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  • Sammy is a great person like David! I like both of them...

  • dank u wel!!!!

  • brings back good ol memories :)

  • My girlfriend and I had our first kiss to this song...I'm 21, shes 19... great songs will never die!

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  • 81 Idiots!

  • Both sides of van halen are awesome. Sammy just has a raspy sounding voice so it sounds good. DLR puts on a good show and has a wide vocal range. As far as I know they are both good set ups. To bad DLR is old, Van Halens new album isn't as good as this one but whatever right?

  • @TPenner1995 lol Hagar's voice is just RASPY? lol Do you know much about vocals? DLH had zero range and zero control. Sammy is a phenomenal vocalist with a huge range. I mean to each his own.. But as far as which vocalist could sing.. there was only one who could. David Lee Roth was just a hype guy without a stitch of talent.

  • @centinexslays FINALLY!!!!!!!! Some comments in support of Sammy. That man was what made that band credible and real. Douche bag Dave never had, has, or ever will come close to his talent

  • @Themetalgod1000 Here's to the few and the proud, brother. To be honest though, I could never understand why that argument even ever existed. It should be an open and shut case to anyone with ears. Sammy's a great vocalist... Dave was a self absorbed homo who somehow thought that simply standing next to Eddie makes you the greatest thing in the world. Even Eddie admitted Lee Roth was limiting their music so badly.. and that when Hagar joined they got to mature as a band in so many ways.

  • @centinexslays i disagree with roth being without talent, i think he knows how to save his voice on this tour, but i do agree to that Sammy has a great range and was arguably was the better singer of the two. One thing we can agree Van Halen was a great band

  • Diamond dave #1

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  • U mean 1988...lol

  • It's a free country, so "batdork8657" is entitled to his brain-dead opinion!!! Check out the u-tube videos for "Dreams" > "Best of Both Worlds - Live" and "Top of the World - Live in Dallas" > "Don't Tell Me What Love Can Do" and "Humans Beings." These songs have a bigger set of "BALLZ" than Roth and an Angus Bull combined!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • lovelovelovelove Van Halen! :)

  • Once Sammy got on board, Van Halen's music had about as much balls as a feminist rally.

    "I CAN'T TELLLLL YOU BUT IT LASTS FOREVER!"

    Ugh.

  • No rock band today can even try to pull this off.

  • I wish there where 3 seperate worlds that i could travel too. One with dave, one with sammy, and one with Gary. And they were the singers for VH the whole time

  • ooooooouuuu when its.

  • I love them both!

  • i love van halen but i think they was the best with david not sammy

  • @MegaRostaman >> then by all means, please go watch Roth videos. EDDIE + MIKE + EDDIE + SAMMY = BEYOND AWESOME!!!!! 

  • @riolobo67 ALEX also

  • i think sammy is just trying to be david. great song though

  • @venusv187 Not in a million years could Roth ever sing a song like this!!!! The vocal pipes Sammy has are soooo beyond anything Roth is capable of. Back in '86 when Hagar joined the band, Eddie said in every interview that the band's musical options just exploded becuz now they had a bonafide singer. It's all documented......

  • one of their best songs!

  • davis lee roth #1 ever

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  • Eddie and Alex are the reasons people have come and gone plain and simple. I have been a fan since 1980 and I liked DLR but I thought things got so much better when Sammy Joined. I personally think the muisc expanded and of course their commercial success with Sammy can't be denied. It so overpowered where they were with David. Few people don't realize how much time band members at this level have to spend together. They do get sick of one another and creative differences do rise.

  • @MMPSTUDIOSTELEVISION yes I do realize...I'm married.

  • somebody actually knows montrose awesome

  • This is my favorite Van Halen Song of all time

    OU812 was my first record (33 yrs old here) and this the song I always turn on when I need that extra boost of confidence.

  • The one thing I hate about this stupid debate is due to the insults that are thrown Sammy's way due to people loving DLR. I love VH with DLR also as that's what I listened to in college.

    Sammy is a great frontman in his own right though as many here are too young to remember Montrose, but I saw Montrose several times in person and they were great! Sammy was great back then singing "Rock Candy" and "Rock the Nation".

    Anyone who never saw Sammy's Cabo Wabo tour missed a great show!

  • Also Sammy is a great guy as I met him at his club in Cabo San Lucas as he will sit and drink with you as he's very down to earth. There is a reason why DLR is the only member without the last name Van Halen in the band today.

    Eddie is a great guitarist, but he became an alcoholic asshole too. Michael Anthony is with Sammy now for a reason and he's become best friends with Sammy.

