Eddie Van Halen and David Gilmour - what they thought of each other

This is my new video about David Gilmour of Pink Floyd and Eddie Van Halen.

[@karsguitarchannel6088]

Hey guys check it out - David Gilmour plays blues at the Les Paul Tribute Concert at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in Brooklyn, NY 1988 - kzbin.info/www/bejne/qp_Uh3iwr8R-nrs !!!

[@zancraft7865]

I would have loved to see him here with SRV and Robin Trower and just go on and on taking turns for 30 mins.

[@kkendall1964]

The solo from " Dogs " as always got me as one of the best solos ever.

[@Michael-mm3fm]

Yes I agree, all the guitar work on Dogs is Gilmour at his peak, imho. Although it's hard to choose when there is so much great guitar work by the great man.

[@williamroark]

@@Michael-mm3fm “PEAK”???? He’s not DONE by a long shot

[@vaskylark]

It was the mid eighties and I was only 15 and my older sister said, "Hey, do you want to go see David Gilmour there's a show tonight?" I didn't even know who it was but I knew Pink Floyd. Forty-five mins before the show we bought tickets and then we drove like the wind to make the show. As the ticket checkers/security looked at our tickets they kept waving us down, further and further towards the stage at the pavilion where we saw him. We couldn't believe our seats. We were front row and center! I literally had the center seat and there was no barrier between audience and stage. This was his solo tour. I could see hickeys on his neck we were so close and he smiled down at us, two girls 15 and 19, several times as he jammed Comfortably Numb so close I could almost touch his guitar. Turns out the disc-jockey from the local Rock radio station had cancelled and those tickets were thrown back into the system and we bought them one minute later. My sister looked at me and told me, "Enjoy this because it will never happen again!" She was right, it never did and after that I really got into Pink Floyd and Gilmour, and your video...couldn't have said it better myself. He is amazing--one of a kind, a Stradivarius caliber guitar player who makes me feel so much. His slide guitar is unparalleled and I saw Floyd several times after that but that concert was the best. My sister is dead now but I will always have that memory.

[@tanker335]

That was probably the About Face tour in 83 or 84.

[@vaskylark]

@@tanker335 Yes, I think so too since I was 15 in '84.

[@williamroark]

Pink Floyd didn’t START until Gilmour joined I.M.O. (SORRY Syd) Eddie….. I’ll miss you forever💔 (David…..Don’t you THINK of leaving us)🩷

[@alphalifestyleacademy]

David Gilmour is one of the best guitarists!

[@narrativematrix9971]

Gilmore had speed and dexterity too.. sneaky speed. Eddie and Gilmore both amazing

[@traviesoarcefan3063]

I love both Eddie and David Gilmour. Polar opposites but both great players! Legends live forever!!!

[@craigwillms61]

100%

[@backslash68]

I agree, the solo on Time is the best ever for me. And I worship Eddie.

[@scottwhite2757]

Two of my favorite guitarists. Excellent,, Have a great Rocking day !!✌️

[@karsguitarchannel6088]

Big thanks Scott, great pleasure !!! Have an awesome weekend!

[@AbigailMcGarvey]

David Gilmour is my favorite guitarist, closely followed by Mark Knopfler. While on the surface Eddie Van Halen seems like he was 'just' a shredder (no disrespect to players who love speed), he was a fantastic writer on both the guitar and the piano/keyboards. He could be subtle if the song needed it.

[@michaelw6277]

I think Gilmour is my main personal inspiration as a guitarist due to his ability to get the absolute most out of each and every note that he plays. With Eddie it seems like it’s his solo guitar skills that get the most attention, and that praise is well deserved, but for me the magic of Eddie’s playing is in his riffs… there aren’t many guitar players who come close.

[@hervemauri6457]

Celui qui s'en est approcher, c'est Joe satriani,et il c'est planter...avec Samy Hagar, Mickaël Anthony,ils ont formé un "groupe "ils ont voulus reprendre "mean street,et satriani a rater l'intro, ont immitent pas Eddie comme sa....

