Other Mixes By Rob Conroy
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I live my life like there's no tomorrow
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Runnin' with the Devil 
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Eruption
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Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love
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Jamie's Cryin'
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Ice Cream Man
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Dance the Night Away
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Spanish Fly
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D.O.A.
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Beautiful Girls
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And the Cradle Will Rock...
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Everybody Wants Some!!
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Fools
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Take Your Whiskey Home
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Could This Be Magic?
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In a Simple Rhyme
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Mean Street
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Sinner's Swing!
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Unchained
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Sunday Afternoon in the Park
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Hang 'Em High
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Cathedral
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Secrets
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Little Guitars (Intro)
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The Full Bug
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Comment:
Okay... yes, I've gone off the deep end... or rather, after years of debating with myself about this issue (stemming from the time I was 13 or so), I'm going to come clean to myself and to all of my fellow "rock snob" friends: Goddamnit, I REALLY LIKE SUBSTANTIAL PORTIONS OF THE FIRST FIVE VAN HALEN ALBUMS. There, I've said it. I've had them on vinyl for years and finally, after literally two and a half years of asking any friend of mine that I could ever imagine owning Van Halen on disc and coming up empty, I broke down and bought them. (Although I don't hate the last Diamond Dave-era album, 1984, I didn't deem it worthy of the digital upgrade. And besides, none of the songs on that album is as good as any of these, IMHO.) Yes, Eddie Van Halen is single-handedly responsible for a school of rock guitar playing that I loathe beyond belief (the Satriani/Vai/Malmsteen axis); yes, these guys are almost single-handedly responsible for hair metal as we know it; and yes, they hired Sammy Hagar (who is one of my top three or four most-hated figures in rock history) as Dave's replacement and foisted some of the WORST SONGS EVER on the airwaves. However, Eddie is infinitely more tasteful than his imitators (he actually plays a great rhythm guitar and wrote some very worthy riffs); the band themselves were NOT mindless hair metal (listen to "Unchained" and "Dance the Night Away"--both classic slabs of riff-pop--in particular, to notice the oft-overlooked killer pop harmonies of Michael Anthony ); and the first five albums should not be held responsible for the hell that Hagar begat (besides, David Lee Roth could *really* sing). So there it is. Turn up this mix on a warm day and you'll feel like you're 13 again (in the best way). Last tracks cut: "Little Guitars", "Atomic Punk" and "I'm the One."Feedback:
I only own 1984, but couldn't agree more about the pop hooks and quality riffs. And, what the hell, they're fun! I also agree that without Diamond Dave they were pretty cack.
Vive la rawk!
Vive la rawk!
Ok..I have always enjoyed the first three Van Halen records and have no shame in admitting it. Even Julian Cope agrees.
http://www.headheritage.co.uk/unsung/albumofthemonth/812
http://www.headheritage.co.uk/unsung/albumofthemonth/812
You've been to the edge. You've stood and looked down, but I can assure you you haven't lost a lot of friends there, baby. Even if we got no time to mess around. What I'm trying to say is that I understand the appeal of Roth-era Van Halen. I heard recently that David Lee Roth is now a paramedic, completely out of the music biz, and that since taking that job no one has recognized him. I know this to be true because it was reported by Fox News.
While I wear my guilty pleasures proudly, I have to confess to deriving little pleasure, guilty or otherwise, from VH. But at least this emboldens me to put together my Sweet compilation.
You know what? They both annoy and amuse me. Sammy Hagar is so funny. And they COULD play. Barely a guilty pleasure, except for their posturing. But thanks for "coming out".
VH passed me by..I always preferred Jovi!
There is probably four Van Halen songs I like but I will defend your right to play them anytime you want.
I only know one Van Halen song & it's not amongst these, so can't comment cept to say I can live with the fact they passed me by!
I think I've only ever heard the first VH album, and that was about 20 years ago! However, I'm open-minded and would not be averse to hearing them once again.
Van Halen's first five albums helped get me through junior high, but fortunately I never had teased-out hair or a baseball jersey-style shirt with the VH logo emblazened on the front. You picked plenty of choice cuts -- I think if I dared to do this my mix would look pretty much the same. Perhaps the only songs I might have tried to find room for would be "Hear About It Later" and "Little Guitars," which just missed the cut. "Panama" was also a pretty good VH song, but I guess that's on their sixth record. By then I had moved on to XTC and the Police.
yeah, they're harmless - and truly fun. i didn't even hate them when they were around (in their prime, that is). funny - 20 years later, they seem pretty ok. just like when i heard a poison song the other day - i had to admit, it was a pretty good tune. modern crappy pop will change your opinions, i guess. as for marc's sweet comment - geez, no guilty pleasure there. sweet kicked ass!
When Van Halen came on the scene in 1978 they briefly showed up on my radar and then quickly faded. There was just too much great music to discover during those years and nobody I knew was listening to them. They popped up again on my radar during their MTV overexposure period. They blended in with that whole 80s hair metal scene which I ignored. So... I really don't know any of the music here and again there is so much great music out there to discover I have never had the urge to go back to listen to any of their stuff.
Outstanding! I want some, too!
Good lord, I've nearly fallen out of my chair! Never expected to see this. I respect Van Halen (not Van Hagar), but the only album I've ever owned of theirs is "1984," and I bought that when it came out. I wouldn't mind checking out those early albums sometime. As for Eddie...95% of the time, I absolutely hate that kind of guitar wankery, but he's one of the few I really admire and enjoy listening to.