Rank all the songs on ADKOT from favorite to least favorite

[Zing!]

unrecorded demo
wolfgang's accidental fart in take 1
dlr's dog knocking over the microphone
tattoo

How do you really feel about Tattoo?

[SunisinuS]

I think this song sounds 60/70 .. blues or jimi hendrix "crosstown traffic" , we had songs sound ZZ Top but not Jimi Hendrix! I like this song, but without the bridge it's an ordinary song!

It's the Chorus that kills it for me...but man...it is the Song Opening I blast the most while driving down the street. I know it is Eddie just leaning into his derivative (I never had a pedal Eddie Cry) but man....I just love opening both windows and BLASTING this loud rolling down the street....until the chorus....then I start it over...hehe.

[vh rides again]

I cannot believe you would skip over "As Is" THE most Van Halen song on the cd.

Everyone has their own taste.

For instance the two songs I can't even name em that Dave did on the greatest hits album are in my opinion an abomination , ya can't like em all


Roth And Roll

[vaijuju]

My issue with "The Trouble With Never" is that it doesn't even sound like VH to my ears. First time I heard it I thought it was in the style of Guns N' Roses, Appetite era. Not that there's anything wrong with that but it didn't sound original. It's also a pretty messy, schizophrenic song that sounds like a bunch of ideas slapped together but not unified.

I think this song sounds 60/70 .. blues or jimi hendrix "crosstown traffic" , we had songs sound ZZ Top but not Jimi Hendrix! I like this song, but without the bridge it's an ordinary song!

[steve]

as is
stay frosty (this should have been the first and ONLY "single" by the way - EPIC, rocking, fun song (and much more a tribute to La Grange than Ice Cream Man to ANYONE who knows ANYTHING about hard rock. ZZ Top on steroids and taurine. The album would have sold at least twice as many copies if this had been the lead instead of Tattoo. Wonderful album nonetheless.)
big river
outta space
beats workin'
she's the woman
blood and fire
trouble with never
bullethead
honeybabysweetiedoll
china town
you and your blues
unrecorded demo
wolfgang's accidental fart in take 1
dlr's dog knocking over the microphone
tattoo

[VimFuego]

Rank them?

Better than Van Hagar but not as good as the 6 pack.

[BumBahDeeDah]

Honeybabysweetiedoll
as is
big river
bullethead
chinatown
stay frosty
she's the woman
you and your blues
outta space
blood and fire
the trouble with never
tattoo
beats workin
hear about it later

[BumBahDeeDah]

You rank 'em. Ranking these songs is like doing an 8 sided Rubik's Cube for me. Cant even decide what my least favorite is.

[Zing!]

This is all but impossible, but here goes...

1. Blood And Fire
2. Stay Frosty
3. Big River
4. You And Your Blues
5. As Is
6. Honeybabysweetiedoll
7. Beats Workin'
8. China Town
9. Outta Space
10. Bullethead
11. She's The Woman
12. The Trouble With Never
13. Tattoo

[vaijuju]

1) blood & fire
2) she's the woman
3) china town
4) you and your blues
5) stay frosty
6) as is
7) tattoo
8) the trouble with never
9) outta space
10) hbsd
11) big river
12) beats workin"
13) bullethead

We're the same 8 first songs

[vaijuju]

and the froggy says :

1) You and Your Blues
2) Blood and fire
3) Stay Frosty
4) She's the Woman
5) The trouble with never
6) Tattoo
7) Chinatown
8) As if
9) Big river
10) Honeybabysweetiedoll
11) Beats Workin'
12) Outta Space
13) Bullethead

[private parts]

1. Honeybabysweetiedoll
2. As Is
3. China Town
4. Outta Space
5. Blood And Fire
6. She's The Woman
7. Stay Frosty
8. Big River
9. Beats Workin'
10. Bullethead
11. You and Your Blues
12. The Trouble With Never
13. Tattoo

[private parts]

No shit. It's one of the songs that really made the album worth making for me. I mean I love the whole album. I still listen to it 3 or 4 times a week. As Is and Honeybaby just rip my head off. You and Your Blues is very strong also. Daves lyrics are so great on this with all the nods to other songs. But to each his own I guess. I don't see how it's not one of VH's best songs ever. Its that good for me.

One of their best EVER. It's THAT good! I've let several friends of mine listen to bits of ADKOT and I always start with As Is then HBSD Their immediate reaction is always, Holy shit! Fucking VAN HALEN!!
It's almost as if CVH never went away.

[Angel]

I just can't rank them. I've tried, but there's too many that I like equally, and how much I like them is constantly changing too.

Without a doubt, honeybaby... and As Is are my standout favourites. You and Your Blues does nothing for me.

I love the lyrics in Trouble With Never, but musically it's...meh. I think it was thrown together to address the inevitable..."Al said DLR would never....yada yada yada". No reporter will ask that question now, they already have the answer: "that's the trouble with never..."

Bullethead? Love it, but again I think it's the lyrics doing it for me. It just slams Spam!!!

[Yount]

The 3rd verse in Big River leading to the solo, look both ways now little guitar screech, but they all pick it back up with Ed's unraveling followed by Dave's whooo just before the chorus.
You And Your Blues & The Trouble With Never are the deep tracks. The one's you really love at the end of the "big night." But I'm a Van Halen fan. Anything over 3 minutes 27 is too long! Just kidding!

Theories on the low placing of these cuts.