Judgement Day v.s. Ballot Or the Bullet

**GirlGoneBad!** · 05.31.00, 07:36 AM

Ed you say we should chill but it seems like you want to start a problem by comparing everything to songs on III. Anyway I say Judgement Day. I love watching Eddie play the solo on the Live video! When after the taping part he starts jumping nuts!! The solo is great! But I like "Ballot" too. I never cared too much for the slide solo on it,but my favorite part is when Eddie breaks the string at the end and says "Wow" Awesome! All I can say is awesome! Everything that says Van Halen on it is awesome!!

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**Glenn** · 05.31.00, 08:39 AM

Judgement Day. Ballot or the Bullet may be my least favorite song on III.

**Spanish Doctor** · 05.31.00, 10:05 AM

LOL. Sammy's best VH song EVER, his best vocal performance EVER, against a lame ass VH3 song, possibly the worst on that damnable CD. Is there even a contest. LOL.

**jetm** · 05.31.00, 10:19 AM

Gotta agree with ya Doc. Judgement Day any-day.

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**homeunit** · 05.31.00, 12:18 PM

Jd

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**hellohawk** · 05.31.00, 01:30 PM

J d

**crashnjump** · 05.31.00, 01:30 PM

Judgement Day ROCKS! I don't care who's singing on the next tour I want to hear this one.

Ballot or the Bullet is okay, it's just not one of my favorites. It's not bad, but it sounds a little unfocused. I wish Gary would have sounded a little "cleaner" on this one. I read that Eddie was writing songs out of Gary's range, so that might have been the problem.

**Van Gully** · 05.31.00, 04:38 PM

Judgement Day easily crushes Ballot or the Bullet. No contest, Judgement Day all the way.

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**DonBoVH'66** · 05.31.00, 05:24 PM

Don't compare,just enjoy.
It's all good 'cause it's all Ed!

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**Wolfie3** · 06.01.00, 05:25 AM

I honstly don't really like either one of these songs. Eddie's choice to make BOTB with that coral sitar or whatever it was, ruined the song for me. Whenever I hear it (which is very rarely), I can't help but think how much that song really could have rocked if Ed ripped it with his "regular" guitar. I guess if the live version from RHRN of Judgement Day counts, I'd pick it over Ballot ...

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**Down In Flames** · 06.01.00, 07:57 AM

Judgement Day hands down. Ballot Or The Bullet could have been great as an instrumental, if it were in the same vein as Baluchitherium (think I spelled that wrong but you know what I mean). That's the only song that the bass has any punch in.