# "Best" DLR Van Halen Song? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 7, 2015, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-dlr-van-halen-song/727204 "2015-08-07T02:18:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-dlr-van-halen-song/727204/21 "2015-08-07T18:17:15Z")
Some non-single “deep cuts” not usually mentioned that I think are are rock masterpieces…mostly I’m surprised at how few duds they have, really high-quality albums with very little filler. Fools Drop Dead Legs Atomic Punk Sinner’s Swing Girl Gone Bad I also love their little whimsical acoustic numbers… Big Bad Bill Could This Be Love Little Guitars ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-dlr-van-halen-song/727204/22 "2015-08-07T18:26:37Z")
Little Guitars or Jump. ---
**Author:** ![sleestak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2015, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-dlr-van-halen-song/727204/23 "2015-08-08T05:37:07Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > That’s a fun song, no doubt. > > Maybe you can help me- what does “A dada beebee bobba wooky for a moopee?” mean? Assuming you aren’t joking, the line is ‘I seen a lot of people lookin for a moonbeam’. Of course I only know that because I used to drink a lot. Slee ---
**Author:** ![syncrolecyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f08c70/32.png) [@syncrolecyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/syncrolecyne)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2015, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-dlr-van-halen-song/727204/24 "2015-08-08T06:09:28Z")
I still have a hard time believing their first album dates from 1978, it sounds so mid-80s to me. I think “Beautiful Girls” is their best, killer riff, and all the DLR mannerisms. I once thought Roth was really obnoxious and thought Sammy Hagar “saved” Van Halen by making them a more serious band. I no longer think that… ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2015, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-dlr-van-halen-song/727204/25 "2015-08-08T13:51:55Z")
> [@sleestak](#): > > Assuming you aren’t joking, the line is ‘I seen a lot of people lookin for a moonbeam’. > > Of course I only know that because I used to drink a lot. > Slee It’s obviously one of the statements to be carefully examined by the preeminent philosophers of future generations. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2015, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-dlr-van-halen-song/727204/26 "2015-08-08T18:09:59Z")
> [@sleestak](#): > > Assuming you aren’t joking, the line is ‘I seen a lot of people lookin for a moonbeam’. > > Of course I only know that because I used to drink a lot. > Slee I was joking- but even though I’ve seen the lyrics written out, it STILL sounds like Dave is singing “A dada beebee bobba wooky for a moopee.” Which makes about as much sense as the real lyric. Dave is famous for forgetting lyrics, and either screaming, mumbling, making up new words, or skipping lines entirely when he does. And not just in concert- he’s often done so in the studio. In “Pretty Woman,” he shortens Roy Orbison’s four-line bridge (“Cause I need you, I’ll treat you right. Come with me baby, be mine tonight”) down to just “Cause I need you, need you tonight.” In “You’re No Good,” he changes “I’ll beg his forgiveness on bended knee; I wouldn’t blame him if he said to me…” into “Don’t come back, don’t come running to me. I wouldn’t blame them if they set you free.” ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2015, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-dlr-van-halen-song/727204/27 "2015-08-09T04:07:59Z")
“Everybody Wants Some” and “Unchained”. I hear them and I’m back on the beach in Florida. ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2015, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-dlr-van-halen-song/727204/28 "2015-08-09T13:27:18Z")
[Ice Cream Man](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2RKWJD5ops) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2015, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-dlr-van-halen-song/727204/29 "2015-08-09T14:34:19Z")
> [@lawoot](#): > > [Ice Cream Man](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2RKWJD5ops) 😃 I thought about including that one. It’s not a great song, obviously, but I love it and always sing along when I hear it. It’s one of the songs that ONLY Dave could have done right. ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2016, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-dlr-van-halen-song/727204/30 "2016-08-24T23:25:04Z")
I’ve always been partial to House of Pain from 1984. It’s dark and sinister, and it’s also the last song on the last album from the David Lee Roth era. To me it signifies the end of that era. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2016, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-dlr-van-halen-song/727204/31 "2016-08-24T23:41:38Z")
I was gonna say _Jump_, but obviously, it’s _Hot For Teacher_. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2016, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-dlr-van-halen-song/727204/32 "2016-08-24T23:52:12Z")
Jump or Little Guitars. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-dlr-van-halen-song/727204/33 "2016-08-25T00:07:02Z")
> [@lawoot](#): > > [Ice Cream Man](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2RKWJD5ops) 😃 Deep in my heart I know that there are a lot “better” DLR VH songs, but dagnabbit, this one is just my favorite. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-dlr-van-halen-song/727204/34 "2016-08-25T00:46:31Z")
> [@lawoot](#): > > [Ice Cream Man](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2RKWJD5ops) 😃 Nailed it. Either this or Panama. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Krupe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@Leo\_Krupe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Krupe)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-dlr-van-halen-song/727204/35 "2016-08-25T01:11:34Z")
If it appeared on DAVE-TV, it was good. More seriously, my favorites are Jump and Runnin’ With the Devil. Everybody Wants Some was parodied many years ago by a local radio station (or maybe not, but it was parodied) into Everybody Wants Gum, and that’s all I hear when the original plays. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-dlr-van-halen-song/727204/36 "2016-08-25T01:27:31Z")
I’m gonna go with _Panama_. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-dlr-van-halen-song/727204/37 "2016-08-25T01:47:36Z")
[Atomic Punk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m-DYM7JvMA) > [@](#): > > I am a victim of the science age, uh > A child of the storm, whoa yes > I can’t remember when I was your age > For me, it says no more, no more > Nobody rules these streets at night like me, the atomic punk ---
**Author:** ![stolatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@stolatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stolatt)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-dlr-van-halen-song/727204/38 "2016-08-25T02:41:30Z")
Little Guitars or Take Your Whiskey Home. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-dlr-van-halen-song/727204/39 "2016-08-25T02:48:17Z")
Intruder/Pretty Woman. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-dlr-van-halen-song/727204/40 "2016-08-25T02:52:30Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > [Atomic Punk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m-DYM7JvMA) Great post. Great song. Along with that I gotta throw another vote for HFT. But really there a so many great ones. I really thought they were hitting their stride with Mean Streets. Would have loved to see the follow up… Also I heard Dave say in an interview this was an inspiration: [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8b8isnhYMjg](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8b8isnhYMjg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-dlr-van-halen-song/727204.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-dlr-van-halen-song/727204.md?page=3)