Beat It: Slash vs Orianthi (comparison)

Choose your favorite ;)

[@antoncarlosluna]

Slash and Orianthi: **plays guitar** Michael jackson: 👉👈☝️👆👍👋👊🤛🤜🙌👐👋🤚🤝🤟👇👈

[@1badjesus]

lolol👍👍

[@LEGASItv]

😂😂😂😂

[@badbluesplayer7705]

Right?! And why's he gotta be all up on them like that? Just let them play guitar Michael, jeez

[@josh8973]

Hahaha!

[@janaungrova7345]

😂😂😂😂i died😂

[@anvil8478]

WINNER: Eddie Van Halen

[@joerichard4843]

That's right

[@jasonwiggins6137]

Exactly!

[@antonioalves3413]

Master!

[@codythedoggo7671]

Can't beat him

[@eduardoreyes1982]

Jajajaja obviamente

[@stoatythesecond888]

Slash is a great guitarist, but this track doesn't need the solo reinventing, Orianthi is a great guitarist and it's a great cover, but ultimately, there is only 1 person who owns this solo. Eddie Van Halen, RIP man, fucking legend.

[@MarsHalekGuitar]

Orianthi did the right thing. If you can't top an iconic solo in its original context (and who can top Eddie?), reproduce it, more or less. Slash's go at the song here sounded like generic wheedle deedling. Give the people what they want.

[@JulezOfficial94]

Slash and Eddie rules..Period.

[@ShaunHensley]

Someone has to play it live

[@Kleber932]

John 5 plays it better

[@cliderk1171]

Ahora todos se enteraron lo de VAN HALEN y salen a comentar..jajaja

[@liquifex]

Both are excellent players, but as far as doing Eddie's original amazing solo, Orianthi actually learned it. Slash did his own thing. I prefer the original.

[@brandall101]

She learned the notes but her timing is really off. I kinda enjoyed Slash's more for that reason.

[@dper1112]

Yeah. With a solo like that, a famous great guitarist need not try to copy it. How can you compete with Eddie playing Eddie? Better to roll your own.

[@ChrisM541]

@@dper1112 WRONG!!! - "With a (FAMOUS) solo like that (A SOLO THE AUDIENCE 'EXPECTS')" - this DEMANDS the musician plays the original solo. The reason Slash did 'his own thing' is because HE COULDN'T PLAY EDDIE'S SOLO. Slash is not even on the same planet as Eddie as a guitarist. Here's another bombshell for you - you have just stated you'd also be 'OK' with Slash DESTROYING Gary Moore's Parisienne Walkways with 'his own thing' - think about that!!

[@jukaisea7262]

@@dper1112 at his own concert maybe, because fans came to see the guitarist, but in this case MJ fans probably and certainly wanted the original solo

[@gaiusjuliusceasar5180]

Slash don’t do Tapping😏

[@sdude1357]

It doesn't matter, who's wrong or right, just beat it!

[@playsbass1969]

both

[@xxmorenaflorxx]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@ejadmixsali9534]

sdude1357 Yezzzzz bro thats rite 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@deucearmy1593]

Right when I read this Michael Jackson sang it😂😂

[@abhisheknautiyal8877]

@@Something-Silver man you are hilarious 🤨 but is it true, about your beating the meat problem

[@ryanmcwade3371]

Both are really really good, but Eddies was the best.

[@acidtripriot6627]

*Is

[@lalocomics5759]

Was, he died at 65 because cancer

[@noahdguitar1454]

So what he’s dead no one else’s beat it is better so is would be correct

[@ammiraglio50]

slash , van halen .....the best ok ....but .... what was Michael?🕴️

[@acidtripriot6627]

@@ammiraglio50 Dude we are talking about the guitar solo

[@lucasolate697]

And The Winner is... Michael Jackson with his "Air Electric Guitar".

[@litdynamite3190]

Bravo best choice 😂

[@xptoo]

That's so true. He wrote the song.

[@evelynbharat1787]

lol

[@HermeticAscetic22]

🤣

[@louiscarrollmusic-lcm5331]

I wanna look into getting slashes guitar. Anyone know what it was?

[@chuckwagon7354]

I am such a Slash fan, but I'm also a firm believer that some solos are already perfect, and this is one of them. Orianthi absolutely kills it, keeping true to EVH's original solo but with a smidgen of her own personality. Slash does Slash.

[@TeresaAbreu]

yes...

[@AfricaTwin74]

There is no need for any personality in this solo! Only authenticity. Just like the riff from Money For Notning or the solo from Anotner breaking the Wall, Slash stupidly crawled along the strings. Complete rubbish.

[@brennendehexe7934]

Slash does Slash. And Slash does Pentatonic with 3 fingers.

[@RamilTabiolo]

Slash out of tune adlib solo hehe

[@uchiharain2986]

Haha even Mike has to came and stop slash hahahaha

[@joehollywood538]

The day Eddie originally played this solo, supposedly he laid down two solo tracks, then M.J. picked the one he liked best which made it onto the record.. I've always wondered if that other solo track still exists, would love to hear it..

