I was never against Sammy fronting VH. His voice, showmanship & personality are phenomenal. He still one of the most authentic yet down to Earth rock stars ever. He still rocks!
Sammy's vocals were such an inspiration! A lot of peeps who don't like Van Hagar are specifically aware of the songs that were hits - "Why Can't this be Love," and "When it's Love." If you don't like "Mine all Mine,'" "Judgement Day," "Seventh Seal" etc. then you don't like great hard rock in general!
I really bugs me how little respect Hagar era VH gets. ANY band on the planet would kill for the run of success they had AND the greatest hits record they could put together of Hagar era material.
Run of success? Hell, most band would have killed to have ONE ALBUM do as well and ANY of the Van Hagar albums did lol!! Sammy voice was just the beauty of power rock. They were a match made in heaven.
My most favorite song from Van Halen with Sammy Hagar. it just had every element that you'd expect from a great 80's tune especially from the Van Halen era. Great music and great times. Absolutely the best ever.
Love Sammy Hagar! That voice is unforgettable and makes a girl feel so mush! Get him back for more interviews. He is an amazing person and knows what love is all about.
Sammy's voice was made for Rock and Roll. Such passion.He never sounds like he's phoning it in. He is an all-star vocalist who sometimes gets overlooked due to the era in which he was most productive (videos, hair, leather etc.)as well as the drama that follows the Van Halen bros. He reminds me of Paul Stanley, Ted Nugent, Roger Daltry voices made to Rock Out!!
Reading the comments I realized if Sammy was VH's first singer. In the 70's. How would Dave be judged as the next singer. Probably not too well. It's always the first guys who are considered the pioneers and prob get too much credit.
I put Sammy in a class with Steve Perry as far as vocal capabilities. Definitely many classes above the group you mentioned him in. Stanley, Nugent, Daltry are basically in the same class as Roth. Not really singers. Sammy Hagar is a singer.
Sammy era VH was so great. Sammies range and the keys he can see in are so rare. The maturity and growth of the band... Yes it was a new/different direction from DLR but I loved it as the much as the six albums with DLR. Best band ever with whatever line up. Including the Gary era. Rest in peace King Edward. No one comes close to your brilliance.
That album is absolutely on the Van Halen's best. When it's Love is has always been a favorite, and it's great to hear The Red Rocker speak about it! Adam, you have yet to make a video I haven't thought was outstanding, and this is no exception!
That song has stood the test of time and held up so well for the past 32 years...everytime you hear the piano/keyboard intro, it takes you totally right back to where you were and what you were doing around 1988-89...especially if you were in junior high or high school, you got memories for a lifetime! 🤟🏿😎
I remember this song during the Monsters of Rock show at Candlestick Park in 1988. Sammy was absolutely brilliant that day, hitting the notes perfectly and with a little extra energy, maybe because he was home in San Francisco.
Sammy and Mike were always the Foundation of Harmonics in Van Halen. That's why Motown was so great when it came out. Those vocals are drenched in your soul.
I'm a rocker who's been playing as a front man and songwriter in bands since the '70s. I've just got to say, that your soulful connection to all music is genuine and disarming. You bring a genuine joy and diversity of appreciation to all popular music and have a genius rock brain. Well done. I love watching you work, young man.
When Its Love is a brilliant written song. Amazing arrangement. The intro keyboards is phenomenal then the way band kicks in just arranged fantastic. Eddie's solo is so uplifting. Man. Want a remastered deluxe edition of OU812 CD. Awesome Sammy era Van Halen album👍
This is my favourite VH song of all-time! It emotionally stabs me through the heart and I nearly tear up every time I hear it. I can't play it often enough, not to mention the music video. I've had a man crush on Sammy Hagar because of this song for many years and still do. And that gorgeous long hair!
This was fun. Hagar was the first concert I ever went to in 1982 when I was 16. Quarterflash opened for them and was the real reason I went, but I left a Hagar fan, too. I agree he has a stellar voice.
