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TV's Greatest Hits and Misses / Re: Alphas (Season 1)
« on: September 29, 2011, 01:22:58 pm »
Added Episode 4: Rosetta

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Music / Re: Van Halen - Discography (The Sammy Hagar Years)
« on: September 29, 2011, 12:29:54 pm »
Van Halen (Van Halen III) 1998




Yes, this is not a Sammy Hagar/VH album. But in the quest to complete the entire VH catalog I am including it here. You can vote other in the Poll above if this is in fact your favorite VH album.

08.08.11 Review

Why try to review VHIII when someone else has already come up with the best blurb about VHIII?

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Instead of a fat guy with a cannonball to the stomach, it should have had Eddie Van Halen shooting himself in the foot.



So true.

It gets a star for the simple fact that it only cost me $1.99 at Goodwill. And since I walked 5 blocks to the store from my house, I just look at it that I spent the money going to the gym to excercise. Have to point out, opening III with New World was just a absolute horrible idea. This isn't an Enya record. See my rant about Track listing in the OU812 Post to understand how I feel about pacing, etc...

Fave Songs: Um...give me a second here. Fire in the Hole is about the only song I can listen too.

Van Halen III Music Videos

Van Halen - Without You


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Music / Re: Van Halen - Discography (The Sammy Hagar Years)
« on: September 29, 2011, 12:22:04 pm »
Van Halen (Balance) 1995




08.08.11 Review

Well, this is the first time I have listened to Balance in 15 years. So I was hoping that time would give me a new perspective on it and not be as bad as I remembered it to be. The best song of the entire album is The Seventh Seal without question. Honestly I can do away with the first 2 of Eddie's instrumental songs on Balance. There is absolute nothing memorable about either one of them. Baluchitherium on the other hand is what I would expect to get from him if he ever released a full-on instrumental album ala Satch, Vai, etc... And that's a good thing. Not Enough. Ugh. I hated it then and I hate it now. It's just...saturated with so much sugar that I'm getting cavities just listening to it. Take Me Back (Deja Vu) is only slightly better.

Is Balance better than what I remember it to be? Yes. But it's still my least favorite of the Van Hagar era, putting OU812 ahead of it. Overall, Balance is well...unbalanced IMO.

Fave Songs: The Seventh Seal, Can't Stop Loving You, Don't Tell Me (What Love Can Do) and Baluchitherium.


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Music / Re: Van Halen - Discography (The Sammy Hagar Years)
« on: September 29, 2011, 12:05:22 pm »
Van Halen (For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge) 1991




08.07.11 Review

F.U.C.K. Umaine! Hey, it's not what you think. Just pointing out that he digs For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge and rightly so.  This is the definitive Van Hagar album. He pretty much hit the nail on the head. Every song is about as close to perfect as you can get. I played this nonstop when it came out, but it has been awhile since I've played it. It's nice revisiting this one. So many great songs on here from Poundcake to Runaround to In N Out to Right Now. This is how you put a track list together. Compare this to that of OU812 and you will see what I mean.

Fave Songs: All of 'em.

The only problem with F.U.C.K. being as great as it is, it just makes it all the more glaring at how awful Balance is. I really don't wanna listen to that next. I listened to that one maybe 2-3 times when it came out, trying to like it and hating it more each time. Haven't bothered with that one since then. We shall see if time has made it better....or sh*ttier.

F.U.C.K. Music Videos (Yes, I'm aware of what this title implies)

Van Halen - Poundcake

Van Halen - Runaround

Van Halen - Right Now

Van Halen - Top Of The World



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Music / Re: Van Halen - Discography (The Sammy Hagar Years)
« on: September 29, 2011, 11:49:18 am »
Van Halen (OU812) 1988





08.07.11 Review

OU812 is an above average record due in large part to being extremely uneven with regard to pacing and song structure. What I had a problem with back when it was released as I do now is the track order. I'm so used to a certain formulaic order of songs. Usually for a band with the caliber of Van Halen and hard rock bands in general, you have 3-4 hard rocking songs to kick off an album and then bring it down with a ballad. But with this one, they open up with Mine All Mine and then immediately follow it with When It's Love. Whatever momentum has been built up from the previous song comes to a screeching halt. It's not that I don't like When It's Love. I actually like it a lot. I just think somebody f*cked up when constructing the track list and it doesn't serve the album well at all IMO.

As for the rest of the album, there are more misses than hits on this one. I can listen to Feels So Good a couple of times before it starts to grate on me, only because it's too drenched in "pop" music. Where they failed on that song, they succeed with Finish What Ya Started. What a great finger-picking song. A Apolitical Blues is interesting, but so far removed from what you would expect from VH that it sounds out of place.

