What tune did you hear on a boot that just rocked your world? Surprized and Delighted you? Made you want to start a garage bar band? Made you jump on your bed and try to do the splits?
I'd have to say that "Lucille" in '81 just floored me.Wow. "Jean Genie" in '76 was pretty amazing, too.
In a live setting, I remember when Van Hagar played "Mississippi Queen" in the middle of YRGM--whoa that was too cool.

I know a lot of people hate it, but I just love Romeo Delight off of the US Festival. "I forgot the fucking words".

People who don't like DLR seem to get a lot of milage outa the 'forgot the fuckin words' thing... I really dont think its a case of him forgetting the words, its just part of his show.. y'know. Geez I'm havin so much fun here, who needs lyrics?
Its just too predictable in the way he delivers it to be genuine IMHO

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A little zen... Headed your way...

Just because of the rumors of the last few months, it's funny that Dave mentions David Coverdale in the 1980 London Invasion bootleg.

JUMP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I totally dig their cover of "The Rover" on the Goldenwest Ballroom boot even better than the Zep original. If there had been such a thing as MTV's latest show , best cover band (did anyone see this crap?), Van Halen would have killed. Just to hear Ed tear up other people's songs makes them an awesome cover band.

AMEN kpl!!! Sometimes mentioning "covers" will bring people to nearly cry. I also dig Van Rothin's version of "Hots on for noone"--I'd love to hear them doin'"Houses of the Holy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Some bootleg highlights for me (no particular order):

1.) The extended versions of Ain't Talkin' Bout Love during the 1978 Japan tour.

2.) The cover of Summertime Blues during the 1983 South American tour.

3.) Cover of Born on a Bayou during F.U.C.K. tour

4.) Cover of Rockin' In The Free World during RHRN tour

5.) 5150 (extended version)

Anyone have an MP3 of Rockin' In the Free World? Never heard their version of that. Someone does, please e-mail me or put it on a FTP site. Thanks.

From Afar

VAN HALEN ROCKS THE BEER HALL
1 why cant this be love!!!!
2 eagles fly !!!!!

I CANT TELL YOU aka GOT THE MIRACLE FINGERS
1 panama (best sammy sings roth)
those high notes!!!!!!

those two albums never leave the cd player!!!!!

cool

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i dig the tune "voodoo queen" which became "mean street"

it woulda been cool to hear a full mix of that tune - crisp & clear

We Die Bold is an awesome song, either on Goldenwest or the WB demo. It's probably on other live boots from that era too. It's a great song.

Their version of tush by zz top is pretty cool


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Lets Get Rockin slams!!! Get the Show on the Road is very cool too...and i love the cover they did of sweet emotion in the 1976 Live at the Aero Bogarts boot....the long, cool intro eddie does with a delay pedal mimicking the songs intro, but he adds his own thing...would love to see aeromsith trying to play VH songs whn they were 21! LOL..hell, id like tosee em try it now!

lol yea!


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I recently traded for a cassette of Van Halen live in Cleveland '81. I was listening to it on my boom box and it sounded SLOW(like it was transferred from a record at the wrong speed or mastered wrong)so I put the tape in my handheld recorder and sped it up until--oh yeah this sounds like Halen is supposed to. I was kinda tired and sorta half listening to the show as I was organizing my bachelor pad when right before ATBL,Eddie and Alex and Mike play a lil' of the riff to EARACHE MY EYE by Cheech and Chong--wow WOW WHOA--too cool. I had only read about that before but hearing it was such an awesome surprize. Stuff like this renews my faith in the live monster that is Van Halen. Damn, I love bootlegs. I'm off like a prom dress.

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Highlight tunes from the boots I've heard...

