Controversial Van Halen opionions

[I Coulda Hada VH]

Which songs from the 6 pack were never played live in 2007, 2012 or 2015?

Off the top of my head:

On Fire
You're No Good
Fools
Tora! Tora!
Loss of Control
Take Your Whiskey Home
Could This Be Magic?
Sinner's Swing!
Push Come To Shove
Sunday Afternoon In The Park
One Foot Out The Door
Where Have All The Good Times Gone
Hang 'Em High
Secrets
Dancing In The Streets
Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now)
The Full Bug
Happy Trails
1984
Top Jimmy
House of Pain

I might be wrong on a few of these.

Oh well, time for bed.

[Raldo]

Which songs from the 6 pack were never played live in 2007, 2012 or 2015?

Off the top of my head:

On Fire
You're No Good
Fools
Tora! Tora!
Loss of Control
Take Your Whiskey Home
Could This Be Magic?
Sinner's Swing!
Push Come To Shove
Sunday Afternoon In The Park
One Foot Out The Door
Where Have All The Good Times Gone
Hang 'Em High
Secrets
Dancing In The Streets
Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now)
The Full Bug
Happy Trails
1984
Top Jimmy
House of Pain

I might be wrong on a few of these.

Oh well, time for bed.

Pretty close. Hang’em High was played in a few shows in 2012.

[Jeffc12]

Which songs from the 6 pack were never played live in 2007, 2012 or 2015?

Off the top of my head:

On Fire
You're No Good
Fools
Tora! Tora!
Loss of Control
Take Your Whiskey Home
Could This Be Magic?
Sinner's Swing!
Push Come To Shove
Sunday Afternoon In The Park
One Foot Out The Door
Where Have All The Good Times Gone
Hang 'Em High
Secrets
Dancing In The Streets
Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now)
The Full Bug
Happy Trails
1984
Top Jimmy
House of Pain

I might be wrong on a few of these.

Oh well, time for bed.

They played The Full Bug at the Tacoma show I went to on 2012 actually. I've seen a video of them playing hang em high from that tour too but I don't think it was played often if even more then once. The rest the list I think your right.

[Dave's Dreidel]

They played Hang'em High once. DLR was actually reading a lyric sheet sitting on the drum riser because he couldn't remember the lyrics.

[I Coulda Hada VH]

They played Hang'em High once. DLR was actually reading a lyric sheet sitting on the drum riser because he couldn't remember the lyrics.

So, he actually did "forget the fuckin' words" ...

[Naked Wake]

if you're confident about remembering the lyrics because you originally recorded the songs 30 something years before and you're older, at least have a teleprompter. That's if you don't have the time to plan it in advance. I'm guessing if they only played that one time it was a spontaneous decision and he really didn't have time to re-learn them. HEH has too much energy to be parked on a drum riser.

[KS 5150]

They played The Full Bug at the Tacoma show I went to on 2012 actually. I've seen a video of them playing hang em high from that tour too but I don't think it was played often if even more then once. The rest the list I think your right.

If memory serves, they were alternating 'The Full Bug' & 'Outta Love Again' during shows on the 2012 tour. I also got to see TFB.

[CatchAsCatch]

So, he actually did "forget the fuckin' words" ...

I know in at least one of the HEH videos from that tour he wasn't reading off a sheet. He was just making up words instead.

What a great song.

[noise next door]

Boston
Mar 2012

[Raldo]

I know in at least one of the HEH videos from that tour he wasn't reading off a sheet. He was just making up words instead.

What a great song.

My favorite from Diver Down.

[Ashe]

I totally would've traded Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love, Jump, and Panama, or I'll Wait for Outta Love Again.

[Van Squalen]

Woof. They'd exiled those from the set by the time they reached the West Coast on that '12 leg. What I would've given to see Hang em High or the Full Bug live in '12, would've been much.

[I Coulda Hada VH]

On Fire would have been epic, but there was probably no way Dave could have pulled that off live, especially without Mike.

[MF5150]

Seeing Full Bug, Hear About it Later and Girl Gone Bad live in Toronto in 2012 was just insane.

If I have Wolf to thank for those songs being added to the set, then he deserves my thanks.

[MF5150]

I mean, there’s no question Wolfgang Van Halen never paid his dues as a musician. Ever.

Plenty of children of famous musicians who became musicians themselves absolutely had to pay their dues. For some reason Wolfgang never had to. He was handed a career.

Back in the late 90s my friend’s band played at the Roxy after them was a band with Ringo‘s daughter in it. Just playing to like 50 people at the Roxy. Ringo was there by the way. She had to pay her dues and her fucking dad was Ringo Starr!

All that being true.

He is indeed one hell of a talented multi-instrumental musician. And there aren’t that many of them out there. He’s not Prince, but nobody was/is or ever will be.

It’s not like he was handed a career because he said “Hwak Tuah” on a video.