Spot on again. Such a great love song. And again the chemistry between Sammy Hagar and Eddie Van Halen and the rest of the band is undeniable. Van Halen was great before Sammy but they got better with him. Red rocker rules!
Nailed it….Sammy’s vocals hit me in the guts too. Makes you feel great. I listen to VH every morning on my way to work. Makes me feel good for the day ahead.
This is the first song, and first VH song, I distinctly remember hearing. I was about 5 years old and some guys were roofing a house just over the fence from me. The sun was setting and "When it's Love" came on their radio. I was instantly mesmerized. I was humming that tune for weeks after hearing it that one time.
When It's Love is my favorite song of all time. My uncle had the cassette and I'd beg him to play it over and over while were driving. He'd have to rewind it manually every time but he was happy to it. The song checks off every criteria I look for in pop/rock songs... big chorus, amazing harmonies, oohs and aahs, killer guitar solo... the song has it all for me. Thinking about it, When It's Love probably spawned my criteria for a great song and I'm just comparing other songs to it. Also, it could probably be a part of your series on less remembered 80s classics. Compared to Jump or Why Can't This Be Love, When It's Love is played a lot less on radio, even though it hit no. 5 on the hot 100 at the time.
Sammy is a class act. Same with Michael Anthony. I had the extreme pleasure to meet Mike at a car show in Temecula, California many years ago. He's such a nice guy! I wish that the Van Hagar version of VH had survived. Those four guys are (were) magic together. Rock on, Sammy! (SUBSCRIBED!)
It's funny that they mentioned that it was a song that so many people got married to. My wife and I also used that song as 1 of the 3 songs we danced together at our wedding reception. We sure got a raised eyebrow from the DJ. We actually had to provide him with our 3 rock songs as he didn't have them in his sappy collection! It's such an awesome song- I loved it then and I still love it- the hallmark of timeless song, its an absolute classic.
My all-time favorite band hands down. And all my family and friends knew it. I was and still am a Van Halen freak! They have inspired me so much throughout the years musically and otherwise.
This completed the holy trilogy of van halen LOVE jams, w love comes walkin in and why can't this be love! All 3 beautiful rocking tunes that take me back to simpler times.
WHEN ITS LOVE IS A AWESOME SONG AND NO ONE ELSE CAN SING IT AS GREAT AS SAMMY HAGAR DOES!!! WHOEVER WROTE THAT SONG KNOWS WHAT ITS LIKE TO LOVE SOMEONE EDDIE MADE THE SONGS EVEN BETTER WITH HIS GREAT GUITAR PLAYING. LOVE ALL.OF VAN HALEN SONGS. LOVE Y'ALL, KGM
I wish so much to see Hagar and VH on the same stage again. I saw them in Mtl in 1995. I would take a trip anywhere in America to see and eat this again. Life goes on and one day it will be to late.
sammy was van halen, i was never interested in them until sammy came along. i have met sammy several times and he is the sweetest down to earth guy everyone says he is. i even was invited to attend his birthday party at cabo. i was so sad that eddie passed away. i was always hoping they would have gotten back together. the hits that van halen had were written by sammy. its the tempo, the words, the voices that made them unforgettable.
Nice interview on my favorite VH song with the Red Rocker! This track was exceptional as stated, as it had all the elements needed for a great Rock song. Keep this up, Professor!
My older brother was into VH before I was. I was 10 years old when OU812 came out.. I saw the video for "When It's Love" on Headbangers ball and I fell in love with the song instantly, soon after I got the cassette. This song and that album will always be special to me.
Just found this channel today because I am a die hard Red Rocker fan. I looked at your channel and realized 2 things. 1. We are going to spend a lot of time together. The other my work production just went down significantly.
The thing I love about Sammy. He doesn't need a flashy image. He is just true rock and roll. After many years and many songs he can still pump them out.
