This Van Halen song is just cool af

[JiMB]

Experimental and heaviy af and Dave makes sense to me on this somg lol
What’s not to like ?

My favorite song from the album!

 

[Humbucking]

my buddy gave me the Gene Simmons demo back in 2001. It was/is awesome. much drier signal/tone. Also hearing the the early versions of some of the songs is great. We used to debate if it was michael Anthony on bass or gene simmons. It was definitely Gene saying "PAINNNNN" on House of Pain.

 

[mentoneman]

the way teddy tells this story about “…the van halen” and not being able to recall the name of the only vh song his voice is featured in seems like a veiled arrogance while feigning indifference to the golden ticket of his career.



“c’mon ted, give me a break”

this is more like it:
https://www.vhnd.com/2020/05/16/ted...ave-made-the-biggest-mistake-in-rock-history/

back to the tone, i hope the new AVH project includes a bulk of archived gems recorded during this era of tone:



listening to ADKOT again makes me appreciate how crucial his old tone was to the big picture FOR ME as a crusty old vh fan

 

[JohnnyGtar]

A DIFFERENT KIND OF TRUTH VINYL MIX. This sounds better to me. Waaaaay heavier. And it kicks off with a fuckin' banger.

This is the rip yer face off mix. LOL

This link takes you to the playlist for the entire album.

 

[Geo]

Yeah that was the only song I liked off the album. It's great. Reminds me of when Dave and VH actually pushed the boundaries a little bit it was great. Specifically:

The greatest tragedy is they did the 2 new songs (Can't get this stuff no more and Me Wise Magic) and were sounding fresh and amazing and then they kicked Dave again and squandered it. What could have been?

EXACTLY !!!

 

[Geo]

This should have been a GIANT hit

Totall sounds like 1984 imo . Or written then that is

I always thought this song was written about Wolfie.

 

[mentoneman]

A DIFFERENT KIND OF TRUTH VINYL MIX. This sounds better to me. Waaaaay heavier. And it kicks off with a fuckin' banger.

This is the rip yer face off mix. LOL

This link takes you to the playlist for the entire album.

it does sound great. although they should have ducked dave’s vox further back on the choruses, brought mike back on bass/bk vox and had wolf on rhythm gtr./bk vox2.
that would have been the move.

 

[Uzi Nein Millimetah]

EVH could choose to play metal zone through a pignose and he would always be eddie.

but i can definitely say i did not enjoy the post 5150 years much. Finish what you started and cabo wabo seemed like Sammy trying to turn the band into a Jimmy Buffet retirement house band for his club, and we won’t get into the cherone years.

so yeah metal tone aside AKOT was a breath of fresh VH air indeed!

I just listened to Alex Van Halen's audiobook and am in the middle of Runnin' with the Devil. What a bunch of hedonists they were in the DLR days! I can't imagine living like for years nonstop.

I like Van Hagar also, but it's not the same machine. I have to say 5150 is awesome, the best of Van Hagar. But when I heard Me Wise Magic and Can't Get This Stuff No More, I thought, the REAL Van Halen is back!! Sadly didn't happen in '96, but they did a great job with ADKOT, full stop.