The Heaviest Van Halen Compilation

[Panamark]

A Mate of mine has requested that I make him a "heavy" classic Van Halen compilation. He never really got into the whole Van Halen catalog like I did. I played him "Light up the Sky" recently and he fucking loved it. He asked if I could make him up a compilation CD of Van Halens heaviest songs.

I know this guy would hate "Dance the night away" but would love stuff like "Romeo Delight". If we had to pick 10-12 songs off the first six albums, what songs would be the heaviest ??

My first pick is "Light up the Sky"

[jabrow75]

1 Unchained
2 Light Up The Sky
3 On Fire
4 And The Cradle Will Rock
5 Somebody Get Me A Doctor
6 Girl Gone Bad
7 House Of Pain
8 Mean Street
9 Dirty Movies
10 Take Your Whiskey Home
11 Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love
12 Romeo Delight
13 D.O.A.
14 Atomic Punk

[Panamark]

Not bad Jabrow75 !!
We could also throw Panama in there I reckon.. Any others ?

[Eyes of the Night]

Don't forget Eruption!!!

[TMR]

SINNERS SWING!

Take away that ON FIRE song....I can't stand that song!

Then Dave had to remake that song with Baby's On Fire.

Danger in the rear view mirror, there's trouble in the wind
......menace is loose again,She looks so Fuckin good, so sexy and so frail, something got to follow me, i'm going straight to hell....lol

[TMR]

Just give your friend a copy of
EAT'EM AND SMILE
FAIR WARNING

That should take care of his thirst for heaviness....lol

[TMR]

Don't forget ME WISE MAGIC

[Mr Badguy]

I made a C90 tape for my car:

Runnin` with the devil
Hot for teacher
Romeo delight
Women in love
So this is love?
Little guitars
I`ll wait
Secrets
Unchained
And the cradle will rock...
I`m the one
Somebody get me a doctor
Eruption
1984
Jump
In a simple rhyme
Hang `em high
Feel your love tonight
Mean street
Light up the sky
The full bug
On fire
Panama
Everybody wants some!!
Sunday afternoon in the park
One foot out the door
Ice cream man

You`d have to cut 15 minutes out of that for a CD, though.

[Seshmeister]

I've never seen I'll Wait make a list before.

[DLR7884]

Right, but Jump made the list for Mr. Badguy as well.

If you need to trim 15 mins off his list, drop Jump, 1984, Secrets, and I'll Wait.

DLR7884
I wouldn't consider those "heavy," there's a few others I'd replace as well.....

[Seshmeister]

I really like 'Secrets'.

Personally I would lose Sunday afternoon in the park and One foot out the door too.

Cheers!

[DLR7884]

I like Secrets too.

But it is by no means "heavy."

DLR7884
I thought that's what the thread was about?

[ALinChainz]

Needs Take Your Whiskey Home too I think ...

[ELVIS]

Take out 'Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love' ...

That's not heavy...

[ELVIS]

Add 'Fools' and 'Outta Love Again'...

[DLR7884]

"Outta Love Again"

What a fucking great song. Way under appreciated.

DLR7884
Good call!

[Sarge]

Originally posted by jabrow75
1 Unchained
2 Light Up The Sky
3 On Fire
4 And The Cradle Will Rock
5 Somebody Get Me A Doctor
6 Girl Gone Bad
7 House Of Pain
8 Mean Street
9 Dirty Movies
10 Take Your Whiskey Home
11 Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love
12 Romeo Delight
13 D.O.A.
14 Atomic Punk

Welcome jabrow75!

[Panamark]

Originally posted by DLR7884
I like Secrets too.

But it is by no means "heavy."

DLR7884
I thought that's what the thread was about?

You are correct Sir. I also love Secrets, but my friend is more into the heavy/thrash types of metal, so I wouldnt put Secrets on there, even though I like it myself.

[DLR7884]

You should mix some solo Dave in there too.

DLR7884
Make him 2 disks.

[ALinChainz]

I really like "Relentless" off the DLR Band CD. Seems heavy to me.

[DLR7884]

"Relentless" is a cool track.

Usually I put that on first and follow it up with a loud dose of "Indeedido."

DLR7884
Best combo of back to back rockers on that album for sure.

