Bobby Huff So there have been some heated discussions on here about Eddies lack of caring about tuning with a tuner especially on older VH records. This is why when you tune your guitar on a tuner and play along you will not be in tune with the record on MANY of these songs. Do you really think EVH is gonna slave his art over a tuner at some crazy oddball in between tuning?? NOT A CHANCE. This is a guy that hated rules and broke them all with his tone, designs of guitars, pickups, designs of amps, power to his amps, Slack tuning of thirds, playing technique, even his famous striped patterns. Well... he broke the tuning tradition as well and just tuned to what HIS ears wanted and not some spinning probe at A432. Later with the addition of keyboards he tuned more conventionally because he 'had to." Note that his last touring pedal board had no tuner...how many guitar players can you say that about?? THIS IS FROM HIS GUITAR PLAYER MAGAZINE INTERVIEW IN 1980.. "When we go in the studio, man, I don’t strobe tune or anything. I just pick the guitar up and if it’s in tune, I say, ‘Mike, tune to me,’ and we play. Why does it have to be the same? Who says it has to be tuned to E? Why the rules? Fuck the rules! I mean the main reason I get all the weird stuff I do on guitar is because I don’t do it by the rules." Listen to Vai even admit NO TUNER it at around 2:20 ua-cam.com/video/spB1XuedgkY/v-deo.html Also listen to what Phil X and Pete Thorn said about NO TUNER.... ua-cam.com/video/TEK-ZikFACc/v-deo.html Thanks to all for watching..
Could you imagine how often he would have to tune his guitar or how busy his guitar tech would be to keep him in perfect tune because of how much and how hard he was on his tremolo. He would need quite the arsenal of guitars considering he used a Floyde Rose and that is not just a turn of a tuning key!
@@22bigfig His tuning needed to match Michael Anthony. It's not just that Eddie had to be in tune with himself. And it's not like Van Halen stopped the show to "give me an A... and now a D...." for the bass to tune to. Nor could Eddie's tech have managed having guitars ready for Eddie, that were in tune with all the other guitars, AND Michael's basses, without a tuner. You also need a tuner for a trem guitar because as you tension strings it pulls the bar downward and the other strings slacken up. So, nobody is doing a string change on a Floyd without a tuner.... because you need to average that and balance it. And once it's in tune, Floyd's have tuners on the trem itself to fine tune... so yes.. he could fix any issues after a dive bomb that presented themselves... As long as he tuned the out of tune string(s) to match the in tune ones... Although, Floyd's are pretty darned good at coming back in tune since that's part of their design and reason for their existence. But overall... Eddie used a tuner.... Eddie's tech used a tuner. Michael nor the bass tech had to tune by ear to Eddie.
Yeah but he wasn't an idiot. They used strobe tuners. Down a half step with Dave, standard with Sammy. Done. You're hearing the result of the mastering process that could throw the pitch off.
@@davidferrara1105 you really think EVH is gonna let them mess with his tone in mastering??? Not a chance!! Tone was EVERYTHING to him. The second video even addresses vari speed….didn’t happen. Thanks for ur comments!
Dave's quick little chuckle after the high note in "from across the ro-hehe-om" is so amazing. They don't make musical notation for those types of things! Inimitable!
I’ve always thought he sang with genius levels of cool in this song and especially that verse. I thought his strongest trait other than his showmanship was just how cool he sounded when he sang. He may not be the best singer from a technical standpoint but god damn it works so fucking well
*It destroys all of the vocal artifacts that make the vocal unique. Engineers who use auto-tune on heavy to medium settings should be forced to quit working on records*
all those little mis-tunings and imperfections added color to music. thats why it was so much more dynamic. todays music is obsessed with perfection and thats why its so flat and emotionless. they have taken the art out of the artist and homogenized music. you can actually hear Dave laughing and smiling in his voice
Absolutely agree 100%. Back in the day, it was all about the 'performance'... not cold hard 'perfection'. Another thing I absolutely can't stand about today's rock records, is how every single dynamic is squashed down via compression, into a meaningless fat dull wash. They do that for maximum volume and consistency for radio airplay. Hate it!!
@@yellingelk ever see a modern teenager's eyes light up when they hear a Doobie Brothers or Chicago song? They've never heard an actual organic song with those subtle colorations before. Music should be a human thing, not something processed by a machine. Back in the day we had a buffet of musical sounds, now its just a standard corporate gruel.
@@yellingelk I Agree! A really good observation. Some compression is okay but not when it washes away the dynamics of the music. The greatest record producers in the history of music practiced their craft in the 60's through 90's. George Martin, Qincy Jones, Phil Spector, Muscle Shoals, Jimmy Page, Mutt Lange.....etc....etc...ad infinitum. Everything produced today is assembly line production and sound just like everything else. There isn't much innovation or creativity. Look at the list and you see some guys that took big chances to make something unique. IMO.
I still don't get the idea that Dave "couldn't sing". I think that myth came about because Dave started getting sloppy as a live singer in the later Van Halen years and never really improved.
@@ryanjacobson2508 that’s exactly why, people always rag on him for not being a perfect singer but thats what made van halen lmfao it was unique and fun
The soul is in the minor imperfections, it's the humanity of it. Tuned is for robots. I agree with Eddie, rules in music aren't rules, they're guides. You stray too far from what should sound good, and it just doesn't. But pitch perfect everything doesn't sound natural. Formula based, tuned music lacks both creativity and soul.
*No, thats is NOT correct. Technology is a powerless tool. Its moronic tone-deaf idiots and amateur A&R hacks that did that on behalf of lawyers and accountants*
I really liked both eras. Dave and Sammy are great in different ways. I grew up listening to the greatest guitarist (EVH) and watching the NBA goat (MJ). The 80's and 90's were special.
@@TheJpep2424 i really dont get the “dave is a terrible singer” yeah but he sounds better, more fun. Dont matter about range if its not as enjoyable and fun. Who cares
Hey All. I made a mistake in the video saying that "Dance the Night Away," was their first single...I meant it was their first single off the second album! Doc
@@SteveBurk exactly.. anyone trying to cover DLR/VH sounds pretty bad.... except Ralph Saenz from Steel Panther. He was born to sing DLR. And also Corey Taylor/Slipknot was surprisingly pretty great doing "Take Your Whiskey Home"
@@TheMightyVanHalen Agreed. I was actually surprised by Corey Taylor. There's really only two singers I can think of that do it without becoming pastiche. Saenz and Taylor.
I agree. I don’t dislike the tuned version of Dave. Every other singer you’ve done Tuning makes it sound clearly worse but not with this song. I would say that certain parts actually sound clearly better tuned, haha, and other parts would be better left alone.