I am soon to be 55 years old. I grew up with the classic rock and rock from the 60s 70s and 80s. Not many groups if any at all really have grabbed me since then. And I am not into the whole J-Rock scene out of Japan. But you have to check out these five beautiful phenomenally talented women musicians. Out of Japan, in a group called Band Maid. Because the music and entertainment industry in this country ( America )has turned its back on that genre of music. We don't get to see or have access to as many top quality Hard Rock and classic rock type bands in this country anymore. But these women are carrying the torch for us old-time classic rock fans. Great songs amazing musicianship, delivered with charisma, humility, humor and grace. These ladies are the real deal. Would like to see them get so much more exposure and love from America !
I initially had trouble with it because it wasn’t DLR… However, when I saw the video I quickly recognized the greatness of the song… The harmonies with Michael et al are just incredible!
I wonder if these songs would have happened if David had still been with the group? What singer you prefer may depend on the style of rock you like, but I personally liked the music they put out with Hagar more than with David. The stuff they put out with David, naturally sounds more wild and crazy, which I think reflected their actual youth, but the stuff they put out with Sammy sounded like a group that had mastered its craft.
Yeah, Love david, but they were more a "show" band with david. More of a "rock" band with sammy. Given, alot of that might just be the times, but more mature is a good way to phrase the difference. Both versions are great though!
Dave would have never sang these songs and the lyrics are Sammy's so the songs would have never happened. The Melodies and the keyboards by Eddie and his guitar and Alex on drums Etc yes but Roth never in a million years would come up with these lyrics. Four number one albums in a row. Hardly any rock band does that except the Stone's, Elton John, big name bands.
Sammy brings a love of music to his work. It’s as if he is a fan of what he is doing. Sammy never goes through the motions and has a deep connection to what he does. Michael Anthony is that undertone of Van Halen that made them work out. You can’t have everyone over the top like Dave Lee Roth and Eddie Van Halen because you need a stable and dependable musician who is there but sort of is so low key he goes unnoticed but is still important nonetheless.
Prof, thanks for the spotlight on VH, and especially this song. One fine spring day in 1989, I was walking to meet my gf, listening to the radio on my Walkman, when this song came on. By the end of the song, I decided that I would ask her to marry me. Here we are now, almost 31 years in! BTW - I am also a proud member of the 1013 club with Sammy, and so is our first son, Sammy, 10/13/93.
I, about age 50, was driving a group of youths around, and When it's Love came on the radio. I told them that back when I was their age, it was THE ultimate slow dance song. They couldn't believe it; I guess for them, it was just too heavy.
When it's Love is not only my favourite Van Halen song, but probably in my favourite top 3 songs of all time. Hagar era VH was amazing. I don't care what anyone says.
First heard it at a waterside with this crush that summer. What ever happened to that relationship!? Had I not met another.....I don't know.... great song, and memories.
I think they are both great. They are very different so there is room to release both as singles which they did, and judging by the success of hdikwil, it was smart to release it. I feel a police vibe from feels so good. . It is a great song....actually I see ou812 get panned alot, but I loved it as a 14 yr old listening to it at friends houses etc and I still love it today...I love Cabo wabo and black and blue as well. The knock on the album is the production, but as a 14 yr old those songs were part of that summer for me and reminds me of the girl I chased and finally hooked up with mid summer. The songs on that album will always bring me back .
That song was huge back in the day. I grew up in Mexico and that song was very popular over and that says a lot concerning that is not even a English speaking country and they were super popular back in the day
Thank you so much for this Professor of Rock, one of my all time favourite of rock song When it's Love and the album and the album OU812 remains one of our favourites and I feel the same way about Sammy Hagar's incredible voice, I remember thinking his performances were out of this world as if he had drunk rocket fuel with honey :) I remember watching this with my husband so many decades ago and how thrilled we were seeing this. It brings back so many awesome memories , as my husband's band performed some of those songs. Love this, made my day seeing this, putting CD on now :) thank you , warmest regards from sunny Tasmania , Tia
You just made me love you even more than I already did. I haven't even watched the video yet and I had to comment. You are becoming my favorite go-to music Channel. I check you everyday and now you put Sammy and how great is this. You going to get a lot of views because all of us redheads are going to be watching this.
