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Van Halen is the debut studio album by American rock band Van Halen. Released on February 10, 1978, the album initially peaked at #19 on the US Billboard Albums Chart, en route to selling over ten million copies in the US alone by 1999, Retrospective appraisals tend to describe "Van Halen" in terms of signifying "an epochal generation shift, like [the debut albums of] Led Zeppelin, The... MORE Van Halen is the debut studio album by American rock band Van Halen. Released on February 10, 1978, the album initially peaked at #19 on the US Billboard Albums Chart, en route to selling over ten million copies in the US alone by 1999, Retrospective appraisals tend to describe "Van Halen" in terms of signifying "an epochal generation shift, like [the debut albums of] Led Zeppelin, The Ramones, The Rolling Stones, or Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols... The still-amazing thing about Van Halen is how it sounds like it has no fathers... Like all great originals Van Halen doesn't seem to belong to the past and it still sounds like little else, despite generations of copycats." "Van Halen" contains many of Van Halen's signature songs, including "Runnin' with the Devil", the guitar solo "Eruption", the Kinks cover "You Really Got Me", "Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love", "Jamie's Cryin'," and "Ice Cream Man." Each of these songs remains a staple of rock radio, as do - to a lesser extent - all of the tracks on "Van Halen" LESS |
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If Reggie Watts can be counted on for anything, it's taking a different approach. The comedian/musician or musician/comedian—let's just say " performer"—doesn't do traditional stand-up comedy, so we knew that, when he came in to perform Van Halen's "Panama," we wouldn't get an especially faithful version of it. The question was just how far afield he'd travel in our little round room. He didn't disappoint: In Watts' hands, "Panama" is actually an ode to the Central American country, helpfully dispelling some myths and explaining how its namesake canal works. He tells us his version comes from early demos of the song Van Halen recorded, and who can argue? The chorus is basically the same.Check out Reggie Watts on the new Comedy Bang! Bang! series, debuting Friday, June 8 at 10 p.m. EDT on IFC. Watts' CD/DVD, A Live At Central Park, is also out now.
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