Van Halen II

[Beef]

Best album top to bottom for a woman to strip to?

[Fugue]

perhaps, although R. Zombie made an album just for that purpose.

[Beef]

And I mean this in a strip club stripping environment.

[OUthunder]

Yeah but Van Halen's "Balance" album was the best to get drunk/high to.

[Widescreen]

Anyone else think "Feelings" on Balance sounds like a rehashed "Kashmir"? I like the song but I always think of Kashmir when I listen to it.

[critical_phil]

Best album top to bottom for a woman to strip to?


if you paid for the whole hour, you get to hear it twice (if you skip spanish fly each time).........

[SoonerWood]

I dunno, Lords of Acid 'Farstucker' would be a good choice

[Taxman71]

Yeah but Van Halen's "Balance" album was the best to get drunk/high to.

I don't think Van Hagar should be mentioned in the same thread as Van Halen II.

[critical_phil]

this whole thread is gdc-nip.



where is the original drive-by poster at anyway?

[Pieces Hit]

http://images2.alloy.com/images/210x195/rate_it_carrie_underwood_so.jpg

[frankensooner]

My Eyetalian friend from Jersey always said that Motley Crue was the best for watching the chicks...


Not that I would know. ;)

[Taxman71]

Girls, Girls, Girls and Dr. Feelgood are excellent pole dancing albums.

[OUthunder]

I don't think Van Hagar should be mentioned in the same thread as Van Halen II.


I agree because Hagar is twice the singer/musician that Roth was.

[SoonerInKCMO]

:rolleyes:

Stripping to rock music?

Have y'all ever heard of R&B? Barry White? Teddy Pendergrass? Marvin Gaye? Etta James? Luther Vandross? R. Kelly? Johnny Gill? All of them and hundreds more did dozens of songs each that are better to strip to than anything Van Halen, Motley Crue or Rob Zombie ever put out.

[critical_phil]

I agree because Hagar is twice the singer/musician that Roth was.

:eek: oh no you di'n'nt..

you should insult Rush and carrie underwood while you're at it. that should let this thread compete with all the brokeback threads anyway.




fwiw, i listened to balance this a.m. in the car. i wasn't drunk or high, and it's still pretty good.

[Taxman71]

I agree because Hagar is twice the singer/musician that Roth was.

That statement holds water if you are looking solely at their respective solo careers (Three Lock Box RMFO). However, if you are comparing Van Halen with DLR vs. Van Halen with Hagar, there is no f'ing comparison. DLR Van Halen was the greatest rock band of their time.

[12]

Incidentally, did you catch this photo of Eddie?

http://news.yahoo.com/photo/060306/482/camw12703061102;_ylt=Ai2HdbOpZZNkp.K6VKQfMBIDW7oF; _ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

[Pieces Hit]

That's just sad.

[OUthunder]

That statement holds water if you are looking solely at their respective solo careers (Three Lock Box RMFO). However, if you are comparing Van Halen with DLR vs. Van Halen with Hagar, there is no f'ing comparison. DLR Van Halen was the greatest rock band of their time.


I'll simply disagree with you on this one. DLR was nothing more than a fall down drunk that each band member hated. I liked a few of the old Van Halen tunes but when Sammy came aboard is when the band really made some great tunes.

BTW, DLR is playing casinos these days while Hagar is still playing the bigger venues and recording new material. Also, Hagar has a much better voice, is a better songwriter and is much better in concert as well, not to mention has a hell of a lot better voice than DLR does.

[Taxman71]

Incidentally, did you catch this photo of Eddie?

http://news.yahoo.com/photo/060306/482/camw12703061102;_ylt=Ai2HdbOpZZNkp.K6VKQfMBIDW7oF; _ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Is he holding a Trojan packet?

[C&CDean]

Sammy Hagar couldn't even carry DLR's spandex tights when in their respective primes.

And calling the instrument that either one of them plays "a voice" is stretching it a little.

If you wanna hear decent Hagar, listen to Montrose. The rest of his stuff is crap.

[OUthunder]

Sammy Hagar couldn't even carry DLR's spandex tights when in their respective primes.

And calling the instrument that either one of them plays "a voice" is stretching it a little.

If you wanna hear decent Hagar, listen to Montrose. The rest of his stuff is crap.


FYI, Hagar plays the guitar but i'm sure that you knew that.

We agree to disagree.

