Hear the first known recording of Eddie Van Halen playing Jump's iconic, band-breaking synth part: "If I want to play Bavarian cheese whistle, I will do it"

It’s a well-established fact that when Eddie Van Halen first proposed Jump for Van Halen, as early as 1981, it was vetoed as beyond the ken of the band’s established and growing rock fanbase, so how did it ever end up being released?

“I've been getting into synthesizers a lot. Can I play you something?”

Eddie Van Halen