Ice Cream Man

The acoustic intro on this John Brim penned, Elmore James recorded, song from the Van Halen album was performed by David Lee Roth. He played the intro live on a variety of acoustic/electric guitars tuned to open E. On rare occasions he would pull out his infamous Dave-sickle, a steel-string acoustic/electric that looked like a giant ice cream bar.

For over 20 years fans wondered about the lyrics of this song. Speculation about one line in the song led to dozens of theories. The mystery was cleared up by the band in 1999. Dave is actually singing, "I got puddin' pie banana, dixie cups, all flavors and pushups too."