I definitely agree - certain parts if tuned could serve as anchor points. This said, I think the tuned section would only work in small bursts or else it starts to sound like soda without the fizz
Lets be honest, people over analyze everything now. People suffer from paralysis of analysis, you can barely hear the difference between tuned and untuned. Protools and autotune have ruin the music business. Dave was perfect vocally for those first albums, Ya Roth is not perfect but David was the right muffler for that engine. Van Halen fan since 1982.
Let's be honest. People over-analyze everything now. People suffer from paralysis of analysis. You can barely hear the difference between tuned and untuned. Protools and autotune have ruined the music business. Dave was perfect vocally for those first albums. Yeah, Roth is not perfect, but David was the right muffler for that engine. Van Halen fan since 1982.
WHOA. Eddie had his idiosyncrasies, all us musicians do, but lets remember a couple things. 1.) Eddie was a gifted, well-trained musician before he ever picked up guitar. He may not have read music, but he was musical, and he learned to play multiple instruments when most of us were teeing up to little league. 2.) Eddie is on record in countless interviews saying that they regularly tuned down a half step. instead of E they played in Eb. The only way you "TUNE" down a half step is with a tuner. He was not so reckless with his tuning. No. 3.) all early VH music and likely a large portion of their later stuff was recorded to TAPE. Multi-Track tape machines back then were notoriously temperamental, and required constant attention and calibration to remain accurate. Lapse on the routine maintenance and you will quickly learn that your tape machine is no longer spinning its gears as fast as it should be, and the result is a song or album of songs going to master at a speed thats a cunt-hair too slow or too fast, and thus results in the example from the beginning of this video. It is HIGHLY unlikely that the tuning discrepancies you find with VH records are due to anything more than vintage tape machines being not flawlessly well-kept.
I dont want to pooh pooh on this channel and he's even said so himself, these vocal tracks are not "raw" sound. These songs have tons of engineering on them already, but it was all analog and typically not an edited down sample of vocals that makes AT really work. AT an already engineered track is kind of silly, but these tracks are much more raw compared to the 50 take 50 part pre and post processed recording style today.
Simply put - Sammy Hagar was Bob Seger, Michael Bolton, David Coverdale.... Same sound. David Lee Roth was infinitely more entertaining to listen to AND watch. Hagar acted like a rock star, but came across as a buffoon.... Roth acted like a buffoon - but came across as a rock star. Early Roth with Van Halen before they made it big was incomparable
@@sam_uelson I agree. Everybody raves about 1984 as if it's some kind of perfect specimen, but it marks the end of my interest in Van Halen. Some great songwriting, but the sound is starting to become tasteless and vapid. It's not the synths either; it's the over-wrought, paint by numbers rock sound. They were far more exciting with all the rough edges exposed.
Good stuff! Diamond Dave took singing lessons one month before the recording of the 1st album. Btw, Eddie is tuned to E flat (a half step down) and Eddie sings during the chorus with Mike and Dave.
Agreed but it’s still not in tune a half step down…it’s not exactly a half step down.. If you tune your guitar a half step down and played along with it you would not be in tune to the track. Ha ha. Doesn’t matter I still love it!
You're absolutely correct Dr. Huff. My guitar was just laying there, out of tune a half down and then some. They must have tuned to Ed as you stated. My guitar just happened to be in the same key as this recording eerily enough.
I like the untuned better. I absolutely love you for making this video. I know David Lee Roth vocals are rough in his later years but in his prime this man was amazing in the studio and on the stage! I’m glad you pointed it out. I never realized that bass part either. Michael Anthony… also way underrated.
Hearing clearly what the isolated instruments sound like is like hearing them for the first time again. My favorite part of your videos honestly. It’s so damn interesting hearing that pure groove that the whole band achieved and the creativity and soul these guys put into the music.
David lee Roth is the "Al Jolson" of Hard Rock... swagger, bravado, and attitude... he is a lonely man though deep inside... and hearing Michael Anthony and his bass playing by itself is a clear revelation... so sad that EVH said that all MA did was play whole notes... then again, EVH really had a dark mean side to him... sad, but true.
EVH's ego was a bummer. The guy played with such soul that you'd think he would appreciate the magic of a band that worked together so well. If your last name wasn't Van Halen you were just supporting cast.
The bastards cut Mike Anthony out of all profits from merch at one point while they were still together with DD. At least that’s according to their long time manager. I read it in “Runnin’ With The Devil” by their former manager Noel Monk. A lot of shitty things went down. Who’s to say Noel didn’t have an ax to grind but….
@@bimscutney1242 Sammy said the same thing in HIS biography... unfortunately, if your name is not on the tin, you are not a full member of the band according to the Brothers Van Halen
eddie actually intentionally tuned his guitar “out of tune” to make chords more in tune. my friend allen has found the actual tunings of almost all the early vh songs, to the tenth of a cent. originally he thought ed just had different tunings for every song, but after doing several songs, he learned that some songs had the same alternate tunings as the others, sometimes from different albums. eddie was much more calculated than we think
He was referring to the actual key the guitar was tuned to, not the strings individually. Lots of guitar players tune the b-string out of tune, for example, to make chords more in-tune. That's not what he was referring to here.
@@deransadventures i know that. all of ed’s strings were out of key, but there was certainly no “tune to me” like he used to say. he said in an early interview that they tuned between e flat and e natural. he didnt just knock the b out of tune, all of the strings were knocked out of tune to each other. my main point was that eddie never flew by the seat of his pants, he was calculated and he knew his shit.
You're right about the intentional nature of Ed's tuning, it's called "tempered" tuning. The problem with comparing a piano to Ed is that pianos are also tempered, and there's actually an impressive number of options. The irony is, if you tune everything to "exact pitch" things sound out of tune. The whole f- it its just rock n roll thing is bull.
Dave is the greatest rock voice of all time. People love him because of his voice, style, charisma, attitude, etc. P.S. Nobody, Sammy or other, could ever scream the way Dave did in the 70s/80s/90s. That's a wholly unique thing to him.
@@BobbyHuff He made rock n roll sexy for my generation. He brought the whole package...metaphorically speaking, of course.😄 I'm not just talking about those tight white pants!!
No, it doesn't matter, because it's not rocket science where a smidge off will destroy the ship it's rock'n'roll where the rocket shoots on those deviations. Rock doesn't need perfect 440 or perfect bpm-- we have that now and does anybody really care? Rock needs mischief.
