Weekend Rock Question: What Is the Best Van Halen Song of All Time?

[golitely]

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By Rolling Stone
November 18, 2011 4:05 PM ET

David Lee Roth and Eddie Van Halen of Van Halen at the US Festival in California.Paul Natkin/WireImageEarlier this week, it came out that Van Halen has signed a record deal with Interscope and that they have plans to put out an album of new material in 2012. The news was further confirmed today with this curious photo of the band and Interscope Chairman Jimmy Iovine. This inspired us to ask you: What is your favorite Van Halen song of all time?

You can vote here in the comments, on facebook.com/rollingstone or on Twitter with the #weekendrock hashtag.



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[Dan]

Fuck Rollingstones,End Of Story.

[FORD]

Sucks that you have to join Fascistbook in order to vote, so I'll have to pass.

But the correct answer, of course is......

[FORD]

Oh, and FUCK the sheep assholes who voted for Van Hagar shit.

[sadaist]

I don't have Facebook so I can't vote. But I would have to say Aint Talkin Bout Love. That riff is the most epic legendary riff ever. EVER!


Other than that, my personal favorite shifts with time. Right now it's Sinners Swing. For about a year previous it was Push Comes To Shove. Before that Unchained, etc, etc, etc.....always changing.

[FORD]

Funny thing about ATBL.... legend has it that Eddie wrote that riff originally as a response to the whole three chord punk rock thing. Didn't really expect anything to come from it.

But then Keith Richards claims he wrote the riff to "Satisfaction" in his sleep, and gave up on "Start Me Up" three different times before it finally made an album.

So ya never know which riffs are gonna be the real hits....even when you're the guy who writes 'em.

[ashstralia]

where's HR69?

[DlocRoth]

Sucks that you have to join Fascistbook in order to vote, so I'll have to pass.

But the correct answer, of course is......

Game over.

[Hardrock69]

where's HR69?

Why? DIDJA MISS ME I'M BACK!!!!

My fave song of theirs is Loss Of Control. Simply because it is one of the fastest tunes they ever did. It has EVERYTHING Van Halen were known for. Ed's crazy kickass guitar-riff for the "verses" & incenidary guitar solos, incredible background vocals and rompin' stompin' bass lines courtesy of the ONLY REAL BASSIST OF VAN HALEN, Uncle Dave improvisational insanity, over the top high-energy slamming courtesy of Al.

Aside from that, I have so many favorite songs....Unchained, Mean Streets, Lighting Up The Sky, Romeo Delight, etc.

But Loss Of Control is my fave.

[Hardrock69]

And yes, I will NOT lower myself to the level of going to rollingstone.com.

That fucking magazine sucks fucking shit!

[VHscraps]

And yes, I will NOT lower myself to the level of going to rollingstone.com.

That fucking magazine sucks fucking shit!

It is almost a certainty that Van Halen will appear on the cover of Rolling Stone when the album comes out, and be lauded as real legends / a great American band - cuz all they care about is selling magazines.

[SunisinuS]

It is almost a certainty that Van Halen will appear on the cover of Rolling Stone when the album comes out, and be lauded as real legends / a great American band - cuz all they care about is selling magazines.

Rolling Stone magazine only cares about itself. Why would they Care about The Mighty VH?

[VHscraps]

Romeo Delight - pure essence of VH in one tune.

[Matt White]

"From 1978 til 1984 this was the ONLY band that mattered! THe Greatest American Hard Rock band of all time! and UNCHAINED is their greatest song!"


Friggin Sheep! And the usual "too cool for school" RS readers.......FUCK OFF!!!!

[DONNIEP]

Somebody Get Me A Doctor!!! And this is has to be my favorite performance of this song. Thank god for youtube cause you can't get this stuff no more...