Van Halen - Live Without A Net - Eddie's Solo (SUPERSCALED TO 4K) 🇺🇸

[@jetagelullaby]

I’m a “guitarist.” The wallpaper on my computer is a picture of Eddie Van Halen eating a sandwich outside of a McDonald’s in the 70s. I have it there to remind myself that there was something Eddie did that I can do too.

[@squatch5280]

😅😂😂😂

[@beerme8314]

I can play alot of Van Halen songs note for note.. but ya need those fingers and tone to make it sound like him.. RIP good sir and thank you. ♥

[@mosescarolina9733]

Things are always on the UP on your side, ain't it baby? I can always dig that.❤

[@Wolf.51.50]

Hahaha, what a beautiful comment 🤣👍👏👏👏

[@theboofin]

@@beerme8314 No, it's his feel and taste.

[@mookyyzed2216]

I'm not exaggerating when I say I've probably watched this solo at least 500 times. It never gets old. And now, to be able to watch it with this kind of clarity... perfection.

[@Ofinfinitejest]

I've watched Neil Peart's "Der Trommler" drum solo almost that many times, but this Eddie solo might get there too. This level of live performances are so far above anything in popular music it's absurd.

[@KMAN8599]

💯....I have watched it about the same.....best solo ever

[@LMDAVE29]

Me too, I looked it up to watch one quick part and ended up watching the whole 12 minutes again. Hard to turn it off.

[@kennethpiet2079]

I have also watched it at least 500 times and it doesn't ever get old like u say

[@michaelcostello9157]

The point it was never about perfection. It was Eddie stretching out his mind noodling. He never played it twice the same once.

[@DerekSamuelReese]

Long story.. I was 16 years old when my mother and I moved to a new neighborhood in the summer of 1989. Not having any friends in the new neighborhood I was bummed. I went to the local video store to rent movies and found Live without a net amongst a few other concerts. Took it home and my mouth sat on the living room floor for hours. I was a new guitarist learning but when I saw this I got so depressed and I remember saying to myself " I will never be able to do this" sure enough after years of practicing and years of renting the video I was able to play this solo, minus the whammy bar things because my guitar didn't have a whammy bar. The feeling of accomplishment I felt when I was able to play this was intoxicating. So the message is... NEVER GIVE UP KEEP GOING AND YOU WILL GET THERE. I still get chills when I watch this, unbelievable talent.

[@duanemcknight3895]

He set the plumline for guitarist's all over the world. A feet never to be taken lightly at all. He made it sing like no other could do forever❤.

[@brandonplaysguitar08]

Your story was really inspiring to me, as was Eddie's. What did you do to practice?

[@DerekSamuelReese]

@@brandonplaysguitar08 to practice what i learned from Eddie was to pause the video, count the frets where his hands were and listen like a crazy person over and over, get a few notes and feel great and go back until it becomes second nature. Also another important thing was sometimes to just watch the video over and over again so it sinks into your brain. It took a long time but it was so much fun

[@brandonplaysguitar08]

@@DerekSamuelReese Amazing!

[@Farazkhurshid]

First... All I would say is that this never gets old.... Eddie at his best! RIP...

[@petedog9581]

When he puts that cig in his mouth and starts the solo, he's exactly where he wants to be. The most dynamic guitarist and showman in my lifetime. He changed what was possible w guitar for a generation. Every great modern guitarist started w Van Halen, once they learned technique and scales. The first instrument both Alex and Eddie learned was piano.

[@shanechapman3517]

A moment the universe will never forget

[@curcumin417]

A moment the universe created ❤

[@mazudaq4090]

Effortlessly , accuracy, controlled speed, a guitar legend. RIP Eddie, now amaze the angels with you soulful magic

[@chrismiller5902]

I"ve watched this solo more times than I could count, both on VHS and DVD. To see it upscaled like this with all the extra detail is like seeing it again for the first time. Keep up the good work!

[@cduronm]

Yup I also worn out my vhs tape as well

[@borntoclimb7116]

Thats great

[@RainerRies]

🎉

[@RainerRies]

Wahnsinn!!!!!!!

[@thedronedownunder3919]

So I'm lying in bed, 56 years old. Grew up as a VH fan. Now I've seen this clip dozens of times in my younger years, but what I see and feel here is the NOW. Our beautiful EVH is no longer with us physically, but he will live forever in our NOW.

[@funkenstien1155]

Brother.. you read my mind.

[@och70]

Right before Sammy yells "Edward Van Halen!!" toward the end of the solo, it sounds like Eddie is going to blow the goddamn PA system right out of that building. Absolute fucking legend. RIP Eddie.