[@robertlouisburns]

WONDERFUL player. Both spark emotions, Eddie does it with speed.Hyper.

[@williamroark]

“Brown Sound” had something to do with it😉

[@keep_walking_on_grass]

David Gilmour is the living proof that guitar playing is not about speed and " notes per second". every single note counts and is the most important one of your life. and so is Eddie.

[@narrativematrix9971]

Their solos both jumped off the songs with the same intensity.. Mean streets solo is absolutely Coltrane insanity as the opening note in the Mother solo is just Godly. Both had dynamite soul in their fingers.

[@synthonaplinth5980]

Ever heard DG's work with Pete Townshend? Three notes on 'Give Blood' and he makes the effing song.

[@wernermoritz882]

Eddie‘s solos are not about speed???

[@keep_walking_on_grass]

@@wernermoritz882 not in the first place. It is his swing and groove, his bendings, sqeezies and his his tone which are unmatched until this day and always will be. Kids can play that speed nowadays, but they are not even close to the things that I mentioned. I. E. I'm The One the rhythm riff, take your whiskey home. These are examples which show it very clearly. It's in all of his playingof course, not only these songs. it's not about speed only. . Any fool can learn Brain dead speed shredding, scales up and down with one bened note at the end.... , arpeggios from hell. Which create an image in my mind of 10 thousand cockroaches running around. That's not skill.

[@jamesgretsch4894]

Excellent video. Well written. Well spoken. Great points made to the point and not long and dragged out. I like both EVH and Gilmour. Thanks for the video. I just liked and subscribed..

[@karsguitarchannel6088]

Hi James, thank you so much! Great pleasure !!

[@MissingMars]

This is so True! Pat Travers, Robin Trower, Steve Rothery should also be considered as graduates from the school of Gilmour.

[@audiophileman7047]

This is an excellent video, Kar. A lot of this information I already knew, but I didn't know that Roger Waters collaborated with Ennio Morricone and Eddie Van Halen on the Morricone's The Legend of 1900 film soundtrack. Now I just got to hear that song! 👍👍👍

[@karsguitarchannel6088]

Big thanks, I appreciate very much !!! Have a very beautiful day!

[@audiophileman7047]

@@karsguitarchannel6088 Sure, you bet, and you have a great day too. 👍👍👍

[@dmcguire70]

There’s a lot of people out there, including critics who overlook the fact that Eddie wasn’t just a great lead guitarist. He was an unbelievably good rhythm guitarist as well.

[@ArleneThomas-xe7vh]

someone said Eddie didn't play with soul. His solo on Push Comes to Shove is pretty soulful in my opinion and I've heard every solo that he has played.

[@slyfoxx2973]

In the Time solo when he comes back around to the descending D, C#m etc for the last time with those bends as the soul chicks let loose....that for me is the defining moment of Pink Floyd.

[@robchell9196]

I played the red strat, definitely had the Gilmore sound.

[@guitarherocallahan3510]

Thanks for the upload, great stuff! Love it

[@karsguitarchannel6088]

Many thanks !!!

[@gw2031]

You can sing Gilmores solos note for note in your mind,,very rare x

[@JoeR203]

Do an episode on Vito Bratta.

[@gnawbabygnaw]

Amen

[@YOUCANTDOTHATONTELEVISION]

Personally, i think the performance of "echoes" from the live in Pompeii video was it for me.

[@FernPotter-wu2ni]

That is neat, a brotherhood or union for the ROCK MUSIC genre. Finding a conversation in how unique each guitarist is. With that comraderie. ❤ AMAZING stuff❤❤❤😅😅😊😊😊❤

[@nicholaschivers9077]

LEGENDARY GILMOUR

[@ChadEtchison]

Excellent video!

[@karsguitarchannel6088]

Big thanks Chad!

[@davefink2326]

3:25 . . . And Hank from The Shadows.

[@truthinesssss]

Thank you

[@karsguitarchannel6088]

Big thanks, much appreciated!