[@MattMerari]

Actually, this solo was recorded in one only take and Eddie was drunken when he did it. After his recording, Eddie asks Jennifer Batten to teach him how to play this solo cause he can't remember, but she doesn't knew how to play this solo at that time.

[@splinter8353]

@@MattMerari he also did it for free, when Slash played on Give In To Me he did it for a 50" TV

[@tackanderson4270]

I don't know where all these stories came from, but they are always fun and laughable to hear. Want the real story?

[@necrom4454]

@@tackanderson4270 Go on

[@tackanderson4270]

@@necrom4454 That was done down in Westlake Recording Studios and seen over by Quincy Jones. Jones contacted Ed and there were some interesting words because Ed thought he was being played by someone. But anyway, NO Ed was not loaded when he got there because he didn't want to piss off Jones. In the end, Ed essentially re-wrote the song and took about a half hour to track the solo. He was given full artistic reign. MJ was down the hall doing voice-overs in S7 which made it that much easier for Ed to do his thing. The solo was parted but the final was cut on 2" tape. In the end and from what I saw, Ed transformed the entire track and as far as off stories and YT rumors, this was just a day in the studio.

[@Shane8]

“Man plays beat it solo without learning it”

[@hermanbushaway]

Michael: "Slash I want you to play the Beat It solo" Slash: makes up solo

[@louiscarrollmusic-lcm5331]

I wanna look into getting Slash’s guitar. Anyone know what it was?

[@hermanbushaway]

@@louiscarrollmusic-lcm5331 its a BC Rich mockingbird

[@louiscarrollmusic-lcm5331]

@@hermanbushaway thank you so much man. 🙏

[@Matser038]

Yup, Slash is all ego here.....mwahhh, I can do that.... totally screwing up the solo and the song in the meantime.

[@trevormoffat4054]

To be fair to Slash, he was probably half way through his second bottle of Jack Daniels by this stage of the night.

[@onwun4292]

No, in that show i think Slash had that heart machine in his heart that mal functioned at that very moment and he thought he was probably gonna die.

[@FILTHYEMPIRE]

@@onwun4292 yeah this was when slash became sober and had a pacemaker fitted and it went off as he was doing the show. search it up, he talks about it in a interview but I'm unsure which one it was

[@xosshannhafederova]

@@FILTHYEMPIRE The truth is that he don't know how to tap

[@goldwolf0606]

😂 probably 😂 that dude was crazy. He always tried to take over the show. I remember the mtv appearance he wouldn’t get off stage and Michael was like what the he’ll dude lol 😂

[@onwun4292]

@@goldwolf0606 That thing was staged, MJ and Slash did this on multiple shows. Search MJ get mad at slash, though it was staged it was super funny

[@GregJohnTheHedstokBand]

Eddie is the king of this solo . No one can beat it better than Eddie . Respect

[@whocares6349]

There are plenty that can or even better. Quit riding his cokk.

[@6EndlessNameless9]

Jimmy Page and David Gilmour can

[@alienjim]

Jennifer can maybe.... also she has a laser shooting out of her guitar, so there's that ... kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3bZip-uhLZprLM

[@ikerhirigaray1485]

@@6EndlessNameless9 no they can't be better than Eddie even if they are excellent.

[@howdy1487]

Right on

[@durbodill]

Slash, playing the "You could be mine" solo....

[@mishswb4950]

Its called improve and not being a copy cat. Nothing like you could be mine

[@durbodill]

@@mishswb4950 I know. Let me rephrase: He improvises "You could be mine"-style, because, well it's his style. I like Slash and his playing but here he is just Hammett-level sloppy.

[@emilianopelagalli1646]

Ahahahahahahaha

[@mishswb4950]

@@durbodill i dont think its you could be mine style personally. Yeah its not the best slash solo ever but i dont like tapping personally so meh. Lets see how orianthi plays it with pure improv rather than direct copy. Slash was probably pissed drunk tbh as well.

[@arrondaniels358]

Copy Cat? Are you 12? I don’t think I’ve ever heard an adult use that term seriously. LOL Thanks for the laugh. @@mishswb4950

[@zohendrix]

Orianthi: Follows the original song Slash: Let's get it on

[@harrydehnhardt5092]

But with too many out of key notes. That didn't impress me much.

[@thomastucker5686]

@@harrydehnhardt5092 I agree. It's like he was playing a different song because the shit he was playing wasn't musical to my ears. Yngwie could have pulled something out of his ass on the spot far more musical.

[@Nomadicsage1]

@@harrydehnhardt5092 That shit hurt my ears

[@edlok8113]

Denver Flippin' lmao same I love slash but that’s solo was awful

[@zohendrix]

@@thomastucker5686 Slash Plays HARD ROCK, Orianthi Plays POP MUSIC, Different styles, different songs duh

[@griceldaaguirre8425]

No one comes close to Eddie Van Halen; Sorry, that is reality.