[@TwistedSMF]

That was the first time I saw Eddie do a solo. I had never seen VH live until this tour. I saw this before I went to the show about three months later. It's still amazing to watch and never gets old.

[@squatch5280]

I remember showing my buddies this when it came out in 85/86. In 88, I was 16 and wiggled up to the stage at the 1st concert of Monsters of Rock in East Troy, WI. VH was the headliner. Kingdom Come, Dokken, Metallica, and the Scorps were merely opening acts lol. The experience was the Woodstock of my generation. Now, at 53, my wall in my office consists of Kramers, the iconic 5150 and Frankie guitars (that I built). Seeing this, in this kind of resolution, is absolutely fantastic. Thank you for doing this. You rock!!!

[@mookyyzed2216]

A fellow Van Halen fan here. Also from Wisconsin. Sheboygan, to be exact. My 1st concert ever was ou812 at the Bradley Center.

[@jasonhutchinson6924]

The finest live guitar solo ever conceived and performed in human existence.

[@kimblez]

almost 40 years ago !! ...amazing

[@Randy4Truth]

That's What's Up!

[@Dave_and_Jo]

What can I say. If you're an Eddie fan you're an Eddie fan and always will be and that's all there is to it. And like every Eddie fan I've watched this solo more time than I could ever hope to count over the years and I love it just as much every time. Thanks for your work making this incredible footage into 4K resolution and thanks for making it public. RIP Eddie ,

[@patrioticwarrior2345]

Truth

[@gordonmills2748]

I got to go backstage and meet them in 93. Their manager told us to not shake Ed's hand, because apparently a fan had latched on and wouldn't let go a few dates earlier. But we could give him a hi-five if we wanted. So I did. It was like giving a hi-five to a brick wall. It actually hurt. But I got to meet Van Halen, so...

[@ratter531]

Eddie Van Halen Always Loved, Never Forgotten, Forever Miissed.

[@draggodraggon862]

it realy dosen't get any better than this.

[@Slotsessions]

God sent this man for the World 🙏

[@MrPyroguru]

AMEN!!!!

[@mikeloomis9420]

truly.

[@Swanlord05]

We were blessed to have him

[@luismonteiro1388]

sounds of the instruments that Genius Eddie ,RIP, plays with his Guitar. -Pipe organ -Violin -Harp -Cello There's probably more.

[@GeraldFoley-o4w]

Animals - horse, elephant, dolphin

[@MusicissuperiorEVHROX316]

Supernovas 😂

[@jimmyjennings4089]

Every guitar player looks up to this dude even if they don't realize it he's made some kind of difference in their lives and if they search they will find that difference, R.I.P. Eddie.

[@YouCanCallMeDon]

I have to watch this every now and then... this is a record of one of his best live solos.

[@federicorodriguezlopez6905]

The King of Kings

[@berk3511]

best solo of all time

[@tl46]

best guitar solo i've ever seen. thank u so much for putting it in 4k. EVH is the KING..

[@maxb8804]

I have watched this solo hundreds of times...to see it in 4k for the first time is just amazing. Thank you!

[@dougjensen-wv1lc]

Thank you so much for this. I’ve watched this 100s of times. Maybe when I can finally watch it without my eyes tearing up I can appreciate how clear it is

[@893EC]

学生時代、このビデオをレコード屋の店先で流していて、どう演奏しているのか分からずずっと眺めていたのを思い出します。 いつ見ても、スーパープレイをニコニコしながら演奏しているのは凄いです。 もう、エディの演奏をビデオでしか見ることが出来ないのは残念です。

[@letthemusicplay5150]

They should hire you to re-release the whole concert 🙏🙏🙏 Brilliant yet again .. Thank you so much for doing this for us fans 🎸

[@CrosscutFilmsSask]

I'm available... 😉

[@diamondd2778]

It's an amazing job!

[@atanasiok]

The times when Eddie did whatever he wanted with an electric guitar. I doubt human mankind will see a live guitar solo with this level of geniality ever again ...

[@bobwalton4630]

I watched the VHS copy of this show a bunch of times when I was a kid but on KZbin it looked so bad I could not get through it. Thanks to whoever cleaned it up and made it high def. This was such a great tour for Van Halen because it was all about the music. No over the top 1984 stage sets that cost so much that the band barely made any money on the tour. Just a bare bones stage set up and two hours of great music. And no ten minute David Lee Roth speeches either.

