Van Halen - Diver Down - The Full Bug

[muppy1100]

omg... sorry Sammy... DLROTH IS VAN HALEN !!

[dmreeoogdaq]

Does anyone know who played harmonica on this song?

[StoneyMcJuicyBuds]

@dmreeoogdaq Diamond David Lee Roth

[StoneyMcJuicyBuds]

@dmreeoogdaq Diamond David Lee Roth

[StoneyMcJuicyBuds]

@dmreeoogdaq Diamond David Lee Roth

[jonathan401]

@dmreeoogdaq Probably Dave.

[guitarvirtuoso14762]

stay frosty reminds me of this song!!!

[bugietube]

...and a good example of Ed's brown sound in the break...

[bugietube]

One of their best and most underrated songs-love the way they take a 12-bar and throw the extra chord in there...Classic VH boogie-best of the best...

[TheMapleleafskickass]

The first cassette I bought was Diver Down. Give me a minute to find my boom box, put my jean jacket on, fire up the Trans Am and cruise main street. Those were the days.

[WhySoSerious1966]

@TheMapleleafskickass I'm with you all the way brother, up until the Trans Am....I'll fire up my Stang instead......lol..........But Screw all that noise, Diamond Dave is back.I feel 18 again.lol

[AetroyayorteA]

this was their weakest album with Roth, Eddie had some shining moments but I recall when this came out and the reviewers tore it to shreds, it's under a half hour long i think and too many cover tunes.

[Geekman333]

My six year old son LOVES this shit. He has two favourite albums. '1984' and 'Dark Side' by the Floyd. If you're into real music your kids will be too. All that corporate shit that's so popular these days is just what kids most easily find when they have to find msuic for themselves. This stuff lives on because we grew up with it and then we give it to our own kids. Rock On!

[StoneyMcJuicyBuds]

ED IS THE BEST OF THE BEST OF THE BEST! X INFINITY!

[sixfeetontop]

@dccounters That's awesome!  Teaching them young is a very good thing. Props to you:).

[Tedericoe]

Just love those pinch harmonics 

[lukemanify]

Dave got into this kinda stuff solo all over again

[dccounters]

I always loved this song. Me and my 2 year old niece rock out to this tune all the time.

[bythedog]

This song works best when you're jammin' down I-5 at a buck 20 in you're Ferrari 328 GTSI with you're top off!!!

[MetalMaskMilitia]

@bythedog How about a '70 Camaro :)

[AnjerHalen]

@bythedog WOW DUDE. CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING COOLER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[fhpr68]

@bythedog My 328 is in the shop, I guess I'll have to take my Mclaren F1 LM.

[bythedog]

@fhpr68 Now you're just braggin'! ;-}

[fhpr68]

@bythedog Not me...ouch!!...I just banged my knee on my Bugati Veyron SS.;-)

[mrbrianmccarthy]

@MrNormkeeperofkeys I'll have to remember that---great story man!

[kinmikey]

RIPPIN!



[Mrdianalynn]

Now, what is the best part of a man?

[chaote]

@64jazdude: that's is pretty freakin cool dude. I would've been all over that like "yo can u just run me a copy or two?".

Any hardcore VH fans know if they ever played this song ("The Full Bug") live?

[Sedivy33]

@chaote yeah they did my favorite preformance is the largo version 1982

[64jazdude]

I had the Diver Down tape before it was released to the public... My friends thought that was the coolest thing ever! Valerie Bertinelli's brother Pat was in my senior class and hooked me up! But we still had arguments over who was better... Eddie or Jimmy Page.. I was raised on Zeppelin!

[trinity1129]

@64jazdude In 2011, it doesn't matter. Big Ed's up there with Page, Clapton, Hendrix, and all the rest. He'll always be one of the greats.......peace+love2all...­........

[johncarter44]

One person is not a professional muff diver

[rd80schild]

@johncarter44  LOL!!!!!! Good one. That is clasSICK!!!!!!!!

[CottonEyeJenkins]

@johncarter44 nah one person is just a retard

[frekijsimpson]

Let us all thank VanHalen765..!!!!!!!!!!

