@@reneotten7376 In those days we were allowed to take our own alcohol into the arena as long as they were in plastic bottles. Later on in the day when everyone was pissed drunk we started to throw the discarded bottles that were lying around on the floor. Some still had beer left in them and some had urine in them. We were so pissed drunk we didn't care. I've never seen so many bottle being launched into the air at the same time. It was just hilarious trying to dodge them on the way back down so that we didn't get soaked in piss. You had to be there to witness it.
I fought, pushed and persevered my way to the very front of that gig. I left after Van Halen because there was only one band for me (nothing has changed after all these years!). I turned my back on the stage and pushed my way back out before Angus even took the stage. At the time, I just wasn’t interested. Looking back now, sure, I regret not sticking around. I had many AC/DC albums. Oh well. I still have and regularly wear my Van Halen 1984 t-shirt. I saw VH 4 times. The other 3 were in LA when I lived out there for 10 years. I even got to meet Eddie :)
i took a selfie in 84 with a 110 instamatc camera showed it off to my m8s years later i realised - when i turned my back the bloke in front of me opened his program & i took a pic of EVH from that :P its STILL a selfie :P
@@mattynungwankbo3702 Unfortunately you are correct... glad to have been a teenager during that time.. still listening to these guys today, I'm 55yrs.🤘🎸
I was 17 and my mate and I got the boat over from Dublin and hitched to Donnington. The best festival I've ever been at. I watch some of the video of that day that appears on yootoobs now and I dont remember the bands sounding that rough lol. On the day I was just blown away by the level of huge bands on display. I remember the sky being literally filled with bottles at one point! Guy beside us got one right in the head and it had the cap off and was full of p*ss. He went berserk and pushed off through the crowd looking for the culprit, a proverbial needle in a haystack... man, on a day of guitar legends (Gary Moore, Jake E Lee and Angus Young) Eddie Van Halen showed why he was and is the GOAT. On the day Jake for me was a close second.
Fantastic times, levi denim jacket with Kiss, Judas Priest & Whitesnake embroidery, badges & patches, patcholi oil, old english cyder☺Love the t - shirts! Signals, 1984, Making Contact, In Rock We Trust😍Wish i could travel back in time☺😍😅
saw a few monsters of rock in the 1980's, you kept playing ac/dc with bon scott, who died in 1980. angus calling van halen a "pop band". shots fired. damn, that footage of vh, hot for teacher, and eddie... rip eddie, he was a fricking force of nature. dave was the ultimate front man.
I was there but cant remember much about Accept, Motley Crue or Y&T, however Gary Moore was legendary. Van Halen were too much for me, too long guitar solos and Dave Lee Roths jokes!? I was there for Ozzy & AC/DC who were amazing, I'd seen them both previously at the Apollo in Glasgow. It was the year before I joined the RAF and I was only 16 still at school and travelled down on a bus with my mate big Jim Harvey from Auchinleck in Ayrshire Scotland I remember it took ages. I can still see the flying bottles of piss and the shit Tommy Vance got was hilarious. Still cat see myself in the crowd though!
Remember the bit where Angus said after being asked if there was any rivalry within the bands(van halen) and be said “no not really there more of a pop band”😀
I remember watching this on TV back in the day, having attended the event, and thinking it was a rather sneering report from Andy Kershaw. Safe to say he never attended another rock concert since I reckon. Rock lives on!
First saw them at the NEC in Birmingham in '82 and was at this gig. Possibly the only gig Johno has done without his hat? Never seen him without one in any point in time since he joined them.
This is special. I remember sitting on that lawn most of the day, as the crowd eventually necessitated standing up, by late afternoon most of us were pissing straight down.
"I've seen AC/DC the headliners,but i've been dying to see AC/DC" and "Well,the Sex Pistols have sort of died out haven't they?" Great words Hahaha! :)
God, I was into Metal at the time. Exodus were kind of friends and the local Metal heroes. How we saw the LA "Metal" scene. Slayer were the competition from LA, but day 1, we all hated Motley Crue. Boots and bandanas.
Think this Andy Kershaw fella got locked up for assault a few yrs ago..looks like he couldn’t knock the top off a rice pudding looking at him on here 🤣
I love how Angus & Brian are completely chill having a drink unlike Roth, Roth looks like he’s coked out of his mind. No offense to Van Halen but AC/DC will always be number one.
I never liked these two smug gits on Whistle Test,especially Hepworth and his Jeremy Clarkeson style presenter voice. I was at Donnington 84, I left after Van Halen who were rather disappointing, the heat was mad, and the crowd surges and fighting, bottles being thrown etc, was getting really out of hand. it was first and last Donnington, my friends and I retreated back up the hill to some relative safety, and watched AC/DC from there. They were okay, but sound was very wafty. Trying to find your coach to get home, was a nightmare, it was a battle ground,pretty scary actually. Our coach left with only about 20 people on it, the drivers got a rough time, with people being sick or fights breaking out.
Andy Kershaw was there to take the piss. The trouble is that knobs like Ozzy OsBORING make Metal look immature and shallow, and that reflects badly on good bands like Van Halen, Gary Moore and Y&T, who weren't metal bands anyway.
