RECORD STORE TALES Mk II: Getting More Tale
#338: Unreleased 4-Play Quiz No. 2
At the conclusion of Record Store Tales, I told the story of how I earned the nickname LeBrain. It started with a contest on the Craig Fee Show (on 107.5 Dave FM) called the 4 O’Clock 4-Play which I dominated. I also sent Craig numerous 4-Plays of my own creation.
The challenge is to figure out the common thread that ties all four songs together. The theme could be anything: lyrical, musical, background trivia, artist related…and I liked to come up with unique themes.
Play the tracks in order as a listener would, and make a guess in the comments section! Be specific.
- Van Halen – “Oh Pretty Woman”
- Van Halen – “Little Guitars”
- Van Halen – “Secrets”
- Van Halen – “Jump”
Good luck!


Um… They’re all Van Halen! What do I win?
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A nice crack at the pinata, but not the answer we’re looking for :)
Rookie!
No it’s a bit deeper than that. Playing the songs helps.
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I’ll have to bow out then, I’m listening to Saxon. Just got a couple of out-of-print live albums via the wonder of Discogs.
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One more shot at the pinata? Nothing coming to mind?
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I’m not familiar with 3 of those songs so without listening it’d be unlikely!
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Dang! Well thanks for trying Scott!
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They’ve all got two-handed tapping in the guitar solos! Another winner!
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Dang, another good guess! :)
Scott is closer to the mark. His guess is musical. Deke’s was lyrical. That is the clue!
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I’ll tell you a funny story. The day Van Halen released “Tattoo”, Craig Fee did a special VH 4-play that day. I did not win,
1. Van Halen – Tattoo
2. Van Halen – Tattoo
3. Van Halen – Tattoo
4. Van Halen – Tattoo
The answer was “an Elvis tattoo”. LOL. In other words a meaningless installment of the 4-Play, but a hilarious way to get past the “rules” and play the new VH song 4 times in a row.
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The common thread between all 4 Halen songs are Cocaine,Liquor, Hookers and more Cocaine!
Those are my 4 answers!
Ha
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BWAHAHAHAH! No. Great answer, but no.
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1)They are all preceded by instrumentals,
2) They all have backing vocals from the rest of the band
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….And we have a winner, with 1). But as you know Fee would probably only let you have one guess! Not that you needed it!
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Every one of these songs was butchered when Sammy Hagar sang them.
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Dammit Deke said my guess before I got here…
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Here’s my third original 4-Play.You’ve seen this one before so you might remember the answer-
Iron Maiden-The Trooper
Iron Maiden-The Edge of Darkness
Iron Maiden-Como Estais Amigos
Iron Maiden-The Longest Day
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Of course I can’t remember!
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Oh well, good luck with them
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All the albums these songs came from didn’t have a title track
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