Ed's slight different “Mean Street” intro during '83 Diver Down Tour.

[@martyconroy3786]

Those harmonics are just crazy 😮

[@SahiraSound]

Ed grew up playing the piano, so he was steeped in musical theory, he knew all the rules and so the fact that he threw them out the window with such a cavalier disregard for convention Is it testament to his bravery and fearlessness when it came to artistic expression. He truly was the Mozart of our time.

[@Argentx1965]

@@SahiraSound Mozart was the Eddie Van Halen of HIS time 😉

[@johnstafford6779]

Eddie didn’t know any theory. He couldn’t read music. He’s said this many times

[@harrydrury4734]

MAN ! ... I MISS THOSE DAYS . GOD ! ... I MISS EDDIE . LOVE YA DUDE !

[@cato451]

I went to the LA Forum show on this tour. Hard to believe that was 40 years ago

[@briansprinkle7855]

no other person that has ever picked a guitar up even approaches the talent this man had just in one hand... rest well, Maestro Van Halen

[@cliffords2315]

Ed would tell you Jeff Beck deserves that, But i give Ed a close Second

[@briansprinkle7855]

@@cliffords2315 i wouldn't throw stones at either! there are a lot of greats out there...

[@marzzz1]

Ed will also mention Allan Holdsworth, "In 1993, Van Halen discussed the profound impact the guitarist had on him as an artist: “I think the last guitarist who moved me was Holdsworth."

[@clintbronson5]

Look Edward is a guitar 🎸 genius but in no way is he the end all of guitarist ...; Eddie nut swingers crack me up

[@primalconcretesledge3137]

He made that guitar make sounds that no one had ever heard before, and no one has ever really been able to truly replicate since. Once in a lifetime talent. I am honored to have grown up in his era.

[@distantstorm3808]

An unpopular opinion, I know, but I've always thought he was more innovative than Hendrix.

[@archibaldevans2251]

Unparalleled... Unmatched... A creative genius time will not forget...

[@scottstedeford7575]

Ed had a fractured wrist for part of that tour. Wore a partial cast on his right wrist. But neither the fracture nor the cast hindered him in the least. I saw him in Philly in ‘82 just after the fracture and the man was on fire, playing everything in his repertoire, and omitting nothing from his stage performance - even did sideways leaps off the speaker stacks during Eruption. It was mystifying to watch. Oddly, the wrist fracture is never mentioned, and no photos are ever shown. But I think it only bolstered his legend as the most amazing guitarist and performer.

[@Graystaff]

Philly Spectrum, I was there in the illustrious “section H”.

[@urbanbader4113]

Our dream is ever met EVH😂

[@maximusfrank2835]

It’s written in Running With the Devil what happened

[@geoffmac1174]

Co. Caine…..

[@erikgeiser8226]

I was there at the Spectrum too…the October 20, 1982 show on the floor…EVH with cast and everything was amazing…best concert I’ve ever been to…RIP Eddie

[@randyjohnson5426]

Just a Master!!! Who can invent those licks and sounds!!!!

[@dougjensen-wv1lc]

That’s why the 80’s was the best decade to grow up. We had Eddie. I miss him every day

[@Argentx1965]

Eddie will always be the GOAT 🐐

[@aandc2005]

Greatest rock guitar player that ever lived.. rip😢

[@Notes-From-Underground66]

Jeff Beck used the same technique as part of his intro to his song “Guitar Shop” in 1989; obviously EVH did it first. EVH used Jeff Beck’s technique, from Jeff’s song “Where Were You” from Jeff’s 1989 album, on Van Halen’s newly recorded track 1996’s “Me Wise Magic” for the “ Best Of Van Halen Volume 1” album. In this case, Jeff used the technique first. EVH was back stage at Jeff Beck’s concert in LA in 1989. Both of them were learning each other’s ridiculously difficult techniques and molding them into their own style of guitar playing. And the guitar world is better because of it. I was listening to Jeff Beck before EVH came along. EVH breathed new life into guitar playing in both technique and sound. Unlike most people, I did not choose “sides”. Why should I when I can listen to both geniuses. May they both RIP…

[@larrykitzmiller103]

I saw this tour in Worcester MA.. Awesome!!!

[@billpierce]

This rules!, The tapped harmonics are super super clean!

[@Tuftsedge1]

The king,the king.

[@blairwos1382]

One of the most FKN BADASS INTRO EVER!!!!!

[@paradesitorus5602]

Absolutely.

[@dbikeguy]

big vibes

[@Deke1]

Thee BADASS rock guitarist ever

[@markflood9755]

Was at the show in Detroit ❤❤

[@NeilStuhlmiller]

Untouchable back in the day.

[@joeydeemontana182]

This is Ed’s solo at the US festival

[@chrisdeering1120]

GOAT

[@dbdb703]

Yeah, its too bad he was douche in real life.

