The Official Van Halen, "As Is" review thread

[minkahed]

"As Is" could possibly the best song on the cd, it's that good.

I sing the shit outta this song at work everyday and I even got the young 20 somethings saying, "As Is" ! LOL

In time, this song will rank amongst the greatest of all Van Hale tunes, trust me, you heard it from me first.

And Dave's scream at the beginning, did he sample that or what ? He hasn't had that scream in nearly 25 years.

Fuckin' classic ...

[minkahed]

Sorry for the double post.

[ELVIS]

Too bad you can hardly hear any Bass in this song...

[ROTHisGOD]

Dave's scream to begin the song is a vicious tease to what used to be....

[ELVIS]

The future aint what it used to be...

[Yount]

yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

[Romeo Delight]

For me, the second half of the song is just about the best thing on this disk.

Kind of weird to quote yourself, but after listening to this album over and over, I still think the last third or so of this song is the best thing by far. I wish this song would never end.

[At0micPunk]

I love the whole CD but As Is is my favorite tune by far. It's phenomenal and shows the unfiltered magic of what the sweat bros and DLR have together. The one two punch of As Is and HBSD still blows me away. I expected cool stuff from VH in 2012 but wow.

[Romeo Delight]

Couldn't agree more

[Yount]

how i roll

[sadaist]

I love the whole CD but As Is is my favorite tune by far. It's phenomenal and shows the unfiltered magic of what the sweat bros and DLR have together. The one two punch of As Is and HBSD still blows me away. I expected cool stuff from VH in 2012 but wow.

As Is ...fucking still mindblowing after 11,327 listens. When the first fast guitar comes in and then Dave screams like young Dave......I get goosebumps every time. STILL. Crazy.

Really should have been the 1st single with a better video than tattoo. If the world had been fed As Is with a video in the style of Panama....wow.

[ThrillsNSpills]

As Is has the galloping Alex drum part, Ed hammering all over the neck and Dave's melody and humor.

It hits on all levels.

[if6was9]

AC/DC Beating Around the Bush

Oh shit, I've just realised why I liked "As Is" so much.

[sadaist]

Yeah. Sinners Swing is exactly like another AC/DC tune as well. Funny how 2 rock bands can use very similar chords & progrssion in a song yet still sound different & unique to themselves. Just shows how great both VH & AC/DC are. Wow what a great double headliner that would be. Other than Donnington have they ever played together?

[chefcraig]

Yeah. Sinners Swing is exactly like another AC/DC tune as well. Funny how 2 rock bands can use very similar chords & progrssion in a song yet still sound different & unique to themselves. Just shows how great both VH & AC/DC are.

Yeah, but they both stole the progression and pauses from Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac, on the tune "Oh, Well."