OUR FIRST TIME HEARING SAMMY HAGAR! First Time Hearing Van Halen - Best Of Both Worlds Reaction!

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  • @jettslappy7028
    @jettslappy7028 Рік тому +189

    I love Van Hagar, and I'm not ashamed to say it.

    • @rafalmeidas
      @rafalmeidas Рік тому +19

      I prefer it a million times more.

    • @michaelt3308
      @michaelt3308 Рік тому +4

      ​@@rafalmeidasI'll take DLR over this!

    • @randomhockeyguy9149
      @randomhockeyguy9149 Рік тому +1

      I started listening to the band during the Hagar era, but I prefer the Roth catalog. I like the heavier, hard rock songs of Van Halen like Mean Streets, I'm the One, etc. Not a big fan of songs like Dance the Night Away or When It's Love. That's not to say I dislike the songs with Sammy, just, they went more Pop/Soft Rock with Sam. Hagar gets a lot of the blame for it, but it was Ed's doing, wanting to play more keyboards and piano tracks. I'll also say I often prefer Sammy's solo work to his Van Halen catalog. Seen Van Halen 7 times...4 times with Sam, 3 times with Dave, plus seen Sam twice as a solo artist, including just a few weeks ago.

    • @warinsidemyhead11
      @warinsidemyhead11 Рік тому +2

      Anything with Al and Ed....but the DLR era is way heavier and hard edge....Sammy era was too bubblegum.....Poor Ed.....

    • @correctlyrics
      @correctlyrics Рік тому +15

      It's a shame that humans feel the pressure to pick either or.
      Van Hagar is awesome.
      Van Halen is incredible.
      Can we all agree on that?

  • @danettebumgarner5701
    @danettebumgarner5701 Рік тому +28

    Sammy is 76, still touring and still sounding good.

  • @richardkafka5625
    @richardkafka5625 Рік тому +34

    Sammy's 76 and still going strong! Getting ready to go on tour again. Sammy was also in a band called Montrose. Love Sammy's vocals.

  • @danarchuleta1154
    @danarchuleta1154 Рік тому +16

    Van Haleniac here. When Roth and Van Halen parted ways, there was great sadness and forlorn expressions throughout the Van Halen sphere, until "Best of Both Worlds" was played and all was right again in the Kingdom....This was your best reaction. IMHO Forget the measured responses, this is Rock and Roll! If it gets you, go with it! lol. Live Your LIfe!

  • @coolies2002
    @coolies2002 Рік тому +16

    I think Michael Anthony, the bass player, had the defining Van Halen vocals. That’s why it worked so well with Sammy.

  • @johnathanstruble1064
    @johnathanstruble1064 Рік тому +17

    love both versions, Diamond Dave was an ultimate front man, while Hagar is great songwriter and vocalist.

  • @todvball
    @todvball Рік тому +14

    Fun ~with a positive message .
    And when 5150 arrived, I really liked the new direction. It retained the edginess...with a crisper sound!! Loved each VH era. So cool .

  • @edwardcrews2952
    @edwardcrews2952 Рік тому +7

    The live version of this is fantabulous. Thanks for the Van Hagar reaction. Love your channel

  • @jeremiahrose4681
    @jeremiahrose4681 Рік тому +5

    Sammy is amazing, love his solo stuff more.

  • @jamestate5059
    @jamestate5059 8 місяців тому +5

    Dreams is one of the best Hagar era songs. Amazing vocals

  • @JohnnyBeane
    @JohnnyBeane Рік тому +4

    I bought this album when it first came out, and I would listen to this every day. Became a huge fan and I would dig back in buy every older album so to me it was all Van Halen.

  • @kevinmarshall854
    @kevinmarshall854 Рік тому +5

    I love all of the Van Halen music. Without question!!

  • @johnathanstruble1064
    @johnathanstruble1064 Рік тому +8

    5150, the debut Album with Sammy, deserves a deep dive. " Good Enough" the opening track was the track that said this is Sammy , and this is still, Van Halen!