Sammy said "cassette". Man! Has time passed by so quickly? I still remember going to Tower Records and buying some cassettes. Journey, Van Halen, other good stuff.
I was never against Sammy fronting VH. His voice, showmanship & personality are phenomenal. He still one of the most authentic yet down to Earth rock stars ever. He still rocks!
@Majik0715 Many of the 'soft' songs are from Eddie.
Sammy's vocals were such an inspiration! A lot of peeps who don't like Van Hagar are specifically aware of the songs that were hits - "Why Can't this be Love," and "When it's Love." If you don't like "Mine all Mine,'" "Judgement Day," "Seventh Seal" etc. then you don't like great hard rock in general!
Donna McManus DLR is a clown now look at him. And his voice is gone
I really bugs me how little respect Hagar era VH gets. ANY band on the planet would kill for the run of success they had AND the greatest hits record they could put together of Hagar era material.
Adding insult to injury, unlike the DLR era albums, none of Sammy's albums with Van Halen have been remastered!
Run of success? Hell, most band would have killed to have ONE ALBUM do as well and ANY of the Van Hagar albums did lol!! Sammy voice was just the beauty of power rock. They were a match made in heaven.
I don't know man, there's a #uck ton of Van Hagar fans out there! I think they HAVE the respect.
It really bugs me how many people haven't heard of the band Montrose.
Helluva lot better than VH III, lol.
Sammy took Van Halen to its greatest heights 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
Those years, the 80s were awesome,, every day was good.
Sorry for your loss...our loss
My most favorite song from Van Halen with Sammy Hagar. it just had every element that you'd expect from a great 80's tune especially from the Van Halen era. Great music and great times. Absolutely the best ever.
OU812 and Hysteria were in constant rotation in my Sony Walkman in 88, my first year of high school. Love this channel
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me too, both albums sound very slick and polished, i love it.
Me too
They are still in my rotation
Sony Walkman....lol
I had the Yellow Sports model with Auto Reverse......It was the coolest thing ever!
Now we have IPhones. .....
"When It's Love" just happens to be my favorite VH song and Sammy is one of my top 5 favorite rock singers. The dude is still kickin ass in his 70s!
'Balance' is an incredible album. One of the most under-rated rock records of the '90s.
Love Sammy Hagar! That voice is unforgettable and makes a girl feel so mush! Get him back for more interviews. He is an amazing person and knows what love is all about.
Seriously I can't believe sammy is in his 70's.... he looks like he's 50
It’s all that clean livin
Sammy's voice was made for Rock and Roll. Such passion.He never sounds like he's phoning it in. He is an all-star vocalist who sometimes gets overlooked due to the era in which he was most productive (videos, hair, leather etc.)as well as the drama that follows the Van Halen bros. He reminds me of Paul Stanley, Ted Nugent, Roger Daltry voices made to Rock Out!!
Couldn't agree more! My favorite vocalist for sure!
Both VH and Sammy benefited enormously from getting together.
And yes, I've always thought Paul Stanley sounds exactly like a rock singer should!
Reading the comments I realized if Sammy was VH's first singer. In the 70's.
How would Dave be judged as the next singer. Probably not too well.
It's always the first guys who are considered the pioneers and prob get too much credit.
@FarOutWest he possibly meant derek st. holmes.
I put Sammy in a class with Steve Perry as far as vocal capabilities. Definitely many classes above the group you mentioned him in. Stanley, Nugent, Daltry are basically in the same class as Roth. Not really singers. Sammy Hagar is a singer.