  • @FloraBama TRUE STORY: at a 1992 concert in Omaha, my brother threw a wrist bracelet onstage at Sammy's feet honoring the MIA Vietnam Vets. Sammy picked it up, looked at it and put it on his wrist. And he didn't take it off! When the concert ended, it was still on his wrist!!! Have all the Roth era albums and luv 'em!!! But the Sammy era will always be my personal favorite. My only gripe about the current tour is that I wish it included Mike on bass.

  • @riolobo67

    Cool story! Thanks for sharing. I have just always loved Sammy's style and presence as he comes off as very cool and down to earth and when you meet him he is just that. I loved his cabo Wabo tour as it was just too cool. Between most songs he would take a moment and chat with someone in the crowd or the whole crowd while a beautiful sexy young lady would walk out in a tiny bikini bringing him another drink.

    Sammy has always had a great stage presence.

  • @FloraBama Chickenfoot is coming to Tampa and tickets go on sale tomorrow! I cannot wait to see him and Micahel in their new group. :) The great Joe Satriani and the Red Hot Chili Pepper's drummer Chad Smith in the group with them. :)

  • this was one of van halen's songs that i didn't listen to often in school but loved it at when i got older.

  • David lee roth is the voice of van halen even thoe i love hagar this isent van halen its sammy hagar with van halen because this sounds like his solo music

  • The stunning background singing of Michael Anthony is such an integral part of the MUCH-LOVED, classic VH sound!!! Some say he is just an average bass-player, but they are missing the point. It was his vocal participation in VH that made him special and unique. Back in '88, Sammy was still skinny and Eddie hadn't been ravaged by alcoholism yet. Awesome song and video.

  • Muy buen tema

  • It stays in the back of my mind,like a wake up call,got my guitar within

    reach,and eeeehh,yeah.

  • WTF I thought it said Van Halen at the top. What is this shit!

  • 5:20 - 5.36: Love Alex's job. Cymbals (Ride, Crashes) sound exquisite. I am a drummer and these seconds have influenced my way of playing. Long live ALEX VAN HALEN. 

  • I'm listening to it now, I've been listening it for many years, and I' ll listen to in 2013, 2014 and so on ! This is beautiful, when music is written by genius and talented people IT LASTS FOREVER

  • Wen they were with Sammy they rocked now they suck

  • Now this is MY Van Halen. I'm Sammy guy all the way. Even though it's really not fare to compare the two. As far as I'm concerned VH with David Lee Roth was a kick ass party band and with Sammy they became more serious musicians. Two totally different bands.........................­....................Ok now they're just sad though.

  • \m/

  • this song among others used to inspire me to do 140 mph on my bike

    on the freeway

  • this is one of the songs that made me fall in love with love growing up

    Oh god 4:04 just starts my heart to swoon for that magical moment when...it's love

  • 80 people are with Al_Qaeda

  • ohhh!!! Eddie, all my love for U :)

  • 4ever van halen.,.. This guitar is fuking awesome

  • eddie's guitar work on this was magnificent

  • Best Van Halen video ever!

  • @DBros402 HAVE YOU CONSIDERED TAKING SOME MEDS FOR THAT FRACTURED MIND OF YOURS?

    THAT IS THE KIND OF CHILDISH BULLSHIT ONLY LOSERS DO, FOR WHICH IS ALSO SEEN IN E-MAIL JUNK.

    HERE IS A MUCH MORE REALISTIC PHILOSOPHY, FOR WHICH ONLY WEAK MINDED PEOPLE (LIKE YOU) WILL "FAIL" TO APPLY IN YOUR DREAM LIKE EXSITSTENCE.

    TRUE LEADERS, NOT FOLLOWERS KNOW THIS:

    "IT IS UP TO YOU TO TO PULL YOURSELF OUT OF THE GUTTER OF DISPAIR, NOT RELYING ON OTHERS TO HELP YOU OUT WHICH YOU CREATED".

  • @MrSilicon605 I HAVE HAD MY FILL OF IDIOTS ON THE NET WHOM WRITE :SCARY", OBVIOUSLY STILL CHILDREN WHOM ARE STILL UNDER THEIR PARENTS ROOF, HAVE THEIR MEALS MADE FOR THEM LUANDRY DONE 4 THEM.

    THE INTERNET IS A FANTASTIC PLACE TO EXPRESS ONESELF, UNFORTUNATELY, THE NET ALSO ATTRACTS/ALLOWS , AT TIMES, "STUPIDITY TO REIGN SUPPREME ON SITES SUCH AS THIS ONE".

