Feels So Good prob the most underrated/underappreciated Van Hagar-era single (and, after Beat It, possibly my favorite EVH solo)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bOp8TqPq7c
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 14 May 2016 02:55 (eight years ago) link
Listened to VH-1 and Fair Warning tonight in prep for this poll. No surprises so far. Side poll for top five DLR squeak-eruptions?
― hardcore dilettante, Saturday, 14 May 2016 03:03 (eight years ago) link
I'm listening to Gazzaris Dance Contest 11-74+75. Sound is bad but band is good. I'd hoped that they had covered Bad Motor Scooter on there so I could vote for it. They didn't. but I'm having fun anyway.
― Zachary Taylor, Saturday, 14 May 2016 05:05 (eight years ago) link
pound cake no. 1 imo
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Saturday, 14 May 2016 06:25 (eight years ago) link
I agree that EVH guitar work on OU812 is pretty overlooked. Does Black and Blue have the worst VH lyrics? Like AC/DC without the wink, all leer.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 14 May 2016 13:15 (eight years ago) link
Black and Blue was such a weird first single choice for OU812 (and yeah, it's skeezy as hell).
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 14 May 2016 13:17 (eight years ago) link
Let me rep for one of my favorite Van Halen songs, the title track 5150. Always loved it.
― kornrulez6969, Saturday, 14 May 2016 15:47 (eight years ago) link
xxxxpost I dunno, Poundcake is p inoffensive to me (musically at least). the shit like "Dreams" and "When It's Love", the generic AOR ballads, not to mention Hagar's screeching on those songs usually is what turned me off.
I did like "Humans Being" (sans Eddie's corny background vocals) from the Twister soundtrack tho
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 14 May 2016 19:40 (eight years ago) link
Sammy ballads are the worst.
― Now I Know How Joan of Arcadia Felt (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 14 May 2016 19:47 (eight years ago) link
I guess they work as a very clear demarcation that This Is New Version Of The Band That Is Older And More Wiser And Shit but bfd.
― Now I Know How Joan of Arcadia Felt (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 14 May 2016 19:49 (eight years ago) link
every one of em sounded like a Coke jingle
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 14 May 2016 19:50 (eight years ago) link
even the one on Balance that nobody remembers ("Not Enough"??)
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 14 May 2016 19:51 (eight years ago) link
CRYSTAL PEPSI!
― Now I Know How Joan of Arcadia Felt (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 14 May 2016 19:51 (eight years ago) link
seriously - the first time I heard "Right Now" on rock radio (1994 or so) I said "why the fuck are they playing an extended version of the Crystal Pepsi jingle" cos that was all I knew it from
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 14 May 2016 20:24 (eight years ago) link
also parts of "Can't Stop Loving You" reminded me of Laura Branigan's "Gloria" (albeit much much shittier)
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 14 May 2016 20:25 (eight years ago) link
xp There were so many jokey take-offs of the Right Now video at the time it came out iirc
1991-92 seems like a weird time for VH to get as big as they ever got, but that's my recollection of that time (and I haven't looked at any charts to substantiate that suspicion). They were omnipresent in the culture with the F.U.C.K. album.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 15 May 2016 14:09 (eight years ago) link
I expect "Why Can't This Be Love" to do well.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 15 May 2016 14:17 (eight years ago) link
I would have voted for Hagar's "Back Into You" ("all the way inside...every inch this time") because I love subtlety in song lyrics
― droit au butt (Euler), Sunday, 15 May 2016 14:35 (eight years ago) link
On Fire is secretly the best song on the debut, btw.
I went with Ain't Talkin' as my #1 purely on sentimental value, but if I could take only one VH song into space on a one-way journey, it might be On Fire.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 15 May 2016 14:59 (eight years ago) link
I'm the One is my jam
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 15 May 2016 15:46 (eight years ago) link
GOOD GOD Y'ALL
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 15 May 2016 15:50 (eight years ago) link
Xpost Van Hagar was significantly more successful than Van Halen, in terms of sales, charts, etc.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 15 May 2016 17:27 (eight years ago) link
welllllll
Van Hagar had more #1 albums, but under Roth they have two diamond albums.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Halen_discography
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 15 May 2016 17:29 (eight years ago) link
I'd be curious to see a comparison of total sales, or when those albums went diamond.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 15 May 2016 17:35 (eight years ago) link
http://www.guitarplayer.com/news/1024/roths-van-halen-sales-trounce-sammy-hagars-hold-on-there-dave/52326
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 15 May 2016 17:38 (eight years ago) link
Regardless, VH would be nothing without the Roth catalog.
