Acting Like A BEGINNER Then Playing ERUPTION by Van Halen

Me responding to a comment to act like a beginner guitar player to people on the street, and then play eruption. Originally on my tik tok @theaidanjames

[@breezecam1099]

When your entire personality is being able to do tapping

[@everythingdot.K]

LOL

[@joey_ramone_96]

I'd rather be a bass player than that damn

[@guitarskeepmesane4958]

LMAO

[@Fureszk]

Im sure he tapped at least one of them

[@stephenharper1662]

@@Fureszk doubt

[@99maggots23]

“Act like a beginner and then continue being a beginner”

[@jahyeet1137]

Fr 😭

[@TriSpedsOfficial]

Wasn't the cleanest playing but it would've sounded somewhat better if he wasn't amped into a McDonald's drive thru speaker

[@nebulousnotes1560]

😂😂😂 this is golden

[@MassivePonyFan]

Howx

[@fixthat3269]

@@MassivePonyFan well, it's different for guitarists. mainly you just can't tell his skill level with that one riff since it's a piece you can easily learn and use to show off once you're able to play fluently, I'd wager you'd be able to play that if you committed to learning guitar for a week if not less - granted I was a natural at guitar. I'm not the best but I can play stuff like Machine by Born of Osiris and Can't Wait by Chon which I think are pretty impressive pieces that I'd play to impress someone, but at this point I'm just suggesting songs... maybe check them out anyways if you want lol.

[@Dempy]

My hardest cringe yet

[@zfancy748]

Fr Tho

[@brokelobster2546]

It's literally painful to watch

[@BDR_Memphis]

Lmao

[@YoungTonyVEVO]

They’re intentionally being cringe so by default the cringe cancels out

[@Awake.1]

It's so painfull and cringe

[@stevosal9148]

“Then play eruption by Van Halen” *proceeds to play the easiest ascending tapping part

[@user-sn3qd1vg6g]

Not even well

[@deborauseinovski9267]

@@user-sn3qd1vg6g literally

[@lordkiza8838]

Im done. 🤣

[@julianoliver4386]

Exactly what i said to myself 😂

[@0ut1aw]

I swear if you want to impress a non guitarist, tapping is the easy thing to do. Literally any fast tapping in any song people go crazy over

[@THEUNKNOWN-tu8ew]

“ok girls, now you have to act like you’re impressed”

[@Ghost-mm3ui]

True

[@Afif87123]

@Tom Sawyer this one's not tho

[@hameenadeleke7228]

@Tom Sawyer lol I’m dead

[@hameenadeleke7228]

@Tom Sawyer born on Sesame Street

[@icey_finishes3979]

The cameraman was on his last few second of his invisibility potion

[@mattyspaghetti449]

I liked his playing better before he murdered eruption.

[@doofenrave2810]

Same

[@Ironmangroup]

Agreed

[@angelc.4422]

Totally

[@mawthecreator]

@@user-cq1li3bc3t on god tho

[@redddubs]

@@user-cq1li3bc3t cringe

[@aamantium1]

"excuse me, will you girls watch me stroke my own ego and beg for validation?"

[@moonwalkerkop4479]

Stroke his what now

[@aamantium1]

@@moonwalkerkop4479 I don't want to.

[@MrLiberty]

@@moonwalkerkop4479 his riff

[@moonwalkerkop4479]

@@MrLiberty Good

[@cameronmunshower4122]

Tf

[@sussybaka7869]

The fact that he played the easiest part and didn't even get right to 😔

[@turtle6076]

too* I’m sorry i’ll see myself out

[@sussybaka7869]

@@turtle6076 *whomp whomp*

[@lawncutter5283]

Everyone felt disappointment when he started playing that

[@kxlla]

yup

[@xXx_MR_BALLZ_xXx]

FR!

[@beatgamer1451]

Ikr

[@deadly_mir]

I mean it's not exactly that hard once you have the notes down. He butchered that shit

[@colehonquest9967]

Yea too cringe

[@welcometobangkok8220]

“I’m very honest” *guy plays terribly* “It wasn’t like.. terrible”

[@brucewayne2184]

Yeah that was a different girl.