[@Jimmy-yf3yp]

It doesn’t take a keen eye to see talent where it lays. Waters deserves credit for his production and lyrics. Gilmour is just himself. Eddie is just himself. 3 of the most talented musicians to ever exist and they knew it.

[@frettingitforward]

Good stuff dude! 😮

[@karsguitarchannel6088]

Big thanks, much appreciated !!

[@adamfindlay7091]

All guitarists wanted to meet EVH. Cuz he rewrote the book. Wether they were fans or hard rockers or not.

[@recordealer1]

Another great video, Gilmour is definitely one of the top players ever ! I love his long funky solo in Echoes ,can never forget that one ! BTW Kar ,I was wondering if you ever attended or set up at record shows ? I used to set up at some of the big shows pre 911 like around NY, Philly and down south ,and thought you look really familiar .

[@karsguitarchannel6088]

Big thanks, great pleasure !! No I didn't, maybe Shawn Staples did. I have to ask him.

[@recordealer1]

@@karsguitarchannel6088 I think I mixed you guys up since I just started watching this channel very recently. Anyhow that would be cool of you ask,but was just curious since I had some great times back then driving down to the US from up here in Toronto Canada ,including a few winters doing record shows all over the place ,as far west as Austin for the biggest show in North America there, but mainly I was up and down the east coast . I love your country ,and the people are great too,at least many of them. Im sure you understand. Its about the same everywhere ,in this country too of course,but I dont want to go off a tangent now lol

[@brianrankin4550]

I believe he was a massive fan of Hank Marvin as well as the legends mentioned here

[@dougm659]

Eddie had mad skills…of that there can be no doubt but….with the exception of the Beat it solo and Eruption, I’m not sure he left behind a body of work that will stand the test of time and be regarded as classic. David Gilmour, on the other hand…….

[@bandit7498]

Single dumbest comment on the internet. Congrats.

[@mlfilion]

Eddie played on Michael Jackson's beat it, not Billie jean and he's one of the greatest legends on guitar, one of the best ever.

[@bandit7498]

@@mlfilion Yeah. It just goes to show how stupid his comment was.

[@stroise]

Mutual respect by 2 legions 😎

[@hammer44head]

Really liked this, none of the bitchery that normally falls into guitar players and what they thought of each other. Hope some time you will do a video on Terry Kath one of my all time favorites. So little done on him, he was a fantastic player and singer also but seems to have been lost in the ether after all these years.

[@karsguitarchannel6088]

Big thanks, great pleasure! I'll see if there's anything about Terry.

[@hammer44head]

@@karsguitarchannel6088 - thanks so kindly....hammer

[@LoyalOpposition]

@@karsguitarchannel6088 That would be great. I know Gilmour liked Chicago (in this 70s Music VH1 special) and he seemed to wear those same hockey jerseys. Curious about EVH-Kath (or if it was too late, but they did live in LA)

[@johnmcminn9455]

Gilmore said he never heard Yngwie Malmsteen.on a related note There is a cover version of Michael Shenker doing Money that is pretty cool kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKm7lmakmqise7s

[@DenkendeMystik-ll8oi]

Originals always sound like themself. EvH played through Steve Vai's rig. Steve said: Sounded like EvH.

[@globalunitedanimals]

Reality is he said he never listened to music except clapton briefly. He focused on his own. There's an interview video of him saying it.

[@karsguitarchannel6088]

Van Halen played covers during their club days from 1975 to 1977. They covered their favorite rock bands like Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Cream Deep Purple, KISS, Rainbow, Tommy Bolin and others. Yes many years later Eddie did say that he only coppied Eric's solos note for note but he did listen to a lot of bands and Van Halen covered their songs. So he had to sit down and learn those songs: riffs, chords but maybe he didn't copy the solos.

[@globalunitedanimals]

@@karsguitarchannel6088 Heck I don't know. But there's a video of Eddie saying that. He just meant in general he never listened to music. But yeah your correct on that.

[@rahan9886]

Alan Holdsworth

[@wernermoritz882]

Eddie van Halen is an impressive player but does nothing for me, David Gilmour is great.