Fave Songs: Mine All Mine, Cabo Wabo, When It's Love, Finish What Ya Started, Black And Blue


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Music / Re: Discography Threads (Band and Singer Reviews)
« on: September 29, 2011, 11:39:47 am »
VH Hagar Era Banner in the house.

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Music / Re: Van Halen - Discography (The Sammy Hagar Years)
« on: September 29, 2011, 11:36:38 am »
Van Halen 5150 (1986)




08.07.11 Review

The changing of the guard. Exit Diamond Dave, enter Sammy Hagar. When I first heard about Roth leaving (or getting fired. To this day I still don't know what story to believe), I pretty much wrote Van Halen off as dead. Nothing against Sammy as I was a fan of his long before him joining VH. It wasn't a knock against him as a singer or guitar player. It was simply that he was stepping into some pretty huge shoes left vacant by Roth. That's a lot of pressure for anyone and my expectations for 5150 were set so low that I couldn't be disappointed with the final product.

A friend of mine who was a huge VH fan at the time kept telling me everyday not to bail on VH. His enthusiasm was infectious. He never wavered as we waited for the release day. Just before the album was set to drop, I had finally heard Why Can't This Be Love on the radio. I was like, "holy sh*t, that song f*cking rocks!". It was so different from anything I had ever heard from Eddie and the gang. So, it gave me hope that ok, they were not going to try to turn Sammy into Dave and replicate what they had done before.

Upon picking up 5150, I played it non stop. The entire album brings back a lot of fond memories of that summer. It's actually one of my favorite Van Hagar records because every song reminds me of specific things I did during that summer. The solo to Love Walks In is still a fave of mine. This is the first time I have listened to it top to bottom in years. It's still a great record, but a couple of songs I could do without now.

The guitar intro to 5150 was and still is some of the best rhythm playing of Eddie's career IMO.

Fave Songs: Good Enough, Why Can't This Be Love, Summer Nights, Love Walks In and 5150.



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Music / Re: Van Halen - Discography (The Sammy Hagar Years)
« on: September 29, 2011, 11:29:51 am »
What Is The Best Van Halen Album during the Sammy Hagar years?

Circa 1986



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Video Games / Re: SSX
« on: September 29, 2011, 10:55:08 am »
Added Defy Reality Trailer

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TV's Greatest Hits and Misses / Re: Ringer (Season 1)
« on: September 29, 2011, 10:26:21 am »
She's Ruining Everything



Ringer keeps throwing me curve balls left and right. For example, the entire episode I'm telling myself that we know no one will find the body that Bridget is hiding in plain sight, but the tension is there that someone could find it and ruin everything, but deep down we all know that no one will and that Bridget will be able to dispose of the body by the end of the episode. So what happens? Somebody finds it. Bah! But who? My guess is that it's Kristoffer, who would do anything to win back Siobhan, including getting rid of the body and keeping her secret for her.

Yup. Curve balls!!! Digging the show more and more with every episode. Also, now it makes sense why Jaime Murray (Olivia Charles) left Warehouse 13 and is reduced to a cameo on that series.

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Food / MOVED: Hells Kitchen and MasterChef On Hulu
« on: September 29, 2011, 09:21:37 am »

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Sports / Kevin Jordan
« on: September 29, 2011, 09:15:08 am »
Kevin Jordan Returns To Field With Coach's Kidney

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSQ4vqicFsc

Amazing story. Amazing friendship. Wow.


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Music / Re: Earworms - What Song Is Stuck In Your Head At The Moment?
« on: September 29, 2011, 08:50:19 am »
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - If I Should Fall Behind

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1wg9jyvfN0

It has been a week since watching CSI: NY and this song has been playing over and over in my ear non-stop. This is such a powerful song that I think it will do the same for anyone else that hears it once or for the 1,000th time. Watching the video, I got choked up waiting for Clemons to make his appearance. RIP dude.

You can head over and see the original scene Indelible - Final Scene (Bruce Springsteen - If I Should Fall Behind). Don't wait too long to check it out, I can guarantee you it will be taken down by the powers that be.

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TV's Greatest Hits and Misses / Re: CSI: NY (Season 8)
« on: September 29, 2011, 08:46:25 am »
Indelible - Final Scene (Bruce Springsteen - If I Should Fall Behind)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08BE_hUJ1j0

Such a powerful song. There is absolutely no other song that could have played in the final scene. They picked the ultimate song to play out the episode. Goosebumps. Head over to Earworms - What Song Is Stuck In Your Head At The Moment? to watch the original Bruce Springsteen video. It will absolutely make your day.


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