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    Christopher J. Scalia‏ @cjscalia 8 Oct 2020

    I have a 1/2-baked theory about a Van Halen song. When It’s Love opens with Eddie on synth and Alex tapping drumsticks w/ nearly every note. The combination adds a mechanical sound to the synth, like the tapping is part of the synth keys themselves. (1/)https://youtu.be/OZGXRCI-JzQ 

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      2. Christopher J. Scalia‏ @cjscalia 8 Oct 2020

        My theory: Eddie was using Alex to mimic the key clicks that accompanied older keyboards. For ex., early Hammond organs clicked this way, and though it was a defect, some musicians liked the sound and later organs included a feature to replicate it. (/2) http://www.dairiki.org/HammondWiki/KeyClickinstrument …

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      3. Christopher J. Scalia‏ @cjscalia 8 Oct 2020

        Less likely, but more interesting: Eddie—a classically trained musician who named his son Wolfgang—was trying to create an exaggerated version of the click that harpsichords made, due to the wood jacks that moved inside of them. If either of those theories is right,... (3/)

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      4. Christopher J. Scalia‏ @cjscalia 8 Oct 2020

        ...I love that Eddie (with Alex’s help) went so far out of his way to reproduce an outdated sound to give his very modern, very slick synth-based power ballad some extra texture. Thank you for coming to my Ed talk.

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      1. Howard_In_CT  🇺🇸‏ @How9876543210 8 Oct 2020
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        I’ve heard that song hundreds of times and never noticed that

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      1. Brian Jackson‏ @briancjackson 8 Oct 2020
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        I always liked that intro and now I know why. The clicks made it very unique.

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      1. Harry Morant‏ @HarryMorant2 8 Oct 2020
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        the eddie/michael harmonies dont get nearly enough credit. "special plans!"

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      1. Will Collier‏ @willcollier 8 Oct 2020
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        I never particularly cared for that song, but I did realize on Tuesday morning where Alex got his characteristic time-keeping on the crash symbol: the Dave Clark Five. I heard one of their songs on XM that day and said, “That’s it. Alex loved that band. Same technique!"

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      1. Bill Abely‏ @Bill_Abely 8 Oct 2020
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        Another example of Eddie having great pop sensibility. So much. Ether than a stereo typical power ballad.

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