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Like these upscaled videos? I'm not paid to do these but you could maybe please Buy Me A Coffee to show your support for my efforts! The opening track on their 1991 album For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge. “Poundcake“ was the first song to be released as a single from the album, reaching number one on the US Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart and number 74 on the UK Singles Chart. The video, itself, cuts between scenes of the band playing and a demure young lady - played by Diane Manzo - who has shown up for an audition (a handmade sign on the wall says “Van Halen Casting“). While waiting, she spies on the other girls through a hole in the changing room door and is fascinated by their provocative dress and behavior. Tania Coleridge (who was also in George Michael's “Father Figure“ clip) uses a power drill to create a hole in the door and harass her, ultimately scaring her off. The video is also preceded with a young girl reciting a poem of “What Are Little Boys Made Of?“. The video ends with a blooper of the girl making a mistake and the director saying they will do another take. Director Andy Morahan told the UK TV show “Video Killed The Radio Star“, that he spent so much time filming each band member that by the time he got to Alex Van Halen on the drums, Alex was worn out from playing the explosive song over and over. “He was so angry with me by the time I got to his close up that he goes, 'You should have started with me,' and he walked out. And he was right, actually. He was absolutely right, and he was pretty livid with me. So I learned a good lesson.“ Eddie Van Halen recalls that the song did not earn much of a reaction in the studio until producer Andy Johns suggested that he play the rhythm tracks with a 12-string guitar. Afterwards the band helped the composition of the song over the two electric 12-strings doubled beneath Eddie's usual dirty guitar. Regarding the guitar solo, Eddie said that “The solo goes four bars, another four bars, then two bars. Al kept insisting that it wasn't finished. He likes to count, and I never do. I'm strictly feel. I'm always screwing around with time, because I never count.“ The song features Eddie Van Halen using the sound of a Makita 6012HD power drill in the introduction and during the guitar solo. According to Eddie, a guitar technician was operating one of these drills at 5150 Studios while he was playing, and the sound captured was akin to “kick starting your engine“. Subsequently, Eddie painted a drill with the Frankenstrat stripes to use during concerts.
