An Ode To The In-Car Cassette Player

There’s a moment in Van Halen’s fifth studio album, Diver Down, where the tense riffs of “Intruder” bleed right into “(Oh) Pretty Woman,” the single that brought the entire album to life. You go from moody to carefree in the blink of an eye, and it’s the kind of incredible transition you just don’t hear in between…