Van Halen - Fair Warning - Mean Street

[Jamcad01]

"Lord strike all those shitty screamo bands down..."

[fundamentalification]

a bought this album also 30 years ago, and still kicks your nuts..

[JourneyRocks81]

one word  "BEAST"

[daggertoungeomega]

you guys sometimes rely on the element of surprise shcok and awe things of that nature, im giving a fair warning clear all my paths you got ten minutes stun mortars will hit each and every eye that in my path when you wake up you wont know where you at and why you were posted there for opportunist your energy will consume you it will reflect your true self and paralize you here is the countdown.

[KNIGHTx17]

was this in the tron movie??? i think it was long live van Valen!! :)

[Hunkola]

This song is about the dark underbelly of America ---- feel the rage!

[fttp211]

this is the song that would tax even those monster receivers of the day.

[Todzilla45]

This is Mean Street,talkin some new kicks,ones like you aint never seen.(I can relate to that)

[Melodycat918]

bruta ut still i stilll cant compete with rhoads has to offfer\

[celticsarebest]

I remember buying this album 30 years ago

[PoollShark]

6 people deserve no warning at all

[vf74tomcat]

Best song they EVER did, IMHO!!! Loved it the minute I first heard it way back in the early 80's. (81 or 82 ? shortly after high school) Dirty Movies is also great work on an underappreciated album from this GREAT band!!

[Turtle152]

As if all of Eddie's other accomplishments aren't enough, he's good at rhythm guitar too.

[XxANDY2047Xx]

@Turtle152 Back when VH was with Sammy, Eddie was a great rhythm guitarist as well as keyboard

[1966LookOut]

@XxANDY2047Xx  Sammy doesn't exist. FU

[cortchubbby]

used to listen to this right before we did gang and drug raids in the projects in chicago.

ROCKS !!!!!!!!!

[floron1963]

This song and Unchained are the best on the album.

[writer710]

Yeah! Blast it! This song kicks ass! Dance baby!

[writer710]

Yeah! Blast it! This song kicks ass!

[etrou4]

I never should have lended this album

[GottaLoveEddie]

♥.!!..

[louderthanlove]

Fuking sick ass song! nuff said

[rasantius]

My fav VH record, it's the darkest of them all.

[rasantius]

This intro made me want to play the guitar.

[PromoterRalph]

...somebody said fair warning... More warning than most will ever get in a rough and tumble situation.

[B2B76]

Nearly broke my boom box back in the mid 80's, I cranked this shit all summer long, drove my parents nuts

[bluematter]

Can't possibly explain the shit that went down in the basement. But this was part of the thing and we had beer and dope and girls and it was....ALL GOOD :)

[krl8814]

4 people still have chains on!!

[tvpolice]

Smokin doobies on a Friday night in the alley full of broken Nip bottles with this tape BLASTING out of Panasonics largest BOOM box n kickin Ass

Turn et up

[Hunkola]

My older brother bought this cassette for me when I turned 12 ---- I cried because I didnt realize music could sound this good

[Jamcad01]

Lord Strike Justin Bieber Down!!!!!

[dmartinez069]

van halen with david lee was the best...thats it!

[jawzmuzik]

im so glad music was cool at one time.

[smarkwill2112]

Ed has the awesome brown sound and last night I had brown pants after too many beers and a curry

[nonplayerzealot4]

@smarkwill2112 If you call it "the brown streak", it makes it sound cooler.

[rd80schild]

@smarkwill2112 LOL... That made me laugh. Funny S**t !!!

[smarkwill2112]

Bloody amazing - turn it way up. Raw and awesome!

[jrivera64]

Very powerful VH song. I had this album in 1981 when I was in high school and 3 years later this song still rocks.

[couch63]

ahh... the brown sound

[rd80schild]

This song kicks ass in all directions.

[66MrDonnie]

I honestly feel this was their greatest album.So fucking heavy..........

[3gdosrsfs]

Dislike? Someone is miserable. Please get a life and realize your favorite song sucks!

