WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST Re-visited

[Rikk]

Guess what? People are actually talking about VAN HALEN in this thread. Can we keep the shenanigans and hijinks to other threads?

[diamondsgirl]

Originally posted by Rikk
Guess what? People are actually talking about VAN HALEN in this thread. Can we keep the shenanigans and hijinks to other threads?

maybe if you stop closing them

[Rikk]

I'll close what I want. Suck it up. You start fight threads, they'll be history.

It'll be a cold day in hell before I start listening to anyone other than a Webbie or a friend on what I should or should not close in this forum.

Now, if you have any other problems, start a thread in Feedback. Otherwise, let this be a thread you don't actually pollute. But if you really must continue, don't fret. You're only proving my whole point.

[Romeo Delight]

Doesn't Ed use flying v from Wasp guitarist on this album?

Fucking killer sound!!

Tell me Matt, how does Ed get this particular sound on this album, like on Romeo Delight.

Sounds like a goddamn jet

[diamondsgirl]

Originally posted by Rikk
I'll close what I want. Suck it up. You start fight threads, they'll be history.

It'll be a cold day in hell before I start listening to anyone other than a Webbie or a friend on what I should or should not close in this forum.

Now, if you have any other problems, start a thread in Feedback. Otherwise, let this be a thread you don't actually pollute. But if you really must continue, don't fret. You're only proving my whole point.

I have never started a fight thread. But you and your "friends" have. And then you renamed it "the Menudo Thread". There's some shit to be proud of.

By closing my threads instead of actually moderating in them ...you have proven my point. Or I should say, one of my points.

you proved another one when you posted a ton of Menudo pics here in "your forum"

you proved another one when you turned Nikk's goodbye thread into a fight thread

you proved another one when you mentioned Max's family just a little bit ago

[Romeo Delight]

Is it really true that Ed used a cheap-ass Casio keyboard plugged through Marshalls to get sound on And the Cradle Will Rock?

[Rikk]

Originally posted by DavidFlamma
Is it really true that Ed used a cheap-ass Casio keyboard plugged through Marshalls to get sound on And the Cradle Will Rock?

I initially thought it was actually a mic'd piano...but you're right, I think. A Casio sounding like a guitar...

[ThrillsNSpills]

If memory serves it was a Wurlitzer electric piano through the Marshalls.

Grate review Rikk.
Cradle isn't one of my favorites either. It seems to me if he was just going to use an electric piano to play power chords he could have just used a guitar.

I'd love to hear the extended into to Simple Rhyme. I remember Ed saying he edited it down to what it is on the record 'cos he thought people would think he was pulling a Jimmy Page.

[Rikk]

Originally posted by ThrillsNSpills
Grate review Rikk.
Cradle isn't one of my favorites either. It seems to me if he was just going to use an electric piano to play power chords he could have just used a guitar.

Thanks, bro.

Yeah, I always thought it was like all cool concept but not a really thought-out song.

Originally posted by ThrillsNSpills
I'd love to hear the extended into to Simple Rhyme. I remember Ed saying he edited it down to what it is on the record 'cos he thought people would think he was pulling a Jimmy Page.

Yeah, and considering how short the album is, it would have been most cool to hear some longer guitar parts and solos, etc. The punky qualities of VH (short solos, short songs) was one reason they stood out from the heavy metal bunch.

[Matt White]

RING THE BELL!!!

SCHOOL'S IN SESSION!!!

[Shaun Ponsonby]

This might just be my favourite VH album these days. Everything is good in my opinion, it's just non-stop greatness, and Dave and Eddie shine throughout.

[binnie]

This is more than an album, it is an event every time you listen to it.

It always sounds fresh, it's like they are in the room with you dishing up a big piece of Saturday night!

It's just so spontaneous.

I fuckin' love every second of this album, and some of Dave's best lyrics IMO

although FW would be up there too

This is a great, great thread.

[Unchainme]

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