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DavidLeeNatra
07-31-2005, 10:51 AM
I just listened to "dance the night away" and the third line "and I feel her from across the room" always blows me away...

dave sings, suddenly screams and goes over a little giggle into singing again...just perfect...and a big SHUT THE FUCK UP to all the "dave-has-not-a-range-like-sammy-shit-talkers"

canadiandlrgirl
07-31-2005, 04:31 PM
dance the night away, has to be one of the best CVH songs there is:cool:

academic punk
07-31-2005, 07:40 PM
VH II features Dave enjoying his vocal tricks at thier best.

My personal fave is in "Outta Love Again" whree he sudden;y goes into this high-pitched siren to sing "FooooooooooooooL"

Big Fat Sammy
07-31-2005, 08:27 PM
Dave on You're No Good...


VHII is the best vocals for sure...

Big Troubles
08-01-2005, 04:12 PM
Light up the Sky is by far the best vocal range from Dave and the band.

buckshotjenkins
08-05-2005, 05:40 PM
i love push comes to shove. it's got soul...and it's surprised quite a few people i played it for. one by one, if you pick the right songs, you can DESTROY every preconceived notion about CVH: not heavy, not melodic, no soul, just wankin' off...besides some stand out drums on the song, push comes to shove has everybody firing on all cylinders...but at a slow steady pace. dave sings awesome!

DABSR
08-12-2005, 12:40 PM
Great topic but very hard to pick just one ...I will say one of my favorites is "Women in love". From the very beginning, a softer rasp to the stronger demands later in the song ...AWESOME !!!


:cool:

diamondsgirl
08-12-2005, 12:50 PM
I agree with BFS.

Dave's vocals are amazing on You're No Good. I love the way his screams and Eds guitar go back and forth and sound so much alike. :cool:

Great thread.

ThrillsNSpills
08-12-2005, 01:04 PM
I like the "wow" before the A chord in In a simple Rhyme.
It's such a smooth transition between the quiet part and LOUD part (before the solo)

(They have it as "Woh" in the sheet music.) lmao
It may have been "Woh" if Popeye sang it.

DlocRoth
08-12-2005, 03:08 PM
He knocks out "Easy Street".

SNIPER
08-12-2005, 03:14 PM
Lets sing a little bit hI

Dave's Bitch
08-12-2005, 03:20 PM
what do you mean by a vocal trick???

SNIPER
08-12-2005, 03:20 PM
I Like the way Dave sings that first line in Take Your Whiskey Home. With that Hi little pop and the chuckle. Bad fucking ass!!!!! With Eds unpluged guitar, sounds amazing!

diamondsgirl
08-12-2005, 03:29 PM
Originally posted by SNIPER
I Like the way Dave sings that first line in Take Your Whiskey Home. With that Hi little pop and the chuckle. Bad fucking ass!!!!! With Eds unpluged guitar, sounds amazing!

yes...love that!:cool:

ALinChainz
08-12-2005, 03:43 PM
The vocals on "Shoot It" are damn awesome.

light 'em up!
08-12-2005, 04:00 PM
Originally posted by Big Troubles
Light up the Sky is by far the best vocal range from Dave and the band.

I agree.

diamondsgirl
08-12-2005, 04:52 PM
I dig the way his screams sound like sirens on "On Fire" :cool:

Rikk
08-12-2005, 07:37 PM
I love his vocals on I'LL WAIT. The way he sings "Heartbreak in overdrive"...fucking awesome.

ben halen
08-12-2005, 07:56 PM
They are all so great!

The great thing about Dave is he always seems to add the perfect little laugh, hiccup, scream, etc., to enhance the song , without overdoing or forcing it. Very original stuff.

VHII definitely has a lot of good ones.

DavidLeeNatra
08-13-2005, 04:01 AM
Originally posted by ben halen
The great thing about Dave is he always seems to add the perfect little laugh, hiccup, scream, etc., to enhance the song , without overdoing or forcing it. Very original stuff.


that's what I meant with "vocal trick"...the little additions you don't hear from all the other singers

audiospectrum
08-14-2005, 07:09 PM
The way Dave finishes off Lady Luck, yes ah whoo!!

The little suck in breath part at the end of Loss of Control

I do what I want to!!!

fret_buzz_blues
08-16-2005, 12:32 AM
So so many to name...Dave is just awesome, but we all know that...

diamondsgirl
08-16-2005, 04:44 PM
His voice at the end of Ice Cream Man....

grrrr..... :cool:

academic punk
08-16-2005, 05:42 PM
Hey, I'm surprised we've all forgotten to include the scream at the intro of "Jump"!

Such an instantly identifiable signature yelp...sounds lik a cross between Janis Joplin, a Viagra'd Tarzan, and a Chuck Jones character.

It's BADASS.

I remember the first time I heard the song (before the album was even released), the first few moments I was thinking "Whoa, a little heavy on all the synths there guys", but once that Dave "WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOWWWW!!!" comes in, immediately I was thinking, "Doesn't matter how many synths they lay on this, this is still VAN-FUCKIN'-HALEN".

His best scream, fuckin' period.

Jérôme Frenchise
08-16-2005, 06:08 PM
Dave is always specially awesome on vocals. Ha! Ha! I can't help grinning almost every time I listen to VH or DLR even if it's for the millionth time.

"Hear about it later" is another great example (but now we can browse the whole catalogue once again).
From the scream of the intro to the end of the track, where he sings between crooner style and tough as tough can, Dave sounds like he's over the moon.
I dig the insane scream in the beginning of "Unchained" a lot too (Haaaaaaaaa... ha-ha-haaa!!!). Yeah, I dig that sane madness of his!:D

superdave
08-16-2005, 06:10 PM
I like Dave's voice on 'Everybody Wants Some'

DavidLeeNatra
08-16-2005, 06:26 PM
Originally posted by Jérôme Frenchise
I dig the insane scream in the beginning of "Unchained" a lot too (Haaaaaaaaa... ha-ha-haaa!!!). Yeah, I dig that sane madness of his!:D

first thing I've EVER heard from dave and I was lost...it's always a magic moment to hear this scream after all these years...got it as a tone on my cell phone for incoming messages :D

Jérôme Frenchise
08-16-2005, 06:30 PM
Originally posted by DavidLeeNatra
first thing I've EVER heard from dave and I was lost...it's always a magic moment to hear this scream after all these years...got it as a tone on my cell phone for incoming messages :D

Thumbs up, DLN!:D

DavidLeeNatra
08-16-2005, 06:47 PM
Originally posted by Jérôme Frenchise
Thumbs up, DLN!:D

it' so funny...whenever I get an sms in public I got shocked glances...

diamondsgirl
08-16-2005, 10:48 PM
Originally posted by DavidLeeNatra
first thing I've EVER heard from dave and I was lost...it's always a magic moment to hear this scream after all these years...got it as a tone on my cell phone for incoming messages :D

thats great! :D

Jérôme Frenchise
08-17-2005, 06:55 AM
Originally posted by DavidLeeNatra
it' so funny...whenever I get an sms in public I got shocked glances...

Ha! Ha! I'm picturing it. Excellent!:D

Dirty Duck
08-30-2005, 03:00 PM
Outta love again....hands down Roth's best vocals!! I still get the chills when I hear it

Dirty Duck
08-31-2005, 05:08 PM
Liseten to "outta love again"...man,without a doubt,some of the best vocal range by my boy...