[@detailedgacha7098]

I meann it wasn’t terrible if was just really bad

[@thesnake1862]

YoU wANt To gO tO the BaR wITh uS

[@vanessaramos2001]

Can you please do ac/dc in public 🙏 😫

[@theakkusor]

"Your tapping is sloppy af" - a mediocre guitarist

[@drewbrees22]

It's genuinely not impressive enough to be bragging about. It's cringe

[@jacobmccarthy1171]

Everyone’s guitar tapping is sloppy except for Eddie Van Halen.!!

[@mrbackranked1788]

ok but us mediocre guitars aren’t trying to show off our mediocre skills to impress random girls on the street

[@musicman7903]

He’s out of time and that pocket amp tone makes me wanna be sick.

[@KendrickMegaFan]

@@jacobmccarthy1171 nah, literally every math rock guitarist is better than van halen

[@dixienormous2661]

“Act like a beginner” lol guy still played like a beginner playing eruption

[@connerh1382]

​@Puppet Master most guitarists can. It takes about 30 minutes to learn tapping and then learn this part of the song if that. Seriously, the rest of the song is the hard part.

[@GammaFZ]

@Puppet Master bro anyone can lol

[@Schitcum]

This is like trying to pretend youre broke and then showing them a dollar

[@aerionarodgers3353]

😭😭😭

[@lyle87]

Showing them your 50 Cent cd

[@Dpr3cords]

🤣🤣🤣

[@srujanpetumpuri2900]

😂

[@yalanyalan698]

This takes the cake 🍰

[@ewokbreeder]

I'm not even a guitarist but can tell you that EVH would be rolling in his grave over what you're doing to and with his song..

[@dr.zoidberg5096]

Brah, he was nervous, give him a break

[@hunterstucker665]

@@dr.zoidberg5096 tell me how can you get nervous when somethings scripted

[@majikmesa3786]

@@hunterstucker665 bro that’s literally called stage fright

[@drdre4397]

@@jacobwebb8818 No Stage Freight died out when amazon became big. No more freight passes though stages anymore.

[@IamHex22]

@@jacobwebb8818 tf do freight trains gotta do with anything

[@chocoandthatdood1567]

"do you want to come with us" Bro 💀

[@firebirdgao]

I think he did it with the three

[@handles7086]

The tapping part is the easiest part😂

[@rileyman18_19]

Woah another guitarist who’s been playing for like 2 years figured out tapping! Great job buddy.

[@rileyman18_19]

@@user-cq1li3bc3t what the fuck😂

[@oldspartan1968]

@@user-cq1li3bc3t my thoughts exactly

[@LiMCRiMZ]

The piece isn't reflected well by most that play it. Only one truly knows what that shit is about, and he's gone.

[@chair4723]

@@oldspartan1968 LMAO

[@chrisbullock3001]

It'll just make people who are actually good like gods 😈

[@BackwardsHAT93]

Videos like this make me wish people could still see the dislikes…

[@MohamedGrand]

Yt shorts doesn't show dislikes before the update

[@theoldblood3804]

I forgot about dislikes

@@jacksmacks4132 amazing cheers

[@farhanakram9188]

@@jacksmacks4132 what about for mobile

[@jacksmacks4132]

@@farhanakram9188 not sure man.

[@Theprestonjames]

I learned the tapping part in like 5 minutes😭

[@thejusticeization]

yeah badly. you can't play it right in just 5 minutes

[@Sticknub]

@@thejusticeization this was badly lol

[@Dex_Z.]

