Fair Warning
1984
Since we're only picking from Fair Warning and 1984, I'm going with Fair Warning. The first VH album I ever bought was 1984, so it has a special place in my heart, but Fair Warning goes for the jugular. Mean Streets, Hear About It Later, Unchained, and So This Is Love...NEED I SAY MORE???
It's so easy
Interesting...Originally Posted by SunisinuS
Scramby eggs and bacon.
When people are saying Fair Warning is the best of the 6-pack, yeah, it kinda is....
Fair Warning is a beast, but come the fuck on already!
34 years later, the first album isn't just Van Halens best album, it's the best album ever made...by anyone...ever!
If people actually think Fair Warning is better, I suggest they listen to the first one again, and a lot louder this time.
Fair Warning is the best Van Halen album of all time.
Thus sayeth the Lord!
What the fuck is wrong with everybody????
Not one mention of WACF
Are we seriously fighting over which album is the best? For me it's like asking me which of my kids is my favorite. I love em all - really hard to pick. If I had to say which one I'm most in the mood to listen to it's FW, but maybe that's just my mood lately. It really does depend on my mood and what I'm doing. I can't workout to VH II, but definitely can to FW and ADKOT. I love driving to I or II, or any of em for that matter. And there isn't a bad song anywhere on the 7-pack. "Love em all I says!!!"
Stay Frosty!
THE DAY IS DONZO LET'S HAVE SOME FUNZO!!
We have been doing it for years
Everyone knows the first one is the best
I really love you baby, I love what you've got
Let's get together we can, Get hot
I believe I did in the first post
ooh my bad.I believe I did in the first post
Ok. What the fuck is wrong with everybody???
Only one mention of WACF
I believe the thread is asking which is better, 1984 or Fair Warning ?
Might explain people not mentioning other albums ?
BABY PANA 2 IS Coming !! All across the land, let the love and beer flow !
Love ya Mary Frances!
Same here. I wonder if my 75,000 imaginary fans in my bedroom stadium miss me? I played guitar and was even lead singer sometimes. A couple tunes I was even the drummer!
So many imaginary bras were thrown up to me.....so many.
“Great losses often bring only a numb shock. To truly plunge a victim into misery, you must overwhelm him with many small sufferings.”
Fair Warning as a total is better, but Hot For Teacher, Drop Dead Legs and Girl Gone Bad match ANY three VH songs...
Originally posted by Cato
Golden, why are you FAT?http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u...TheDMCross.jpgOriginally posted by lesfunk
Much like yourself as the Jim Morrison of Nazi bunker flies
So.....I'd kinda like to see the rage when a newbie pops in and claims OU812 blows em both away.
47 members spontaneously combust with rage before even typing out a compelte sentence.
What about House Of Pain?
WTF?
I misspell complete but got spontaneous right?
I moved out after the divorce.
I can barely remember the first 6 albums, have played ADKOT flat chat for almost a month now.
I really liked Unchanged and Dirty Pictures from Fair Warning, There Goes My Teacher and Top Waldo from 1984. Such a tough choice.
It's like that other thread asking you to order the 6-pack. It all depends on what I had for breakfast, if I'm horny, philosophical, constipated, it's morning, night, raining, I'm full of prescription meds, bills are due, which end of the couch I'm on etc etc....
That middle line naming the Fair Warning tracks scared the shit outta me for 2.4 seconds!
Hell yeah!!!
FAIR WARNING....1984 ??? shake and mix those albums and take ADKOT to that fxxxx island!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OK no bullshit, for me FAIR WARNING (with o.oooo1%)
the summer of 1981 i was visited more than once by police officers at my apartment for disturbing the peace as i was blast "fair warning".....its no contest for me....as for 1984..i could really go forever never listening to jump, panama and maybe hot for teacher....i haven't sat down and played 1984 for years....they broke as mega stars with that album, and for me i was a little pissed...i already knew how great they were..i didn't need fucking MTV'S fancy videos, to tell me.. hey these guys are good...i would take any of the first 4 over 1984
Seems that Fair Warning is a clear favorite and I totally understand why.
