One of my all time favorite Van Halen tunes. As beautiful as David Lee Roth could do. Perhaps his song Hina off Skyscraper is close to this or better.
Ed Van Halen,doesn't,compare to Joe Satriani,Here's Why.Joe run's up 1,4,5,7,9,11,13,.Ed Goes opposite.13flat11flat10,9,8,7,6?major minThe only person better,is Alan Holldsworth
@dipshit776 That makes about as much sense as saying Clapton can't write a good song because he only plays pentatonic scales. You so fail in epic proportions. lol
@dipshit776 Dipshit's a good name for you. Allow me to be the first (of undoubtedly thousands) to congratulate you on such an appropriately chosen nym.
@dipshit776 Guess you prefer Joe over Ed? I like them both for different reasons, acutally Ed was listening to Holdsworth during the Fair Warning days. I acutally like Ed's style over Joe's.
i use to rock this album everyday on my way to school always got me pumped really creative and different album that was a lil more unique than the rest of the first five albums...but i would agree this song was always my top favorite.. it not becoming a hit or single made it even better
my favorite vh song, saw them play this in houston in 81, the ticket cost 8 dollars and i had to borrow it from a friend....most awesome show ever! Tenth grade!!!
The undisputed KINGS of Rock n Roll ! Eddie is a fukn song writing genius.. MIchael Anthony is a good bass player too, people don't realize that.. You think that playing with the greatest rock guitar player of all time doesn't rub off on you after years? come on
@verbalizerone my buddy had a crankin stereo in his truck. when this came out he popped in the cassette and said "you gotta hear this" and proceeded to crank up Romeo Delight. Those days were bliss in southern califonia
I agree. Michael Shreads on Bass. And it was his back up vocals that really added to that one of a kind harmonizing that is one of their trade marks. The higher pitch back ups are MA. I am major fan from way back-1979. Every one in that band for better and worse made it magic not to mention Eddies outside the universe guitar techniques when they first became big, there was nothing like that in existance. And Roth, love him or hate him was/is an entertainer.
I agree. Michael Shreads on Bass. And it was his back up vocals that really added to that one of a kind harmonizing that is one of their trade marks. The higher pitch back ups are MA. I am major fan from way back-1979. Every one in that band for better and worse made it magic not to mention Eddies outside the universe guitar techniques when they first became big, there was nothing like that in existance. And Roth, love him or hate him was/is an entertainer.
you see mike is a great bass player he sounds amazing in every song the problem is with bass players they're always turned down to make them seem less then the guitar player but see the band must have ben like so no ones going to like this song so turn mike up and that just seems not rite!!!! so this is my favorite song cause u can hear the bass!!!!
M.A.! Van Halen's missing master plan. I love his bass lines here as well. And, as kchez mentions, his backup vocals are like-whoa! Mike always sang excellent alongside Dave and Ed. Who do you think was the icing on the cake for this band?
Eddie was always dropping some little one-off riff into his licks, so many which went unnoticed. Take that tasty little one that only lasts from 3:24 to 3:27; it's a pull-off AS he's pushing his fingers UP the guitar neck. Try it -- it's damn tough to do. Yet his guitar playing was always peppered with little goodies like this, not every one fully noticed.
@1962drob Dude is a fucking MONSTER on the bass, fuck all them motherfuckers that say he sucks, in my opinion he's right up there with John Paul Jones, and John Entwistle, he's a fucking INCREDIBLE bass player, perfect match for Van Halen, and let's not forget his iconic Jack Daniels bass, who else has a bass like that? Every time somebody says that he sucks I always say: "If Michael Anthony was a shit bass player, he would NOT have been in Van Halen."
@cford1992 WHO IN THE HELL WOULD DARE SAY MICHAEL ANTHONY SUCKS? ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS? MICHAEL ANTHONY OWNS!!! AND HIS JACK DANIELS BASS RULES!!!
BY THE WAY, AS YOU WERE SENDING ME THAT REPLY, I SENT YOU A REPLY ON "EVERYBODY WANTS SOME" THERE ARE 3 DUMBASSES THAT DISLIKE THAT VIDEO NOW. CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?
