Saturday, January 26, 2008

Why context matters

So this track is spreading like the proverbial wildfire across the internet this week, and it's easy to see why. It's David Lee Roth's isolated vocal track-cum-asthmatic wheeze from Van Halen's 1978 scorcher "Runnin' With The Devil." I defy you to listen to this all the way through without laughing. Just goes to show that bassist Michael Anthony's background vocals / harmonies were sort of...how you say?...integral to the bands sound.

Click here for aural goodness. And mucho thanks to Chunklet for posting it.

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