List some GREAT DLR solo songs!!!

[Bad to the Bone]

alright, list em, what are some great Dave solo songs? I've got most of Dave's solo stuff and I know what I consider good but I'm wondering what the DLR community in general thinks are some standouts from his solo career.

[ZachenFoot]

alright, list em, what are some great Dave solo songs? I've got most of Dave's solo stuff and I know what I consider good but I'm wondering what the DLR community in general thinks are some standouts from his solo career.

Standouts?

-Yankee Rose
-Shyboy
-Ladie's Night In Buffalo
-Big Trouble
-Damn Good
-Hina
-A Little Ain't Enough
-Lady Luck
-Tell The Truth
-Drop In The Bucket (personal favorite)
-Land's Edge
-King Of The Hill
-Black Sand
-Blacklight

Thats the best of the best, I'd say. But, thats just me.

[sixstring]

Standouts?

-Yankee Rose
-Shyboy
-Ladie's Night In Buffalo
-Big Trouble
-Damn Good
-Hina
-A Little Ain't Enough
-Lady Luck
-Tell The Truth
-Drop In The Bucket (personal favorite)
-Land's Edge
-King Of The Hill
-Black Sand
-Blacklight

Thats the best of the best, I'd say. But, thats just me.

That's pretty much it for me, except he forgot 'Elephant Gun'...

[SuckaInA3Piece]

Ahh man. There's a shit load of em.

Hina
Bump N Grind
Ladies Night In Buffalo
Shy Boy
Damn Good
Drop In A Bucket
A Lil Aint Enough
Big Trouble
Slam Dunk
Wah Wa Zat?
InDeedIDo
Blacklight
Everybody Got The Monkey (cool guitar tune)
She's My Machine

Always dug Last Call too. This lyric being one of my faves from DLR:

I'm a real good loser
Cause I get a lot of practice
With the breaks
When they're beatin' my boys
So I asked her,
"What's the only thing to do in this town?"
An' she gives me a multiple choice!
It's like Peter Pan an' Tinkerbell
Poised on the perverbial brink
I asked her,
"How the hell you get in those tight blue jeans?"
She said,
"For starters you could buy me a drink..."

[mightyjar]

Yankee Rose
Goin Crazy
Knucklebones
Just like Paradise
Lil Aint Enough
Hammerhead Shark
Sensible Shoes
Last Call
Dogtown Shuffle
It's Showtime
Your Filthy Little Mouth
Slam Dunk
Relentless
WA Wa ZAt
Thug Pop

[Ain't Talkin' Bout' Love]

I love Drop In the Bucket. Anybody else a fan of Going Places... That song is just cool to me.

[Bad to the Bone]

Dave's solo career has always intrigued me alot, seems like he had the world by the balls and it just kinda slipped away. I was wondering if it was a matter of his song "dropping off' in terms of quality or if it was an ever changing musical taste that the general public has. I always thought EEAS was a really good album, probably one of the best that was released in 1986, the band dave assembled was just great. I'm not gonna compare EEAS to 5150 cause that's a different thread alltogether but I think Dave really did what he thought Van Halen should have been doing had he stayed in the band. I found Dave's progression on skyscraper "odd", I don't know if he was reacting to the success of VH or if he was just evolving as an artist. I did think skyscraper was excellent when it was first released. I don't think some of the material has aged well but I still think it was a very cool album. ALAE is odd to me also cause it kinda seems like Dave has lost his way...that's kinda hard to describe but it seems like it's all over the place....anyway that's probably better for another thread ass well. Here's the ones I'd pick as "great" dave solo songs:

Yankee Rose
shyboy
Tobacco Road'
Goin Crazy
Bump N Grind-thought this should have been the 3rd single, very undrratted
Knucklebones
Damn Good
Hot Dog and a Shake-don't care if they're stupid lyrics I like it
Hina-Dave's best ever solo song IMO
Baby's on Fire
Last Call
Drop in the Bucket

I kinda loose track of him at this point, I have YFLM but never really listen to it.

Blacklight
CounterBlast

[LLFHS]

Always wondered why "She's My Machine" always seems to get the shaft. I personally think it's the most Halen-like of his solo tunes (as well as my personal fave). Awesome guitar intro and the drums venture into Big Al territory.

I like the synth backing of Drop in The Bucket as well.

[TheresOnlyOneWay]

Whenever I hear "Just Like Paradise", it's stuck in my head for the whole day!

Not my favorite, but damn catchy.

[oldno.7]

Always wondered why "She's My Machine" always seems to get the shaft. I personally think it's the most Halen-like of his solo tunes (as well as my personal fave). Awesome guitar intro and the drums venture into Big Al territory.

I'm with you. She's My Machine is one of my DLR faves, and indeed it sounds like a VH tune. Other faves: Damn Good, Shyboy, Ladies Night In Buffalo & Yankee Rose.

[LLFHS]

"Damn Good" just goes without saying.

Dave's "Stairway" if ya ask me.

[Double Down]

Dave's solo career has always intrigued me alot, seems like he had the world by the balls and it just kinda slipped away. I was wondering if it was a matter of his song "dropping off' in terms of quality or if it was an ever changing musical taste that the general public has. I always thought EEAS was a really good album, probably one of the best that was released in 1986, the band dave assembled was just great. I'm not gonna compare EEAS to 5150 cause that's a different thread alltogether but I think Dave really did what he thought Van Halen should have been doing had he stayed in the band. I found Dave's progression on skyscraper "odd", I don't know if he was reacting to the success of VH or if he was just evolving as an artist. I did think skyscraper was excellent when it was first released. I don't think some of the material has aged well but I still think it was a very cool album. ALAE is odd to me also cause it kinda seems like Dave has lost his way...that's kinda hard to describe but it seems like it's all over the place....anyway that's probably better for another thread ass well. Here's the ones I'd pick as "great" dave solo songs:

Dude, I couldn't agree with you more....every word of it. I feel EXACTLY the same way you do. IMO your assessment is dead-on.

It has always been my opinion that Dave's solo stuff was very good at it's time but has not aged well at all. Eat 'Em still sounds good to me but Skyscraper I absolutely feel hasn't aged well at all.

[MF5150]

"Damn Good" just goes without saying.

Dave's "Stairway" if ya ask me.

More like a wheelchair accessible ramp...

[LLFHS]

More like a wheelchair accessible ramp...

ba-zing!

[Mandelbaum]

That's pretty much it for me, except he forgot 'Elephant Gun'...

"Is it love or is it murder ... Could be the crime of the century."

Everything listed so far makes my list - Damn Good is probably at the top; maybe Yankee Rose.