The Conversation: Van Halen does have some great covers, but it’s hard to argue against the importance of their take on The Kinks’ “You Really Got Me.” For many, it was the song that introduced them to Van Halen as the lead single from their debut album. The Kinks’ original was...
“Test it with both feet, Dave. You can swim.” Even in terms of many of the Van Halen pieces, you think of it as Broadway; the talking part in the middle of “Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love” is like the breakdown inWest Side Story. “Now I know Tony like I know me …...