They may have been more crazy and spontaneous back in the day but as far as the music I think they play better now as they are not as stoned as they use to be.
VH today is not half the band it was in it's prime with either dave or sammy. I've got hundreds of boots, ed's playing has been terrible for 90% of this tour compared to what he used to be able to do. He's just off. I've heard that the shows he's done since the tour has picked up have been really good but for the most part he's been way off and the extended solo spot he does has been terrible. Even if you can't stand the stuff they did with Sammy go watch clips from Live without a net on youtube or the Toronto 95 PPV special and watch Ed play...he's just tearin it up back then...
Dave is Dave, he's doing a good job but what made dave special was his ability to tak to the audience, he was more of a personality than a "great singer" now he's not even allowed to do that cause ed and al call all the shots.
wolfie is servicable as a bassist but from what I hear there's alot of people who dont' even think he's really playing, rumor is alot of the bass lines are being pumped in. I don't know if this is true or not but I have seen some pretty wierd video's.....
NAT AL AND THATS OK,as long as they get through it,who would have thought it would have lasted this long with dave.just have eddie at almost his best is still a sight ,guy is still nuts on the guitar,yes he misses notes but he still is the master.
it's in Dave's best interest to keep his mouth shut. what's he done in the last 10 years before this? Diamond Dave could be the worst CD in the history of music and don't even talk about his no holds BBQ DVD.....that guy is a fruit. It's simple, Dave sees this as his last shot at glory, he knows he blew it when he left in 86 and he needs one last shot so he'll put up with Ed and Al's bullshit...Sammy and Mike wouldn't, that's why this tour is happening. Sammy has money coming out of his ass since he sold part of his tequilla company for 85 million bucks..he doesn't need to put up with Ed anymroe so they got Dave on baord to kick around.
wait until this tour is over...dave is gonna have a field day.
Ed's a nut, really......if you've followed them like I have you'd see it, the guy is a freakin kook.