Your favorite Van Halen song

[Stinger_1066]

[Middle Aged Man]

You Really Got Me. First song of theirs I ever heard. I had never heard the Kinks version before the VH version and still love the VH version way better.

[SoonerSon]

Ain't Talkin Bout Love

[Stinger_1066]

You Really Got Me. First song of theirs I ever heard. I had never heard the Kinks version before the VH version and still love the VH version way better.

The Kinks version is better. Much more raw. The VH version is over-produced.

[RockFlagandEagle]

Drop dead Legs.

[KCRuf/Nek]

The Kinks version is better. Much more raw. The VH version is over-produced.

And live the Kinks played Eruption.

[Stinger_1066]

And Jimmy Page played lead on the Kinks version.

SPOILERNo, he did not. It was Dave Davies.

[KCRuf/Nek]

And Jimmy Page played lead on the Kinks version.

SPOILERNo, he did not. It was Dave Davies.

Very underrated.

[GoingDeep]

Hot for teacher.

[Middle Aged Man]

Hot for teacher.

Don't we have a thread for that activity.

[DarrellS]

Everybody Wants Some

[soonerfanjay]

Mean Street

[traxx]

This is a difficult question to answer. I've got memories tied to so many of their songs that it's difficult to choose just one fave.

If have to pick one, maybe Runnin' With The Devil. What an introduction to that band. The visceral feeling I got with the way they kicked off that album.

Close behind are Ice Cream Man (love that solo), Dance the Night Away, ...And The Cradle Will Rock. Too many to name.

[yoshi]

[Me And My Butt]

My favorite is whatever song it was on their last album that bombed so bad they realized they needed to call it quits…that one is my favorite.

[traxx]

My favorite is whatever song it was on their last album that bombed so bad they realized they needed to call it quits…that one is my favorite.

Ed died. That's why they called it quits.

[Me And My Butt]

Ed died. That's why they called it quits.

Yea, forgot that. Wasn’t really fan….certainly not a fan of anyone dying.

[RockFlagandEagle]

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Criminally underrated song.

[NoCalSooner]

I'd say that guitar solo in the Michael Jackson tune.

[traxx]

I'd say that guitar solo in the Michael Jackson tune.

I've seen a lot of people on youtube play that solo and no one can make it sound like Ed did.

He didn't want to be credited on the song and actually thought that no one would ever know he played on it. Idk how he thought since he has such a unique playing style. How could one listen to that and not realize it's Ed?

[NickZepp84]

[NickZepp84]

And Jimmy Page played lead on the Kinks version.

SPOILERNo, he did not. It was Dave Davies.

The Kinks song Page played lead on was a "I'm a Lover, Not a Fighter" which is extremely underrated.

[Stinger_1066]

I'd say that guitar solo in the Michael Jackson tune.

I've seen a lot of people on youtube play that solo and no one can make it sound like Ed did.

He didn't want to be credited on the song and actually thought that no one would ever know he played on it. Idk how he thought since he has such a unique playing style. How could one listen to that and not realize it's Ed?

MJ loved great guitar players, among other things.

[Mixer!]

A guilty pleasure:

[Mixer!]

Don't at me Stingray, this stands right alongside Roy's version.

[theresonly187]

interesting sammy hagar article....

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/sammy-hagar-shares-key-van-halens-success-reveals-ever-reconcile-with-david-lee-roth

[traxx]

I think Sammy's probably a better hang but I liked VH better with Dave. But I would not wanna hang with Dave. He seems like a lot. It would be tiring.

[TheBoots]

one of them

[Sooner79]

Jump

[Lt Aldo Raine]

All of VH with DLR. I like Hagar stuff too but the original is the best. Too many great songs to name just one.

Big bad bill is a favorite. The full bug is classic VH that is always overlooked.

[TheBoots]

September 6, 1980

[ChocoLab]

I can barely see the road from the heat comin' off the...

[traxx]

September 6, 1980

When I click, it says bad gateway.

[traxx]

All of VH with DLR. I like Hagar stuff too but the original is the best. Too many great songs to name just one.

Big bad bill is a favorite. The full bug is classic VH that is always overlooked.

Interesting that you picked two from Diver Down. I like Little Guitars from that album. The solo in that song is unique. People always think of Ed as a shredder but really, he wasn't. He played with a ton of feeling more than a ton of notes.

[TheBoots]

When I click, it says bad gateway.

https://www.vhnd.com/2014/09/06/van-halen-roklahoma-1980/

[Greek Sooner]

There are so many, but these three come to mind right away.

[RockFlagandEagle]

There are so many, but these three come to mind right away.

You forgot the intro.