1984 was the worst Classic VH album ever

[High Life Man]

Originally posted by Hecubus
You'd better take that back right now!!!

I will not have Michael McDonald taint any classic =VH= album!!!!!
:pow:

Heh.

Check out the liner notes...

M McD had his fingers in that pie.

How long will it be before Dave starts hawking MCI The Neighborhood?

[Steve Savicki]

Originally posted by Terry
Steve, More Fun In The New World? Fair enough. I'll continue living Under The Big Black Sun.

Ahh, ya like their original punk form, eh?
"Big Black Sun" was great as well.

[flappo]

hello steve

haven't you been banned from that harry potter site yet for emailing the under twelves pictures of your genitalia ?

[Dave IS VH]

1984 was a good album but not the best by the band. Everyone claims 1984 was their 2nd best album from the band after Van Halen their debut album. The Biggest hit song Jump was more Rock meets Pop instead of straight up rock which most of Roth era was. You have to remember the 1984 album was when Dave and Eddie started to have their problems. I have always wonder what would 5150 sound like if Roth stayed in VH. Eddie wrote half of the album for Roth and half for Sammy.

[Terry]

Originally posted by Dave IS VH
1984 was a good album but not the best by the band. Everyone claims 1984 was their 2nd best album from the band after Van Halen their debut album. The Biggest hit song Jump was more Rock meets Pop instead of straight up rock which most of Roth era was. You have to remember the 1984 album was when Dave and Eddie started to have their problems. I have always wonder what would 5150 sound like if Roth stayed in VH. Eddie wrote half of the album for Roth and half for Sammy.

Doubt Roth would have stuck around long enough to record 5150, even if there hadn't been problems beforehand.....boils down to what he said in Crazy From The Heat, about not wanting to stick around and commit poetic felonies doing melancholy power ballads.

Thinking about what Van Halen put out before Roth left and what was released after 1985, makes you wonder how much influence he had over the muscial content of the band.

[Hecubus]

Originally posted by High Life Man
Heh.

Check out the liner notes...

M McD had his fingers in that pie.

How long will it be before Dave starts hawking MCI The Neighborhood?

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

[MAX]

Hec,

Your fuckin avatar, title and just you alone fucking floor me!!! ROTFFLMFAO!!! Rock on my bro!!!! I fuckin' love you mang!!!

[Steve Savicki]

Originally posted by Terry
Doubt Roth would have stuck around long enough to record 5150, even if there hadn't been problems beforehand.....boils down to what he said in Crazy From The Heat, about not wanting to stick around and commit poetic felonies doing melancholy power ballads.

Still, it would be interesting what a Classic VH album of the mid-80's '85-'86 would sounds like if you combined EEAS with the power tunes of 5150 which is like every other song:

good enough
get up
summer nights
5150

Throw in the "bump 'n grind" style and you have it.

Originally posted by Terry
Thinking about what Van Halen put out before Roth left and what was released after 1985, makes you wonder how much influence he had over the muscial content of the band.

Yep, it's like comparing VH to Guns N' Roses and people say Axl Rose was GNR.
Sorry... who wrote all the good songs... Izzy Stradlin'... HE was the band, not Axl.
Same with Van Halen. Just because the brothers name is the band's name doesn't mean they're the band... Roth was Van Halen, at least more so than Eddie.

[flappo]

..except eddie wrote all the music

[Terry]

Originally posted by Steve Savicki
Still, it would be interesting what a Classic VH album of the mid-80's '85-'86 would sounds like if you combined EEAS with the power tunes of 5150 which is like every other song:

good enough
get up
summer nights
5150

Throw in the "bump 'n grind" style and you have it.


Yep, it's like comparing VH to Guns N' Roses and people say Axl Rose was GNR.
Sorry... who wrote all the good songs... Izzy Stradlin'... HE was the band, not Axl.
Same with Van Halen. Just because the brothers name is the band's name doesn't mean they're the band... Roth was Van Halen, at least more so than Eddie.

Couldn't agree more, Steve.

What do you think about DLR and Billy Zoom forming a group? I mean, stranger things have happened..........

[Panamark]

Fuck that ! 1984 kicks serious ass. Original Van Halen peakin out Man !! The only shit I dont like is the 1984 jump intro. Jump itself even holds special memories for me. Why, because it was number one here on the charts for a long time and suddenly all my ignorant college friends (who loved Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet and Human League) suddenly knew who Dave and Van Halen were.

Panama, Hot for Teacher, House of Pain, Drop Dead Legs, Top Jimmy, Girl Gone Bad.

This album fookin Rocks !! Anyone who says its the worst Van Halen album is Nucking Futs !!!

That award clearly belongs to Diver Down.

[Cathedral]

Ouch, Diver Down was the album with the most with the least, man, lol.

Little Guitars alone makes that album sing circles around anything post Roth.

I don't happen to think VH has a worst album in the Roth era. they didn't earn that award until after Spammy signed up and single handedly turned Van Halen from a Circus into a Carnival act.

[Mr Badguy]

I wouldn`t pick Diver Down as the worst, no, not the worst, as my least favourite of the six.

It would be "Van Halen II" or "1984".

And those are great fuckin` albums.

I think that`s what it might be, though, that some people have special memories of certain albums which make them personal favourites.

Everyone talks about Diver Down being about covers but the standout tracks are all originals.

"Little guitars" and "Hang `em high" being two of the best ever.

IMO "VHII" or "1984" do have great songs but none that send shivers down the spine like those two.