[@CrosscutFilmsSask]

@@bobwalton4630 You are quite welcome 😁

[@SimonHosford]

OH MY GOD!!!! Thank you sooooo much!!! this is AMAZING!!!!! what I've wanted since I was 12 years old back in 1987 when I first saw it!!! You da man!!! 🤘

[@KingReyhanShippey]

Greatest Fuckin Guitar Solo ever by my favorite and the greatest guitarist of all time and in the whole wide world Eddie Van Halen. Rest In Power to The Almighty Eddie Van Halen.

[@ICENlC]

One of the best electric guitar players. Rip Eddie van Halen

[@J24777]

One of the Best Guitar Solos Ever!!!!! Thanks EDDIE!!!!!!!!!

[@willswitchcraft]

I played every gig of this tour, with their opening act, B.T.O........what a year it was, so great to find such a great quality video...(I have some really poor quality videos form this tour on my YT channel - not great, but very rare, as I shot it myself with a rented video camera)

[@CannabisCatog]

Two of my first LPs in High school were Van Halen and B.T.O. Right there with LED Zeppelin, ELP, Electric Light Show, Alvin Lee and Ten Years After, etc........

[@alextheradioguy7171]

Big fan of Van Halen. THIS IS AMAZING! having it this clear is so cool omg

[@timcurtis5887]

In a world of madness… we had a creative wizard who changed the world of guitar/amps and pretty much playing … 🙏am blessed to witness that I think …

[@katherinekoza6536]

Eddie Van Halen wasn't just brilliant ,he was Exceptional .A true master of the Guitar .

[@equipeorquideomania5841]

I'm from Brazil, so glad you born, keep EVH alive! Thank you, indeed! ❤

[@bluewave7120]

A blast from deep space!

[@vtt-chartres]

King of tapping 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@soulrsz6866]

5:53 sound of start mac

[@oxydiva]

lmaooo

[@Krullmatic]

I always had to play fairly sober, but he's got one hell of a buzz and still nails everything! I would love to see someone else play this whole thing. I wonder if anyone has ever tried?

[@jamesstewart1794]

Simon Hosford enters the chat

[@fery1369]

Eddie was best of the bests. Maybe I wasn't lucky enough to live in his era.

[@LobodArcis]

Please remember that before he got really sick, in an interview, he said that his cancer was caused by him keeping his metal picks in his lips. I would post a link, but it's been scrubbed from the net. RIP😢❤

[@mookyyzed2216]

I've seen the video. Cancer can come to anyone, for any reason. The healthiest people on earth have succumbed to cancer. His smoking more than likely had everything to do with it over a metal guitar pick.

[@UliDanMiyazawa]

4K!! Just Awesome!!

[@jjpopnfresh6822]

Hard to fathom they damn near released an album a year from '78-'86.

[@fabiencourtoistapping]

the first to invented this sound ! this way too play with the vibrato bar , his feeling , his effect strange , his feeling and beautyfull solo ! with lot of tapping way , harmonic , legato , tremolo etc exiting solo ! at 20 years old ! very advanced on his time !! meen street intro , eruption, spanish fly , doa , jump , beat it with m jackson , unchained , hot for teacher , etc

[@canadablake]

That was inhuman. Eddie was a god. I’m lucky enough to have seen him do this live, and more than once! Thanks to Kevin McAuley! Love you brother!

[@nordic2112]

That flurry at 2:31. Pure Eddie atonal magic.

[@kil44ua43]

Seems like something he got from holdsworth he was a big fan of him

[@TheGreenDoggoOfWisdom]

The beginning of the solo is 316, that’s so cool

[@LifeOfShain]

Greatest guitar solo of ALLLLL TIME!

[@davida.737]

Saw him play backup for the Stones in Jacksonville, 1976...I was blown away! We had the best bands in those and the following years, but this guy!? Just Damn!

[@sjdanthem]

Awesome job. Thanks so much for doing this.

[@MattDewberry]

Can you look at the neck of the guitar and see how much passion was poured out on it, by the wear on it!

[@gregmacneill7211]

He's the best even in concert

[@LT-ri8rq]

Goosebumps and tears spurted out on this one!. Mean Streets 🔥

[@Scottocaster6668]

That scream 6:37 gets me everytime. Guitarists know what i mean.

[@Tommyjohn5143]

STFU and get a hold of yourself what is that a secret gestapo message? Get a life

[@wu0709]

Eddie is the King forever!!!!!!!

[@walterdiaz3894]

INCREDIBLE....AMAZING FINGER WORK,,,ITS HARD TO MAKE IT...RIP

[@revelry1969]

My god. He is the king. GOAT

[@mvinayagar]

I'm buying a guitar now... Mind blowing performance.. ❤

[@RaineFilms]

Its a "ok" upscale. You can see on close-ups that the AI is crushing out strings and other fine details. Unfortunately that comes with upscaling something from a 480p image. I wish they would rescan the original 35mm :(

[@HONORYOUROATH]

Just noticed something watching this in 4K. We all know that Ed smoked like a chimney but l have never seen him light a cigarette on stage. Were all of Ed’s cigarettes pre lighted for him? Did Ed’s cigarettes spontaneously light because of his smoking hot guitar playing?