@AnnihilatingAngel Panama is a great song. But yeah ii really dont like the hagar stuff. Just not Van Halen without Dave. BUT Thank god hes back with them. I heard i guess there making a new album with dave and going on a huge tour CANT WAIT!
@lolZEPPELINrules Actually, good music and good bands still exist. It's just those bands don't get signed. The good bands that did get signed got signed years and years ago. Like Van Halen, for instance.
Love the lyrics in this tune, DLR did a great job with this one.
What an under rated tune, maybe I am just an old man, but I just don't think anything released at the moment can even touch songs like this.
Amazing what happens when you let a band develop their own songwriting skills instead of having everyone record songs written by Diane Warren and Desmond Child.
The album contains a hidden track at the end of "In a Simple Rhyme," a brief instrumental piece entitled "Growth." A longer version of "Growth" was supposed to start the band's next album, Fair Warning, but this did not occur. "Growth" was a staple of the band's live shows with Roth and often used as the start of their encores. Several outtakes from these sessions exist, including an unreleased instrumental titled often referred to as "Act Like It Hurts"
The album contains a hidden track at the end of "In a Simple Rhyme," a brief instrumental piece entitled "Growth." A longer version of "Growth" was supposed to start the band's next album, Fair Warning, but this did not occur. "Growth" was a staple of the band's live shows with Roth and often used as the start of their encores. Several outtakes from these sessions exist, including an unreleased instrumental titled often referred to as "Act Like It Hurts"
This, in my opinion, is one of the most underated rock and roll songs of all time. This sounds like something the Who would put out. Every member of the band is at his best in this song. I'd swear if I heard the drums and didn't know who it was I'd say that's Keith Moon. And this is by far Mikey's best bass playing. Listen to the bass duringEds solo.It's a crying shame this stuff is forgoten in favor of the shit record companies spew out now faster than diahrea coming from a sick person's anus.
@wimpyliberalbuster32 Dude I was just saying basically what u stated back in 80 our local stations only played the obvious two ATCWR and EWS this one is far FAR superior
@wimpyliberalbuster32 Hell yeah man, you hit the nail right on the fkn head....awesome song and yes most of whats out there now is so generic and sad.....and yes micheal is jammin his ass off on this one!!!! Band as a whole is just rippin...THESE WERE GOOD DAYS!!!
First heard this while cruising around in my friends 55 chevy on the 8 track in the mid to late 80's. Friend is gone and the 8 track wore out but I got the 55 and this on my MP3. brings back some great memories
@danielfamily1966 nice,i could easily picture doin the same,man.just goin through some cool old V.H. stuff tonight.i cant even listen to the radio these days.i wish i was the program director of my own radio station.id play all the good OBSCURE shit!
Oh man, I wore this cassette out. I must of replayed this song over and over 20 times per day. As a drummer and songwriter, I gravitated to this cut the most from this album. Cool arrangements, harmonies, lyrics, feel and vibe.
Damn miss this period in my life, 17 years old and free as bird.
@LeBigMoneyShow feck you must of bin my eira mate do we still have any cssette i know i do and good sound tec nics stack system ya that free of a brid we can fly they just missed the gig landing a bastarsd mind
@zebonaut That is an awesome comment! I was just listening to this tune and thought the same thing about the WHO influence, then I scrolled down to your comment...those were my thoughts exactly, bro!
@Roggiedodgie Agreed! Michael quit farting around with Chicken Foot and mend fences with the guys and get back to kicking b. u. t. t. ! Rock-n-Roll needs you!
I hear bells ringing I think it's my time to die, guess I was treated so coldly, that 's the reason I was so out of place. (The Wedding march )I am going to be your very a simply mind. tell them Dave love is blind.
This is one of the coolest "unknown" VH gems of all time.......all the classic Halen signatures are showcased in this song........Eddie's fiery playing and gentle interlude, Mike & Alex holding down a thunderous rhythm, and David Lee's brilliant use of imagery and vocal acrobatics........the mighty Van Halen at their best !!
Great tune from a great album!! VH at their best. I 'd like to point out that both solists Eddie + David were excellent, but in my opinion it was the rhythm base Alex + Michael who made VH really great. Not being a musician myself I find the bass lines simply superb and original, mostly carrying the harmony whilst Eddie was busy driving his guitar crazy.