[@FambHotmail]

Agree, but take a look below... kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHLKkomsd8Z5rbs

[@carlospinto1538]

Diferent styles, absolutely

[@crazysnarfy861]

@Jj Cain You sir, are coming across as being completely uninformed if you think all Eddie Van Halen is known for is tapping.

[@rayjohnson2387]

@@crazysnarfy861 now now… he's not misinformed.... just a giant douchebag that only knows 3 power chords

[@blacksama7313]

Prince does...

[@batfink5961]

The guitar solo belongs to the great Eddie Van Halen, enough said.

[@movieswithmatticus5469]

Yea well he's dead

[@shitshowgaming4453]

@@movieswithmatticus5469 So what? So is Michael Jackson

[@anishathapa5388]

like axl rose said back in the day everybody was trying to be eddie van halen except for slash who always played from his heart and never tried to be anyone.

[@miavelvet]

Well, actually he tried to be Joe Perry😹

[@chicagoray1972]

Slash tried to be Jimmy Page and a little bit of Joe Perry. Slash has said this repeatedly.

[@DANIEL_MELGOZA]

Slash didn’t like tapping craze

[@luisperez-soriano2399]

Mia Ivari it still wasn’t cool at that time to be like them tho so in a way he was still anti mainstream and he has his own style you hear slash you know it’s him you can’t confuse him for no one and that’s what makes him so great! Easy on the Hateroade pal.!

[@DemonSlayer-zj1li]

And fucked up this solo 🤦‍♂️

[@gerardolira9794]

"Who wins?" Music is not a sport. Music is art.

[@blacksama7313]

There are competition for various arts aswell 😉

[@CarlosVeronika13]

That's the mediocre thought that separates a real-to-truth musician and a normal guitarist with a virtuoso

[@juanantonioortiz7713]

Siii

[@Imsorryman]

Gerardo Corrales But music can be compared.

[@jamesjordan139]

Supposed to sound good though so Orianthi won

[@joserenehernandez375]

Slash is improvising, Orianthi is imitating. slash should be asked to imitate the solo and oritanthi to improvise. to determine who did the best.

[@melomaniakjm]

Call that improvising?

[@daybsonmenezes9152]

O solo original é melhor do que o improviso do Slash, por tanto não define se a Orianthi fez um solo melhor que ele, e sim que o solo do Eddie van halen é sim melhor

[@WesfruD]

Slash Can't do tapping thats why he "improvise"

[@louiscarrollmusic-lcm5331]

I wanna look into getting Slash’s guitar. Anyone know what it was?

[@Crimson_Logic]

@@louiscarrollmusic-lcm5331 BC Rich Mockingbird. He used this or a very similar one in Tokyo back in 1993 when playing You Could Be Mine. I think he's been using it on the current Guns N Roses tour too.

[@hibiki54]

I respect Slash, because he plays a certain style and he doesn't stray from that style when covering other guitarist.

[@TheRealJuakko]

Eddie was the original, Slash NEVER use tapping in his solos, Orianthi is a cover.

[@johnsondemon6073]

Orianthi:Does her best to pay tribute to Eddie. Slash dosen't want to copy Eddie's work because it's impossible.

[@b44lazo40]

That’s not true. Slash plays his style and his style only. Any cover he does of another song the solo always has that slash twist and sound

[@ONI1013.]

@@b44lazo40 - Yep and it sounded like shit for this song.

[@MrVivekkp]

@@ONI1013. Because we were expecting Eddie's solo.

[@MrVivekkp]

A 15 year old kid can play Eddie's version if practiced well.. It's not impossible. Slash played his own solo without copying original. And improvising something new takes more skill than mimicking a solo.

[@KlebinDaBoca]

@@MrVivekkp the thing is, besides being really talented, Slash can't commit to play without missing every other note. So he takes the easier route for him: jam session the shit out of a live performance. Which is ok, there's nothing wrong with that. What's not ok is to pretend that Slash plays amazingly well.

[@feimusic839]

Winner: Eddie Van Halen..it's nice to see slash play the tremolo bar though

[@eliwarner9727]

Fei Music he didn’t know what to do with the bar so he just randomly moved it

[@tonniedorlandvan9380]

It sounded pretty awkward, but hey its slash so i see it as a win

[@mrfahrenheit677]

Eli Warner lmao you’re acting like you think he’s never used a bar before just bc a LP is his signature guitar. How naive

[@jiasmendoza9119]

True

[@1979GenXdude]

Fei Music It would if he only knew how to use it tastefully. This was ridiculous.

[@_clauscarstensen]

This solo needs the soaring characteristics, the eruptions, and those were perfectly delivered by Ori. Slash played another solo, he did not play bad, at all. But it wasn't the fitting solo.

[@pharoahegypt]

As much as I rate both Slash & Orianthi; perhaps most kudos should go to Eddie Van Halen for having written such a great solo in the first place...?

[@pharoahegypt]

But he wrote the original riff that others have used as the basis of their own interpretations. That was my point. I'm a big fan of Ori's style, so I like her version best, while Slash is just a legend, though again often uses the same scales, just in various orders.

