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Crap From The Past - October 9, 2020: Eddie Van Halen (1955-2020)

Publication date: 2020-10-09

Topics: Crap From The Past, KFAI

A pop music radio show for people who already know plenty about pop music, hosted by Ron "Boogiemonster" Gerber and heard every Friday night from 10 to midnight on 90.3 KFAI-FM, Minneapolis, and KFAI.org.

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Other 2020 shows

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WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN (Live) - Van Halen (1993)
I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW [non-hit 1989 remix] - Johnny Nash (1989)
STIR IT UP [non-hit original LP mix] - Johnny Nash (1973)
YOU CAN'T GO HALFWAY - Johnny Nash (1974)
CHRISTINE SIXTEEN - Kiss (1977)
YOU REALLY GOT ME - Van Halen (1978)
PRETTY WOMAN - Van Halen (1982)
CHARIOTS OF FIRE - Vangelis (1982)
BEAT IT - Michael Jackson (1983)
EAT IT - Weird Al Yankovic (1984)
JUMP - Van Halen (1984)
I'LL WAIT - Van Halen (1984)
YOU LOOK MARVELOUS - Billy Crystal (1984)

Yes, Eddie Van Halen was an inventor, too. The picture with this week's show is FIG. 1 of his first patent. It's for a "Musical Instrument Support," which issued in 1987 as U.S. Patent No. 4,656,917. I neglected to mention this during the show.