It's a fans album, you don't hear it on Classic Hits FM or see it on 80's nostalgia music video shows.
We can claim it as our own and don't have to share it with the masses.
And it balls out fucking rocks.
Fair Warning wins.
When I first bought Fair Warning, it scared the shit out of me! It was so dark and heavy.
Fair Warning - Hands down . Raw , primal , pure , ...just a few of the adjectives that come to mind when describing this album . It is the defining classic Van Halen album . A great band in their prime and at their creative peak and integrity intact ( i.e. no covers ) . " Unchained " , " Hear About It Later " , " Sinners Swing " , " So This Is Love ? " ,...man oh man - Perfection .
Trust me when I say that I'm not dismissing ANY of the other classic Van Halen albums - all purely brilliant , but , Fair Warning took it all to a whole new level .
On a personal level the Fair Warning album takes me back to a great time and place in my life . Last year in high school , first job , still had my first car , first time living out on my own , great circle of friends , it was the soundtrack to my life . Not to mention the Fair Warning tour was my first exposure to Van Halen live and it blew me away .
FAIR WARNING was a big Lp for me . Seen the Oakland stuff on Rock Arena here in Australia and couldn't fucking believe why this band was not big here... 1984 was the Lp that cracked them wide open world wide , Molly on Countdown did a interview with Roth and there were plans to tour .. But never happened... Fair i Warning totally smokes 1984.. IMHO
Last edited by Mrkramer; 03-13-2012 at 04:55 AM.
... that outro solo in 'house of pain' slays me
No shit, that is an awsome piece of work. Fair Warning wins hands down for me though.
Agree that FAIR WARNING IS THE BEST....but I leave Diver Down as number 7 of the best VH albums in order. Can't believe you would leave HOT FOR TEACHER...DROP DEAD LEGS...PANAMA..GIRL GONE BAD and HOUSE OF PAIN and wanna take (OH) PRETTY WOMAN...BIG BAD BILL...DANCING IN THE STREETS....SECRETS....and HANG 'EM HIGH instead. NO DOUBTS..Hang'em High..Full Bug...Little Guitars are great.
FW, VH2, WACF, VH1, ADKOT, DD, 1984. ...There it is. FW and 84 are way far off on my list.
I think I am just burned out on 1984 with all the radio play a few of the songs get, so it sits low on my list. Especially after Gaygar butt fucked a couple of them to death. I still LOVE the album. It's just a little tired for me right now.
Interesting, as I agree FW is #1 and 1984 should rate last. All that remains is a comparison of the others in rank. For me:
1. Fair Warning
2. WACF
3. ADKOT
4. Diver Down
5. VH II
6. VH
7. 1984
“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.”― Stephen Hawking
Make it two. I like WACF best and Fair Warning second. I can't believe someone is actually asking if 1984 holds a candle to FW. It's the most commercial sounding of the bunch. Radio ate that one up. Fair Warning is dark and sinister.
DD was last for me for 20 years. But as time went by with no new VH I rediscovered it and treated it like a new album about 8 years ago. This is also my fav tour era and stage show.
The opening of Mean Street is still one of the baddest intros ever recorded. Every song from Fair Warning is brilliant and Eddies solos are in your face, aggressive, and mean. His tone on that album in my opinion is the best ever as well. Heck you can even hear Sauce's bass! The whole band is cooking and Dave is just howling like a wolf dripping with attitude. Absolutely better than 1984, and their best ever in my humble opinion.
LOL please
Fair warning is better than 1984 in too many ways to list.
Roth And Roll
WACF
FAIR WARNING
VHI/VHII
ADKOT
DIVER DOWN
1984
I can't seem to make up my mind with VHI and VHII.......VHI is brilliant but I think because it gets so much radio play some of the tunes tend to be over-listened to.....Diver Down and 1984 sometimes flip flop in my mind also just because 1984 was completely originals and DD was not......there's just something about the sound of Diver Down that I really like. ADKOT is an instant classic, I don't care what anyone says about that.
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