  • @Belmont_79
    @Belmont_79 Рік тому +2

    Van Hagar it's awesome! Thanks again guys! 🤘😎

  • @davidgregg9489
    @davidgregg9489 Рік тому +24

    Sammy obviously gave a new feel to VH, but he also played guitar. Although not at Eddie's level, but the added rhythm provided an extra layer. Good reaction

    • @jdbroders64
      @jdbroders64 Рік тому +6

      Sammy is also a damn good lead guitar player in his own right, but when you're in a band with Eddie, yeah no.

    • @tomarriola4952
      @tomarriola4952 6 місяців тому

      Listen to There's Only One Way To Rock by Van Halen.

  • @steve-hr9jf
    @steve-hr9jf Рік тому +8

    Watch the live video, really gives you how good they are. Great musicians, no matter the era Dave or Sammy -awesome music period! ✌️

  • @dave9732
    @dave9732 6 місяців тому +1

    I feel blessed to have enjoyed both eras. Both were really good in their own ways.

  • @hikerstephen2669
    @hikerstephen2669 Рік тому +6

    Love all Van Halen. Sammy sounded just as good live. Better than the recordings. Amazing singer. Miss you Eddie.

  • @tommigun102470
    @tommigun102470 Рік тому +7

    Sammy also had a solo career! Heavy Metal is my favorite song from Hagar!

    • @stevenseul361
      @stevenseul361 3 місяці тому

      And he was a member of Montrose.

  • @shaneorr7293
    @shaneorr7293 Рік тому +2

    You need to see this one live. Epic

  • @fernandocarvajal495
    @fernandocarvajal495 Рік тому +11

    Live version from 1986 captures the energy of the song. And if it’s the long version, it has a great intro.

  • @rosschapman1615
    @rosschapman1615 Рік тому +14

    The first band I saw in concert was Van Halen. I was 14 I believe and I'm 59 now. I idolized Roth back then and when he left the band I lost touch with Van Halen for a spell. After some time and hearing them on the radio with Sammy singing I grew to appreciate their new sound. Both served well during their tenure with Van Halen. Also from interviews I've seen with Sammy he comes across as a pretty chill performer and just an all round good guy you would love to hang out with. Roth I think is still one of the best frontmen during his time but I have to admit I couldn't take listening to him perform when he rejoined the band. Anyways, they both put out great music and I honestly now don't think one was better than the other. They were just different. We lost Eddie way too soon.

    • @kdm71291
      @kdm71291 Рік тому

      My first fully-attended concert, as well (Diver Down 1982)…previously it was Journey where I was outside the fence at my local fairgrounds with hundreds of other people, partying and listening…peeking through the fence every once in a while.
      Unforgettable first VH show, though!
      I’m 60.

    • @rothed16
      @rothed16 Рік тому +1

      Cool! I am 54 and about to be 55 wnd of December and loved Sammy solo, Dave solo and both the VH versions

  • @bryleggo
    @bryleggo Рік тому +2

    Dave is a great talker!
    Sammy is a great singer!

  • @user-Spicoli
    @user-Spicoli Рік тому +2

    Sammy is still great!!!

  • @jamese.6472
    @jamese.6472 Рік тому +6

    Favorite band of all time. Check out the live without a net video for an up close, and in your face performance of this song and it will show you that there’s not much “extra stuff” added into their music, JUST THE MIGHTY VAN HALEN!

  • @clincher16
    @clincher16 Рік тому +1

    prolly my 2nd fav to " When its Love "

  • @jasonbarlow8263
    @jasonbarlow8263 Рік тому +1

    I just love the rhythm and the message of the song, it’s uplifting ❤ great reaction !

  • @chipmchugh5556
    @chipmchugh5556 Рік тому +2

    Love Van Hagar!

  • @RussellPorter-fk7rm
    @RussellPorter-fk7rm 7 місяців тому +1

    Right Now has the most compelling story of all VH songs

  • @chrisb2609
    @chrisb2609 Рік тому +6

    Their Lamborgini mechanic introduced them. Check out the Live Without A Net video for this song!

