COOL FACTS ABOUT KILLER TRACKS

*This Page Contains Interesting Facts About Van Halen Songs(By Track Number)!

 

Van Halen I

1.Opens with Van Halen's car horn noise maker.

2.Perhaps the most important 1 minute and 42 seconds in rock history!

3.The world's first "taste" of a Van Halenized tune.

4.Solo is doubled by Ed with an Coral electric sitar.

6.Written while Van Halen was recording in the studio.

7.Ed rubs the palm of his hand on the strings during intro (also with phase 90).

9.Features David Lee Roth on acoustic guitar.

 

Van Halen II

2.Ed employs "octave tapping" technique during break down.

4.Humourous vocal improvsations by Roth.

7.Acoustic guitar solo by Eddie (with Ovation nylonstring).

 

Women and Children First

1.First VH track featuring Ed on synthesizer (desguised by Marshall)!

5.Backwards whammy bar dives and feedback.

8.Features both Ed and Dave on acoustics (rain audible in background).

 

Fair Warning

1.Opening "slap-guitar" solo by Eddie.

4.Contains multiple guitar over-dubs.

5.Ed's favorite song! Dropped "D" tuning (producer Ted Templeman says, "Come on Dave...").

6.The Van Halen reggae song.

8.Mike Anthony's bass solo.

9.Again with Eddie on out-of-control synths.

 

Diver Down

3.Solo guitar piece (Volume swells and delay).

5.Band instrumental leading into track 6.

7.Contains disguised synths.

8.Flamenco guitar solo.

10.Features Jan Van Halen on clarinet (Ed and Alex's father).

12.Performed with vocals only.

 

1984

1.Instrumental Band piece.

2.Most commercially successful Van Halen song (contains synthsizers).

6.Awesome drum intro executed by Alex!