Van Halen - Best Song - Page 2

Muscle Car Lover · 07-19-2015, 09:55 PM

Two words:
Randy Rhoads

11_Camaro · 07-19-2015, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by mlee

That whole 1st album was epic. Hard to pick one song. After that it slowly went downhill.

However I do have choice seats for when them come here in Sept.

Roth blows but Eddie has still got it.

Seriously, have you listened to Fair Warning?

*mlee* · 07-19-2015, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by ssrs2lt

Sammy was a good alternate to dlr.. I didn't like all the keyboards keytars...

Sammy is awesome in his own right, but it never was as good as the original band. Sammy plays a killer guitar too but mostly did singing with VH. He didn't need them but it was cool to keep them on the road.

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Originally Posted by 11_Camaro

Seriously, have you listened to Fair Warning?

LOL... yeah I knew that comment was going to poke someone.

There's not much of theirs I don't like, just saying the 1st one did it for me and my 1st copy was on 8 track.

Blue Thunder · 07-20-2015, 12:13 AM

The Ice Cream Man solo is like no other blues-based solo ever. It doesn't follow the rules and is a frikin awesome example of Eddie's talent.

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mikel441 · 07-20-2015, 04:04 PM

I saw the thread title and said to myself......"Atomic Punk". Then I clicked on the link and..........

Ragnar · 07-20-2015, 04:26 PM

I saw Van Halen when they were a warm up band in 1979. Running with the Devil, is one of my favorites! I wore my 8 tracks out!

DFWZ28 · 07-20-2015, 04:31 PM

loved the 70's V.H. Not much for Roth, but I really liked the Van Hagar era. Forget about Nuno cd's.

they will not be the same without Michael Anthony, don't care how good Wofie is.

ChrisBlair · 07-20-2015, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by DFWZ28

loved the 70's V.H. Not much for Roth, but I really liked the Van Hagar era. Forget about Nuno cd's.

they will not be the same without Michael Anthony, don't care how good Wofie is.

Hagar brought the band to a much more musical place. Many VH fans don't like that, but it's true. Eddie began listening to more than his guitar parts and Al's drums. I think 5150 is as good as my Roth era-favorite, Fair Warning. I think 5150 is more impressive because many fans didn't want to even think about a replacement for Roth, and the brothers and Mike Anthony were wondering if they were done and over with before Sammy joined. Hagar was a rock star in his own right on his own and had huge credentials for being the real thing. Rock Candy? Come on. And "One way to rock" ? Not to mention his most memorable song which wasn't even his biggest hit! I think Sammy is pretty awesome.

But Nuno? Wha? Do you mean Gary Cherone? His only Van Halen record was Van Halen III. I think you're confusing Bettencourt- a guitar player- with Cherone- a singer. Both played in Extreme. Some folks think Cherone was on 'Balance' but he wasn't.

Cherone is a local kid made good for my neck of the woods but I never liked Extreme and he was wrong for Van Halen in my opinion.

seven · 07-20-2015, 05:37 PM

Best Band Ever!!!!!!!! I don't recall that song but I was usually pretty wasted back in those days.

ssrs2lt · 07-20-2015, 05:42 PM

It's funny van Halen wasn't one of the band's I went to see as a whipper snapper, but I fire them up all the time now. I'd go see them today

ChrisBlair · 07-20-2015, 05:47 PM

I saw them back to back nights once. Awesome.

Stingr69 · 07-21-2015, 08:38 AM

Panama! That is all.

hotlap · 07-21-2015, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Muscle Car Lover

Panama is a great driving tune, but Atomic Punk is just nasty and raw, like how the band started.

The first concert I ever went to was Black Sabbath with Ozzy with Van Halen playing warm up in the summer of 1978. No one knew then who Van Halen was! By the fall of 78 Van Halen was at the top.

I bought that album right after that show and played the hell out of it so I know Atomic Punks well.

Edit: ha! Found this picture advertising a later show. They played Milwaukee in August

BMR Sales · 07-21-2015, 02:19 PM

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