{"id":519,"date":"2018-09-17T23:25:25","date_gmt":"2018-09-18T06:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/kksm\/?p=519"},"modified":"2018-09-17T23:35:48","modified_gmt":"2018-09-18T06:35:48","slug":"kksm-song-of-the-day-little-dreamer-by-van-halen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/kksm\/kksm-song-of-the-day-little-dreamer-by-van-halen\/","title":{"rendered":"KKSM Song of the Day: &#8220;Little Dreamer&#8221; by Van Halen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The KKSM Song of the Day (as chosen by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kingbraxtonson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">King Braxton<\/a>) is \u201cLittle Dreamer\u201d by Van Halen!<\/p>\n<p>The song is from the band\u2019s 1978 debut album, <em>Van Halen 1<\/em>. Van Halen and all their albums are available on essentially every major streaming platform and music\/media site!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kbixKDRxIz0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Released in 1978, Van Halen 1 introduced the world to what would later on be known as one of the highest selling rock bands in US history. The band was formed in 1972 in Pasadena, California and for 11 years featured the classic lineup of David Lee Roth on vocals, Eddie Van Halen on guitar, Michael Anthony on bass and Eddie\u2019s brother Alex Van Halen on drums.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It was songs like \u201cLittle Dreamer that helped eventually propel Van Halen 1 to a RIAA Diamond certification which means the album sold 10 million albums! Many artist strive to go Platinum with their debut albums (meaning 1 million units sold) but Van Halen did that 10 times over!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLittle Dreamer\u201d stands out on the album because it was the only ballad in a tracklist featuring hard rock jams such as \u201cRunnin\u2019 with the Devil,\u201d \u201cAtomic Punk,\u201d and a cover of \u201cYou Really Got Me,\u201d by The Kinks. I chose Little Dreamer because not only is Van Halen my favorite band, but this song has always been my favorite song by them.The song is about a kid who has big plans in life even though people don\u2019t believe in them. The relatable subject matter along with the combination of Roth\u2019s blues inspired vocal style and Eddie Van Halen\u2019s unique guitar playing style, definitely makes the song enjoyable my many!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t<div class='author-shortcodes'>\n\t\t\t<div class='author-inner'>\n\t\t\t\t<div class='author-image'>\n\t\t\t<img src='' alt='' \/>\n\t\t\t<div class='author-overlay'><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .author-image --> \n\t\t<div class='author-info'>\n\t\t\tFollow King Braxton on Instagram @kingbraxtonson\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .author-info -->\n\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .author-inner -->\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .author-shortcodes -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The KKSM Song of the Day (as chosen by King Braxton) is \u201cLittle Dreamer\u201d by Van Halen! The song is from the band\u2019s 1978 debut album, Van Halen 1. Van Halen and all their albums are available on essentially every major streaming platform and music\/media site! &nbsp; &nbsp; Released in 1978, Van Halen 1 introduced&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/kksm\/kksm-song-of-the-day-little-dreamer-by-van-halen\/\">\u00a0Continue Reading:<span> KKSM Song of the Day: &#8220;Little Dreamer&#8221; by Van Halen<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":87,"featured_media":521,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-song-of-the-day"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/kksm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/145\/2018\/09\/van-halen-0081227955243_0.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p94S4R-8n","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/kksm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/kksm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/kksm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/kksm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/87"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/kksm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=519"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/kksm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":527,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/kksm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519\/revisions\/527"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/kksm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/kksm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/kksm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/kksm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}