I loved 5150 and OU812 so much bitd. It was just an evolution of the band with the Red Rocker.
Van Hagar for life!! I grew up on Sammy's voice. My dad RIP was his biggest fan!!
Outstanding. That song takes me back to 88. Great follow up on 5150. Thanks professor 👍
Indeed.
The harmonies are sick. Sammy's lead vocal is legendary.
Sammy era VH was so great. Sammies range and the keys he can see in are so rare. The maturity and growth of the band... Yes it was a new/different direction from DLR but I loved it as the much as the six albums with DLR. Best band ever with whatever line up. Including the Gary era. Rest in peace King Edward. No one comes close to your brilliance.
Sammy is such a consummate professional and a music and lyrics genius. I've had everything he's ever done and he's never let me down.
That album is absolutely on the Van Halen's best. When it's Love is has always been a favorite, and it's great to hear The Red Rocker speak about it! Adam, you have yet to make a video I haven't thought was outstanding, and this is no exception!
That song has stood the test of time and held up so well for the past 32 years...everytime you hear the piano/keyboard intro, it takes you totally right back to where you were and what you were doing around 1988-89...especially if you were in junior high or high school, you got memories for a lifetime! 🤟🏿😎
Oh man, I still love this song; it just never gets old...
I remember this song during the Monsters of Rock show at Candlestick Park in 1988. Sammy was absolutely brilliant that day, hitting the notes perfectly and with a little extra energy, maybe because he was home in San Francisco.
I was at that show -- I was living down in Monterey at the time. I have some pretty vivid memories of that day.
"When it's Love" is such an Emotional Jam.
Sammy and Mike were always the Foundation of Harmonics in Van Halen. That's why Motown was so great when it came out. Those vocals are drenched in your soul.
I'm a rocker who's been playing as a front man and songwriter in bands since the '70s. I've just got to say, that your soulful connection to all music is genuine and disarming. You bring a genuine joy and diversity of appreciation to all popular music and have a genius rock brain. Well done. I love watching you work, young man.
When Its Love is a brilliant written song. Amazing arrangement. The intro keyboards is phenomenal then the way band kicks in just arranged fantastic. Eddie's solo is so uplifting. Man. Want a remastered deluxe edition of OU812 CD. Awesome Sammy era Van Halen album👍
This is my favourite VH song of all-time! It emotionally stabs me through the heart and I nearly tear up every time I hear it. I can't play it often enough, not to mention the music video. I've had a man crush on Sammy Hagar because of this song for many years and still do. And that gorgeous long hair!
This was fun. Hagar was the first concert I ever went to in 1982 when I was 16. Quarterflash opened for them and was the real reason I went, but I left a Hagar fan, too. I agree he has a stellar voice.
The prolonged ending is everything to me about this great masterpiece LOVE VAN HALEN !
Spot on again. Such a great love song. And again the chemistry between Sammy Hagar and Eddie Van Halen and the rest of the band is undeniable. Van Halen was great before Sammy but they got better with him. Red rocker rules!
Nailed it….Sammy’s vocals hit me in the guts too. Makes you feel great. I listen to VH every morning on my way to work. Makes me feel good for the day ahead.
This is the first song, and first VH song, I distinctly remember hearing. I was about 5 years old and some guys were roofing a house just over the fence from me. The sun was setting and "When it's Love" came on their radio. I was instantly mesmerized. I was humming that tune for weeks after hearing it that one time.
Sammy and Professor of Rock is a match made in heaven !
When It's Love is my favorite song of all time. My uncle had the cassette and I'd beg him to play it over and over while were driving. He'd have to rewind it manually every time but he was happy to it. The song checks off every criteria I look for in pop/rock songs... big chorus, amazing harmonies, oohs and aahs, killer guitar solo... the song has it all for me. Thinking about it, When It's Love probably spawned my criteria for a great song and I'm just comparing other songs to it. Also, it could probably be a part of your series on less remembered 80s classics. Compared to Jump or Why Can't This Be Love, When It's Love is played a lot less on radio, even though it hit no. 5 on the hot 100 at the time.
