it's sad that a van halen song is second in the 100 greatest solos

BlackSabbath

very sad.

Creamy Goodness

ahh yes, these famous lists, to me they mean sweet god damn fa.

just cause one person/100 people/1000 people/ 1 million people voted to make a top ten solo list doesn't make the list the definitive list.

John

I don't know what list you're referring to but the fact that all those top 100s on Channel 4 are voted for from a list of about 120-150 says it all. Personally I wouldn't put Van Halen in the top 100 at all but that's just me. And the people who voted for the other songs.

Creamy Goodness

John2 wrote:

I don't know what list you're referring to but the fact that all those top 100s on Channel 4 are voted for from a list of about 120-150 says it all. Personally I wouldn't put Van Halen in the top 100 at all but that's just me. And the people who voted for the other songs.

i saw this list, it was in the metro and the hearld am there last week, monday if memory serves me correctly.

stairway to heaven got number 1

BlackSabbath

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Creamy Goodness

erm, see ya later.

loveducati

i dunno, solo in jump and beat it are technically very difficult to play note perfect, it took me about 3 hours to get it, as is spanish fly,

Pugsley

Didnt see the list, but I bet Necrophagist or Mithras didnt get a mention

These lists are pointless when it comes to music, its not 'greatest' its 'most popular', most of the real impressive stuff is played by people most folk have never even heard of.

dimerocks

Spanish Fly is a great piece! EVH was and still is great. He was a one man guitar revolution! Not saying that he started tapping but he certainly brought it to the masses.

Lord Oz

What's wrong with Van Halen?

adox

BlackSabbath wrote:

very sad.

Wow another in depth post/thread from BlackSabbath:rolleyes:

Why is it very sad?What was the song?What excately is your point?

AlanOB

To be fair Van Halen are quite overrated.

Even their most consisent albums, Van Halen and 1984, lack depth and wear thin after multiple listens. Some great tracks on both (Runnin' With The Devil, House Of Pain), but they're coupled with too much generic stuff for me to have either disc in high rotation. Van Halen II and Women And Children First are good albums too but again they don't exactly inspire me to listen to them regularly.

Stuff like Eruption and Spanish Fly was revolutionary though, and definitely changed the face of hard rock in a big way, so I recognise that they played an important role regardless of how highly I rate them.

Thomas_S_Hunterson

I think it was eruption that got number 2 wasn't it.
It's a revolutionary pieces, but more a technical exercise than anything else, there's very little substance to it

cotwold

sean_keevey wrote:

I think it was eruption that got number 2 wasn't it.
It's a revolutionary pieces, but more a technical exercise than anything else, there's very little substance to it

Yeah maybe to a novice, but you really have know van halen to truly appreciate eruption.

Thomas_S_Hunterson

cotwold wrote:

Yeah maybe to a novice, but you really have know van halen to truly appreciate eruption.

I would be hard pushed to find a piece more devoid of emotion
(well ok maybe emo in general)

lee_baby_simms

AlanOB wrote:

To be fair Van Halen are quite overrated.

Even their most consisent albums, Van Halen and 1984, lack depth and wear thin after multiple listens. Some great tracks on both (Runnin' With The Devil, House Of Pain), but they're coupled with too much generic stuff for me to have either disc in high rotation.

Its hair rock, its not supposed to be deep.

I think runnin with the devil is off the first album.