Van Halen - Don't Tell Me (What Love Can Do) - 8/19/1995 - Toronto (Official) 

yes but the backup vocals here are pre-recorded / fake.

@@lizhollatz7052 incorrect. 1992-1995 they used some pre-recorded backing vocals. Ed said too.

Very underrated ablum. It's tied for first place for my fave.

So right you are the live songs from this tour are played flawlessly with perfection and tightness.Balance is a excellent creation.

It might’ve been their most metal album, for a band that was lazily lumped in with the genre early on.

Balance is such an incredible album. I was so confused the first time I heard people saying it wasn't great.

Balance is an epic Van Halen album--easily one of their best efforts. It arrived at a point when the band was, musically speaking, at its absolute apex. Unfortunately, it marked the last time Van Halen was a real musical force. And it will always be associated with Sammy's unfortunate, untimely departure that resulted in what was, in a very real sense, the end of the band. What little music that came after Balance was sorely lacking in nearly every aspect.

What if Michel sing just one for himself?!!!

Pretty sure he sang lead on a couple of the old hits when they were on tour with Cherone.@@leandromarichal999 There's got to be some video of it on here somewhere. I have a friend who used to play in a band that opened for them during one leg of the world tour with Cherone. I remember him coming home from tour at the time and telling me how Mike's voice still sounded amazing. During Van Halen's set, he and the guitarist of his band would go hang out in this tent Mike had set up under the stage. He said Mike would come down and hang with them during Ed's solo and on this one particular night, they asked him how he still managed to hit those high notes after all the years, to which he responded by taking a huge pull off a bottle of Jack Daniels he had and then saying, "Clean living boys.... clean living".

too bad Eddie and Alex did not think highly of him and ended up firing him from the band. HUGE mistakes but when you are under the influence of drugs & booze, common sense goes out the window. Eddie and Alex ruined the legacy of VH with large egos and poor choices

that and he's a very underrated bass player, he;s like tuned a full step down at least from eddie and just drones the root note and it just makes such a heavy sound.

He's amazing!

Anthony has one of the best harmony voices ever!I don't get why he's so underrated???

@@5818fa1 was talking as a vocalist..His harms are AMAZING!!Killer bassist as welllll.....

agreed my brother

The whole album was one of the best and the most underrated hardrock albums of the 90’s..

Hell yeah! I was sold as soon as I heard the first five seconds. I think we had basic internet at my dorm but no way. Bike. Record shop. Asap. I bought three singles. One for me, one for a nephew, one for the local bar.

Yeah I gotta agree. This one and Unchained are unparalleled.

Totally, my favourite VH song!!! It's simply amazing...

This band was so good,unstoppable in my opion!!But great things never last,sad!!

😢🥺

I challenge any vocalist to attempt to properly sing this song live. Sammy could belt it out like no other, in my opinion.

@@leftistsareinsane David Lee Roth couldn't sing this song to save his life.

Amen so true.rip eddie :(

and just like that it is now 27 years ago. GO SEE THE LIVE MUSIC, ALL OF THE BEST ONES ARE GETTING UP THERE IN AGE. NOTHING GUARENTEED. DON'T REGRET MISSING CONCERTS

Amen to that brother. 50-year-old drummer who did it professionally for over 20. Met Al a few times and he's very nice. I actually got to stand behind him during this tour for my birthday. He was wearing the neck brace and all. And his drum sound amazing as you think they would. I was right there man. That snare drum just crushes

We are NEVER "former" drummers... just drummers \m/ ;-)

Yes sir

ACROSS THE ENTIRE SPECTRUM!! PERIOD.

Middle of the road stadion rock. Yuk.

A few songs like this one, David Lee Roth was the best with Van Halen. Eddie was a little baby.

wham bam...

My fave album BY FAR.

Sad sad day EVH will always be remembered and put on a pedestal high above the rest. Love the music ED!!!

In all honesty it’s the only VH album I’ve bought. I mean I always liked their stuff but this song got me man. Had to have it at the ready.

@@debschannel6838 Same here. I don't care about any other album of theirs.

Great album it is underrated one of there best with sammy

Comma however DLR was great too

David Lee Roth was better

Thats taste and opinion..... none of this cheesy 'period' bullshit. Dave deserves much more respect than that. Dave has gone down in rock history as one of the greatest front men in any band..... he was the ideal vocalist for Eddie Van Halen guitar player... a duo like no other, and unlike you.. I wont go cheesy with this, period! crap... Peace.

*_THIS IS FUCKING GAY_*

@@dr.gigitegeschantelledelpi7588 Hey its you again! I just responded to a post of yours in a video last night. Hope all is well Doc. Glad to see you are watching some VH.

its all in the past now...

It’s funny because this song is one of the reasons it ended. If grunge hadn’t exploded, they would still be together. Ed started wanting darker lyrics. Sammy wanted this song to say “Well, I want to tell you what love can do” and Ed wanted “And, I don’t want to hear what love can do”. Ed says he got sober and started paying more attention to lyrics, but I think he was influenced by grunge. Then, once again, creative differences lead to them breaking up (it was keyboards that led to Dave’s exit when you think about it). I honestly don’t mind Ed working with different singers. I just wish he would change the name of the band with each singer.

Dr. Gigi Teges Chantelle Delpierre be sure never go to your office. Then again in your field of work you have to be insane anyways already

Great voice #Sammy👍

@Xenyan Selfyan *_THIS IS FUCKING GAY_*

Fucking amazing tour saw it at 12 years old 36 now best concert I've ever seen and I've been to plenty of concerts great memories!

