It's like choosing between two excellent flavors in an ice cream shop... Depends on my taste buds that day (of course, DLR is the ice cream man)... Should I have said two flavors of a margherita?... Because we know who the tequila man is!
@@flavellinator It's true. That's how I feel. If I want to party it's DLR, If I want to be inspired, it's Sammy specifically a few of the songs from 5150. No matter who you choose it's always about Eddie though.
Both. Dave for the lyrics, Sammy for the voice. The DLR albums are more timeless, but part of the credit there has to go to Ted Templeman. Although they have great songs, 5150 and OU812 sound dated today, but that's not the case with the original six.
It's loud, crass, and humorous all right, but then there's the video, adding corruption of dear young Waldo and the little VH boys and a few MASSIVELY sexy women who truly seem to enjoy being available to the band. (This teenage boy's dream. I was bad. I was a bad, bad boy. No use saying sorry - it's something that I enjoy.)
My brother found the 1st Van Halen Album- an 8 track tape that was laying on the side of the road in '78. Guess it fell out of somebody's car. I was 16. We had no idea who they were. He showed it to me saying "LISTEN TO THIS GUY ON GUITAR". We were already big Rush, Boston, Zep, etc. fans. We wore that tape out. An AMAZING time...
...or somebody's overly conservative or religious mother snatched it out of the player, "I won't have you playing such satanic music in my car!", tossing it out the windows.
I'll Wait, far and away my favorite on 1984. Hot for Teacher, Panama, then Jump. Still remember my grandmother buying the 45, "Jump' for me back in 84. For a nine year old kid then, grandma was always hooking me up with music. God rest her soul!
I was born in 1970! I am 50 years old and I still love to listen to 1984. I was in 7th grade and played that album day, driving my parents nuts! Those really were the best days!!
Van Halen was one of those bands that really never had a "bad" album. Like Led Zeppelin and The Beatles. People might have a favorite because music is subjective but they all seem to make every song a masterpiece in a sense.
Again, Don't sleep on I'll Wait. At a low volume, I get why it's often overlooked. BUT CRANK THAT THING AND LISTEN TO THAT SYNTH BASS / KEYBOARD MONSTER. And that descending interlude into the solo section? Symphonic.
I prefer I'll Wait over Panama any day. Panama I just never got. The best word I can use to describe it is shallow. Reach down between my legs............ease the seat back. It's awful.
@Stu most 80s rock lyrics are shallow. When was vh ever deep lyrically? Hot legs? Ain't talking bout love? LoL no. They're great songs that rock not because of thought-provoking lyrics. Panama rocks.
dave sabo is indeed cool... i work in animation, in 1995 i was working in korea on a cartoon for universal. skid row were touring their last album with bach, 'subhuman race' (an album that took awhile for me to love, but i do really love it now) the band were staying at a hotel near me in seoul, i found out simply by being there in the lounge playing pool... the following day i spent several hours drawing a picture of ren and stimpy as metal musicians, inked it and colored it and went back that night to hopefully see them in the lounge in the evening. scotti hill came down at first, and was sitting with some guy chatting. i approached and said 'i'm such a fan, i love you guys... here, i made this for you'. i excused myself and went back to the pool table. scotti sent over a pitcher of beer, then came by and asked if i'd come sit with him. he was apparently a fan of cartoons, and had wanted to be a cartoonist as a kid. eventually the rest of the guys (minus bach) came down to hang, and scotti handed my drawing around for all to see, saying 'check this out, this guy worked on ren and stimpy'... i got to hang with one of my favorite bands until they closed the lounge and kicked us out, around four am... really nice guys.
Whenever Van halen comes on the radio or any media i get goosebumps. Music is subjective. Yet, I've never felt the euphoria as when I'm listening to Van Halen
Oh wow. Your offhand comment about playing music so loud your parents freaked out gave me the feels. My mom was so mad she literally came over to my "ghetto blaster" cassette player and -straight up- took it from me. Memories.
EVH gets his due for his guitar playing, but no one talks about his songwriting and how he changed his playing style and sound from the Dave era to the Van Hagar era. Who does that? Amazing.
I've been trying to get that message out for a long time. EVH was evolving as a musician and songwriter, he needed to expand, I think Sammy was perfect for the next phase because of how his lyrics were more mature. DLR was still writing juvenile lyrics for his own band which is fine, Eddie wanted something more in my opinion.
This album is the soundtrack to my childhood, I was about 7 or 8 when 1984 came out, my best friend had a birthday party at Showbiz Pizza and his parents were getting him a huge ghetto blaster boom box, my mom figured we could get him a cassette tape for his new radio. I can remember my mom taking me to record town in the mall, and picking out VH 1984 for a gift, I remembered loving the video for panama on Mtv.......we spent the entire summer CRANKING that album while swimming, having huge battles between transformers and gi joe figures in the yard, trading garbage pail kids, riding skate boards, playing spy hunter on a commodore computer....I wouldnt trade being an 80s kid for anything.
Oh man! Showbiz Pizza! I remember that! Spy Hunter as well! What great times those were. I feel like there was no time like the 80's. Before or after. It was an incredible decade. Glad I grew up when I did, but man... I miss it.
@@jasonrackawack9369 I agree! I wasn't officially a teenager until 92, but I still remember the vibe of the 80's. Definitely would've been awesome being in high school around the 84/85 area.
Damn dude, did you grow up in my neighborhood???!! lol, you're describing that summer of 1984 almost to a T for me and my life back then. Where did you grow up?
I'm 51 and was 15 when the album came out. To say it was life-altering would be a ridiculous understatement. The Roth era was amazing. The Hagar era was amazing. Simple as that. Van Halen is the greatest rock band in history. It had two of the greatest frontmen in rock history. It had one of the best bassists in rock history. It had arguably the best backup singers in rock history. It had the most underrated drummer in rock history. And, of course, it had the most influential virtuoso guitarist in rock history who wrote some of the greatest songs in rock history.
