HIP HOP FAN’S FIRST TIME HEARING 'Van Halen Eruption Guitar Solo' | GENUINE REACTION

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[@glenncameron2265]

I was on the front row, and when he sat down on the edge of the stage, he was right in front of me. When he fretted up the cigarette, I knew it was going to be an iconic memory for me. I'll cherish it for the rest of my life. Absolutely iconic moment in my life.

[@alricaneshama]

I don't know where specifically in the crowd he was in but my older brother was there too. Said it was the most iconic, amazing, unforgettable moment that he had ever experienced. He wanted to take me as well but I was only 8 at the time. When he got back it was like 2-3 am. He woke me up to tell me all about it. He said he couldn't wait until I woke up to share it.

[@Immortalheart66]

I was 10th row floor. Good ole’ New Haven coliseum. There where great concerts there over the years!!!🎸✌️🤘✊

[@christianmarler2253]

@@Immortalheart66 You and @glenncameron2265 were within 10 rows of each other, and below in the comments is @DaveHartin-b2i who was right in between you two in the forth row. I'm gonna copy here what I said below in reply: There may be others here, I don't know. I find it just amazing that three people (who presumably do not know one another) were all within ten rows of each other at the same concert all those years ago, AND THEN, they all found and came to the same website to relive their experience and each chose to comment. It really is a small world, after all. 🌎

[@GandlafTheWhite]

Shut up!!!!!!

[@flubblert]

That's not guitar playing, that's guitar sorcery. Extraordinary! RIP🌹🎸

[@2muchtork]

Agreed!!

[@christianmarler2253]

Well said.

[@hikerstephen2669]

R.I.P. King Edward. Missed so much. Eddie was self taught. That’s one of many things that make his style so unique. Eddie didn’t have to learn the guitar. The guitar had to learn Eddie.

[@Jude_196]

AMEN....and, AMEN!

[@Blackdog06019]

Eddie wasn't really self taught tho... he grew up in a very musical family. Yes guitar wasn't his first instrument, more like his 3rd, but he just wasn't satisfied with playing normally and was always thinking outside of the box.

[@kdm71291]

@@Blackdog06019 In terms of guitar, he was "self taught".

[@DJLapri67]

Best quote I've heard " The guitar had to learn Eddie"

[@jimrupe9991]

I really hate to correct you my friend. Clearly we are both big fans. BUT I really feel that the title for him should be SAINT Edward. Guitar God that he was. There will never be another like him.

[@slimsantilli4476]

Nearly 40 years ago. And STILL holds up!!

[@TheMidnightPhil]

EVH gives the impression of someone who's managed to catch a live lightning bolt in his bare hands and is just effortlessly channeling the pure of energy of it out to the rest of us.

[@christianmarler2253]

That's an utterly perfect way of describing what I saw in that video! ⚡Thank you.

[@maryannturton9830]

Grinning ear to ear while SLAYING the guitar,Eddie was a sight to behold!🎸🔥😁🤯

[@shanearmstrong9112]

Sooo happy younger people are still finding their way to this music. You'll get so much more out of listening to rock, metal music

[@chipclatto8831]

Couldn’t agree more as someone whose favorite band is Van Halen, I’d also throw in Prince because greatness and genius isn’t only confined to Rock. Both Eddie and Prince were one of a kind gifted musicians!! Fact!

[@steveroberts7128]

So true buddy 👍

[@scot_irsh]

pick any two VH albums and put them up against Randy Rhoads two albums with Ozzy and Randy will always come out on top.

[@deborahsevi5729]

I love watching younger people and people stroll over from a different genre and end up loving what we grew up with. Bands and concerts were phenomenal. 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼

[@christianmarler2253]

@@scot_irsh You can do that only if you first establish a universal metric or standard by which to compare them which is able to allow for subjectivity, yet uses objectivity to generate the results.

[@edminchau811]

A reporter once asked Eddie Van Halen what it was like to be the greatest guitar player on the planet. He replied, "I don't know. Ask Alex Lifeson."

[@damsbaug33]

Yeah, another popular version is Clapton saying to ask Prince. None of them are true, of course, but they're good stories.

[@jeffurey6399]

@@damsbaug33 when they asked Clapton he said ask Phil Keaggy.

[@brendo69rock92]

Bullshit on those comments! Only one story is fact that Eddie asked Alice Cooper who played golf with Glen Cambell if he could hook him up for lessons with Glen.

[@christianmarler2253]

@@jeffurey6399 But I'm here with you, Eric. I don't know where Phil Keaggy is.

[@christianmarler2253]

@@brendo69rock92 Glen said to ask Eddie Van Halen, so we're right back where we started.

[@kevinmalone2218]

Eddie Van Halen and Stevie Ray Vaughn are the GOATs imo. Two different styles but both equally amazing. Oh, and I've seen them both live. I saw VH open for The Doobie Brothers in the mid 70s and I was at Stevie Ray Vaughn's last concert the night his helicopter crashed after the show at Alpine Valley, Wisconsin USA August 26th 1990. One of the saddest days of my life. RIP SRV & EVH!