Cumulatively the Roth years shifted more units in part because they recorded more albums. The first album was, like the first Cars album, a steady seller for years. Every record between it and 1984 is at least double platinum. The Van Hagar's biggest seller was 5150, which benefited from the 1984 juggernaut + the Hagar novelty + "Why Can't This Be Love." It's shipped six million.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 15 May 2016 17:42 (eight years ago) link
speaking of 5150 they have no New Jerseys in their catalog, right? Every one of the Hagar albums has at least two singles that fans can still hum.
idk if most fans can hum "(Don't Tell Me) What Love Can Do" (tho I could)
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 15 May 2016 17:47 (eight years ago) link
but Balance not really a NJ anyway
Van Hagar also helped by (a) CD sales (b) Soundscan.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 15 May 2016 17:51 (eight years ago) link
This "Van Halen vs Van Hagar" podcast from the Yacht Rock guys is pretty ace:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/beyond-yacht-rock/id1074528052?mt=2&i=362780678
― calstars, Sunday, 15 May 2016 18:31 (eight years ago) link
SALT SHAKA LITTLE LICK O' LIME
― calstars, Sunday, 15 May 2016 18:32 (eight years ago) link
the interviews after the Van Hagar split (original) were ace. I think Eddie said the phrase "Next time I see him, he better be wearing a fuckin' cup" at least ten times.
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 15 May 2016 18:39 (eight years ago) link
i don't think i've heard "me wise magic" before today. that's a pretty good song!
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Sunday, 15 May 2016 19:09 (eight years ago) link
yeah taht was the better of the two 'new' songs for the greatest hits
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 15 May 2016 19:17 (eight years ago) link
preparing to apologize to my roommates for deliberately listening to the post-5150 hagar records
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Sunday, 15 May 2016 19:20 (eight years ago) link
Me Wise Magic almost made my ballot, but I slipped Push Comes to Shove in at the last minute.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 15 May 2016 19:26 (eight years ago) link
My five favorite tracks from the 78-84 albums that no one ever talks about (and I voted for all of them)
Somebody Get Me a DoctorLight Up the SkyIn a Simple RhymeHang 'Em HighThe Full Bug
In an alternate universe, they could've all been as big as Unchained or Panama, but ¯\(ツ)/¯
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 15 May 2016 19:34 (eight years ago) link
Okay, maybe not The Full Bug.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 15 May 2016 19:38 (eight years ago) link
i loooove "light up the sky"
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Sunday, 15 May 2016 19:39 (eight years ago) link
I love the drum break in "Light Up the Sky."
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 15 May 2016 20:01 (eight years ago) link
The thing about Van Hagar for me is that, while they certainly had their moments, oftentimes I've listened to a Van Hagar record and felt like just watching an '80s David Lee Roth interview instead.
― Turrican, Sunday, 15 May 2016 20:23 (eight years ago) link
I'm listening to "Dreams" and keep hearing the aural equivalent of poppping hemorrhoids.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 15 May 2016 20:24 (eight years ago) link
a different kind of truth really doesn't hold up, huh. the song i remember liking the most ("china town") i don't even like that much anymore?
although this time around i ended up really falling for "you and your blues" (great dave vocal) and "as is" (that riff!)
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Sunday, 15 May 2016 20:25 (eight years ago) link
i like "dreams" a lot more than "love walks in," but i don't even know what "like" means in that clause
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Sunday, 15 May 2016 20:26 (eight years ago) link
as said upthread though the title track of 5150 is awesome
holy shit i had no clue "finish what ya started" was a van halen song
that song rocks!
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Sunday, 15 May 2016 20:37 (eight years ago) link
This 1996 interview priceless. EVH does his impression of DLR, uses the "better wear a cup" line.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqUJ9Vdjs88
― pplains, Sunday, 15 May 2016 20:37 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Za7Xv8u.gif
― pplains, Sunday, 15 May 2016 20:41 (eight years ago) link