[@barkmanden2963]

Style is Trademark !!!

[@rafial1000]

Eddie van Halen.. himself was shit.. high on drugs.. loud noise where public are hyped on showmanship and acid... where skill is minimal.. and drugs are maximum.. if u want real skill go to jazz and blues side of music.. where each and every string are isolated and clear.. whr even a wrong strum is loud and clear.. rock is just unskilled hyped up shit.. in studio recording they are god but in live or unplugged sessions they are shit

[@VientoCafe]

@@rafial1000 How old are you'?

[@anthonydavella8350]

@@VientoCafe I never got into EVH back in the because of DLR, but the fact is Eddie was a pioneer in guitar, he was a 1st and the tone in that 1st album was KILLER. Guitar was changed by that one album PERIOD

[@clevelandshredder]

This is the only time you’ll see slash with a wammy bar

[@deeznutz4962]

and playing a bc rich

[@Bakunawa_1]

he usually use this bc rich on you could be mine, use your illusion tour

[@flguitarist8298]

Lol thats nonsense hes always used a bc rich with a bar

[@remyr5749]

@@deeznutz4962 He also used the BC Rich Mockingbird, here and there during Velvet Revolver tours.

[@mykheaton]

Isn't that Slash's signature BC Rich? He's pretty famous for playing that too...

[@kelvendyson1508]

Orianthi kept to the spirit of EVH solo!

[@davidcalderon7724]

Kelven Dyson you mean copied? Then yes he did

[@BigWillba]

@@davidcalderon7724 she*

[@austinbourdages]

It sounds to me like she butches it

[@f2pdood56]

Orianthi's solo was a fake

[@f2pdood56]

@David Stephens Check out 2:05. That sound can be achieved by hitting the tremolo bar. Yet her right hand is not there. Pre-recorded garbage

[@eduang74]

Primero, Eddie Van Halen modificó esa tema, tanto en la letra como en la música, por ende ese solo es muy característico del tema. Slash siempre me pareció un buen guitarrista pero demasiado endiosado. Así que el solo de la chica me parece mejor ser más al original, que insisto, es del gran Eddie.

[@michael.jackson505]

El solo de orianthi es mejor que el solo de Slash

[@welshboyo1042]

Eddie was on a other level

[@nocap4874]

same level, different play style

[@faggotsmoker9588]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZm5Y3urbduYpac He couldn't play live.

[@abutalhaalvi7896]

Slash plays on his own. He never uses tapping in his any solo.

[@machimuchy7963]

Slash one is Def better but i am slash fan

[@OdaKa]

what does this even mean

[@callmesusery1229]

Abu Talha Alvi grammar?

[@SealofPerfection]

He can't tap. He's said so.

[@KremIsis]

True. He plays what happens to be on his mind and who cares. Even he doesn't care 99% of the times.

[@perlguillar8371]

I personally like EVH's version better. More tapping, bending and BROWN SOUND!! RIP EVH 1955-2020

[@datnguyen7108]

Orianthi 100 percent. Super clean, perfectly timed, beautiful guitar sound.

[@adammoffatt3832]

Yeah I think that was an amazing job to perfection even some of the cleanest playing live I've ever heard no joke.

[@Starch1b2c3d4a]

Nah. Its just a copy paste…. 👎

[@mustardmanhank]

@@adammoffatt3832 i think the rendition was pretty bad to be honest, she missed a lot of notes

[@mani1357mani]

No Winner, Slash played senseless solo and Orianthi copied EVH.

[@faz6877]

Exactly. It didn't even sound like a typical Slash solo. Rare you see him without the Gibson and doing those dives.

[@russkate88]

Which is why she beats slash.

[@partharanke5925]

Actually MJ ruined his solo..

[@russkate88]

@@partharanke5925 it sounded ruined before MJ intervened.

[@mani1357mani]

@@russkate88 I'm agreed that she played it so neatly but the original composer is still EVH. But I need to add I like all players above .

[@ryvindiesel3438]

The big difference here if you just heard both solos without seeing the video is you'd know the first one is Slash. The second solo you wouldn't go, oh yeah that's Orinathi. Solo 2 sounds like an EVH cover from one of a million guitarists. Love him or hate him, slash is instantly recognisable.

[@Foudzing]

He pretty much failed this solo tho.

[@EricSmith-od4fx]

She is incredible bro. Slash out of tune and unable to play the same lead twice! He admits to it as well in interviews.

[@mauriziobuccolini8649]

Ry Vin Diesel that’s damn right!

[@kartikanand5374]

Slash is original..

[@EricSmith-od4fx]

Kartik Anand slash was playing the Eddie Van Halen lead. Real original. Look for the Carlos Santana interview about great guitarist and listen carefully.

[@BryanWong]

Slash seems to be improvising on the spot. Orianthi staying true to Eddie Van Halen's original solo.

[@alejandromoro]

Bryan Wong sorry, but the fact that you are improvising doesn’t mean that you have to play that bad. That directly playing wrong

[@raicertrescopaslaconfedera5543]

El mejor sin duda alguna y creaador es eddy van halen

[@enilabel5520]

Mike Be u dumb?

