^^ THIS RIGHT HERE ^^

This. So much this!

truth

Great description...

Amen!

Fun fact. When And the Cradle..hit the air waves, there was a little confusion about the title. Have you seen Juniors Grave? Another was, have you seen junior Graves?... Finally, one of us scraped up the dough to buy the album and the confusion ended. We didn't have much technology. Check..Pong. so how did such great music come with hardly any help from technology? A relative of mine was an engineer at the Legendary Muscle Shoals Sound Studios where He worked with Bob Seger,Joe Cocker, Steve, Winwood Bob Dylan Lynyrd Skynyrd, Paul Simon and so many more. Long..hard work was the key back then.

@@kenperk9854 I thought it was “ have you seen juniors grades”?

@@grantbaechler3529 it is. Have no idea what that guy is talking about other than to mention his cousin and MSS 🤷🏻‍♂️

@@grantbaechler3529 I always thought it was grave myself, but grades make a helluva lot more sense.

Hey Man, they tracked the debut on Patreon over a year ago and dug Ice Cream Man and Jamie's Cryin. Check it out!

💯 agree I graduated high school in 1978, also had Fleetwood Mac and Foreigner just a name a few, we had it so good

@@KenWins1 Yeah '78- Better Late Than Straight was our motto.

Class of 1984 here, add AC/DC to that list.

You must be the exact same age as me. All of high school and college fit in the 80’s (81-89) and have that exact same experience of these bands in their prime!

yeap Women and children first is my fav VH album to drive around town with the top down and the tunes cranked up

Agree on both

Have you seen Jr's grades.....

I'd say those 2 songs are maybe the best Van Halen songs. Mean Street is right up there, but they already reacted to it.

I was going to suggest these same 2 songs

Outta Love

I'd like to see the juniors' grades on that one.

A lot of head bangers don't like "Dance" since it is basically pop rock. But to me it illustrates Eddie's flexibility. I always love his complex chord voiceings that are so unusual in hard rock, especially in that era. Dude was way ahead of his time.

May be time to REBIRTH THE ROLLER RINK. (Get kids out from behind their screens.) ☺

Yep at United Skates of America in North Ohio! Unfortunately it's full of nothing but Rap crap music now.

For my generation; that song was Jump.

Standout song

Not that difficult to play. But Ed shows his melody and song chops. Not easy to come up with unless your EVH.

Yea man anything from my fave VH album WACF

Fo sho

Yes. Romeo Delight or In a Simple Rhyme. Both underrated and awesome

Take your whiskey home so under rated

This

Little Guitars...WITH Intro😃

"Cradle Will Rock" ^^^^^^^^^^^ !

I actually like Sammy Hagar solo work, I owned 2 of his albums. But I wouldn't put Van Hagar up with Van Halen songs. Possible exception for "Black and Blue ".

Van Hagar sucks

And The Cradle Will Rock!

100% agree with this.

Agreed! “Light Uo The Sky” …and the rest.

Van Hagar sucks

Oh yeah!!

@@JimGeigerMusic yeah, we heard you the first time

YES!!!!

And the Cradle Will Rock was my first introduction to Van Halen and continues to be my favorite. So great. ❤

Love walks in is their best song imo. It’s what got me into rock!

Have you seen Juniors grades?!?!?!?

this id love also. its banger for the sammy era

I think it's its simplicity that makes it a jewel of a song. Not everyone can write a pop hook. Kind of like Happy Birthday, simple but has lasted years and years.

Eddie said this song was inspired by Go Your Own Way by Fleetwood Mac and that he really enjoyed pop tunes and didn’t mind trying to write one.

Wish to give 100 thumbs up to this one!

My exact thoughts as well😎

The 70s RULED!

and dancing to!

@@kenperk9854 Except for the disco detour.

YOU BET YOUR DONKEY

Harder and faster yes, but for me nothing sweeter than this one, my favorite also.

Both would impress A&A

Broken down and dirty, dressed in rags...

DOA for sure!

DOA might be one of their best underground bangers

Its a 70s LP Thats why

Yes, the 70s roared and ruled!!

This was 1978 The 70s ROCKED SO HARD , What a blast

@@kenperk9854 O YA BIG TIME

It came out in 1979 ,,,,To me it brings back the 70s

And the voice of David Lee Roth. I mean, Sammy Haggard is good, but he’s not David.

Let's not forget Alex's magic snare tone.

Alex's expert drumming and DLR's showmanship and unique voice

@@wesleysaams448 Alex just makes it into my top 10 . Dave’s showmanship doesn’t show on record but his charisma comes through. As far as voice goes definitely not in my top 10. Again just my opinion and not meant to anger or offend. Also have to realize I got my first album in 1966 so I have a large pool of talent to choose from

This!!!!!!

We’ve done that one, enjoy!

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I discovered Andy & Alex on the day Eddie Van Halen died! I was looking up some of Van Halen's better songs and I searched for "Mean Street" and their reaction came up.

Yup. Nuff said.

@@andyandalex Awesome - just watched it. In that case - Little Guitars!

Good morning, John H!

Good Morning, @John H! 😊

It's cool but basically being EVH on a different guitar. It's not like he learned any classical technique for it, like a Steve Howe or Jimmy Page would. It's an electric player playing on an acoustic.