Michael was a musical rocket booster. His soaring vocals and rapid fire bass lines were unique and always distinctive. Imagine VH without him back then? Would they have made the grade in quite the same way?
@vastplumber Eddie never played drums on VH albums but he did play bass on a few of the older and the entire VH3 album and the 3 new ones they did with Sammy.
Arrhh, I haven't smoked the stuff in years but I find meself reaching for the the passed jay...
drogheda1966 1 week ago
Da Shiznit-----
msd24sox1 1 week ago in playlist playlist
This song starts to suck at 4:40.
DekeRadio 2 weeks ago
@DekeRadio you suck
pdat10 1 week ago
5 people think the song Jump is better....lol
bassmanjoe 2 weeks ago
the most epic tune from the classic boys of VH !
MenaceDemENACE 3 weeks ago
@MenaceDemENACE I'm with you...one of the most underappreciated, yet best songs in their history.
LT9856 2 weeks ago
@LT9856 It's the harmony break that gets me every time, it just...arrives.
drogheda1966 1 week ago
@drogheda1966 I hear ya! When you think about it, they really didn't have another quite like it. Unless you can think of one?
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bassmanjoe 3 weeks ago
Should have been a hit single
metalshark69 1 month ago
Guitar solo @4:19; WICKED!!!!
1962drob 1 month ago
It's really cool to have an occasional reminder of what a truly amazing Rock band they were.
Arguably the best American band ever. (Maybe next to Dream Theater!)
countrysamurai 1 month ago
THIS SONG IS SO FUCKIN KICK ASS
IT'S SOOO UNDERATED!!!
reichmuth100 1 month ago in playlist VAN HALEN
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Cford i aggree Great tone i think he was using the old Ampegs.
bassthumper1964 2 months ago
Cford i aggree Great tone i think he was using the old Ampegs.
bassthumper1964 2 months ago
David Lee Roth = the KING OF SWAGGER !!
Hunkola 2 months ago 2
Ahhh!!! Intro is AWESOME !!! \m/
Rock92Star 2 months ago 6
One of my all time favorite Van Halen tunes. As beautiful as David Lee Roth could do. Perhaps his song Hina off Skyscraper is close to this or better.
rockmedicine 2 months ago
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Tacomadome24 3 months ago
Simply the best American band in history!
gc1able 3 months ago 13
@gc1able curious because ed and alex aren't even american
thejokealive 1 month ago
@thejokealive Ya but they formed in California so it still counts.
TheHossy202 1 month ago
@gc1able You mean the Portuguese Russian, the two Dutch guys and one American?
sexpistolsdaz 1 week ago
@sexpistolsdaz ahah, even in Mike's real name "Michael Anthony Sobolewski", sounds like from East European.
LonghammerGuy 1 week ago
3rd album and they really nailed it. it blew me away when i first heard it. great solo in this song.
bigkittysmile 3 months ago
Damn they were good. The harmony is great!!! I miss them and those times...
lucidnuance3 3 months ago
Joe Satriani? whatever...
cr03971 4 months ago
Ed Van Halen,doesn't,compare to Joe Satriani,Here's Why.Joe run's up 1,4,5,7,9,11,13,.Ed Goes opposite.13flat11flat10,9,8,7,6?major minThe only person better,is Alan Holldsworth
dipshit776 4 months ago
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@dipshit776 That makes about as much sense as saying Clapton can't write a good song because he only plays pentatonic scales. You so fail in epic proportions. lol
funkster007 4 months ago
@dipshit776 Dipshit's a good name for you. Allow me to be the first (of undoubtedly thousands) to congratulate you on such an appropriately chosen nym.
40horsejohnson 3 months ago in playlist 40horsejohnson's Favorited Videos
@dipshit776 Guess you prefer Joe over Ed? I like them both for different reasons, acutally Ed was listening to Holdsworth during the Fair Warning days. I acutally like Ed's style over Joe's.
bassmanjoe 2 weeks ago
Ed Van Halen,doesn't,compare to Joe Satriani,Here's Why.Joe run's up 1,4,5,7,9,11,13,.Ed Goes opposite.13flat11flat10,9,8,7,6?major min
dipshit776 4 months ago
i use to rock this album everyday on my way to school always got me pumped really creative and different album that was a lil more unique than the rest of the first five albums...but i would agree this song was always my top favorite.. it not becoming a hit or single made it even better
dokken447 4 months ago
The raw, unproduced sound of this album MUST be SOMEWHAT of a response to punk being so popular at this time. Their best.