[@BryanWong]

@@alejandromoro Phrasing is all over the place.Grating noise instead of sounding musical . This instance guess even Slash can mess up n really slashed n wrecked the solo!

[@zeglarzlukiego7995]

+1

[@tirtainu]

Also, hats off to Steve Lukather for the riff and rhythm he laid perfectly to match Eddie's solo. It made Beat It become whole as an all-time great song.

[@SealofPerfection]

Other way around. The riff was already there, Eddie solo'd to it. And changed the song around as well

[@tirtainu]

@@SealofPerfection Thanks. I could be wrong, but on Steve's interview, he said Eddie's solo was already there. kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKi6l6Bjer5nl7c . Rock on. 🤘

[@SealofPerfection]

@@tirtainu Just realized what you were talking about. The riff and drums were already there when Eddie did his solo, but the tape got screwed up in the process. They wanted to keep the solo and the vocal, so Luke and the drummer had to go in and record it again.

[@jeffwagner2707]

Did not know that

[@VinVonVoom]

Michael Jackson actually wrote the riff and rhythm, Steve Lukather just got Michael's vision into instrument form. Due respect to both of them, but honesty is always good.

[@irenegamit1567]

Slash: I want a Shirt , I also don't want a shirt. Slash's designer: Yes.

[@dronefox2619]

This is my favorite comment that I’ve seen this week.

[@AM-xu6sd]

Hahahaha.....😄

[@trongtrong8168]

You could say the designer "slashed" the shirt

[@MauriTavella]

XD

[@henrybangs7544]

Hahahahahahahahhah

[@ScareMouth]

MJ fans wants to hear the song as it was made, point for Orianthi!

[@zotux5520]

well yes she played it correctly but she had no feel and energy it was just "noodled down" by her

[@stuartsiglain3972]

You should hear her play Gimmie Shelter when she played with the School of Rock. She was the bomb 💣

[@chloes.8026]

Speak for yourself. Slash was showing respect to Eddie by not copying his version.

[@CesarVazquez-uw2kj]

Enough said.

[@CesarVazquez-uw2kj]

For me Slash is OVERRATED. IMO

[@TheDSMIVTR]

Orianthi. Hands down. I don't know what the hell Slash was attempting to play.

[@Xaion6]

His lack of authenticness at the time got the better of him..

[@Crimson_Logic]

Slash did a Slash solo.

[@sergiotec]

Slash is not a very technical guitarrist but a great melodic player. The girl won....

[@anoniem7062]

I have to agree on that. That girl can make your heart stop beating, not just by her looks, but definitely by her guitar playing skills, as well.

[@satrin6256]

You sound like a hater. He's a legend and your on body

[@epik1]

Both are awesome but personally I really like the addition that Orianthi did with the whammy bar before the solo starts

[@SantomPh]

Mind you the Orianthi performance is a rehearsal, she would rip it up even harder if the tour actually continued

[@fatcatbat6357]

Michael Jackson wins, cause he got some good guitarists to play for him.

[@beefnacos6258]

While he sang terribly but no one wants to talk about that

[@aarondx3764]

@@beefnacos6258 REALLY?! was his voice really bad live?

[@northerngardeners1472]

@J Johnson That and all the kiddy sleep overs!

[@marcelopabloarenas3397]

AJAJ ADDIE NO TOCA PARA EL LO LLAMO PARA SUMAR SU TALENTO A LA OBRA Y LE PAGO MIL MILLONES DE DOLARES AJAJ

[@ronaldorrego1445]

And the Royalties!

[@hard_candy]

I was so cut up for Orianthi when Michael passed. She was just starting out and she really deserved this.

[@greatcorny1]

Before she worked with Michael Jackson, Orianthi played with Carlos Santana, Eric Clapton, Steve Vai and Carrie Underwood.

[@danimal097521]

@@greatcorny1 And since, she's worked with the likes of Alice Cooper and Richie Sambora. Prince also tried hiring her for his band before he passed. So yeah she's played with the who's who of guitarists at this point. She's awesome in my opinion.

[@aneilaseyiekeretsu]

Hands down this went to Orianthi for a proper representation of the original solo with Eddie's elements to it.

[@TheKZOShow]

Slash has no idea how to play Eddie's solo or even anything close to it. He does his own thing but he can't shred or dive for shit!

[@lildunk3rx188]

@@TheKZOShow mf just said slash cant shred lmao

[@callumhayes9733]

@@TheKZOShow You're genuinely delusional if you believe he couldn't play it.

[@victordeotto7332]

Eddie's original contribution made the song, but when comparing other's translations or renditions I have to say that Orianthi provided the best to the original between the two..

[@marcossoares4484]

Orianthi of course.

[@ravenargentina]

Nobody beats it like Eddie RIP

[@ihateadverts]

Not sure what EVH got upto in the privacy of his bedroom is any of your business

[@broedblings]

@cjetelomar2010 r/whoosh

[@kalebmh3189]

And that teen down the street

[@TheRealDjango_]

I love the power coming from Orianthi!

