For anybody on the fence, just remember that it takes less than four hours to listen to the whole DLR era.
― Now I Know How Joan of Arcadia Felt (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 20 May 2016 21:33 (seven years ago) link
Just sent a hurry-up late ballot :-/Just 22 songs. No Van Hagar. No 'Rone Halen.I don't feel tardy.
― weatheringdaleson, Friday, 20 May 2016 22:04 (seven years ago) link
― Now I Know How Joan of Arcadia Felt (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, May 20, 2016 5:33 PM (38 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i only had time to get in maybe 90 minutes of VH listening this week, unfortunately. but i'm glad JF has extended the deadline, it'll help!
― a goon shaped tool (some dude), Friday, 20 May 2016 22:14 (seven years ago) link
Little Guitars is going to crush this
― calstars, Friday, 20 May 2016 23:24 (seven years ago) link
but i'm glad JF has extended the deadline, it'll help!
Glad it helps. I'm gonna say that the firm cutoff is 8:30am EDT tomorrow (Saturday) morning, which is about when I'll get up for the day.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 20 May 2016 23:25 (seven years ago) link
i voted mostly on tap harmonics
― home organ, Saturday, 21 May 2016 00:44 (seven years ago) link
i voted mostly on brownness
― mookieproof, Saturday, 21 May 2016 00:46 (seven years ago) link
solid criterion
― home organ, Saturday, 21 May 2016 00:52 (seven years ago) link
i voted mostly high af
― rmde bob (will), Saturday, 21 May 2016 01:01 (seven years ago) link
Sent my ballot last night.
― lingereffect (Kent Burt), Saturday, 21 May 2016 01:03 (seven years ago) link
http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view3/2061126/eddie-van-halen-o.gif
hot licks
― home organ, Saturday, 21 May 2016 01:08 (seven years ago) link
weird that eddie didn't use pitch wheel on jump synth solo
― home organ, Saturday, 21 May 2016 01:16 (seven years ago) link
HAVE U SEEN JR'S GRADEZ?
― calstars, Saturday, 21 May 2016 01:16 (seven years ago) link
SENORITA
How have I never watched that Stern clip before?
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 21 May 2016 01:21 (seven years ago) link
A few years ago I was on the same flight as Roth from Tokyo to New York. Dude flies 1st class.
― calstars, Saturday, 21 May 2016 01:32 (seven years ago) link
I didn;t get to send my ballot, but FWIW I would have voted for two songs from 5150 and everything else DLR era.
― a 47-year-old chainsaw artist from South Carolina (Phil D.), Saturday, 21 May 2016 01:32 (seven years ago) link
Voting is still open until tomorrow morning if you wanna.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 21 May 2016 01:33 (seven years ago) link
OH GOD THE PRESSURE
― a 47-year-old chainsaw artist from South Carolina (Phil D.), Saturday, 21 May 2016 01:46 (seven years ago) link
the real pressure is on JF to choose an appropriate POLL reference
― mookieproof, Saturday, 21 May 2016 01:47 (seven years ago) link
POLLing With The Devil
― Turrican, Saturday, 21 May 2016 01:49 (seven years ago) link
I'm probably not going to get a ballot in in time, sadly, but I'm hoping to see my Fair Warning favourites fare well on this.
It might even make me enthusiastic about some Van Hagar stuff, but we'll see!
― Turrican, Saturday, 21 May 2016 01:51 (seven years ago) link
xp no
― mookieproof, Saturday, 21 May 2016 01:55 (seven years ago) link
Get, get, get, get, get out and POLL!
― Turrican, Saturday, 21 May 2016 01:59 (seven years ago) link
ban turrican
― mookieproof, Saturday, 21 May 2016 02:02 (seven years ago) link
oh shit this is gonna be easier than i thought... I can fill 6 or 7 ballot slots just off VH1 and no court in the land would convict me
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Saturday, 21 May 2016 04:16 (seven years ago) link
NOW GIMME SOMETHING TO WRITE ON!
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Saturday, 21 May 2016 04:20 (seven years ago) link
not a category in the poll, but hmm which track is the very brownest?
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Saturday, 21 May 2016 04:22 (seven years ago) link
will vote tomorrow, since you're offering the extension
― da vinci beaver testicles (contenderizer), Saturday, 21 May 2016 04:26 (seven years ago) link
VERY early cutoff, just keep that in mind.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 21 May 2016 04:34 (seven years ago) link
which track is the very brownest?
I'm thinking Mean Street or Runnin'.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 21 May 2016 04:38 (seven years ago) link
Dirty Movies
― Master of Treacle, Saturday, 21 May 2016 04:45 (seven years ago) link
ain't talkin' 'bout love is the brownest
honorable mention: i'm the one, unchained
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Saturday, 21 May 2016 05:12 (seven years ago) link
oh hmm panama is pretty brown too
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Saturday, 21 May 2016 05:27 (seven years ago) link
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 (seven 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 (seven 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 (seven 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 (seven 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 (seven years ago) link
^^^ seconding that title
― calstars, Saturday, 21 May 2016 09:27 (seven years ago) link
voted!
― a goon shaped tool (some dude), Saturday, 21 May 2016 12:04 (seven years ago) link
Voting's closed! Thanks everybody.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 21 May 2016 13:22 (seven years ago) link
how many ballots in all?
― how's life, Saturday, 21 May 2016 13:39 (seven years ago) link
26!
That's plenty for a 40 song rollout I think.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 21 May 2016 13:41 (seven years ago) link
i better wear a cup
― a goon shaped tool (some dude), Saturday, 21 May 2016 13:47 (seven years ago) link
side poll: best beat it solo on youtube
― home organ, Saturday, 21 May 2016 13:51 (seven 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 (seven 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 (seven 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 (seven years ago) link