[@bdubz5150]

RIP King Edward. The guy changed the way guitars are played and the way they are made, a true world changer in the guitar and Rock realm.

[@jenniferandrews1917]

Eddie at his finest with his talented brother on drums. R.I.P. Eddie. You MUST check out Stevie Ray Vaughan in Texas Flood LIVE at the Macombo.

[@twan923]

Stevie Ray and Johnny Copeland playing Tin Pan Alley is another must see.

[@ebnykween]

Seconded.

[@DaveHartin-b2i]

I’m 59 years old. I was stoned out of my gourd on the 4th row of this concert. There are no words for his artistry on a guitar

[@christianmarler2253]

At least two other commenters on this very page were there also. @Immortalheart66 was six rows behind you, 10th row floor, and @glenncameron2265 was three rows in front of you in the ("I must be in the...") FRONT ROW. There may be others here, I don't know. I find it just amazing that three people (who presumably do not know one another) were all within ten rows of each other at the same concert all those years ago, AND THEN, they all found and came to the same website to relive their experience and each chose to comment. It really is a small world, after all. 🌎

[@lauraminyard881]

I’ve only cried 3 Times when 3 musicians left this planet-Neil Peart, Stevie Ray Vaughan SRV and Eddie VH! RIP brothers!!!

[@allenlocke1935]

Randy Rhoads hit me equally as hard when he left; as the the greats you mentioned. As if I had been punched hard in the stomach.

[@karenedwards6713]

AMEN!!

[@mcdshannon]

Its going on 4 years since we lost Edward.I still cry almost every day. I didn't know how important he was to me until he was gone.

[@thereverendepi_gee565]

I just cried for SRV, today.. I cried like never before the day he died.

[@jamesthelen7138]

SRV hit me bad

[@shmick6079]

Cool (also sad) bit of trivia - Eddie donated his iconic yellow & black guitar to Dimebag’s family when Dimebag was murdered. The guitar was buried with him.

[@rubetubez91]

Rip dime bag and his brother

[@christianmarler2253]

Let's go get it!!!! (Just Kidding...!!)

[@bobolson7610]

I saw Eddy Van Halen four times live. He always impressed. Every time there was something new, that was absolutely unbelievable ---> beyond description. He was a master. And live, it was just shocking hearing him make that guitar sing... RIP Eddy.

[@johntaylor5652]

I was there that was 1986 and seen him in 1982 and 1984 he was like a superhero to me as a teenager....he just needed a cape!

[@watcher2554]

He left the capes to Dave!!..LoL!!

[@David-nb9fy]

We’ll never see anyone like him again, in our lifetime. RIP Eddie.🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸

[@miketilton6393]

That's probably what they said about Hendrix, too. But now noone plays guitars anymore. Too much work i guess when synthesizers can do all of the work. And younger genwrations have been condifioned to call it taleent and that this is "for old people". I hate these times. Why couldn't I have come up in the 70s and 80s. WHY???!!

[@ilianazamora3313]

I'm so happy that the younger generations are discovering the legends of our times and can hear what music should sound like.

[@caesarsbabymonkeys4428]

I was 10 years old when I first head Eruption. It was 1980 and I'd pillaged my older sisters album collection. Eruption sounded like a cool song to listen to--the ten year old brain at work! Less than 2 minutes later my life was changed forever. Rest in Peace Eddie, you made my world a better place!

[@Efferri]

At 9:15 he starts using his left hand to fret (play) the notes and his right hand is turning the volume up and down perfectly in time with the echo that he has as an effect on the sound. It's absolutely mindblowing.

[@quecksilber457]

The crazy thing about that part is, if he would miss it only some milliseconds the whole thing would fall apart.

[@markgirard647]

And he was drunk off his ass when he filmed this. Not my words...his. R.I.P. ❤

[@quecksilber457]

Drunk and other things. He couldn't even remember that concert.😂 @@markgirard647

[@mgordon1100]

It's a pretty simplistic technique. However, nobody can do it like Eddie did. It takes such precision in timing. He was the master.

[@Mr.Ekshin]

@@markgirard647 - Yup... utterly smashed. Sammy said he'd been drinking all day and could barely walk upright. When later shown this footage, Eddie had no recollection whatsoever of playing that concert.

[@redtesta]

RIP Eddie. He made the guitar talk. He made it make sounds and did things nobody else has done.

[@DJLapri67]

I'm in the U.S. I've seen Van Halen 8 times. I was at the "Live without a Net" recorded concert. There are many extremely good guitarists , but EVH is king of the 6 string.

[@marshallgraphic]

That was at the New Haven coliseum in Connecticut right? That place got demolished a while back.

[@DJLapri67]

@@marshallgraphic yes, demolished, they recorded that 2 consecutive nights.

[@jeffbehringer1262]

Saw that tour in Houston about a month later. It was awesome. BTO was a great opener too.

[@shmick6079]

EVH was the best. Van Halen as a band may have been a little hit and miss, but I’ve never seen a rock guitarist as gifted or as game-changing as Eddie… maybe Hendrix but it’s hard to compare the eras.

[@gregbloodworth6000]

And Randy Rhoads!