I've just found your channel and loving the stuff man. also loving seeing you still interacting with people on this video. how you aren't top of the music on UA-cam I don't know. You can tell how much you love van Halen and all the music you cover in your videos
I love how you did this video, glad you went off the tuned path and explored other parts of Van Halen. I imagine Alex tuned his drums to Eddies sound, giving Alex that signature sound as well. What I find most interesting about Eddie and Alex is that Alex, being the older brother, took over Eddies Drums when they were young and Eddie took over Alex's guitar. Can you imagine what the music world would be like had that single event had not happened? I am guessing there would have been no world famous Van Halen, no signature Eddie sound, maybe no Diamond Dave. Who would have been musics great influence of the 70's and 80's, what direction would music have gone... Ok, I need to stop with silly questions like that and just be happy it happened the way it did. Have a great week Bob.
Thanks so much man and I totally agree about Alex Van Halen’s signature sound. They called his snare drum the thunder bucket. And exceptional player with an exceptional ear for a one in 1 million town just like his brother.
@@BobbyHuff I hear ya, those two gelled so well together. another thing I am impressed with, it goes along with the old saying, the apple does not fall far from the tree. Wolf Van Halen's music is impressive, I like that he is not copying his dad, he is making his own way with his own signature sound. And like his Dad, he is multi talented. He does so much of the work himself, from playing the instruments to much of the production work. He wants a name of his own and he is going after it, that's a tough thing to do, trying to break out of the shadow of his Dad, but he is doing it. What are your thoughts on Wolf's music, have you had much chance to hear him yet.
Dave's vocal tracks were always a lot of work. Ted T said they would do it as many times as needed to get the right feel. It was never about perfection nor did it need to be. Dave's studio voice is nothing short of marvelous!
I think thats what I was trying to say but didnt know the words....sounds very similar to me, one just sounds a little "cleaner" to me, less rough...IDK. Im a EDM producer and DJ who loves EVH and metal....one too many shows, 7 VH beginning back in 82
You are the only Doctor I look forward to seeing, especially when talking about the Mighty Van Halen! The musicianship of VH is off the charts. Thanks for doing this Bob, stay well.
Dave did sound great back in the day but he sounded pathetic toward the end, no disrespect to Dave at all, at one time he was beyond great...my opinion
I was watching this on my tv.. After what you said about your wife’s clutch going out I went and got my phone just to hit the like button.. I appreciate a reasonable amount of honesty in folks😁 Great video! Highly informative! And my respect for Alex Van Halen just doubled 🔥 Thank you!
EVH tuned half a step down, to E flat, just like lots of rock guitarists do, which gives it a more chunky sound. It also makes bending notes easier. Jimmy Hendrix did this too. There’s no way he’d just tune to whatever. He used a Floyd Rose tremelo with a floating bridge. That bridge has to be adjusted to float precisely based on your tuning. No way in hell he didn’t use a tuner or his bridge wouldn’t level properly. He just went down half a step like a huge number of other rockers do.
I remember hearing Poundcake for the first time on the radio. I couldn't who it was at first because of the drill part but as soon as the drums kicked in I knew it was Van Halen. That's when I knew Alex had just as much of a signature sound as Eddie did.
@@jamesbeason9256here is EVH quote: “That’s funny, because people took that whole ‘brown sound’ thing totally out of context,” he said. “I was never talking about my guitar tone. I was talking about Alex’s snare drum. I’ve always thought Alex’s snare drum sounds like he’s beating on a log. It’s very organic. So it wasn’t my brown sound. It was Alex’s.”
I was 17 when VH1 landed and knew how to play most Aerosmith/Nugent/ZZ/ Frank Marino/.. I mentally engrained that thunderous bass intro into Running W the Devil into my DNA and 40 years later can still bring it up in my head and tune dead on when checked with a tuner. Been 1/2 step down all my life.
This was great! I agreed 100% on everything! I feel the same with your assessment of DLR tuned & untuned. I really appreciated your showing us the brilliant playing of ALL the guys. I loved hearing EVH's harmonics passage and I always love hearing about how much of a signature sound Alex actually has. Thanks!
I love how you break out the individual members so we can appreciate their talent. Van Halen is and always will be one of my favorite bands... Just the way they played it is gold!!!
I think one thing that's different about Dave is his voice has so many overtones. That makes it sit inside the chords better. He's also not that far off. It's really neat to check this out! Thanks!
First time seeing Dr. Bob break down VH... Bob, you are amazing. Been listening to VH for 45 years and now have an even bigger appreciation for their talent
Dave’s voice was raw he had a attitude in his vocals that no one could ever match. Not to mention his stage presence man what a showman. He’s the quintessential front man. He’s the measuring stick when it comes to front men
As an exercise, this tinkering with the tunings is interesting. I also believe in the sanctity of the original art. We must also consider that ALL music is a manipulation of sound. No two artists create music that is exactly the same...unless the music is created solely (and soulessly) by a precise machine. Consider how two guitarists, playing the same piece, on the same instrument will still sound different from one another. "Correcting" music removes the artist from the art.... My two cents.
@@BobbyHuff No, Sammy is a one trick pony. Singing like a dying cat all the time. Roth has many tricks up his sleeve. A great singer is one who can sell the lyrics. That is Roth. Roth is a far better song writer too.
@@BobbyHuff It's just a fact. A great singer sells the lyrics with soul, conviction, attitude, great tone and style. That's Dave. Sammy with his lame love songs. Eddie fired SAmmy for his lyrics sucked. He noticed this once he became sober.
@@SteveBurk all true. DLR had a ton more tricks and techniques (screams, character, vibrato, low-to-high range, great, creative lyrics). Sammy mostly just sings high and admittedly terrible lyricist.
Dave's opening line "have you seen her, so fine and pretty fooled me with her style and ease" is my favorite opening line ever. And I love singing it to an incredibly hot girl😂
Pretty sure the lyric is “...moving with a style and ease.” even though the internet tells you otherwise. The internet’s on crack. I mean it’s isolated here, you can definitely hear it, plus the other line doesn’t make sense.
Thank you so much for this! I enjoyed the breakdown of all the parts. Do you have access to more VH tunes like this? Bring 'em on...PLEASE!!! Subscribed.
Hey Terry! Thanks! I do and they will be coming up in the future! There is another on my channel called Let’s Time Correct Van Halen and also Let’s Vocal Tune Sammy Hagar.
This makes perfect sense now. I always wondered why when I played this song on the guitar, it didn’t sound quite like the recorded version. All of the guitar lesson videos on UA-cam said this was played in drop D tuning but I always felt like it was higher. Regardless of what tuning it’s in, still one of the greatest Vanhalen songs of all time. Great video!
