMontgomery01 2 years ago
Nice video
I LOVE VAN HALEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nirster96 2 years ago
man, alex is really keeping the beat tight.
sholstein 2 years ago
sweet opening riff
AdamEZumbado 2 years ago
very cool thanx for posting
barneyruble40 2 years ago
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great song!! :) check out my cover !
raynguitar 2 years ago
evh and dlr are absolutely wonderful together! eddies playing is amazing and davids singing gives me goosebumps! i LOVE VAN HALEN!!
crid34 2 years ago
Eddie's just... the best hands down
Enigma3390 2 years ago 3
agreed. not sure why people don't just accept that!!
srrecords 2 years ago
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Alex van halen kicks the shit out of most drummers past and present that also includes john bonham. bonham aint worthy to even hold alex's drum sticks
stratdem 2 years ago
I've never heard ANY drummer sound like Bonham, before or after. That's why he's great, and that's why a lot of other people think he's great. Obviously you didn't get the memo. As a Van Halen fanboy (which you obviously are) maybe you're upset that Alex Van Halen is underrated. Maybe you're even right...but better than Bonham? Come on...Bonham is in a class with maybe 4 or 5 other drummers...and Alex isn't in there. Sorry.
blacksabfan 2 years ago 2
@blacksabfan I'd argue that bonham as a hard rock drummer has no rivals, Yah others can play more technical stuff, but that doesn't automatically make a song sound better, Paul gilbert can play circles around eddie, but i can only listen to so much of it before i get bored.
shinybald36 1 year ago
wow. when did they ever NOT have it!! VH RULES!
jakeanddevrule 2 years ago
those were.....good times.. damn good times..
custardpie40 3 years ago
i love EVH....if only i had 3000 dollars i would buy an EVH wolfgang replica guitar *sighs* and a frankenstien replica for 25000...*louder sigh*
ilikemilk74 3 years ago 2
Damn I wish I had a time machine.
zwaqster 3 years ago 30
lol me too
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dnabiologic 1 year ago
sounds great with the harmony vocal during the chorus
bischerosti 3 years ago 4
love the picture
kraker30south 3 years ago 5
Did anyone notice the guitar in the picture dos`nt match the period its supposed to depict lol . Well thats all my Vannerd quota used up for today cool picture though .
ice9001 3 years ago 2
Yeah that's true, but I just chose a picture that looked cool, I guess I wasn't thinking about the period.
KowboyCa 3 years ago 5
You can find any of the styles of all these guitarists you all have mentioned on The Yardbirds Roger The Engineer album from early 1966. BECK started it all and is still the best flash guitarist of all time!
ioxmars 3 years ago
Van Halen bootlegs are not always accurate on the dating. Some people mix and match tunes on different dates. It is possible that Van Halen covered it when it came out that summer.
Possibly on 45.
I had black Dog and Mistey Mountain Hop on 45.
Before Led Zeppelin IV
That's all I know. - John
guitarbroker1969 3 years ago
This is definately a Live soundboard.
I have an extensive Live & Studio Van Halen collection from 1974 to 2005.
It was probably recorded at The Starwood in Hollywood, California.
I have Van Halen covering "Trampled Under Foot" from 1974 (Gazzari's Dance Contest) and it's a soundboard with no audience.
guitarbroker1969 3 years ago
Not saying I dont believe you but Trampled was off Physical 1975. Was it released on a 45 before that, or like the song Houses of The Holy, was it suppose to be on an earlier Zep album?
cowboysfan782008 3 years ago
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Eddie ripped off Michael & Uli
v6b7n 3 years ago
What?
fittesmr 3 years ago
How the fuck can you say that? Michael and Uli were a WHOLE different trip on guitar. Ed doesn't play minor/harmonic minor/ or prhygian runs. Ed plays ED! Mike and Uli are two of my favorite guitarists, but Ed blazes his own trails!
pepper123 3 years ago 4
I mean early Schenker and I'm not talking about Eddies
tricks! He admitted copying a few thing from Uli to a Japanese Friend of mine who makes custom guitars. He knows Eddie, Michael, Uli, Rudy, Iron Maiden...etc..Of course then again Eddie could have been Drunk & stoned out of his mind!
don't get me wrong I've always respected Eddies Playing!