DSabbah 5 months ago
my favorite vh song, saw them play this in houston in 81, the ticket cost 8 dollars and i had to borrow it from a friend....most awesome show ever! Tenth grade!!!
lasayre73 5 months ago
@couch63 Absolutely, man. And I agree with you about Michael...
verbalizerone 5 months ago
this song is just beyond mind blowing
LOMAZ5150 5 months ago
The undisputed KINGS of Rock n Roll ! Eddie is a fukn song writing genius.. MIchael Anthony is a good bass player too, people don't realize that.. You think that playing with the greatest rock guitar player of all time doesn't rub off on you after years? come on
takeuchitb007 5 months ago
The ending "Growth" sounds almost like an Alice in Chains song! haha. yours in a Simple Rhyme is great!
91nickt 5 months ago in playlist Van Halen
1982 - driving with this cassette permanently burned into my Clarion tape deck... great memories! Thanks
verbalizerone 5 months ago
@verbalizerone my buddy had a crankin stereo in his truck. when this came out he popped in the cassette and said "you gotta hear this" and proceeded to crank up Romeo Delight. Those days were bliss in southern califonia
couch63 5 months ago 2
One of their best songs for sure. Way underrated and underplayed on the radio.
dccounters 5 months ago
WACF: Greatest Album of All Time. This song needs to be played on the upcoming tour. Should be a classic rock radio staple if radio didnt suck.
Wilkster5150 6 months ago 2
No one knows this and its all time fav vh song!
littleboeep 6 months ago
classic!!! probably one of the most underrated songs by THE BEST!!!!
browneye17 6 months ago
Band is FUCKING TIGHT on this tune ---- they just let it rip like bad asses
Hunkola 6 months ago
this song has one my favorite Eddie solo - he just let loose and let it flow.. fuckin amazing
Jezter49 6 months ago
AMAZING, doesn't get any better!
billsfanshakenow 6 months ago
Anyone else think the new album should -finally- open up with that riff at the end of this song? ;D
evh5150hawaii 6 months ago
Great rock and roll from an incredible album. The original, late 80's Van Halen was the stuff.
drubedo 6 months ago
my favorite part is 0:00 to 4:40
AtomicPunk1995 6 months ago 3
This whole band is tight!!! FUCKIN' A!!!
StoneyMcJuicyBuds 7 months ago
my favorite part 1:31 to 1:35
iownallnoobs 7 months ago
till hagar every VH song is underrated.
bingrasm 7 months ago
@bingrasm Except Jump.
PowerMetalEuphonist 6 months ago
I agree. Michael Shreads on Bass. And it was his back up vocals that really added to that one of a kind harmonizing that is one of their trade marks. The higher pitch back ups are MA. I am major fan from way back-1979. Every one in that band for better and worse made it magic not to mention Eddies outside the universe guitar techniques when they first became big, there was nothing like that in existance. And Roth, love him or hate him was/is an entertainer.
drewbyjames 7 months ago
I agree. Michael Shreads on Bass. And it was his back up vocals that really added to that one of a kind harmonizing that is one of their trade marks. The higher pitch back ups are MA. I am major fan from way back-1979. Every one in that band for better and worse made it magic not to mention Eddies outside the universe guitar techniques when they first became big, there was nothing like that in existance. And Roth, love him or hate him was/is an entertainer.
drewbyjames 7 months ago
Its never lost as long as me and you keep playing it brother
qap614 7 months ago
all time favorite van halen song this song never seems to wear its self out
motleycrue24 7 months ago 2
GUITAR SOLO AT 4:18 KICKS SERIOUS ASS!!!
1962drob 7 months ago
Bring back Mikey, listen that bass, it's fucking righteous!
StoneyMcJuicyBuds 7 months ago
till 1984 album what these guys wrote/play was gold, this is another exemple.
bingrasm 8 months ago
Easily my favourite van halen song but not my favourite van halen record!