Speaking of lyrics, I still chuckle when I think about the 2nd verse of Jump. “Hey O! Hey you! Who said that? Baby, how you been?” Shakespeare himself couldn’t have penned anything finer. :) 🔥
This is my favorite Van Halen song!! When I hear the drums at the very beginning the hair stands up on my arms and my entire body!! For me this is the ultimate Van Halen song 🔥❤️
I was a Senior in High School in 1984 so this was definitely part of the soundtrack for that year and my life. Had the concert Tshirt with Big Brother on the back holding the big hammer behind his back. Orwell and Van Halen...1984 was one hell of a year for me :-)
This is one of my favorite songs to play for my wife (who's obviously a teacher), and I can't NOT play air drums like a maniac no matter where I'm at when this song comes on. Great episode!
I still remember the first time I heard "Hot For Teacher" at a friend's house when I was a kid. I was 100% sure the drums at the beginning were a radial engine from an airplane. I couldn't believe it when I realized later that it was Alex on the drums! You could not mistake this song for any other if only the drum track was playing. 🔥
That talent is not gone. It is now preserved in eternity vibrating through the fabric of existence for all to tap into. Eddie was truly gifted and gifted us mortals with his mastery. As long as there is a kid getting his mind blown from hearing eruption for the first time or the old timer listening to it for the one hundred thousandth time , Edward VanHalen's talent will never be lost. Eddie lives forever
I’ll wait is such a great song, it was probably one of the reasons I started to listen to more synth based music around that time. I also love the other kick-ass tunes of this album, they so energetic and gets me pumping every time!
I’ll Wait is personally my favorite off the album! It really shows DLR’s range and vocal ability better than many of his other songs. Overall it also really showed where they were headed and laid the ground work for their second best album 5150.
Love this band! Every iteration! Saw them live in 2018 in Toronto, 34 years later than I should have, Dave was the front man, he was what he is! A Majestic Train-wreck of Brilliance and Style, loved every second of it, regretted that Michael Anthony wasn't there, not because the music was lacking in anyway, but for nostalgic reasons! Wolfgang, killed it! It was like being 14 again, I wouldn't have traded that experience for anything, just wish I could have shared it with a few more friends, that enjoyed Van Halen with me along the way! I was blown away and thankful, for the experience! My heart goes out to the Van Halen family, one and all, and everyone touched by their music. We lived in the time of his genius, we got to share Eddie's dream and experience. Thank you, with all my heart!
God bless Eddie Van Halen my favorite track was I'll wait then hot the teacher but the world definitely lost a guitar angel now he's jamming up in heaven with all the other greats that we have lost
I'll wait is one of my favorite tracks. It is so overlooked by the other great and more popular tracks. In an era where we paid good money for entire albums, you can't go wrong with 1984.
I'll wait is a really amazing song and ty for the background. I always wondered about the context of it from 11 yrs old on lol. 1984 and 5150 I think really showed what versatility EVH had...each were informed by their lead singers respectively.
I went to this concert in Biloxi, MS and got a speeding ticket. Great concert! Never paid the speeding ticket. Pretty sure there is still a bench warrant for my arrest if I ever get pulled over in Mississippi again. And Tennessee, but that’s another story.
I was 14 when the album came out and got it for Christmas that year. The lesser known songs are still some of my all time favorites. Such a great album, and thank you for doing a spotlight on it!
1984, what a year to be young. I was 17 when this came and WOW!!! Talking about being blown away, but I have loved VH from the get go. And Eddie is why I play til this day.
1984 was my favorite Roth era Van Halen album. It's timeless and absolutely loved it. It set the stage for the next phase with Sammy Hagar. And I loved the Hagar era a lot. So much diversity in each album!
I had a radio show back in the 1980's and I used to play the opening drum track for ?Hot for Teacher" with both turntable arms on the one record, which gave it an even more epic sound with delay. I miss those days and my Wallace Quentin Bingo on-air persona.
Listening to that amazing intro to I’ll wait with that synthesizer just sucked me right in. Eddie was and is a legend. He was an inspiration for my English final. Professor gave me 100%
@@ProfessorofRock I remember listening to that album on my Sanyo turntable. I really miss their sound. Because of your channel, I’ve downloaded much of Van Helen’s catalog again. Love what your doing.
I was a junior in HS. Met my first "love at a YMCA dance while dancing to Panama. Music is the only thing that brings you back. Hot for teacher was epic too!
@@timhanna4700 I agree with you. Panama was the best song that album. I remember having a Ford escort station wagon with pioneer speakers so that I can just listen to the Cassette.
I remember when "Hot for Teacher" video came out, I saw it one night on Friday Night Videos, (long before MTV aired it), My friends and I just howled. It not only was a great song, (we all thought "1984" was a great Album itself), but the video was just incredibly funny. Only DLR could pull this one off.
The Hot for Teacher video had me running for the facilities many a time in my 9th Grade Days! That and the ZZ Top Legs video! And Angel in the Centerfold!
@@oldschoolrr6077 Sounds like USA Network just before they changed to “Up All Night” where they’d play a block of 2-3 videos intermixed with some cheesy movie. I think Elvira became the host around that time.
What a great time for music and for being a kid growing up. Malls were the place to be,video games were in arcades where you had to socialize with other people. There was still a hint of “old timey” with new and exciting modern gadgets that would make you’re eyes sparkle when viewing them. This album is a testament to the times. Brilliantly etched into the memories of everyone that grew up in that time period. This album is so much different than the previous 5 albums and it’s what transcended them to whole nuther fan base. Which is why hardcore VH fans diss on the album. Kind of like a prelude to the new VH. Leaving the classic raw uncut hard rock dirty boy music and entering the fine well oiled machine. Edward surprises us here with ability to create a masterpiece. He wrote these songs that turned music into something you saw rather than what you heard. It catapulted all music to another level. Jump would show that Edward was more than a guitar God. It proved he was a musician and a great one at that. Panama is that raw uncut hint into their past that you can still view on the screen. This album shows all 4 members as professionals and the top of their field out doing everyone else and doing it with style. Have ever thought that the reason Dave was no longer with VH after this was because it just wasn’t fair to the rest of the rock world? Nature has a funny way with things. My 3rd favorite VH album behind VH 1 and Fair Warning. RIP Edward!