Hey man thanks for the sub and thanks for watching! I’m using Cubase but just know that it DOES NOT separate the tracks out like this…I got the tracks like this from a connection! I appreciate the sub my new friend.
Hey Bobby- I like what you do here🤘😬🎶how do you feel about removing the hiss as Eddy manipulates the volume pot on "Cathedral" off of 'DIVER DOWN' and seeing what magic reveals itself! Thanks! Mark.
@@BobbyHuff true nobody will confuse DLR with Steve Perry (GOAT). But I'd say DLR has a great vocal/foundation w power, projection, great vibrato and control plus character for daysssss
A lot of them were used for Guitar Hero back in the day and can be found online. Bobby probably also has connections to get stuff like this that the rest of us won't have access to.
Bobby Huff
So there have been some heated discussions on here about Eddies lack of caring about tuning with a tuner especially on older VH records. This is why when you tune your guitar on a tuner and play along you will not be in tune with the record on MANY of these songs. Do you really think EVH is gonna slave his art over a tuner at some crazy oddball in between tuning?? NOT A CHANCE. This is a guy that hated rules and broke them all with his tone, designs of guitars, pickups, designs of amps, power to his amps, Slack tuning of thirds, playing technique, even his famous striped patterns. Well... he broke the tuning tradition as well and just tuned to what HIS ears wanted and not some spinning probe at A432. Later with the addition of keyboards he tuned more conventionally because he 'had to." Note that his last touring pedal board had no tuner...how many guitar players can you say that about??
THIS IS FROM HIS GUITAR PLAYER MAGAZINE INTERVIEW IN 1980..
"When we go in the studio, man, I don’t strobe tune or anything. I just pick the guitar up and if it’s in tune, I say, ‘Mike, tune to me,’ and we play. Why does it have to be the same? Who says it has to be tuned to E? Why the rules? Fuck the rules! I mean the main reason I get all the weird stuff I do on guitar is because I don’t do it by the rules."
Listen to Vai even admit NO TUNER it at around 2:20
ua-cam.com/video/spB1XuedgkY/v-deo.html
Also listen to what Phil X and Pete Thorn said about NO TUNER....
ua-cam.com/video/TEK-ZikFACc/v-deo.html
Thanks to all for watching..
Could you imagine how often he would have to tune his guitar or how busy his guitar tech would be to keep him in perfect tune because of how much and how hard he was on his tremolo. He would need quite the arsenal of guitars considering he used a Floyde Rose and that is not just a turn of a tuning key!
@@22bigfig His tuning needed to match Michael Anthony. It's not just that Eddie had to be in tune with himself. And it's not like Van Halen stopped the show to "give me an A... and now a D...." for the bass to tune to.
Nor could Eddie's tech have managed having guitars ready for Eddie, that were in tune with all the other guitars, AND Michael's basses, without a tuner.
You also need a tuner for a trem guitar because as you tension strings it pulls the bar downward and the other strings slacken up. So, nobody is doing a string change on a Floyd without a tuner.... because you need to average that and balance it.
And once it's in tune, Floyd's have tuners on the trem itself to fine tune... so yes.. he could fix any issues after a dive bomb that presented themselves...
As long as he tuned the out of tune string(s) to match the in tune ones...
Although, Floyd's are pretty darned good at coming back in tune since that's part of their design and reason for their existence.
But overall... Eddie used a tuner.... Eddie's tech used a tuner. Michael nor the bass tech had to tune by ear to Eddie.
Yeah but he wasn't an idiot. They used strobe tuners. Down a half step with Dave, standard with Sammy. Done. You're hearing the result of the mastering process that could throw the pitch off.
@@davidferrara1105 you really think EVH is gonna let them mess with his tone in mastering??? Not a chance!! Tone was EVERYTHING to him. The second video even addresses vari speed….didn’t happen. Thanks for ur comments!
I prefer Dave un-tuned; it sounds more natural...
Untuned! Roth is a blues singer, not a pop singer. Autotune cleans up a sound, and Diamond Dave sings dirty, greasy, and gritty.
That's why it worked.
so well said! processing takes away the soul
Dave was the epitome of the phrase "Rock out with your cock out." Hell, I think he coined the phrase. They don't make 'em like him anymore.
I’ve always described him as having a “smokey” voice
@@BigTony-bf5jr
Perfect description. He had a hell of a range too.
I loved Dave’s solo projects. His version of Tobacco Road is a favorite of mine. So happy I got to see VH a couple times in their reunion tours.
Dave's quick little chuckle after the high note in "from across the ro-hehe-om" is so amazing. They don't make musical notation for those types of things! Inimitable!
Totally agree Brian thanks for watching man. Love your podcasts my friend.
Exactly. I've always noticed and loved the Dave attitude in his singing.
@@FreeMTrider Totally agree.
I’ve always thought he sang with genius levels of cool in this song and especially that verse. I thought his strongest trait other than his showmanship was just how cool he sounded when he sang. He may not be the best singer from a technical standpoint but god damn it works so fucking well
@@Junkiescum 👍
Sounds like autotune literally takes the soul and spirit out of the captured vocal track.
I agree. I mean you def hear him being pitchy allot, but thats Dave...always has been.
Exactly. Autotune sux.
@@Szmanzer Bingo
It takes humanity out also ...
*It destroys all of the vocal artifacts that make the vocal unique. Engineers who use auto-tune on heavy to medium settings should be forced to quit working on records*
Imperfection is perfection when it comes to artistic interpretation.
all those little mis-tunings and imperfections added color to music. thats why it was so much more dynamic. todays music is obsessed with perfection and thats why its so flat and emotionless. they have taken the art out of the artist and homogenized music. you can actually hear Dave laughing and smiling in his voice
Amen, brother, amen!
Well said. Some guys can sing and you can just hear the bad boy twinkle in their eye. Dave's got that down. The quintessential Valley Boy.
Absolutely agree 100%. Back in the day, it was all about the 'performance'... not cold hard 'perfection'. Another thing I absolutely can't stand about today's rock records, is how every single dynamic is squashed down via compression, into a meaningless fat dull wash. They do that for maximum volume and consistency for radio airplay. Hate it!!
@@yellingelk ever see a modern teenager's eyes light up when they hear a Doobie Brothers or Chicago song? They've never heard an actual organic song with those subtle colorations before. Music should be a human thing, not something processed by a machine.
Back in the day we had a buffet of musical sounds, now its just a standard corporate gruel.