[frekijsimpson]

VanHalen765 ROCKS..!!!!!!!!!

Much Love..!!!!

[scp101418]

VAN HALEN ISNT VAN HALEN W/ OUT DLR !!

[cford1992]

@scp101418 And Michael Anthony

[RAV52]

The brilliance and unmistakeable MAGIC that is VAN HALEN is on full display in this classic track... Fuck Hagar and his Tequila too... DAVE TO THE GRAVE, BABY!! OWWWWW!!!

[hummarstra]

I don't have words for how incredible this track is. It also really sums up the truth about Roth: He was a blues singer at his roots. This is something so many people do not understand. What he did here Hagar, Rob Halford, Bruce Dickenson, nor Elvis himself could do: channel the authentic gritty soul of the Mississippi Delta blues singers. Just awesome!

[AnjerHalen]

@hummarstra So right fucker. No words can describe this tune. I get chills.

[Mrdianalynn]

the best part of eddie are his magic fingers on a pick or guitar.

[webdoc]

I have to say that Diver Down and Fair Warning are probably my favorite VH albums

[clubhouseme]

When Dave left VH it was fashionable to slag Dave off, and now Sammy's gone it's the other way around.True Van Halen fans love both Sammy and Dave, so get lost poseurs.

[StuffedGames]

This song has a strong resemblance to "Man on a Mission", from the F.U.C.K. album.

[cford1992]

@StuffedGames Except this is BETTER than that suck ass Sammy Hagar crap

[nashvillegirl]

These mother fuckers could swing! Dave's channeling some Howlin Wolf.

[StoneyMcJuicyBuds]

Diamond Dave is the fucking man!

[Satchmoeddie]

Wow man I just remembered if Paul Castro who worked at Beatitudes is out there I still have you Diver Down album. Its been a while, but its still in good shape man.

Seth! P>S> I bet Diane is big as a house by now, but she sho was fine back in 84! DAMN Fine! I am still playin bro, and have a bright pink USA BC Rich coming in the mail. It was cheap at $345. New ones are $2300. Its got the USA Floyd too, & I still have the Kahler NAMMM Les Paul. You can bury me with that and my Supro.

[cford1992]

1 person has never given a female the best part of a man, and if it was a female that disliked this, they have never felt the best part of a man

[tvum29]

all i want to give u woman is the best part of a man!!!!!!

[TheMelonPiranha]

Fuck. yes.

[blueblade455]

This song goes great while doing the run on the bridge in the last chapter of the Parish for Left 4 Dead 2!

VAN HALEN: THE GREATEST AMERICAN ROCK BAND OF ALL TIME!

[madmos69]

VH baby!!!!

[AUBREYGAMMON]

This song is great! as are all of their songs! I have been a fan for over 20 years! The music never gets old!

Van Halen 4ever

Carmen Gammon

[AUBREYGAMMON]

This song is great! So are a lot of Van Halen songs! I have been a fan for over 20 years! Carmen Gammon

[Soxpert]

I have always felt that Women and Children First, Fair Warning, and then the originals off of Diver Down is just an incredible period of musical output.

They were firing on all cylinders creatively, old enough to have really found their groove but young enough to still have the fire.

The Full Bug, Secrets, Little Guitars, and Cathedral, good stuff.

[ckr1231]

@Soxpert Ah, Yeah !!!

EVH is GOD

[MyDirtyrat]

this album, the way it was recorded, reminds me of what the White Stripes sound like- see it all comes back around

[tothatextent]

Dave is a really good harmonica player! He plays a ripping solo on this one!

[AnnihilatingAngel]

A scorching little solo there inspired by Edward's hero Allan Holdsworth.

All the no-talent cunt "musicians" out there today need beg the public for forgiveness, then flush themselves down the shitter.....

[mastart85]

EDDIE FUCKING RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Louinsyr]

Awesome Van halen... Sounds so good every time I hear it.. Just like Zepplin... Every time it reminds me of how lucky I am to live in this era!!!

[stucat06]

@ MOBRUL3S666 You sir,hit the nail on the head!! Growing up we always stated,Not a party,until VH is on the Stereo.