Might I say Professor of Rock, I love the way you describe VH and your view on the band. Especially highlighting Edwards progression. You have a uniquely way of complementing musicians where a lot of people give negativity. Great job and thank you for work.
I love I'll wait... So glad they put it on the album... Eddie was a musical genius... I love the story behind it... I always thought Dave was talking about a playboy model in a magazine... Fantasizing about waiting for her love to come around...
Fantastic tone in both of those. I’m convinced he had to be playing a Strat on the neck pickup on both solos. It just has that distinctive Fender neck pickup sound. That wolf howl is what I call it.
@@isaiahmarquez9717 It makes sense if he's paying tribute to Clapton. I remember it being one of the few VH songs that Edward didn't perform live, but let Sammy play using his Red Rocker guitar... with neck pickups. Edward often used various guitars in the studio. On 1984 it's known that the only time he used Frankie was when the song required a tremolo. He used Explorers, the Kramer Ripley, Les Pauls, standard strats etc.
I'll wait is a masterpiece. One of my favs. Great melody in the vox, amazing delivery by DLR (very underrated singer), and beautiful keys/synth by Eddie... not to mention the blistering guitar solo.
Hot For Teacher got our MTV cancelled in college. We were completely pissed because we paid for MTV with our tuition. So, about 2000 students went to the local cable company, Boone Cable, and pitched FITS, blocked entrances and exits until it was restored. It took 2 days.
@@roxannemoser Hot under the collar for Hot For Teacher. I could complain about how the video glorifies bullying but at the same time, people need to decipher reality from make-believe even when make-believe imitates reality. Glad the building didn't get on fire during you're blocking the access points.....
This video has really enhanced my appreciation for this amazing song, Hot for Teacher. Thank you gain for an amazing and deep review of this rockin song! I appreciate your analysis of so many great songs. I am re-discovering many favourites.
Interesting. When he mentioned the gut punch of losing Eddie Van Halen because you'd never hear anything new from him again I thought of the celebrity death that hit me like that. Phil Hartman. I was just expecting him to continue to make me laugh for many more years when his wife murdered him. And then, boom, he was the voice of Waldo. Interesting indeed.
Another great job! 👍 I love Hot For Teacher (it's my ringtone for my wife) but the stand out on side 2 is I'll Wait. It's the most underrated song of the DLR era.
I’ve heard that many times, but I don’t believe it. Dave would play the acoustic during the intro on live shows, and it was always tuned to open E and sloppy as hell. He just kind of banged out the chords, it’s obvious he didn’t really know how to play guitar. The acoustic on the album has to be Eddie.
Thing is the beginning of Ice Cream Man is like the first blues riff every guitar player learns. I could play that at 8 years old. Heck now we got 4 year old little Asian girls that can play Eruption note for note lol.
Girl Gone Bad solo has a Holdsworthian feel to it. It's because of Eddie of course why I purchased "Road Games" that year (1984), and fell in love with another kind of music. I was lucky enough to see him a year before he passed, at the Iron Horse in Northampton, MA. We lost two greats.
I’ll Wait is one of my fav (on a long list) of VH solos. It’s one of his slower guitar melodies but so groovin and filled with the EVH swagger...and he ends it with crankin’ the whammy just to remind you who’s playing. Aaaahhhh! I love VH!!!
Adam keep the VH content coming!! Love it all. I am a huge Van Halen FAN!!! 1984 ( Jump, Panama & HFT) was my 1st experience with them seeing those videos on MYV at my grandmas house while over there for weekly Sunday dinners. Later I got my 1st VH album 5150 and the rest is history 🤘🏼
I listened to that album from end to end so many times and loved every song. I wore out two cassette tapes in my first car. One of the first 10 cds I ever purchased. Those split almost equally between VH and ZZ Top. Still to this day can’t pass up a full volume jam in the car anytime they come on.
My favorite album of all time, but my favorite band of all time, with my favorite song of all time "Jump". Loved the episode thanks for keeping the Van Halen content coming. Still hurting and this helps.
Saw Vh 4 times. They are the soundtrack of my youth. Beyond all the attitudes and changes was just the feelings they invoked and gave voice to. "No body rules these streets at night but me!" " I'm a spark on the horizon! -the atomic punk!"
Never knew much about VH before your channel other than "Jump" & "Hot For Teacher." After subscribing, I'm discovering a deep appreciation for Eddie Van Halen & I actually really love the bands catalog - thanks Professor!
Although I was born 14 years after this album it still remains one of my favorite albums from one of my favorite bands. Van Halen is my father's favorite band (named my sister Halen) so you can imagine I listened to a lot of VH growing up and still do to this day! Thank you for making this video it really is incredible to hear the story behind this remarkable album. Just a recommendation but a video breakdown like this on Fair Warning, my favorite VH album, would be fantastic!
I've always been a Van Halen fan. EVH is why I began playing guitar. I agree that VH is way more than the argument of Dave vs Sammy. I loved both era's of the band. 5150 being (probably) my favorite album. In regards to 1984, my favorite track is Girl Gone Bad, which is possibly my favorite VH song of all time. Why? That song just jams!! I think EVH's guitar riffs are at their best, and how the 4 of them are in the pocket for that song. The middle section where they reprise the intro is amazing. EVH may not be here in body, but his spirit and music will live on forever. I dig your channel dood. Keep up the great videos.
i happen to love the song i’ll wait it’s one of my favorite song on that album and about 2 weeks ago i actually went to the zenni eye wear website and ordered my very own pair of prescription glasses that i am wearing now as i type this thank adam for all that you do for rock love your channel i truly appreciate everything you do keep rocking with 3 chords and the truth the alnum 1984 is one of my favorite ones from them by the way
1984. After this song dropped, one day I walked into german class late. The teacher says, "you are tardy Mr. Stansfield", I reply with the "I don't feel tardy line". Class breaks up. I get sent to the office. I don't recall what happened next. I probably just ditched until my next class.
