Favorite Roth-era Van Halen album (excluding the first album)?

[KevShmev]

Van Halen act like the Sammy Hagar era never happened. Roth would never sing a VH song he wasn't involved with. Ego is too big for him to admit that they had hits without him in the band.

The number of big egos in the rock genre is too high a number to count, but Roth is near the top of the list of guys whose ego greatly surpasses his talent. 

[KevShmev]

Mayday mayday!

You will appreciate the fact that I never noticed that in Loss of Control, but now I hear it and chuckle every time (I've listen to W&CF a few times this week  ). 

[TAC]

I went to make a Roth era compilation CD for the car and I realized I didn't have Diver Down on CD. That has been fixed as it arrived today.
Even though I think I knew it was relatively weak compared to the others, I played the hell out of that tape when it came out. Very much enjoyed it.

[King Postwhore]

Dude, your I pod is the way to go.  You don't play it in your car?

[TAC]

Dude, your I pod is the way to go.  You don't play it in your car?

I only use my iPod on long vacation trips. I usually don't like to drive around with headphones on.

[King Postwhore]

I would suggest to get an aftermarket cd player that has a USB port and you can play your I pod.  It's worth it.  Playlists take minutes and no extra cds.

[TAC]

I would suggest to get an aftermarket cd player that has a USB port

What is that?

[cramx3]

I bought a USB blu tooth adapter for the AUX port on my car since it doesn't have built in blu tooth.  No headphones, no cables, just turn on the adapter when I get in my car and it links usually right away to my phone and there are play/forward/backward buttons on the adapter.  Typically just hitting the play button will play my music from my phone from wherever I left off.  I bring the adapter with me when I travel for my rental cars too so I can always just use my phone's music while driving.  An easier solution than buying a new head unit or ripping CDs.  The adapter was like 10 bucks too on amazon.

[TAC]

My car doesn't have an aux port.

Making CD's is fun!
 

[King Postwhore]

I would suggest to get an aftermarket cd player that has a USB port

What is that?

Go to best buy and get a new cd player installed that has a built in USB port.  Seriously. You will love it.

[TAC]

My van has 206k on it. Hopefully the next vehicle has an aux port.

[jjrock88]

My car doesn't have an aux port.

Making CD's is fun!
 

Don't worry Tim, I'm still with you with CD's

And Diver Down is clearly the worst of the 7 DLR albums, but it's still very good and has some pure gems on it. I don't think I've ever heard someone say it was their favorite DLR album, but it wouldn't surprise me if it is

[KevShmev]

CDRs for the car is way better.  I never know what I am going to want to listen to from one day to the next, and what if I suddenly want to listen to x-band, but oh shit, I didn't put them on my phone or iPod that day?  I never have that problem.

[King Postwhore]

I have a 160gb I pod. I don't have that problem.

[KevShmev]

I have an answer for that, too:

I don't feel like wrecking my car.

Playing around on your iPod or phone when driving is dangerous, but I never have that problem with CDs.  I like to bounce around at times from song to song, and since my car CD player has buttons on the steering wheel, I can do just that by just moving one finger a few inches while never taking my eyes off the road.

Top that. 

[TAC]

I have an answer for that, too:

I don't feel like wrecking my car.

Thinking the same thing.

[cramx3]

what if I suddenly want to listen to x-band, but oh shit, I didn't put them on my phone or iPod that day?  I never have that problem.

I don't have that problem either.  I have a 64GB microSD card in my phone dedicated to music.  Sure if a new song isn't available yet I won't have it, but I keep most of my library on there and update it regularly with new music. 

I remember using those cassette tapes to connect a CD player to the tape deck in a car.  And then when MP3 CDs started I bought a head unit that could play those so I could fit an entire or most of a bands discography onto one CD.  Then I went to using an MP3 player plugged into the AUX port, and eventually that just merged with my phone.  Finally just last year I went the blu tooth route described before.  My next evolution is to buy a car that has blu tooth built in and maybe eventually increase my sdcard on my phone to 128GB.  Also new dashes in cars have apple/android play that sort of allows you to use your phone through the dash with a touch screen. 

[TAC]

 
I remember using those cassette tapes to connect a CD player to the tape deck in a car. 

I had one of those. Damn thing kept changing sides clicking back and forth.

[King Postwhore]

By making a Playlist that takes 2 minutes at home and I'm on the road not playing with my I pod. 

YOU OLD BASTARDS!!

[KevShmev]

By making a Playlist that takes 2 minutes at home and I'm on the road not playing with my I pod. 

And what if you decide you want to listen to something that you didn't put on your playlist that day?

  Also new dashes in cars have apple/android play that sort of allows you to use your phone through the dash with a touch screen.

God bless technology.

[King Postwhore]

Funny so your ok to pull out another CD and put it in?  It's the same.

Btw my wife's car has the touch screen which is awesome. I don't have that but I will never go without Bluetooth or a tough screen ever agsin.

[TAC]

It's more fun filling the bin in my car with CDs until there's about 30 of them spilling all over the f'n place.

[King Postwhore]

 


I remember those days.  Making a Playlist is so damn easy and fun with my I pod.   I love making them daily!

[cramx3]

I never used 8 tracks in a car though, or ever actually. 

[KevShmev]

Funny so your ok to pull out another CD and put it in?  It's the same.

Huh? I don't do it when driving.  I have probably 100+ CDRs in my car that I made, all ready at a moment's notice to be played.  For example, the impetus for this thread was my recent VH listening binge, when started when a friend randomly texted me something about one of their songs one day at work, we texted a little about them, and by the time I got in my car to go home, I wanted to listen to them, and presto, I put the CD in and away I went, instead of thinking, "Shoot, they aren't on my iPod today."

[TAC]

I never used 8 tracks in a car though, or ever actually.

Shit I remember these! WTF??

[King Postwhore]

I just scroll to the album before I put it in drive and more ready to go.

I love it because I don't have to carry anything but the I pod and I have all my music with me.  I can make a Playlist on the fly with it as well. No need to hook it up to the computer.


Seriously guys. Do some homework.   It's really worth it.

[King Postwhore]

I never used 8 tracks in a car though, or ever actually.

Shit I remember these! WTF??

Hemispheres cut in half.  NOOOOOOOOOO!

[TAC]

After all these years, I still remember where many tracks break.

[King Postwhore]

Crazy.  I remember some as well.

[Kwyjibo]

And I came here thinking it was the Van Halen thread, silly me