Let's discuss Van Halen's "Diver Down" an album full of covers but also some really great original tunes.
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@christianhaynes19543 ай бұрын
I love that album . I don't get the hate for it . Hang em high , full bug , even dancing in the streets are great .
@daveycretin6642 ай бұрын
“Secrets” and “Hang ‘em High” are the highlights here for me. However, l like the majority of the instrumentals and covers, too. You can’t go wrong with any DLR fronted albums by VH. Even “Me Wise Magic,” from the first greatest hits CD is an excellent song! Keep up the stellar work! Cheers from The Big Apple. Rock Out, Prog On & Pogo! Demonically & sonically yours, ~ The Doppelgänger Known As Davey Cretin from CRETIN CLASSICS!
@SGED3923 ай бұрын
Underrated Gem .. Hangem High so cool
@webbvandiver9139Ай бұрын
Little Guitars, Secrets, Hang ‘em High, Full Bug…4 killer songs. Little Guitars in my top 5 VH songs ever!
@nissansentraglx3 ай бұрын
Here's the reasoning and background on how this album came about. For 1982, the start of the yr, the band was taking a much needed break from the Fair Warning tour. They put Pretty Woman out as a single, just to throw something out for the public and their fans. Roth came up with the idea. Their mgr, Noel Monk gave the ok. Roth had Eddie listen to it, to get an idea on the riff. It worked, they recorded the song and put it out. the fans loved it and it climbed the charts. Warner Bros didn't want just a single, wanted an album to go with it. Eddie had not written anything yet. The next song was Dancing in the Street. These 2 tracks and even a few more, were Roths idea as he heard these on radio stations from previous decades or weird radio stations. This is why so many covers. DD still went plantinum, which made Warner Bros happy naturally. Eddie hated it but oh well.
@BijahD3 ай бұрын
First vh album I ever bought! Love it!
@PetesCDVinylWorld2 ай бұрын
Great drum sound. The original.songs are awesome, the covers are kind eh but overall I've grown to love it.
@LarryFleetwood86752 ай бұрын
DitS is the best cover version ever of that song, BBB is awesome too. I like the album always did, this is their varieté album showing the musical roots of Eddie and Alex shining through and let's not forget Dave loves singing cabaret stuff like this...
@dmg80283 ай бұрын
Don't care about any perceived shortcomings, love it. "Little Guitars" is worth the price of admission alone.
@derekclacton3 ай бұрын
Bought it on release and always liked it. It’s a feel-good album. Not as good as the first four but it wasn’t a planned project. The original numbers are superb and the covers are all good in themselves (although there are too many).
@diamondd27783 ай бұрын
Its a great album. Amazingly unique, it flows extremely well for such a varied album . I actually think its quite brilliant . All the originals are excellent . Covers great. Yr really got to listen. My 1st vh album
@jimekberg3 ай бұрын
Pretty Woman, Dancing in the Street and Where Have all the Good Times Gone are great cover versions and my fav songs on the album.
@Bandito-Hidalgo3 ай бұрын
This record to me is like an EP but longer if that makes sense. I really love this record with the exception of Dancing In the Streets. Fun album and a great listen
@richbillionair3 ай бұрын
I've read that the music for Dancing in the street was meant for another song. Wonder how the original intended song would sound .
@JohannesYtterstrom3 ай бұрын
I like it. Some of the covers are a bit underwhelming compared to what original songs they could have written but they they are still a good time. I enjoy it from start to finish. I would give it "3,75 / 5" !
@ALTDOK6673 ай бұрын
Great album!
@mainzergirl96102 ай бұрын
It's a lazy album with 4 songs they'd covered for a decade. Still, it rocks. "Where have all the good times gone" is among my fave rock covers.
@torarauland71453 ай бұрын
I have that album on CD
@catdeli3 ай бұрын
I never, in my head, thought of Diver Down as a full album. Seemed super short due to the short instros and passable cover tunes. I never even bought it but a friend had it when it came out and I loved Full Bug and Hang 'em. The rest was just pleasant enough but not essential VH for me.
@Godovgrind3 ай бұрын
🤘🤘🤘
@yogiblair223 ай бұрын
Van Halen, especially Ed, were very upset the band was pushed into quickly making this album. After the fair warning Toyr they were supposed to have their first break however with sudden unexpected success of pretty woman Warner Brothers forced them to go right back into the studio and rush this album out
@patriotpizzaman3 ай бұрын
It had two covers too many. Happy Trails and Big Bad Bill. The rest is great!
@Starman2112ofKings3 ай бұрын
Loved it in 82. Nobody cared (that I knew) about the cover songs. It was new VH and all was good. Now still good not great I still don’t mind the cover songs because VH clearly make cover songs sound original. Favorites: Where Have All The Good Times Gone Hang em’ High Little Guitars Full Bug
@davediamond2453 ай бұрын
Both
@inmyhouse113 ай бұрын
Ok album but saw them on this tour and the show was awesome
@rayjones46162 ай бұрын
The thing about DLR Van Halen is that it's just like sex, even bad sex is still pretty good.
@gregvickers31233 ай бұрын
Love love looooove this album. Love all the Roth-era albums, love all the covers. Never liked Roy Orbison's original version of Oh, Pretty Woman -- VH do it much better. And, it must be said, this is THE best cover of Dancing In The Streets by anyone, anywhere. Certainly makes the Jagger/Bowie version look outright embarassing (which it is anyways). Finally, it must be noted, given how fucked-up everyone was at the time the playing is excellent across the board and the production sound by Ted Templeman and Donn Landee is exemplary.
@danielthenorwegianguy2 ай бұрын
The main issue for me is that the record feels disjointed. It’s known that the band after Fair warning wanted to take a break, but decided to record a single just to keep their name out there. Once the single was a major success the label forced them to churn out an album. If they had done a record with just covers I think it would’ve been better received
@LairoftheAlchemist2 ай бұрын
I agree
@jimmycampbell783 ай бұрын
Its rated low only because it has a lot of cover songs. I don’t think any of the covers on this are particularly good. Also I am from the UK and like most people here I associate You Really Got Me with the Kinks original and not Van Halen (on the first album) at all. I disagree, I don’t think VH is a great covers band at all. They could have done an EP just of originals, I guess they wanted to or were asked to put out a full LP so padded it out.
@patriotpizzaman3 ай бұрын
The producer, Ted Templeman, was always pushing for them to include covers because he thought they were automatic proven hits and that was his idea of how to guarantee a hit album.
@bluejayfan55843 ай бұрын
yea you checked off all the issues. in real time I did not like this album. big let down. I heard it was because of drama with Dave not liking Eddies new sounds. That's why they did a cover of Dancing because it was middle ground.
@purplesabbath3 ай бұрын
to many covers...dislike album
@williamwalker1462 ай бұрын
A huge disappointment for me...always. The album that is! Not your review!