Hot for Teacher, I'll Wait, Girl Gone Bad and House of Pain. A brilliant second side of the brilliant 1984. Hard to believe that Hot for Teacher only made it to #56 in the charts. I can still remember flipping the tape over for side two and those drums kicking in, Eddie's guitar and Diamond Dave. What a song. I'll Wait with the great synth and guitar. Great lyrics by Roth and McDonald. Girl Gone Bad says it all. A cool piece of music. Always loved the backing vocals. And lastly, House of Pain. It rocks! What a great way to close side two of a brilliant album. Thanks again, Adam.
Well the main thing is the most obvious…no guitar. There was a very limited amount of space on records back then, and for those of us who were there, awaiting the album to drop, to then hear a few minutes of its short run time wasted on this rather musically generic song, rather than hearing more guitar from the mind and hands of the greatest rock guitarist ever, was just so disappointing.
You knew it would eventually come to this... David Lee Roth or Sammy Hagar?
David Lee Roth.
Dave today. Sammy tomorrow.
It's like choosing between two excellent flavors in an ice cream shop... Depends on my taste buds that day (of course, DLR is the ice cream man)... Should I have said two flavors of a margherita?... Because we know who the tequila man is!
@@flavellinator It's true. That's how I feel. If I want to party it's DLR, If I want to be inspired, it's Sammy specifically a few of the songs from 5150. No matter who you choose it's always about Eddie though.
Both. Dave for the lyrics, Sammy for the voice. The DLR albums are more timeless, but part of the credit there has to go to Ted Templeman. Although they have great songs, 5150 and OU812 sound dated today, but that's not the case with the original six.
I used the line, "I don't feel tardy" while in high school. It earned me trip to the office.
I bet it was worth it to you though. 😊
Class dis-misssssssssed!!!
Similar experience at Pensacola Jr College lol the professor was late so I wrote Class dismissed on the board and signed it David Lee Roth
I am a teacher and ask late students if they feel tardy all the time. A few get it
😂😂😂😂
Hot For Teacher is still one of the best hard rock tunes of all time. It’s loud, it’s crass, it’s humorous, and it’s a hell of a lot of fun!!
Reminds me of my highschool days in the 80s Great times growing up in that decade
Yes!! It’s my favorite Van Halen song!! As soon as I hear those drums it’s full body hair standing up!!
Raunchy, sleazy, loud, funny, and it'll piss off your parents. Classic Van Halen!
It's loud, crass, and humorous all right, but then there's the video, adding corruption of dear young Waldo and the little VH boys and a few MASSIVELY sexy women who truly seem to enjoy being available to the band. (This teenage boy's dream. I was bad. I was a bad, bad boy. No use saying sorry - it's something that I enjoy.)
My brother found the 1st Van Halen Album- an 8 track tape that was laying on the side of the road in '78. Guess it fell out of somebody's car. I was 16. We had no idea who they were. He showed it to me saying "LISTEN TO THIS GUY ON GUITAR". We were already big Rush, Boston, Zep, etc. fans. We wore that tape out. An AMAZING time...
Yes! Great story. One for the ages.
So that's what happened to my VH 8-track.
...or somebody's overly conservative or religious mother snatched it out of the player, "I won't have you playing such satanic music in my car!", tossing it out the windows.
Don’t mourn Eddie because he left. Celebrate his life because he happened. ❤️
Of course! Thanks for the perspecitve!
❤️
Amen to that sister
Awesome comment!
@@musclecarmitch908 EVH was an awesome guitarist
I'll Wait, far and away my favorite on 1984. Hot for Teacher, Panama, then Jump. Still remember my grandmother buying the 45, "Jump' for me back in 84. For a nine year old kid then, grandma was always hooking me up with music. God rest her soul!
I was born in 1970! I am 50 years old and I still love to listen to 1984. I was in 7th grade and played that album day, driving my parents nuts! Those really were the best days!!
So many Van Halen "fans" don't like 1984. I LOVE the whole album. A great send off to Diamond Dave and a perfect transition into 5150.
I know. It's a great album that introduced a whole new audience to the genius of EVH and co.
One of the best guitar albums ever. A masterpiece of tone and songs.
Van Halen was one of those bands that really never had a "bad" album. Like Led Zeppelin and The Beatles. People might have a favorite because music is subjective but they all seem to make every song a masterpiece in a sense.
I can't even fathom that.....
great point
Again, Don't sleep on I'll Wait. At a low volume, I get why it's often overlooked. BUT CRANK THAT THING AND LISTEN TO THAT SYNTH BASS / KEYBOARD MONSTER. And that descending interlude into the solo section? Symphonic.
I think I'll Wait has some of Alex Van Halen's best drumming also.
I prefer I'll Wait over Panama any day. Panama I just never got. The best word I can use to describe it is shallow. Reach down between my legs............ease the seat back. It's awful.
@@stumarston6812 but as a thirteen year old, it was awesome and funny. 😄. I guess I just reinforced your point.
Right you are.
