What are you listening to right now ?

[Zodiac]

 

[Dave Lewis]

Some nice music played on a Mustang

 

[norminal]

Learning this song:



The rhythm guitar part is so fun to play.

 

[Mikael Dez]

Came out when I was 16 - this album was in the top 3 rotation until at LEAST I graduated:

 

[norminal]

 

[la szum]

No idea why? I probably won't listen to this Album ever again in its entirety. Bruce Fucking Fairbarn?? WHY?

 

[norminal]

No idea why? I probably won't listen to this Album ever again in its entirety. Bruce Fucking Fairbarn?? WHY?

Context?

 

[dbagchee]

Randomly came across these guys on YouTube. Love this sound.

 

[Mikael Dez]

Randomly came across these guys on YouTube. Love this sound.

I LOVE Dvne!!

 

[Stone]

Love the Mustaine / Poland Era

 

[Stone]

 

[Mikael Dez]

 

[Mikael Dez]

 

[la szum]

Context?

Just has always felt and seemed weak and tired---like the band was pretty much done
at that point. I think they peaked in that lineup with 5150... and then OU812 and F.U.C.K
had some bangers. But by the time of Balance (for me) it just felt tired and worn out.

The last Album with DLR, 1984, they were still banging out legendary gems. Nothing on
Balance, to my ears, is even close to that era of VH.

 

[la szum]

The world isn't right unless I listen to this in its entirety at least once a month.

You can thank me later for my efforts in preventing the world from imploding.

 

[JiveTurkey]

I liked Don't Tell Me What Love Can Do off that album. Lyrics and Sammy trying to be heavy aside. There are a few other things on there that are solid iirc?

 

[Sidler72]

Saw them on the Balance tour. They opened up with Seventh Seal and EVH wet dry wet rig sounded huge.

 

[la szum]

Balance is the Van Hagar version of Different Truth.



Just so much other VH material I would prefer to revisit again and again.

Fully realize others can hear it differently.

It was enlightening for me to revisit that 1995 Guitar World interview with Eddie
and hear him say he dialed back the guitar pyrotechnics to emphasize the song-writing
and yet, for me, the songwriting is some of the weakest of in their Catalog. In my world
that classifies as ironic.

 

[JiveTurkey]

Now other than Tattoo; I LOVE DKOT.

 

[norminal]

Just has always felt and seemed weak and tired---like the band was pretty much done
at that point. I think they peaked in that lineup with 5150... and then OU812 and F.U.C.K
had some bangers. But by the time of Balance (for me) it just felt tired and worn out.

The last Album with DLR, 1984, they were still banging out legendary gems. Nothing on
Balance, to my ears, is even close to that era of VH.

I agree. As a whole, I’ll take the early albums over the later any day. Although a lot of that has to do with my preference of Roth over Hagar.