Anthrax287 8 months ago
@iplayguitar83 No. Just the Diamond Dave era, Hagar's a hack
cford1992 8 months ago
@iplayguitar83 you suck ass
xxNottexx44 8 months ago
you see mike is a great bass player he sounds amazing in every song the problem is with bass players they're always turned down to make them seem less then the guitar player but see the band must have ben like so no ones going to like this song so turn mike up and that just seems not rite!!!! so this is my favorite song cause u can hear the bass!!!!
TmickD803 8 months ago
M.A.! Van Halen's missing master plan. I love his bass lines here as well. And, as kchez mentions, his backup vocals are like-whoa! Mike always sang excellent alongside Dave and Ed. Who do you think was the icing on the cake for this band?
NYVoice 8 months ago
Eddie Van Halen is God.
rogermcgee1 8 months ago
Holy fucking backup vocals!!!!!
KChez17 8 months ago
CRANK THAT SHIT!
StoneyMcJuicyBuds 9 months ago 3
I would call this VH's tribute to The Beatles, harmony wise.
stargazerhatchet 9 months ago
This is the best VH ever. Best harmonies and riffs
dhlsucks1 9 months ago
Eddie was always dropping some little one-off riff into his licks, so many which went unnoticed. Take that tasty little one that only lasts from 3:24 to 3:27; it's a pull-off AS he's pushing his fingers UP the guitar neck. Try it -- it's damn tough to do. Yet his guitar playing was always peppered with little goodies like this, not every one fully noticed.
pweener 9 months ago
Proof that Classic Van Halen is the ultimate force for partying in the known and unknown universe!
RAV52 10 months ago 9
@RAV52 I'll drink to that!!!!
1962drob 1 month ago
GREAT BASS BY MICHAEL ANTHONY, THUMBS UP IF YOU AGREE!!
cford1992 10 months ago 85
@cford1992 HELL YEAH!!! NO ONE CAN PLAY BASS LIKE MICHAEL ANTHONY!!!
1962drob 7 months ago
@1962drob Dude is a fucking MONSTER on the bass, fuck all them motherfuckers that say he sucks, in my opinion he's right up there with John Paul Jones, and John Entwistle, he's a fucking INCREDIBLE bass player, perfect match for Van Halen, and let's not forget his iconic Jack Daniels bass, who else has a bass like that? Every time somebody says that he sucks I always say: "If Michael Anthony was a shit bass player, he would NOT have been in Van Halen."
cford1992 7 months ago 3
@cford1992 WHO IN THE HELL WOULD DARE SAY MICHAEL ANTHONY SUCKS? ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS? MICHAEL ANTHONY OWNS!!! AND HIS JACK DANIELS BASS RULES!!!
BY THE WAY, AS YOU WERE SENDING ME THAT REPLY, I SENT YOU A REPLY ON "EVERYBODY WANTS SOME" THERE ARE 3 DUMBASSES THAT DISLIKE THAT VIDEO NOW. CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?
1962drob 7 months ago
@1962drob Believe it or not, a couple people have said to me that he's not a solid bassist. Don't worry I no longer know them
cford1992 7 months ago
@cford1992 I don't blame you man!!! Those people are losers anyway!!!
1962drob 7 months ago
@1962drob More dumb asses
cford1992 7 months ago
@cford1992 THOSE 3 LOSERS CAN'T RHYME LOL.
1962drob 7 months ago
@cford1992 Fine work indeed.
MultiDannyboy89 7 months ago
@cford1992 Totally agree dude!!! Michael Anthony was a great bass player. No one plays bass like Michael Anthony. Big Thumbs Up.
HIS JACK DANIELS BASS IS BAD-ASS!!!
1962drob 6 months ago
@1962drob Not many sing like Michael Anthony either, he still has it,He should be in VH not Chickenflop, VH totally fucked him over.
bassmanjoe 2 weeks ago
@cford1992 And, it's no reunion without michael
couch63 5 months ago 2
aMMMMAAAzing stuff!!
Jagz1964 10 months ago
Your right.but.it is a total disgrace not darn.
gethsenamane 10 months ago
NEEDED A GIRL TO CALL MY ONE AND ONLY ----- IS THAT YOU ??