    • @rayhurtado5333
      @rayhurtado5333 9 місяців тому

      Technically not the first time they met but it is a great story

  • @brianlafrazia8237
    @brianlafrazia8237 Рік тому +11

    The instrumentation in VH during both the Roth and Hagar eras were stellar. Eddie’s guitar is always elite no matter what. And people forget how good a drummer Alex was - and with Michael Anthony’s bass, they gave VH tremendous groove. You FELT it.
    The big difference is of course is:
    1. The vocals - Sammy was a better singer with a terrific range. Roth isn’t a great singer, but he was great for the “party” band feel that earlier VH had. It was a raw attitude. They also experimented with earlier technology more and had far more variety in their sound than Hagar’s VH. They were having spontaneous fun, and it felt that way.
    2. They were more mature by this point and had Eddie’s new 5150 studio with upgraded everything. It all lent itself to a more polished sound with bigger production value (layered instruments, bigger chorus, structured compositions, Sammy’s more sophisticated vocals, etc.). It all added up to a more commercial sound with the same killer musicians. And it hit as MTV was PEAKING.

  • @rmacdougallaliasdogviticus
    @rmacdougallaliasdogviticus Рік тому +2

    Love Sammy. You should check out the band 'Montrose' 'Bad Motor Scooter', 'Space Station #5', 'Rock Candy' and 'Rock The Nation'. Hard hitting Rock from the 70's. Cheers.

  • @jimmills3156
    @jimmills3156 Рік тому +1

    Gotta listen to Don't tell me what love can do. Great all around song from the Sammy hagar era

  • @L4MMoTH
    @L4MMoTH Рік тому +1

    aahhhh u must check this one LIVE.. Its awesome¡

  • @rafalmeidas
    @rafalmeidas Рік тому

    Outstanding singer! His solo material and his other bands (Chickenfoot, The Circle, The Waboritas) all great.

  • @cabowabovhnut
    @cabowabovhnut Рік тому +5

    Guys you've gotta do the live version of this from the Live Without A Net concert!!! This is awesome but you REALLY get some Sammy screaming vocals on the live version! Please, please, please do it too!!! Thanks for what you do, love you guys ❤. Definitely need to do Poundcake as well as SO many others 😊

  • @seanupton3017
    @seanupton3017 Рік тому +1

    Watch some of Van Hagar live....incredible!!!!!

  • @bbkyjohnson
    @bbkyjohnson 6 місяців тому

    I was watching a live version on this song done just recently and it’s amazing how good they sound to this day.

  • @guitarplayerz4893
    @guitarplayerz4893 Рік тому +2

    Was fortunate to see Van Halen once, or Van Hagar, as I saw them with Sammy. Didn't have an opportunity to see them with "Diamond Dave" on vocals. No matter which vocalist you prefer, the talent can't be denied. EVH was an amazing guitar player and his brother, AVH, was a really good drummer. Hard to find too many bass players who are as good as Mike Anthony. You asked about favorite Van Halen song. Hard to pick just one, but I will go with "Finish What Ya Started" from the OU812 Album. Most of us responding here know this, but in case you don't, EVH did the guitar solo on "Beat It" from Michael Jackson's Thriller album. Gives you an idea of how easy it was for him to cross genres. RIP Eddie!!!

  • @kennybailey140
    @kennybailey140 Рік тому +2

    Check out, "Dreams" "Humans Being" "When it's love" and so on. SO MANY GREAT songs with Sammy and VH. Sammy brought a little refinement, and more talent and more of their songs had a "love" theme to them.

  • @19HuskyWolf70
    @19HuskyWolf70 Рік тому +1

    5150 came out when I was 16.
    Then OU812 in 1988 Monsters of rock...great memories

  • @LClark-ry9to
    @LClark-ry9to Рік тому +1

    I liked both, Texas here thanks.

  • @therealmciver3761
    @therealmciver3761 Рік тому +1

    My favorite VH tunes with Sammy besides this one are...
    Finish What Ya Started
    Black n Blue
    Summer Nights
    Poundcake
    Why Can't This Be Love
    Cabo Wabo

  • @John_Doe657
    @John_Doe657 Рік тому +1

    It’s a great rock’n’roll roll tune, simple as that.

  • @cletushouse906
    @cletushouse906 Рік тому +2

    Sammy could kick- ass with any group he was with. VH was just lucky he stopped by.

  • @katyareads221
    @katyareads221 Рік тому +2

    Love Poundcake... a van Hagar tune. Even when Hagar sings Panama, (a DLR tune) it has a different vibe.