So does your favorite video game and anything else you must like.

Just kidding but really....how do you not like this song?

[topcat193]

to be a true van halen fan is to look through the looking glass then walk through

to the other side and become van halen...

[troyrod]

@topcat193 the best times of ma life cuttin thru state lines to see theses dudez

[MultiWebweaver]

Looks alot like Rudy, Jonathan Hernandez, and Koby assaulting me.

[himycatisdead]

You must listen to this at a loud volume to get it. Heavy duty express music!

[bigblackdaddyblue]

"LORD, STIKE THAT POOR BOY DOWN!!!!" loved that part.

[ronaldvanderkleij]

Becayuse they come from The Neterlands. Not only cheese or drugs.t

[barrjail]

when i was incarcerated i used to kill this shyt on my radio. shit is amped as fuck!!

[PhilGarner666]

This is Van Halen at their best. Tight rythem, wailing but controlled guitar, great singer. Sooo tight. 'turns you from hunted into hunter" they knew what was up.

[MrDERRISSONISRAEL]

fair warning and 84 EPIC

[soldatozac]

one of the best rock song ever totally underrated. guitar sound is warm and bright it fills the air never heard in other guitarist. the miracle of the great Eddie!!!

[KenBrainstorm]

Bullseye!

[1962drob]

VAN HALEN RULES!!!

I Saw Van Halen exactly 30 years ago today (6/20/1981) and they were touring for the "Fair Warning" album.

THEY KICKED SERIOUS ASS!!!

LONG LIVE VAN HALEN (HELL YEAH!!!)

[VanHalenArt]

@1962drob Ahem. Here we are in Panama, Runnin' With The Devil on Mean Street, while Jamie's Cryin' over her Little Guitars other than Eddie beasting Eruption and Micheal is wondering Where Have All The Good Times Gone? with Diamond Dave now-a-days, but only he can tell you to Take Your Whiskey Home because he doesn't wanna Hear About It Later, other than the fact that Everybody Wants Some of Alex's drum antics and wacky beats. All my favs right there.. And with only 6 more characters to go. 5150

[1962drob]

@VanHalenArt That was a cool reply man!!! Way to go!!!

[VanHalenArt]

@1962drob I take pride in my work :P

[IwanttoliveinParis]

Fair Warning

1984

Van Halen

Women and Children First

Diver Down

Van Halen II



[geertwildersful]

DUTCH PRIDE!!!

[1962drob]

VAN HALEN KICKS SERIOUS ASS!!! I USED TO PLAY VAN HALEN'S FIRST 4 CASSETTES CONSTANTLY!!!

I SAW VAN HALEN IN '81 WHEN THEY TOURED FOR "FAIR WARNING"!

[IwantmyMTVback]

A real Van Halen fan wouldn't care which singer it is...

[AbstractProgKingKirk]

@IwantmyMTVback thats true man

[jeffreygaudreault]

ATTENTION: Anybody that doesn't like Van Halen(Not Van Hagar) can go FUCK themselves!! HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!

[anthraxmikeydoolin]

@jeffreygaudreault <-- I'm with him.

[juhuhuhuhuh]

VAN HALEN FUCKING SUCKS...bunch of Fags

[cford1992]

@juhuhuhuhuh = cocksucker

[satchvanjohnson41]

@juhuhuhuhuh Too bad these "Fags" got more poon than you'll ever get in your life. So just give up and stick to cocks because you sir are the fag.

[anthraxmikeydoolin]

@juhuhuhuhuh If you live near Seattle Washington USA, name a time and place.

[SuperMegaUberGenius]

compare and contrast to rush's middletown dreams

express your royal wedding time machine 2011 tour

[StoneyMcJuicyBuds]

TURN THAT SHIT ALL THE WAY UP!

[1962drob]

@StoneyMcJuicyBuds HELL YEAH!!! CRANK THIS BAD BOY UP AS LOUD AS YOU CAN!!!!

[jczother]

@StoneyMcJuicyBuds The BEST all the way to 10 !!!!

