Van Halen "Last Night" Unreleased

[mherring27]

Hang Em High...a ZILLION times better lyrics.

[CalamityinTexas]

Where were u last nite? I likey too! BU BU BU BU AAAHAA! VH4EVR!!

[jmmcdon25]

So cool! Thanks for sharing this!

[deteecher]

Me likey

[luvpants2012]

Hang'em High compliments the music much better.

[elblotto00]

its cool

always like hearing rough versions of songs

[vomitgovernment]

what about the KROQ Mammoth tapes.....Id love a CD of em......Jeff Gold on FB

[giuliopoli69]

Uguale a Hang'em High, cambia solo la melodia, ma la parte da chitarra sembra uguale

[lobsterman46]

Yep, that's the hang em high intro off diver down all right. they did publish the better of the two

[designcrazyable]

I LOVE Van Halen no matter what!

[deathontwolegs1961]

Whatever the song may have come from,they should've copied this song instead of Down In Flames and released it...

[TheHeetmizer]

@deathontwolegs1961 they already did with this & Hang em high! Can't get away with doing it twice. Looking forward to see how they're going to mess up "she's the woman" it wont get any better than that 76 demo version

[deathontwolegs1961]

@TheHeetmizer Right on,bro! \m/ Looking foward to Kool And The Gang ;D

[egos0108]

this must be the single for a different kind of truth...

[giuliopoli69]

@egos0108 yes

[egos0108]

this must be the single for a different kind of truth...

[MrVHWolf]

Even the worst VH versions kick the shit out of Chickenfoot"s best songs. Spammy only makes money off of tequila... sad.

[Duojett71]

Its the exact same music as 'Hang 'Em High'...lyrics are different as are parts of the

vocal melodies. Obviously this progressed into "Hang 'Em High' which is a much better

version. So I am not sure why some are wishing this was an official release. What made it

on to 'Diver Down' was much better.

[germanygibson]

Same riff as hang em high. But better

[littleOzzy100]

Sounds Diver Down Era!

[marimcge]

Very very cool!!!! Thank you for sharing this and keep em coming please!!

[modulation32]

will you idiots stop debating!!!!! this is better no that one is better!! ahh man your all missing the point, its van halen man! shut the eff up and enjoy!!

[fistchips]

Yep..Hang em High lyrics are better..

[jhop5150]

I love the VH attitude, they all look stoned out of their minds in every old picture

[theratfarmer]

al is king of RR drums. he's just amazing.

[Mr1979longhorn]

Alex is such a badass

[BeDrunken]

just think if sammy hagar had sang over it! ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh thank you god for dave and eddie

[Pat9201]

@BeDrunken wow...ppl are STILL bitching about hagar...lol

[BeDrunken]

i like it. the hang em high lyrics are the ones though

[charvelguy]

Ed is all over with the vibrato bar on this.. very cool to hear this with its raw energy, emotion and skill.

[Yeseniaschick]

Me too. I prefer Hang Em High!

[ADoseofReality1]

music rocks, singing and lyrics blow. This is from a Roth preferred fan.

[JgHaverty]

Oh man this sounds wild with the phaser pedal on it like that!

[melk1971]

This is pure magic. This is good shit!!!!!!

[PowerMetalEuphonist]

I like this more than Hang em' High. I don't know why, but I find the verses in Hang Em' High annoying. Don't question this.

[bornbrit777]

I have early Van Halen bar performances as well. The sound quality isnt that good but either respond or thumbs up if you'd be interested in hearing them

[JgHaverty]

@bornbrit777 Hey where'd you get all these!! Thanks for uploading them!!!

[guitarcatt]

oh my god, it's the riff from "the full bug" cool song different for V.H. should of made it on an album???

[adlakhz]

good song



[bbutters2]

This is great!

[toadman842]

The music was realeased. It's the song "Hang 'em high" off the Diver Down album. I kindalike this better though....

[kingromanticrebel]

This sounds like a tune that didn't make it on their debut! Very early Van Halen...

[chillichomper]

I wonder if eddie wrote the final lyrics to this song as well 'cause these last night lyrics suck

[FORDCOUNTRY7885]

@chillichomper

Eddie never wrote the lyrics to anything (with the possible exception of that horrible song that he sang on VDIII, but I'm trying to forget all about that)

[YoBroMan]

This is one of the songs on the 1977 demos for Warner Bros. Obviously it became Hang'Em High on Diver Down. One of my favorites from these demos is "Voodoo Queen", which became Mean Street.

Yo!

[nomoreuserid]

I have this on a CD full of VH unreleased and demo stuff. The CD is a bootleg called "That's All Folks!" and was passed along to me third-hand from a guy I know. The CD has a live version of Michael Jackson's Beat it with Eddie doing the solo and a late-70's version of Stevie Wonder's Superstition done by Diamond Dave and the guys. Pretty cool find.

[funhistory]

Where in the world do people get these recordings?!?!

[haywood16]

@funhistory looney tunes cd

[peter1493]

i love this song. hang em high is good but this has a better chorus

[bbutters2]

this is just pure badass rock n roll, no ifs and or buts, so hard!

[MeYouView]

an early version of hang 'em high (a clint eastwood inspritaion i've read!) it's just different lyrically. van halen smokes on their released recordings and unreleased recordings. great band (all eras)!

[VaiJedi]

LOVE IT! Where were you last niiiiiiight!!!?

[phillyphil690]

Yeah, I think I like Hang 'em high better too.

[saugusg16]

great vocals with dave and mike...the signature vh sound

[liquidtenor]

HANG 'EM HIGH, DUDE! AWESOME!!

[chris1969kw]

Hang 'em High is one of my favorite VH tunes and has my favorite Ed solo in it. It's cool to hear the embryo of this tune. Glad they worked it up into Hang 'em High.

[Sennanchie]

Again... Eddie putting this cool riff to "Hang em' High". His strength (and the bands) knew when to ditch a not so great tune, but take the great riffs out of them and put em to good use in another!

[Mrpretpakket]

Thank you for posting this one!

It's funny how things work. I used to write lyrics for a band. I always had at least two versions, mostly three. And, well, always one made it, of course, leaving me with stuff I that was never used or things I could canabalize for something else.

Awesome. Thanks again,

[stratoram01]

hang em high

[luey1222]

i see why they didnt release it

[stjames888]

good start to a song but as Hang em high, its great; but a good start to a song... good things take time.. house of pain took 8 years to make it to a record

[jr240891]

this is a demo verison i think

[Grizzlytree]

pretty stock for the day it was made. all sounds good though VAN HALEN

[Gibsonwilshire]

sounds familiar----romeo delight

[screwdriver3657]

@Gibsonwilshire not romeo delight, but hang em high

[Gibsonwilshire]

@screwdriver3657 yeah, i forgot

[bBpro10]

Hang em high is a lot better

[burtamax1]

9,999,999,999,999 X 9,999,999,999 Stars

[DmakAttack]

This version sux

[philofthefuture]

I prefer Hang 'Em High

[bongnbud]

who cares what tune turned out better, this recording is to die for! everybody listening should be thankful....

[Patrick53655]

hang em high was done on a recording studio that why its better and this sounds like its live

[MusiciansQuarters]

thats the freekin Tone right there!!!

[lchans]

Hang em high turned out much better than this!