  • @mattjohnson7725
    @mattjohnson7725 Рік тому +1

    Me either ! Sammy is a national treasure

  • @thunderstruck13
    @thunderstruck13 Рік тому +1

    Sammy solo was the best concert I saw in the 80s

  • @kevinmarshall854
    @kevinmarshall854 Рік тому +6

    Through a mutual car mechanic that they both used. Eddie saw Sammy's Ferrari at the shop and asked whose it was and the mechanic gave Eddie Sammy's phone number. And the rest is rock and roll history!!!

  • @SquirminHermanthe1eyedGerman
    @SquirminHermanthe1eyedGerman Рік тому +1

    Should also check out Sammy with Montrose Rock Candy ✌💖☮

  • @TedSmith-d6y
    @TedSmith-d6y Рік тому +1

    Love van hagar. Some of the best music they both wrote.

  • @EyeSoulband
    @EyeSoulband Рік тому +1

    Check out “Source Of Infection.” Sammy really belts it out and Eddie just brings it 👍

  • @MrCubswin1
    @MrCubswin1 6 місяців тому

    IMO some of the best lyrics ever written. Just very uplifting perspective on how we should live life.

  • @concernedcitizen-1958
    @concernedcitizen-1958 Рік тому +3

    Hey Phil and Sam, Happy Saturday! This song, as with some of Van Halen songs, is a feel-good happy vibe. A happy weekend to everyone! ✌️ ☮️ 🇺🇸❤️🎶🎵🎸

  • @p_bugs_2644
    @p_bugs_2644 Рік тому

    That voice! 🙌

  • @TOPCHEF19733
    @TOPCHEF19733 Рік тому +6

    Several great songs from the Sammy Hagar era.I hope ya'll check out or get requests for When It's Love" :Why Cant This Be Love""Pound cake"-The video to Pound cake Eddie uses a drill on his guitar

  • @GentleGiantJason
    @GentleGiantJason 9 місяців тому +1

    Sammy Hagar’s most iconic song is I Can’t Drive 55. In 1974 the US Government passed a law that limited the maximum speed on the highway to 55 MPH. If you react to it you should watch the music video. It’s a fun song and fun video

  • @wallhome464
    @wallhome464 Рік тому +2

    I love VanHagar. DLR talk sang. Riffs were harder earlier, vocals and drums were better later.

  • @brianlebrun2382
    @brianlebrun2382 Рік тому +54

    With Roth the band was fairly one dimensional. Not a damn thing wrong with that. However with Sammy the band went places musically that they wouldn't have with Roth. Nothing wrong with that either. I saw the band about 2 weeks before the final split and honestly it remains one of the best shows I've ever seen.

    • @michaelt3308
      @michaelt3308 Рік тому

      Agreed, saw em with DLR at MSG and SH in Hartford. I just prefer the hardness of early VH

    • @russellmorgan5611
      @russellmorgan5611 Рік тому +1

      Montrose ! Before Van Halen was a thing.

  • @xperfloorcare
    @xperfloorcare Рік тому +2

    I love both singers fantastic! There’s only one way to rock Van Halen they really show out on that one live

  • @garywood2587
    @garywood2587 Рік тому +5

    Eddie's Lamborghini had broken down, and he was at a shop called Claudio's getting it looked at. While he was there, as fate would have it, The owner was on the phone with Sammy (his car had broken down as well.. After the phone call, Claudio noticed that Eddie didn't look to happy so he asked him what was wrong. Eddie said that he was bummed because their singer (Dave) left the band.. Claudio said " I just got off the phone with Sammy, Call Sammy ". Eddie said "Give me his number man" and he called him right from Claudio's Shop.. Watch the video called "Van Halen Unleashed", it talks all about it...

  • @jonathanjacques7250
    @jonathanjacques7250 Рік тому

    Love sammies voice, just 🔥

  • @jamesmorrison959
    @jamesmorrison959 Рік тому +4

    Sammy added some pretty good guitar work himself

  • @FrankZen
    @FrankZen Рік тому +1

    Hagar brought Van Halen's musicianship to another level and I love him for that. The classics are the classics but the Hagar era was great too. Next up for you: Dreams, Poundcake, Judgement Day, Right Now

  • @joebarrera9741
    @joebarrera9741 Рік тому +1

    PRETTY GOOD SONG

  • @smitty60-su2xf
    @smitty60-su2xf Рік тому +1

    Sammy was smooth David was the screamer

  • @lonobird4711
    @lonobird4711 5 місяців тому

    Edward and Sammy bumped into each other at the excotic car repair shop.The rest is history.
    I like Dave and love Sammy. Waste of time comparing 2 of the best at what they do in their own way.
    I graduated HS in 85 so I was lucky to be drowning in VH from the get go. Their Rock-N-Roll is timeless.