Sammy is a class act. Same with Michael Anthony. I had the extreme pleasure to meet Mike at a car show in Temecula, California many years ago. He's such a nice guy! I wish that the Van Hagar version of VH had survived. Those four guys are (were) magic together. Rock on, Sammy! (SUBSCRIBED!)
Unfortunately it doesn't look like Eddie will bury the hatchet with Sammy which is terrible.
My favourite song of all time. Sammy’s voice! Woah!!
OU812 is so overlooked, definitely one of their very best
Best song and album in the Van Hagar era. Every song is pure gold!
🗣I CAN'T TELL YOU BUT IT LASTS FOREVER Luv the vocals!!!
It's funny that they mentioned that it was a song that so many people got married to. My wife and I also used that song as 1 of the 3 songs we danced together at our wedding reception. We sure got a raised eyebrow from the DJ. We actually had to provide him with our 3 rock songs as he didn't have them in his sappy collection! It's such an awesome song- I loved it then and I still love it- the hallmark of timeless song, its an absolute classic.
My all-time favorite band hands down. And all my family and friends knew it. I was and still am a Van Halen freak! They have inspired me so much throughout the years musically and otherwise.
I see Sammy, I click. Long live the Red Rocker!
This completed the holy trilogy of van halen LOVE jams, w love comes walkin in and why can't this be love! All 3 beautiful rocking tunes that take me back to simpler times.
Best hard rock love song of all times rip Eddie Van Halen Your music will go on forever
WHEN ITS LOVE IS A AWESOME SONG AND NO ONE ELSE CAN SING IT AS GREAT AS SAMMY HAGAR DOES!!! WHOEVER WROTE THAT SONG KNOWS WHAT ITS LIKE TO LOVE SOMEONE EDDIE MADE THE SONGS EVEN BETTER WITH HIS GREAT GUITAR PLAYING. LOVE ALL.OF VAN HALEN SONGS. LOVE Y'ALL, KGM
Sammy kicks ass, just saw him Saturday night in Tulsa and it took me back 30 years, the music is just incredible, still!
Sammy has always made every band he's been with super! One of rock's best voices, along with Daltry, Marriott, and Plant.
Balance is my favorite VH album. Amazing songs in Sammy's era. "Why cant this be love" is another anthem!
Certainly one of the best songs ever made.
Awesomeness! I listen to 5150 at least once a week, OU812 also. So glad I got to see them live back in 2005
Sammy is the man. Seems like a smart guy but always stays humble. Incredible to think how long he's been rocking our world. Great interview thanks!
I never understood why you couldn’t be a Roth AND a Hagar fan. I loved the Sammy years.
My absolute fave VH track of all time.Those rack toms are deadly too. Miss Van Hagar!
Love Sammy’s vocals!
I wish so much to see Hagar and VH on the same stage again. I saw them in Mtl in 1995. I would take a trip anywhere in America to see and eat this again. Life goes on and one day it will be to late.
One of my favorite Van Hagar tunes. Eddie paying homage to Clapton on the solo. Nice interview
This album ? No words..
( maybe 1.. treasure )
sammy was van halen, i was never interested in them until sammy came along. i have met sammy several times and he is the sweetest down to earth guy everyone says he is. i even was invited to attend his birthday party at cabo. i was so sad that eddie passed away. i was always hoping they would have gotten back together. the hits that van halen had were written by sammy. its the tempo, the words, the voices that made them unforgettable.
Radio stations need to play great songs like this instead of the same songs over and over again!
Nice interview on my favorite VH song with the Red Rocker! This track was exceptional as stated, as it had all the elements needed for a great Rock song. Keep this up, Professor!