DLR era

Big Trouble
Let's Get Rockin
Light in the Sky
Angel Eyes

Hagar era

Unchained
Rockin in the Free World
Won't Get Fooled Again
5150 RHRN
I Want Some Action

Cherone era

Humans Being from Wolfgang Attack
Mean Streets from Sydney Australia
Right Now from Hershey, Penn.
Year to the Day from Wolfgang Attack

Talking about the US1983 I'll really like the cover version of "I'm so glad " : they played that song very well !!!
Then I remember a cover song for a boot "LIve in Costa Mesa " where VH plays " Rocking in a free world " !!!
That were two nice cover that I like to listen !

Eddie_italian from Italy

Dave era: Ain't Talkin' Bout Love from dec 20 1977. runnin with the devil from the us fest (that opening bass line sounds really cool), summertime blues from the stand by your side boot is cool

Sammy era: wild thing is cool, i have 2 mp3s of live unchaineds with him, ones live from norway and i dont know where the other ones from, rockin in the free world (i dont know where this ones from either), runnin with the devil, 5150 (from lwan), basically the whole shows of lwan and the tokyo 89 show rock ass.

gary era: humans being from toronto and the one on wolfgang attack, year to the day/guitar solo from wolfgang attack, mean street from hershey, unchained from sydney (too bad eddie kinda messed up the intro)

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Aint talkin' bout love off of Magic Mountain boot. I love the way they switched up the last solo and ending of that song. Quite surpried to say the least. Out.

Ihave this outtakes cassette from the Whiskey in 1977 and there's a song on it "called just what you wanted". I thought it was great!

My two favorites are Won't get Fooled again, and I want some action.

I thought that they just rocked on Won't get fooled Again, every time I have heard it it rasies the fur.

I Want Some Action, I just love that song, I wish they would have released it.

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I listened to Oldest Lost Tape recently(Whiskey a Go Go 6-10-77) and I really dig,"Goodbye to Jane"((Slade cover)).

I love it when Eddie plays a lil' of How many more times by Led Zep from the 5150 Leftovers soundcheck!

Sweden '84 is stellar,too--can you imagine playing in Sweden==surrounded by Playbunnies!!!!!!

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"On Fire"--Roth/Halen/Halen/Anthony

"It's a sin to be rich,but it's a lowdown dirty shame to be poor..."--Lightnin' Hopkins

Ladies and Gentleman, Loons has left the building.

Aint Talkin Bout Love -78 tour "I Feel Sexy"

Everybody Wants Some -81 tour "jungle!!"

Tush and La grange -Club Days

SummerTime Blues anywhere

Mean Street -98

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E.A.A.S
E.B.A.S

Dave:
1. Big Trouble (Unreleased original)
2. Secrets (live 81)


Sammy:
1. I Want Some Action (Unreleased Original)
2. Rockin in the Free World (live Looney Tunes)

Gary:
1. That´s why I Love Ya (Unreleased Original)
2. Josephina (live)

Edward Van Halen:
1. Maybe We Went Too Far, EVH with Scandal ´85 (live)
2. Close But No Cigar, EVH with Thomas Dolby (OK, it´s original but still hard to find so I guess it qualifies?)

I'm always changing my mind on what my favorite is but lately I've been really into the 12.31.77 show at The Whiskey - off of the 'Whiskey-n-Gin' CD. I think its the best version of 'Down in Flames' available. 'Just What You Wanted' and 'No More Waiting' are killer. Lastly, the solo in 'You Really Got Me' is fabulous.

Next week I'll probably have 'Got The Miracle Fingers' in my player - the solo in '5150' is unbeleivable.

I like it when Dave says "Got me a brand new Oakland scarf.." '81, cause I'm an East Bay boy. Rrrrrrrrrraiders! But I love listening to the London 80 show cause i get to hear Tora/Tora/Loss Control (which they should open the next tour up with) Take Your Whiskey Home, Women In Love, and And the Cradle Will Rock...That's a great combo of songs for me.

Wow-
Cool thread to get dug up again. I just got the Cleveland '81 boot recently and Loons made the call-The Cheech & Chong riff before ATBL is way cool. Is this on any other Fair Warning Boots?

My mama sock it to me tryin' to tell me how to live
But I can't hear a word cuz my head is like a civ...