Van Halen 1984 - Classic or Dud?

I know this album was controversial when it came out due to the fact that they used sunthesizers but it also had quite a few hits as well. I love me some "Jump" that song is classic but how about the rest? I need some classic hair metal to rock out to!! Should I get this one??

dancerella said:

Oh FUCK, I LOVE THIS ALBUM, dancerella!

Girl you need to get it. It's awesome. I bought the 2001 Warner Remasters edition from Best Buy for like $10.99 I think. Sound is excellent on it.

Drop Dead Legs
Hot 4 Teacher
Panama
Jump [FUCKING CLASSIC]
I'll Wait [synths for days on this one]
Top Jimmy
Girl Gone Bad

...pretty much the whole album is loaded in synths, heavy guitars, great vocals.

I'm gonna queue it up later tonight, just because you made this thread.

chrisslope9 said:

jesus christ van halen n french chester getting love??? wtf is going on?

CLASSIC!!!!!

I think "Jump" is a great tune but the song that gets me crunk is "Drop Dead Legs." It's the only Van Halen record I thoroughly enjoy.

I know people go on about their debut but 1984 and Women And Children First are their best albums. A classic hands down.

...and I thought House of Pain was the last-best thing VH ever did on record. Everything after that just sucked in comparison, really

More classic than dud.

The fact that Eddie employed keyboards in the song Jump did have some folks talking about it initially. I remember it being discussed by the VJ's on MTV and it was written about in the premire rock mags of the day, Rolling Stone, Creem and Circus. But after the first wave of "Oh, Is VH going pop?" the song just kept rolling right along and up the charts and taking the album right along with it. Being a VH nut at that time, I myself loved this album. Yeah, my favs from them at that time and still to this day is their debut and Diver Down, but 1984 was and is a monster of an album. A true classic no doubt.

Classic! "Drop Dead Legs" is Funk/Rock at it's finest. The only people who complained were those that didn't like the idea of the "guitar hero" having such a huge impact with a keyboard based song. Whatever. Edward played piano before guitar, so it was well within his musical universe to go there. And he did straight to #1 with "Jump"!

lazycrockett said:

Mara said:

Oh FUCK, I LOVE THIS ALBUM, dancerella!

Girl you need to get it. It's awesome. I bought the 2001 Warner Remasters edition from Best Buy for like $10.99 I think. Sound is excellent on it.

Drop Dead Legs
Hot 4 Teacher
Panama
Jump [FUCKING CLASSIC]
I'll Wait [synths for days on this one]
Top Jimmy
Girl Gone Bad

...pretty much the whole album is loaded in synths, heavy guitars, great vocals.

I'm gonna queue it up later tonight, just because you made this thread.

dancerella said:

Mara said:

Oh FUCK, I LOVE THIS ALBUM, dancerella!

Girl you need to get it. It's awesome. I bought the 2001 Warner Remasters edition from Best Buy for like $10.99 I think. Sound is excellent on it.

Drop Dead Legs
Hot 4 Teacher
Panama
Jump [FUCKING CLASSIC]
I'll Wait [synths for days on this one]
Top Jimmy
Girl Gone Bad

...pretty much the whole album is loaded in synths, heavy guitars, great vocals.

I'm gonna queue it up later tonight, just because you made this thread.

wow glad to see most people think it's more classic than dud! i just downloaded the album so i am going to have a lsietn and post up my thoughts later!! cheers and keep em coming!

Classic!

"House Of Pain"
"Drop Dead Legs"

Mara said:

Oh FUCK, I LOVE THIS ALBUM, dancerella!

Girl you need to get it. It's awesome. I bought the 2001 Warner Remasters edition from Best Buy for like $10.99 I think. Sound is excellent on it.

Drop Dead Legs
Hot 4 Teacher
Panama
Jump [FUCKING CLASSIC]
I'll Wait [synths for days on this one]
Top Jimmy
Girl Gone Bad

...pretty much the whole album is loaded in synths, heavy guitars, great vocals.