All credits to the cameraman has his invisible potion

[@subilabi]

Guitar tapping is the easiest skill, but looks dope for non guitarist

[@withnail-and-i]

Make them play watermelon in Easter hay, now that's real skills

[@michaellake274]

@@withnail-and-i finally someone who recognizes some damn decent music 👏

[@hellothere5898]

Tapping can be hard but eruption is straight up easy

[@michaellake274]

@@hellothere5898 up till the tremolo picking, arthritis makes that one hell of a struggle

[@ryanthomas9473]

Ya tapping is easy I wasn’t impressed at all tbh

[@trevordoty5481]

* plays terrible* “can i try one more thing?” * plays terrible again

[@gunnarlewis5864]

Legit

[@seifhammuri1918]

Fr he thinks tapping is impressive

[@cantyouhearmeknocking1961]

Yes, but one of them invites him to a bar, sooooooo mission accomplished!

[@VansireTheBand]

@@cantyouhearmeknocking1961 Staged**

[@Nicshauntedmansion]

@@seifhammuri1918 ikr. I wanna hear some quality sweeps and some complex hybrid picking shred licks. Tapping to me seems overrated these days. It was fun while it was new to me but now after 13 years of playing , tapping is pretty much dead to me. 😅

[@xMAJID999]

“ do you wanna come to the bar with us ? “ That was like 11 out of 10

[@caderaid441]

no it was easily a 2/10

[@xMAJID999]

@@caderaid441 no 11

[@BeastCheapz]

It's guys like him that gives guitarists bad rep. For non guitarists, eruption is extremely easy. All beginners learn it and the technique is called tapping, very easy stuff

[@Balban03199]

This video encapsulates this guys entire video thought process. “Let me do the exact same thing but in different situations.” It got old when the first 1,000 guitar KZbinrs did it

[@monkmane2345]

And hes not even good! 😂

[@Aristas-zd5vd]

Skrillex pfp in 2021 not expected haha

[@Thawhid]

@@Aristas-zd5vd why

[@alptunatuncer3017]

He should have gone “oh i was holding my pick upside down”. Now that would have been gold

[@callmemc6]

The girls probably wouldn't even notice he doesn't need a pick. Tapping the strings on an electric will play the notes, hence this riff not being insanely difficult.

[@cgenereaux]

@@callmemc6 Facts!! Lol

[@808zmg]

You don't need a pick for tapping

[@JohnyJohnatanJohnson]

Yeah lmao all of his videos are missing that one element to actually make them good Its just cringe this way

[@beelzebub1385]

@@808zmgLike they would know thoo.

[@Birdiemotivation]

Respect to the one in the Ja Morant kit

[@Dr_Zeus_official]

When you’re so used to distortion you realize how bad you really are without it

[@Johnnysmithy24]

It works the other way around too

[@lukewojo1492]

I have only seen this guy play beginner riffs and expect everyone around him to be amazed

[@zqvyg5479]

Yeah it's cringey. And that god damn amp makes it sound like a toy guitar or some shit lmao

[@arpitthakur45]

@@zqvyg5479 what is cringe?

[@zqvyg5479]

@@arpitthakur45 this dude walking around thinking he's good

[@arpitthakur45]

@@zqvyg5479 so why do you care that he thinks that? people think all sorts of things in there head...people can have 100 thoughts in a few seconds... look inwards why do you care? bye

[@arpitthakur45]

@@zqvyg5479 you probably think you are better then someone too indirectly...

[@BrianL1412]

Here’s something you’ll learn over time. Girls in the bar don’t give a crap about technical guitar skills. You’ll end up with a sausage fest standing in front of you. If you can play rhythm guitar, make them move and dance you’ll be golden. 😉

[@keenorange248]

My cat's name is Jett.

[@realeyesrealizereallies996]

😂😂😂That is not a Lie brother… or sister? I can’t tell by your name…

[@eabayportschris9200]

Just like with nice cars🤣

[@jb123abc]

Hit them with a GWUAO gwuao gwuao gwuao , bao bao bao bao bao

[@Tr1s]

Not that this dudes technical skill is anyway near good enough I play session and that shit is like a mid level guitar technique at best even if not a riff that every intermediate player learns, it's like a pre requisite that you can use pretty much any guitar technique especially tapping if ur playing lead for 90s, 80s rock. Try and learn somthing like hybrid picking into sweeps if you want to impress people... Its totally doable as well just have to put in the time

[@fusion_blogs7245]

They really said "do u want to come to the bar with us" i am died

[@FairleyFilms]

they listened to both with the exact same expressions

[@wooonerf3195]

This is basically what TheDoooo does except Door is actually fucking good and not incredibly cringe like this guy

[@cameronradcliffe4582]

Yes

[@williamlambrecht916]

This dude will be running after people on the street “you wanna see my guitar skills?”

