Members Tone Monster Posted April 12, 2012 Members Share Posted April 12, 2012 They're alright..Lots of highs and lows. Their best stuff is great. There isn't enough of it. CHEEZEE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soundgardener75 Posted April 12, 2012 Members Share Posted April 12, 2012 But that's because you come from the 3rd world Oh you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DEADBYDAWN Posted April 12, 2012 Members Share Posted April 12, 2012 Most all of the DLR era is awesome even after hearing it a million times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Larry the Dog Posted April 12, 2012 Members Share Posted April 12, 2012 Being a punk... I love when other punks talk {censored} about EVH, so I can bust their balls... about how Eddie's playing was non-conformist, his guitar and gear ethos were DIY and lead to revolutionizing the industry, and knew how to make a Marshall go ballistic... Other than that... Van Halen as a band, mostly suck... You're a self -proclaimed punk in 2012. Way to buck the system there, rebel-rebel........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members paul88lx Posted April 12, 2012 Members Share Posted April 12, 2012 No denying the talent. It's {censored}ing epic. The songs for the most part, meh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bluffalo Posted April 12, 2012 Members Share Posted April 12, 2012 probably heard about 3 songs in total.... never bothered to listen to anything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Angry Grimace Posted April 12, 2012 Members Share Posted April 12, 2012 I'm a big fan of every album they've put out except for III. The only reason I don't like III is that I literally can't understand anything Gary Cherone is saying. It's unintelligible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sheik_Yerbouti Posted April 12, 2012 Members Share Posted April 12, 2012 The new album is such a disappointment and i'm sick of the classic stuff. i moved on years ago anyway. Now this I just don't get. I can't see how ANY old-school VH fan can't LOVE the new record. {censored}, it should've been called 1985! It's overall the heaviest, hardest-rocking record they've ever made, and many of those songs wouldn't have been at all out of place on one of the early records. (Particularly the 6 that were written back then!) Still, to each his own, I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zozobra Posted April 12, 2012 Members Share Posted April 12, 2012 People only listen to van halen in the UK in an ironic fashion popularised in 2003. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sheik_Yerbouti Posted April 12, 2012 Members Share Posted April 12, 2012 They also like bad euro pop, I can't account for taste or lack of it. Joking apart van Halen have never been so popular on the uk. It was always bans a bit rougher like AC/DC and Iron Maiden. Didn't stop them from several sold-out tours in the UK, though. Considering the veritable tidal wave of limp-dick/homo-erotic synth pop that came out of the UK in the 80s, I'd have thought Van Halen would've come off VERY "rough" by comparison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hardtail Posted April 12, 2012 Members Share Posted April 12, 2012 dlr era i am very much a fan. everything else no. this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hardtail Posted April 12, 2012 Members Share Posted April 12, 2012 Mostly because they never wrote any great songs.. One thing Eddie did well is figure out to make heavy guitar based songs RADIO FRIENDLY. This is what separated them from most in the day - it was pretty heavy {censored} back then & you could still hear it on the radio ... The whole "radio friendly" thing is something the heavier bands of today might want to rethink... I guess nobody wants to be a bonafied rock star anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members newholland Posted April 12, 2012 Members Share Posted April 12, 2012 women and children first, fair warning, and 1984 are totally genius rock records. van halen and van halen ii are great.. but those three... c'mon now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BerkleeBill Posted April 12, 2012 Members Share Posted April 12, 2012 Ok, I'll fess up. From DAY ONE, when I heard a copy of the Gene Simmons VH demo floating around back in 1977, I did not like Van Halen. This was largely confirmed when VH1 was released. I didn't like their songs, I hated DLR's "singing," and quite honestly, I had zero emotional connection to Eddie's guitar playing. Sure, he had chops, but it just wasn't "my thing" and it didn't catch my ears one bit.So while everyone on the planet was losing their minds and finger tapping their brains out, I was coping cool horn lines