@@yellingelk I Agree! A really good observation. Some compression is okay but not when it washes away the dynamics of the music. The greatest record producers in the history of music practiced their craft in the 60's through 90's. George Martin, Qincy Jones, Phil Spector, Muscle Shoals, Jimmy Page, Mutt Lange.....etc....etc...ad infinitum. Everything produced today is assembly line production and sound just like everything else. There isn't much innovation or creativity. Look at the list and you see some guys that took big chances to make something unique. IMO.
Dave had magic. Didn’t matter if he had perfect pitch or huge range. One of the best front men ever.
I still don't get the idea that Dave "couldn't sing". I think that myth came about because Dave started getting sloppy as a live singer in the later Van Halen years and never really improved.
@@ryanjacobson2508 that’s exactly why, people always rag on him for not being a perfect singer but thats what made van halen lmfao it was unique and fun
Technology has taken the soul out of music today. Sad.
Yeah! I have no idea what they think good music is!? It doesn’t even have guitars or drums, or real singing. No soul! No grit, no talent!
Don’t hear the squeak of the guitar strings anymore.
The soul is in the minor imperfections, it's the humanity of it. Tuned is for robots. I agree with Eddie, rules in music aren't rules, they're guides. You stray too far from what should sound good, and it just doesn't. But pitch perfect everything doesn't sound natural. Formula based, tuned music lacks both creativity and soul.
*No, thats is NOT correct. Technology is a powerless tool. Its moronic tone-deaf idiots and amateur A&R hacks that did that on behalf of lawyers and accountants*
Truly.. It makes people that don't truly have "It" .....try and fit the mold... Truly good singers are the mold!
The tuned version is just weird. Dave’s electric delivery is blunted and not nearly as tasty after the tuning.
YES.
Tasty??
Interesting experiment. I would leave him untuned.
Thanks Randy I agree.
DLR is fantastic! Definitely my favorite lineup of VH was with DLR.
I absolutely love everything Roth did. Thanks for watching David.
Terrible singer
I really liked both eras. Dave and Sammy are great in different ways.
I grew up listening to the greatest guitarist (EVH) and watching the NBA goat (MJ). The 80's and 90's were special.
@@TheJpep2424 i really dont get the “dave is a terrible singer” yeah but he sounds better, more fun. Dont matter about range if its not as enjoyable and fun. Who cares
Hey All. I made a mistake in the video saying that "Dance the Night Away," was their first single...I meant it was their first single off the second album! Doc
That's better 😊
That too bad because you probably got blasted lol
Bobby we knew that but the other doofus didn't
@@peterthePiper777 it’s all good! My mistake…I meant first single on the second album but I said it totally incorrect!
Gifted? Sammy Hagar is awesome but there's no Big Bad Bill without Dave 🙂
Or an Ice Cream Man!😄
@@bgriffin3036 actually both of those sounded fine before dave sang them
If you want to know how good he was, listen to someone else cover a VH tune. Nobody can do what Dave did.
so True, NO ONE can sing DAve, for Dave is killer, to me the best.
@@SteveBurk exactly.. anyone trying to cover DLR/VH sounds pretty bad.... except Ralph Saenz from Steel Panther. He was born to sing DLR. And also Corey Taylor/Slipknot was surprisingly pretty great doing "Take Your Whiskey Home"
Totally agree. DLR was a fantastic singer.
So glad someone mentioned Ralph from Steel Panther, that dude is so good and does Roth perfectly.
@@TheMightyVanHalen Agreed. I was actually surprised by Corey Taylor. There's really only two singers I can think of that do it without becoming pastiche. Saenz and Taylor.
He’s so much about tone and swagger. A real vocal stylist 🔥
Agreed Stan!
“His Dave thing” is what makes him great , huge difference between a showman and a lead singer , DLR IS BOTH
Thanks Marinus!
LoL he isn't a singer. Just awful.
@@TheJpep2424 he was
Dave is a game show host that people loved Not a great singer but loved for additude
I agree. I don’t dislike the tuned version of Dave. Every other singer you’ve done Tuning makes it sound clearly worse but not with this song. I would say that certain parts actually sound clearly better tuned, haha, and other parts would be better left alone.
Agreed David!! Always appreciate you watching and hanging around
I definitely agree - certain parts if tuned could serve as anchor points. This said, I think the tuned section would only work in small bursts or else it starts to sound like soda without the fizz
When you open the dictionary to the words “rock star” there’s a picture of Dave
Couldn’t agree more!!!
Rock star... icon
Steven Tyler for me.
@@dianecelotto for me it’s actually Jimmy Page first but Steven and Dave are in there too 🙂
More like a picture of a circus act.
I agree he's still good when tuned...but tuning makes it less interesting.
Lets be honest, people over analyze everything now. People suffer from paralysis of analysis, you can barely hear the difference between tuned and untuned. Protools and autotune have ruin the music business. Dave was perfect vocally for those first albums, Ya Roth is not perfect but David was the right muffler for that engine. Van Halen fan since 1982.
Let's be honest. People over-analyze everything now. People suffer from paralysis of analysis. You can barely hear the difference between tuned and untuned. Protools and autotune have ruined the music business. Dave was perfect vocally for those first albums. Yeah, Roth is not perfect, but David was the right muffler for that engine. Van Halen fan since 1982.
Exactly, you would not even know it was tuned if you didn’t know that it was a video about tuning.
WHOA. Eddie had his idiosyncrasies, all us musicians do, but lets remember a couple things. 1.) Eddie was a gifted, well-trained musician before he ever picked up guitar. He may not have read music, but he was musical, and he learned to play multiple instruments when most of us were teeing up to little league. 2.) Eddie is on record in countless interviews saying that they regularly tuned down a half step. instead of E they played in Eb. The only way you "TUNE" down a half step is with a tuner. He was not so reckless with his tuning. No. 3.) all early VH music and likely a large portion of their later stuff was recorded to TAPE. Multi-Track tape machines back then were notoriously temperamental, and required constant attention and calibration to remain accurate. Lapse on the routine maintenance and you will quickly learn that your tape machine is no longer spinning its gears as fast as it should be, and the result is a song or album of songs going to master at a speed thats a cunt-hair too slow or too fast, and thus results in the example from the beginning of this video. It is HIGHLY unlikely that the tuning discrepancies you find with VH records are due to anything more than vintage tape machines being not flawlessly well-kept.
And btw, I an a studio engineer with 25 years under my belt. I know what I'm talking about when it comes to analog recording gear.
I respect your opinion but disagree with much of it. Video coming out that digs deeper into all of this. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Favorite quote - "That's blood right there! That's blood groove!" Awesome!! Thanks for putting these videos out here!!
