The Best Van Halen Tune Ever

[alsip]

There was so much brilliance in DLR era...But if you had to pick only one song, which would you choose that adequately highlights DLR's vocal virtuosity w/unique sould of OLD Van Halen, one would haver to pick, "Somebody Get Me A Doctor."

Your Thoughts?

[Warham]

I'd probably take Unchained. It's got THE guitar riff, the good drum work by Al, perhaps some of Mike's best bass work, and the classic Roth-Templeman interplay.

Truly a great track amongst many.

[SoCalChelle]

Unchained or Everybody Wants Some

[vhfan010]

I think Drop Dead Legs would have to be one of my favorites. even though it was sort of ignored on the 1984 album cause of Panama and Jump

[moose]

W/O a doubt it has to be "Mean Street" it's CVH at their finest.

[Roth kills Sam]

Originally posted by vhfan010
I think Drop Dead Legs would have to be one of my favorites. even though it was sort of ignored on the 1984 album cause of Panama and Jump

I agree with most of the "Unchained" posts. It may be the coolest ever. I love "Romeo Delight". Imagine seeing Dave & the boys explode onstage with "Romeo Delight" as the opener like they used to? Wow... "look at all the people here tonight, I say..."

"Drop Dead Legs" is such an underrated song. I love it. It is truly a classic. It is like a red-haired little stepbrother to "Panama", "Jump", and "Hot For Teacher"...

[Davidsgrl]

What are you thinking?! How could anything other than "Jump" be the answer?:confused: :56k:

[Roth kills Sam]

Yes, JUMP rocks

[Thetruthbaby]

LITTLE GUITARS was always my fave after I heard it. I think I'm the only one though.
By the way, it's not because of the guitar at the beginning of the song. Yes that is very cool. But if you removed that entire piece from the song it would still be my fave song of all time. DLR's vocals are awesome on this song. Jamie's Cryin would be a close 2nd.

[spanishfly48]

umm... id say Unchained, personally, I read ed said it was his fave, cuz he played it perfectly. i dunno if its true, but i still get chills when i hear that amazing intro of guitar.

[DeadOrAlive]

Hmm... Dirty Movies, DOA, DDL, TJ... Tough one!

[TwoFoolsAMinute]

RUNNIN WITH THE MOTHERFUCKIN DEVIL!!!!

and Little Guitars ain't bad.

[DeadOrAlive]

Currently it's Dirty Movies

[rob100]

Originally posted by TwoFoolsAMinute
RUNNIN WITH THE MOTHERFUCKIN DEVIL!!!!

Right.

[DeadOrAlive]

RWTD is pretty damn good too!

[Dan]

Jump.When I hear The song I go nuts.Fuck noise control.

[DeadOrAlive]

Jump=Kick ass!

[DaveTheSoulOfVH]

to pick just one song is very difficult but here is my favorite VH tune :
GIRL GONE BAD

[GJK4]

My favorite classic VH song is "Hot for Teacher." That song defines classic VH. Awesome guitar work, great drumming, solid bass and classic Roth vocals. Overall it's a killer song.

I must say, although it's not a tune in the CVH era, "Me Wise Magic" is a favorite of mine.

[sambo]

House of Pain is first in a list of many....

[diamondsgirl]

This is always a tough question. My favorite tune is So this is Love?. But, I don't think that is their best tune. Does that make sense? LOL.

I think the best tune is Full Bug. Although, that is subject to change on any given day. Sometimes its Mean Street or Sinners Swing.

[Derrick58]

What about aint talkin bout love the first 15 seconds is mind blowing maybe the best 15 seconds in rock history and the rest of the song rocks. Unchained is definatley a close second if not even with atbl.

[turboblues]

And again "Happy trails" has been ignored!!

[spmusicplyr]

little guitars

[DeadOrAlive]

Today it is I'll Wait.

[jump]

my favorit song is JUMP!!! it os one of those songs that makes you just want to sing along with it is the best song in van halen history!!

[degüello]

Well, not trying to pick one song that represents quintessential VH, but listing a few top personal favourites I listen to the most:

Drop Dead Legs
"Dirty Movies"
D.O.A.
Little Guitars
Take Your Whiskey Home
Fools

[Mezro]

HFT or Unchained

Mezro...what...no votes for How Many Say I?....

[ClubDave]

D.O. motha fucking A.

every thing you want, the whole song just rocks hard...........and yo uget a little bit of a dlr spoken word kind of line when he goes "Im a spark on the horizen!!!!!!!!" when they start picking up speed

enough with happy trails......where are the votes for 1984

[DLRdelight!]

I love Unchained as well and it is basically my favorite, but its hard to choose one tune

[DeadOrAlive]

This is too hard...

[Jimothy]

Hot For Teacher takes the cake for me.

So much Van Halen-character in one song; Eddie's got that awesome finger tapping opening, then Dave's humor totally shines when that effects pedal or whatever kicks in. "I heard ya missed us, we're back!"

The solo's great, and the song doesn't stop rockin' til the end. Great song, for me.

[horty07]

Beautiful Girls

[frenchie]

girl gone bad and meanstreet

[DeadOrAlive]

Still too hard...

[DeadOrAlive]

DOA maybe?

[DeadOrAlive]

Hell, I dunno.

[wombattt]

wow, hard to narrow down but,
-girl gone bad, cuz everyones rockin out...CVH magic
-outta love again, also magic
-little guitars, eddie & dave at their best
-somebody get me a doctor...can't listen to in the car, cuz i'll speed like a mo-fo
-d.o.a. first favorite VH tune back in '79
-me wise magic...got a ticket while listening to this one..in '98
-everybody wants some....cuz the song is unreal
-romeo delight & in a simple rhyme...cuz i got lucky with the help of these two in '80
-bottums up, hear about it later, the full bug & house of pain..cuz their all bad ass!

[VH80-84]

I'm gonna have to say Unchained.

It's so hard to choose but that song is, to me, the best hard rocking song ever.

[Wayne L.]

Drop Dead Legs....it's ballsy & bad ass showcasing VH at their finest even though it's highly underrated for some reason.