[@Kylemuaythai47-y3q]

"slight different" .....RIGHT. ... you know what is crazy to me is the supernatural ability Edward had to somehow...effortlessly keep all his other strings muted perfectly at all times. I struggle trying to do it at bedroom volumes and his guitar was basically nuclear. I mean especially back then when everybody had multiple full stacks dimed! If you just waved his guitar in the air and didn't even touch the strings, it would still sound like a light saber

[@Zerback]

Freaking Legend

[@barbaraperfetti-vn1sm]

Saw them first in 1984 Madison Square Garden, On fucking fire. Edward is a Master of his trade & a genius. Rock on Eddie🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸❤️❤️

[@WeWuzKangZnShiyidt]

WAS, is the key operative term, and he WAS washed up long before he croaked.

[@michaelhuling3588]

​@@WeWuzKangZnShiyidtno way, Wolfie pulled his head out of his ass, helped him clean up. There are great licks and solos on ADKOT

[@michaelhuling3588]

@@WeWuzKangZnShiyidt no

[@StONed-yx5qq]

Eddie phoning home….just the meanest , bestest gawdtarist!!! …everest!!

[@Builtlikekevinhart]

Eddie van alien

[@slappymcghee9515]

Nobody on earth can play like that

[@MisterWilliamss]

Because he’s gone, you’re right

[@wildcard60]

Long live King EVH

[@hartonolee]

Thats why he is a god

[@JPR17]

This intro is what Joe Satriani litetally said he found it impossible to replicate.

[@michaelmirraministry8834]

Let's not slip too far.

[@JPR17]

@@michaelmirraministry8834 well, he said it, not me.

[@michaelmirraministry8834]

@@JPR17 that's cool

[@tfowers]

It is.

[@dougayers8222]

Joes full of shit

[@5150JAM]

saw Van Halen 5 times in the 80s.....always sat in the 1st 5 rows

[@BobBenson-qz8lp]

How's your tinnitus doing today?

[@RSGill1903]

I saw VH twice on this tour. (1) Mobile, AL. and (2) Gulfport/Biloxi MS. For some odd reason their Biloxi/Gulfport concert isn't listed in the archives. Their Mobile concert was killer. When I saw them in Gulfport/Biloxi for the second leg of their tour, it was lack luster. It seemed that they burnt out and going thru the motions, especially DLR.

[@619R3D]

The ETERNAL 6 string King of the universe!!!! Long live King Edward!!!!!

[@thefonzkiss]

The 81 tour he had a whole weird descending section that isn’t here. He only did it on that tour. Not before Mean Street (oddly that didn’t have the tapping part they just started the song) it’s in his spotlight solo. Scholars will want to compare that.

[@donavonmacallister3101]

The person who played the role of evh in 1981 also played George Lynch in 1985.

[@kevinkinnu341]

​@@donavonmacallister3101 Enalpekaf news

[@5664788]

Then went on to play the same solo for the next 45 years,....got to love him though

[@westernsellers9148]

I noticed at 1:34 that part he plays before Spanish guitar at Toronto 1995 ❤❤

[@tompostlethwaite4527]

RIP the king

[@eddierivera1860]

BADASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@joejenkins8304]

Took some of it to his mid show solo in the 90's

[@dougbloom3672]

RIP my brother 🙏🏼.

[@presence5426]

Wait, is he really playing that live? Amazing.

[@djohanson99]

Love this song. Song of how i live, cause i do leave on mean street.

[@mtbiker4life918]

Joe Satriani said this is literally impossible to copy.

[@colbygargiulo101]

it’s just not impossible 😂 people do covers some very good like jacop deraps

[@mtbiker4life918]

@@colbygargiulo101 I never said they can't do covers. Oh by they way, also have them run and jump around while mastering this sound and technique. I'm sure they will nail it. Easy right?

[@philchigges2955]

check you tubers doing this one!!

[@colbygargiulo101]

@@mtbiker4life918 i mean its what you practice most people that perform live can, go to nashville your'll see great new no name band every 4 hours

[@RyanConnell5150]

He also had very little time to prepare before that Howard Stern appearance and the group definitely won't be playing Mean Street on the tour, so he needn't worry about it

[@godbyone]

I saw him do it North Carolina. It was different. I kept thinking maybe i remembered it wrong. Than. Dweezil t That concert was played unique

[@tomsawyer5736]

I thought it was the same one he always uses till I heard the end

[@woodzie06]

And that's how it's done, kids. I wonder how many times Eddie said "hold my beer" so he could show other guitar players how it's really done

[@dgaz3057]

He willed it.

[@johnmcminn9455]

i bet he played the sonny Rollins tune St Thomas as a child

[@ef2967]

This isnt the Diver Down tour. This is the US festival

[@oldschoolhip-hopheadriorea9178]

(PT1) REQUEST: Ez ED (Runnin With The Devil) kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZSaqXh8rqaMrq8 STUDIO VERSION: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o2XEnKFsmppsirM

[@danielabilez3619]

It's his to do with it as he pleases

[@chrisbowe2426]

The guitar on the album EVH at his best

[@RicahardFanelli]

God on guitar.😊

[@kennykistler6735]

This is not from the Diver Down (Hide Your Sheep) tour. This is from the US Festival.