Thanks for watching Brian!
Sounds better untuned to me tbh
Me too Carl thank you for watching.
Agreed.
I dont want to pooh pooh on this channel and he's even said so himself, these vocal tracks are not "raw" sound. These songs have tons of engineering on them already, but it was all analog and typically not an edited down sample of vocals that makes AT really work. AT an already engineered track is kind of silly, but these tracks are much more raw compared to the 50 take 50 part pre and post processed recording style today.
Maybe it's because I'm not a musician, but I'm not really hearing anything different...
Simply put - Sammy Hagar was Bob Seger, Michael Bolton, David Coverdale.... Same sound.
David Lee Roth was infinitely more entertaining to listen to AND watch.
Hagar acted like a rock star, but came across as a buffoon.... Roth acted like a buffoon - but came across as a rock star.
Early Roth with Van Halen before they made it big was incomparable
Van halen with Dave was backyard party rock you could drink beer to. Van Hagar was corporate rock to keep executives happy.
@@sam_uelson I agree. Everybody raves about 1984 as if it's some kind of perfect specimen, but it marks the end of my interest in Van Halen. Some great songwriting, but the sound is starting to become tasteless and vapid. It's not the synths either; it's the over-wrought, paint by numbers rock sound. They were far more exciting with all the rough edges exposed.
Yeah it's too bad Roth thru in the vocal towel, especially live, in the later days. People rave about Roth's early live performances with VH.
So good. “We’ve got naked Van Halen here” Great band. Great musicians. Great video breakdown. Thanks!
Thanks for watching John!!
'Naked Van Halen' is what all the 80s groupie chicks got as well!
Good stuff! Diamond Dave took singing lessons one month before the recording of the 1st album. Btw, Eddie is tuned to E flat (a half step down) and Eddie sings during the chorus with Mike and Dave.
Agreed but it’s still not in tune a half step down…it’s not exactly a half step down.. If you tune your guitar a half step down and played along with it you would not be in tune to the track. Ha ha. Doesn’t matter I still love it!
You're absolutely correct Dr. Huff. My guitar was just laying there, out of tune a half down and then some. They must have tuned to Ed as you stated. My guitar just happened to be in the same key as this recording eerily enough.
@@BobbyHuff yea I always was under the impressions that ALL VH was in Eb tuning.
Eddie Van Halen: “If it sounds good, it is good”
I like the untuned better. I absolutely love you for making this video. I know David Lee Roth vocals are rough in his later years but in his prime this man was amazing in the studio and on the stage! I’m glad you pointed it out.
I never realized that bass part either. Michael Anthony… also way underrated.
Daves voice was perfect for van halen the vh albums with dave are 2nd to none
Dr. Bob, you rock man! Your vids are some of the best out there! Appreciate you man!
Thanks so much Tex!
Hearing clearly what the isolated instruments sound like is like hearing them for the first time again. My favorite part of your videos honestly. It’s so damn interesting hearing that pure groove that the whole band achieved and the creativity and soul these guys put into the music.
David lee Roth is the "Al Jolson" of Hard Rock... swagger, bravado, and attitude... he is a lonely man though deep inside... and hearing Michael Anthony and his bass playing by itself is a clear revelation... so sad that EVH said that all MA did was play whole notes... then again, EVH really had a dark mean side to him... sad, but true.
Yeah agreed. Eddie is my favorite but it’s no secret that unfortunately he had some demons as well as being very sweet at times.
Thank you, Dino! Been saying the exact same thing about DLR to anybody who'd listen since they blew me away on Labor Day, 1980.
EVH's ego was a bummer. The guy played with such soul that you'd think he would appreciate the magic of a band that worked together so well. If your last name wasn't Van Halen you were just supporting cast.
The bastards cut Mike Anthony out of all profits from merch at one point while they were still together with DD. At least that’s according to their long time manager. I read it in “Runnin’ With The Devil” by their former manager Noel Monk. A lot of shitty things went down. Who’s to say Noel didn’t have an ax to grind but….
@@bimscutney1242 Sammy said the same thing in HIS biography... unfortunately, if your name is not on the tin, you are not a full member of the band according to the Brothers Van Halen
eddie actually intentionally tuned his guitar “out of tune” to make chords more in tune. my friend allen has found the actual tunings of almost all the early vh songs, to the tenth of a cent. originally he thought ed just had different tunings for every song, but after doing several songs, he learned that some songs had the same alternate tunings as the others, sometimes from different albums. eddie was much more calculated than we think
He was referring to the actual key the guitar was tuned to, not the strings individually. Lots of guitar players tune the b-string out of tune, for example, to make chords more in-tune. That's not what he was referring to here.
@@deransadventures i know that. all of ed’s strings were out of key, but there was certainly no “tune to me” like he used to say. he said in an early interview that they tuned between e flat and e natural. he didnt just knock the b out of tune, all of the strings were knocked out of tune to each other. my main point was that eddie never flew by the seat of his pants, he was calculated and he knew his shit.
He tuned flat to make the tighter Strat scale easier to play.
@@jfo3000 actually he probably did it to make it easier for Dave to sing, that's the most common reason to tune down, at least back in the day.
You're right about the intentional nature of Ed's tuning, it's called "tempered" tuning. The problem with comparing a piano to Ed is that pianos are also tempered, and there's actually an impressive number of options. The irony is, if you tune everything to "exact pitch" things sound out of tune. The whole f- it its just rock n roll thing is bull.
Where do you download this projects for mixing?
Dude! This was AWESOME!! Thanks for making and sharing! First time viewer and new sub.🎶 🤘🏽😎🍻
Thanks for watching Adam!
"I like Dave tuned, I like Dave untuned." You need DAVE TV, partner! All Dave, All the time!
Haha!!!!
A bottle of anything and a glazed donut... TO GO.
@@Powermad-bu4em haha!!!
all dave all the time. i miss dave tv
Dave is the greatest rock voice of all time. People love him because of his voice, style, charisma, attitude, etc.
P.S. Nobody, Sammy or other, could ever scream the way Dave did in the 70s/80s/90s. That's a wholly unique thing to him.
DLR sucks nowadays
In my humble opinion Roth is the greatest front man of all time.
@@BobbyHuff He made rock n roll sexy for my generation. He brought the whole package...metaphorically speaking, of course.😄 I'm not just talking about those tight white pants!!
Dont apologize for going off the tuning track, that was awesome. Cool experiment and video!
Great job here. Listened to this song thousands of times and you showed me something new!
Haha! Thanks for watching Canuck!
