Speaking of Van Halen.....
Well to start, it appears that this blog will be updated more than infrequently.
Anyways, I have always been a huge Van Halen fan, with the exception of the Gary Cherone Disk. Although I have thought about buying it because I've never heard it. Unfortunately, I have never been able to see them live.
It's not that I haven't had the chance, I've had tickets three times but life conspired against me and I was unable to attend. In 1983, I waited at the ticket outlet for 14 hours (being about 100th in line) to get tickets with a buddy of mine. Parents had no clue I was staying out all night, we did the the old I'm sleeping over at his house etc. We get the tickets, extra for the girlfriends (I hadn't yet met the future wife, that would come the following year) and I was pumped. Of course three days before the show I wasn't feeling well and went to see the doc. Oops, mono and no VH concert for me. Of course the bitch girlfriend went with my ticket and some other dude, talk about a kick in the balls. That's ok, we didn't have a future anyway. I was only interested in her huge rack. To this day I couldn't tell you if she had a face.
Two years later after meeting the future bride, and getting past the first words she ever spoke to me ("you are such an asshole" - man she nailed it right off the bat, but a story for another time) I was surprised with VH tickets for a B-day present. Ahh, the perfect woman. Then, one week before concert she uttered the most depressing words a woman could ever say to a man...................."Um, my Dad (a Nazarene Pastor) found the tickets and he tore them up." Uggh, what a disaster. I have considered the Nazarene's to be pretty much a cult ever since then.
Then in 1988 (I think it was 88) I had tickets again. This was going to be awesome. The show was going to be the day after final exams at Eastern Illinois University. Sweet, but my Calculus professor had to reschedule my final to the day after the show and I missed out again. I should have just gone.
I could have gone in 2004 when they came around with Sammy, but I just couldn't see shelling out the $100 per to go. If I would have know that Eddie was going to melt down I would have done it. So now I suffer through "Live without a Net" on an occasional basis and video clips on the net.
Anybody remember the day when concert tix were $15?
Coming soon: The Warp Refraction Principle
posted by Muskyboy @ 4:47 PM
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All I can say is....they were soooooo $#$%^$^$%#$### good live. I've seen the real Van Halen 6 times and Van Hagar two times. I perfer Sammy as Sammy and Van Halen should have D. David Lee at the front of the stage.
Eddie is so very very unreal good. Alex, what can I say, it was Alex.
Van Halen was my first offical concert that my parents knew about when I was 15.($12.50) My first concert was ZZ Top opening for Ted Nugent.($15.00) Then to a catch a rising star show of Pat Benetar.($3.92)
My last Queensryche show was $120.00 each for front row center.
And as for OMII. I have it and love it. It is very different from what they have been doing since Empire. This is more of what you would expect from the 1st two albums with an updated sound.
yeah, I still swear that Queensryche concert is what is wrong with Elleah - her first concert at 5 months in-utero . . .
and WC, you have never gone to anything for less than $100 and front row center since I've met you -
although I am pleased to see that you have expanded to the opera and ballet ;)
PS - Maraya nabbed the OMII today and it holding it for return of her clash CD
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