POLL: Somebody Get Me a Doctor vs. D.O.A?

[I Coulda Hada VH]

It's only crime is that it had to follow the debut album..........which was IMO the greatest hard rock debut album of all time.

For my $, the VH debut is the greatest rock album of all-time.

[Von Coolio]

SMGAD is smokin' hot, and it is hard to argue with its awesomeness. But for me, DOA is menacing and feels like like the DNA that went into Fair Warning.

DOA!

[japeape]

Tied.

I'm gonna be Joe Biden here:

Come on, man...

[I Coulda Hada VH]

Tied.

I'm gonna be Joe Biden here:

Come on, man...

Lol. Yeah, I'm pretty surprised that D.O.A. is faring so well against SGMAD.

[japeape]

Lol. Yeah, I'm pretty surprised that D.O.A. is faring so well against SGMAD.

SGMAD is ESSENTIAL early VH.

I think that repeating bend, during the DOA riff, always annoyed me.

The riff is so mean, but that bend thrown in, sounds a tiny bit goofy.
It's like a duck, answering the riff.

Still a great song, musically & lyrically, except for that annoying call/response thing.

Back in Black, too.
Love the song/riff, but hate that stupid descending open string lick they sprinkle in,
over & over.
Like the stuttering, ascending riff, though (Kinda Zep).

[I Coulda Hada VH]

I've posted this story on here more than once, but here it comes again.

Way back in the spring of 1979, my family and I took a trip up to Yosemite in a rented RV. After the first night there, my brother (who was 21 at the time) started off the morning by complaining about being awoken by someone repeatedly blasting some song about "a dirty faced kid in a garbage can." Ahh, memories ...

[japeape]

I've posted this story on here more than once, but here it comes again.

Way back in the spring of 1979, my family and I took a trip up to Yosemite in a rented RV. After the first night there, my brother (who was 21 at the time) started off the morning by complaining about being awoken by someone repeatedly blasting some song about "a dirty faced kid in a garbage can." Ahh, memories ...

That bend i referenced, kind of gives the song a "slapstick/Benny Hill" kinda vibe.

[I Coulda Hada VH]

From the night of my 14th birthday and 41 days before the release of Van Halen I ...

[LAD-1972]

For my $, the VH debut is the greatest rock album of all-time.

Couldn’t agree more...love it!

[japeape]

From the night of my 14th birthday and 41 days before the release of Van Halen I ...

They are playing it at double speed, no chugs, mostly gallops.

Ted reeled them in, for VHII.

[I Coulda Hada VH]

They are playing it at double speed, no chugs, mostly gallops.

Ted reeled them in, for VHII.

Ted Templeman was the perfect producer for Van Halen. Too bad he (and Michael Anthony) weren't around for ADKOT.

[KS 5150]

D.O.A. all day every day

[Rokgtar]

SMGAD

[TopJ]

D.O.A.

[Wolfie3]

SGMAD buries DOA for me personally.