[@mememaster8050]

@@williamlambrecht916 lmfao I'm dead

[@spicyshizz2850]

Nah staged videos make me cringe

[@wooonerf3195]

@@spicyshizz2850 what is staged? This video or the Dooo?

[@Tyler-Hoskins]

Yeah… that girl totally wasn’t scripted to ask him to the bar with them. That was totally genuine guys

[@DrkStrSkt]

those girls are (let's be honest, at least to some degree unless this is the rare true "girls night out" that never actually happens as planned) going to the bar to find men. he's an attractive dude with guitar skills. this is in no way unrealistic, you just are unattractive, have no social skills, or are a weirdo. sorry bud.

[@Joseph-tl5nw]

@@DrkStrSkt yeahhh, as someone who does have social skills and goes to parties…. you wrong af 💀 the situation isn’t as exaggerated as other social media vids, but it’s the same old concept as his others and others in general

[@Tyler-Hoskins]

@@DrkStrSkt ok

[@Josef_Stylin]

@@DrkStrSkt You tried it dummy but girls don't just hear a stranger play guitar for a few seconds and invite them randomly

[@njplay]

Ik

[@loranis1032]

It wasn't like terrible. She tried her best to make him motivate ❤❤

[@shoomapadoo1141]

It's hard to be bad when you're good

[@lanceanthony198]

He isn’t even that good but he created a whole channel around his average guitar playing

[@jkm0105]

Because most people can't play guitar and are easily impressed by it

[@Tesla_Death_Ray]

Guitar is dead now so people think it's magic.

[@KeeperNog]

Love the profile pic 👀🐒

[@Tesla_Death_Ray]

@@KeeperNog who me?

[@JonCollinsMedia]

Welcome to the new internet, where anyone can create content.

[@lukasb2790]

This Dude has a lot to learn If he really thinks this is impressing people...

[@ZeginMakesMusic]

@@Buyonegettwo Underage girls...yup.

[@zeppkfw]

@@Buyonegettwo looks fake

[@Buyonegettwo]

@@ZeginMakesMusic you got a damn good point right there. Not saying he went with them though. They appear to have found him attractive is what I said. Not the other way around

[@Buyonegettwo]

@@zeppkfw hope so lol.

[@user-tj1zl5ps5v]

@@Buyonegettwo it’s fake🤡🤡

[@Delicate73]

“I’m very honest” *plays bad* “wasn’t like terrible” Me: bruh I have no words this is so cringe

[@RustyDodd]

you can tell the one with no arms was really impressed

[@nexttolegendary]

Imagine making a video like this, and honestly thinking people would belive their reaction is real

[@imaneboushaib302]

"Mr cameraman, who do you want to be when ur older?" Cameraman: Joooohn Ceeenaaaa

[@Giannopsyrras]

Well,atleast someone's successful in this video

[@hypercarhubfast]

the camera man has invincible skill

[@paulroggenbeck3129]

Probly his biggest audience. Thank goodness.

[@pogfish3961]

I rate it like a 3 tbh man the tapping on Eruption really isnt that impressive or difficult and you still managed to play it badly

[@geez_289]

Well yk... that is the new type of rockstar or pro guitarist. They are usually found on instagram and shirtless

[@gabevaughn589]

Let’s see you play eruption then

[@ludoms100]

The tapping part is literally the easiest part of the song lol

[@ludoms100]

@@gabevaughn589 eruption is on the easier side of evh solos, Spanish fly is way harder or cathedral

[@buyerenogurlfwendo2106]

😭😂😂😂😂😂

[@elin.6717]

I hate videos like this, dude has a production crew following him and he asks people if his guitar skills are good. If this guy came up to me in the street like this, I know for a fact that he is lying with the first performance and he wants to get my reaction of how Amazing he is.

