Lost Boys Calling itself has been forgotten by all but the most devoted Waters and Van Halen devotees. Leonard was also reportedly onboard to produce the follow-up to 1998’s ill-fated Van Halen III album, and later played keyboards at a rare EVH solo show in 2006, which onlookers described as an “impromptu jam of rock fusion”. Neither man has spoken much about the song, though the link appears to be the album’s producer Patrick Leonard, who worked with Waters on Amused To Death and, like Van Halen, was connected to the Jackson family – he played keyboards on the Jacksons’ 1984 reunion tour, while Eddie was responsible for the iconic solo on Michael Jackson’s 1982 hit Beat It. Though Waters’ forgetfulness may be forgiven, considering that Eddie’s tasteful, emotive shading and soloing are a world away from the fretboard fireworks he fired off with his regular band – ironically, he doesn’t sound a million miles away from Waters’ one time Floyd bandmate/antagonist David Gilmour. While the bulk of the soundtrack featured music from revered Italian composer Ennio Morricone, it also included the slow-burning Waters song Lost Boys Calling – his first new music since the Amused To Death album six years earlier.Īnd what makes this song significant? It features one Eddie Van Halen on guitar (billed as Edward Van Halen in the credits of the movie and on the accompanying soundtrack album). Back in 1999, Waters appeared on the soundtrack of Italian arthouse movie La Leggenda del Pianista Sull'Oceano (released in the US as The Legend Of 1900).
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