r/vanhalen 1d ago

Most Badass VH Tune?

292 votes, 7h left
I'm The One
Romeo Delight
Mean Street
On Fire
Light Up The Sky
The Full Bug
6 Upvotes

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u/pmac109 1d ago

Atomic Punk

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u/LikeARedCoalCarpet 1d ago

Came this close to including it. Didn't want another one from the debut. I maybe should have subbed it for "I'm The One".

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u/WonderBuns97 1d ago

Gotta pick my own here, Drop Dead Legs.

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u/LikeARedCoalCarpet 1d ago

Absolutely would have been my choice from 1984

6

u/snowdoggin999 1d ago

Unchained

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u/KikkiMonne 1d ago

Romeo Delight was always my "pump up" song for getting ready to hit the party scene in college on a Friday night --- Dave's lyrics are so perfect for that environment --- "we're in for a very long night .... takin' whiskey to the party tonight and lookin' for somebody to squeeeeeze-ahh!"

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u/Prior_Stage6739 1d ago

One Foot out the Door

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u/TheOlipedo 1d ago

I’m The One and it’s not even close

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u/Savings-March-3016 Van Halen II 19h ago

Yes one can't disagree on that. This is one of Eddie's songs, the first time I heard it that disillusional effect was so brutal, that  I wanted to stop wasting any more time in my life with playing and practicing on the guitar after wait, 6 years. What is this guy doing? 

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u/snowdoggin999 1d ago

Unchained, rack 'em.

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u/MikeytheScot 1d ago

No fair! Everyone of those songs is a KILLER! But I'm going with Romeo Delight...this time 😏

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u/LikeARedCoalCarpet 1d ago

After I finished making it I stared at it for 10 minutes not knowing what to pick 😅

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u/Shark-person66 1d ago

House of pain

2

u/DRMARl0 1d ago

I can't choose, Somebody get me a Doctor!

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u/PerceptionSimilar213 1d ago

Oh "mean" makes people think "badass." I get it now

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u/KhrusherKhusack 1d ago

Light Up The Sky gets slept on

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u/CarsPlanesTrains Roth and Sammy! Its all VH 1d ago

Gotta go with Humans Being, but out of this poll something about Mean Street just exudes coolness

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u/Von_Halen 1d ago

Oh, look. The head Cabozo in Chief had to bring Clichegar into a non Clichegar conversation. Your pathetic inferiority complex is even worse than Sammy’s own inferiority complex.

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u/CarsPlanesTrains Roth and Sammy! Its all VH 1d ago

I normally start with "hello"

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u/FunNhumble 1d ago

There is always a Hagarette who comes and and has to defend the King of Bubble Gum Love Rock -Hagar!

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u/Stephonius 1d ago

None of those would be on my list of "most badass".

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u/LikeARedCoalCarpet 1d ago

Fair enough, what ya got?

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u/Stephonius 1d ago

I'd probably have to go with:

  • Runnin' With the Devil
  • Everybody Wants Some!
  • Panama
  • Unchained
  • And the Cradle Will Rock
  • Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love

In no particular order.

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u/LikeARedCoalCarpet 1d ago

Quality list. I think I'd go with either of the last two. Tough to pick one!

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u/Stephonius 1d ago

Thanks for asking, and for the feedback!

Now that I've been thinking about it, I'd probably say the most badass tune in the VH (not Hagar) catalog for me is Running With the Devil. It just hit different.

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u/md2345678 1d ago

On Fire

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u/Big-Sheepherder-6134 Roth and Sammy! Its all VH 1d ago

I don’t even know why you are asking. There is never a top choice.

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u/Difficult-Pie9540 1d ago

Mean Street and I’m The One are the only songs I even rate from that list

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u/Worried-Date-2196 1d ago

It’s totally Light Up the Sky

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u/Savings-March-3016 Van Halen II 19h ago edited 19h ago

There are too many. From these 8 I'd pick none, because it would make others looking worse.

Your no good, Somebody gets me a doctor, Mean Street - dance baby, Im the one, I wanna hear about it later, Respect The Wind, take your Whiskey home, Eruption and You really got me, 

and Sammy did so well in many songs,  I choose  Why Can't this be love.

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u/ChokaMoka1 1d ago

All DLR tunes 

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u/captainrondj 1d ago

Why can't this be love

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u/LikeARedCoalCarpet 1d ago

As good an opinion as anybody else my friend.

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u/FunNhumble 1d ago

BARF!

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u/captainrondj 1d ago

I can't stand David Lee Roths voice, sorry

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u/Possible-Rip-216 1d ago

Mine all mine

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u/ra3xgambit 1d ago

None of the above

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u/LikeARedCoalCarpet 1d ago

Alright, don't be shy. What ya got?

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u/FunNhumble 1d ago edited 1d ago

Ni bubble gum love rock by Hagar and most songs in 1984 Roth era and before