"Van Hagar songs that you want to hear David Lee Roth sing"
On this new/old Van Halen tour, are there any songs from the Van Hagar years that you (a) want to hear them perform and (b) would be a good fit for DLR's voice & personality?
Here are two that I'd like to see them try:
1. Finish What Ya Started "C'mon Baby! Ow. ... Just walk away if I fall shy at all..." This always seemed like a good fit for DLR to me.
2. Why Can't This Be Love "Whoa, here it comes, that funny feeling again..." This might be a stretch, but it's one of the more fun Van Hagar hits. I like when they used to sing "Ed's got what it takes" sometimes.
7. "None" In response to Reply # 0 Thu Mar-15-12 01:41 AM by supablak
Van Hagar had more in common musically with one-armed drummer Def Leppard (in the sense that they were a pretty cheesy LOUD pop rawk band) than Van Halen with Roth which was just always classic So-Cal ROCK.
But I would like to hear VH play schitt like "Shy Boy","Elephant Gun","Big Trouble"
Eat 'Em And Smile was more enjoyable than every Van Hagar album combined.
8. "Cool that you make this distinction" In response to Reply # 7
>Van Hagar had more in common musically with one-armed drummer >Def Leppard
The *two*-armed drummer Def Leppard did some really good stuff and, yes, "On throught the night" in particular; songs like "Rock brigade" and "wasted" seriously kick ass in a "boys night out"/beer-drinking way...
9. "The shift from "music" to "product" was so subtle" In response to Reply # 8
One day something is a part of a sub-culture, earnest and ballsy, raw & rooted. The next it's being pooted out of some "lie-machine".
I'll never forget what attracted me to Van Halen. To me in 1981 they were the white Gap Band.
I've never had a problem telling bands/songs that are organically grown in the wild apart from manufactured processed bullschitt.
The music that Van Hagar and one armed Def Leppard were making in the 2nd half of the 80's was such lowest common denominator corporate horse schitt it's a pathetic shame.
and those who made the money are the ones you see on these rock docs remembering their ride on the money machine.
Considering their respective positions in their genres & homelands...they weren't the HEAVIEST groups...but they were accessible enough for daytime radio play.
Pyromania & 1984 were played alongside Thriller and Genesis & Pat Benetar all day everyday.
Like I've said before...THRILLER MADE EVERYBODY IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS GREEDY ASS BITCHES BY 1985.
By 1987-91 look at all the bands and genres that had reduced themselves to jokes.
Factor in the digitalization of the recording process & soundscan?
I started listening to jazz just to hear some fucking music,man. No lie.
s.blak Bringin' On the Heartbreak (original version)
