[Ed: Can you imagine, knowing that Van Halen would include synthesizers in the place of a guitar solo on one of their major hits (Jump from 1984 at Eddie’s insistence), that Eddie didn’t want this song on a Van Halen record? And that David Lee Roth insisted that it be included? And that it is the only known recording of Jan Van Halen playing (Alex and Eddie’s dad; he’s the one playing clarinet)? Well, as a guy with some age on him, I can imagine. And I am grateful to know it, and to understand that Eddie changed his mind about the song, perhaps when his dad wasn’t around anymore. Hopefully before then, but I don’t know into the man’s mind.]

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