It’s hard to remember historical moments in context. Eras take on a hazy pleasant glow when they are in the rearview mirror. Even the negative ones. Although nothing is really the way we remember it I think there are certain undeniable deviations to this rule. My dad heard Elvis and said it was like nothing before. I believe him. My mom saw the Beatles and said it was like nothing before. And I believe her. I will say for the record that putting the needle onto the vinyl for the first time in 1978 and having “Eruption” burn the speakers down was a surefire way to have your teen mind blown. It was like nothing before. I was there and the original Van Halen ….shit ….once in a lifetime. Kaboom.

It’s hard to remember historical moments in context. Eras take on a hazy pleasant glow when they are in the rearview mirror. Even the negative ones.

Although nothing is really the way we remember it I think there are certain undeniable deviations to this rule.

My dad heard Elvis and said it was like nothing before. I believe him.

My mom saw the Beatles and said it was like nothing before. And I believe her.

I will say for the record that putting the needle onto the vinyl for the first time in 1978 and having “Eruption” burn the speakers down was a surefire way to have your teen mind blown. It was like nothing before.

I was there and the original Van Halen ….shit ….once in a lifetime.

Kaboom.

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