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Although the song features some suggestive lyrics, it is about a car that Roth saw race in Las Vegas; its name was "Panama Express", hence the title of the song. [6] [5] Panama was also the name of Roth's Opel Kadett. [7] Roth wrote the song after being accused by a reporter of "singing about only women, partying, and fast cars".
[4] [page needed] [5] In the song, Eddie recorded his guitar part on a Fender Stratocaster plugged direct into the studio mixing console. The song is one of only two Van Halen tracks featuring Hagar playing a rhythm guitar part, which he played on a Gibson acoustic.
The song was a staple on all of the tours with Roth, following its release. Often, the band would stop in the middle of the song and Roth would chat with the crowd for several minutes before finishing the song. In later years, with their later lead singers, Van Halen would use the opening drum beat from this song as an introduction into "Panama ...
Feels So Good (Van Halen song) Finish What Ya Started; Fire in the Hole (Van Halen song) ... Panama (song) Poundcake (song) Push Comes to Shove (song) R. Respect the ...
Tour by Van Halen: Associated album: For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge: Start date: August 16, 1991: End date: May 31, 1992: Legs: 3: No. of shows: 99 played, 2 postponed or rescheduled: Van Halen concert chronology; OU812 Tour (1988–1989) For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge Tour (1991–1992) Right Here Right Now Tour (1993)
Van Halen was an American hard rock band formed in Pasadena, California in 1972 by the Dutch-born American brothers Eddie Van Halen (guitar) and Alex Van Halen (drums), plus singer David Lee Roth and bassist Michael Anthony. The band's discography consists of 12 studio albums, two live albums, four compilation albums, and 56 singles.
Live: Right Here, Right Now. is the first live album by American rock band Van Halen, released in 1993.It is the band's only live album featuring Sammy Hagar and the only live album by Van Halen until the release of Tokyo Dome Live in Concert in 2015.
(Van Halen's own 1984 was released in early January 1984.) "Don't Tell Me (What Love Can Do)", the first single from Balance, was released to top 40 and album rock radio on December 28, 1994. [28] Van Halen became the first act to debut at No. 1 in 1995, as their first week sales of 295,000 units earned Balance the number one spot on the ...