[snap1920]

@StoneyMcJuicyBuds turn it up to 11.....

[MrDERRISSONISRAEL]

Van Halen : rock :: ME : everything else in life!!!

[jcmmissespxa]

Listen..  ;/

[FPSSherman]

i wish this is what people were still listen to this good classic rock the only modern artist i listen to rellay is Eminem who raps about life and most of his songs have a message

[Ironhen95]

Just share because this doesn't got any fucking views... :/

[Sahilontube]

Van Halen : Rock :: Tarantino : Movies

[zZzMotherShipzZz]

@Sahilontube Van Halen : Rock :: Clint Eastwood : Movies

[dar1toknow]

This is one of their best songs, go Eddie!!

[worldventuretravel]

Classic :)))

[worldventuretravel]

Classic :)))

[Maxx61]

There is no other song in their entire catalog that so clearly indicates what a pummeling guitar tone Eddie had back in those days. That intro power chord is a face melter.

[ma7799]

Welcome to Mean Street!

[xxxxx327]

saw them in 81 kicked ass from start to last encore, to think thealbums 1-3 were just a rough go in and record the band playin, no mixing just raw kick ass rock and fuckin roll........., class of 76

[66MrDonnie]

@xxxxx327 Class of '84 agree's!

[nonplayerzealot4]

The 1 dislike is Justin himself.

[ma7799]

This album was certified gold on July 7, 1981, the day I was born!!!

[actingcool7]

@ma7799 And my 16th birthday - which I have no recollection of for certain reasons!

[ma7799]

@pienskybynby

hell yeah!! So unlike all the overplayed crap!!!!

[ma7799]

The best and most underrated Van Halen song ever!!!!!

[smokinjoetinak]

where have all the good time's gone!!!

[MrRichiethebomb]

man this song diserves more than 67k views man if u go on gay justin biebers song it has 1m views and his songs suck this song needs at least 500k views =D

[GHeroandRScape]

@MrRichiethebomb tbh beaver probably has alot more but well yea van halen is awesome but lets keep it to the people who can appreciate it and understand this is probably the best/most influential guitarist on the planet ever.

[MrRichiethebomb]

man this song diserves more than 67k views

[unclwldo]

Fair warnin' ... 'gon hit 'dem ... ;^)

[kurtio1965]

I think DLR had it right back in the day when he said, "A Van Halen concert was like a party with 15000 of your closest friends."

[derekRTK]

best vh song.happy b/day,ed.

[stratopaulster]

This is Van Halen at the height of their powers. Nothing after this album came close.........................­...

[arising87]

I don't know why everyone says this is Van Halen's darkest and most depressing album. to me it's just got the most attitude! ;)

[sheetmetaldept10]

When people come here to dislike this song, they should get hit in the face by their computer screen. I don't go to their living room and piss on their carpet because i dont like the color.

[drubedo]

fuckin a bubba

[gaddylh]

@sheetmetaldept10 Dislike? I bet the one dislike was from Sammy Hagar. Hahaha

[TheSamus032]

@gaddylh prolly not prolly eddie 

[thewheel246]

@gaddylh that was funny as h*ll.

[bassmanjoe]

I DISLIKE???? WTF..............

[Hunkola]

David Lee Roth = BADDEST ROCK GOD EVER

Sammy Hagar = SUCKED A LOT OF NIGGER DICKS

[Tedericoe]

@Hunkola lololol, i loled

[ma7799]

@Hunkola

That was funny! Thumbs up for that one!!

[nonplayerzealot4]

The 1 dislike lives on Nice Street.

[69Curtdog]

This is my favorite VH album ever.

[fluffydolly]

van halen ......in thier full powers 80's rock masters!!!!!

[MavGator1]

nothing like REAL Van Halen (fk that Hagar crap) ...let it rock!