    RICHARD DAWKINS, CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS, JORDAN MAXWELL AND STEPHEN FRYE, ARE SOME PEOPLE WORTH TUNING INTO, FOR GROWTH

  • @MrSilicon605 OF YOUR FEABLE , DUMBED DOWN MINDS FOR WHICH APPLIES EQUALLY TO FEMALES OUT THERE AS WELL.

    OH, DON'T THANK ME CHILD, FOR IT IS INDEED MY PLEASURE TO ENLGHTEN YOUR WARPED AND TERRIBLE WASTED MIND.

    A VOICE FOR MEN, THE HAPPYMYSOGINIST OR MANWOMANMYTH ARE PLACES FOR THE YOUNG INEXPERIENCED MALES TO VISIT AND LEARN ABOUT THEMSELVES AND THE CONVALUTED FEMALES OUT THERE.

    INBOX REPLIES NOT, JUST ACCEPT IT CHILDREN.

  • last time i saw em was at the Texas Jam around 87 or 88, this sure brings back some good memories! =P

  • glad this is over. i wonder if sammy returned that suit to bea arthur after this video was over?

  • favorite song by them!

  • Eddy gets a rush 2:56

  • This is so whack glad Van Halen finally got Diamond Dave back and became Van Halen and left Van Hagar! A Different Kind of Truth kicks ass! Better than this Bon Jovi crap

  • @BIGROB80 I agree to a point but you cant deny this is a well written song it sounds great.

  • ThE FrEAKinG BBBBBBBBBBBBBbbbbbbbbbest song.. of VH........

  • this song is ass

  • This is a great song.. the problem with it is that it doesn't sound like Van Halen. It sounds more like Foreigner or Journey or something. Van Halen with Roth were a raw, hard hitting hard rock band with a really tight groove. Van Hagar had a really polished, mainstream kinda sound. That, and Sammy is so.. goofy. DLR was the shit back in the late 70s/80s. He'd fuck your girlfriend, and you wouldn't care. Sammy just seems like a bit of a bellend. Having said that, I still love both eras.

  • @stonerh haha... true

  • gran pezzo della madonna!!!!

  • rock and roll inspired me .. just wansnt good at guitar and shit .. let me know what u think of my music though

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  • This sound like classic black sabbath.awesome

  • shut the f* up all of you! just watch the f* video!!

  • if the americans be hitted they think that have persona ?

  • I hate this Sammy vs DLR crap! Honestly I am a huge Sammy fan as I love his style, but I also liked DLR. Personally I liked VH better with Sammy. Eddie is great, but also an alcoholic jerk too. That's why Sammy left and Michael Anthony went with him as Sammy is a great guy. If you never went to a show on Sammy's Cabo Wabo tour you missed a great show. I still like VH though. I have loved Sammy since his Montrose days!

  • @FloraBama i think you have to look at the musical style of both Vocalists, when Sammy was there, the music was far more melodic with a softer edge, where as when Dave was there, it was far more raw, Listen to VH1, when Eddie does a solo, he doesn't even do a backing for the solo, just from Rhythm to lead in one swoop, One band, two eras, two types of music, both done well, now who else could pull that off so well?

  • @FloraBama

    Sammy is good but DLR is way better

  • @tylermorin1000

    Well like they say the proof is in the pudding. They never ever had a No. 1 LP with DLR, but almost every LP with Sammy went to No. 1 and they had twice as many No. 1 hits with Sammy.

    Also DLR has never done a damn thing without Van Halen, huh? Sammy has had great success as a solo artist and with Montrose in the early years. Sammy is also a very successful businessman with his Cabo Wabo merchandise.

    What have you ever heard DLR do outside of Van Halen?

  • @FloraBama

    hey dont forget about DLR solo stuff that had some great success back in the day. California Girls, Yankee Rose, so many others Goin Crazy i dont know much about his solo stuff but some of its really good im only 13 im not that big of a Hagar fan and ur right Hagar did have alot of no. 1 hits back in the day but same for DLR had a lot of no. 1 hits when he was in VH lets just put it this way DLR and SH are both eqaul its hard to say whos better

  • @FloraBama They sold more records with Roth! Both The first album and 1984 sold over 10 million each.

  • @ccdeweese ***True, but don't forget to mention that VH released SIX studio albums with Roth (I'm not including ADKOT - which just came out) and VH released FOUR albums with Hagar, so the extra 2 albums helps push up the Roth numbers. But yes, "VAN HALEN I" and "1984" are the 2 biggest selling VH albums of all time.

