Van Halen - Women and Children First
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Release date: 25 October 1990
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- And The Cradle Will Rock... (Album Version)
- Everybody Wants Some!! (Album Version)
- Fools (Album Version)
- Romeo Delight (Album Version)
- Tora! Tora! (Album Version)
- Loss Of Control (Album Version)
- Take Your Whiskey Home (Album Version)
- Could This Be Magic? (Album Version)
- In A Simple Rhyme (Album Version)
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Van Halen - Women and Children First: Wikipedia Album Entry
Women and Children First is the third album by American hard rock band Van Halen, released in 1980. It basically continues the trends laid out on the first two albums, relying on the vocals of David Lee Roth and the guitar playing of Eddie Van Halen.
This is the first Van Halen album to feature all original band compositions. This album strays from the more pop-sounding Van Halen II and has a more raw sound. For example, the opening track, "And the Cradle Will Rock...", begins with what sounds like guitar chords, but is, in fact, a phase shifter-effected Wurlitzer electric piano played through Van Halen's 1960's model 100-watt Marshall Plexi amplifier.
"Everybody Wants Some!!" was featured in the 1985 comedy Better Off Dead, during a sequence featuring a singing, guitar-playing claymation hamburger.
"Could This Be Magic?" contains the only female backing vocal ever recorded for a Van Halen song — Nicolette Larson sings during some of the choruses. The rain sound in the background is not an effect - the studio was hot during the recording of this song, so they opened the outside door for some fresh air. It was raining outside, and they decided to leave the sound of rainrdrops on the recording.
The album contains a hidden track at the end of "In a Simple Rhyme," a brief instrumental piece entitled "Growth." It was supposed to start the band's next album, Fair Warning, but this did not occur. "Growth" was a staple of the band's live shows with Roth and often used as the start of their encores.
Only one single was released from the album, the keyboard driven "And the Cradle Will Rock...." Although the single was not a success like the previous singles "Dance the Night Away" or the cover of "You Really Got Me," the album itself was well received and further entrenched the band as a popular concert draw. The song "Everybody Wants Some!!" was also a concert staple through the 1984 tour, and continued to be played by David Lee Roth after he left Van Halen.
Several outtakes from these sessions exist, including an unreleased instrumental titled often referred to as "Act Like It Hurts", which was the title Eddie originally wanted for "Tora! Tora!".
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Van Halen - Women and Children First Lyrics
Van Halen - And The Cradle Will Rock... Lyrics
Ow!
Ow, yeah
You know
Ow!
Van Halen - Everybody Wants Some!! Lyrics
Ooh yeah, oh yeah
You can't get romantic
On a subway line
Van Halen - Fools Lyrics
Well, I ain't about to go to school
And I'm sick and tired of Golden Rules
They say I'm crazy
From the wrong side of the tracks
Van Halen - In a Simple Rhyme Lyrics
Well, back in the past when I was treated so coldly
My love life was a darn disgrace
Needed someone to love and hold me
That's one of the reasons that I was outta place
Van Halen - Loss of Control Lyrics
Oh, baby I'm checkin' out, I think you oughta know
I'm only wastin' time I think I better go
You ain't too civilized ohh
Van Halen - Romeo Delight Lyrics
I told her never in hell, no special reason
Must 'a lied 'cause I ain't leavin'
We're in for a very long night
Heard a vicious rumor from your Mamma's tongue
Van Halen - Take Your Whiskey Home Lyrics
Well, my baby, she don't want me around
She said she's tired of watchin' me fall down
She wants a good life, an' all the best
But I like that bottle better than the rest