@@mdluk199: Oh, I see. In fact, I don't like metal, which is why I do like Van Halen, Gary Moore, and (to an extent) Y&T. I didn't phrase that clearly. Thank you. I was making the opposite point from appearances!
It's been worse luckily the weather was perfect on that day and the sound system up to a good standard. Also the stage is positioned in a natural 'dip' so good view for most people.
How i wish i could go back to 1984.
best year(s) ever; 1983-1987
Me too
Oh!! Me too!!!
100%!! I went with my mates in 82 and 83, fooking BRILLIANT times!!
Love ❤️ all my fellow 80s Rockers!!
Motley crue did a crowd walk b4 the gig ., good laugh too
best ever line up
"Its got nowt to do wi' ar' village, but in ar' village...."
Ha ha ha yeah made me chuckle too,,,that,s what comes with drinking strong bow from 10 o clock in the morning
"you think Christ if I'm a punk"
I was 16 years old and it was the best gig of my life. What a spectacle the bottle throwing was, best of times.
Why did people throw bottles?
@@reneotten7376 In those days we were allowed to take our own alcohol into the arena as long as they were in plastic bottles. Later on in the day when everyone was pissed drunk we started to throw the discarded bottles that were lying around on the floor. Some still had beer left in them and some had urine in them. We were so pissed drunk we didn't care. I've never seen so many bottle being launched into the air at the same time. It was just hilarious trying to dodge them on the way back down so that we didn't get soaked in piss. You had to be there to witness it.
I was there in '86. The best part was when Lemmy got hit by a bottle. He almost came into the audience to get the guy that threw it. Epic.
@@jazzmachine Wow... I'd think that getting Lemmy pissed off at you would be one thing you wouldn't want to do...
@@Jreb1865 the man was not to be trifled with.
I fought, pushed and persevered my way to the very front of that gig. I left after Van Halen because there was only one band for me (nothing has changed after all these years!). I turned my back on the stage and pushed my way back out before Angus even took the stage. At the time, I just wasn’t interested. Looking back now, sure, I regret not sticking around. I had many AC/DC albums. Oh well. I still have and regularly wear my Van Halen 1984 t-shirt. I saw VH 4 times. The other 3 were in LA when I lived out there for 10 years. I even got to meet Eddie :)
i took a selfie in 84 with a 110 instamatc camera
showed it off to my m8s
years later i realised - when i turned my back the bloke in front of me opened his program & i took a pic of EVH from that :P
its STILL a selfie :P
Even a norwegian as me found the way to that magic saturday. 57 now, but I have never forgotten that day! What a day!!!!!!!
Some serious axe heros at that gig..Eddie, Gary, Jake, Angus...
Dave, Wolf.
@@mattynungwankbo3702 Ah yes forgot about Dave and Wolf..🤘🎸
@@dannymcmince There’ll never be another guitar hero line-up like that 🤘🏻
@@mattynungwankbo3702 Unfortunately you are correct... glad to have been a teenager during that time.. still listening to these guys today, I'm 55yrs.🤘🎸
1984 MOR! THE BEST!
I was 17 and my mate and I got the boat over from Dublin and hitched to Donnington. The best festival I've ever been at. I watch some of the video of that day that appears on yootoobs now and I dont remember the bands sounding that rough lol. On the day I was just blown away by the level of huge bands on display. I remember the sky being literally filled with bottles at one point! Guy beside us got one right in the head and it had the cap off and was full of p*ss. He went berserk and pushed off through the crowd looking for the culprit, a proverbial needle in a haystack... man, on a day of guitar legends (Gary Moore, Jake E Lee and Angus Young) Eddie Van Halen showed why he was and is the GOAT. On the day Jake for me was a close second.
Fantastic times, levi denim jacket with Kiss, Judas Priest & Whitesnake embroidery, badges & patches, patcholi oil, old english cyder☺Love the t - shirts! Signals, 1984, Making Contact, In Rock We Trust😍Wish i could travel back in time☺😍😅
Yea, I caught that Rush - Signals t - shirt as well...
I was there and I still have the ticket! 😆🤘🖤
Me too
Roth was hilarious
saw a few monsters of rock in the 1980's, you kept playing ac/dc with bon scott, who died in 1980. angus calling van halen a "pop band". shots fired. damn, that footage of vh, hot for teacher, and eddie... rip eddie, he was a fricking force of nature. dave was the ultimate front man.
Happy of those who lived this 😭😭😭
I miss what didn't live.
What a day that was..
Slade did THE job in 1981 no band could follow them
I was there but cant remember much about Accept, Motley Crue or Y&T, however Gary Moore was legendary. Van Halen were too much for me, too long guitar solos and Dave Lee Roths jokes!? I was there for Ozzy & AC/DC who were amazing, I'd seen them both previously at the Apollo in Glasgow. It was the year before I joined the RAF and I was only 16 still at school and travelled down on a bus with my mate big Jim Harvey from Auchinleck in Ayrshire Scotland I remember it took ages. I can still see the flying bottles of piss and the shit Tommy Vance got was hilarious. Still cat see myself in the crowd though!