from Miles Davis and Ornette Coleman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ***1776*** Posted April 12, 2012 Members Share Posted April 12, 2012 Get this back on track right now! Those harmonies are just {censored}ing amazing, GREAT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sheik_Yerbouti Posted April 12, 2012 Members Share Posted April 12, 2012 Ok, I'll fess up. From DAY ONE, when I heard a copy of the Gene Simmons VH demo floating around back in 1977, I did not like Van Halen. This was largely confirmed when VH1 was released. I didn't like their songs, I hated DLR's "singing," and quite honestly, I had zero emotional connection to Eddie's guitar playing. Sure, he had chops, but it just wasn't "my thing" and it didn't catch my ears one bit. So while everyone on the planet was losing their minds and finger tapping their brains out, I was coping cool horn lines from Miles Davis and Ornette Coleman Oooooooooohhhh, you're so hip and artsy, can I touch you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elemenope Posted April 12, 2012 Members Share Posted April 12, 2012 I liked the F.U.C.K. album...But other than that..No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members themadscientist Posted April 12, 2012 Members Share Posted April 12, 2012 Latest album already fell out of my listening rotation great tones, and aggressive guitar playing, no doubt about that....the songs are just missing those VH "hooks" that all the good songs have good effort, I hope they try again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ruppert240 Posted April 12, 2012 Members Share Posted April 12, 2012 god this forum is . I mean really guys? this place is hopeless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Neilrocks25 Posted April 12, 2012 Members Share Posted April 12, 2012 Didn't stop them from several sold-out tours in the UK, though. Considering the veritable tidal wave of limp-dick/homo-erotic synth pop that came out of the UK in the 80s, I'd have thought Van Halen would've come off VERY "rough" by comparison. And NWOBH like Iron Maiden Motor Head Venom Diamond head etc... You should think about it before you type. Also check the venues Van halen played and where on the Bills.They have never been so big in the UK, I am not saying they suck, just the UK doesn't get it, its not hot like Florida its miserable and wet like Seattle. That's why we had bands like the smiths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Phrophus Posted April 12, 2012 Members Share Posted April 12, 2012 I don't listen to VH very often, but every so often I find myself in the mood for it, and I'll usually listen to Balance or Fair Warning when I do. F.U.C.K is also a pretty enjoyable album. VH I and 1984 are probably a bit overplayed to me, so I rarely listen to either one of those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr. Brady Posted April 12, 2012 Members Share Posted April 12, 2012 I like guitar. Therefore I like VH. How can you play guitar and not like VH even a little bit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MarkBastable Posted April 12, 2012 Members Share Posted April 12, 2012 How can you play guitar and not like VH even a little bit? Watch... Here I am playing guitar. And - hold on - here I am not liking Van Halen even a little bit. Wait, wait. It gets better... Here I am playing guitar and not liking Van Halen even a little bit at the same time! I know, I know. It's staggering isn't it? Just natural ability and a lot of hard work. Please leave folding money only in the hat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr. Brady Posted April 12, 2012 Members Share Posted April 12, 2012 Watch...Here I am playing guitar.And - hold on - here I am not liking Van Halen even a little bit. Wait, wait. It gets better...Here I am playing guitar and not liking Van Halen even a little bit at the same time!I know, I know. It's staggering isn't it? Just natural ability and a lot of hard work. Please leave folding money only in the hat. Clips? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Flogger59 Posted April 12, 2012 Members Share Posted April 12, 2012 I am only recently able to listen to VH. hear me out. I started working in a music store in 1981, and owned no VH records, so all I heard were lame attempts by customers. I hated VH. 30 years later, as the memories fade, it turns out they weren't so bad. Well, maybe a little. Remeber the EVH line announcement at NAMM by Fender one year? I was walking by the ballroom as it was going on, and heard playing that sounded to me like a really drunk Eddie. The next day on Youtube I had confirmation that it WAS a really drunk Eddie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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