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Dr Know 
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Posted: March 08 2006 at 18:53 |
Besides the first album (which always wins)
Which is your favourite?
I love Women and Chidren First and Fair Warning. Fair Warning gets my vote.
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TheProgtologist
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Posted: March 09 2006 at 01:28 |
The debut
But since I can't pick that,I feel the same way as you Dr.
I really like WaCF and Fair Warning....I will go with FW,it's their most different album.
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MikeEnRegalia
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Posted: March 09 2006 at 02:26 |
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^ agreed ... the debut and Fair Warning.
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Sean Trane
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Posted: March 09 2006 at 03:10 |
W&CF
The two acoustc tracks arfe excellent
But none of these albums come to knee height of the debut album
every track is a classic on that one
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let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
content to be a doer
as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
rather than un-sheath our sword
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ANDREW
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Posted: March 09 2006 at 07:41 |
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"Women And Children First" ("Everybody Wants Some", "Romeo Delight", "In A Simple Rhyme" and "Could This Be Magic" are the highlights) followed by "1984" ("Panama" is great and "Jump" is their most famous song, a very catchy tune).
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aapatsos
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Posted: March 09 2006 at 19:27 |
II , amazing stuff
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daz2112
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Posted: March 10 2006 at 11:22 |
 aapatsos wrote:
II , amazing stuff |
Van Halen 2 for me as well!!! Great album!(2 short though)
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In the constellation of cygnus,There lurks a mysterious force...The black hole
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chopper
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Posted: March 10 2006 at 11:45 |
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Van Halen 2 for me 2. Dance The Night Away, DOA and the guitar intro to "Women in Love", which is truly awesome.
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The Miracle
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Posted: March 10 2006 at 18:33 |
The first two albums 
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Drew
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Posted: March 11 2006 at 11:19 |
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1984
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TheProgtologist
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Posted: March 11 2006 at 11:56 |
daz2112 wrote:
aapatsos wrote:
II , amazing stuff
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Van Halen 2 for me as well!!! Great album!(2 short though) |
I thought II was a huge disappointment after their stellar debut.
And all their albums were too short.
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Drew
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Posted: March 11 2006 at 12:10 |
TheProgtologist wrote:
daz2112 wrote:
aapatsos wrote:
II , amazing stuff
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Van Halen 2 for me as well!!! Great album!(2 short though) |
I thought II was a huge disappointment after their stellar debut.
And all their albums were too short.
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especially their 1st! What was it, 28 min long?
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Posted: March 13 2006 at 00:52 |
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My vote goes to 1984 too! Good to see that album getting some support. I have not heard VHII or Fair Warning, though..
1984 - with the exception of Jump - is better than Diver Down IMO..
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Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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Tony R
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Posted: March 13 2006 at 19:11 |
I remember watching Van Halen on their very first solo tour in the UK. They had just done a tour as support to Black Sabbath and had literally blown them off the stage and ther was great anticipation amongst British fans.
What a joke it turned out to be! Halen managed a 65 minute set,which included 3 bass solos and two drum solos. It was a total mess and a complete rip-off.
However the debut album is awesome and one of my favourite rock albums of all-time. Cant agree with Andy about Jump either, it's one of the greatest pop singles of all time....
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Posted: March 17 2006 at 01:25 |
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[HEADPINS - LINE OF FIRE: THE RECORD HAVING THE MOST POWERFUL GUITAR SOUND IN THE WHOLE HISTORY OF MUSIC!>
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Posted: March 17 2006 at 10:53 |
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Fair Warning is raw and a step away from the blatant commercialism that they were in danger of being trapped by at the time. Eddie is ferocious, especially on the wonderful "One foot out the door" that closes the album. It sounds like he just kept on playing one incredible ride after another until they finally had to fade out. Seems as if a lot of their internal anger was being released, resulting in some very emotional music.
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