@Stu most 80s rock lyrics are shallow. When was vh ever deep lyrically? Hot legs? Ain't talking bout love? LoL no. They're great songs that rock not because of thought-provoking lyrics. Panama rocks.
dave sabo is indeed cool... i work in animation, in 1995 i was working in korea on a cartoon for universal. skid row were touring their last album with bach, 'subhuman race' (an album that took awhile for me to love, but i do really love it now) the band were staying at a hotel near me in seoul, i found out simply by being there in the lounge playing pool... the following day i spent several hours drawing a picture of ren and stimpy as metal musicians, inked it and colored it and went back that night to hopefully see them in the lounge in the evening. scotti hill came down at first, and was sitting with some guy chatting. i approached and said 'i'm such a fan, i love you guys... here, i made this for you'. i excused myself and went back to the pool table. scotti sent over a pitcher of beer, then came by and asked if i'd come sit with him. he was apparently a fan of cartoons, and had wanted to be a cartoonist as a kid. eventually the rest of the guys (minus bach) came down to hang, and scotti handed my drawing around for all to see, saying 'check this out, this guy worked on ren and stimpy'... i got to hang with one of my favorite bands until they closed the lounge and kicked us out, around four am... really nice guys.
Great memory to have, thanks for sharing!
Whenever Van halen comes on the radio or any media i get goosebumps. Music is subjective. Yet, I've never felt the euphoria as when I'm listening to Van Halen
I know exactly what you mean my friend.
Exquisitely said! Same here!
I’ll wait is the song that convinced me of Eddies keyboard mastery, even over Jump. It’s so beautiful
Oh wow. Your offhand comment about playing music so loud your parents freaked out gave me the feels. My mom was so mad she literally came over to my "ghetto blaster" cassette player and -straight up- took it from me. Memories.
EVH gets his due for his guitar playing, but no one talks about his songwriting and how he changed his playing style and sound from the Dave era to the Van Hagar era. Who does that? Amazing.
I know.! You hit it right on the head.
I've been trying to get that message out for a long time. EVH was evolving as a musician and songwriter, he needed to expand, I think Sammy was perfect for the next phase because of how his lyrics were more mature. DLR was still writing juvenile lyrics for his own band which is fine, Eddie wanted something more in my opinion.
He grew as a musician it happens what's to talk about. I don't play 210 bpm and thrash metal only anymore. You mature as a musician it happens.
@@spiderfan1974 haha did you just compare yourself to EVH? He CREATED two new styles and sounds.... :/
@@destiny-theseries no learn to comprehend what you read.
This album is the soundtrack to my childhood, I was about 7 or 8 when 1984 came out, my best friend had a birthday party at Showbiz Pizza and his parents were getting him a huge ghetto blaster boom box, my mom figured we could get him a cassette tape for his new radio. I can remember my mom taking me to record town in the mall, and picking out VH 1984 for a gift, I remembered loving the video for panama on Mtv.......we spent the entire summer CRANKING that album while swimming, having huge battles between transformers and gi joe figures in the yard, trading garbage pail kids, riding skate boards, playing spy hunter on a commodore computer....I wouldnt trade being an 80s kid for anything.
Love the memory! Thank you for sharing!
Oh man! Showbiz Pizza! I remember that! Spy Hunter as well! What great times those were. I feel like there was no time like the 80's. Before or after. It was an incredible decade. Glad I grew up when I did, but man... I miss it.
@@majesticpbjcat7707 Yea, only thing better would have been being a teenager in the 80s, but the 90s were not too bad for that either 👍
@@jasonrackawack9369 I agree! I wasn't officially a teenager until 92, but I still remember the vibe of the 80's. Definitely would've been awesome being in high school around the 84/85 area.
Damn dude, did you grow up in my neighborhood???!! lol, you're describing that summer of 1984 almost to a T for me and my life back then.
Where did you grow up?
I'm 51 and was 15 when the album came out. To say it was life-altering would be a ridiculous understatement.
The Roth era was amazing. The Hagar era was amazing. Simple as that.
Van Halen is the greatest rock band in history.
It had two of the greatest frontmen in rock history.
It had one of the best bassists in rock history.
It had arguably the best backup singers in rock history.
It had the most underrated drummer in rock history.
And, of course, it had the most influential virtuoso guitarist in rock history who wrote some of the greatest songs in rock history.
Speaking of lyrics, I still chuckle when I think about the 2nd verse of Jump. “Hey O! Hey you! Who said that? Baby, how you been?”
Shakespeare himself couldn’t have penned anything finer. :) 🔥
I LOVE IT!
Hee!
Hot For Teacher is VH's best song. One of the best rock songs of all time. People will be listening to that song 35 more years from now.
This is my favorite Van Halen song!! When I hear the drums at the very beginning the hair stands up on my arms and my entire body!! For me this is the ultimate Van Halen song 🔥❤️
One of the best music videos of all time.
For sure. One you never forget.
I'll wait is a classic. Love the solo, which is so unique.
It's Eddie as Jimmy Page
I was a Senior in High School in 1984 so this was definitely part of the soundtrack for that year and my life. Had the concert Tshirt with Big Brother on the back holding the big hammer behind his back. Orwell and Van Halen...1984 was one hell of a year for me :-)
AMAZING VAN HALEN album.. From Side 1 to Side 2
Eddie died on my birthday. There was no cake in my house, I didn't had the heart or stomach to celebrate. Thank you for the legacy Ed! You are missed.
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October 6th, 2020.
My birthday was the day before. I feel for you, Oct 6th is no longer a celebration day. ☹️
@@Scottocaster6668 October 5th? You share a birthday with Mario Lemieux, Patrick Roy, and Brian Johnson.
@@111highgh and Wes Craven, Bob Geldof, Steve Miller, Karen Allen (I think).
Thanks, BTW 😉
This album has always been at the center of my Rock universe. Loved your review.
This is one of my favorite songs to play for my wife (who's obviously a teacher), and I can't NOT play air drums like a maniac no matter where I'm at when this song comes on. Great episode!
Thank you for the comment. total Air Drum SONG!
Alex Van Halen was/is a great drummer
Thanks for this episode Professor! Nothing better than the great Van Halen to brighten my morning!
You're welcome!
I still remember the first time I heard "Hot For Teacher" at a friend's house when I was a kid. I was 100% sure the drums at the beginning were a radial engine from an airplane. I couldn't believe it when I realized later that it was Alex on the drums! You could not mistake this song for any other if only the drum track was playing. 🔥
I never heard it before that way, but yes, the rhythm Of it does sound like a Pratt &Whitney Wasp cranking over and firing off!
