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vh_littleguitars
Member # 169
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 posted June 30, 2003 09:28 PM
Have the Punks ever played "Dancing in the Streets"?? I've been to a lot of shows and can't ever remember that one being pulled out of the bag. Great cover, but would it be too hard to pull off live?!
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AlbertR
Member # 31
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posted July 04, 2003 01:56 AM
I think I remember them playing that song the last time I saw them at the Whisky A Go Go ![[Drunk]](graemlins/drunk.gif)
I remember some people were looking at each other like "what are these guys doing playing a Jagger / Bowie song" ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)
Now a song like "Top Jimmy"... I've been told that would be a very tough song to pull off (Van Halen never performed that one live, along with a few other songs from the first 6 albums). ![[Quiet]](graemlins/sssh.gif)
Another difficult song I would like to someday see Russ perform is Cathedral. If an East Coast VH tribute band can do it, I'm sure he could too. ![[Thumbs Up!]](graemlins/thumb.gif)
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Tracy
Member # 247
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posted July 04, 2003 06:40 AM
quote:
Originally posted by vh_littleguitars:
Have the Punks ever played "Dancing in the Streets"?? I've been to a lot of shows and can't ever remember that one being pulled out of the bag. Great cover, but would it be too hard to pull off live?!
I think they played it at the Whisky at my first ever Punks show, on April 5th. ![[Cool]](cool.gif) (I'm sure of the date because I'd gotten my kitty tattoo earlier that day, and it was a week before I flew in to NYC in business).
>^,,^<
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Brett
Member # 1
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posted July 04, 2003 09:32 AM
Yeah they have and they shouldn't anymore. It is easily the worst Van Halen song of all time. No offense to the Punks of course, but I simply loathe that cover when VH did it. So un-Van Halenish in every way. There are so many better things they could have done for "Diver Down."
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vh_littleguitars
Member # 169
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posted July 04, 2003 09:12 PM
Shrug. I like the VH cover of that song. I was just curious because I've never heard the Punks play it before.
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Top Timmy
Member # 2
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posted July 04, 2003 10:13 PM
Maybe Ralph will chime in and give us an answer.
Ralph? ![[Devil]](graemlins/devil.gif)
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Atomic Bass
Member # 4
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posted July 05, 2003 01:41 AM
Good Luck...
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vh_littleguitars
Member # 169
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posted July 06, 2003 02:41 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Atomic Bass:
Good Luck...
Well I really didn't expect Ralph to respond. I imagine with Metal Shop and AP he is really busy. Plus I know he has to have women all over him. Man that has to be a nice feeling! *slaps self*
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Jeff C.
Member # 50
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posted July 06, 2003 02:26 PM
I've heard numerous times that Top Jimmy is really hard to play live. Why is that?
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Brett
Member # 1
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posted July 06, 2003 04:02 PM
Because it's not tuned standard, it would take Russ having another guitar to switch to. It's not just dropping the low E, to D, you have to retune all but 2-strings and the song is in standard pitch, not down 1/2 like most other Dave-era songs.
Plus with all that said, Ed used a specially-made Ripley guitar that allowed him to pan each string on the guitar to a separate track, which is what gave that song part of the feel that it had.
Even the Mighty VH didn't do it live, it's a pain to do right.
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Jeff C.
Member # 50
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posted July 06, 2003 07:22 PM
thanks Brett. Even though I don't play guitar, and didn't understand half of what you just wrote, I somehow understand now why they can't do it live. Thanks. Have the Punks ever done the last 2 songs on 1984. GGB and HOP??
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SciKikMobster
Member # 236
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posted August 13, 2003 04:56 PM
I saw them pull off Dancing at Kozmos awhile back... it sounded good. I didn't notice any fuck ups. Ralph said that was their 1st time playing it.
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