Van Halen - Jump

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[ProfessorGAC]

1. Awfully Good

The band I was in at the time, because I had the same synthesizer Eddie plays on this song.
I also learned the guitar solo.
Way harder than the keyboard solo.

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2. Van Halen wasn't really open about his techniques, but I think the trick was how clean the production was ...

... even while he was blowing out eardrums. I think the echo helped, I think the original David Lee Roth Van Halen was the best.

This song really sold me on Van Halen. I was working as a draftsman in a job shop in Phoenix. There was another drafter there that would drive while I supplied doobage. He only played Van Halen and It was all right with me.

[ProfessorGAC]

3. My Wife To Be & I Were At A Chinese Restaurant...

...at a time nobody was there.
We were talking with the bartender & his friend came in and said "We need to put this new tape on the sound system."
Bartender asked if it was ok with us, and we said sure.
It was VH 1.
In 11 minutes, I heard Running With The Devil, Eruption, You Really Got Me & Ain't Talking 'Bout Love & I knew the game had changed!
What a debut!

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4. They were sort of a guilty pleasure, but the fact was they were one tight band.

[Harker]

5. Whenever I hear the opening, I think of Harry Caray and Steve Stone.

It's Pavolovian.