#1303 – FINISH WHAT YA STARTED – Van Halen - 3/8/2020

I was never a big fan of 80’s hair bands, but Van Halen had something the rest of those bands didn’t have: Eddie Van Halen. You can argue who was the best front man – Diamond Dave or Sammy – but the whole reason for the success of VH was because of Eddie’s inventive playing. It is exemplified on this tune which lyrically was filled with the standard stupid cock rock clichés (“I got the tools to satisfy” – gimme a break) but Eddie’s deft, elastic lightning leads took this song to the stratosphere.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZ9nJqavdnE

1988