Van Halen – 5150

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  General Comment:I always hurd 5150 was written mostly with Roth still in mind as the frontman, thats why its basically one of the last good albums, that rocks in a proper fashion.
  
  ou8 & For never had any of the cutting edge poewrhouses we were used to. I cant think back on either album and think of any one song that stands out from the pack while I can sure as hell recite every song off the VH VH debut album and always will be able too, their best imo.

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  General Comment:Personally i feel that DLR was easily the better between him and Sammy. Granted Sammy was a better singer but David encompasses everything that a rock star is and should be. He is a gift to everyone who has the sense to listen. Next to Freddy Mercury he is the greatest front man EVER!!! DLR forever

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  General Comment:I guess I'm mental, but Sammy Hagar is hands down my favorite Van Halen singer, the songs were better with him. I mean, Roth made the band popular with his antics, and he could sing, but I think during the Sammy Hagar periods, better songs were written. I think 5150 is my favorite

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  General Comment:The Hagar era of VH wasn't all that good for amazing songs like the Roth era, but 5150 and F.U.C.K. were very good cd's, not major hits though.

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    Not major hits? 5150 sold more copies than any album except Van Halen and 1984. It was also the first album to be #1 on the Billboard 200.

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  General Comment:Frankenstrat you make me laugh
  anyone that can say this song blows does understand the true power of this song
  but it made me laugh in a good way not in the emotion of hate though

  Flag meaningofsongon October 23, 2008   Link

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  General Comment:The 51 - 50 percentage thing is a different way of looking at it but I don't think that's the FULL meaning. The love conflict is true because he takes about someone never being satisfied and how he has to please her all the time.
  
  I believe that this song was more of a band thing. In 86 when they played this, the guitar solo was extended to make it a 7 minute song. dragging a already 5 minute song to perhaps entertain the crowd. I've seen a lot of bootlegs of many songs and I don't think they ever played a song longer than the album version.
  
  Now they did do instrumental parts for a lot of songs but that was a song break or vocal break. This song they seem to drag out the Craziest part... The Guitar solo. Then they just jam. Crazy song playing on stage to a song with a Crazy meaning.

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  General Comment:Actually this song blows.

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  General Comment:TD Phoenix is right. It's about a selfish woman (I assume since Sammy's straight and he's singing it) who always want's "one more," never content with compromise and sharing. Thus, she wants things 51/50 instead of 50/50. Also, I never thought of the other meaning of the fact that it's a police code for criminally insane, but that could apply to the person Sammy's singing to.

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  General Comment:Black Sabbath has an instrumental song on the "The Mob Rules" album named, "E5150".
  
  I think it stands for 'evil'.

  Flag Pink_Floyd_fanon June 19, 2007   Link

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  General Comment:Thank you SRV Blues! Finally someone who agrees that these new so called rock bands are fucking shit. Everyone always says I'm just not accepting newer and better bands, I tell them to shut the fuck up after they can't even name a few fucking classic rock songs. Pisses me of so much . . .
  
  That felt good.

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