Van Halen, Panama [Single] (1983)
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The first Van Halen stuff I would have heard would have been this era – the 1984 album, a masterpiece; one of several from the band. And this song – Panama – what an anthem, a driving classic (by which I mean not only is it a great song to play in the car but it has that driving urgency to it, the chant and charge of the…
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