Van Halen cover you'd like them to tackle

[Darby]

I'd like to see them cover Bruce Springsteen's "Trapped". Van Halenize the shit out of it!

[Ryder5150]

Dire Straits Sultans of Swing.

I know Knopfler's tone and finger picking style is much different than Ed's however Edward has proven he can finger pick just fine in many of the famous Van Halen breakdowns etc. Big Al would would nail the drums especially with his snare tone alone, as for Dave he can just sing in that low range tone like he used in various parts throughout A different Kind of Truth.

[Van Squalen]

They ain’t covering anything anymore.

But back in the day, I think Halenized versions of Sabbath’s War Pigs, Zep’s Traveling Riverside Blues, or AC/DC’s The Jack would’ve been super cool.

[JUNGLE DRUMMER]

G-L-O-R-I-A

The Doors did a great live version. VH could've recorded a terrific version I think.

[Sam Vs. Dave]

I'll vote for some more Kinks tunes. Stick with a proven winner.
Give the People What They Want
All Day and All of the Night
Destroyer
Superman
and I guess Lola

It could be an EP.

[smithtone]

Cream. Badge in particular-

[Raldo]

Hammer to Fall

[edwardv]

Jailbreak...Thin Lizzy

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[Ian Sane]

Magic Carpet Ride by Steppenwolf.
There was a rumour around 2000 that they had recorded a version of it...

[Heisenberg]

I'll vote for some more Kinks tunes. Stick with a proven winner.
Give the People What They Want
All Day and All of the Night
Destroyer
Superman
and I guess Lola

It could be an EP.

💘 Give The People What They Want....( the whole album)...

Just think...those lyrics to the title track were in 82 or so & now more pertinent than ever...even bypassing the Reality TV era....

" Blow out your Brains
And do it right!
Make sure its Primetime
On Saturday night"

I know, I know, ...you're wondering why did he click my post whats the point...

There is no point. Just cool to me to see someone here mention Give The People What They Want.

I have the remastered cd with yhe cardboard case as well as my original cassette tape & vinyl album from way back then. One of my favorite albums of all time.

💘 Art Lover holy 🐄 what a beautiful tune. Dynamite.

Although I disagree VH should cover any more Kinks tunes. You know they did do All Day & Night. You can hear the bootleg recording its on Youtube.

[nicholas_kudochop]

G-L-O-R-I-A

The Doors did a great live version. VH could've recorded a terrific version I think.

EVH did that thing with Sambora and Mellencamp where they played that.

[nicholas_kudochop]

They ain’t covering anything anymore.

But back in the day, I think Halenized versions of Sabbath’s War Pigs, Zep’s Traveling Riverside Blues, or AC/DC’s The Jack would’ve been super cool.

I’d be happy with any of those 👍

[Van Squalen]

Give the People What They Want was a truly epic record. Played the shit outta that album. Dave and Ray are actually considering one last old timer reunion tho their keyboardist just passed away unfortunately.

A Kinks reunion would be...beyond words. I only saw em once, on the Word of Mouth tour in 87 or 88.

[noise next door]

Xanadu

[Number 47]

The Kinks had a great renaissance in the early 80's even though they were always cranking out the albums. I love that 3 album run of GTPWTW, SOC & WOM.

Then they seemed to fall out of favor. Radio and MTV probably abandoned them after sucking them dry. I don't think I bought anything after Think Visual either. Hmmm? I might have some gaps to fill.