Van Halen - Fair Warning
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Free Music Review: So dark and [angry] it's awesome.
Hit: 5 Stars
When I began to listen to Van Halen, I was more into Sammy Hagar as a singer than David Lee Roth. But when I began to listen to more of the older albums such as Van Halen, 1984, and Fair Warning, that's when I began to really get into the Roth material. Especially from VH's darkest and somewhat weakest album stat-wise of the Roth era but in my mind its what Van Halen needed all along. Every track sounds so angry, heavy, awesome, and somewhat serious that it shows that Van Halen can break away from a party- harty attitude. In my opinion this album is great out of the Roth series. With David Lee Roth's vocals are great as usual, Michael Anthony's Bass parts really stand out and are great on every song, Alex Van Halen's drums are extremely catchy and fantastic like always, and Eddie Van Halen just keeps mowing down everything in his path with his guitar parts and solos like always and its absolutely terrific. Perfect album period.
1. Mean Streets- (10/10)
2. Dirty Movies- (10/10)
3. Sinner's Swing- (8/10)
4. Hear About it Later- (11/10)
5. Unchained- (11/10)
6. Push Comes to Shove- (8/10)
7. So this is Love- (10/10)
8. Sunday Afternoon in the Park- (9/10)
9. One Foot Out the Door- (9.5/10)
Free Music Review: Best VH recording.
Hit: 5 Stars
I was very young when introduced to Van Halen. I have been a fan ever since...even through the changes at lead vocals. I have seen them a number of times in concert, and they always put on a great show. I have all of VH's albums, but I keep coming back to Fair Warning. Eddie Van Halen's classic "brown sound" is most evident on this album. Here is a run through of each track...
-The intro riff on "Mean Street" is just pure Eddie Van Halen genius. I have tried to play this on my guitar many times, and I just can't get it. It just is his style and ability that put him at the top of the list of being one of the best rock guitarists ever.
-"Dirty Movies" is a great groove...it should have been a theme song for an adult movie...
-One of the most cookin' fast paced rock songs is "Sinner's Swing." I think this song inspired many teens to follow the Rock creed...sex, drugs and Rock and Roll.
-"Hear About It Later" has a great intro with a clean EVH sound with a Flanger effect to make the riff sound a mile wide. David Lee Roth's voice really shines out on this song.
-"Unchained" in my opinion is one of the greatest rock songs ever recorded! The bass and drums are locked in as a solid foundation for EVH to rip through some majorly cool guitar playing.
-"Push Comes To Shove" really does sound like an adult movie song. Maybe that is why Eddie Van Halen eventually did music for Michael Ninn's Sacred Sin.
-"So This Is Love?" is just plain and simple Van Halen...reminds me of some of the stuff on the first album. Turn it up and crack open a cold one.
-What do I say about "Sunday Afternoon In the Park?" This was like the one song that could get me cranked up for anything. This instrumental was one of the EVH keyboard experiments that actually worked well. This song seems so heavy. The drums really remind me of Led Zeppelin's John Bonham.
-"One Foot Out The Door" is really a punk tune. This is one of the reasons the original Van Halen line up was so damn good. They tried so many different things. I can't image Sammy Hagar trying to do this song.
If you like Van Halen, then you must own this album!
Free Music Review: Great like all DLR VH cds
Hit: 5 Stars
This CD is just great. From the hard rocking songs like "Unchained", and "Sinners Swing" to the almost disco sounding "So Push Comes To Shove" to the upbeat "So Is This Love?" this cd doesen't dissapoint. Not to mention Dave using the "F" word in Sinners Swing, adds to the power of the song, and album. Each Early Van Halen CD has its own unique overall sound to it. Every cd is a classic and a fan favorite. A must for all VH fans.Free Music Review: Dark
Hit: 4 Stars
Van Halen's party-hardy with her [...] around her ankles theme took a sharp turn toward the dark side with the release of Fair Warning in '81. Partly because the band was beginning to age a bit, but mostly due to the fact that David Lee Roth's lyrics were being shaped by recent holiday trips to Haiti (of all Places). The realization came to Roth after finnally seeing that Haiti was not really a place of merriment for rich rock stars looking to party all over the world. Thus we see the change to darker, more frank lyrics (Mean Streets, Unchained). There is a bit of the ol' Diamond Dave represented here (Sinner's Swing, One foot out the Door) but the dark edges never quiet leave the entire collections of tunes. Ed Van Halen's then latest collection of authentic riffs give the album the toughness needed for the darker side, his sense of humor in his style being put aside for a more gritty, and dense playing. Fair Warning should have been a cross-roads for the band to progress into a more mature adult-oriented rock and roll band, but time shows it as the beginning of the end of the "Classic" Van Halen lineup, which preceeded the melancholy Sammy Hagar era. Fair Warning stands on its own merits as a classic Van Halen offering, it stands toe to toe with any other effort from the band. It seems that the direction the band took for Fair Warning could have moved them into the direction of such "serious" bands such as The Who or Led Zeppelin as their careers progressed, and would have allowed them to leave the "party band" image that Ed Van Halen is so intent of shedding nowadays. But it's all ancient history today.Free Music Review: The third best Van Halen album
Hit: 5 Stars
This is probably the most underrated of all of them. There
are some songs like "Sinners Swing" and "Hear about it later"
that were not hits, but they should be. Very underrated songs.
Then you have greats like "Unchained" and "Mean Streets" that
just put this album over the top. This album is so underrated!