Rapper STOLE His 1988 Hit from This LEGENDARY Rock Band and MADE Millions! | Professor of Rock

Poll: What is your pick for the COOLEST HARD ROCK or HEAVY METAL Song of ALL TIME?

My names Jimmy. I helped raise my niece from birth to 18. I did all i could to introduce her to music. And for whatever reason, she still relates "jamies crying" to me. Shes currently 34 yrs old

I had a friend in grade school who turned me on to VH. He had a sister named Jamie and he would play "Jamie's Cryin'" to get under her skin.

Nothing like walking down the street with friends and Van Halen blasting out of all the cars driving by. The days when you either heard it on the radio or cassette if you were out of the house and away from the record player.

Swedish rocker Yngwie Malmsteen said that he and his friends were sitting around, listing to music and someone brought in the Van Halen debut album. He said it was like a bomb went off; everyone was blown away. Check out Rick Beato's interview with same.

I have a great memory of Jamie's Crying. We were in the car when I was very young, and my mom was just belting out the chorus while my little sister plugged her ears! I still laugh about it years later. The solo in the song is just out of this world. Nothing else like it existed in rock music. This started my lifelong love affair with Van Halen. I miss this band so much.

VH's debut album was a mindblower. Rarely before and hardly after has a debut album made an impact on history.

As a nightclub DJ from the 1970s through the mid 1990s, I recall playing Jamie’s Crying a lot in the’70s. It always packed the dance floor. When “Wild Thing” by Tone Lōc was first released to nightclub DJs in 1988, I immediately recognized that riff from Van Halen’s “Jamie’s Crying” in the song, and I immediately integrated the Van Halen song into Tone Lōc’s “Wild Thing” every time I played it. I would mix the VH tune into the beat breaks and either start the mix by playing “Jamie’s Crying” or mix out of Wild Thing with Jamie’s Crying, along with the VH mixed into the beat breaks. Sometimes I would start the medley with Jamie’s Crying, mix into Wild Thing, then mix out back into Jamie’s Crying again at the end of Wild Thing. It was a real crowd pleaser.

In the late 80s I had a Mustang II that I had Installed a cassette player in. My five and nine year old daughters and I would blast Jamie’s Crying and sing at the top of of our lungs! Great memories.

The assault vehicle story…..AWESOME! Keep up the great work Professor, you’re keeping this 65 year old very happy. Long live rock!

VH brought it. Sampling is a short measure of the original, this was theft. When VH settled, you have to let it go. Oh, and fire the manager for allowing it for $5K. Should have been $5K plus royalties. Thanks Adam!

Back in school, if the students were in class before the teacher entered, we would draw the Van Halen logo all over the chalkboard. Class would be delayed to erase it clean. Loved VH, especially the debut album! Oh, and Diamond Dave over Sammy!!!! 🖖🏼

I never heard of Van Halen until 1984 when on vacation my two year old and five year old sons were jumping off a retaining wall at a restaurant in Knoxville and singing, “ jump, might as well jump” over and over, two year old more animated than five year old, I asked where they heard that song and they said MTV I told them that they weren’t allowed to watch MTV , that’s when I found out what my boys were doing while I was doing housework, lol, I sat with them one day and together we watched some videos and I was blown away by Van Halen. My Beautiful Grandmother was partial to country music and especially Alan Jackson, one day I heard her listening to Van Halen, she was in her late 80s and loved them, Van Halen bridged many a generation gap. Thanks for the great show, loved it, EVH driving a tank carrying a gun, yeah, I can see that.

The unsung hero of this band was Michael Anthony. Excellent, consistent bass playing and exceptional backup vocals.

Your ability to tell a story, your cadence, and just your calm/energetic voice, makes your channel (in my opinion) one of the bests!!! Keep it up!!! 👏

I routed my Stratocaster to install a Floyd Rose dive-bomb tremolo as soon as I heard "Eruption". I also found a top-mount Floyd Rose for the 1962 SG ( Les Paul Junior, actually) . Van Halen changed the way a lot of guitar players evolved and they forever changed "hard rock". R.I.P., Eddie, we still miss ya ! Very nice upload, lot's of good memories in this one....

That is a pretty solid top 5, even with the disco influence, but I still can't believe "Jamie's Cryin'" never even charted. It's a great song and a great story and I thank you for sharing it with us. A song that didn't get snubbed quite so badly, but I always thought deserved at least one week at number 1 is John Cougar - "Hurt So Good".

For my keg party mix tape in '89 in the dorm, I had Tone saying "Let's Do it" immediately followed by Jamie's Cryin'. All the girls yelled "Whee!!!" and then were introduced to Van Halen.

My cousin Nancy has a daughter named Jamie!! Jamie hates this song because everyone sings it to her!! I love the song!! It had a different sound from other bands in that era!!

Good morning Professor and gang. We're going to be Cryin' over this one.