Hunkola 10 months ago
I just love how he says "darn disgrace" I don't feel he says it like it was really bad, actually I kinda feel he's saying it happy. but I love it!
thewhatsupquiqui 11 months ago
One of Edward's greatest, period. Why radio doesn't play gems like this rather than "Panama" or any of that Van Hagar shit is beyond me....
AnnihilatingAngel 11 months ago 4
@AnnihilatingAngel Panama is a great song. But yeah ii really dont like the hagar stuff. Just not Van Halen without Dave. BUT Thank god hes back with them. I heard i guess there making a new album with dave and going on a huge tour CANT WAIT!
NationalSD 10 months ago
michael anthony plays his ass off in this one, fucking amazing!
havertrace 11 months ago 9
the last 10 seconds or so of this song sounds a lot like the entrance music for Demolition from the WWE....
XxowendanxX 11 months ago
The breakdown in this song is one of my favorites.
Can't beat it!
Soxpert 11 months ago
This song kicks my head in! Awesome!
jimmyboy131 11 months ago
and i heard bells ringin........
t2always 11 months ago
If you look up sucks on line-Van Halen won't come up!
67peteman 1 year ago
gewoon vet
macaij65 1 year ago
they really don't make music like this anymore and its a fucking shame
lolZEPPELINrules 1 year ago
@lolZEPPELINrules Actually, good music and good bands still exist. It's just those bands don't get signed. The good bands that did get signed got signed years and years ago. Like Van Halen, for instance.
LedWilde 11 months ago
Van Halen World Tour 2011-2012
Dave,ED,Alex and Wolfgang,
For VH,2011's Tour is 1979 allover again,HELL FUCKIN' YEAH!!!!!!!!
jlr41877 1 year ago
@jlr41877 You are forgetting someone, aren't ya?
LedWilde 11 months ago
Love the lyrics in this tune, DLR did a great job with this one.
What an under rated tune, maybe I am just an old man, but I just don't think anything released at the moment can even touch songs like this.
Amazing what happens when you let a band develop their own songwriting skills instead of having everyone record songs written by Diane Warren and Desmond Child.
Soxpert 1 year ago
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The album contains a hidden track at the end of "In a Simple Rhyme," a brief instrumental piece entitled "Growth." A longer version of "Growth" was supposed to start the band's next album, Fair Warning, but this did not occur. "Growth" was a staple of the band's live shows with Roth and often used as the start of their encores. Several outtakes from these sessions exist, including an unreleased instrumental titled often referred to as "Act Like It Hurts"
phatboy90210 1 year ago
The album contains a hidden track at the end of "In a Simple Rhyme," a brief instrumental piece entitled "Growth." A longer version of "Growth" was supposed to start the band's next album, Fair Warning, but this did not occur. "Growth" was a staple of the band's live shows with Roth and often used as the start of their encores. Several outtakes from these sessions exist, including an unreleased instrumental titled often referred to as "Act Like It Hurts"
phatboy90210 1 year ago 2
@phatboy90210
Hell yeah. I remember them playing this on the Fair Warning tour. We went apeshit!
bop517 6 months ago
i bought this album for 4$ in 1983 and fell in love with it.I wore the tape out and my sony walkman ...this is the best song on the album pure magic.
alkira001 1 year ago
I like that little riff right at the end there... that's cool.
BigLaxFan94 1 year ago 2
Van Halen at their peak no doubt!
Roggiedodgie 1 year ago 2
you think you got the interest? come on and take the time....
growth
vhrage 1 year ago
This, in my opinion, is one of the most underated rock and roll songs of all time. This sounds like something the Who would put out. Every member of the band is at his best in this song. I'd swear if I heard the drums and didn't know who it was I'd say that's Keith Moon. And this is by far Mikey's best bass playing. Listen to the bass duringEds solo.It's a crying shame this stuff is forgoten in favor of the shit record companies spew out now faster than diahrea coming from a sick person's anus.
wimpyliberalbuster32 1 year ago 63
@wimpyliberalbuster32 Dude I was just saying basically what u stated back in 80 our local stations only played the obvious two ATCWR and EWS this one is far FAR superior
dadadruma 10 months ago
@wimpyliberalbuster32 Hell yeah man, you hit the nail right on the fkn head....awesome song and yes most of whats out there now is so generic and sad.....and yes micheal is jammin his ass off on this one!!!! Band as a whole is just rippin...THESE WERE GOOD DAYS!!!
rokker1707 9 months ago
@wimpyliberalbuster32 too bad i didnt see your comment 4 months ago when you wrote it but i agree this song is one of their best
chuckie54able 8 months ago
@wimpyliberalbuster32 you are one of the few people who's opinion is not completely full of shit! maybe because I agree!
lta6494 3 months ago
David Lee Roth = GREATEST ROCK GOD EVER
Sammy Hagar = AVERAGE IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE
Hunkola 1 year ago 4
Yep. Best song on the album, definitely.