[KC//CRIMSON]

Van Halen II Killed.:cool:

http://www.van-halen.com/newsite/video/yng.ram

http://www.van-halen.com/newsite/video/dtna.ram

[Taxman71]

I'll simply disagree with you on this one. DLR was nothing more than a fall down drunk that each band member hated. I like a few of the old Van Halen tunes but when Sammy came aboard is when the band really made some great tunes.

BTW, DLR is playing casinos these days while Hagar is still playing the bigger venues and recording new material. Also, Hagar has a much better voice, is a better songwriter and is much better in concert as well, not to mention has a hell of a lot better voice than DLR does.

Being loved by ones bandmates has nothing to do with whether the musical product and live show rocked, which they did massively. Hagar did bring mass appeal to VH as their sales increased and they became more of a top 40 band than the whiskey bar rock and roll group with DLR. I prefer the whiskey bar rock and roll group to the top 40 "Right Now" type tunes.

As for their current activities, I already conceded that Hagar's solo career rocks.

[C&CDean]

FYI, Hagar plays the guitar but i'm sure that you knew that.

We agree to disagree.

No we don't. You're just wrong on this one.

[Pieces Hit]

DLR gets my vote.

And VH I was by far their best.

[OUthunder]

No we don't. You're just wrong on this one.


Dean, your a moderator, you can ban me as you've done in the past when we disagree, so I will just say that we have a difference of opinions on this subject and leave it at that. We know where each other stands on the topic.

Taxman, good points but when DLR left the band became a hit machine and I wouldn't exactly call all of the Van Hagar stuff Top 40. As I remember, the old Van Halen with DLR was played on the radio a bunch as well.

[Taxman71]

Hit Machine = Top 40. What other "hits" are there? The only quasi-top 40 album from the DLR days was 1984 which essentially forced DLR out of the band because he hated EVH's synthesizer sound from Jump which was too pop.

Look, post-Montrose Sammy was a top 40 guy from Three Lock Box to I Can't Drive 55 to his post-VH stuff. He brought that to VH when DLR left. 5150 and OU812 were very good records. Not as good as DLR VH, but very good. Everything after OU812 was so top 40, I quit buying them. I am a Sammy fan, but VH with Sammy did not sniff VH with DLR.

[C&CDean]

Dean, your a moderator, you can ban me as you've done in the past when we disagree, so I will just say that we have a difference of opinions on this subject and leave it at that. We know where each other stands on the topic.

Taxman, good points but when DLR left the band became a hit machine and I wouldn't exactly call all of the Van Hagar stuff Top 40. As I remember, the old Van Halen with DLR was played on the radio a bunch as well.

Thunder, while it's true I'm a moderator, I don't believe it's true that I've ever banned you. Especially for disagreeing with me. I can't speak for the other moderators though.

Hagar can't touch Ice Cream Man, Beautiful Girls, Panama, and a whole plethora of other DLR/VH tunes. Not when he was with VH.

Listen to Bad Motor Scooter by Montrose and I think you're listening to the best Hagar has to offer.

[OUthunder]

Thunder, while it's true I'm a moderator, I don't believe it's true that I've ever banned you. Especially for disagreeing with me. I can't speak for the other moderators though.

Hagar can't touch Ice Cream Man, Beautiful Girls, Panama, and a whole plethora of other DLR/VH tunes. Not when he was with VH.

Listen to Bad Motor Scooter by Montrose and I think you're listening to the best Hagar has to offer.


OKie dokie.

[Pricetag]

5150 and OU812 were very good records.
I was always extremely wary of OU812. I remember hearing that one of the guys had seen it written on a car or something. With the 1988 NCAA Championship tragedy still fresh in my head, I wondered if it might have been a reference to the Sooners.

[Pieces Hit]

If only Steve Perry had been their lead they might've amounted to something.

http://steveperry.150m.com/pics/perry1.gif

[GDC]

Who listens to the music?

Meantime by Helmet is a fine choice for any occasion, including stripping.

[Pieces Hit]

Heck, just listening to Lawrence Welk's Beer Barrel Polka gives me wood.

[Taxman71]

Maybe I am still miffed that Sammy cut the concert short in the Cotton Bowl at the 1988 Monsters of Rock. I waited 12 hours to see VH and they cut it short because of his throat. Hey dude, I will listen to Eddie and the boys for another hour just keep going.

