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TMR
02-12-2004, 12:32 AM
What is your favorite song from Eat'em and Smile??

for me it's a toss up between BIG TROUBLE and LADIES NIGHT IN BUFFALO!

Great guitar work on Big Trouble and the bass coming of Ladies Night is so cool with the lyrics!

Golden AWe
02-12-2004, 10:19 AM
I have to go with cover on this one...Vai's play on "Tobacco Road" is just so tight...

There is no weak song on EEAS.

Full Bug
02-12-2004, 11:01 AM
Tough one, but will go with Big Trouble.....

DLR7884
02-12-2004, 04:46 PM
Big Trouble is great...so is Bump N' Grind.

DLR7884
They're all solid tracks though, great album.

Cato
02-12-2004, 06:44 PM
elephant gun!!

Catfish
02-12-2004, 09:23 PM
tie between Big Trouble and Tobacco Road.

alexpgrimes
02-12-2004, 11:31 PM
I gotta go with Crazy from the Heat.

Dave IS VH
02-13-2004, 03:10 AM
I have to go with, GOIN' CRAZY!, or THAT'S LIFE.

Kurlandkessel
02-13-2004, 09:22 AM
Goin crazy ....

Bob_R
02-13-2004, 03:08 PM
Big Trouble

DLR7884
02-13-2004, 07:16 PM
I forgot about That's Life.

DLR7884
Great version of a classic tune!

Panamark
02-15-2004, 02:48 AM
Ah Fuggit, somebodies gotta say Yankee Rose sooner or later...
Might as well be me. That song really signalled that Dave could still be Van Halen, without Van Halen.

SilvioDante
02-15-2004, 07:51 AM
Ladies Night in Buffalo? and Going Crazy.

Buffalo has to be the COOLIEST song written by Dave ever. Just a great song.

Mr Badguy
02-16-2004, 02:11 PM
"That`s life".

Shit, that song could have been written just for Dave.

diamond den™
02-17-2004, 05:08 PM
There are too many good songs on Eat 'Em and Smile. But I'd have to say ShyBoy or Elephant Gun :)

Kirdee
02-17-2004, 05:24 PM
I'd say Shyboy... or Yankee Rose. I just love Vai's li'l tremolo/vibrato at very end of Shyboy. Very raw. :D

lionsfan
02-22-2004, 10:36 PM
Shyboy...

Rubnose
02-22-2004, 10:41 PM
Yankee Rose & Goin Crazy.

That's Life is the weak song in my opinion.

Wayne L.
02-25-2004, 08:08 AM
Yankee Rose....this is the ultimate song by Dave as a solo artist from his only solo masterpiece EEAS.

Albert Einstein
02-25-2004, 06:43 PM
Big Trouble!

FORD
02-28-2004, 01:04 PM
Uh........

All of Side One!!

and Side Two wasn't so bad either.

Sarge
02-28-2004, 01:28 PM
Big Trouble..
This week.
It changes everytime I listen
Elephant Gun is great also

ALinChainz
02-29-2004, 01:00 AM
Goin' Crazy, Yankee Rose, Ladies Night in Buffalo.

Switch84
03-02-2004, 04:48 PM
:D Hmm, I like most of the album, but I'll go with Yankee Rose and Ladies' Night In Buffalo.

tbozzio
03-07-2004, 12:28 PM
- Big Trouble -

Switch84
03-20-2004, 01:15 AM
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Wayne L.
[B]Yankee Rose....this is the ultimate song by Dave as a solo artist.


:hitch: :killer: The video is kick-ass, too! Yeah, baby...Davy Baby in chaps with his cute ass hanging out of them!


HUBBA! HUBBA!

degüello
03-20-2004, 02:44 AM
Big Trouble is by far my favourite tune on that album. I love that goddamn song.

It's actually my favourite Roth solo song, period. I don't think there's anything that matches that cut on any of his other albums. It fucking smokes.

BrownSound1
03-29-2004, 04:14 PM
Ladies Night in Buffalo and Yankee Rose are my two favorites....love the whole album honestly.

Chong Li
03-29-2004, 10:03 PM
Goin Crazy! The lyrics, the laughter and the solo make the perfect Roth song.