[@hoangtruong7166]

Absolutely, Orianthi better here

[@kenbina]

Slash definitely puts his own twist on it and makes it sound fresh. Ori stays true to Eddy's version. They both do well.

[@freebee8221]

slash sucked

[@reaper3509]

@@freebee8221 no u suck. You’ll never be anything in life

[@kevenrowe2958]

@@reaper3509 geez somebody is a hurt slash fan

[@jimmyperez8311]

Slash is playing lies, he's an overrated guitarist who sells image.

[@darksoul7707]

@@jimmyperez8311 u sayin slash can't play guitar? If so you don't know slash

[@MrTotoJazz]

Eddie is one of a kind but Orianthi played a kick-ass life version.

[@JM-5150]

Eddie did it for free, Quincy jones asked him to play it he also rearranged the song. It was a one take as a favor. Both MJ and EVH are legendary . Rest In Peace Eddie Van Halen and Michael Jackson

[@riskest]

The one and only. The man who needs no introduction. We all know who he is. May he rest in peace.

[@jamie2715]

There are a lot of armchair musicians in this comment section

[@leoli6116]

Keyboard hero

[@demofactory]

..and they don't know that Orianthi(born in 1985) was only 2 years old, when Bad was on tour!!!! That was Jennifer Batten, who played lead guitar for both the album and the tour. She wrote the guitar parts, and could blast Orianthi off any stage they ever could share.

[@russkate88]

@@demofactory maybe she could, but that's irrelevant to this video.

[@rafaelescobar4888]

Orianthi , great guitar solo .

[@paolojonathancentrone5824]

Love how Orianthi redoes the original solo, witch such a great technique. Still, I have to appreciate Slash’s ability to improvise it, giving his personal touch to the song, while not trying to be to much a protagonist.

[@leob4403]

I'm not a Slash hater but this was pretty shite

[@markredford84]

@@leob4403 yeah slash was awful, the guy bottled it or took the easy way out and just randomly noodled. Sounded trash off key and didnt fit the song at all

[@cesardionisiodionisio3478]

Slash é diferente e ponto final.

[@luissimas1427]

Damm...is it the sound quality or Slash's guitar needs some tuning? He spent the whole time searching for the correct pitch on the bends...

[@CarlosPerez-nt5md]

@5 wrong, you bend by ear, not muscle memory. He should sound good. And he uses that guitar often

[@perfectcell7995]

Sound quality is that bad

[@pablohanc]

He did a crap solo, end of.

[@bobbyfikesmusicfun]

He was drunk or high.

[@pablohanc]

@@bobbyfikesmusicfun possibly, although he recently massacred crazy train as well (Google it). I think he just can't be arsed (or isn't able) to learn iconic technical solos.

[@justinwalker6898]

I'm Not A Slash Fanboy, But Slash Plays Good When he's Playing his Own Solos. he Doesn't Seem To Correctly Cover Other's Songs

[@iBoss818]

2:04 am I going paranoid or is Orianthi miming it? Because I hear whammy bar stuff, but she's not even touching the bar...

[@vinigranzotto8314]

Yeah saw that too

[@jaymars3370]

It could be a body bend

[@theharvardyard2356]

🤔

[@SergeantSkeleton]

I’m not sure the videos in the This Is It movie always correspond with the audio. Especially when the songs are being rehearsed.

[@justingarcia7722]

Could've been a palm dive

[@oshdhaliwal]

Slash could've copied EVH but risked it and decided to do his own thing, Orianthi just played it safe and copied EVH. Slash wins

[@seanfree3821]

One is playing free the other is doing Almost a note by note solo.

[@gabrielneves1970]

Exactly

[@gabrielneves1970]

And plus, the latter was a cover!

[@russkate88]

Takes more skill to replicate an existing solo then it does to make up your own.

[@SealofPerfection]

Actually, one is butchering a legendary solo by a legendary player because he physically cannot replicate the original, the other is a newer shredder who CAN play it replicating the original, as requested by her boss.

[@charlesarmani6897]

Pacfanweb Well said!!!!!

[@flavianekellyflavinha1836]

O que o Slash fez na música foi improviso..... O que que tem ?! Para mim os dois guitarristas são maravilhosos... Música é arte ... Música não tem q ser sistemática sempre .... É isso que diferencia

[@gianmarco2886]

Exatamente

[@eyedunno8462]

Me: The bass player who plays with Orianthi is the winner

[@mbgphoto79]

Sounds like something Lee Sklar would play

[@cidpsg]

He totally rules the bass line with slap 👋🏻 Davie504 is watching this bassist Hahahaha

[@PKBassPlaya]

That would be Alex Al. The man is a beast and has played for almost everybody in the industry. He plays and directs the in house band for for the Arsenio Hall show. Check him out. Compared to this man, Davie504 is still learning slap..

[@bucketguy88]

Is the same bass player in both... Alex Al.

