DLR on Jay Leno...

[MikeStrat]

Dave has finally gone over the edge. What part of his chemically imbalanced brain thought that was a good idea?

[RacerX]

4 guitars, a banjo, and a fiddle to pull off ED! Thats pretty cool. The arrangement was pretty awesome I thought.

I think there was a mandolin in there somewhere also.

[RacerX]

Mergarific!



:edited by Toejam:
It's all merged into this thread now!

[Shawn Lutz]

sounds better that Ed's version with all the keyboards I bet the VH camp is happy...

[markb]

Dave gone over the edge??? I dont think so. More like Dave as per usual, right in character I'd say. I guess it was ok, but he didn't really sing that well. Song was a bit awkward translating to that style. He'd have been better off with some actual bluegrass standards that he could ham it up to, forget the van halen angle.

[cookiemonster]

i thought it was robin williams....

[quiksilver]

+1, MarkB. Personally, I didn't like it, but I'm no fan of bluegrass, and I never really even liked "Jump." I thought Dave sang it fine and acted fine. He would've done much better with a bluegrass standard, or better yet, coming out with a new 3-piece hard rock band and new material.

[AlexL]

Oh, I showed my wife "Mine all Mine" off OU812..which happens to be exactly 20 years old already!

Then I showed her Jorne's song "Sunset Station"..and damn if she didn't agree that he would kill in that kinda shit...

She was just agreeing with you so she could get back to what she was doing.

My wife does it all the time, Bill.


- E.

[5074charvel]

WOW ... I am speechless ... the worst deconstruction of a song on any covers I´ve ever heard.

They should have played spanish fly.

[Chasbo]

Jorne Lande!

That dude kicks major ass!

chuck

[JBall008]

Yeah, but that wasn't the point. It was showcasing a bluegrass band, who recorded a tribute to VH, and were able to wrangle the lead singer for a couple tunes. I'm not a blue grass fan, and am not too keen on that genre even thinking of doing Van Halen. But, Dave has said for the last twenty years that Van Halen is ingrained in the fabric of Americana, and this is just another example of how far reaching that CVH is.

That said, I'm gonna crack a beer, fire up the grill, and crank VH I from the back of my 78 Chevy pickup.....

[mattsmusiccenter]

The links you guys posted are all dead, looks like the vids got pulled due to copyright issues. I'd like to see this though, anyone know of a site that's got it?

[blindmuddy]

I think there was a mandolin in there somewhere also.

Don't forget the standup bass!

[Norton]

He's nearly bald :S

[Oogadee Boogadee]

i actually enjoyed it. For who Dave is now (older, etc) it was a great performance - he looked like he was having a lot of fun doing something a little different.