[termsofusepolice]

"It was the cover of Van Halen's Diver Down. The whole color scheme thing came as a direct result of the graphic on that record." - Jack White, talking about the origins of his band, The White Stripes.

[pabloramirez716]

@termsofusepolice Dude, the DIVER DOWN cover is the symbol of the International Dive Association !!!!!

[termsofusepolice]

@pabloramirez716 It was a joke, bro.

[MOBRUL3S666]

Probably, arguably the greates Van Halen 'party' album they ever made. Despite all the covers, the playing is awesome, and the originals stand up with any other Van Halen album, in my opinion. Always was and will continue to be my guilty pleasure, when I'm in the mood for that unmistakable 80's rock vibe... nobody did it like DLR era Van Fucking Halen...

[pmoo37]

damn i wish my record player still worked!!

[phlip5150]

Not too many people know this but this intro was played by DLR.

[Exilemainstreet]

This is the ultimate underrated VH song.

[killuminati63]

the best part of a man (8) !!

[killuminati63]

excuse me while i have an orgasm lol

[188metalhead881]

good ol' blues.

[Tacomadome24]

I saw VH 2, fair warning and Diver Down in Vancouver B.C. best exp of my concertgoing life.

[tariksba]

love the rythm of the drums,it's like a heavy "steam"locomotive....

[Soxpert]

@tariksba Agreed, before Alex fell in love with his cymbals.

[mmsun44]

@Soxpert ...Oh man you're so right about that. My friend and I have been saying that for years. Alex...quit riding the friggin symbols dude!

[trexx63]

Swaggering, West Coast rock IN YOUR FACE!

[wcmi92]

DLR did the acoustic guitar...

[Tacomadome24]

@wcmi92 As he does with ice cream man and prolly a couple others.

[thisischavez]

@wcmi92 No he didn't.

[PanteraDimebag420]

@thisischavez Actually he did

[thisischavez]

@PanteraDimebag420. I stand corrected. My apologies.

[PanteraDimebag420]

@thisischavez Its cool. I think he also played harmonica. I'm not sure.

[ckr1231]

@PanteraDimebag420 That is Dave playing the harmonica--check out the live versions of this song. He does it !!!

[biculous]

@wcmi92 no he didn't!!

[steveembry]

@wcmi92 that's rediculous man...he can play guitar, don't get me wrong, but you won't hear a recorded DLR playing guitar with Van Halen..ever...probably not even a practice tape from back in the Mammoth days...

He was far too busy entertaining to be playing a guitar, and there was already a master guitarist in the band

[DannyFox06]

@steveembry DLR did the acoustic. He's done the acoustic on quite a few songs.

[relzric]

@DannyFox06 Yeah, ice cream man is one. Googling dlr popsicle guitar gets at least 2 images.

[pabloramirez716]

@steveembry You have no clue as to what you are talking about !!!

DLR is on three VanHalen albums playing guitar !!!

[kjn5991]

eddie is a god on acoustic and electric guitar :D

[AlgonDelgo]

Not the best van halen. but good.

[ou812ic1]

U are right ,the best album.

[crispy00002]

awesome!!

[lighthouse44]

Diver Down is a rock masterpiece and is without a doubt my favorite album of all time. Every song on it is great, especially this one!!!

[killuminati63]

@lighthouse44 i like every song on that album pure gold my friend !

[vfgjhj]

@lighthouse44 KISS' "Creatures of the Night" is the greatest album of all time.

[bobbyalligator7]

@vfgjhj ... maybe what you say is true, a couple of decades ago. Now go check out Paul Gilbert's new album, Fuzz Universe. My favorite song off this new album is Olympic ! ... and the whole album ROCK'S !!! ... all of His stuff does !!! ... check Him out ...................

[hirskdubbi]

@lighthouse44 i love diver down as well,the greatest memories.VanHalen wasnt crazy bout this album.They said it was rushed recording wise and there were too many covers on the album 4 or 5

[MultiDannyboy89]

@lighthouse44 It's definitely their most varied.

[REDSOXNYG]

good tune!!