  • @riolobo67

    I have always hated the debate, because I like both DLR and Hagar. I would LOVE to see a tour with Van Halen with DLR and Sammy and Michaels new band Chickenhawk on the same bill. All 4 studio albums during the Hagar era went to No. 1! They had 17 songs during the Hagar era that went to No. 1 on the billboard charts.

  • @FloraBama It's "Chickenfoot", not "Chickenhawk".

  • @friskygoat LOL! :) You're right and I know that. Do not know why I typed Chickenhawk??? Brain cramp!

  • @tylermorin1000 ***All 4 studio albums VH albums w/ Hagar went to NUMBER ONE. 5150 was NUMBER ONE 4 weeks in a row. The 1984 album w/ Roth was at #2 for a long time, but couldn't break thru to #1 becuz of Jackson's "Thriller." So if 1984 hadn't been competing with the biggest selling album of all time, 1984 DEFINETELY would have went to #1. That would have given VH 5 straight NUMBER ONE albums.

  • To bad vans will not have this song on VH's new tour?

  • thumbs up if you're listening to this on valentines day 2012 :) \m/ rock on

  • I don't give a fuck what anyone says,van halen was the best with sammy,so they did a ballad,who cares? the song was great!..for anyone who thinks they went soft during this time,listen to "source of infection" which is also off the same album:"OU812"..roth would have had a heart attack trying to sing that song...

  • I must confess one thing i been a fan fan of van halen, since fair warning came out in 1981,and to me the one and only frontman of van halen is David Lee Roth,and the music he made with van halen during his period with the band.I never liked the music sammy hagar made with van halen,to me the real van halen is when Diamond Dave is the frontman.And the music he has made with van halen and hopefully will make more music with van halen.

  • @MrRainbowsurfer @ you are right about your comment, i love van halen, they are much better when david takes the vocals, that y im downloading their new albums.

  • @bestgold888 Thank you. Its best when david lee roth is fronting van halen.I Never liked it when sammy hagar was fronting the band.I got all of van halen´s album´s but i never listen to the ones with sammy hagar,simply because i dont like the music its to poppy for me.Btw the new album rocks big time.

  • heu..

  • Personally, i love this romantic touch that Sammy brought with him to Van Halen. They needed it after several years of "lunatic style". Love to Van Halen, the greatest band in the world! <3

  • @TiipX heck yeah, its what you get when you mix van halen with the genius who crafted "eagles fly"

  • Sammy fuckin' rules. Diamond Dave???? Who???

  • Sammy Is fucking awesome.

  • God, Sammy is the worst.... even when I try to give him a chance, his voice is so grating to me...

  • I like Sammy.but Van Halen just isn;t van Halen without David .Even though van Hagar sold millions of 5151 which means lunatic loose on the police scene but also is their music studio 5151

  • agree

  • the greatest van halen song ever!

  • I just love this song and this band.

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  • fucking Good

  • Roth is good, but, Sammy Hagar is BETTER!!! Just sayin.

  • @0utlaw13 i would like roth if he wasnt so full of himself

  • Van Hagar please. DLR blows.

  • this was VH's PINNACLE !!!!!!!!!

  • one word: GOOSEBUMPS!

  • Awesome shoulder pads.

  • All I have to say is,,, if a Van Halen could lead sing.... Roth would be out of the band the next day...just sayin

  • os melhores!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wonderful

  • haha plays first note in solo, fixes hair, keeps playing

  • Jest pierdolnięcie.

  • Fucking awesome..Hagar is magnifique....

  • Imo this was the best music Era

  • THANK GOD THIS ERA IS OVER.

  • @gdwme whatever douche

  • тащюсь от этой песни ))

  • Great tune,but how come all VH singers need to do acrobatics while singing?Gary nearly killed himself in Sydney

  • I grew up N the dark side of metal, not having MTV as a teen!! So I always thought the bass player 4 Van Halen was "Van Halen!!" Lol Then on "That Metal Show" I heard that the bassist was "dissed" so if not 4 Sammy Hagar, I wouldn't recognize who is N the band unless the sound distinction of the guitar style. Some riffs from VH did reach the same octives as used by Randy Rhodes "Suicide solution" [OZZY/Randy Rhodes tribute version with guitar solo]

  • This is when VH was at their BEST !!!!! TOP OF THE WORLD !!!

  • I love watching performances and videos when Hagar was in the band. There's such chemistry between everyone! What the hell happened?

  • Van Halen What a band!

  • sammy was very kick ass in this song 100 thumbs up : ) great sound quality on this upload i have it hooked up to my slamming sound system. and the next people im gona have at my door are the police cuz im cranking the shit out of this song : )

  • Sammy is the best !