I remember my youth when I hear that song...JUST AWESOME.

TMR
03-29-2004, 11:55 PM
Everything about this album makes me wish Dave could do one more with the EEAS band!

NathanRay
03-30-2004, 12:09 AM
The bridge on Big Trouble always gives me goosebumps!!!

Lou
03-30-2004, 01:11 AM
No doubt about it, "Big Trouble."

Steve Savicki
03-30-2004, 06:21 AM
Nope... "bump and grind" for me.
The album is good, but the rest got too boring after the disc was overplayed.
That one just has the classic VH feel.

degüello
03-30-2004, 04:43 PM
Originally posted by NathanRay
The bridge on Big Trouble always gives me goosebumps!!!

Yes, truly one of Dave's best solo moments.

Warham
03-30-2004, 07:48 PM
I'd say Big Trouble. That song rocks. I'll think I'll play it now.

EbDawson
04-04-2004, 12:33 AM
Crazy from the Heat. Damn good riffs!

pardo
04-06-2004, 10:32 AM
Dammit - I hate sayin what everyone else is sayin, but I gotta go with Big Trouble too.

Dave's singin in the chorus is amazing! Probably my favorite performance by him. Sounds like each nut weights 17 pounds! Lyrics are some of my favorite too. Solo kicks ass!

SoCalChelle
04-22-2004, 10:19 PM
Shyboy and Yankee Rose

thefive
04-22-2004, 10:33 PM
Steve Vai stills says he hasn't topped Elephant Gun yet. Thats interesting.

the 5

thefive
04-22-2004, 10:35 PM
Originally posted by NathanRay
The bridge on Big Trouble always gives me goosebumps!!!

Sorry don't know anything about guitar. What do you mean by bridge?
LOL sorry

The 5

NathanRay
04-23-2004, 01:22 PM
Originally posted by thefive
Sorry don't know anything about guitar. What do you mean by bridge?
LOL sorry

The 5

"How many Times have you Said to yourself, Pack up and go I've Been here too Long, Bet if you'd ask all my heroesid say Nigga We're all ready gone...I know somehow I Know"..... Well except for the Nigga but if a modern day rapper covered it...

Don't that shit give you goosebumps? A bridge is like something that really ain't a verse or chorus but leads you into a verse or chorus or a solo. The melody and lyrics along with the guitar and bass parts of that bridge are what gives me goose bumps. Like listen closely to the little riff bass fills from billy after roth pauses in that bridge I love that.

NathanRay
04-23-2004, 01:23 PM
well maybe not a verse that would probably dubbed an intro

thefive
04-24-2004, 12:41 AM
Yankee Rose and I'm Easy and Shyboy

secrets
04-24-2004, 08:13 AM
Originally posted by TMR
Everything about this album makes me wish Dave could do one more with the EEAS band!

Absolutely! I love this album it is Dave's best IMO. Would probably go for Big Trouble as my favourite. In a word sublime.

DLRismydad
04-24-2004, 07:45 PM
I don't want to sound like a tool but for me it's between the two singles Yankee Rose and Goin Crazy

thefive
04-24-2004, 08:09 PM
Originally posted by NathanRay
"How many Times have you Said to yourself, Pack up and go I've Been here too Long, Bet if you'd ask all my heroesid say Nigga We're all ready gone...I know somehow I Know"..... Well except for the Nigga but if a modern day rapper covered it...

Don't that shit give you goosebumps? A bridge is like something that really ain't a verse or chorus but leads you into a verse or chorus or a solo. The melody and lyrics along with the guitar and bass parts of that bridge are what gives me goose bumps. Like listen closely to the little riff bass fills from billy after roth pauses in that bridge I love that.

Thanks.

pete
04-24-2004, 08:21 PM
Originally posted by thefive
Sorry don't know anything about guitar. What do you mean by bridge?
LOL sorry

The 5

a bridge is a part of a song that is different that the verse or chorus. usually it summarizes the story/sentiment or compliments it.

the bridge in BIG TROUBLE (my fave) is the part that begins

how many times have you said to yourself (hey)
I feel like a yoyo - I've been here to long

and that guitar solo..........

breath-taking

secrets
04-25-2004, 06:16 PM
Originally posted by TMR
Everything about this album makes me wish Dave could do one more with the EEAS band!

