What's your take on Feels So Good?

SchenkerFan · Post by **SchenkerFan** » Sat Oct 21, 2023 9:22 am

The Van Halen song I mean.

OU812 has quite a few songs I don't care about but I love this one. Ed seemed more interested in keys than guitar playing at this point, but I've always been a sucker for synth heavy rock.

daveg · Post by **daveg** » Sat Oct 21, 2023 10:16 am

As a pop song 10/10. As a Van Halen song 2/10.

Mister Freeze · Post by **Mister Freeze** » Sat Oct 21, 2023 10:27 am

Way to stir up some more Sammy hate on this board. Can't wait.

When it came out, I thought "Feels So Good" was boring and generic. Over time, I grew to love it. Really well-produced song. The drums, keyboards, vocals, everything. It helps that it's not overexposed. You have to go out of your way to hear it.

I also appreciate how the keys have that click/thud sound, like you're standing next to the person playing them in the room. I'm not sure if that would be considered a gate effect or not. Maybe a studio geek can explain it better.

Bono Nettencourt · Post by **Bono Nettencourt** » Sat Oct 21, 2023 10:32 am

No good.

SchenkerFan · Post by **SchenkerFan** » Sat Oct 21, 2023 11:40 am

Mister Freeze wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 10:27 am
I also appreciate how the keys have that click/thud sound, like you're standing next to the person playing them in the room. I'm not sure if that would be considered a gate effect or not. Maybe a studio geek can explain it better.

It always reminded me of the sound on this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXE9oBzST68

DangerZone · Post by **DangerZone** » Sat Oct 21, 2023 11:56 am

Bono Nettencourt wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 10:32 am No good.

Feels no good?

bought the cassette at 14 and this was the worst song on there

Bono Nettencourt · Post by **Bono Nettencourt** » Sat Oct 21, 2023 12:06 pm

DangerZone wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 11:56 am
Bono Nettencourt wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 10:32 am No good.
Feels no good?

bought the cassette at 14 and this was the worst song on there

2nd-worst, behind that Little Feat atrocity that closes the album.

DangerZone · Post by **DangerZone** » Sat Oct 21, 2023 12:39 pm

Bono Nettencourt wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 12:06 pm
DangerZone wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 11:56 am
Bono Nettencourt wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 10:32 am No good.
Feels no good?

bought the cassette at 14 and this was the worst song on there
2nd-worst, behind that Little Feat atrocity that closes the album.

My version didn’t have that “bonus” track

Bono Nettencourt · Post by **Bono Nettencourt** » Sat Oct 21, 2023 12:48 pm

Lucky you.

BernieTaupson · Post by **BernieTaupson** » Sat Oct 21, 2023 2:54 pm

Embarrassing, and that music video where they’re all dressed like the three guys from Full House … fucking hell man. I bet Ed was going into his trailer in between takes so Val could breastfeed him.

LSD69 · Post by **LSD69** » Sat Oct 21, 2023 2:57 pm

Whenever I hear that song, it makes me want to drink milk, drive a Nissan and have a relationship.

Bob Sacamano · Post by **Bob Sacamano** » Sat Oct 21, 2023 3:01 pm

I like Chuck Mangione's Feels So Good better.

Ozzy Stradlin · Post by **Ozzy Stradlin** » Sat Oct 21, 2023 5:10 pm

LSD69 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 2:57 pm Whenever I hear that song, it makes me want to drink milk, drive a Nissan and have a relationship.

Hahahahahaha.

I see what you did, there, and I concur.

dmbrocker · Post by **dmbrocker** » Sat Oct 21, 2023 5:18 pm

Good keyboards, but not much else to it. I'll enjoy listening to it on occasion.

rockker · Post by **rockker** » Sat Oct 21, 2023 7:41 pm

Feels so Bad

Bono Nettencourt · Post by **Bono Nettencourt** » Sat Oct 21, 2023 8:08 pm

Bob Sacamano wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 3:01 pm I like Chuck Mangione's Feels So Good better.