[@drako6030]

“Production crew” in reality it’s a guy with a phone😂💀

[@dracozain1023]

If his paying i bet you'd change your mind real quick

[@wafflesmet]

🎵The Haunted - Hate song

[@jmoney1139]

“Production crew” lol

[@isaiahb.1915]

its all scripted bruh

[@teamscott1888]

Bro pulled a "I dont play with a pick"

[@jimzyroy304]

The girl was absolutely flabbergasted.

[@replica7554]

"ok u can leave now im done recording thanks for acting surprised btw"

[@onemanshow4116]

Hey bro… imma be honest with you: That’s Van Halen was a good try, but is was still 4 / 10 for me dawg.

[@plantman1093]

It's a no for me dawg

[@h.t.2179]

Panties dropped at the moment of his eruption! Bwahaha!!!

[@slownlow210]

When you take one guitar lesson and you think you can shred

[@ObamaTron]

I’m not even a guitarist and I can tell how low effort this actually is.

[@mathuchavivi3352]

Everyone: *freaking bout his tappin?* Me an intellectual: where her arms doe 😳

[@drdre4397]

Freaking out because his tapping is fucking horrid.

[@Cap193.]

lol I didnt notice

[@masterwaxer1502]

tucked in her jersey since she cold, u see her right arm move at the first couple seconds of the vid

[@mathuchavivi3352]

@@masterwaxer1502 no shit homie

[@ildar12071972]

"and this is how kids, i met you mother"

[@08c6vette]

The tapping portion of Eruption is on par with the riff of Smoke on the water as far as difficulty but the girls don’t know that and it did get him invited to the bar with them.

[@08c6vette]

@TheLord15 Probably but either way he sucked.

[@ErbyboyMV]

You were rushing and somehow falling behind your own tapping lmao

[@braddahdev5527]

Lord, I pray that you guide these young women into getting a whole new wardrobe 🙏🏽

[@joetroutt7425]

They all dressing the same.

[@B1gcat]

The girl in the middle... Wow... SHE GOT THE DRIP POSE COMING

[@kepler240]

Wow, the realism was off the chart on this one

[@Proccito]

A girl at work said she stopped dating guitar players because they were always good at showing off their skills, but had zero social skills outside of that. I now understand what she means.

[@joeschmidt246]

Sees finger skill "come to the bar with us" lol

[@makiing_thiings7212]

Bro girl on rights arms just vanished

[@brandonroebuck504]

Being semi attractive and mediocre at something will always get you further in society than being the best at anything

[@PhoenixSeer_]

"Do you want to come to the bar with us?" "Sure!" *Proceeds to kidnap him* Edit : I actually didn't realize she didn't had arms 😓 Another Edit : Oh she had hands. They're behind her back apparently

[@notabigdealthough8616]

🚩🚩🚩🚩

[@DHC189]

👺

[@Kairi._.235]

Poogers free ride

[@d.james.martin5844]

How's she going to do that she has no arms..... 😘

[@randomstuff5105]

@@d.james.martin5844 CHILL OUT, DAMN

[@Monkeypole]

Still waiting for the impressive bit of your guitar playing

[@SheldonCooperJimParsonIainArm]

Respects to the cameraman being invisible

[@twilight4636]

*"Do you wanna come to the bar with us? We're running out of clowns there"* is probably what she really said

[@imaniceguy5799]

oh shit! I don't think he'll be recovering from the burn you gave him.

[@beelzebub1385]

He'll be a good laugh for sureee.

[@Leonardo_Mantovani]

Are you jealous? Lol

[@twilight4636]

@@Leonardo_Mantovani jealous of what? my comment was just meant to be a joke lmao stop being so butthurt. Besides this video's most likely scripted aswell

[@yalanyalan698]

That part is SUPER easy. Practicing it for 10 hours can make you sound pro for 10 seconds. That's it, this is 🧢

[@BlakeSpohn]

practice 120 hours to play the all of eruption

[@Hondo_O-C1anka]

When ur mom tells you to play something vs when ur by yourself.

