Secrets: 13. Dancing In The Street 08. 1984 02. Girl Gone Bad 09. Van Halen had a way with covers and really had a knack for putting their own spin on classics, especially a rock standard like “You Really Got Me.” It’s undoubtedly VH’s best cover and can easily stand up to the original by the Kinks. We used to have these shoes called PRFCs – Puerto Rican Fence Climbers, okay? ... “Intruder/(Oh) Pretty Woman” – ‘Diver Down’ (1982) Share. Van Halen. Take a look at this! He gave me the original Martha Reeves & the Vandellas tape, and I listened to it and said, 'I can't get a handle on anything out of this song.' Full Bug 5. The video, directed by Roth and Pete Angelus, was, he said: "rather like a surrealistic art project ... where they paint the picture and come back three days later and try to figure out what they meant." It's music. Let’s be honest -- they wouldn’t have been able to do it without Sammy Hagar. I've been doing a lot of stuff with Allan Holdsworth, and he inspires me. 100% Secure Shopping. That's what makes it real.' ", Dave: "I think it's a great song. My lines in the middle of that are different. In retrospect, it turned out to be one of the Van Halen brothers' least-favorite albums, with Eddie stating "I'd rather have a bomb with one of my own songs than a hit with someone else's." This song, about a prom-queen-turned-porn-star, features one of Van Halen’s deepest grooves, courtesy of Michael Anthony and Alex Van Halen, but it’s Eddie’s evocative leads and riffing (along with Dave being Dave) that really makes the song work. Like all other hard rock bands from the ’60s and ‘70s, Van Halen was influenced by all forms of blues. It’s difficult for a hard rock band to grow up and Van Halen were one of the few who were able to pull it off gracefully. Another memorial is currently being considered in Pasadena, Calif. As with “Happy Trails,” it makes a good case that Van Halen could have been a great doo-wop group in a different era. In a debate on the best opening track from a debut album ever, “Runnin’ With The Devil” is always part of the conversation, and it may well be the greatest. When we finished the movie (i.e., the video) it was about three minutes too long. !” While not as frenetic as “Hot For Teacher,” the lengthy drum intro on “Everybody Wants Some! At the time, the record company thought it had a greater chance of a hit record if the album was composed of songs that were already successful. Harder cuts from Van Halen, Aerosmith, Def Leppard, GN'R, and Scorpions. Saved from youtube.com. Accessibility Help. We went to Sunset Sound in L.A., recorded it, and it came out right after the first of the year. It’s the solo that inspired countless people to pick up a guitar; it also caused thousands of six-stringers to sit dumbfounded, trying to figure out how EVH played the damn thing in the first place. It took one day. 1982. Another memorial is currently being considered in Pasadena, Calif., the city where Eddie and Alex Van Halen grew up. Van Halen US Festival at Glen Helen Regional Park in Devore, California on May 29, 1983. They kicked off their career with a supercharged version of the Kinks’ “You Really Got Me,” but their unexpected take on Roy Orbison’s “(Oh) Pretty Woman” is nearly as iconic. Dancing In The Streets: 6. Our full range of studio equipment from all the leading equipment and software brands. Templeman, Ted; Renoff, Greg (2020). 'May your moccasins leave happy tracks in the summer snows'. Warner Bros. Orbison / Melson. Visit Juno Studio. Van Halen ‎– Diver Down Label: Warner Bros. Records ‎– M923677-2, Warner Music Brasil ‎– M923677-2 ... Intruder: 6 (Oh) Pretty Woman: 7: Dancing In The Street: 8: Little Guitars (Intro) 9: Little Guitars: 10: Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now) 11: The Full Bug: 12: Happy Trails: Companies, etc. Cathedral: 5. Dave: "Edward was saying he'd just seen this TV show with a flamenco guy doing all these wonderful things with his fingers, and he says 'I've figured out how to do it with one pick, watch this.' Jamie's Cryin' 7. Eddie: "I think that the best thing I do is cheat. All tracks are written by Eddie Van Halen, Michael Anthony, David Lee Roth and Alex Van Halen, except where noted. Why do I have to bang my head to every single song on every single album? No one can look as good as you. I used some thick Gibson hollowbody with f-holes. It spent 65 weeks on the album chart in the United States and had, by 1998, sold four million copies in the United States. And this was aptly titled because if you were running from the police or what have you, and you were wearing your PRFCs, you could hit the fence at a dead run and your foot would stay in and you could commence climbing immediately, which was the essence of the whole sport anyway. We spent 12 days making the album... it was a lot of fun." Toronto: ECW Press. Dave: "We're capable of playing six different Kinks' songs. 100% Secure Shopping. “Eruption” is so ingrained in rock culture now it’s almost difficult to think of a time without it. Pretty woman, won't you pardon me. Van Halen. Let's do it!' But they were also amazing song interpreters. This socially conscious song was built on an amazing Eddie Van Halen piano riff, but it also included one of his many incredible solos.