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- "Unchained" From: Fair Warning(1981) "Unchained" is a microcosm of everything that makes Van Halen one of rock's elites: Eddie's titanic, constantly moving riffs; Alex and Anthony's throbbing drum-and-bass grooves; Anthony's pitch-perfect backing vocals and Roth's defiant, king-of-the-world shrieks.
- "Everybody Wants Some!!" From: Women and Children First(1980) is proof that Van Halen was always more than just three guys backing their generation's best guitar player.
- "Eruption" From: Van Halen(1978) It took Eddie Van Halen less than two minutes to change the face of rock music forever, becoming the electric guitar's most messianic figure since Jimi Hendrix and setting a bar that no six-stringer in his wake would ever touch.
- "Mean Street" From: Fair Warning(1981) Fair Warning's dark eccentricity is immediately evident from the bizarro tapping licks that begin the opening track "Mean Street."
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- Yankee Rose (1986) Now this is how you make a comeback. The gloriously OTT first single from Eat ‘Em And Smile had the rock world believing, if only for four minutes, that leaving Van Halen was the smartest move DLR ever made.
- Goin’ Crazy (1986) The second single from Roth’s brilliant debut solo album, 1986’s Eat ‘Em And Smile, is the perfect distillation of the DLR ‘brand’, a song deliberately designed to make the listener feel like this is Roth’s world, and we’re lucky to live in it.
- California Girls (1985) Truthfully we could have compiled a Top 10 DLR Cover Songs list here, with the likes Just A Gigolo and That’s Life contributing massively to the singer’s popularity in the mid ‘80s, but that’d be cheating, so we’ve confined ourselves to selecting this one, the outrageously upbeat Beach Boys cover at the heart of Roth’s Crazy From The Heat.
- Just Like Paradise (1988) As perfect a pop-rock song as Roth ever sang with VH, Just Like Paradise is one of those sun-streaked, convertible-top down, speeding-down-the-Pacific Highway songs which instantly transports the listener to California.
- “And the Cradle Will Rock” Hey, I’m as surprised as you are seeing this song at the top of the list, but if I were to ponder why, it’s that “And the Cradle Will Rock” is Van Halen’s greatest exercise in combining the carnal stomp of heavy metal with a poppy disposition, but not making it maudlin, which happened all too many times across the Sammy Hagar era.
- “Unchained” If I’m going to get raked over the coals for a handful of glaring omissions (mostly from the debut album), I’m back in my comfort zone with “Unchained,” because, as I found when I did my book Unchained: A Van Halen User Manual, polling shows that this song often wins as the greatest Van Halen song ever, democratically speaking.
- “Girl Gone Bad” If, on paper, “House of Pain” is the heaviest song on 1984, “Girl Gone Bad” is the silent dissenter, performed more aggressively but more imbued with melody.
- “Mean Street” It’s kind of a weird phenomenon, but Van Halen fans gather around “Mean Street” somewhat to stick their vote in that Fair Warning is the greatest Van Halen album of all time.
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- “Take a look at this! Hey man, that suit is you. You’ll get some leg tonight for sure! Tell us how you do! {Come on Dave, gimme a break}. Hey, hey, hey!
- “I like the way the line runs up the back of those stockings. I’ve always liked those kind of high heels too. No, no, no, no! Don’t take ’em off. Leave ’em on.
- “See, a gun is real easy in this desperate part of town. Turns you from hunted into hunter, go and hunt somebody down. Wait a minute, somebody said ‘Fair Warning!
- “Hot shoe, burnin’ down the avenue. Got an on-ramp comin’ through my bedroom”
- Eruption
- Jump
- And The Cradle Will Rock
- Romeo Delight
- You Really Got Me
- Unchained
- Runnin’ with The Devil
- Everybody Wants Some!!
- Ain’T Talkin’ ‘Bout Love
- Hot For Teacher
We open up our top 10 David Lee Roth Van Halen songs list with the monster instrumental entitled “Eruption.” While this may not feature a David Lee Roth vocal, it was recorded during the David Lee Roth Van Halen era. It comes in at just under two minutes but it’s worth every every second of rock and roll pleasure. Ladies and Gentlemen this is Van H...
Continuing with our top 10 David Lee Roth Van Halen songs list we take a listen to the band’s only number one hit of their career entitled “Jump.” While this may not be our favorite Van Halen song, we just couldn’t ignore the song because of its commercial success. It’s a significant moment in the history of Van Halen, and folks we are a rock and r...
In the number eight spot on our 10 Best Van Halen Songs With David Lee Roth list we present the song entitled “And The Cradle Will Rock.” The song was released on the album entitled Women And Children First. The album was released in 1980. It was the first and only single released from the album. The single’s B-Side “Everybody Wants Some,” was an e...
One of our favorite guitar solos that Eddie Van Halen ever played on vinyl appears on this killer track entitled “Romeo Delight.” This one is special. It’s one of the most dynamic songs the band ever released. From the subtle hi hat rhythms of Alex Van Halen to the blow your head up bass lines and electric playing of Eddie Van Halen through the son...
Landing in the number six spot on our 10 Best Van Halen Songs With David Lee Roth list we present the band’s first hit single entitled “You Really Got Me.” This great remake of the Kinks classic song was featured on the band’s debut album. It’s amazing how Eddie Van Halen reinvented the song with the way he played that opening riff. OMG his guitar ...
At the halfway point on our top 10 David Lee Roth Van Halen songs list is the monumental song entitled “Unchained.” The song was issued on the album entitled Fair Warning. What an amazing rock and roll album that was. Every song was heavy, dark and just a pure joy to listen to as the playing on the record was some of the best the group had ever don...
At the number four spot on our top 10 David Lee Roth Van Halen songs list we present the song entitled “Running With The Devil.” The song was released on the album entitled Van Halen. The album was released in 1978. It was the second single released from the album.”Running With The Devil,” was the album’s opening track.”Running With The Devil,” was...
Rocking hard on our top 10 David Lee Roth Van Halen songs list we take a listen to the raging song entitled “Everybody Wants Some!!” The song was released on the album entitled Women and Children First.The album was released in 1981. It was placed as the second track on the album following the lead single “And The Cradle Will Rock.” “Everybody Want...
Following up “Everybody Wants Some” with the classic track “Ain’t Talkin ‘Bout Love,” just seemed to make perfect sense. Both songs have the same sort of swagger and attitude.They are strong testaments to the power of rock and roll and the new level of musicianship that Eddie Van Halen had inspired countless musicians who came after him to try and ...
We close out our top 10 David Lee Roth Van Halen songs list with the song entitled “Hot For Teacher.” It’s the same song that topped our original Van Halen songs list we released over five years ago. If there ever was a song that defined the David Lee Roth Van Halen era perfectly it was this one. Combined with that classic video and the amazing Edd...
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Mar 29, 2024 · Classic Rock. “The best frontman I ever saw. Nobody else came close”: The day David Lee Roth turned in the performance of a lifetime. By Paul Elliott. ( Classic Rock ) published 29 March 2024. With a heavyweight line-up including Ozzy Osbourne, AC/DC, Van Halen, Mötley Crüe and more, Monsters Of Rock 1984 is still revered in festival folklore.
Sep 4, 2016 · In Praise of David Lee Roth – by Greg Puciato; Van Halen: The Debut Album That Saved Rock; 7. Outta Love Again (Van Halen II, 1979) “There’s a scream that David Lee Roth does in the verse to this song, and that’s what inspired me to first start learning how to scream.