I thought it was a Harley Davidson!
That talent is not gone. It is now preserved in eternity vibrating through the fabric of existence for all to tap into. Eddie was truly gifted and gifted us mortals with his mastery. As long as there is a kid getting his mind blown from hearing eruption for the first time or the old timer listening to it for the one hundred thousandth time , Edward VanHalen's talent will never be lost.
Eddie lives forever
I’ll wait is such a great song, it was probably one of the reasons I started to listen to more synth based music around that time. I also love the other kick-ass tunes of this album, they so energetic and gets me pumping every time!
Agreed! Thanks for watching.
Van Halen encapsulates everything that was cool about rock music and pop culture back in the day. Nicely achieved! 👍
I’ll Wait is personally my favorite off the album! It really shows DLR’s range and vocal ability better than many of his other songs. Overall it also really showed where they were headed and laid the ground work for their second best album 5150.
Overrated producer Ted Templeman didn't want it on the album . He WRONGLY thought it sounded too much like Argent's Hold Your Head Up .
Love this band!
Every iteration!
Saw them live in 2018 in Toronto, 34 years later than I should have, Dave was the front man, he was what he is!
A Majestic Train-wreck of Brilliance and Style, loved every second of it, regretted that Michael Anthony wasn't there, not because the music was lacking in anyway, but for nostalgic reasons!
Wolfgang, killed it!
It was like being 14 again, I wouldn't have traded that experience for anything, just wish I could have shared it with a few more friends, that enjoyed Van Halen with me along the way!
I was blown away and thankful, for the experience!
My heart goes out to the Van Halen family, one and all, and everyone touched by their music.
We lived in the time of his genius, we got to share Eddie's dream and experience.
Thank you, with all my heart!
I'LL WAIT is by far my favorite track on 1984. It's a synch rocker. And an air drummer's wet dream.
I was 17 when this came out and it completely changed me musically. It was like BAM! A bolt of lightning just hit the tip. So awesome! Thanks Prof!
Hot for Teacher was one of my all time favorites. The butt kicking music is unforgettable
God bless Eddie Van Halen my favorite track was I'll wait then hot the teacher but the world definitely lost a guitar angel now he's jamming up in heaven with all the other greats that we have lost
I'll wait is one of my favorite tracks. It is so overlooked by the other great and more popular tracks. In an era where we paid good money for entire albums, you can't go wrong with 1984.
I'll wait is a really amazing song and ty for the background. I always wondered about the context of it from 11 yrs old on lol.
1984 and 5150 I think really showed what versatility EVH had...each were informed by their lead singers respectively.
I went to this concert in Biloxi, MS and got a speeding ticket. Great concert! Never paid the speeding ticket. Pretty sure there is still a bench warrant for my arrest if I ever get pulled over in Mississippi again. And Tennessee, but that’s another story.
I was 14 when the album came out and got it for Christmas that year. The lesser known songs are still some of my all time favorites. Such a great album, and thank you for doing a spotlight on it!
"I'll Wait" is what takes the album from an A to an A+
1984, what a year to be young. I was 17 when this came and WOW!!!
Talking about being blown away, but I have loved VH from the get go.
And Eddie is why I play til this day.
1984 was the best year ever! Especially for music.
1984 was my favorite Roth era Van Halen album. It's timeless and absolutely loved it. It set the stage for the next phase with Sammy Hagar. And I loved the Hagar era a lot. So much diversity in each album!
I had a radio show back in the 1980's and I used to play the opening drum track for ?Hot for Teacher" with both turntable arms on the one record, which gave it an even more epic sound with delay. I miss those days and my Wallace Quentin Bingo on-air persona.
Yes the best hard rock album of the first half of the 80s with Appetite for Destruction getting the honor for the second half
Listening to that amazing intro to I’ll wait with that synthesizer just sucked me right in. Eddie was and is a legend. He was an inspiration for my English final. Professor gave me 100%
Hot for Teacher. It was a great song for those of us who were in high school at that time.
Ha ha. For real.
@@ProfessorofRock I remember listening to that album on my Sanyo turntable. I really miss their sound. Because of your channel, I’ve downloaded much of Van Helen’s catalog again. Love what your doing.
@@TheOuthousePhilosopher Wow! Thank you for your support!
I was a junior in HS. Met my first "love at a YMCA dance while dancing to Panama. Music is the only thing that brings you back. Hot for teacher was epic too!
@@timhanna4700 I agree with you. Panama was the best song that album. I remember having a Ford escort station wagon with pioneer speakers so that I can just listen to the Cassette.
That little snippet of the keyboard from dreams gave me chills. Absolutely love that song
Forgot how much side two rocks. Girl Gone Bad and House of Pain are banging tracks. Definitely revisiting this classic album. Thanks Prof!
David Lee Roth hands down. This was my favorite song in 3rd grade when it came out.
HOT FOR TEACHER is the greatest music video in the history of music videos
That solo might be my favorite - Just ruthless!!!
I remember when "Hot for Teacher" video came out, I saw it one night on Friday Night Videos, (long before MTV aired it), My friends and I just howled. It not only was a great song, (we all thought "1984" was a great Album itself), but the video was just incredibly funny. Only DLR could pull this one off.
@@jbacker1190 Little Guitars on steroids...
The Hot for Teacher video had me running for the facilities many a time in my 9th Grade Days! That and the ZZ Top Legs video! And Angel in the Centerfold!
@@oldschoolrr6077 Sounds like USA Network just before they changed to “Up All Night” where they’d play a block of 2-3 videos intermixed with some cheesy movie. I think Elvira became the host around that time.