  • @therealmciver3761
    @therealmciver3761 Рік тому +3

    Sammy as not only the best singer for VH he has one of the best voices in the history of rock. Check out his band Chickenfoot...It's Sammy, Michael Anthony from VH, Chad Smith from Red Hot Chili Peppers, Joe Satriani
    Soap on a Rope
    Big Foot
    Oh Yeah
    Sexy Little Thing

  • @lilamuzik3385
    @lilamuzik3385 Рік тому +1

    I agree with Sammy... " I can't drive 55"

  • @shaundgb7367
    @shaundgb7367 Рік тому

    Never really followed Van Halen after this album but nostalgic journey for me to hear this after a number of decades. Used to listen to this album on old cassette walkman on way to my first job in 1986 from memory, and this brings me right back into the feel of that time. It is crazy how some music just transports you right back to the feel of a certain time or year in life. Van Halen was never on my radar after that time. So I do not actually really know much about the albums with Sammy Hagar apart from this one.

  • @capnrob97
    @capnrob97 Рік тому +2

    Humans Being is a good one too, it was the last song Sammy did with Van Halen, Sammy and Eddie weren't even on speaking terms when that video was shot.

  • @Crazychick64
    @Crazychick64 Рік тому +1

    Sammy Hagar himself has a great catalog of hits. My favorite of his songs is Heavy Metal

  • @ChrisB-xm3mg
    @ChrisB-xm3mg Рік тому +6

    I consider them to be almost 2 separate bands. I think they were more fun with David Lee Roth, but they were more technically accomplished with Sammy Hager. Interesting thing about Sammy is that he’s actually an extremely talented guitar player, but he ended up very rarely playing on anybody’s own solo songs with Van Halen because he felt like there was no place in the band for a guitar player other than Eddie.

  • @csphoenix9
    @csphoenix9 8 місяців тому

    Their # 1 album for them all

  • @Itsjandz105
    @Itsjandz105 11 місяців тому

    This is an absolute banger for sure!

  • @kenday5735
    @kenday5735 Рік тому +4

    You must do there's only one way to rock live in Japan. Incredible guitar duel between Sammy and Eddie. Also if you do Dreams, you have to do the original blue angles version

  • @billypappyeaton3504
    @billypappyeaton3504 Рік тому +1

    Van Halen never had a #1 Album until Sammy Hagar. .....and to your Quiz....Sammy Had Met Eddie several times before the Auto mechanic ......The auto Mechanic told Eddie it was Sammy's Car and Eddie asked for his Phone Number and he called Sammy...Sammy went out to 5150 and they Jammed several songs....and wrote the 5150 Album in 10 Days and it went to #1 on the charts.....rest is history....

  • @billtaylor3382
    @billtaylor3382 Рік тому +2

    Hey look I'm 65 Sammy was around before VH, When he joined the band it was much better!

  • @toneman501
    @toneman501 Рік тому +2

    5150 is a classic album...start to finish... checkout. Dreams. or Love Comes Walking in...

  • @tomstory9424
    @tomstory9424 Рік тому +1

    A great Sammy solo song is “There’s Only One Way to Rock”. Sammy also a very good guitar player.

  • @HenryBonesJr
    @HenryBonesJr Рік тому +1

    I recommend "Good Enough" from this particular VH album.

  • @kdm71291
    @kdm71291 Рік тому +1

    This sounds like a redone studio version, for some reason….but there are some really great live versions to watch… where they do the 5150 walk, etc….. and are obviously having a really great time!

  • @bean11441
    @bean11441 Рік тому

    Its all good!