[smackenurjunk]

good rock ended with Rage Against the Machines and System. the Butthole surfers had some good ones too

[Diamondguyrt]

If you have a serious sterio in your car or at home,put this in and crank it all the way up.Its just stunning,that first part tears me up....LOL

[jjp009]

This is my favorite Van Halen record...not sure why. I think because it seems to be their darkest and most pessimistic music they had ever written. Real depressing stuff. I love it...so real!

[yaksuit]

the dislike button should be disabled for some uploads !

[Endisnigh666]

First ganster rap ever!

[strangersound]

@Endisnigh666 Uh...James Brown? ;)

[1lemurian]

Dark Art, pretty powerful.

[strangersound]

@1lemurian It was years before I looked at it (noticed it) that way. ;)

[toltec19]

whoa.....fair warning!!!

[getaire]

eddie van halen is more that the next 9 players put together.....he is ,by far , the greatest guitar player that has ever lived...from Robert Johnson, +Hendrix+Rhoades+Clapton+Schei­ncker(sp)+envie+blah blah.....

[trex250]

The first 30 seconds are the sounds of creation.

[MrDjh66]

O yea life was great 73 z28 van halen hot girlfriend and a joint no worries

[theratfarmer]

i remember smoking weed during this time. shorted out a power line of 13,600V by tosing a chain four feet long into the air and waiting for it to cross phase. then the power company shows up. i did a lot of shit when i was a kid.

[p0rkjell0]

All hail the old school... Yeah, they bent notes to hell back then....

[Evoken13]

fave VH song

[td7474]

One of the best guitar riffs of all time...period!

[strangersound]

What's the difference between rock then and rock now? A sense of humor. Rock today just takes itself too seriously. Where's the fun? That's the main thing I see missing in rock today. And if it ain't fun, what's the point? All this self loathing thing that took over would be fine if contained to a small segment of the genre, not the whole bandwagon. Lighten up, people. It's rock and roll. It's supposed to be fun.

Sex, drugs, and rock and roll. Not self loathing. ;)

[ozzyhead73]

@strangersound i coudnt agree more!!! we need music like this again!!!!!

[Drumboy5165]

@strangersound Nice!! Used to be able to go to any bar and just have a good party time...not anymore.

[SneakerPages]

@strangersound Spot on!

[strangersound]

@SneakerPages I keep getting comments on this one. I'm honored to be the highest rated comment on Van Halen's Mean Street. I love YouTube! People are using the tube to get educated on the quality jams. I love the internet! :)

P.S. This song still rocks me as hard as it did the first time I heard it. A classic in any genre. Thanks for comment, it means a lot! Off to the rock it since you lead me back here. :)

[vicesgotme]

@strangersound

could not have said it better. Bravo stranger..

[363Magi]

@strangersound Don't forget attitude. That's a huge piece of the puzzle also. If not the biggest..

[strangersound]

@363Magi Good point. :)

[sonykroket]

@strangersound

Dude, thats my line......

[sjdss]

@strangersound agreed!

[juhuhuhuhuh]

@strangersound = ASSHOLE

[MOSKII58]

@strangersound good point, also has to do w/ the suits & too much control that they exercise, they create the bands around the singer, instead of letting bands form and create w/ its own chemistry...

[mtrman64]

nobody i knew could figure these riffs out, man i wasted alot of time trying, but thats what was great about edward.

[alexmortland]

Roth-era VH made all the other hair-metal partyshreddin' knockoff bands irrelevant from the word go. Those 6 LPS represent the absolute peak of this style of music. Nowhere to go but down. Not VH's fault. Now, "OU812"...... THAT was VH's fault. Fuck them for that. Especially Sammy.