[@teddygant-qp5px]

Does nothing for you,you've got to be kidding.if you like rock n roll at all and don't like EVH there's something amiss.

[@brrblack497]

Love Gilmore his tone and solos, but the songs are not for me.

[@SpaceCattttt]

David Gilmour is perfect example of "lesbian more"? 😮

[@mdm73100]

This is great stuff …HOWEVER/ A nerrator ( pardon my spelling) Whom is totally stuck on blues is what Rock is..garbage..! Slow playing isn’t all what emotions are…! If your doing a song about a heart or emotion beat sped up are going to play blues ? This guy talking probably can’t sweep pick etc.. Blues is great however speed creativity crests other emotions If you just do blues it’s boring You have to mix it up

[@TrinityParaziader]

Ha. You would be hard pressed to convince me that anyone other than Terry Kath was the master guitar player

[@manricobianchini5276]

Eddie was way better! Period!

[@valleyoforion1]

Eddie was a great soloist but his song compositions were very mediocre compared to his idols.

[@raoulduke344]

I say it all the time, but he couldn't write an absolute legendary riff. People say Mean Streets but, to me, that doesn't cut it and be up there, like Satisfaction, Day Tripper or Another Brick in the Wall pt 2. He was a great player, but not an all-round player since he didn't have that.

[@scootscoot97warlock90]

nothing comes off the fingers except dirt or old skin cells lol. The reason a guitar player sounds SIMILAR to himself is because of his particular style. In otherwords ....... Put Ted on Eddies rig, set up the way eddie sets it up ....he will sound SIMILAR to eddie. Regardless of Ted saying otherwise.

[@richardnowicki5637]

Totally wrong

[@scootscoot97warlock90]

@@richardnowicki5637 Tom Petty, not a bad guitarist ......... Put him on EVHs guitar & amp setup. .Hes Not going to sound like Tom Petty I can assure you. - Sounding LIKE someone has to do with their playing style as well as the equptment they use & play thru . The Equiptment is crucial in a persons "sound"

[@fab.silva1119]

Gilmour: so simple, a caveman can do it. #completelyOverrated

[@nicholasthomas3635]

Wait, was that not a catch phrase from a television commercial? Like 20+ years ago....

[@raoulduke344]

People can copy it, sure, but no one can write the solos like him... otherwise they would be also considered one of the greatest guitarists of all time, too

[@marvinmartin3438]

Gilmour can play with soul. Eddie never played a note that had any soul. Just sayin

[@JudyGarlandsMedicineCabinet]

Eddie Van Halen is the best ever because he does tapping and plays fast. David Gilmour is way out of date.

[@johnnysully2689]

😂😂😂

[@daveshort7371]

Are you on the spectrum?

[@raoulduke344]

Dark Side of thr Moon still typically sells 7,000 copies a week (on a slow week). That's an album that was released 50 years ago.

[@CP-kb1du]

You misinformed Jimi was tapping in the 60's ...Machine Gun

[@leescheeler1503]

The Floyd will be listened to for yrs to come not sure about van halen

[@mr.onethirtyeight5088]

Due to EVH guitar playing it will live on into the eons ...

[@traviesoarcefan3063]

@Lee Scheeler: Over here in Europe Pink Floyd is legendary and known by everyone. I can't say the same about Van Halen. Many people here hardly know them or don't know them. It is what it is.

[@teddynugent2463]

When you're sure, let us know instead of your hypothesis. Also, did you miss the part that Gilmour was a fan of Eddie and admitted he couldn't play like Eddie when he tried. Eddie could play Gilmours stuff fairly easily.

[@UMAMIMAMU]

That's a pretty ridiculous thing to say. They're both humungous mega-selling artists. Neither band's popularity is disappearing anytime soon. Just because Pink Floyd are more famous and you like them more doesn't mean anything.

[@raoulduke344]

@teddynugent2463 that doesn't mean a thing. Gilmour is a nice guy, he inky really says good things about people.