Its a Diver Down night, that classic Van Halen album from 1982.

I distinctly remember being a middle-schooler out past my bedtime, returning from a school-related dinner at Applegate’s Landing, which is what passed for a fancy restaurant in Columbia, SC. Probably a chorus-related thing, now that I think about it. A few students and I were being driven by my friend’s mother in her BMW 320i. The muggy night air was blowing through the sunroof and this album was playing on the stereo.
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