No, it doesn't matter, because it's not rocket science where a smidge off will destroy the ship it's rock'n'roll where the rocket shoots on those deviations. Rock doesn't need perfect 440 or perfect bpm-- we have that now and does anybody really care? Rock needs mischief.
So, Dave was relatively close to "on pitch," correct?
Yes absolutely Steve thanks for watching.
He was pretty dead on.
Dave was a much better singer than he gets credit for.
@@silverjaw138 agreed Christopher!
@@silverjaw138 Dave's later live performances were pretty bad, which I think damaged his reputation as a singer.
I've just found your channel and loving the stuff man. also loving seeing you still interacting with people on this video. how you aren't top of the music on UA-cam I don't know.
You can tell how much you love van Halen and all the music you cover in your videos
Thanks so much for watching and for the kindness!!
You know...what I hear in the line, "....from across the room"...that is such a smile line. You can see him smile when he sings it...
How are you able to have the individual tracks? I thought you had to have the master tapes in order to do that. Pretty cool!
The laugh in the word “Room” is epic Dave!!
Agreed Mike
Top Notch! Diamond Dave 💎 played his part in Rock & Roll history! Well done !
I love this analysis. Thanks so much
Thanks so much for watching!
Now vocal tune DLR's screams in Running with the Devil
Ha Hah Hah Hah
I love how you did this video, glad you went off the tuned path and explored other parts of Van Halen. I imagine Alex tuned his drums to Eddies sound, giving Alex that signature sound as well. What I find most interesting about Eddie and Alex is that Alex, being the older brother, took over Eddies Drums when they were young and Eddie took over Alex's guitar. Can you imagine what the music world would be like had that single event had not happened? I am guessing there would have been no world famous Van Halen, no signature Eddie sound, maybe no Diamond Dave. Who would have been musics great influence of the 70's and 80's, what direction would music have gone... Ok, I need to stop with silly questions like that and just be happy it happened the way it did. Have a great week Bob.
Thanks so much man and I totally agree about Alex Van Halen’s signature sound. They called his snare drum the thunder bucket. And exceptional player with an exceptional ear for a one in 1 million town just like his brother.
@@BobbyHuff I hear ya, those two gelled so well together. another thing I am impressed with, it goes along with the old saying, the apple does not fall far from the tree. Wolf Van Halen's music is impressive, I like that he is not copying his dad, he is making his own way with his own signature sound. And like his Dad, he is multi talented. He does so much of the work himself, from playing the instruments to much of the production work. He wants a name of his own and he is going after it, that's a tough thing to do, trying to break out of the shadow of his Dad, but he is doing it. What are your thoughts on Wolf's music, have you had much chance to hear him yet.
Awesome!
I loved the breakdown of all the parts.
Thanks Grim!
Awesome as usual. Love the minor bass note you pointed out! Just great listing to your analysis.
Dave's vocal tracks were always a lot of work. Ted T said they would do it as many times as needed to get the right feel. It was never about perfection nor did it need to be. Dave's studio voice is nothing short of marvelous!
He described it himself as "Four flat tires on a muddy road... .."
Autotune took away the inflection but Dave is pretty damned on pitch 'untuned'.
I think thats what I was trying to say but didnt know the words....sounds very similar to me, one just sounds a little "cleaner" to me, less rough...IDK. Im a EDM producer and DJ who loves EVH and metal....one too many shows, 7 VH beginning back in 82
Such a fun segment. And spot on.
Love this video. Great enthusiasm! Had to go off purely tuning and explore a bit!!!!
Thanks for watching man!
I personally think that Sammy has a much broader vocal range but Dave's singing just absolutely fits the VH style
As Diamond Dave says, "Sam throws a party...I am the Party!"
how can you tune it up with all the verb on the vocal? Times I've done that, the reverb, wacks it all crazy.
You are the only Doctor I look forward to seeing, especially when talking about the Mighty Van Halen! The musicianship of VH is off the charts. Thanks for doing this Bob, stay well.
Thanks for your kind words Tim!! They are indeed MIGHTY!
Dave sounded great back in the day.
Agreed Mark!
Dave did sound great back in the day but he sounded pathetic toward the end, no disrespect to Dave at all, at one time he was beyond great...my opinion
That's why I said back in the day lol
@@mikeponce3564 he held a good tone until 88 after that eh
Dave sounds great untuned, and basically the same tuned. DLR is underrated as a poet, a personality, and a performer!
Dave has never gotten the respect he deserves as a lyricist.
please dont be sorry. that was amazing. i've never heard this song like this and it was AMAZING! subcribed... RIP Eddie
Thanks so much Kevin!!!!
I was watching this on my tv.. After what you said about your wife’s clutch going out I went and got my phone just to hit the like button.. I appreciate a reasonable amount of honesty in folks😁
Great video! Highly informative! And my respect for Alex Van Halen just doubled 🔥 Thank you!
Thanks so much!!!! Im glad you get my attempt at humor!! hahaha
EVH tuned half a step down, to E flat, just like lots of rock guitarists do, which gives it a more chunky sound. It also makes bending notes easier. Jimmy Hendrix did this too. There’s no way he’d just tune to whatever. He used a Floyd Rose tremelo with a floating bridge. That bridge has to be adjusted to float precisely based on your tuning. No way in hell he didn’t use a tuner or his bridge wouldn’t level properly. He just went down half a step like a huge number of other rockers do.
Hey Rick. Sorry man…absolutely incorrect. See my pinned comment.
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He did tune down but it wasn't based on A440...
Thanks. Amazing how these guys don't know that.
I remember hearing Poundcake for the first time on the radio. I couldn't who it was at first because of the drill part but as soon as the drums kicked in I knew it was Van Halen. That's when I knew Alex had just as much of a signature sound as Eddie did.
Couldn’t agree MORE!!
That snare sound is incredibly distinctive...much like Bonham's was
@@davebasch5995 TOTALLY AGREE DAVE!
Alex was the "brown sound", not Eddie. Eddie said "Alex's drums sound like he's hitting a log. Sort of a "brown sound".
FACT!
@@jamesbeason9256here is EVH quote:
“That’s funny, because people took that whole ‘brown sound’ thing totally out of context,” he said. “I was never talking about my guitar tone. I was talking about Alex’s snare drum. I’ve always thought Alex’s snare drum sounds like he’s beating on a log. It’s very organic. So it wasn’t my brown sound. It was Alex’s.”
I was 17 when VH1 landed and knew how to play most Aerosmith/Nugent/ZZ/ Frank Marino/.. I mentally engrained that thunderous bass intro into Running W the Devil into my DNA and 40 years later can still bring it up in my head and tune dead on when checked with a tuner. Been 1/2 step down all my life.