[@nunyabusiness3920]

Why do trolls come on here and talk shit about a man who has passed and can't defend himself? His name will forever be enshrined in music history while their bones turn into dust forever to be forgotten.

[@edersonguimaraesduarte6765]

Ele está fazendo a técnica de Vittorio Carmadese de 1964, legal ele utilizar uma técnica criada por aquele grande violonista!!!

[@michaelhuling3588]

Yes, we know....he never said he originated it, but he took it places Vittorio didn't dream of.....

[@kayakchrispy]

Tom Morello was in the crowd …😮

[@westernsellers9148]

1:34 toronto canada 1995 i know now

[@craigbanta57]

I'm very,very upset with Mr.Van Halen...he left nothing for us mere mortals to invent/create in the modern electric guitar universe..Damn him!! Truth is..I love him dearly...long live the King! EVH

[@JohnDoe-zo5tu]

Not the best EVH intro I've ever heard but at least it's not a backing track. I saw Van Halen on the Fair Warning tour. EVH, as expected, kicked major ass.

[@mister-amazing]

Underrated guitarist

[@MisterWilliamss]

Did you just discover him? 😂

[@mister-amazing]

@bullshithanman this is the sound I've been looking for

[@colourfaze86]

Better call your cousin Chuck Berry

[@mister-amazing]

@@colourfaze86 😉

[@TuskieBoi]

"Y'know that new sound you've been lookin for well listen to this.."

[@mariah-jr9fe]

To see EVH perform live is like nothing on this world. His music was not perfect and definitely not made for the mainstream. His “brown” sound was deep, edgy, and was like a warning. Cobain delivered a similar message with “grunge” and changed the trajectory of music. God is not a politician, lawyer, or a doctor. He is a Musician❤️

[@Notes-From-Underground66]

Watching Jeff Beck in concert will leave your jaw on the floor as well. The sounds he produces is other worldly. Jeff was always playing a level higher live than what was on his albums. I have witnessed both EVH and Jeff Beck many times live; they were both a gift to this realm we live in! RIP to both Jeff and Eddie…..

[@mariah-jr9fe]

@@Notes-From-Underground66 I never got into Jeff Beck, but I hear EVH in almost every guitarist from the 80’s to the present. But there is only one EVH. VH played the Orlando Arena on 2/14/2007 and his guitar solo left the audience speechless. I cannot find it anywhere, not even on You Tube☹️

[@me.roderick]

Fkn monster!!! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟👑🎸🌎

[@59plexi]

he just whiffed 3 grams of coke prior

[@djohanson99]

Wonder what kinda camera they snuck in to get this footage?

[@ShanahanSport]

Would this be considered Hendrix Level ?

[@distantstorm3808]

It's not a popular opinion, but I've always thought he was more innovative than Hendrix.

[@michaelhuling3588]

​@@distantstorm3808I rate Jimi lower, not because his playing wasn't great, it was, but he died too young for us to see what else he might have up his sleeve.

[@distantstorm3808]

@@michaelhuling3588 Yep. I agree there..

[@DellVecc67]

This is from the US Festival.

[@jackfunk5765]

Whats insane is nobody has a clue how he did this. Oh they try and they all fall short.

[@zackgort8766]

Hi gain, compressor, phaser and reverb with a touch of delay. Bridge pickup and familiar motions capture the harmonic patterns. Done.

[@michaelhuling3588]

There ya go, Zack knows all.....😂

[@onyourmarkphoto]

I'm sorry fellas . .. you're just too darn loud. Huey Lewis. :)

[@babayaga1767]

Playing like Eddie is easy. Creating like Eddie is not

[@michaelhuling3588]

If it was easy, everyone would be doing it.....

[@howardgillingham4763]

Sounds like a bunch of noise

[@michaelhuling3588]

Joyous noise

[@Habilio1]

Rhandy solos are better

[@michaelhuling3588]

They're not bad, but again like Jimi, he died too young to see what else he had in the bag.of tricks

[@evgenysemenov6051]

In 1983 this fahk was futuristic😂 in nowadays it looks and sounds cringe.

[@AdamManley7]

I can see why satch struggled with this it’s literally just spamming and weird guitar noises, nothing too musical on this bit

[@Lil.debbiie]

it might look like he’s just tapping random strings over and over but he’s not

[@corybritton1966]

Proof one can build an entire career on guitar gimmick's, stuck in adolescent song lyrics, marginal riffs, and showboating

[@R_Thomp]

Ha! The ignorance truly is astounding. What a troll!

[@distantstorm3808]

Wow, you were clearly desperate for attention the day you posted this crap.

[@jameslaumand3686]

I could do better

[@XCenturionX]

At sucking

[@michaelhuling3588]

Uh, no...,.

[@themotorpool]

I was right up against the stage taking pictures during this set.

[@gill.5116]

Yea but then became cliche