MrJest2 1 year ago 2
definitely the best song on the album. possibly my favorite van halen track
TrapezoidBand 1 year ago 2
Forgot how much I love this song-Takes me back to a pretty face I knew in 86
67peteman 1 year ago 2
This song just kicks ass
MrNinespot 1 year ago
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MrNinespot 1 year ago
I could sit here for hours and listen to that snare intro. It's so god damned amazing.
cclcdlcel 1 year ago
Second greatest Van Halen song this one kicks ASS man i love this song so much it is my babby!! Dance the Night away is #1!
Long live VH
baldmanrupe 1 year ago
First heard this while cruising around in my friends 55 chevy on the 8 track in the mid to late 80's. Friend is gone and the 8 track wore out but I got the 55 and this on my MP3. brings back some great memories
danielfamily1966 1 year ago
@danielfamily1966 nice,i could easily picture doin the same,man.just goin through some cool old V.H. stuff tonight.i cant even listen to the radio these days.i wish i was the program director of my own radio station.id play all the good OBSCURE shit!
green66vw 1 year ago 2
Absolutely! One of Edward's finest.
AnnihilatingAngel 1 year ago
Epic !! jeebus! checkout 4:16 !!!!!!
tetekofa 1 year ago
@tetekofa Hidden track, called Growth
ill3stV1llain 1 year ago
Oh man, I wore this cassette out. I must of replayed this song over and over 20 times per day. As a drummer and songwriter, I gravitated to this cut the most from this album. Cool arrangements, harmonies, lyrics, feel and vibe.
Damn miss this period in my life, 17 years old and free as bird.
LeBigMoneyShow 1 year ago 3
@LeBigMoneyShow I hear ya bro.
Summer 1992 I had this cassette in my car day in and day out. Every song on WACF is a classic IMO. This song is such a rocker.
ThorogoodFan1 1 year ago
@LeBigMoneyShow feck you must of bin my eira mate do we still have any cssette i know i do and good sound tec nics stack system ya that free of a brid we can fly they just missed the gig landing a bastarsd mind
shameman1 1 year ago
women and children has got to be thier most creative album
bradthepro4rac969 1 year ago 2
@bradthepro4rac969 Fair Warning is much more creative
tittyj2020 1 year ago
I bought this record when it was released at the age of 14 on a family vacation in Portugal ( thoughts i could only hear back Home .. :)
Now hear it for the First Time again .. Never realized how much WHO there is in this song.
zebonaut 1 year ago
@zebonaut That is an awesome comment! I was just listening to this tune and thought the same thing about the WHO influence, then I scrolled down to your comment...those were my thoughts exactly, bro!
bareknuckles2u 1 year ago
@bareknuckles2u
You´re welcome, pal! I appreciate your appreciation :)
No wonder VH covered the Who´s "Wontbget fooled again" years later!
Greets from Cologne, Germany
zebonaut 1 year ago
Well back in the past......when I was treated so coldly.....my love life was a DAMN disgrace!
Hunkola 1 year ago
@Hunkola i think hes saying dying disgrace
iownallnoobs 1 year ago
I've always believed a big reason behind their success was their harmonizing, which they don't do anymore. C'mon you guys- SING again!
Roggiedodgie 1 year ago
@Roggiedodgie Agreed! Michael quit farting around with Chicken Foot and mend fences with the guys and get back to kicking b. u. t. t. ! Rock-n-Roll needs you!
PicoGigaMan 1 year ago
Eddie i didnt want radio songs this is why i love VH
jthomas23music 1 year ago
Well, aint life grand when ya finally hit it ??
