My impression of the brown sound was always their more shadowy, sinister side. Have I been wrong?
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 21 May 2016 05:30 (eight years ago) link
Not gonna make it. Tried v hard to get into this but the lack of involving deep cuts scuttled my enthusiasm. Only the hits have wiggled my ass at all in the few hours of running w/the devil through their back catalogue. I have a huge embedded nostalgia for VH and could probably write a reasonably convincing article on their impact & enduring importance or something, but what once seemed fun about them now feels super-tryhard ("Beautiful Girls" OMG kill me now) and the non-fun stuff just hits me like a wet dishcloth. Probably my state of mind more than anything; maybe a new era will dawn (or the meds will kick in) where their brand of whatevs can rock me again, but that time ain't now. Still, "You've got to roll with the punches to get to what's real" is one of the best lyrics ever, and I can't bear how great it is when DLR trades vocal squeaks with EVH's false harmonics.
― hardcore dilettante, Saturday, 21 May 2016 05:37 (eight years ago) link
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, May 20, 2016
"brown sound" refers to EVH's trademark squishy humbucker/marshall crunch tone.
google will take you down a rathole of guitar nerd discussions of pickups, amps, pedals, settings etc etc but f all that you can hear it immediately.
VH1 remains the gold standard for the brown sound but this guy working "unchained" does it pretty good
http://youtu.be/7-g7xaVa4qI
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Saturday, 21 May 2016 06:09 (eight years ago) link
okay, but what aspect of that very distinctive sound is the word "squishy" referring to?
i mean, yeah, the squishy one, but but but...
― da vinci beaver testicles (contenderizer), Saturday, 21 May 2016 06:14 (eight years ago) link
lol i knew that was coming. it gets into guitar nerd synesthetic vocabulary really quickly. dancing about architecture maaaan. unchained has some dope stuff going with a flanger too...
oh... ballot in JUST LIKE I POLLED YOU BEFORE BEFORE BEFORE
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Saturday, 21 May 2016 06:17 (eight years ago) link
^^^ seconding that title
― calstars, Saturday, 21 May 2016 09:27 (eight years ago) link
voted!
― a goon shaped tool (some dude), Saturday, 21 May 2016 12:04 (eight years ago) link
Voting's closed! Thanks everybody.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 21 May 2016 13:22 (eight years ago) link
how many ballots in all?
― how's life, Saturday, 21 May 2016 13:39 (eight years ago) link
26!
That's plenty for a 40 song rollout I think.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 21 May 2016 13:41 (eight years ago) link
i better wear a cup
― a goon shaped tool (some dude), Saturday, 21 May 2016 13:47 (eight years ago) link
side poll: best beat it solo on youtube
― home organ, Saturday, 21 May 2016 13:51 (eight years ago) link
Since I didn't get it in on time, I'll just follow along the results and then post what my top 5 were gonna be.
― a 47-year-old chainsaw artist from South Carolina (Phil D.), Saturday, 21 May 2016 14:36 (eight years ago) link
Results-Have you seen Junior's grades?! ILM Artist Poll #75 - VAN HALEN (Results thread)
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 23 May 2016 13:22 (eight years ago) link
Was at a fancy dinner party hosted at an air bnb that had a nice turntable and a dumb selection of vinyl that ranged from George Benson to Taylor Swift to Sublime. Most were clearly there for show (or maybe as a weak effort to offer something for everybody), and some were even still wrapped. But not a copy of "1984," which I put on and which made everyone as happy as could be.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 23 May 2016 14:09 (eight years ago) link