Steve Howe loves the Libertines and Babyshambles, apparently (not sure I've heard either): http://bigtakeover.com/interviews/steve-howe-of-yes-finds-the-edge
― The nexus of the crisis and the origin of storms (Sund4r), Wednesday, 7 October 2020 22:29 (three years ago) link
Now picturing Steve Howe bobbing his head to the sounds of ‘Fuck Forever’.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 22:35 (three years ago) link
1978 promo tour for first single “You Really Got Me” Detroit MI - photos by Richard Upperhttp://www.rockandrollgallery.com/prints/VH-RU-001.jpghttp://www.rockandrollgallery.com/prints/VH-RU-002.jpghttp://www.rockandrollgallery.com/prints/VH-RU-003.jpghttp://www.rockandrollgallery.com/prints/VH-RU-004.jpg
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 7 October 2020 22:35 (three years ago) link
i love the extra shots. i mean ...how fuckin great are they <3
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 7 October 2020 22:36 (three years ago) link
Steve Albini's 1979 review for the school paper:https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EjrWDb_UYAAX3hs?format=jpg&name=large― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 20:07 (two hours ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EjrWDb_UYAAX3hs?format=jpg&name=large
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 20:07 (two hours ago) link
Are You With the Devil?
― 📺👁️ (peace, man), Wednesday, 7 October 2020 22:44 (three years ago) link
There's a crazy facebook thread where fans tried to locate the McDonald's in that photo and it turned out to be in a completely different city than was indicated. The photographer then chimed in and acknowledged the mistake.
― Deflatormouse, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 22:51 (three years ago) link
oh word? what did the city end up being?
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 7 October 2020 22:56 (three years ago) link
I think it was crestwood, mo
― Deflatormouse, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 23:01 (three years ago) link
i found the answer:whole thread here https://www.detroityes.com/mb/showthread.php?20905-Van-Halen-Detroit-area-McDonald-s-in-1978/page3ok.. and to add to this continuing mystery.. per the photographer... Richard Upper, I received an email from Chris Vranian this response to Question; 1978 Van Halen tour ITEM# VH-RU-001.http://www.rockandrollgallery.com/catalog/VH-RU-001.htmlFrom Richard Upper....Technically this Mcdonald's is not in Detroit. It's not even in the US. This was actually taken across the street or around the corner from a Warner Bros Records distribution warehouse in Windsor Canada. I was informed at the time by the manager of the warehouse -and resident of Detroit - that Windsor was "a suburb of Detroit". (SIC) She was joking of course. But telling people the photo was taken in Windsor meant an explanation was in order. It has always been easier just to say - Detroit. However, fans who live in the area are always bickering about the location. I found a blog about the issue some years ago and tried to settle it with the above explanation.
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 7 October 2020 23:04 (three years ago) link
god bless the internet lol
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 7 October 2020 23:05 (three years ago) link
the best van halen song is without a doubt 'aint talkin bout love'
but sometimes, for an hour or two on the first wednesday of the month, it's 'i'll wait'
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 23:42 (three years ago) link
Unchained
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 7 October 2020 23:44 (three years ago) link
I mean, they may have been in Windsor, but I'd bet they thought they were in Detroit.
― pplains, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 23:49 (three years ago) link
That concert review by albini is priceless. Apparently, even though he was "editorials editor", he still could've used a good proof reader.
― enochroot, Thursday, 8 October 2020 00:05 (three years ago) link
Best Van Halen song is Little Dreamer. I will also accept Janies Cryin.i’ll take my answer off the air
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 8 October 2020 00:11 (three years ago) link
Xxxxxp idk, I think 68pongto makes a convincing case.Thanks for digging that up, it's really something
― Deflatormouse, Thursday, 8 October 2020 00:13 (three years ago) link
This is my favorite version of unchained.https://youtu.be/Cn8APTMyKsg
When I opened the video there was a survey asking "which of the following hair care brands do you have a positive opinion of?"
totally thought it said "hair bands"
― Deflatormouse, Thursday, 8 October 2020 00:20 (three years ago) link
Wasn't the Albini review in his high school's paper? He would have been 17 in 79.
― The nexus of the crisis and the origin of storms (Sund4r), Thursday, 8 October 2020 00:43 (three years ago) link
Oh I see Josh mentioned that. I had seen it elsewhere.
― The nexus of the crisis and the origin of storms (Sund4r), Thursday, 8 October 2020 00:48 (three years ago) link
I would probably go:
Dance the Night AwayEverybody Wants Some!!UnchainedAin't Talkin' 'Bout LoveJainie's Cryin'
― Quiet Storm Thorgerson (PBKR), Thursday, 8 October 2020 00:53 (three years ago) link
"Unchained" was my #1 in the Van Halen poll. Just sick timing in that groove.