  • oh summer of 1988, please come back :(

  • Aaahhh.....The 1980's....bloody top decade for KickAss Music. If i could go back in time and re-live those days again. Today shit music can never compare.......I grew up in the 80's, the best era for music....period!

  • @TheMicdex hey i totally agree with you 1000% if i had a time machine i would go back in a heart beat.It is the best ERA hands down the awsome 80's and it is when MTV started and it is when they played real music videos compare to the shit that is on there now.The music of today sucks and no other era from now on will every beat the awsome 80's

  • van halen wrote better songs with sammy

  • @rushbum Amen brother!!!! could not agree with you more!

  • @MrVHWolf he was ok. not as good as roth tho

  • Complete crap.

    Hagar ruined this band.

    Thankfully he's gone for good...

  • @MrVHWolf Says the Sammy Hagar troll who bashes every video that has him in it. Why all the hate?  Did he steal your g/f or something?

  • Hair check. @ 2:54

  • 5:28 Illuminati symbolism

  • there was good songs and iffy songs wiv both DLR and sammy but i just listen for the heart felt and epic music that they all produced........ long live VH no matter wat happens.....

  • I saw VH with Sammy and he butchered Panama,..,shit made my ears hurt. OTOH, I don't think DLR could pull this song off on his best day. Depends on what you're trying to accomplish.

  • What onlyafterdarkness said. IMO Sammy is way better lyrically, vocally and professionally. He's about the music and is a natural entertainer. DLR is more of an entertainer and has good pipes. Dont get me wrong, I still like DLR and love the stuff he did with Van halen. But Sammy just fits more.

  • 74 people are just deaf ;)

  • love u theCatdumas

  • eddie van halen at the guitar??? that enough for good music!

  • I really miss all this gay music they wrote with Hagar.

    Best song to give a bj to right here!!

    I'm gay, my name is Danny.

  • well the real VH is not back. Not when you have Dumbo on the base. Bring back Mike. Then the real VH is back

  • @marxsbros1 I agree without Mike they're aweful...I'd also say Dave's time has come and gone. His antics or showmanship in 1978-1984 are also dated now, he ain't the same guy.

    When Sammy joined Van Halen they moved in a differant direction for the best. Van Halen got better.

    Mike is with Sam because Ed forced both of them out 2007. His uncontrollable abuse caused it and it also cost him a marriage,

    Ed is now marrying a staffer whom is half his age? he should talk to "Billy Joel".

  • just can't get enough of this song, especially the riff

  • TEMAS COMO ESTE LLEGAN EN MUY BUENOS RECUERDOS.AMEN

  • beautiful music !

  • Goddamn it, these guys fuckin rule! Hagar's voice is just godly...

  • This is one of my top 10 favorite van halen songs

  • Sammy Did a wonderful job with Van Halen. It could have been much worse look who Journey has now. So anyway why should there be a debate over Sammy and Van Halen. Together they made great music.

  • Only Van Hagar cd I bought. Too much keyboards for me.

  • Great song hard to believe they aren't still together. It made no sense they aren't but that's life. We all choose roads to go down and in Van Halen's case today, they are going backwards with DLR. Sammy was the best replacement after David's ego got the best of him, hands down a much better singer and song writer. The newest song Tattoo is a joke!

  • @JBL8863 i have to say you are right the "NEW ALUBUM" SUCKS!!!!!! sounds like it was writen by a fifteen year old kid. it really SUCKS

  • @littletootpilot and your comment is like written by a fifteen year old kid too

    its album god damn it, not a fucking alubum you typo bastard

  • @littletootpilot .......your a dumbass......what a name.......granted this is a GREAT SONG.............one of the best with HAGAR.....DAVE will always kick this shit........THE REAL VH is BACK......you have got to be kidding me, really, the new album sucks.............really, i mean seriously, really...........have you listened to the previews? Yo will probably be first in line for the new album come Feb 7th....KEEP LISTENING TO CHICKENSHIT & THE SCREECHING POODLE!!!!!

  • @augustblue72 Humm...5150, OU812, For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge, Balance...All great work done by Van Halen...

    Say what you want about Sammy Haggar but truth is Van Halen sounded better with him after Dave's departure.

    No doubt early Van Halen rocked but that was over 30 years ago and DLR antics back then aren't going to hide his lack of tallent today.

    Ed and ALex have made 2 VERY big mistakes, 1 is taking back DLR and 2 is having Wolfgang play in the band.

    Van Halen 2day is just Eddy.

  • MY LOVE LAST FOR  EVER!

  • @onlyafterdarkness marry me?