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“Jump!” is a song recorded by the rock group Van Halen. It is the only single the group released in their career to reach #1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. It was released in 1984 as the second track on the album 1984. The song breaks the mold of earlier Van Halen songs, mainly in its rolling synth line (played on an Oberheim OB-X), although the song contains the standard Eddie Van Halen guitar solo, which Eddie claims as his favorite solo he ever wrote.
“Jump” may be Van Halen’s most popular and instantly recognizable composition, perhaps because its sound embodies the key aspects of both of the two genres of popular music most associated with the 1980s in America: synth-driven pop and “arena”-style metal. Its synthesized brass introduction is one of popular music’s most recognizable musical introductions. The song changed the future and style of Van Halen from being a predominantly hard rock band to one of more radio-oriented popular music.
This stylistic change was further cemented when it seemed to create severe tensions between Eddie Van Halen and David Lee Roth. Roth, it has been claimed, wanted the band to avoid using synthesizers and focus more on traditional hard rock. This conflict eventually ended in Roth’s departure from the band. In the 1995 Rolling Stone cover story on/interview with Eddie Van Halen (RS #705, dated April 6) the circumstances surrounding Roth’s leaving are discussed.
“Jump” may be Van Halen’s most popular and instantly recognizable composition, perhaps because its sound embodies the key aspects of both of the two genres of popular music most associated with the 1980s in America: synth-driven pop and “arena”-style metal. Its synthesized brass introduction is one of popular music’s most recognizable musical introductions. The song changed the future and style of Van Halen from being a predominantly hard rock band to one of more radio-oriented popular music.
This stylistic change was further cemented when it seemed to create severe tensions between Eddie Van Halen and David Lee Roth. Roth, it has been claimed, wanted the band to avoid using synthesizers and focus more on traditional hard rock. This conflict eventually ended in Roth’s departure from the band. In the 1995 Rolling Stone cover story on/interview with Eddie Van Halen (RS #705, dated April 6) the circumstances surrounding Roth’s leaving are discussed.
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deadvoter wrote:
Chicago Cubs Baseball is on the air
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Sprogbaby wrote:
OMG what an epic!
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philbeckwith wrote:
All the best and have a great new year to all of you...ROCK!
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lockieee wrote:
might as well
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misterBlonde84 wrote:
JUMP!
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philbeckwith wrote:
The greatest feel-good song of all time.What a STONKER!
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GPMPersonal wrote:
Rock Music 101 right there. Epic...
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nomanstanding94 wrote:
awesome song.
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longstrider77 wrote:
yeah go ahead and jump.......
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a13xTM wrote:
ah, can you say EPIC
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PrakashKrishnan wrote:
Yeah!
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SP1984 wrote:
jump pmsl
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streetbikezac12 wrote:
best song ever +epic=<3
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cheadonli wrote:
< great [1]
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TheEgyptianOne wrote:
thats fucking tight
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jasp3rhal3 wrote:
awesome song
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PanicAttackWCF wrote:
One of the few songs based around keyboards that doesn't suck.
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J20EuroSchein wrote:
great song!
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YerfdogT wrote:
Man, no Youtube link to something along the lines of epic win in a deep dramatic voice with a background of a spinning globe in space with giant golden letters saying "EPIC WIN" (both letters and voice say Epic Win). Anyway, epic win.
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bigoune wrote:
epic
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