Then again, Metallica absolutely stole the show that day. Dokken was very good and the Scorpions surprised me how good they were. Anyone remember the opening act...Kingdom Come?

[GDC]

Anyone remember the opening act...Kingdom Come?
They were on VH1 Classic the other day.

[King Crimson]

Sammy sucks.

and GDC is right: MEAN-TIME.

[Taxman71]

Who listens to the music?

Meantime by Helmet is a fine choice for any occasion, including stripping.

Stranglehold remains my all-time favorite stripping song. It's got smoothness, thumping beat and length, yes length.

[GDC]

Juarez strippers routinely wore out "Hotel California" and "The Last Resort", like I wasn't already tired of those songs.

[Beef]

Maybe I am still miffed that Sammy cut the concert short in the Cotton Bowl at the 1988 Monsters of Rock. I waited 12 hours to see VH and they cut it short because of his throat. Hey dude, I will listen to Eddie and the boys for another hour just keep going.

Then again, Metallica absolutely stole the show that day. Dokken was very good and the Scorpions surprised me how good they were. Anyone remember the opening act...Kingdom Come?
Heh. I was at that show, too. The drunk rednecks throwing beer bottles all over the place was classic. I couldn't hear any of the other bands very well after Metallica. And kingdon Come was actually pretty good live.

[Taxman71]

I worked my way down to the front row for the entire day. This one guy gashed his head to the front rail thrashing to Metallica and was slinging blood all over the place. Couldn't find my car or my friends after the concert, but it was worth it. Also, lost my shoes and shirt at some point during the Scorpions. Nothing better than being 17.

[KC//CRIMSON]

DLR gets my vote.

And VH I was by far their best.

DLR gets my vote too.

The best in order. IMHO:cool:

Fair Warning
Women and Children First
Van Halen
Van Halen II
1984
Diver Down

[Taxman71]

I would go with:

Van Halen
Women and Children First
Van Halen II
Fair Warning
1984
Diver Down

Of course, there is very little disparity between #2 and #6. #1 wins by a landslide.

[GDC]

My favorite VH song is "Drop Dead Legs".

[JPNSKER]

You guy's are crazy! VH III is the best, hands down!:D Man, the alcohol damage must have really settled into EVH by that point..

Van Halen IS untouchable, as far as their albumns are concerned. I'm a huge Sammy fan on his own and 5150's been in my changer for about 5 years now, but you simply can't touch their debut!:cool:

[Frozen Sooner]

Gary Cherone pwns DLR and SH.

[Widescreen]

Gary Cherone pwns DLR and SH.
Heh.

[Nab'R]

Gary Cherone pwns DLR and SH.
is "pwn" an old Alaskan word for "embarrasses"?

[GDC]

http://www.soonerfans.com/forums/search.php?searchid=173721

There are now 106 SO threads containing the term "van halen".

[Beef]

I have only posted in 27 of them. I suck.

[soonernation]

I agree because Hagar is twice the singer/musician that Roth was.


Slowly step away from the crack pipe.

[OUthunder]

Slowly step away from the crack pipe.



Nope, I just like a guy that can sing. DLR is a joke in his past & present.

[GDC]

Sammy could technically sing and play better than DLR, but DLR was the consummate frontman/entertainer for a rock band and made VH the greatness that it was.

[Frozen Sooner]

I still maintain that Gary Cherone was an ideal frontman for Van Halen. He was totally used to being the mediocre singer that played second fiddle to a shredding lead guitarist.

Whatever happened to Nuno Bettencourt, by the way? That guy could PLAY.

[Taxman71]

I fail to see how someone could listen to VH I and think DLR could not sing.

I understand how Dave Matthews gets by without being able to sing, but DLR's signature shriek is unparallelled.

[KC//CRIMSON]

I still maintain that Gary Cherone was an ideal frontman for Van Halen. He was totally used to being the mediocre singer that played second fiddle to a shredding lead guitarist.

Whatever happened to Nuno Bettencourt, by the way? That guy could PLAY.

VH1 tried to re-unite Extreme, but Nuno shot it down in flames.:mad:

http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/bands_reunited/74722/episode_about.jhtml

[OUthunder]

Sammy could technically sing and play better than DLR, but DLR was the consummate frontman/entertainer for a rock band and made VH the greatness that it was.


I agree when he wasn't falling down drunk.