[tittyj2020]

@alexmortland Couldn't agree more...How there is even a discussion between Dave and Sammy? OU812 sucks dick

[wizzzeeee]

Clarification on wizzzeeee (1 week ago): Because the jerk ripped wizzz off for her band, now he's got himself a rehearsal space and is practising 'is meter again. . . but if you call 'im a faggot because of 'is long hair he'll still shove his fist thru another wall because he doesn't really understand gays, nor will he ever! wizzz loves those who love Dave, and doesn't sing Zep anymore because of the so called illuminati stealing the Zep and putting up another Zep band with a girl HMMM

[DlABL0GlCAL]

this one and "take your whiskey home" are all i need to get in the mood

[wizzzeeee]

wizzzeeeee sang this song in her cover band in the 80's. . . .and then some jerk came along and after being on the A circuit, wizzzeeeee was ripped off for her band so the asshole could put together a Zep cover band with the drummer in the lead. He's now apparently lost 'is meter and probably from shoving his fist thru too many walls when the fans called 'im a faggot. Wizzzeeeee doesn't call anyone a faggot unless they're full of hatred for Dave!!

[Grizzlism]

@wizzzeeee

No.

[LesCrapio]

sped up?

[JeverHuelse]

I don't know, which album i found the best. I like this, the 1st and the 3rd most!

They are all different, but great!

The only VH Album i don't like is the 4th.

[edmundroessler]

@JeverHuelse this is the 4th...you probably mean diver down that is the 5th one it was good but not like this....this album is total ass kicking rock.... albums 1 through 4 van halen can compete with anybody ever to lace them up and i mean anybody!

[JeverHuelse]

@edmundroessler

Yes, you're right, DiverDown was the 5th.

It's long time ago ;o)

[bluespig1]

the dickhead who hates acdc angus young obviously doesnt like any guitar rock because players like angus eddie dime and stevie ray are what rock n roll is all about. what are you, a fucking moron or do you just hate yourself. acdc made more original riffs than nearly any rock band. van halen included. any guitar player will site angus and malcom up there with the very best.

[bbutters2]

Some idiots on this board think 1984 is a bad album, it isnt their best but it most def. is bad or crap as one metal purist on this board said it was, I hate metal purists, you suck ass.

Halen rules!

P.S. So what if they experimented with the keyboard I am not a hude fan of the song Jump, still dont think its a bad song, but I'll wait is a killer repeat killer fucking tune....so fucking heavy.

Ill Wait is a top 5 fav of mine from Van Halen.

[edvhou812]

@bbutters2 Agreed. Most metal purists are a bunch of tight-asses that will only accept songs that are in E-minor, and consists of tons of power-chords and trem picking. No wonder most of them can't get laid; they are fucking boring.

[strangersound]

@bbutters2 Top Jimmy, Girl Gone Bad...classics on 1984. :)

[bonscottrules]

Only 40K views....that's fucked up!

[Isjix]

@bonscottrules 7 Billion views more like it.

[bzurvalec]

Ahhhh....REAL rock music.

[MCamus1]

The first side of this album is the most technically advanced of the VH - DLR era in my opinion!

[1Wanu1]

See a gun is real easy, in desperate part of town, turns you from hunted into hunter, you go and hunt somebody down, someboy sais, Fair Warning, Lord, Lord, STRIKE THAT POOR BOY DOWN.

[uutooyu]

@1Wanu1 kind of reflects la then and now. guns gangs and shit. mean streets. all streets now.

[79redangus]

Van Halen @ their peak.

[scarabY2k]

@79redangus Agreed! VH reached the top of their excellence with the Fair Warning album. VH is all good, but reached the pinnacle with this album. Diver Down and 1984 was too commercial for me, but still good stuff.

[missionaryridge]

Underrated as far as hard rock albums, or Van Halen albums? As for me and all my 40+ year old friends "Fair Warning" was and always is THE best VH album.

[DeVoe123]

this song has the best bridge in all of fucking rock n roll, hands down.

[jreb61]

@DeVoe123 Eddie,known for tapping,does his best work in the intro;it's a song itself.The False harmonics are awesome too.As a whole it's totally unique.

[MeYouView]

it's weird. this is acually Van Halen's worst selling album with dave. yet years later it's become just as popluar as their other albums. eddie wanted to quit the band around this time (1981). thank god he did'nt. most of this ablum's songs are pure anger and you can hear that loud and clear!!

[jreb61]

@MeYouView This is my number 1 VH record,it's 100% pure whipass!