Have you seen Junior's grades?! ILM Artist Poll #75 - VAN HALEN (Results thread)

only time will tell
if we stand the test of time

uh jf did you get my ballot

oh wait nm wrong song

i looove "drop dead legs"

yeah it's not even that i hate Van Hagar. well, not all of it anyway. there's a handful of decent songs but none would make my top 30.

youtube commenters seem to really like Sammy

doing what listening i could this week it really is apparent how much more capable the band is with sammy out front. as a unit, they just become capable of so much more. unfortunately they also become Cock Rock Asia.

youtube commenters seem to really like Sammy

― rmde bob (will), Monday, May 23, 2016 8:57 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

a whole new kind of Sad YouTube

I was going to post these with youtubes of guitar geeks trying to recreate the solos, but it took too long to find good ones...

SOLOS
4 ballots received
13 songs voted for

5. Hot For Teacher
69 points | 2 votes

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4. Panama
86 points | 3 votes

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3. Jump
96 points | 3 votes

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2. Eruption
120 points | 3 votes | 3 first place votes

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1. Beat It
170 points | 5 votes | 1 first place vote

how did more people not vote for the "poundcake" solo? it involves a drill!!

I'm just glad Beat It won, because it really is the best.

Here's #20...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1G2JKIVstJU

20. ON FIRE
(Van Halen; 1978) 183 points | 8 votes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vJUvecTTR0

(Sorry to Mr. Big-bomb the thread, though Paul Gilbert is a nuts guitarist)

(The drill comes out at 6:40)

i didn't do a solos list just because i barely had time to send in a ballot at all, but that's a good list

The Beat It solo is so graceful, so easy in execution. Always the highlight of the song

Isolated "Beat It" solo. A true mic drop, like "Enjoy your rhythm track, Lukather. See ya!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aplfy9YZcZs

Back to "On Fire," when I first bought the debut, it was on cassette and the song was at the end of side 1, but it apparently was always meant to be the closer. So when I hear it after "Ice Cream Man" now, it still sounds weird.

Disappointed it only came it at 20, because on any given day it could be my favorite VH song of all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOpSS46VezQ

19. SOMEBODY GET ME A DOCTOR
(Van Halen II; 1979) 186 points | 9 votes

Another TOO LOW

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lynStsoEMc8

18. BEAUTIFUL GIRLS
(Van Halen II; 1979) 207 points | 12 votes

^^ Both of those would have been VERY strong contenders for a #1 on my ballot.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3Yr_PGbtRrY

I knew what that was before I clicked it, and I still clicked it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEsckJ56Bng

17. I'M THE ONE
(Van Halen; 1978) 214 points | 9 votes

^^^^^^^ yessss

kinda the ultimate vh song imo

Is there any VH that doesn't feature even just a little bit of boogie?

I was just curious and did some googling, and it's remarkable how little footage there is of them in the early days, and that even what little exists already has them at playing to thousands c. 1978.

Maybe one day I'll figure what people like so much about this one—it's always a fan fave in VH discussions—but it hasn't happened yet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_-ytH0JMZg

16. LITTLE GUITARS
(Diver Down; 1982) 227 points | 9 votes | 1 first place vote

uh iirc it's

CATCH AS CATCH
CATCH AS CATCH
CAAAAN

like, what a cool part of a cool song

people think tiny things are cute, even guitars

It's joyous and light of spirit. I guess the "intro" is not considered part of this, although Roth wrote his lyrics thinking of flamenco and Mexicans based on that

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ti1BWGgdGL8

15. ERUPTION
(Van Halen; 1978) 302 points | 12 votes | 1 first place vote

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9X6e7uctAww

14. YOU REALLY GOT ME
(Van Halen; 1978) 318 points | 15 votes

oh my god

should have also polled all of michael anthony's \m/ faces

Little Guitars was my #1, I just think it's a crazy mix of jazzy bullshit in the beginning, latin whatever, a great catch-phrase backed by a break beat, and some pizzicato wanking

my son's favorite song for the past couple weeks has been the original "You Really Got Me," he'll listen to it 2 or 3 times in a row and totally rock out. i'm gonna drop the VH version on him next time he asks to hear it and see what happens.

lol cool test

"Wait, dad...whaaaaaa???"

the original back to the future prom moment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DstMopCz5cA

13. ATOMIC PUNK
(Van Halen; 1978) 329 points | 14 votes | 1 first place vote

and aren't we all victims of the science age in the end

Think I might change my Twitter bio to "I can't remember when I was your age."

i like to imagine DLR changing into a really badass road warrior style getup when this came up on the setlist in the 70s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6M4_Ommfvv0

12. HOT FOR TEACHER
(1984; 1984) 373 points | 16 votes

x-post It was generally their closer at their 1979 shows

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOjm4I7LRgY

11. JAMIE'S CRYIN'
(Van Halen; 1978) 373 points | 16 votes | 1 first place vote

I've just about now, 27 years later, gotten to where I can listen to Jamie's Cryin' without thinking about Wild Thing.

ahaha ok my no. 1 won't make it :(

Eruption my #1 because VAN HALEN!