[@xxd4rk92xx3]

Ela manda bem demais tocando pop/pop rock...

[@hunmandao798]

She is absolutely kicked his ass

[@ifouthxion]

If it was played by slash on the original, this song wouldn’t make no.1.

[@brandontay2053]

slash wihout a gibson les paul a rare sight indeed

[@argonauth]

Think is the same guitar he used to use for You Could Be Mine.

[@ronsweet2331]

Who in their right mind is going to try to reinvent an Eddie Van Halen solo? On the other hand, Ori does a fantastic job.

[@arthurgravesjr9528]

They each played to their style. Slash didn't come from the school of Van Halen.

[@BigMateo24]

Slash came from the school of Jimmy Page and Joe Perry.

[@rush1764]

True, Slash would have failed.

[@PastarocketS-sb7nk]

Before I even listened to the two different solos, I knew slash was going to change it up as much as he possibly could.

[@Miserereion]

This solo belongs to both EVH and Jennifer Batten. No one else.

[@MattMerari]

Actually it belongs to Eddie, but he was drunken when recorded it, so he asked Jennifer to teach him how to play this solo but she doesn't knew how to play this solo at that time.

[@augustovz590]

Orianthi wins!!

[@davidcontreras6190]

Orianthi solo sounds more clean

[@danielchermont]

Slash did his own way, and that’s awesome! Orianthi did the original solo, and she played very good. I liked more Slash way because improvise is the hard thing to do, and also I liked how sounded Slash solo. Both did a great job!

[@aml1418]

Curso de Guitarra Completa Eddie Van Halen made the original solo

[@cambell9]

Its not hard to improvise if youve got talent

[@machimuchy7963]

Yeah i love how he plays stuff his own way especialy how he does his does the godfather theme

[@charlesarmani6897]

Machi muchy.....are you kidding? The Godfather theme. It sounds like a 10 year old that just learned to play guitar!?!? If he played that without distortion or on a classical or acoustic guitar he’d get laughed at.

[@machimuchy7963]

@@charlesarmani6897 so do u play gituar

[@qaximi]

Wins Van Halen for the iconic solo which Slash demonstrated clearly that cant nail it on a different mode. While Orianthi just reminded us that van Halen can't be played on a different way, so sure she wins over / Its pity she ruined her career under the shadow of Sambora considering she is 10times more talented than him. Keep it up Orianthi you are the best

[@dcuss7294]

Slash might have played his own thing, as compared to hers, which took more from Eddie Van Halen's original solo, but in comparing techniques? She was more precise and clean in her playing and he was totally sloppy.

[@mikezombie1864]

Results: Van Halen win !

[@samueltorres9961]

They're both great, but the Question is, who did it better?? She destroyed him in this solo this song, a Girls Rock, olive girl Musician.

[@lovewilliams4500]

I have to go with Orianthi, because I was able to make out what she was playing. I couldn't tell what Slash was playing.

[@josuegavi]

Definitely, slash played a lot of notes but I couldn't find any connections between phrases or anything. Orianthi played her version of the EVH solo, and did it very good. I think it's not a copy because it's an iconic solo, and must be played right.

[@jondavis942]

That's becuse he's Slash

[@vanhaaren87]

This battle isnt fair because time of recording is not the same so the sound of slash isnt close to what it was sounding like live

[@lovewilliams4500]

@Matthew Johnson You have your opinion, and I'll have mine. Good day, woman.

[@huckp1695]

Think abt sound quality bro, slash's clip is way older

[@CanalGames-BR]

Between Slash and Orianthi, i prefer Eddie V.H.

[@andrewpappas9311]

As awesome as Slash and Orianthi's solos were, nobody can beat Eddie's original. That one is just timeless

[@davidblickstein]

Slash created a lot of great iconic guitar riffs. But the virtuosity of EVH just is completely beyond his reach. It ain’t his thing. I suppose your could say he just choose to play it as “himself” rather than Eddie. But to me, this is an iconic EVH solo and I Slash’s quasi-bluesy riffing here just doesn’t work at all for me.

[@donharrold1375]

I think you’ve got to remember it’s Slash. He could probably learn that solo note for note in his sleep I’d think, but Slash tapping would just look utterly foolish and the guy just wouldn’t go there. It would make him look like a bedroom wannabe player and when you’re a huge name like Slash you’re simply not under any pressure to do that and he doesn’t.

[@davidblickstein]

@@donharrold1375 I surely agree with you about the integrity of resisting merely copying. And goodness knows, the 80s, 90s and 2000s, 2010s and 2020s have yielded hordes of people seemingly not reaching much further than sounding like EVH. While I tend to avoid these internet contests about who was the best or most influential... and while I'm not even prepared to say that EVH is my favorite guitar player to listen to (I think it's Steve Morse actually), I will go so far as to say that IMHO NO guitar player comes remotely close to the influence that EVH had. He influenced the repetoire of technique of how a guitar can be played, he influenced how guitars are constructed/equipped, etc. etc. I love pretty much every other influential guitar player you can name, but I'm going to give the nod to "most influential" to EVH. Ain't gonna weigh in on "best", "most technically advanced", etc. But in the specific category of "influence" I just think it's hard to make put anyone else up against Eddie.

