1984 - Run Into The Darkness - SOML Post 28

There are three truths in life:1. We all die2. There is a God3. Van Halen was better with David Lee RothNow, this may not seem like as much of a journey into evil as Iron Maiden, but David Lee Roth did embody all that was evil about rock n roll. Van Halen's "1984" and Sammy Hagar's "V.O.A." album also came in the first shipment from my record club. I didn't like these as much, but man, Eddie Van Halen could play guitar. The guitar hero in me was born, and although I never reached Eddie's agility and creativity, I loved to listen to their music. Ironically, Sammy Hagar would ruin this once great band with gillion-dollar superstardom. But his album wasn't nearly as good as 1984. I mean "Voice of America"? Stupid song. "I can't drive 55" was rendered irrelevant thanks to president Clinton. Now it is just a relic of the past. Anyway, although I've never understood the lyrical content of Panama, my guess is it has something to do with cars and things you really shouldn't do while driving. Here it is...