@@David-iv6je Sounds like you are knocking EVH. Eddie as a young boy learned classical piano, he and Alex both did, and they won competitions. Then EVH wanted to play drums, but Alex was better. So he took up guitar and the rest is history as he became one of the most innovative guitarists ever. And Alex is right up there with his drumming. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qr59aZV0ttPbdI0.html

@@cherylstevens9914 I can see you might think that, but in another spot for this video I praised EVH for his voicing in songs like "Dance," which some head bangers don't like because it is pop rock. But fact is that EVH was great not because of his speed and tapping, but of his great chord voicings and rhythms. A perfect example of this is in "Running with the Devil." The intro,verse and chorus sections run over a monotonous baseline, but EVH makes the whole song with fascinating chord progressions up and down the neck for both. Really unusual for a hard rock band, with high musical IQ. And then rather than a solo he uses a repeated melodic line that works much better than a shred. Dude was an intellectual electric guitar player as well as his virtuosity. No, I'm just saying the rock musicians sometimes play the same stuff on an acoustic and say "I do acoustic." I think Spanish Fly is one of those. This contrasts with electric guitarists who actual do acoustic music on acoustic guitars, like Page, Gilmour, the Beatles, etc. Another example of an electric guitarist who couldn't do acoustic is Hendrix. There's a video of him messing with a 12-string and he is totally lost. He does Hendrix-y things on it and it sounds terrible.

This is confirmed. Dave write the song as dance Lolita 💃

VH had great harmonies during the DLR era. Not a fan of the Hagar era, but I would suspect those harmonies were still in the mix.

Really???.....thats super cool to know! but I guess MA nailed them live eh?

I agree - the background vocals set them apart....

Agree wholeheartedly on TYWH. That acoustic beginning under DLR's vocals is almost as killer as the riff that follows it.

Throw in “The Full Bug” too, in that mother fucking vain. 🤘😎🎸

Bigger than 'Jump'? Bigger than 'Right Now'? Bigger than their cover of 'Pretty Woman' ? It's a fun song, but it's not their biggest.

And let's not forget "Panama". Though personally, I try to.

Jamies Crying was the big hit on this album

@@mikep6222 Not a big "Panama" fan either.

@@bretthardin9239 Wrong album. Try again.

They _HAVE_ to include "Intruder". I almost like that better than "Pretty Woman".😉

@@taylortyler1867 Yeah, I always prefer it with Intruder, it's such a cool piece of music (it sounds like it belongs in a noir or spy movie!) but I wasn't sure how others felt.

So true! In my case, an old Mustang convertible back then, and a new one now.

I can smell the coppertone!

The 70s were just freaking LOADED with Legendary greatness in ALL Genres, just as the 60s before us. Zeppelin was doing most of their work in the 70s. The Super 70s finally began to disappear. as the 70s drew near the end in the early 80s. As the 70s left, so did originality. 😔 originality made a brief return in the 90s but death destroyed Grunge. Some great bands hung in there like The Black crows and Collective soul from the South. Nothing lasts forever... Damn it.

@@kenperk9854 The 70s WERE THE BOMB

Those were some fun times though, like smoking up with a friend and checkin' out some cool tunes ;-)

@@blanewilliams5960 i miss that!

@@OscarRuiz-gj3mp For sure, I still watch some of those old ones now and then.

@@blanewilliams5960 I don't know for certain why I do it, but I have watched and rewatched and re-re-watched a lot of A&A. Especially on Patreon, where I think I've watched The Song Remains the Same about a half a dozen times, and everything else there, too.

Love the ratings immediately after the song is done.

What if your favorite band was Toad the Wet Sprocket?

@@jacksonmorganfroghin4815 Then you should still name your kid Halen.

@@kimberelydavis379 Or how about Dan for Steely Dan? Because you're right I never cared for Toad.

@@kimberelydavis379 Truth is, I was never a big fan of Van Halen either. Yes I grant you he can play guitar. But there was only one tune I liked it was JUMP. Good video. But at the very same time the Pointer Sisters also put out a song called Jump which I liked even more. It was especially good with a strobe light. While dancing etc. But I wouldn't name my daughter Pointer. She might be ridiculed in school. Kids can be so cruel and I'm never going back to My Old School. See what I did there. I'll call her Steely instead. Or Danielle

@@jacksonmorganfroghin4815 Well, I love Steely Dan and I would name my kid Steely, I think it’s cool. My daughter’s middle name is after my favorite Fleetwood Mac song and she named after my favorite character on Lost. I don’t really worry what people think. Interesting names are so cool, especially if they have a great story behind them. I had to go by Kim D my whole life because there were so many Kims’. Boring.

I second this!

I third this!😉

In the seventies if it was on the radio we knew not to listen to it

Bingo!

Actually, the tune was originally written by Clint Ballard Jr.

@@davidheagneyjr6181 OK

Or they’re using ‘dancing’ as one of the oldest euphemisms in music.

Amen, sister! Is fun still good or what?

People tend to forget that Rock N Roll started out as dance music. Great observation Susan!

@@burmajones803 I think fun's been canceled Eric, I really do.

@@junietunes2148 That is very true Jessica dear!

Lol. Huge influence on David Lee Roth. Pretty obvious though.

Personally I like old James Brown better like Prisoner Of Love, Try Me and then move up a little to Its A Mans World.

@@odinquincannon4237 Yes, thanks. just added that in the comment!!

@@bonniebaltz5717 Understandable though none you mentioned are funk which is what he invented and what I was going after. No disrespect to the classics you mentioned.

It just flows so naturally. I think it’s their most complete work even though it’s painfully short