Remember the bit where Angus said after being asked if there was any rivalry within the bands(van halen) and be said “no not really there more of a pop band”😀
Thanks for posting that was awesome!!! I really enjoyed it.
What day & what a lineup amazing to be there seeing this video just brought back great memories the Real Donington 🤘👍🏴
shame they didnt show Gary moore
I remember watching this on TV back in the day, having attended the event, and thinking it was a rather sneering report from Andy Kershaw. Safe to say he never attended another rock concert since I reckon. Rock lives on!
He's been too busy breaking restraining orders and harassing women to find time for gigs. Absolute bellend of a man.
Hover over the thumbnail for that authentic VHS experience.
I was there in 84...had a blast...
There's how to get the sheet of ACID in....give a random guy the jacket to wear in! 😂😂😂
First saw them at the NEC in Birmingham in '82 and was at this gig. Possibly the only gig Johno has done without his hat? Never seen him without one in any point in time since he joined them.
There are a few, he doesn't use hat at Tokyo 1981 too
19:26 steven adler in the crowd
One band spent a decade fighting and splashing egos! And AC/DC kept on doing ROCK
Damn... That was fantastic. You even got to see Valerie Bertinali sitting at a table behind the stage...😮
Interviewer:
What do you think about going on before
AC/DC?
DDLR:
We're Taller!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
My left ear really enjoyed that ;)
Ahhhh memories :) Thanks for posting!!!
This is special. I remember sitting on that lawn most of the day, as the crowd eventually necessitated standing up, by late afternoon most of us were pissing straight down.
Love it. Thanks for this.!!
I woz there in 84
Angus's crack about ac/dc's changes in style could have been written for Tap 9:05
I remember it well
"I've seen AC/DC the headliners,but i've been dying to see AC/DC" and "Well,the Sex Pistols have sort of died out haven't they?" Great words Hahaha! :)
Brilliant day
Ed Van Halen Show Man
Awesome
God, I was into Metal at the time. Exodus were kind of friends and the local Metal heroes. How we saw the LA "Metal" scene. Slayer were the competition from LA, but day 1, we all hated Motley Crue. Boots and bandanas.
Think this Andy Kershaw fella got locked up for assault a few yrs ago..looks like he couldn’t knock the top off a rice pudding looking at him on here 🤣
I bet he's still walking up and down his village
Yeah, looking for the sheep that got away.
That dude got hit right when I thought someone should hit this guy.
I was there was 19 and 4 of us slept in a MK 1 Escort :)
Class Tod happy days marra
Now, this would have been the year to go. Fuck the 1990 one. Except for Slayer and Iron Maiden, that one looked lame.
Love how he just took David Lee Roths beer and took a good pull off of it....EPIC SHIT!!! Hey Dave...i drank your budwieser. 😂😂😂
Fuckin great!!!! Álcool rulez : Sixx versus Malcom 💀
Metal rules. Why isn't Saxon or Motorhead there
I was 14 my dad put Ozzies lazier show on.and lighting
This 👆 is Brilliant Being back 🔙 the Old Times
NEBS
I love how Angus & Brian are completely chill having a drink unlike Roth, Roth looks like he’s coked out of his mind. No offense to Van Halen but AC/DC will always be number one.
I never liked these two smug gits on Whistle Test,especially Hepworth and his Jeremy Clarkeson style presenter voice.
I was at Donnington 84, I left after Van Halen who were rather disappointing, the heat was mad, and the crowd surges and fighting, bottles being thrown etc, was getting really out of hand. it was first and last Donnington, my friends and I retreated back up the hill to some relative safety, and watched AC/DC from there. They were okay, but sound was very wafty.
Trying to find your coach to get home, was a nightmare, it was a battle ground,pretty scary actually. Our coach left with only about 20 people on it, the drivers got a rough time, with people being sick or fights breaking out.
AC/DC and Ozzy would have blown VH off the stage
These days this just looks like an embarrassing parody.
Andy Kershaw was there to take the piss. The trouble is that knobs like Ozzy OsBORING make Metal look immature and shallow, and that reflects badly on good bands like Van Halen, Gary Moore and Y&T, who weren't metal bands anyway.
It's the Monsters of Rock not the Monsters of Metal
@@mdluk199: Your point being... ?
@@AlexAlexon3897 You seemed to be implying Van Halen, Gary Moore & Y&T didn't belong at Donington because they weren't metal
@@mdluk199: Oh, I see. In fact, I don't like metal, which is why I do like Van Halen, Gary Moore, and (to an extent) Y&T. I didn't phrase that clearly. Thank you. I was making the opposite point from appearances!
@@AlexAlexon3897 👍👍👍
Donington was a dump of a venue
It's been worse luckily the weather was perfect on that day and the sound system up to a good standard. Also the stage is positioned in a natural 'dip' so good view for most people.
Hell Yeah! Crowd was ALMOST a great as The D's amazing crowds. 😮