For My Sunday Song #144, we are tackling “Romeo Delight” by Van Halen off their 1980 album ‘Women and Children First’. The song was never released as a single, but is one of the strongest on the album. The album, however, did well going as high as #6 on the Billboard charts. The album saw the band getting a little heavier and when it comes to Van Halen, the heavier the better for me.
The song is about going to the bar and looking for a fight and looking for girl to bed that night. A drinking and party and helluva good time song. Dave’s confidence comes shining through in his vocal delivery and you are pretty confident he is walking home with a lady.
Eddie’s guitar work is nothing short of amazing. The sounds he creates are mesmerizing and his solo is nothing short of stellar. There is even a point in the song where Dave is singing “Feel my Heartbeat”, Eddie is making this heartbeat noise with his guitar. He is taking is Low E string and tapping it against the pickup to create the effect. You want a sound and Eddie will deliver.
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