  • @johnmcmahonBXLA
    @johnmcmahonBXLA Рік тому +1

    Ok now please check out the live version of this tune and the song “5150” from the same concert as the “Eruption” solo.
    Love you guys!
    Long live the King, EVH

  • @johnathanstruble1064
    @johnathanstruble1064 Рік тому

    Samantha in the front row of a Van Hagar show. Yup! ❤😂

  • @davidbird461
    @davidbird461 Рік тому +2

    Sammy and Michael Anthony doing a tribute tour, had to get Satrania not spelled ,anyway Joe and Drummer is Led
    Zeppelin s Drummer s Son.they where on Howard Stern🎉 JOE Was Killing xome of Ed's hardest riffs Sammy is in his 70s and tours every Summer

  • @brandontolman7812
    @brandontolman7812 Рік тому +1

    Dreams

  • @briansandersNM156
    @briansandersNM156 Рік тому +1

    Another footnote.....Before Sammy signed with a new label....He had to do one more album. Eddie Van Halen (lead guitar), played bass on Sammy's self-entitled last album for his label.

  • @frankperry2874
    @frankperry2874 Рік тому +2

    Please do Dreams ! Go for the official video !

  • @WineSippingCowboy
    @WineSippingCowboy Рік тому +1

    50+ years ago, Sammy Hagar was the lead singer of Montrose, which was founded in my home area the San Francisco Bay Area 🌉.
    Montrose splintered into 3 successful entities. Listed according to departure. 1 Samny Hagar, lead vocals and rhythm guitar 2 Denny Carmassi, like me born in San Francisco, drums 🥁, joined Heart ❤ 3 Alan Fitzgerald, like me born in San Francisco, bass guitar and keyboards 🎹, a founder of Night Ranger.
    Sammy Hagar wrote and performed I've Done Everything for You. It bombed 💣 . In 1981,
    Rick Springfield covered it, and it rose 🌹 in the Billboard charts! 🤯 Sammy Hagar has more details in interviews and in cincert videos of the song.
    Biggest debate in high school 🏫: Van Hagar or Sam Halen?
    Biggest hit as a solo singer for Sammy Hagar is based on getting a ticket 🎟 for speeding. 🐆
    Suggested video 📹: 1 Sammy Hagar sings I Can't Drive Fifty-five. 2 Sammy Hagar sings Sam I Am.

  • @Buds1own
    @Buds1own Рік тому +2

    LOVE the reaction!! :) ♥ Psalm 18:6
    In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.

  • @mikeconti4360
    @mikeconti4360 Рік тому +1

    You should watch the live version of Best of Both Worlds!

  • @joehohmann6015
    @joehohmann6015 8 місяців тому +1

    Sammy is so damn original !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @robforrest2069
    @robforrest2069 Рік тому +5

    The Sammy era of Van Halen is definitely a little softer, a little more poppy. But, still kicks ass as well. However, if you guys are looking to see what some harder less poppy songs are like from Van Halen with Sammy, check these track out! Get Up, Good Enough, A.F.U., Big Fat Money, Sucker in a 3 Piece. Also check out: Summer Nights and 5150...they aren't quite as hard as the other songs I mentioned, but those are 2 of my absolute favorites!

  • @myrdozer
    @myrdozer Рік тому +1

    You have to check out Sammy's "I Can't Drive 55"!

  • @rythmnman1
    @rythmnman1 11 місяців тому

    Love the tune. Great reaction. If you really want to see Sammy hit the goods. Check out the extended live version on this song from Live Without a Net. Micheal Anthony kicks it on the backing vocals as well.

  • @merlomusic007
    @merlomusic007 Рік тому +1

    Check out Judgement Day from the Sammy Van Halen Era. It’s one of the heaviest riffs Ed wrote and played with Sammy and overall. 🤘🏻

  • @kevinmarshall854
    @kevinmarshall854 Рік тому +2

    Please watch the video for "Poundcake". Eddie uses an electric drill to play his guitar!! It is EPIC!!

  • @Kenny-ko4hj
    @Kenny-ko4hj Рік тому +1

    Dave or Sammy it's all awesome

  • @MrBedZeppelin
    @MrBedZeppelin Рік тому

    Great comparison (Dave and Sammy) analysis! Sammy brought a pretty mean guitar, with him, Dave was mostly vocals, only. Dave was great on the early content! Thanks!