https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkxb_UelPx89070LcVAYeodi3w7CefTCE2s?si=Jvm5PSrF23WHmlf- I want you all to watch this. Van Halen at full power in 1984, doing the walk out at the Monsters of Rock festival in Donnington, England.
Look at the nerves on Dave's face as he fidgets with his hat. Watch the camera pan behind him onto the crowd, 65,000 strong.
No banners, no cameras, no selfie sticks. Absolute bedlam.
Have we lost something? Probably. This came up on my feed yesterday and I almost lost it. Van Halen was a massive part of my early teens, and to see this priceless video (that https://youtube.com/@shitsandgiggles1377 upscaled and uploaded) launched be back to that period in my life.
I'm very much a "be in the present" guy. But very occasionally something like this will jerk me out of the present and those emotions flow back in. Feelings I forgot, or maybe ignore.
