Van Halen: Video Hits, Vol. 1

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Summary: Needs the Roth Era!!!!!!
Review: Even though the 78-84 era has few videos, there were a lot of mainstays on MTV: (Oh)Pretty Woman, Dance the Night Away, Unchained, and Hear About it Later. There have also been promo videos from 1978 for Jamie's Cryin', Running with the Devil, and You Really Got Me. There are also tons of live footage of that era of VH. Hagar has been covered in Live Without a Net and Right Here Right Now, but the Roth era exists in 10th gen bootlegs or the 3 videos on the DVD. It's not a comprehensive "greatest hits", and with some creative director, a more complete "hits" (and fix the sound!) could be released, doing it justice. Add the MTV "Lost Weekend", the US Festival portions, some commentary, and some eggs, it would be an awesome package. If you're a Hagar fan, give it 4 stars. If you're a VH or Classic VH fan, it's 2 stars.

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Summary: One Star for each Dave
Review: Good thing I saw this at a friends house. I won't spend the cash on this for myself. The Dave era is about good time hard rock.
Sammy is where I stopped buying VH cd's. Dave was the ultimate frontman. I have seen them all and " in the day " Diamond Dave
was the man !! If you don't care much one way or the other buy the disc. If you are a Daveaholic pas on this one.

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Summary: Hagar Rules!
Review: Great DVD, You get 3 DLR vid's to start out. Then the "Real" Van Halen kicks in with some awesome vid's from Hagar. Over all its a great DVD. It would have been nice to see a few others that they couldnt add to it.. but all in all, its great.
Van Halen 2004 Tour ROCKS!!

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Summary: Awesome, but BEWARE... not the real "Dreams"
Review: I absolutely dig Van Halen. So I definitely got my money's worth with this one! All of the original videos are great! But the main reason I bought it was because I really wanted to see the original "Dreams" (blue angel) video. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on your perspective), they ran the 1993 version, which is cool in it's own way. Had I known, I wouldn't have been crushed... as it was, it is really a cool DVD. But I sure wish I could have gotten that original dreams video.

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Summary: No real surprises
Review: I agree with all statements made in prior reviews, except the one about the edited videos. The videos were not edited for this DVD -- they are shown exactly as they were played on MTV. Unfortunately, MTV and record execs force many bands to shorten their songs for both radio and video airplay in order to allow more time for other songs and, of course, commercials. That being said, this is a good collection of videos for any Van Halen fan. I was somewhat surprised that ALL of the VH videos were not included in the collection, however, which explains why I am not giving it 5 stars. Notably absent were the videos for "Feels So Good," "Top of the World," "Amsterdam," and "Fire in the Hole."

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Summary: better with sam than dave!
Review: I hate to burst everyones bubble about diamond dave but, he was just the start of something even better when sammy walked through the door,dave has no personality and or real ability to carry a note. sammy has the ablitly to sing, and sing well, write music, which he has done since early montrose, and all his solo stuff proves he's still standing, and where is diamond dave? i recently saw van hagar in greensboro nc. the first concert of there latest tour and sammy and eddie and gang were on their marks, and where's dave? i am sure that their are afew people out their that can tell musical talent, and sammy is a bigger part of van halen than dave ever was, by the way whats that dave guys last name?

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Summary: Not DTS, Not even a good picture
Review: I have learned a big lesson through the purchase of this video, some groups will show their fans respect and give them DTS with high quality video. Not the case here. This is simply a VHS version recorded to DVD. Not to brag but I could have done this in my basement and produced better quality. If you do not believe me, purchase this DVD then purchase the The Eagles - Hell Freezes Over. I guarantee you will want you money back.

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Summary: Terrific
Review: I love Van Halen, they're one of my favorite bands and while I prefer David Lee Roth to Sammy Hagar and this DVD contains only 3 Roth videos I was still pleasantly surprised. This is a very cool collection of videos, except for the last one "Without You" which feautres post-Hagar, Gary Cherone. Cherone, for all those people who don't know, was recruited after Hagar left and then was fired and/or quit when the album
"3" became Van Halens worst selling album. Gary Cherone sounds like a drunk guy, who begins singing Sammy Hagar karaoke. He's that bad. But as for the other videos, here are my thoughts and oppinions:
Jump:This is a pretty popular song and video, but it is not my favorite Van Halen song, the video is pretty cool though, except for the fact that David Lee Roth is wearing female clothing.
Panama: This is a really cool song, Eddie sounds great, and the lyrics are good too.
Hot for Teacher: A funny and catchy song. This is one of the coolest Van Halen songs out of a long line of them.
When It's Love: A really good Van Halen love song. Sammy Hagars voice really carries on this song.
Finish What Ya Started: Yet another good song, the black & white video is pretty cool.
Poundcake: This is a very cool Sammy Hagar & Van Halen song. The video is really good with A LOT of hot chicks.
Runaround: More good songs. This isn't the best song ever, but it is still good....
Right Now: Good song, good message. The video is really good.
Dreams: The album version is a LOT better, but this is one of my favorite songs.
Don't Tell Me (What Love Can Do): Due to my TV, I couldn't hear most of the song but the video is good, and like "Right Now" has a good message.
Can't Stop Loving You: Really good song, video is somewhat of a sequel to "Don't Tell Me"
Not Enough: Good song, nuff said.
Humans Being: Really catchy song and you actually hear Eddie talk.
Without You: Ahh. The dreaded Cherone video. The video ITSELF is not that bad. The band: Eddie Van Halen, Alex Van Halen, & Michael Anthony is terrific. But then there's the matter of Gary Cherone.
GARY, STEP AWAY FROM THE MIC! I REPEAT! STEP AWAY FROM THE MIC!

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Summary: David Lee Rocks!!!
Review: I received this dvd from my 24 year old son for Christmas 2004. It is great. I still long for the days of the original group with David Lee Roth on lead vocals. Hagar is good but I'll always consider the "real" Van Halen to include Diamond Dave. It's a shame such talented musicians can't get along and just make great music like Eddie and the other guys could still do. Although only 3 of the videos include Roth (Jump, Panama & Hot For Teacher) this dvd is a must for all Van Halen fans.

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Summary: Needs more Dave, and Gary
Review: I simply love this DVD. Despite the fact that I favor Hagar over Roth, I was a little dissapointed, I know that a DVD has more space than that, there should have been more Dave videos, and more Gary videos. They should have also included the "Banned from MTV" video from the Hagar era, known as Amsterdam.