OK, fine. Classic.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Friday, 25 July 2008 01:27 (seventeen years ago)
I'd like to hear why you think it's a classic, Alfred. I think it's a totally decent song, one that I'd be happy to hear on a jukebox or on shuffle, or do at karaoke, but nothing more. I guess I like the chug of the song/riff, which sounds to my untrained ears like a smoothed-out blues riff (think "Waitin' For The Bus"). Of singles off 5150, I'll take "Love Walks In" over this one, though.
― Euler, Friday, 25 July 2008 02:02 (seventeen years ago)
there's a good half dozen Van Hagar singles I fucks with real heavy, this is one of them.
― some dude, Friday, 25 July 2008 02:06 (seventeen years ago)
although for some reason my primary memory of it is some concert footage from the Gary Cherone era when he was hamming it up hardcore on the bridge.
― some dude, Friday, 25 July 2008 02:07 (seventeen years ago)
Definitely one of the better songs from the Hagar era, not a classic though.
― Mark Rich@rdson, Friday, 25 July 2008 02:34 (seventeen years ago)
I love the synths on this.
― Sundar, Friday, 25 July 2008 02:42 (seventeen years ago)
From Hagar Era: Finish What You Started > Dreams > Why Can't This Be Love.
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 25 July 2008 02:45 (seventeen years ago)
Yeah, I was stuck with the ILM nomenclature. It's a song that qualifies as Better Than You Remember. I like the tension b/w Hagar's restraint (he sounds like someone's pulling on his reins) and the vulgarity of the keyboard farts. I know you don't look to Hagar for restraint, but if I had to pick a vehicle for him this doesn't get much better.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Friday, 25 July 2008 02:47 (seventeen years ago)
dud. Van Hagar and this song=poopish
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Friday, 25 July 2008 02:58 (seventeen years ago)
gimme 'yankee rose' any day
― balls, Friday, 25 July 2008 03:03 (seventeen years ago)
shit sandwich, hagar can go fuck a tequila bottle
― velko, Friday, 25 July 2008 03:05 (seventeen years ago)
"Yankee Rose" >>>> "Why Can't This Be Love?"
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Friday, 25 July 2008 03:18 (seventeen years ago)
yankee rose fucking kills
― mizzell, Friday, 25 July 2008 03:21 (seventeen years ago)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=F2mQpYG2POM
― mizzell, Friday, 25 July 2008 03:22 (seventeen years ago)
at the time i can remember everyone sorta talking themselves into 5150 and that everyone dropped the ruse when 'black and blue' came out as now, finally, eddie was back and rocking so so hard (this turned out to be a lie also really). roth however we genuinely deeply enjoyed even though none of us could pretend it wasn't crap (man that 'yankee rose' video really is something though - from the 'let's offend everybody' sorta mad magazine intro to dave strutting around like some cross between a member of the rockafire explosion and an old french whore). if i'm listening to anything off 5150 i'd probably listen to 'dreams' since it's the most 'god i wish we could pull off foreigner's adult contemporary move', 'feel so good' from ou812 for similar reasons. even under duress i'm not listening to anything after that, though remember the garfield reenactments thing? from january? the one of those w/ 'right now' was def one of my faves.
― balls, Friday, 25 July 2008 03:30 (seventeen years ago)
Just Like Paradise is better than Yankee Rose. there's at least one later hair band (LA Guns?) song that totally rips if off that's better as well.
― gabbneb, Friday, 25 July 2008 03:33 (seventeen years ago)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rvri_da8_E&feature=related
― gabbneb, Friday, 25 July 2008 03:40 (seventeen years ago)
"Just Like Paradise" sounds like it could've been done by Huey Lewis.
― Pleasant Plains, Friday, 25 July 2008 03:47 (seventeen years ago)
or brian wilson. which is why it's awesome.
― gabbneb, Friday, 25 July 2008 04:10 (seventeen years ago)