Absolutely, that would be almost as good as a classic Van Halen reunion IMO.

TMR
04-28-2004, 01:11 AM
Originally posted by secrets
Absolutely, that would be almost as good as a classic Van Halen reunion IMO.

Great to hear someone feels the same way!

And what's cool about this possible reunion, they all can play up to par....they don't need to stay up all night like eddie who's practicing When it's love songs....LOL

bru87tr
04-28-2004, 10:21 AM
Big Trouble is mine too! great song!

DaveIsKing
05-04-2004, 10:23 PM
LADIES NITE IN BUFFALO

Foozwah
05-11-2004, 10:09 AM
Definitely 'Big Trouble.' The mood it imparts is pure class. :D

Other-defcon
05-11-2004, 03:31 PM
The first song I heard from this album : Yankee Rose.

Mezro
05-11-2004, 04:03 PM
LNIB, Shyboy and GC...in that fucking order.

Mezro...goin' crazy..because I just spilled hot tea on my meat

Foozwah
05-11-2004, 06:36 PM
Originally posted by secrets
Absolutely, that would be almost as good as a classic Van Halen reunion IMO.

Better, IMO. Fuck the VH's. After all the shit they've pulled over the years, I'd rather see the EEAS band any day. :D

Dan
05-11-2004, 07:51 PM
Yankee Rose.

bru87tr
05-28-2004, 10:08 AM
big trouble

fanofdave
05-28-2004, 10:12 AM
My favorite on that album is "Ladies Night In Buffalo".
Great lyrics, awesome bass, and Vai is on the mark as usual.

TwoFoolsAMinute
05-28-2004, 05:13 PM
Yankee Rose
Ladies Night In Buffalo

gslinger
05-28-2004, 05:23 PM
The best "song".......It was the 1986 Rock Line hour with Dave and the new band. Funniest shit I have ever heard. Dave was in true form!

I was impressed with the EEAS album, because Dave was able to take a whole new direction in his music instead of doing sometype of VH rehash/off-shoot deal. I mean hell look how awesome and funny those EEAS and later Dave videos were. It was Dave being his typical creative genius again!

thefive
06-02-2004, 03:02 AM
I'm Easy. Shyboy

WOAHYEAH
06-02-2004, 09:09 PM
Goin crazy, easily!

poppadingo
06-02-2004, 11:25 PM
Originally posted by TMR
What is your favorite song from Eat'em and Smile??

for me it's a toss up between BIG TROUBLE and LADIES NIGHT IN BUFFALO!

Great guitar work on Big Trouble and the bass coming of Ladies Night is so cool with the lyrics!

It's gotta be Big Trouble, followed by Goin' Crazy

Timbo
06-05-2004, 06:38 PM
Big Trouble!!

YankeeRose
06-06-2004, 01:04 AM
Do I have to say it? LOFL I like the Rat Pack-like sound to That's Life, the energy in I'm Easy, the sultry sexy sound of Bump & Grind....I like 'em all for different reasons, but Yankee Rose IS my song.


PS...I had to backspace to add the space between the words both times I typed Yankee Rose. Oops, I did it again...LOFL....

Loons The Great
06-02-2006, 11:15 AM
Well, Welcome To Tobacco Road, Y'all!!

Padre Atilio
06-05-2006, 07:06 PM
the killer guitar on Yankee Rose !!! I love it, when I first heard it in GTA Vice City I knew I have to learn to play this on my guitar ... then I became a VH and DLR fan ... FOREVER

EAT MY ASSHOLE
06-12-2006, 10:42 PM
This is waht the album meant to me, in terms of first impressions for each tune:

Yankee Rose: Saw the video weeks before the albums street date. Funniest friggin' thing in the world, still cracks me up to this day. What is it, a 12 minute video for a four minute tune? And you knew - just from the lighting, the music, the first sight of the characters (the first you see are the newlywed Mexican couple - with the MUY prenant wife) that it was the new Dave tune. The conversation between Dave and Steve Vai's talking guitar was the funniest thing dave had ever put on wax to that point, and his vocals were as hungry, determined, and focused, as his very best work with VH.