This was great! I agreed 100% on everything! I feel the same with your assessment of DLR tuned & untuned. I really appreciated your showing us the brilliant playing of ALL the guys. I loved hearing EVH's harmonics passage and I always love hearing about how much of a signature sound Alex actually has. Thanks!
Thanks Eyal! I appreciate you watching and commenting!
Love it. Eddie, A belly dancer. Can't get any better.
I love how you break out the individual members so we can appreciate their talent. Van Halen is and always will be one of my favorite bands... Just the way they played it is gold!!!
Thanks William!
I think one thing that's different about Dave is his voice has so many overtones. That makes it sit inside the chords better. He's also not that far off. It's really neat to check this out! Thanks!
First time seeing Dr. Bob break down VH... Bob, you are amazing. Been listening to VH for 45 years and now have an even bigger appreciation for their talent
Wow thanks John!! Very kind!
Dave’s voice was raw he had a attitude in his vocals that no one could ever match. Not to mention his stage presence man what a showman. He’s the quintessential front man. He’s the measuring stick when it comes to front men
As an exercise, this tinkering with the tunings is interesting. I also believe in the sanctity of the original art. We must also consider that ALL music is a manipulation of sound. No two artists create music that is exactly the same...unless the music is created solely (and soulessly) by a precise machine. Consider how two guitarists, playing the same piece, on the same instrument will still sound different from one another. "Correcting" music removes the artist from the art.... My two cents.
Totally agree Robert and we’ll said.
Hi, there, Bobby
Fantastic video.
But Just one question....how do you get those separate tracks?
Regards from RIo
Really COOL video... Was surpriced by the bass line too...
Man, I love David lee roth vocals on Van halen even tuned, pure magic
Yeah even the tuning didn’t ruin him. Swagger four days.
Roth is far superior then Hagar. Roth's sexy raspy tone, wicked screams, awesome attitude, vibrato etc..
I love his style but could never call him a better “singer,” than Sammy. Not even close. A better stylist…yes.
@@BobbyHuff No, Sammy is a one trick pony. Singing like a dying cat all the time. Roth has many tricks up his sleeve. A great singer is one who can sell the lyrics. That is Roth. Roth is a far better song writer too.
@@SteveBurk well we all have our own opinions…
@@BobbyHuff It's just a fact. A great singer sells the lyrics with soul, conviction, attitude, great tone and style. That's Dave. Sammy with his lame love songs. Eddie fired SAmmy for his lyrics sucked. He noticed this once he became sober.
@@SteveBurk all true. DLR had a ton more tricks and techniques (screams, character, vibrato, low-to-high range, great, creative lyrics). Sammy mostly just sings high and admittedly terrible lyricist.
That bass part really stood out. totally different notes than I always thought they were.
I think he put so much soul and charisma into it that even tuned it carries through
I don't really listen to the Sammy Hagar VH really. David VH just frgn rules bro.!
Dave's opening line "have you seen her, so fine and pretty fooled me with her style and ease" is my favorite opening line ever. And I love singing it to an incredibly hot girl😂
Pretty sure the lyric is “...moving with a style and ease.” even though the internet tells you otherwise. The internet’s on crack. I mean it’s isolated here, you can definitely hear it, plus the other line doesn’t make sense.
@@subduction3876 One version sounds like fall, the other version sounds like moving. By the way both make sense
I would have to play with it, thanks for the different perspective...pretty damn cool!
Thank you so much for this! I enjoyed the breakdown of all the parts. Do you have access to more VH tunes like this? Bring 'em on...PLEASE!!! Subscribed.
Hey Terry! Thanks! I do and they will be coming up in the future! There is another on my channel called Let’s Time Correct Van Halen and also Let’s Vocal Tune Sammy Hagar.
@@BobbyHuff I will check them out and keeping an eye out for future VH stuff. Thanks again Bobby!
Untuned sounds better, it's like a party you stumbled into and you fit right in.
Tuned up sounds "pretty" him with no tune up sounds sincere . Like a friend telling me his story.
How did you get the separate tracks? Cool video!
This makes perfect sense now. I always wondered why when I played this song on the guitar, it didn’t sound quite like the recorded version. All of the guitar lesson videos on UA-cam said this was played in drop D tuning but I always felt like it was higher. Regardless of what tuning it’s in, still one of the greatest Vanhalen songs of all time. Great video!
Thanks for watching Tom!
interesting, but there was nothing wrong with the music as it was recorded.
I always thought he was saying 'no love in Korea' (no love you'd call real) when I was a kid. (Running With the Devil) 😆
I will always sing "'no love in Korea" even though its wrong!
Holy shit me too . How funny
Hi, Love the video. I agree both versions sound great! May I ask what software your using? Thanks..New sub here.
Hey man thanks for the sub and thanks for watching! I’m using Cubase but just know that it DOES NOT separate the tracks out like this…I got the tracks like this from a connection! I appreciate the sub my new friend.
Hey Bobby- I like what you do here🤘😬🎶how do you feel about removing the hiss as Eddy manipulates the volume pot on "Cathedral" off of 'DIVER DOWN' and seeing what magic reveals itself!
Thanks!
Mark.
Dave is a performer not a singer. There is a difference. Steve Perry is a singer. Either way, it's just fun.
Agreed!!!
@@BobbyHuff true nobody will confuse DLR with Steve Perry (GOAT). But I'd say DLR has a great vocal/foundation w power, projection, great vibrato and control plus character for daysssss
I'd much rather listen to Dave than Steve.
@@jfo3000 tattoo tattoo
Awesome vid! 🥳
Tuned vocals sucks, that robot voice has gotta go.
How do you get the files of these famous songs?
A lot of them were used for Guitar Hero back in the day and can be found online. Bobby probably also has connections to get stuff like this that the rest of us won't have access to.
Maybe he separated the tracks using SpectraLayers or RX 8. Would be nice to know for sure...
This was interesting. Thanks. Btw, where do you get the stems?
What software is this and how did you get all of the separate tracks?.....Very nice
I love Dave. His voice was so RAW! That's what made him so fun and why I love those early albums so much
Untuned by a MILE. Autotune sux. Cool video though as always 👍
Agreed and thanks for watching!
Thoroughly enjoyed this. The UA-cam algorithm is on fire this morning, it's as if this channel was custom made for me 🙂
Oh wow that’s great! Thanks for watching!
wow, this is super cool, one of my all time fav songs , also a #1 crank it up in the car song for sure!
Thanks Bowl! Yeah I love this song too!