[@runescaper1333]

"Hi guys I'm doing a tiktok video, I'll give you 5 bucks each, just act surprised"

[@MillennialInMedicine]

There is absolutely no fucking way she said "do you want to come to the bar with us?" At the end. I won't believe it.

[@porklostit]

Yeah, it sounds like do you want to cobaerance with us

[@porklostit]

I think they actually said beer runs? Idk

[@jonjb419]

Confidence is 🔑

[@Urbanstormm]

She saw them finger movements and was like *“Do you wana go to the bar with us”* Thanks for wasting your time for this, really means a lot.

[@styrmirzryan]

You're Welcome! Yes I spelt your wrong... I wasted my time making this...and you wasted your time with me! Thank you!

[@dhhruvlulla]

"Do you wanna go to a bar with us?" "And that children is how I met your mother"

[@blainecolwell7171]

Mothers *

[@cedrikb7124]

A real musician would never ask this stupid question

[@pannbanbiff]

When she saw what those fingers could do…. ”Want to come to the bar with us?”

[@stefanhodges8620]

Note to self, act like a beginner and then bust out Eruption" got it

[@demondaeys123]

FINGER BANGGIN!! Fuck that’s so so so funny

[@emandJesus]

“Do you wanna come to the baaa with us???🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃” I’m dead

[@3cameron6]

I can't play the guitar very well at all, but I can literally play that portion of eruption. It takes no skill and he played it poorly.

[@wakandaforever616]

How perfect is that bus sign saying "white loop"

[@bunsenn5064]

“Acting like a beginner, then proving that I am in fact a beginner”

[@marcusroman7142]

This vid should be called “Play eruption like a beginner”

[@BeastCake1349]

I like how he plays a riff any beginner can play

[@grayghostoutdoors1380]

Geeeeez I guess this trick never gets old because it's been done a million times

[@Mike0405H]

“I’m very honest” Immediately proceeds to f#%?!¥ lie

[@Mayo_Lawrence]

You should prolly replace "😨" to "Daddy 😩😍" When she see them finger play so FRICKING hard.

[@lowkeylokii4205]

"I know I immediately just lied to you but wanna go to the bar with me?"

[@ChallHatt]

People like the her are so great. They let out their emotions without a second thought

[@RS-rk4qx]

Cameramen:Imma take a sip of invisible I'm invisible Cameramen go to the nether to get rare invisible pots

[@scar-gs3tz]

Dude I learnt this within a few days 2 months into playing guitar it’s genuinely easy. Just one of those songs that sounds awesome and really complicated but isn’t

[@_bofu]

Please teach me the guitar, it’s been 2 months and I have only learned the first 10 seconds of smoke and the water

[@scar-gs3tz]

@@_bofu ok but I request sole custody of your first born

[@wababiba4181]

That was unbelievably amazing. That guy was a prodigy. I think he is the only other person to play that. RIP EVH.

[@kaedeharakazuha5154]

The invisible camraman is striking again

[@v4liantt]

“It wasn’t like terrible 🥴” 5 seconds later “Ya wanna come to the bar with us? 😏”

[@joshmoronstein]

That's horrible, well done. That's pretty much the first lick you learn after finding out what tapping is and it'll sound exactly like that after 8 minutes of practice.

[@williamobando9967]

Clueless men complaining about his skills, clueless me wondering why she said “do you want to come the bar with us?”

[@tylerlawhenore8241]

She's like "what else them fingers do"

[@masonpallanes7258]

" do you want to come to the bar with us?" That sounds like such a fun night with that dude I wish I was him!

[@Cafferssss]

When another guitarist hears eruption. 1/10

[@ekaterine_e3603]

i don't play guitar but i do play drums so i have some knowledge in music and this is the easiest thing you can play on guitar, beginners are learning this, just because he's playing it fast doesn't mean it's professional (sorry for bad grammar, english isn't my first language)

[@dexterzablocki6903]

Yeah he’s using tapping too, which is by far the easiest way to play fast