[@attiliodagresti9487]

Eddie forever

[@a1r8x4g6a]

I wish I watched this video 30 years ago when I was so into it. I used to play a lot. Now kids have access to anything, but guitar music seems not that popular anymore.

[@tjb3454555150]

These are amazing! Please do 5150 next. 😁😁

[@megawd2145]

I love the sound of guitar. but i never wanted to learn them until i watch this video.

[@KevinMasters-t9b]

I seen this man do shit with a guitar nobody else can do.

[@CareiatorLemio]

Ive watched this too many times, its an addiction, i need to stop

[@rastanz]

Awesome! Have you done a complete nonstop version of the concert? This is a wonderful upscale.

[@CrosscutFilmsSask]

It would tie up my machine for a day or so, so I would have to balance that with paid client work.

[@yellowmk116vt]

Cathedral! So mesmerizing

[@Rock_rules1324]

The quality of this video is crazy on 1080p👌

[@justinbrundage689]

Looks fantastic! 😎👍

[@RodneyWallaceDynamoC]

Damn great job! You did a better restoration than "official" ones. Congratualtions, looks and sounds incredible! I am sure Eddie would be proud.

[@CrosscutFilmsSask]

Thanks! *tips hat

[@zoef234]

Beautiful

[@timkis64]

eddie definately knew his way around the neck of a guitar.

[@abinadiraymondsvalenti7932]

Sick job! Please 5150 live without a net ! Thx!

[@richevans609]

I love the "MTV" style written intro at the start.... 😂❤

[@eddiemonson5575]

I've probably watched this concert/solo at least 300 times since I bought it on VHS in '88.... Thank you for the upscaled 4k version... now I can see every detail of his fret work... RIP EVH!!!

[@Jayflo7]

By Far, the greatest solo to ever have been recorded on film. The one and the only King Edward.

[@frankpaws]

Thank YOU!

[@theboofin]

Great job.

[@powerslaveproductions7202]

Amazingly articulate perfectly executed flawless the man knew his instrument and played the living shit out of it just like other did r.i.p eddie heaven must be having one hell of a concert up there.😊

[@ogrish76]

That's real skill, the guy is beyond drunk.

[@autocyclepc2001]

👁👄👁thank you so much‼️

[@MacawMayhem]

Thank you for doing this. As a guitarist who started playing after his passing and growing up in the 80s as a fan, his skill and creativity are so inspiring. I love watching other cultures and youngsters reacting to this video. Their reactions are sometimes better than the video and that's saying g a lot. The one everyone reacts to is out of sync with the audio and so annoying to watch as a musician. Hopefully this becomes the go to... Please like this videos guys and gals.

[@vr46prediksi63]

my favorite guitaris forever in the galaxy

[@satarello]

where can we get full concert in this quality? thanks for this beautifull upload..

[@CrosscutFilmsSask]

It's on my to-do list but it'll tie up my machine for a couple days rendering and processing - and I use it to make my living 😎

[@satarello]

@@CrosscutFilmsSask it would be cool. This so great !!!! thank you

[@JasonTurner-hg8dx]

I think it's the banquet beer of guitars

[@JasonTurner-hg8dx]

Love eddlie

[@cha-cha-maru5826]

I love him so much❤

[@reecoguitarz3539]

thank you for sharing...

[@gelmartygeorgegarcia5633]

he did that just using a single pickup dayummm

[@diamondd2778]

It's just brilliant.....❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@FStoppers]

How does his cigarette magically appear back on his headstock at the beginning? -P

[@CrosscutFilmsSask]

@@FStoppers Footage was combined from back-to-back nights

[@brucefortmann4506]

I just want to give a big ol’ “F U” to KZbin for interrupting one of the greatest solos of all time with not just one, but two unskippable ads. I will never buy ANYTHING that interrupts that.

[@CrosscutFilmsSask]

KZbin Premium is worth every penny. I'm so spoiled by it that I get supremely pissed off when I see a pre-roll or midstream ad on Facebook

[@arthurschipper8906]

It's just like he's not even trying. It never looked like work. Always effortless. Love you Ed.

[@151rummer4]

think Sammy was doing more than just sitting down and having a cold one! :)

[@gluonjck63]

Holy Bajeezus Belt! That is the best ever