Van Halen with Sammy was without any doubt, the greatest Rock n Roll band Ever. Period.
My older brother was into VH before I was. I was 10 years old when OU812 came out.. I saw the video for "When It's Love" on Headbangers ball and I fell in love with the song instantly, soon after I got the cassette. This song and that album will always be special to me.
I love this is music, thanks Sammy Hagar and Van Halen. Thanks, Love.
Just found this channel today because I am a die hard Red Rocker fan. I looked at your channel and realized 2 things. 1. We are going to spend a lot of time together. The other my work production just went down significantly.
The thing I love about Sammy. He doesn't need a flashy image. He is just true rock and roll. After many years and many songs he can still pump them out.
I am soon to be 55 years old. I grew up with the classic rock and rock from the 60s 70s and 80s. Not many groups if any at all really have grabbed me since then. And I am not into the whole J-Rock scene out of Japan. But you have to check out these five beautiful phenomenally talented women musicians. Out of Japan, in a group called Band Maid. Because the music and entertainment industry in this country ( America )has turned its back on that genre of music. We don't get to see or have access to as many top quality Hard Rock and classic rock type bands in this country anymore. But these women are carrying the torch for us old-time classic rock fans. Great songs amazing musicianship, delivered with charisma, humility, humor and grace. These ladies are the real deal. Would like to see them get so much more exposure and love from America !
Thank You Professor for this amazing stuff nad amazing guests. This song was my father theme song in 80s
It was a great era for VH! Thanks POR
I loved both 5150 and OU812. Great songs. I was a teenager then. Listening to the casettes on a Sony Walkman.
I initially had trouble with it because it wasn’t DLR… However, when I saw the video I quickly recognized the greatness of the song… The harmonies with Michael et al are just incredible!
Love Sammy
Van Halen with him as the front was one of the greatest band ever
Great video! This version of the band was soooo killer!
Best band on the planet with Sammy now the circle is...
I wonder if these songs would have happened if David had still been with the group? What singer you prefer may depend on the style of rock you like, but I personally liked the music they put out with Hagar more than with David. The stuff they put out with David, naturally sounds more wild and crazy, which I think reflected their actual youth, but the stuff they put out with Sammy sounded like a group that had mastered its craft.
I always thought of the David years as teen/college boy and the Sammy years, the boy grows up. I love em both!!!
Yeah,
Love david, but they were more a "show" band with david. More of a "rock" band with sammy.
Given, alot of that might just be the times, but more mature is a good way to phrase the difference.
Both versions are great though!
Dave would have never sang these songs and the lyrics are Sammy's so the songs would have never happened. The Melodies and the keyboards by Eddie and his guitar and Alex on drums Etc yes but Roth never in a million years would come up with these lyrics. Four number one albums in a row. Hardly any rock band does that except the Stone's, Elton John, big name bands.
I agree
@Therin Chilnsford Amsterdam lyrics are probably the worst of any Hagar song. That's too bad because the instrumental part is fantastic.
Sammy is my man and always my top 3 singer of all time.sammy,geoff tate,and coverdale are my idols
Sammy brings a love of music to his work. It’s as if he is a fan of what he is doing. Sammy never goes through the motions and has a deep connection to what he does. Michael Anthony is that undertone of Van Halen that made them work out. You can’t have everyone over the top like Dave Lee Roth and Eddie Van Halen because you need a stable and dependable musician who is there but sort of is so low key he goes unnoticed but is still important nonetheless.
Sammy Hagar is my favorite VH singer. Such talent and such a cool dude. No circus drama with Sammy, just rock and soul.
Ou812 my Favorite Release with Sammy. When it's Love, Finish what you Started and Black and Blue.....Incredible Tunes!!
Such a magic and the best singer 4 Van Halen what a shame he should have always been that band. He a vocal beast
I remember when the song came out. I loved it. I had the video recorded on a VHS tape
Saw them on the OU812 tour and man they blew it out of the water. Such a great team. So sorry it ended.
