Van Halen - Runnin' with the Devil

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[ProfessorGAC]

1. I Remember The First Time I Heard This

It was a true "What is this?" moment. The guitar sounded nothing like any tone I'd ever heard.
My wife & I were at a Chinese restaurant and a bar regular came in with the cassette.
He wanted to play it on the sound system (the bartender was his friend) & he asked if we'd mind.
We said it was ok by us.
We heard the whole first side.
2 days later, I bought the album!

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2. This is one of those bands I did not want to like. It was loud, obnoxious Rock and roll with really clean production ...

... so I bought albums and just loved them. David Lee might have been an ass, but he was the right singer for this band. a lot of energy and you can understand every word and catch every lick. They were designed to be played really loud.

Loved this song:

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[ProfessorGAC]

3. Good Choice

A few years later, I leaned this one, just to know it. Just so cool.

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4. Loved this one, too.

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5. One of my favorite guitar riffs.

I love this whole album. It seemed revelatory to me at the time. I loved watching this album climb the charts as they toured with Black Sabbath. Poor Sabbath having to follow their opening set in ‘78.