What a great time for music and for being a kid growing up. Malls were the place to be,video games were in arcades where you had to socialize with other people. There was still a hint of “old timey” with new and exciting modern gadgets that would make you’re eyes sparkle when viewing them. This album is a testament to the times. Brilliantly etched into the memories of everyone that grew up in that time period. This album is so much different than the previous 5 albums and it’s what transcended them to whole nuther fan base. Which is why hardcore VH fans diss on the album. Kind of like a prelude to the new VH. Leaving the classic raw uncut hard rock dirty boy music and entering the fine well oiled machine. Edward surprises us here with ability to create a masterpiece. He wrote these songs that turned music into something you saw rather than what you heard. It catapulted all music to another level. Jump would show that Edward was more than a guitar God. It proved he was a musician and a great one at that. Panama is that raw uncut hint into their past that you can still view on the screen. This album shows all 4 members as professionals and the top of their field out doing everyone else and doing it with style. Have ever thought that the reason Dave was no longer with VH after this was because it just wasn’t fair to the rest of the rock world? Nature has a funny way with things. My 3rd favorite VH album behind VH 1 and Fair Warning. RIP Edward!
Might I say Professor of Rock, I love the way you describe VH and your view on the band. Especially highlighting Edwards progression. You have a uniquely way of complementing musicians where a lot of people give negativity. Great job and thank you for work.
Eddie wrote the soundtrack to. Countless many lives.!!
I love I'll wait... So glad they put it on the album... Eddie was a musical genius... I love the story behind it... I always thought Dave was talking about a playboy model in a magazine... Fantasizing about waiting for her love to come around...
Edward was channeling his love of Clapton in the solo of "I'll Wait"... something that's echoed again in "When it's Love". The two songs are bookends.
Fantastic tone in both of those. I’m convinced he had to be playing a Strat on the neck pickup on both solos. It just has that distinctive Fender neck pickup sound. That wolf howl is what I call it.
@@isaiahmarquez9717 It makes sense if he's paying tribute to Clapton. I remember it being one of the few VH songs that Edward didn't perform live, but let Sammy play using his Red Rocker guitar... with neck pickups.
Edward often used various guitars in the studio. On 1984 it's known that the only time he used Frankie was when the song required a tremolo. He used Explorers, the Kramer Ripley, Les Pauls, standard strats etc.
1984 was my friends and I soundtrack for the whole year of 1984. RIP EVH. Thank you for everything you gave us and taught us.
Dudes dad jumping on front of the TV while Hot For Teacher played, that should have been the beginning of a Twisted Sister video lol
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO WITH YOUR LIFFFFFEEEE!!!!!
I want rock!
I'll wait is a masterpiece. One of my favs. Great melody in the vox, amazing delivery by DLR (very underrated singer), and beautiful keys/synth by Eddie... not to mention the blistering guitar solo.
Hot for the teacher was incredible
I can’t believe it didn’t chart higher
It's Patrick Marleau, of the San Jose Sharks.
Hot For Teacher got our MTV cancelled in college. We were completely pissed because we paid for MTV with our tuition. So, about 2000 students went to the local cable company, Boone Cable, and pitched FITS, blocked entrances and exits until it was restored. It took 2 days.
@@roxannemoser I’m glad you got it back EVH forever
@@roxannemoser Hot under the collar for Hot For Teacher. I could complain about how the video glorifies bullying but at the same time, people need to decipher reality from make-believe even when make-believe imitates reality. Glad the building didn't get on fire during you're blocking the access points.....
This video has really enhanced my appreciation for this amazing song, Hot for Teacher. Thank you gain for an amazing and deep review of this rockin song! I appreciate your analysis of so many great songs. I am re-discovering many favourites.
Interesting. When he mentioned the gut punch of losing Eddie Van Halen because you'd never hear anything new from him again I thought of the celebrity death that hit me like that. Phil Hartman. I was just expecting him to continue to make me laugh for many more years when his wife murdered him. And then, boom, he was the voice of Waldo. Interesting indeed.
Girl Gone Bad. Great song. I love Eddie and Alex mimicking one another in the beginning and then again later in the song. The intro is such a jam.
Like a lot of others I was 8 or 9 when this album came out and to this day it's still my favorite.
Another great job! 👍 I love Hot For Teacher (it's my ringtone for my wife) but the stand out on side 2 is I'll Wait. It's the most underrated song of the DLR era.
Funny thing is the fingerpicking used to illustrate Eddie on Ice Cream Man was actually played by DLR..
I’ve heard that many times, but I don’t believe it. Dave would play the acoustic during the intro on live shows, and it was always tuned to open E and sloppy as hell. He just kind of banged out the chords, it’s obvious he didn’t really know how to play guitar. The acoustic on the album has to be Eddie.
Listen to Dave playing Go Getter live on acoustic on a radio show. The guy knows how to play.
Thing is the beginning of Ice Cream Man is like the first blues riff every guitar player learns. I could play that at 8 years old. Heck now we got 4 year old little Asian girls that can play Eruption note for note lol.
All people named Scott know this information 👍
@@TatersUnited No, DLR can actually play.
I’ll Wait has always been one of my favorite DLR era Van Halen songs. Definitely one to listen to LOUD!
I'll wait is a great song. It's so different from the other songs on the album.
Girl Gone Bad solo has a Holdsworthian feel to it. It's because of Eddie of course why I purchased "Road Games" that year (1984), and fell in love with another kind of music. I was lucky enough to see him a year before he passed, at the Iron Horse in Northampton, MA. We lost two greats.
I saw the 1984 tour, at the Cow Palace in San Francisco. That was a hell of a night.
I’ll Wait is one of my fav (on a long list) of VH solos. It’s one of his slower guitar melodies but so groovin and filled with the EVH swagger...and he ends it with crankin’ the whammy just to remind you who’s playing. Aaaahhhh! I love VH!!!
I still crank PANAMA! It takes me right back to when I was 16.
Well done! Been a VH fan since my first concert in 8th grade in Chattanooga, TN
on their Diver Down tour. Can’t believe EVH is gone.