[jabrow75]

SINNERS SWING! Take away that ON FIRE song....I can't stand that song! Then Dave had to remake that song with Baby's On Fire. Danger in the rear view mirror, there's trouble in the wind ......menace is loose again,She looks so Fuckin good, so sexy and so frail, something got to follow me, i'm going straight to hell....lol

If I had to take out On Fire, I'd probably replace it with Hear About it Later...

[ALinChainz]

I just made a Dave disc too.

There you go, make him 2 discs Panamark.

[Mr Badguy]

Originally posted by Seshmeister
I've never seen I'll Wait make a list before.

Making a tape is a complex thing.

You`ve got to time it right or it runs out half way through a song or you end up with a blank spool at the end.

Yes, I like "I`ll wait", maybe because I play keyboard.

My original choice was "Hear about it later" rather than "Sunday afternoon in the park/One foot out the door" but it didn`t fit.

[DLR7884]

Originally posted by Mr Badguy
Making a tape is a complex thing.

You`ve got to time it right or it runs out half way through a song or you end up with a blank spool at the end.

Yes, I like "I`ll wait", maybe because I play keyboard.

My original choice was "Hear about it later" rather than "Sunday afternoon in the park/One foot out the door" but it didn`t fit.

You should make a CD so you can figure out the track times, total disk time, etc.

DLR7884
Tapes are so 80's.

[Mr Badguy]

That would be nice but I have a family to keep and a mortgage to pay and can`t just go around buying CD players for my car willy nilly.

I actually like tapes anyway, as you have to listen to the whole album without the luxury of a skip button.

[DLR7884]

True, but it sucks when the tape player eats the tape up, and it's nice to skip through the shit when you are listening to albums loaded with filler.

I don't know about over there, but here in the US you can get a portable CD player that hooks up through your tape player for about 40-50 bucks. Some are even cheaper.

DLR7884
I hate it when I play a tape and it gets eaten!

[Mr Badguy]

Yes, you can get them cheap over here.

Then again I would still rather buy a CD and tape it rather than risk some shithead stealing it from my car.

My car, my CDs and my guitars are my favourite possesions.

If someone stole my car I would be doubley pissed if they got one of the other two with it.

[Golden AWe]

Make him 6 cds and take out "I'll wait" and "Dancing in the streets"

[Mr Badguy]

Originally posted by Golden AWe
Make him 6 cds and take out "I'll wait" and "Dancing in the streets"

Woah there, "Dancing in the streets2 ain`t on my tape.

No sir!

[Dave IS VH]

My picks are:

1. Atomic Punk
2. On Fire
3. D.O.A.
4. FOOLS
5. ROMEO DELIGHT
6. MEAN STREATS
7. SINNER'S SWING!
8. Panama
9. Light Up The Sky
10. UNCHAINED
11. Somebody Get Me a Doctor
12. I'm The One
13. LOSS OF CONTROL
14. Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love
15. EVERYBODY WANTS SOME!!
16. "DIRTY MOVIES"
17. Bottoms Up!

[Kirdee]

Just a short list from me, but I'd say (in no particular order, natch):

Atomic Punk
Runnin' With The Devil
Unchained
Mean Street
One Foot Out The Door
House Of Pain
Eruption (although it's a bit on the short side for a full song, so leave it out if one must)
On Fire
'Dirty Movies'

Unfortunately, the songs from 'Halen II elude me slightly... Gotta dust off that one and have another listen. I think some of the first ones from there are heavy enough.

[ONEFOX]

I'LL NEVER UNDERSTAND HOW DOWN IN FLAMES NEVER MADE IT TO RECORD- SONG IS ONE OF TEH HEAVIEST IN HISTORY AND DEFINITELY ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVES

[flappo]

..ON FIRE roolz , it's got a fakkin killer riff

[hideyoursheep]

LOSS OF CONTROL cannot be left off any "heavy" VH list.

...it is forbidden.

[cMb]

Originally posted by hideyoursheep
LOSS OF CONTROL cannot be left off any "heavy" VH list.

Agreed! I don't think it should be left off of any VH comp, tho.


Anyway, my list would look like this:
On Fire
Atomic Punk
Im The One
Somebody Get Me A Doctor
Light Up The Sky
DOA
Fools
Romeo Delight
Tora/Loss Of Control
Mean Street
Sinners Swing
Sunday Afternoon/One Foot
Hang Em High
Girl Gone Bad
House Of Pain


You can't go wrong throwing 'Everybody Wants Some' in the mix, too.