What are some of your favorite parts of Van Halen songs?

**I Coulda Hada VH** · 01.31.23, 03:06 PM

It can be an intro, a verse, a chorus, a solo, a breakdown, an outro, etc.

The breakdown from around 1:42 to 2:01 on the following (and especially Ed's guitar part) is just so damn tasty ...

**Rokgtar** · 01.31.23, 03:10 PM

Originally Posted by I Coulda Hada VH

It can be an intro, a verse, a chorus, a solo, a breakdown, an outro, etc.

The breakdown from around 1:42 to 2:01 on the following (and especially Ed's guitar part) is just so damn tasty ...

That’s the first thing that came to my mind as well.

**I Coulda Hada VH** · 01.31.23, 03:14 PM

How about the little vocal nod to the Beatles around the :55 mark?

**Rokgtar** · 01.31.23, 03:20 PM

1:24 to 1:33 :

**Little Intruder** · 01.31.23, 03:31 PM

Even tho Mean Street is my all-time fave I love the guitar intro to this:

So beautifully mellow until all breaks loose!

**Sam Vs. Dave** · 01.31.23, 03:37 PM

Intro to Dancing in the Street!

Intro to Runnin' with the Devil!

Outro to Mean Street!

Roth's whoops and hollers in Runnin' with the Devil!

Last chorus of Best of Both Worlds!

Guitar solo in Feel Your Love Tonight!

Roth saying "Edward" in Could This be Magic!

**I Coulda Hada VH** · 01.31.23, 03:46 PM

This whole song is epic, but especially the segment from 2:10 to 3:33 ...

**Al Van Bundy** · 01.31.23, 04:31 PM

The 3 minute mark of Feelin'.

One of the best segues to a solo in any song, VH or otherwise.

**I Coulda Hada VH** · 01.31.23, 04:38 PM

Check out the scream from the Diamond One at 1:10 ...

**VH1986** · 01.31.23, 06:15 PM

Opening to RWTD.
Opening riff to ITO.
Shoobie do wah in ITO.
The chinka chinka chinka chinka at 13-15 seconds in On Fire.
Dave and Mike in the chorus of On Fire.
Somebody Get Me a Doctor--opening riff after the chord intro.
Outta Love Again starting at 1:50 through Ed's solo.
Romeo Delight-second verse and the bass line during Ed's solo.
Loss of Control--Al's cowbell at 1:38.
Mean Street opening and initial riff.
The moaning riff at the opening of Dirty Movies.
Unchained opening riff--the greatest of all time.
Jump--Ed's solo.
Top Jimmy--beginning of solo.
HFT--the solo part around 3:24 and I don't feel tardy.
Good Enough--Hello Baby and Ed's closing guitar run.
The opening of WCTBL and the keyboard riff.
The second chorus of Summer Nights.
BOBW--You don't have to die and go to heaven...
LWI--Ed's solos.
5150--all of it.
Mine All Mine-all of it.
When It's Love--all of it.
Poundcake-harmonics and solo.
Right Now--solo.
Top of the World--Ed's live solo.
The Seventh Seal--lyrics.
Amsterdam--main riff.
Not Enough--solo.
Take Me Back--acoustic opening.
Feelin-transition to solo.
Eagles Fly--Ed's solo in '95.

**Little Intruder** · 01.31.23, 06:27 PM

I've always loved the clicking heartbeat Edward does right after the solo on Romeo Delight. Check out how he extends it from this live preformance in 1980. Godly!

**DFVH5150** · 01.31.23, 08:14 PM

I started coming up with a list but it's too hard because there's obviously too much.

**Raldo** · 02.01.23, 01:46 AM

Lots to choose from.

How about the breakdown part of ATBL.

**Simon Ribeiro** · 02.01.23, 03:31 AM

Originally Posted by DFVH5150

I started coming up with a list but it's too hard because there's obviously too much.

Same here!

There are some many cool and great moments all over the VH music catalogue that we basically would spend days discussing and listening and then regret we've forgotten something here and there. BTW, let's not forget the monster Alex Van Halen was all around VH II, for example. There are countless magical moments of his playing there.