Have a nice day :)
v6b7n 3 years ago
eddie vh is the greatest of alltime
stratdem 3 years ago 5
EVH is the king of metal solos
danophile07 3 years ago
Always cool to hear what these guys sounded like when they were hungry & playing hard.
steveinmidtown 3 years ago
damn good recording for 30 years old
specialkid8 3 years ago 3
I will also pay niceley for this, and anyone with a good copy of the 25 track WB demos from '77.
econoroller 3 years ago
I will pay nicely to anyone who will burn a copy of this show for me either on dvd or on cd. Let me know please!!!
smh32 3 years ago
See, this is what pisses me off: Misinformation. This song came out in 1979 not 1976. Rock Music changed night and day between those years. Get your freakin facts straight dude.
zulubeat 3 years ago
This was from a live tour bootleg in 1976 that I downloaded, it's not a studio recording. I have the whole set list on my computer, if you believe the person I downloaded this LIVE material from to be incorrect then fine, you know best...
cucambers 3 years ago
I never said it 'came out' in 1976.
cucambers 3 years ago
My bad, it was 1978, which was still light years different from 1976 in Rock years.
zulubeat 3 years ago
They were still touring in smaller places a few years before that, this bottleg is from an earlier live tour before they released the album in 1978.
cucambers 3 years ago
A lot of Van Halen songs that appeared on the albums were actually written and performed years before VH1 even came out.
You can tell by the sound that this is '76 or '77 at the very latest.
ReginaldsTest 3 years ago
I stand corrected.
zulubeat 3 years ago
@zulubeat "78 and 76 light years different?" ever heard of the band KISS they sounded pretty similar in 76 and 78, also you dont know about Van Halen at all, most of the songs on Van Halen 1 and 2 were already written and played before they made it big in 78, so get you freakin facts straight
cbat36 1 year ago
Also, this version of the song is different from the one released on the 1978 album - there are a few differences in the song structure. This version is identical to the one on the 1977 Simmons demo tape.
I like how Edward isn't playing those tapping fills that made it to the debut album - keeping his technique secret perhaps.
And damn, his tone is killer!
pSpYCaptain 3 years ago 2
too bad it came out in 1978 huh?
vanhalenkid 3 years ago
@zulubeat VH 1 came out in 78 Not 79 This was on VH1. VH2 cameout in 79. This is not from VH1 but a live show Talk about misinformation???
69superlead 1 year ago
@zulubeat
Dont think thats true my friend. and I can think worse things that would piss a person off. These songs were written in bits and pieces over the years. paricularly this one. And song was officially "realeased" in February 1978 on VH1
evolutionvideony 1 year ago
@zulubeat VH1 came out in 1978.
goodnameishere 1 year ago
@zulubeat get a freakin life and get your facts straight dude
cbat36 1 year ago
@zulubeat hey dickhead this was on VH1 which was released Aug of 1977...idiot
mjw9363 1 year ago
@zulubeat Dumb Ass! Stfu this is from there club days, and this concert took place back in 1976 prbly in bar stfu serisouly get your facts straight!
AssassinSteven 1 year ago
@zulubeat You're wrong. Stick to something you know about, perhaps marbles. lol
bluetiege 1 year ago
Pretty good, but is it really live? Funny I don't hear the audience.
doubleknuckled 3 years ago
Might be recorded through the board. That would explain hearing the announcer but not a bunch of ambient shit.
Van Halen sans Ted Templeman eh? Rough, but mind blowing shit for 1976. I wonder what those Disco geeks thoght when they VH?
Saturday Night Fever indeed...pass me the JD and give me a light for this fucking joint.
0ZK0R 3 years ago
Yes recorded through the board most probably like alot of shows can be.
cucambers 3 years ago
I prefer the solo from the album more, but this version is interesting.
sholstein 3 years ago
this is so f*cking cool...i almost like the way they sing this better than the version we all know
philwin1X 4 years ago
Dave's voice sounds great.
opdage 4 years ago
Ha Ha
jsxline6 4 years ago
Where was this recorded? I havn't heard this one before!! Awesome!!
dudewinky 4 years ago
Michael Anthony could sure hit some high notes for such a fat fucker.
IshadaKatzteilov 4 years ago