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Sammy Hagar - Unboxed Audio CD

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Sammy Hagar Band: Sammy Hagar
Title: Unboxed
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Release Date: 1994-03-15
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: High Hopes 2: Buying My Way into Heaven 3: I'll Fall in Love Again 4: There's Only One Way to Rock 5: Heavy Metal 6: Eagles Fly 7: Baby's on Fire 8: Three Lock Box 9: Two Sides of Love 10: I Can't Drive 55 11: Give to Live 12: I Don't Need Love

The Most Accomplished Rock Music Wordsmith Of His Day Or Any Day!
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That, my friends, is just one sampling of the profoundly deep and thought-provoking lyrics found throughout this compilation honoring world class wordsmith Sammy Hagar, who was not only unquestionably the most erudite lyricist of his day but may be of any day. "Suckers walk / Money talks / But it can't touch my three-lock box. How about another so eloquently stated example:

"Crank up the drums / Crank out the bass / . . . There's only one way to rock!"

As this quote demonstrates, one of Hagar's lyrical strengths was how much he left open to interpretation--despite multiple suggestions contained within that particular composition, he ultimately leaves it to the listener to deduce that singular way to rock. There are so many layers of depth there. The man is also a master of every facet of wordplay in his poetry: oxymoron, onomatopoeia, puns, satire, dramatic irony, the list goes on.

And of course this volume contains his long-championed vehicular rebellion "I Can't Drive 55", the brilliance of which lingers on in the mind long after listening ("Take my license, all that jive" is still today a catchphrase among Hagar disciples).

But there is so much more to admire here. And it doesn't even scratch the surface of all the poetry he penned as the singer for Van Halen--like "It's got what it takes / So tell me why can't this be love", or "You know my heart is true / Oh whoa, I can't stop loving you". It does not get deeper than that. Hagar's poetry may not be the easiest to grasp on first listen, but that intellectual challenge is what keeps one coming back for more. You can keep Bob Dylan or Jim Morrison; for my money, no rock artist challenges the intellect like Sammy!.


Some kinda (guitar solo) way to (mmmm)
She don't like it when it's cut n' dry ~ mixed up euphoria ~ are the signals oscillating or maybe my reception is irrational ~ I actually believe songs on the radio ~ And don't like me makin' future plans ~ I don't know friendship any better than romance ~ coma, 10 years ~ weren't you smiling? ~ got my attention ~ you'll be free when you don't read record reviews that are poems ~ you scored Calliope! ~ And she don't want me tryin' to pin her down ~ I hear you, loud and red ~ She ain't about to give an inch of ground ~ was that a yes or a no to encouraging the boy bird?.


S.H. Unboxed
He could have made it a double disc set if he wanted to, as almost every review given here gives you at least one song that should have been on it. A great buy for any Hagar fan.
Saw him in Saint Louis not too long ago and he rocked like he did the first time I saw him back in the 80's. Not bad for a 60 year old guy!!.


A great collection from his eighties work, missing his early red rocker days, still some good stuff
It does skip his early red rocker days after montrose, but it captures his 80's run just prior to and the solo album during Van Halen. I have had this sammy collection the longest, and it was good for the time. These are my favorite songs of his, so its good for me, but Incomplete for his overall body of work. Now they do have the essential red collection out which get back to his Montrose days to present, but it still feels like it is to short to cover his entire work. I really like Three lock Box, which is not included on that collection. So, this one is cheap now on amazon, pick up the red collection and this, and you have a pretty good sammy collection between the two.


Sammy can't write a coherent lyric if his life depended on it


His reliance on insipid love references and black and white analysis and subjects like "I Can't Drive 55" suggest he has never mentally left his teenage years. Sammy could possibly be the most uncreative rock lyricist to disgrace the genre.

His guitar-playing is workman-like at best.

Do not buy this or any other Hagar cd.

Unfortunate that the Amazon site does not allow for a zero star review.

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