DLR/Van Halen is what got me out of bed when I was a teenager. I wore out all 6 cassettes.
Content like this is why I love this channel. Thank you.
Poor Waldo. A motor-oil grease-back with a toilet cleaner chaser. Kid deserves some kind of award.
All he needed was a little Dawn Dish washing Detergent, and he would have been good to go!!
Adam keep the VH content coming!! Love it all. I am a huge Van Halen FAN!!! 1984 ( Jump, Panama & HFT) was my 1st experience with them seeing those videos on MYV at my grandmas house while over there for weekly Sunday dinners. Later I got my 1st VH album 5150 and the rest is history 🤘🏼
Thanks! Will do!
Girl Gone Bad one of the most underrated songs on the album if not on of the most of any album
100% agreed!
I listened to that album from end to end so many times and loved every song. I wore out two cassette tapes in my first car. One of the first 10 cds I ever purchased. Those split almost equally between VH and ZZ Top. Still to this day can’t pass up a full volume jam in the car anytime they come on.
1984 changed my life! The reason I became musician was from that album and videos. PLAY LOUD
Couldn't agree more.
My favorite album of all time, but my favorite band of all time, with my favorite song of all time "Jump". Loved the episode thanks for keeping the Van Halen content coming. Still hurting and this helps.
I remember we got this on CD and turned the cover insert around so mom wouldn't freak out about the baby angel smoking cover.
Saw Vh 4 times. They are the soundtrack of my youth. Beyond all the attitudes and changes was just the feelings they invoked and gave voice to. "No body rules these streets at night but me!" " I'm a spark on the horizon! -the atomic punk!"
The hook on *I'll Wait* is definitely the bass line...a bit unusual.
Amazing song!
Nice to see you Mike! I agree.
@@ProfessorofRock
Thanks Adam 🙂
Never knew much about VH before your channel other than "Jump" & "Hot For Teacher." After subscribing, I'm discovering a deep appreciation for Eddie Van Halen & I actually really love the bands catalog - thanks Professor!
Although I was born 14 years after this album it still remains one of my favorite albums from one of my favorite bands. Van Halen is my father's favorite band (named my sister Halen) so you can imagine I listened to a lot of VH growing up and still do to this day! Thank you for making this video it really is incredible to hear the story behind this remarkable album. Just a recommendation but a video breakdown like this on Fair Warning, my favorite VH album, would be fantastic!
I've always been a Van Halen fan. EVH is why I began playing guitar. I agree that VH is way more than the argument of Dave vs Sammy. I loved both era's of the band. 5150 being (probably) my favorite album.
In regards to 1984, my favorite track is Girl Gone Bad, which is possibly my favorite VH song of all time. Why? That song just jams!! I think EVH's guitar riffs are at their best, and how the 4 of them are in the pocket for that song. The middle section where they reprise the intro is amazing. EVH may not be here in body, but his spirit and music will live on forever.
I dig your channel dood. Keep up the great videos.
That Hot for Teachers video is every schoolboy’s fantasy. 😂😂
It certainly is.
Ever decode the numbers on the chalkboard behind the math teacher? I'll repeat them here for you all to work on:
20 9 8 19 25 12 15 8
Have fun?
@@dadoctah How do I decode?
i happen to love the song i’ll wait it’s one of my favorite song on that album and about 2 weeks ago i actually went to the zenni eye wear website and ordered my very own pair of prescription glasses that i am wearing now as i type this thank adam for all that you do for rock love your channel i truly appreciate everything you do keep rocking with 3 chords and the truth the alnum 1984 is one of my favorite ones from them by the way
1984. After this song dropped, one day I walked into german class late. The teacher says, "you are tardy Mr. Stansfield", I reply with the "I don't feel tardy line". Class breaks up. I get sent to the office. I don't recall what happened next. I probably just ditched until my next class.
that's a great story! Definitely worth a trip to the office!!
Hot for Teacher, I'll Wait, Girl Gone Bad and House of Pain. A brilliant second side of the brilliant 1984. Hard to believe that Hot for Teacher only made it to #56 in the charts. I can still remember flipping the tape over for side two and those drums kicking in, Eddie's guitar and Diamond Dave. What a song. I'll Wait with the great synth and guitar. Great lyrics by Roth and McDonald. Girl Gone Bad says it all. A cool piece of music. Always loved the backing vocals. And lastly, House of Pain. It rocks! What a great way to close side two of a brilliant album. Thanks again, Adam.
Thank you for watching!
Crazy thing was the kid that was playing young Michael Anthony was Yano Anaya, aka, Grover Dill from A Christmas Story.
The instrumentation in Girl Gone Bad was just mind blowing.. Taking Dave out of the equation, as a power trio ,Al Ed and Mike had few equals.
Glad to see you back and healthy. Thanks for my Van Halen fix. You're my go to guy for them now. ❤️
Awesome. We'll keep celebrating them!
"I'll Wait" was a big letdown coming on the heels of "Jump," but over the next 20 years I grew to love it.
I know what you mean.
Nooooooo.....Jump was literally the worst song of the DLR era. Saw them at the Oakland Coluseum in 1981, at the peak of their powers.
@@williamzoom9200 Agreed 100%.
@@williamzoom9200 What's wrong with it?
Well the main thing is the most obvious…no guitar. There was a very limited amount of space on records back then, and for those of us who were there, awaiting the album to drop, to then hear a few minutes of its short run time wasted on this rather musically generic song, rather than hearing more guitar from the mind and hands of the greatest rock guitarist ever, was just so disappointing.
I'll Wait...my fave of the album.
I’d love to see you try to interview DLR.
We have been trying to set it up.
@Anna Trail I know. I have faith all of it will happen.
This is my favorite TV show on TH-cam! You love rock as much as I do, and you like other genres as well, which I relate to.
Actually DLR played acoustic on ice cream man! He’s an oddly good guitarist on acoustic.
All the tracks. One of the few albums we always played straight through. Awesome album.