Word: halen
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Bush made his way to the stage, it was time for the music that marks the candidate's arrival. Mark McKinnon, Bush's media guru, sidled up to a reporter and said, "Listen to this." Instead of the usual song, a Van Halen number, the speakers in the hanger exploded with the sound of a different tune: Fleetwood Mac's Don't Stop (Thinking About Tomorrow). Reporters started laughing when they heard it. Such a clever move, they said to each other, to play Clinton's campaign theme song at a Bush rally. In Arkansas! But suddenly, with...
...drum-machine rhythms of their songs, not to mention loads of lighting effects. It wasn't just a gimmick. Apollo 440's big-beat-tinged songs tend to have an arena-rock quality; indeed, their biggest hit, 1997's apostrophe-laden "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Dub," samples a Van Halen guitar riff...
...Lights out, and there was enough demand for an encore. The familiar strains of the Van Halen guitar riff came through the speakers and everyone sang along to the one line of "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Dub." But that moment came too late and ultimately, it was hard to avoid the feeling that a good show had been lost in the vast space of the unfilled club...
...admitted to imbibing backstage. But whatever he drank worked. The set flowed smoothly and the longer length of the band's performance allowed for a wide range in their repertoire, which included their own hits like "Then the Morning Comes" and "All Star" as well as covers of Van Halen's "Runnin' With the Devil" and House of Pain's "Jump Around." With such a rich act, it's too bad many of the adults had already taken off--no doubt to relieve the babysitter back home...