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re: Van Halen: David Lee Roth or Sammy Hagar

Posted on 12/28/19 at 4:33 am to
Posted by Pelican fan99
Lafayette, Louisiana
Member since Jun 2013
39506 posts
Posted on 12/28/19 at 4:33 am to
DLR Van Halen frickin rocked



Sammy just didn't have that same feel though still pretty good. Just didn't quite have that edge that DLR brought
Posted by HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Member since Jul 2011
33425 posts
Posted on 12/28/19 at 7:40 am to
DLR

/thread
Posted by liz18lsu
Member since Feb 2009
18037 posts
Posted on 12/28/19 at 7:52 am to
Best shitty cover band ever!!! I can't stand DLR.
Posted by 24nights
North of I10
Member since Apr 2012
5297 posts
Posted on 12/28/19 at 9:44 am to
This post was edited on 12/28/19 at 9:57 am
Posted by 24nights
North of I10
Member since Apr 2012
5297 posts
Posted on 12/28/19 at 9:55 am to
Both
This post was edited on 12/28/19 at 4:54 pm
Posted by PiscesTiger
Concrete, WA
Member since Feb 2004
53696 posts
Posted on 12/28/19 at 10:34 am to
quote:

Is there a better album than 1984?



Yeah:

I
II
Women and Children First



I like the attitude DLR brings to the early catalog, but Hagar brought a new element to the band. For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge -- had it not come out months prior to the "Grunge Explosion", would have had status like Appetite for Destruction. Had THAT record come out in 1989 and not 1991, it would have been one of the greatest rock albums of all time.
Posted by prplhze2000
Parts Unknown
Member since Jan 2007
58101 posts
Posted on 12/28/19 at 7:02 pm to
Invasion tour. Roth came out drunk and stoned out of his mind. Would get two minutes into a song, stop, and the n start yapping forever.
Posted by MrFreakinMiyagi
Reseda
Member since Feb 2007
19942 posts
Posted on 12/28/19 at 7:58 pm to
No
Posted by TheTideMustRoll
Birmingham, AL
Member since Dec 2009
10688 posts
Posted on 12/29/19 at 2:07 pm to
For all I know Sammy Hagar is better than Roth at every single thing in life, with one definite exception: being the lead singer of Van Halen. Roth captured the spirit of that group, and that era, better than anyone else ever could have.


















...also, Roth didn’t write “I Can’t Drive (55)”, so he has that going for him as well.
Posted by samson73103
Krypton
Member since Nov 2008
9285 posts
Posted on 12/29/19 at 4:33 pm to
I have owned every album Van Halen ever released. While Hagar is the better singer and I enjoyed his work as a solo artist, Roth era Van Halen is in a class by itself. It has a more raw sound that no one else had in those days and VH was arguably the biggest band in the world in the early/mid 80's. While 5150 and frick were solid albums, other than EVH guitar solos, the music was hard to distinguish from just another run of the mill rock band.
Posted by BayouBlitz
Member since Aug 2007
18126 posts
Posted on 12/30/19 at 10:23 am to
I don't like either "better."

Very different bands. Early Van Halen was raw, in your face rock and roll.

Late Van Halen was more polished and melodic. Dare I say, more mature rock and roll?

Very different and both were great.
Posted by rebelrouser
Columbia, SC
Member since Feb 2013
13212 posts
Posted on 12/30/19 at 10:38 am to
Sammy Hagar, Guy Fieri, and Jimmy Buffet are all the same person.
Posted by Possumslayer
Pascagoula
Member since Jan 2018
6474 posts
Posted on 12/30/19 at 4:41 pm to
I never got the dlr couldn’t sing deal ?! That fricker could hit some high notes and be very clear...
Sammy was there when they finally got a number 1 but it was chick music...
Posted by 91TIGER
Lafayette
Member since Aug 2006
19450 posts
Posted on 5/9/20 at 5:36 pm to
BUMP/


Although work has not changed for me the last 2 months time off has been spent at home for the most part. Over this time I went back and listened to all the VH albums. It's hard to hate on Sammy when the break up wasn't his fault. With that said the first 4 albums were incredible. The Hagar albums are really strong too when time goes by and you listen to them again. I like them all, and have an appreciation for what Sammy did, filling in for the legend, when they were at the 'top of the world' in the music scene. VH was awesome, but I can say Cherone was awful.
Posted by DeltaTigerDelta
Member since Jan 2017
13929 posts
Posted on 5/9/20 at 6:23 pm to
DLR and first album. Jamie’s Cryin
Posted by MrFreakinMiyagi
Reseda
Member since Feb 2007
19942 posts
Posted on 5/9/20 at 7:41 pm to
No
Posted by Shockthamonkey
BR
Member since Jul 2016
818 posts
Posted on 5/9/20 at 10:29 pm to
VH1
Fair Warning
Women and Children First
Skyscraper
1984
OU812
Posted by Breesus
Unplug
Member since Jan 2010
69549 posts
Posted on 5/10/20 at 8:02 am to
quote:

It's obviously DLR and anyone saying otherwise is probably just being the contrarian


Or they’re a cop
Posted by awestruck
Member since Jan 2015
14554 posts
Posted on 5/10/20 at 8:40 am to
quote:


Is there a better album than 1984?


Didn't know it even existed.

Did they follow the book?
Posted by samson73103
Krypton
Member since Nov 2008
9285 posts
Posted on 5/10/20 at 11:41 am to
[/quote]Is there a better album than 1984?[/quote]

Yes. VH 1 and Fair Warning are both better than 1984.
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