― Josefa, Thursday, 8 October 2020 00:53 (three years ago) link
I wonder if the super bright, saturated Big Black guitar tone was Van Halen-influenced.
― The nexus of the crisis and the origin of storms (Sund4r), Thursday, 8 October 2020 00:56 (three years ago) link
my favorite van halen song is "girl gone bad," that was my no. 1, but my ballot was absolute nonsense lol
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 8 October 2020 00:58 (three years ago) link
I have re-fallen in love with Top Jimmy
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 8 October 2020 01:16 (three years ago) link
1984 best album ever
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 8 October 2020 01:19 (three years ago) link
i'm sorry this isn't even questionable
this may be as fervent as i've ever been on ILM!
i mean the fuckin minutemen covered it!
― mookieproof, Thursday, 8 October 2020 01:19 (three years ago) link
Idk what my favorite song is but 1984 is def my favorite vh album Girl gone bad is an excellent choice. Hot for teacher might be the most advanced boogie shuffle thingy I've heard.
― Deflatormouse, Thursday, 8 October 2020 01:21 (three years ago) link
The Minutemen and Van Halen are non-overlapping magisteria in my book
― Josefa, Thursday, 8 October 2020 01:22 (three years ago) link
“panama” is forever my favorite, but haven’t seen people mention “light up the sky” yet, that one slays
― i got a homogenic björk wine farmer permabanned (voodoo chili), Thursday, 8 October 2020 01:22 (three years ago) link
At the hight of my obsession (age 9) I probably would have picked ain't talkin bout love or running with the devil.
However they are objectively wrong picks and I would now refuse to concede that a song without a real guitar solo can possibly be the best van halen song.
― Deflatormouse, Thursday, 8 October 2020 01:27 (three years ago) link
you ppl know nothing of the brown sound!!1!1!!1!
― mookieproof, Thursday, 8 October 2020 01:32 (three years ago) link
i think the first album is my favorite, but 1984 is a verrrry close second.
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 8 October 2020 01:34 (three years ago) link
last night i was standing in the living room grinning to myself like, how great do they sound with the stereo turned all the way up
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 8 October 2020 01:35 (three years ago) link
model citizen! zero discipline!
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 8 October 2020 01:35 (three years ago) link
Xxp heh the first one is my second fave! Lol mookieThe brown sound is indeed dear to me but boogie wants advancement.
― Deflatormouse, Thursday, 8 October 2020 01:39 (three years ago) link
Van Halen are like Devo - a long illustrious career but their 1978 debut album on Warner Bros. is their best work
― Josefa, Thursday, 8 October 2020 01:41 (three years ago) link
Well, it might be fair to say they never bettered it, necessarily, though 1984 probably ties it at least.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 8 October 2020 01:49 (three years ago) link
What’s ppls favorite of the albums that come between those two
― covidsbundlertanze op. 6 (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 8 October 2020 01:53 (three years ago) link
Fair Warning, no contest
― Josefa, Thursday, 8 October 2020 01:54 (three years ago) link
Fair Warning is ultra sick
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 8 October 2020 01:58 (three years ago) link
Yes, fair warning.
Xxp What it comes down to for me is debut retains too many elements of 70's dinosaur rock, 1984 is more squarely in their own idiom (apart from the ac/dc ripoff song which is still rad) , has their most advanced songwriting, is leaner and meaner without all the plate reverb.
― Deflatormouse, Thursday, 8 October 2020 01:59 (three years ago) link
The drier sound is so much more in your face
― Deflatormouse, Thursday, 8 October 2020 02:00 (three years ago) link
has anyone seen Junior's grades?
― LaRusso Auto (Neanderthal), Thursday, 8 October 2020 02:08 (three years ago) link
This name, The Broken Combs, it kept striking me as ...twee? And then given the time and place I realized in was a reference to, gasp, LONG HAIR.
― Julius Caesar Memento Hoodie (bendy), Thursday, 8 October 2020 02:15 (three years ago) link
i don't feel tardy
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 8 October 2020 02:17 (three years ago) link
I listen to Fair Warning a ton. It's awesome. Though it and Women and Children First epitomize the "brown sound." They're badass, but also sort of ugly at the same time.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 8 October 2020 02:18 (three years ago) link
I couldn't make sense of that, because they're so fully a 80s band for me, even if like the Cure or Cars they broke just before. They seem so distant from an era where long hair was a provocation in and of itself.
― Julius Caesar Memento Hoodie (bendy), Thursday, 8 October 2020 02:18 (three years ago) link
Women & Children my fave of the betweeners
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 8 October 2020 02:19 (three years ago) link
i brought my PENCIL
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 8 October 2020 02:20 (three years ago) link
I've brought this up before but why does he say "I think the clock is slow" then "I don't feel tardy" because if the clock was slow he'd be even more tardy
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 8 October 2020 02:21 (three years ago) link