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Instead, the song was reportedly written about a car. [4] [5] In an interview with Howard Stern, lead singer David Lee Roth explained the meaning behind the song. Although the song features some suggestive lyrics, it is about a car that Roth saw race in Las Vegas; its name was "Panama Express", hence the title of the song. [6] [5]
Van Halen (/ v æ n ˈ h eɪ l ə n / van HAY-len) was an American rock band formed in Pasadena, California, in 1973.Credited with restoring hard rock to the forefront of the music scene, [1] Van Halen was known for their energetic live performances [2] and for the virtuosity of its guitarist, Eddie Van Halen.
The song was a staple on all of the tours with Roth, following its release. Often, the band would stop in the middle of the song and Roth would chat with the crowd for several minutes before finishing the song. In later years, with their later lead singers, Van Halen would use the opening drum beat from this song as an introduction into "Panama ...
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It would also be Van Halen's final studio album before Eddie's death and the group's subsequent disbandment in 2020. A Different Kind of Truth was recorded at Henson Recording Studios and Eddie Van Halen's own 5150 Studios and produced by John Shanks. Seven of the album's 13 songs are musically re-worked and lyrically re-written songs that had ...
1984 (stylized in Roman numerals as MCMLXXXIV) is the sixth studio album by American rock band Van Halen, released on January 9, 1984. [2] It was the last Van Halen studio album until A Different Kind of Truth (2012) to feature lead singer David Lee Roth, who left the band in 1985 following creative differences.
Following Eddie Van Halen's death on Tuesday from a lengthy battle with cancer, the late rocker's friends and fellow musicians took to social media to remember the legendary musician and Van Halen ...
A 2011 Rolling Stone reader's poll placed the song at number one on a list of the 10 best Van Halen songs. [3]Chuck Klosterman of Vulture.com named it the second-best Van Halen song, writing that it "merely feels like insatiable straight-ahead rock, but the lick is freaky, obliquely hovering above the foundation while the drums oscillate between two unrelated performance philosophies."