jabps
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Thanks man.
rstites
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I have and listened repeatedly to the Roth era albums, so I'll stick to those:
1. Fair Warning
2. VH I
3. Diver Down (my first VH so it sets higher for me here than most)
4. 1984
5. Women and Children
6. VH II
Really, I like all of them and still occasionally listen to them while working out or similar.
I got 5150 when it came out and liked it just fine, but I was getting into heavier stuff then and so just never connected with it as deeply, and never listened much to the others besides what was on radio or MTV. I was a fan of Sammy pre-VH, and enjoyed some of his post-VH CD's quite a bit. I should revisit the VH era albums and see what I think.
I suspect a lot of this is our ages. For me Roth era was a much more formative for me and so I have stronger emotional ties to all things of that era - but especially music. By the time the Van Hagar stuff was coming out, I was playing in active bands, had a stronger sense of identity and was far more cynical about everything. It was much harder to win me over by that point.
1. Fair Warning
2. VH I
3. Diver Down (my first VH so it sets higher for me here than most)
4. 1984
5. Women and Children
6. VH II
Really, I like all of them and still occasionally listen to them while working out or similar.
I got 5150 when it came out and liked it just fine, but I was getting into heavier stuff then and so just never connected with it as deeply, and never listened much to the others besides what was on radio or MTV. I was a fan of Sammy pre-VH, and enjoyed some of his post-VH CD's quite a bit. I should revisit the VH era albums and see what I think.
I suspect a lot of this is our ages. For me Roth era was a much more formative for me and so I have stronger emotional ties to all things of that era - but especially music. By the time the Van Hagar stuff was coming out, I was playing in active bands, had a stronger sense of identity and was far more cynical about everything. It was much harder to win me over by that point.
Geo
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Fair Warning was VH's first angry album. Up until then it was about partying and "Beatiful Girls".
Geo
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I disagree, have you ever listened to the words on Mean Street?
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Thetorch777
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Really u dont like the way the lines run down the back of her stockings.I'm just gunna lean the seat back >
jabps
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311boogieman
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I agree with most of this. 5150 was actually my first CD. High School for me. Van Halen 1984 and 5150 were very popular at my school. I also liked some of the Red Rocker Sammy stuff and certainly Montrose, but with VH I listened mostly because of EVH regardless of who was singing. By the time OU812 came along I started to loose interest and was getting into Metallica, Queensryche, Ozzy, Megadeth, etc.
I would also rank 1984 higher than you. Side 2 is pretty dark. I feel DLR lyrics were outstanding. No one I can think of really writes like that, outside of maybe Robert Plant. I would definitely give it a deeper spin. Cranked up. Side II
"Lazy eyes. In the summer heat. Fresh from out of town. Now she's working on the street. Shake them poor boys down."
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rstites
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You followed a similar path to me, though even by 1984 and certainly by 5150, I was far more into thrash and speed metal, and I'd been more into NWoBHM and various other metal acts (not quite so poppy) before that and started to gig in '83 playing a lot of that stuff. I will go back and re-listen to 1984 when I get a chance.
Don't get me wrong. I don't dislike Dave's lyrics or anything. They just aren't what I'd consider through-provoking or deep lyrics.....which is fine for me. Half the time I don't pay much attention to the lyrics.....even the ones I wrote! lol (I struggle with lyrics, so some of that is I just don't want to acknowledge my own attempts at it.)
311boogieman
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@Techdeth is too young to remember what it was like carrying this from your house to your car to the party to the wherever 
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