I'm 362 days in and JUST NOW getting to Van Halen?!? What is WRONG with me?! I love Van Halen! Okay, I love Sammy Hagar Van Halen to which my hub is like, "Ew." He loves David Lee Roth Van Halen and there are differences. Pretty significant ones actually so today is a Van Halen special with a song by both Van Halen's. :)
So back in the day, after Roth left Van Halen, Hagar stepped in and that's when I first heard Van Halen. This explains why I like the Van Hagar (ha!) better, it's what I grew up listening to. Plus I thought David Lee Roth was ugly. Hey, I was in Middle School cut me some slack. The first album I heard of Van Halen was "OU812". Don't judge. It was the album that came out and once I realized what the heck that meant I was like, "EW!" but still listened to the music. Now you all know I'm a big lyrics girl BUT with Van Halen I am not. In fact I'm hard pressed to find a song lyrically from either Van Halen that isn't full of sex and the like. So what do I, and my husband, like about Van Halen? THE MUSIC! Whew. They are great musicians and that is what we listen to. Not the lyrics. We try to ignore the lyrics. Today's songs are two of the cleanest we could find. But let it be known that we do like songs like, "Hot for Teacher", "Cabo Wabo", etc. Lyrically they are bad. Very bad. But musically they are GREAT! So we focus on the music, which is easier for Lanny to do since he is a musician himself. (For those of you who don't know he plays Bass)
So FINALLY on day 361 I get to VH. I can't believe I almost didn't get to them at all! Sheesh. Enjoy! (Btw, the intro to the Roth VH song is AMAZING musically - you won't regret listening to that instrumental intro!)
You Really Got Me (David Lee Roth with Van Halen)
Why Can't This Be Love (Sammy Hagar with Van Halen)
So back in the day, after Roth left Van Halen, Hagar stepped in and that's when I first heard Van Halen. This explains why I like the Van Hagar (ha!) better, it's what I grew up listening to. Plus I thought David Lee Roth was ugly. Hey, I was in Middle School cut me some slack. The first album I heard of Van Halen was "OU812". Don't judge. It was the album that came out and once I realized what the heck that meant I was like, "EW!" but still listened to the music. Now you all know I'm a big lyrics girl BUT with Van Halen I am not. In fact I'm hard pressed to find a song lyrically from either Van Halen that isn't full of sex and the like. So what do I, and my husband, like about Van Halen? THE MUSIC! Whew. They are great musicians and that is what we listen to. Not the lyrics. We try to ignore the lyrics. Today's songs are two of the cleanest we could find. But let it be known that we do like songs like, "Hot for Teacher", "Cabo Wabo", etc. Lyrically they are bad. Very bad. But musically they are GREAT! So we focus on the music, which is easier for Lanny to do since he is a musician himself. (For those of you who don't know he plays Bass)
So FINALLY on day 361 I get to VH. I can't believe I almost didn't get to them at all! Sheesh. Enjoy! (Btw, the intro to the Roth VH song is AMAZING musically - you won't regret listening to that instrumental intro!)
You Really Got Me (David Lee Roth with Van Halen)
Why Can't This Be Love (Sammy Hagar with Van Halen)
Comments
Post a Comment