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- Despite the album being seemingly complete, Eddie Van Halen came up with the riff at 2 in the morning and went down to his then-neighbor Sammy Hagar to show it.
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May 24, 2023 · By the time OU812 arrived on May 24, 1988 – with a title that seems to take a shot at their former lead singer – fans knew what they were getting with Hagar-era Van Halen.
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- "Mine All Mine" Tense, hard-driving and moody, "Mine All Mine" is definitely one of OU812's darker — and less immediately gratifying — tracks. It doesn't exactly set the tone for what's to follow, but putting it in the lead-off slot sent a message regardless: If you were among the disgruntled Van Halen fans who felt like Hagar's lyrics tended toward the meathead end of the spectrum and you weren't happy about their relatively recent embrace of the power ballad, this song offered at least a few minutes of proof that they were still capable of rocking harder and digging a little deeper.
- "When It's Love" What were we saying about power ballads? The first song written for OU812, "When It's Love" is vintage post-Roth Van Halen, a track that bolts fat, shiny pop hooks onto a deceptively muscular rock arrangement, then tops the whole thing off with some Eddie Van Halen synths and Hagar lyrics about love.
- "A.F.U. (Naturally Wired)" You don't hear them as often as you used to but for a really long time, any touring act worth its salt eventually recorded a touring anthem — and Van Halen got around to it with OU812's third track, "A.F.U.
- "Cabo Wabo" The Dave vs. Sammy debate will probably never be settled. Those looking for an easy way to break down the divide could do worse than saying Roth often seemed eager to let listeners know how much fun hewas having, while Hagar tended to take a more inclusive approach in his embrace of Van Halen's good-time vibes.
Jul 22, 2013 · “When It’s Love” is the album’s first classic with a great long synth intro before breaking into a 1984-era Van Halen riff. Hagar’s chorus melody is the real highlight here along with an excellent closing section which builds with intensity.
Production. Once the 5150 tour concluded, Eddie Van Halen had some riffs he had been working on and Hagar "had a bunch of lyrics in notebooks that I had been thinking about and writing", so they decided to work on another album soon.
May 24, 2013 · Featured below is an interview with Eddie Van Halen and Michael Anthony, from the tail end of the OU812 tour. The interview starts out with just Michael, and Eddie soon arrives and tells all about his past battles to get away from having to do cover versions, the shock of losing David Lee Roth, his own evolution as a guitarist, winning the ...
May 24, 2018 · Warner Bros. On May 24, 1988, Van Halen released OU812, the second album of their Sammy Hagar era. It found the band pushing its stylistic boundaries even more than its multi-platinum...
May 24, 2023 · Here, we find the duality between Eddie Van Helen’s oscillation between guitars and synthesizers achieving its pinnacle of sophistication on such hit singles as “When It’s Love” and “Feels So Good.”. Van Halen OU812, Warner Bros. Records 1988.
