I Want Some Action (Demo) - Van Halen

This one's a demo from the early Hagar days. I got this one on an album called "The Dawn of 5150." Parts of this song were recycled and used in the Van Halen III song, "Dirty Water Dog" and Steve Lukather's "Twist The Knife."

I DO NOT OWN THE PICTURE OR SONG USED IN THIS VIDEO

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• Van Halen
• Sammy Hagar
• Eddie Van Halen
• Alex Van Halen
• Michael Anthony
• 5150
• The Dawn of 5150
• I Want Some Action
• Dirty Water Dog
• Van Halen III
• demo
• rock music
• music
• heavy metal
• Steve Lukather
• Twist The Knife
• 1986
• Rock Music

[ngirard85]

the intro sounds a lot like "Good Enough"

[vhlvr]

@ngirard85 This could very well be where Good Enough came form as well.

[fretbuzz59]

@swassontelus Doesn't really matter how brilliant the playing is if the song's a throwaway. ("What kinda crap is this?") Though I'd argue that there's nothing especially noteworthy about Ed's playing on that track. By comparison, "Outta Love Again" is another throwaway w/a great gtr solo.

[swassontelus]

@fretbuzz59 The inside has 3 guitar tracks...brilliantly played. "Thats whats going down...."

[swassontelus]

@vhlvr There are only so many notes...so little time. 

[fretbuzz59]

Sure wish they had developed this song for the album instead of the throwaway "Inside."

[adam2aces]

@OTBxHACKZ YES. There are many parts of this song in "Sucker in a 3 Piece"

[MeYouView]

You can tell musically these are songs from the "5150" album just by the sounds of the instruments. Alex is using a electronic drum set and Eddie's guitar has a very processed sound (Who cares about Michael. His bass finally got into the mix on the F.U.C.K. album. Maybe if his last name was Van Halen you would hear him loud and clear on every album!)

[psuengineer84]

@Elpdude Awesome factoid!

[Guitarman5150]

I just found this on a bootleg I downloaded years ago. Isn't there a better version someplace? This sounds horrid.

[BassFever74]

what the heck time sig is the start of this?????

[Elpdude]

This song ended up becoming "Twist The Knife" on Steve Lukather's solo debut. Eddie played bass on Lukather's version, and Lukather played guitars.