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13 October 2009, 09:50 AM
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Van Halen and the blue max Pfalz
Not a big deal but I just saw the old music video of "panama" from Van Halen and it begins with the blue max Pfalz DIII, in its blue max lozenge fabric, flying. Any info on why it is there?
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13 October 2009, 11:47 AM
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This is a guess, but...
The song Panama was written by Dave Lee Roth as a response to a criticism that had been leveled at him. In that criticism, it had been suggested that all he ever wrote songs about was 'Cars and Girls', which is a popular jibe that has been thrown at several rock performers, as evidenced by Prefab Sprout's Paddy McAloon writing the song Cars and Girls as a dig at Bruce Springsteen. In preparing to respond to that criticism, Dave Lee Roth thought about it and realised that he'd never actually written a song about a car at all. So he did, and that song was Panama, which apparently was the name of a racing car he'd seen. Thus, it's my guess that they decided in the video to include an aeroplane as well, just to really take the 'in joke' a bit further. It may also be that they liked the sound of the aeroplane, since there are engine noises on the track, apparently Roth's Lamborghini, if accounts are to be believed. Failing that, it may simply be that they thought it looked cool, which it does, and it does in fact sort of tie in with the rest of the video, which has various band members flying about on wire rigs. Al
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11 November 2009, 08:32 PM
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Not sure but I love both Van Halen and the Blue Max Pfalz. I've seen both of them actually. Saw the Blue Max Pfalz DIII flying in Alabama at Frank Ryder's show in '92 when he owned it. (Peter Jackson owns it now. It's been restored and is in New Zealand.) I saw Van Halen w/ David Lee Roth singing a year ago a their latest reunion tour. They sounded great and did Panama. None of this answers your original question, I know. Just wanted to comment.
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12 November 2009, 04:15 AM
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I love the song and I love the movie. Had to be said!
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