[@1badhaircut]

that’s needle to thread - enough tribute / enough his own brand - and. - live - and walk-on-water 😓

[@rockymits]

There's a distinct difference between didn't want to do it . . . . . . and 'CAN'T! Orianthi can choose either. Saul Hysterically is unable to. He lacks the skill level required.

[@donharrold1375]

@@rockymits Honestly I don’t think that’s true. It’s going to look pretty silly for Slash to be tapping away? I’m fairly sure he got on board with the proviso that “I do my own thing”. It’s Slash? He’s quite a bit better than most guitar players out there, and has a pretty recognisable style. I’m not sure where Slash figures in the Pantheon of rock guitar players, but he’s one of a few huge figures in rock guitar today.

[@robertjuniorjajaja]

Orianthi definitely!!👍

[@paradiseagencyusa]

Chic was better

[@Roadking26]

I admire Slash for making it his own instead of playing it note for note. He didn't try to copy Eddie he just jammed from the heart.

[@tomhackmann1686]

And in the end he failed hard xD Sounded like crap :S

[@carmineruocco3768]

He didn't do it note-for-note because he can't do it note for note

[@markpaul3898]

There's a difference between being flat out incapable of playing something and "making it your own." This was a hack job. Even Michael looked disgusted.

[@tonysoprano9370]

You admire him for sounding like shit. Slash sounds terrible here

[@Roadking26]

@@tonysoprano9370 Do you play? I have been playing for 38 years. Slash sounded like slash. Like he should. Just because I see tons of kids playing it note for note give them no imagination. I only play my own stuff. Mostly classic metal style. I have jammed with people, and did my solo the way it was in my head. Just because it's not not for note doesn't mean it's not good. All you people flaming slash put up a vid of your own playing this solo. I bet maybe 1 or 2 actually play. In fact just do a vid with you jamming anything. Let's see if you can even play.

[@Godric_71]

I honestly never thought that id see Michael Jackson headbang. 🤘

[@piercedxangel]

Eddie's was the best but Orianthi killed it! Girl has it going on...

[@claudevieaul1465]

Slash is cool by he should've just.... .... I don't know. Maybe, tune the guitar first?... Well, all joking aside: *Nobody* did this solo more justice live than Jennifer Batten.

[@ryananthony4840]

Oranthi hands down! She smoked it

[@danielbr6662]

Not the right shirt for that belly Slash, not the right shirt...

[@PhxIan]

Daniel BR shut up

[@Gaditoo]

Imagine still judging people by their looks in 2020.

[@KevyNova]

Not the right key for this song either.

[@kyravanmalde]

Yes because rock music is all about the way people look just like pop music, it’s totally not superficial to judge a legendary guitarist on the shirt he picked to wear that day.

[@urbanobstacles]

Slash dont give a fuck

[@TheAdyyoung2000]

On these two performances, I'm split. Orianthi for accuracy to the EVH original, but Slash for making it his own and tying into what MJ was doing with the stage theatrics.

[@cheesy4582]

Slash could’ve easily done the solo the correct way but I find it’s way cooler to do your own thing solo and makes the show better

[@TheAdyyoung2000]

I agree. But it's also about the context of the show. The show Orianthi was rehearsing was a bowing out retrospective for MJ. In that context, I think it's better to remain more loyal to the original. Slash was doing it at a more active point in MJs career, where a new take on older stuff was a good idea to keep the show alive, and was a huge name in his own right with his own recognisable style. Both have merit, both well executed.

[@cheesy4582]

tell it how it is slash was better

[@russkate88]

@@cheesy4582 Slash is incapable of replicating that solo which is why he makes up his own solo. Otherwise he would have done so at some point.

[@cheesy4582]

tell it how it is he was perfectly capable of doing it

[@tonkkronk4087]

Maybe wah more suited for slash instead whammy bar😢

[@ElvisCerda]

It doesn't matter how's wrong or right, Van Halen wins

[@SodomaMuikku]

I think the solo is intrinsically pretty dull but for now I would pick Orianthi. Not quite Slash's brilliant moments.

[@ZorBxx]

Orianthi OMG

[@iceyplayz3388]

It’s cool that he did his own thing. That’s the only way he could’ve done it, considering Eddie Van Halen wrote it 😂

[@arkangel7j]

Eddie STILL ..... OWNS.... this solo ;)

[@heyjarrod]

That was cool! I saw Michael Jackson playing that live back in the day, with Jennifer Batten. Must’ve been around 1988. Great concert!!! I saw Prince twice (went like on a Friday, and immediately back on that Sunday), around that same time. Glad I did!!! 🤘🏻🎸

[@thayanefernandes1807]

desculpa Slash mas eu prefiro a Orianthi

[@MsTerry-yr4ry]

SLASH!! That other person didn’t touch one hair, on my body! Slash practically undressed me! Eargasmical! 😅😅