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April 1, 2018 at 11:46 am Quote #58648 | |
ron (11782) | http://i95rock.com/the-nine-van-halen-easter-eggs-you-may-have-missed/ The Nine Van Halen Easter Eggs You May Have Missed So Van Halen fans, you think you’ve heard and seen everything when it comes to your favorite band? Here are nine not-so-easy-to-find moments throughout the band’s career you may not have heard of or seen…until now. 1) COULD THIS BE MICHAEL ANTHONY OR COULD THIS BE SOMEONE ELSE? At the 2:26 mark of the track “Could This Be Magic?” if you listen closely, you can hear a female voice singing the main chorus along with the band. That is the angelic voice of the late Nicolette Larson, one of producer Ted Templemann’s artists at Warner Brothers Records. 2) (OH) I THINK I MISSED A LINE Coming off of Van Halen’s 1981 tour to support the ‘Fair Warning’ album, David Lee Roth was eager to keep the band in the spotlight so it was decided that the band quickly record and release a cover of Roy Orbison’s “Oh, Pretty Woman”. With Dave and Edward Van Halen in a rush to complete the song they didn’t realize until afterwards that a portion of the original lyrics were left out. At 1:43 into the track, after Roth sings, “Cuz I need you, need you tonight”, he’s supposed to follow with, “Come with me baby, be mine tonight.” There was no baby to be mine tonight, however, as he skipped right past the line and headed straight for the chorus. 3) YOUR PARENTS’ HOMEWORK WAS NEVER QUITE LIKE THIS 4) JUMP…TO THE TOP OF THE WORLD
5) THE MYSTERY MAN ON THE “INSIDE” This synth-bass led track which finishes out the 1986 album ’5150′ includes band members vocally riffing on whatever topic comes to mind such as alimony, JC Penny clothing and the need for cheeseburgers. There’s one comment at the 4:41 mark of this track, however, that doesn’t seem to fit in with the rest. Pay close attention to the left audio channel and you will hear what sounds like Alex Van Halen asking, “Hey, is Greg back yet?” Just who is Greg, where did he go and why does Sammy want him back? Well, thanks to my friend Jeff Hausman at The Van Halen News Desk it appears as if we have the answer. Jeff believes that Alex is referring to his long-time drum tech – the late, great Gregg Emerson. 6) SAMMY HAGAR SINGS WITHOUT A NET BUT WITH A DAVID LEE ROTH T-SHIRT The moment occurred during Van Halen’s concert on August 27th, 1986 in New Haven, a.k.a. “New Halen”. The cameras not only captured the world’s greatest band tearing it up musically on stage, they also managed to catch Sammy’s brief encounter with a David Lee Roth t-shirt. At the 6:14 mark of the song ’5150′ Sammy picks up a blue t-shirt thrown onto stage from the audience. He takes a look at the shirt, flashes his pearly whites with a big smile, then shoves the shirt down his pants before hitting a high note to end the song. So what was on that shirt that prompted such a reaction from The Red Rocker? Why did he not hold it up for everyone to see like he normally did? Take a look at a freeze-frame breakdown of that moment and you’ll notice that it is actually a David Lee Roth ‘Eat ‘Em And Smile’ shirt. Now watch the moment happen in real time: 7) DAVID LEE ROTH, SAMMY HAGAR, GARY CHERONE, AND SHERMAN THE DOG? RUNNIN’ THE WRONG WAY WITH THE DEVIL It turned out that early pressings of the cd contained an alternate edit of the band’s iconic song “Runnin’ With The Devil”. In those copies the song’s verses, chorus and solos were arranged in the wrong order. It was reported that the inclusion of the song was merely accidental. Warner Brothers eventually corrected the mistake on future releases. Below is the version which appeared on the original pressings: 9) OU8THE ENDING TO “FINISH WHAT YOU STARTED”! On the band’s 1988 album ‘OU812′ their hit song “Finish What Ya Started” fades out at the end. On “The Best Of Both Worlds”, however, the song doesn’t fade out at all. Instead it just keeps on going until abruptly ending halfway through the outro. It sure doesn’t sound right does it? Unlike the ‘Best Of Volume 1′ mistake on “Runnin’ With The Devil” this was done intentionally according to producer Glenn Ballard who said, “We retrieved the analog master from the vault only to learn that it needed to be treated or ‘cooked’ to restore its ability to be reproduced on the analog machine. The original two-track mix ends exactly as presented on the new ‘Best of Both Worlds’. In the first mastering of the record nearly twenty years ago it was faded manually and that is the way it appears on the original ‘OU812′. We literally decided to let it ‘finish’ in its truly original form, almost like a ‘director’s cut.” So much for happy endings. Any Van Halen Easter Eggs that you know of that didn’t make this list? Let us know in the comment section below! ronQuote |
April 1, 2018 at 9:43 pm Quote #58654 | |
Gilligan (1518) | |
April 4, 2018 at 2:05 pm Quote #58676 | |
VOODOO (2375) | I remember hearing the RWTD when the BOV1 first came out and it totally threw me. I thought I forgot how the original song went. VOODOOQuote |
April 4, 2018 at 7:48 pm Quote #58680 | |
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