I'm gonna queue it up later tonight, just because you made this thread.

TonyVanDam said:

Mara said:

Oh FUCK, I LOVE THIS ALBUM, dancerella!

Girl you need to get it. It's awesome. I bought the 2001 Warner Remasters edition from Best Buy for like $10.99 I think. Sound is excellent on it.

Drop Dead Legs
Hot 4 Teacher
Panama
Jump [FUCKING CLASSIC]
I'll Wait [synths for days on this one]
Top Jimmy
Girl Gone Bad

...pretty much the whole album is loaded in synths, heavy guitars, great vocals.

I'm gonna queue it up later tonight, just because you made this thread.

Hot 4 Teachers = One of the best rock videos ever!

Timmy84 said:

TonyVanDam said:

Hot 4 Teachers = One of the best rock videos ever!

lastdecember said:

Timmy84 said:

Videos when Videos meant a damn, and had a purpose. This album is a classic, and it was from day one, you wont hear that kind of talk anymore. The reason, radio was not only playing the singles, ROCK radio was playing the album cuts, remember those things, remember DJ's flipping over an A SIDE and playing a B side, remember when Lionel Richie was fucking on fire and charting B side "Deep River Woman" because some DJ flipped it, or when Rick Springfield charted a top 40 B SIDE with Taxi Dancing a duet with RANDY CRAWFORD, aah the days when radio was an adventure and DJ's werent robots.

Not one of my favorite, it has sort of a crappy 80's sound to it

Try out one of the first 3 albums, or with Hagar For Unlawfully seeking Amy

Timmy84 said:

TonyVanDam said:

Hot 4 Teachers = One of the best rock videos ever!

You don't need directions and you don't need cash. From your Jimmy Choos to your Ultralash. ~ Prince
And when the groove is dead and gone, you know that Love survives so we can rock FOREVER. ~ RIP MJ

lastdecember said:

Timmy84 said:

Videos when Videos meant a damn, and had a purpose. This album is a classic, and it was from day one, you wont hear that kind of talk anymore. The reason, radio was not only playing the singles, ROCK radio was playing the album cuts, remember those things, remember DJ's flipping over an A SIDE and playing a B side, remember when Lionel Richie was fucking on fire and charting B side "Deep River Woman" because some DJ flipped it, or when Rick Springfield charted a top 40 B SIDE with Taxi Dancing a duet with RANDY CRAWFORD, aah the days when radio was an adventure and DJ's werent robots.

phunkdaddy said:

lastdecember said:

Videos when Videos meant a damn, and had a purpose. This album is a classic, and it was from day one, you wont hear that kind of talk anymore. The reason, radio was not only playing the singles, ROCK radio was playing the album cuts, remember those things, remember DJ's flipping over an A SIDE and playing a B side, remember when Lionel Richie was fucking on fire and charting B side "Deep River Woman" because some DJ flipped it, or when Rick Springfield charted a top 40 B SIDE with Taxi Dancing a duet with RANDY CRAWFORD, aah the days when radio was an adventure and DJ's werent robots.

I was with you until you made this comment. Lionel Richie had sold the
fuck out with this album. Dancing on the Ceiling was a joke. You wouldn't
catch any true commodore fan dead with this album in their collection.
[Edited 4/21/09 18:15pm]

Hell yeah Dancerella. I know you love synths so you need to check out "I'll Wait" from this album as well as "Jump". You'll also love the intro to "Jump" which is called "1984".

This has been mentioned here before, but the synth chord progression in "Jump" sounds very similar to "Dirty Mind". Which is cool, because during that time, Prince and Van Halen were my favorite bands.

sunlite said:

Timmy84 said:

phunkdaddy said:

I was with you until you made this comment. Lionel Richie had sold the
fuck out with this album. Dancing on the Ceiling was a joke. You wouldn't
catch any true commodore fan dead with this album in their collection.
[Edited 4/21/09 18:15pm]

Lionel was the man in 1983-1984 tho. I still hate "Dancing on the Ceiling" to this day tho.