Shyboy - Killer. Completely over-the-top, Lyrics-wise not his best (b/c they were written by Sheehan), but the performance by the band left no doubt that dave had found and assembled a band that KICKED ASS. Listen to the interplay between Vai and Sheehan - GADZOOKS!!!

I'm Easy - Fell over laughing the second I heard the lyrics to this. Thought it was a nice bridge between the CVH sound and the approach he took with the Crazy from the Heat EP. Love the harmonic Vai finishes his solo with.

Ladies Night - The most artful piece of music Dave had done to that point. (And becasue of that had mixed emotions at the time). Still appreciate Dave's monologue in the brdieg - "huh, I guess it must have been two different people")

Goin' Crazy - Wasn't sure - and still not - about the synthesizers on this one. Still fun song, and great video ("I can't think! I'm dancin'!!!").

Tobacco Road - Favoriet tune on the album. Great rhythm work by Vai, and a killer solo to boot.

Elephant Gun - never loved it, but nevber hated it either. Again, Shgeehan leaves Mikey in the dust.

Big Trouble - Always loved this one. Top-notch in every regard. Bissonnettes's best drumwork here.

Bump and grind - Great hook, great solo, beats the shit out of anything on 5150.

That's Life: A great way to cap the album, and again, it bridges the gap between CVH and the CFTH EP.

FINAL VERDICT: The third best Van Halen album, ever. And maybe even second.

Coyote
06-13-2006, 12:08 AM
Hard to say, it varies every time I listen to it...

"Goin' Crazy" at the moment, due to the heatwave ragin' here.

binnie
06-13-2006, 03:41 AM
I'm gonna say

Yankee Rose

Ladies Night in Buffalo

Goin Crazy


But every track is a winner!

MAPRamone
06-15-2006, 05:47 AM
Shyboy easily.

1984dlrvh12
06-21-2006, 10:41 PM
i like the son yankee rose.i like steves guitar playing in this song

1984dlrvh12
06-21-2006, 10:45 PM
song**

MERRYKISSMASS2U
06-21-2006, 11:00 PM
Ladies Night In Buffalo. On Sonrisa Salvaje, my favorite song was Cuanto Frenesi or Noche de Ronda en la Ciudad.

Loons The Great
12-28-2006, 08:55 PM
Originally posted by EMA

Tobacco Road - Favourite tune on the album. Great rhythm work by Vai, and a killer solo to boot.

I'll second that emotion nah yez I said!! Well wella wella...yez yeah yallah!!...ooh well well...:D

BottomLine65
01-19-2007, 11:09 AM
Bump n Grind
Yankee Rose

Wacke
02-08-2007, 11:22 AM
It got so many great tunes! "Tabacco Road" is a really cool blues-influenced tune & I like the happy & powerful "Goin' Crazy" a lot.

"Ladies Night In Buffalo" is a relaxing one too but my favourite is the cool rocker "Yankee Rose"!

binnie
02-08-2007, 11:31 AM
Goin' Crazy.

Simply because it never fails to put a smile on my face...

trueblue
02-25-2007, 07:56 AM
Hey all you guys couldn't resist the temptation to name not just 'one favourite' song of EE&S as the thread title asks of us. So maybe I'll do the same cos I love this short, breathtakingly great album from start to finish.

I reckon 'Big Trouble' is probably my 'favourite' song from EE&S on most days. 'Bump n Grind' and 'Tobacco Road' are close second faves. Every other song really floats my boat a long way.

***Although this was a sensationally good band with Vai, Sheehan and Bissonette--to me, Dave was still clearly the outright scene-stealer on this brilliant full-length solo debut.

chi-town324
02-25-2007, 06:37 PM
big trouble

Loons The Great
04-17-2007, 11:32 PM
Tobacco Road...wella, welcome to Tobacco Road, y'all...this is THE version of this a here tune...it jus' doesn't get any bluer 'an that y'all!!!!!! Yez Yez Yezzah!! Godzillian vocal on this a here cut!!

I say GOD DAMN!!

HELL YEAH!!