Hunkola 1 year ago 3
Whomever thumbs down this should have their head examined.
eme456 1 year ago 4
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eme456 1 year ago
Christgau and Marsh gave this album a black box....No rating.....Not even one star.......
hicks727 1 year ago
This was one of my favorite VH albums. I saw them on their first three tours and as a garage band in the San Fernando Valley. Good times.
vonBeavis 1 year ago
This song is a prime example why VH should never record without Michael on backup vocals. He was so awesome it's virtually a moot point.
NYVoice 1 year ago 3
Van Halen, fuckin' amazing!
havertrace 1 year ago
I hear bells ringing I think it's my time to die, guess I was treated so coldly, that 's the reason I was so out of place. (The Wedding march )I am going to be your very a simply mind. tell them Dave love is blind.
63AIONSON 1 year ago
God I'd love to hear something new to see if they still got it
lrewopf 1 year ago
at the end of the song it sounds like they started playing some metal then it stops, that would have been a great tune
havertrace 1 year ago
the intro reminds me of slippin away by dokken. vh kicks ass
codyjt5150 1 year ago
Great album, I used to stare at this cover with Eddie and the "Shark" and wonder what the hell kind of guitar it was.
TallonIV776V 1 year ago
@TallonIV776V That ain't no guitar it's a machine that rips the flesh off your bones then sometimes gently puts it back.
kenfuscious 1 year ago
great hamonys and hard rock
pmoo37 1 year ago 2
This album will knock you down help you up then strap you to a rocket going a million miles per hour.
havertrace 1 year ago
Just like Diamond Lee once said --- put a Van Halen album in your collection and all the other records will melt
Hunkola 1 year ago 3
hear beatles in there.
gafozo 1 year ago
I want to be yours in a simple rhyme!!!!!!! Perfect.
johnlen3 1 year ago
One of VH's best songs along with lighting up the sky
rodneyracoon 1 year ago
I must say that this is the most enjoyable Van Halen's albums, especialy the last ones. Really good work in this one.
MatiasRockXD 1 year ago
Been that way for a long long time
DoctorBob409 1 year ago
not bad
yootesa1515 1 year ago
Oh man - I remember we were still jerkin' off on Kiss and AC/DC back in Jr. High when they released this record and we were like - WTF?
Who the HELL are these guys??
Then they RULED the radio and our minds for the next 4 years.....
This was their 'Break Out' album - Romeo Delight, Take Your Whiskey Home and this song have become my favorites off this one.....
Thanks for a great post VanHalen765!
Many great memories here.....
lzrb 1 year ago 2
My Favorite Album of all time.
dyno1316 1 year ago 2
van halens ultimate underrated song! and one of there best out of many
motleycrue24 1 year ago
a Van Halen love song -
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ttmot 1 year ago
This is one of the coolest "unknown" VH gems of all time.......all the classic Halen signatures are showcased in this song........Eddie's fiery playing and gentle interlude, Mike & Alex holding down a thunderous rhythm, and David Lee's brilliant use of imagery and vocal acrobatics........the mighty Van Halen at their best !!
Hunkola 1 year ago 3
no music like this anymore ,,,BUT WE LIVED IT !! WERE A LUCKY GENERATION!!
HOTINONSHONNI 1 year ago
Great tune from a great album!! VH at their best. I 'd like to point out that both solists Eddie + David were excellent, but in my opinion it was the rhythm base Alex + Michael who made VH really great. Not being a musician myself I find the bass lines simply superb and original, mostly carrying the harmony whilst Eddie was busy driving his guitar crazy.
19franken95 1 year ago
Michael was a musical rocket booster. His soaring vocals and rapid fire bass lines were unique and always distinctive. Imagine VH without him back then? Would they have made the grade in quite the same way?
NYVoice 1 year ago 2
@NYVoice I think not... Good looking out on giving MA his props. (Think about VH then without him??? I am unable to TOLERATE VH without him :(
jackblack47872 1 year ago
@19franken95 Eddie plays all music (including drums) on every studio recording VH ever did.
vastplumber 1 year ago
@vastplumber Eddie never played drums on VH albums but he did play bass on a few of the older and the entire VH3 album and the 3 new ones they did with Sammy.
phlip5150 1 year ago
@vastplumber Nope
ill3stV1llain 1 year ago