Def.

DangerZone · Post by **DangerZone** » Sat Oct 21, 2023 8:26 pm

I’ll send a message in a bottle (I’ll send a message!)
Trust in the mercy of the sea (ooo ooo)

BernieTaupson · Post by **BernieTaupson** » Sat Oct 21, 2023 8:36 pm

DangerZone wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 8:26 pm I’ll send a message in a bottle (I’ll send a message!)
Trust in the mercy of the sea (ooo ooo)

I’m Bette Midler, oh yeah
My boyfriend’s prick will rescue me

Hey, feels so good, so good, ow
And it feels so nice, so nice
When Mike reaches around
I feel good, so good, so good, so good
It feels so nice, so nice
Feels so good

Charles Bukaki · Post by **Charles Bukaki** » Sun Oct 22, 2023 5:44 am

it sounds like a mortgage and a set of golf clubs.

JamesHetfieldsAcneScars · Sun Oct 22, 2023 6:31 am

Everything i hate about van hagar rolled up into one.

EuroJR · Post by **EuroJR** » Sun Oct 22, 2023 10:58 am

Good song.
Van Hagar was great.
80's was great.

ParaDime77 · Post by **ParaDime77** » Sun Oct 22, 2023 1:58 pm

Reminds me of Summer in the late 80’s. Always liked the song.

Press Pass · Post by **Press Pass** » Sun Oct 22, 2023 2:55 pm

The quintessential Van Hagar song. I love it.

kanister · Post by **kanister** » Mon Oct 23, 2023 10:56 am

Eddie`s synth and Al`s drumming sound fine on the track.

But jesus mf christ hagar ´s lyrics suck

"Hey this is a feelgood song, what might be an appropriate lyric for chorus, let me think..."

DonJuanDeMarco · Post by **DonJuanDeMarco** » Mon Oct 23, 2023 12:11 pm

Ozzy Stradlin wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 5:10 pm
LSD69 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 2:57 pm Whenever I hear that song, it makes me want to drink milk, drive a Nissan and have a relationship.
Hahahahahaha.

I see what you did, there, and I concur.

Agreed. It's just safe happy unoffensive music. Nothing wrong with the Hagar years. It's all safe pop/rock. Some heavy guitar here and there but the hits were mostly pop/rock songs like this one.

JizzySynatra · Post by **JizzySynatra** » Mon Oct 23, 2023 12:40 pm

Good song, but worst VH album until VH3 stole its thunder

Maalsa · Post by **Maalsa** » Mon Oct 23, 2023 9:53 pm

SchenkerFan wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 9:22 am The Van Halen song I mean.

OU812 has quite a few songs I don't care about but I love this one. Ed seemed more interested in keys than guitar playing at this point, but I've always been a sucker for synth heavy rock.

I like this song much more than When It's Love, which is much cheesier and pretentious in my opinion

FSG may sound adult contemporary and I shave my balls before listening to it but I think it's a good song.

Nibbler · Post by **Nibbler** » Mon Oct 23, 2023 11:14 pm

Hagar era sucks except for like a dozen songs. You could make one great album out of four. And even then it wouldn’t be as good as vh1, 1984, vh2 or Fair Warning.

kwf · Post by **kwf** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 2:50 am

Sucks, like everything van hagar

VinnieStJohn · Post by **VinnieStJohn** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 6:20 am

Nibbler wrote: ↑Mon Oct 23, 2023 11:14 pm Hagar era sucks except for like a dozen songs. You could make one great album out of four. And even then it wouldn’t be as good as vh1, 1984, vh2 or Fair Warning.

To be fair, the Roth era was all about guitars, swagger, and party attitude - which made it great - but the songs themselves without that were not much better than the Hagar era, if any. About 10-12 great songs and a bunch of mediocre songs or filler. Other than the die hards who are now pushing 60, no one wants more than a single album of Roth Era hits either

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