Occasionally something would come on MTV

[Feynman]

this one tended to root me in place.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oaHHrNQVrg

[BubbaVO]

Ahhh yes....Helena Christiansen at her peak.

[ZR]

Classic song and vid - good call.

[atquinn]

Such musicianship!

-Austin

[MCChris]

This one caused me to make tracks to the bathroom for some alone time:

I'll neither confirm nor deny that Mike Reno was the reason.

[crunchee]

Oh yes, I remember that video (the Chris Isaac one) well!

Nowadays, just SEEING a full video on MTV or VH1, without idiot commentary from a Z-list celebrity, or watching it at a civilized hour (early AM ain't it unless I just got in from a night out ) would stop me in my tracks.

BTW, MTV has dropped 'Music Television' from it's logo, effective February of this year--now, it's just plain MTV. Not that it WAS 'Music Television' for the last decade...

In a previous life, I was stationed in the UK (courtesy USAF) in the late '80's/early '90's, MTV Europe could get really interesting late at night, I remember this video in uncensored form (the brunette in the video was fully topless! Haven't found THAT version on Youtube yet):

Ah, I miss the good old days, when you could just watch videos on TV, and everybody else did, too! I've read that most people under 30 get their music videos via online searches & sites. Frankly, I don't have that much time in the day, or the patience, to surf the web constantly.

[velorush]

Helena Christensen aside (and let's be real, that was REALLY the reason for my 19-year-old butt to be frozen on the fraternity house couch during that vid) I have always really dug the space in the song and arrangement. There is just so much not going on that it sounds very full and rich.

stopped us in our tracks for quite a while (though for very different reasons). It showed us very suddenly that Eddie Van Halen was, contrary to prior opinion, likely human and that there were actually other people playing not only in that sort of style, but exceeding in precision and control.

[atquinn]

...

...

One of my favorite videos. "My doctor said I have to take a laxative!!" was a meme around my house for years!

-Austin

[Ted]

Helena Christensen aside (and let's be real, that was REALLY the reason for my 19-year-old butt to be frozen on the fraternity house couch during that vid) I have always really dug the space in the song and arrangement. There is just so much not going on that it sounds very full and rich.

stopped us in our tracks for quite a while (though for very different reasons). It showed us very suddenly that Eddie Van Halen was, contrary to prior opinion, likely human and that there were actually other people playing not only in that sort of style, but exceeding in precision and control.

Roth at his understated best!

[Taylor Player]

"My doctor said I have to take a laxative!!"

-Austin

Not in my store you don't!

[Guest JackButler]

"I always keep two of them around.. that way if there's any conversation.. I don't half to be part of it!"

[BubbaVO]

Loved Eat 'em and Smile! The older I get, the more I like it.

[MCChris]

Loved Eat 'em and Smile! The older I get, the more I like it.

A better album than Van Hagar's opening salvo that year? I say yes.

[Cary]

Loved Eat 'em and Smile! The older I get, the more I like it.

A better album than Van Hagar's opening salvo that year? I say yes.

This.

IIRC (it's been a while), I enjoyed Roth's Skyscraper concert more than Van Hagar's 5150 concert, too.

[Steve Haynie]

Loved Eat 'em and Smile! The older I get, the more I like it.

A better album than Van Hagar's opening salvo that year? I say yes.

ABSOLUTELY!

[atquinn]

Loved Eat 'em and Smile! The older I get, the more I like it.

A better album than Van Hagar's opening salvo that year? I say yes.

Unquestionably.

-Austin

[elduave]

I was a 5150 guy, for sure. Nothing against Roth...

[BubbaVO]

Loved Eat 'em and Smile! The older I get, the more I like it.

A better album than Van Hagar's opening salvo that year? I say yes.

Unquestionably.

-Austin

5150 was a pretty good album. It sounds so dated now. But EAS is the one I listen to more and I still think its pretty damn cool. I'm not a Vai fanboy, but I like what he did on that record.