Mikey's harmony is right on,love him as well ❤
Beautiful song, even though I personally love most Right now. The piano is unique and unbelievable
My favorite van Hager song
Prof, thanks for the spotlight on VH, and especially this song. One fine spring day in 1989, I was walking to meet my gf, listening to the radio on my Walkman, when this song came on. By the end of the song, I decided that I would ask her to marry me. Here we are now, almost 31 years in! BTW - I am also a proud member of the 1013 club with Sammy, and so is our first son, Sammy, 10/13/93.
I, about age 50, was driving a group of youths around, and When it's Love came on the radio. I told them that back when I was their age, it was THE ultimate slow dance song. They couldn't believe it; I guess for them, it was just too heavy.
Van hagar is my favorite of the two...its the more grown up version of van Halen, its absolutely perfect..sammy is untouchable.. truth.
When it's Love is not only my favourite Van Halen song, but probably in my favourite top 3 songs of all time. Hagar era VH was amazing. I don't care what anyone says.
Man... Sammy is one of my childhoods heros ever. Thanks for interviene him. God blees You. Grettings from Perú!
Brilliant album.... feel so good is my fav song off this album..
First heard it at a waterside with this crush that summer. What ever happened to that relationship!? Had I not met another.....I don't know.... great song, and memories.
I have always liked Feels So Good more than When It's Love. I think it is the superior pop tune on OU812.
Not me
Hell yeah Feels So Good is FAR SUPERIOR to When It's Love!!!!!!!!!!
"I'll send a message in a bottle
I'LL SEND A MESSAAAAGE”
The drumming in “Feels So Good” is probably some of the most impressive drumming by AVH...or anyone
Feels So Good for me the perfect follow-up to Dreams. Bluesier and very prog. Just pure awesomeness. I love When It’s Love, though. I love the power.
I think they are both great. They are very different so there is room to release both as singles which they did, and judging by the success of hdikwil, it was smart to release it. I feel a police vibe from feels so good. . It is a great song....actually I see ou812 get panned alot, but I loved it as a 14 yr old listening to it at friends houses etc and I still love it today...I love Cabo wabo and black and blue as well. The knock on the album is the production, but as a 14 yr old those songs were part of that summer for me and reminds me of the girl I chased and finally hooked up with mid summer. The songs on that album will always bring me back .
One of my favorite VH songs
"VAN HAGAR"!!!!!! LOVE IT!!!!!
I always enjoyed The Red Rocker. 'When It's Love' is great, but solo songs like 'Remember the Heroes'... no words.
Amazing song, amazing voice
That song was huge back in the day. I grew up in Mexico and that song was very popular over and that says a lot concerning that is not even a English speaking country and they were super popular back in the day
my fav. band that may be my all time favorite video, Sammy looked like the ultimate rock god with the red suit and his hair perfect!!!!!
Sammy has an incredible voice. I always thought he made singing high more effortless than anyone
Thank you so much for this Professor of Rock, one of my all time favourite of rock song When it's Love and the album and the album OU812 remains one of our favourites and I feel the same way about Sammy Hagar's incredible voice, I remember thinking his performances were out of this world as if he had drunk rocket fuel with honey :) I remember watching this with my husband so many decades ago and how thrilled we were seeing this. It brings back so many awesome memories , as my husband's band performed some of those songs. Love this, made my day seeing this, putting CD on now :) thank you , warmest regards from sunny Tasmania , Tia
You just made me love you even more than I already did. I haven't even watched the video yet and I had to comment. You are becoming my favorite go-to music Channel. I check you everyday and now you put Sammy and how great is this. You going to get a lot of views because all of us redheads are going to be watching this.
Sammy said "cassette". Man! Has time passed by so quickly? I still remember going to Tower Records and buying some cassettes. Journey, Van Halen, other good stuff.