Sammy's a monster no doubt...Hes a killer singer without a doubt,but damn,they were good together !Diamond who..Lmao,Sammy can smoke Roth on his his worst night,or day,FACT!!!

Sammy Is awesome puts DLR to shame

Agree dude. The guitar tone om this album may be my favorite of all timr

Nope...The Plexi Marshall with his Stratocaster creation was THE tone. Eddie was using too much chorus effect in his later years.

Sammy says hes the best back up ever!!!!!@@

Yes,he's great at harmonies for sure,killer bassist as well

Sounds like some sort of harmonizer effect

Lol they're using tapes. It's the bv's from the record synced to a click track. They did it on a few tracks live like When it's love.

@@loveiseternity It seems like they were using them at least since the late 80's.

Yes!!!! So do I!!!🤩

100% with you there 🤟✨👍

They used pre-recorded backing vocals to sing along with on the FUCK, RHRN, Balance, III and 07-08 tours.

@@thefonzkiss They used tracking Vocals at the US Festival too.

Mark Thomas I totally agree Sammy Hagar is ALOT BETTER than David Lee Roth

I’ve always said Sammy could sing all the Dave songs but there’s no way Dave could sing the Sammy songs. Dave isn’t good live, never has been. Just listen to both live albums VH released. Right Here Right Now is amazing with Sammy and I can barely comprehend Dave on Live in Tokyo. Regardless I love Van Halen in both incarnations

@@justinwillis1856 you weren't at the Forum in June of 1981 for the Fair Warning Tour. No one could touch the power and stage presence of the Mighty Van Halen between the years 1978 to 1984. Van Halen ruled the rock world at that time! Van Hagar had some great songs during their time with Sammy. But they were not the cultural musicical phenomenon that they were up to 1984! I am forever grateful that I got to experience Van Halen at their creative peak in 81 and 83!

@@mbankslje0nk That's true. Even though Sammy is a more talented singer and a great person, the sound of David Lee Roth's voice in his prime, the songs, and Edward's guitar riffs put together in 1978 to 1984 are unmatched. Once that that went into the psyche, it became impossible to have another singer come in. Then again, given the circumstances, Sammy was the best choice to replace what could not be replaced.

Dave loses any battle of vocal abilities. He had his own genius about him. The biggest flaw of VH was Eddie, Dave and Alex, mainly, not appreciating what all their band mates brought to the band.

Blake Morris my dad played this album on repeat a lot when I was a kid too. I was raised on this and a lot of people don’t understand why I like Sammy with the band.

I always guessed it was palm muted but then watching this blew my mind.

Sure the fuck was!!!

Donald Busby there's no way they are going back. They both played at the same band with the best guitarist in the world JOE SATRIANI

One of the few that actually took care of his money maker

And you are?

@@fgk9397 And you are?

Sammy is my favorite Van HAGAR singer. Dave is my favorite Van HALEN singer.

Concordo plenamente contigo só não se esqueça de Edie Van Halen ok abraços

DLR is an entertainer, Sammy is a singer

I totally agree with you, 100%. I have always been a Sammy...or Van Hagar guy. Sure, the Roth stuff is great and definitely an audio-party if there ever has been one. But the albums with Sammy were masterpieces. I know that a reunion of this lineup was never going to happen...but now we know that it truly will never happen...as it can't. We lost a good one yesterday. Eddie was THE dude who is responsible for how us guitar players look at the guitar today. Hendrix showed what was possible...but it was Eddie that applied it. Eddie set the template for lead playing in rock guitar.

@@robpaxson4455 I couldn't agree better

Great singer. Shit lyrics.

@@sunnibird Are you Finnish?

Fine. Just don’t call it Van Halen. Fair enough if false advertising isn’t involved

@Whaddayamean13 ha, well, the main song writer's last name is indeed Van Halen.

HEART AND SOUL :THAT WAS EDDIE VAN HALEN' S ALL ABOUT

same....time flies man. 👍

F cool song

@@diamondgelo3843 He's a Debbie Gibson fansboy. No wonder.

Listen on Fire,atomic punk,light up the Sky

🙏😢

perhaps the best 34 seconds you'll hear👍

I'm a Sammy fan and a Dave fan too. Dave era music was great! Dave was a great charismatic act and frontman. Sammy was also a good frontman but a better vocal talent. Also, two guitars was an awesome twist at a time that VH needed a new direction. (Just a Gigalo? California Girls? C'mon, Dave, give me a break.) Interestingly, THIS song sounded like a response to "grunge' when it came out, but now when I listen to it it sounds like it could easily have gone on Fair Warning. Balance is underrated.

Part of the reason you wanted to see VH live was to see Roth too, as well as the rest of the band. What Roth brought to VH and rock in general is beyond compare (in my humble opinion).

Ant Maybe, but not vocally

absolutly

Michael Anthony was the best vocalist in the band.

yes phenomenal

ortizmo yeah, I wonder how Mike got his voice to sing in harmony with itself. So talented.

It's great how he can make himself sound like 3 people, yeh?

Van Halen had a history of fixing live performances in the studio. As good as Mike is, those harmonies are doctored somehow. Especially since Eddie doesn't appear to be singing.

He is using a harmonizer, its a vocal effect that layers your voice a lot of live bands use it. Why wouldnt you wanna hear his kick ass voice twice?! Haha!

I love him so very much too💘 RIP, Eddie .. miss you so much!!🎶🎸😔💔

Sammy did write it, soooo

This performance eclipses the LP version for me. Their other live performances no

Jimmy Bugle, that’s a backing track of multiple voices. You couldn’t tell that there are harmonies?

Their overall sound as a band would never have as recognized without him. Case closed !!!!!