[@maryannturton9830]

When Eddie was a teen,he started on drums,and Alex on guitar.One day Eddie picked up his brother's guitar,and the rest is history! Btw,Alex is a great drummer.Eddie also worked at a music store in his younger years ,and would sometimes dumpster dive guitar parts, and play around with different sounds.He also became friends with Les Paul,the maker of Les Paul guitars. Many people affectionately call Eddie the "Mozart" of guitar!

[@davidtracchia121]

Stevie Ray Vaughn. Texas flood live. Another must see guitar performance.

[@mitchellbowmansr.1377]

He Said in a interview they ask him what it felt like to be a guitar rockstar. He said i don't know i am just a punk kid that plays guitar....Now that is a real GOAT right there.....i am 67 grew up with Eddie and it never gets old...RIP EDDIE A REAL GENUINE ROCKSTAR.

[@simsalabim9375]

Your reaction was spot on, mate. Speechless. Just like we all were back in the late 70s and early 80s when we heard EVH's new riffs for the first time. He changed rock and roll guitar forever. I'm so happy that you have discovered this amazing guitarist. Cheers, mate!

[@cbart3634]

I wasn’t at this show but I was there in 1984 and again for the 5150 tour. Eddie was the and is the king. I started listening to Van Halen in 1979. I was 10 and instantly fell in love. They will always be my favorite band of all time. It about killed me when Eddie passed away. He left all of us with the best guitar playing the world has heard. Love your videos. I ish I could go back and hear these guys for the very first time again.

[@briankeith1147]

Outstanding reaction, young man. There will NEVER be another who will influence as many guitarists as did EVH. NEVER EVER. And his influence continues....

[@springfieldmissourimusichi5712]

I was very luck to have witnessed this extended intro to the song Eruption by EVH live. He was truly one of the best guitarists ever. RIP EVH.

[@sean_b_drummer]

You should see this whole concert. It's called, Live Without a Net.

[@natalietroop4175]

I am 59 years old and there is no decade that rocked better than the 80s. I am a Headbanger for life.

[@rodhamm8484]

The GOAT. RIP 🎸🔥💥

[@James-k8l8d]

Another ULTIMATE!! Stink Face is 'Stevie RayVaughn' Texas Flood,.live 😉

[@KO4AYE]

As a guitarist there is one thing Eddie did I have never figured out, he didn't just play the stings on the guitar he played the "whole guitar". Watch his hands and fingers, walking the backside of the neck, how he taps the body and the hammer on and off's are just crazy off the charts. Watch his cord hand and how it applies pressure to the neck and fret board. He is the quintessential master of the guitar.

[@yaboiidrew3930]

I wish I could time travel to 1986 to see this one thing in person 😢🔥🔥

[@jimralston7562]

RIP Eddie... I first saw VH open for Black Sabbath. Yikes what a night! Eddie was an amazing guitarist and influenced so many, similar to the way Hendrix did a decade earlier. My beef with VH was their songs/compositions mostly juvenile level - which was their market and made them big bucks! My personal GOAT was Stevie Ray. Loved his mix of blues, rock and Hendrix style plus the guy played from the heart. Every time! I was fortunate to hear him perform 8 times before he passed. Texas Flood live at El Mocambo is a religious experience. I also enjoyed Joe Satriani as others have mentioned. Great live shows! If you want your mind blown (again) check out BucketHead. He's no joke and up there in GOAT contention. Checkout live performances of Jordan or Soothsayer.

[@gsmith7309]

He's very mesmerizing to watch play and the sounds that come out of that guitar he just doesn't play strings he plays the whole guitar❤

[@lorilawry1532]

I don’t think there’s any one on the planet that would disagree…. Eddie Was the best guitar player EVER!

[@garywiller9880]

Eric Clapton 😂

[@LucasMcEwen-x2l]

Jimmy Hendrix

[@LucasMcEwen-x2l]

Eddie probably 3rd after clapton

[@chrisbrimhall1613]

I was 18 when their first album hit the stores……me and my buddies looked at each other of….WTF did we just hear😄😄

[@QBTO]

I don't think EVH died, the mothership just took him back to his home planet.

[@caroleann_2142]

That's exactly right!! HOME & one day after we pass, we decide when we want to come back, I had an NDE as a child death is an illusion my friend. ❤

[@TrevisWright]

Randy Rhodes was the best ever!!! Far more substance...

[@QBTO]

@@TrevisWright thank you for sharing

[@QBTO]

@@TrevisWright and what ?

[@dalemoore435]

It blew my mind. The concert continues for 4 hours. I will never forget it

[@keithferris9574]

Eddie Van Halen literally changed the world of music overnight.

[@rossmarlin4947]

This is considered the greatest guitar Solo of all time hands down Let's give love to EVH

[@Buds1own]

LOVE the reaction!! :) Please do not forget Stevie Ray Vaughn.... ♥ “Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in Him so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” ~ Romans 15:13

[@dgmcke3074]

Young men have been hearing this since 1978 and asking -how does he do it -may it continue another 50 years

[@dumpsterfyre278]

the thing i love about EVH is, it doesnt matter what what video or concert performance you watch he having the fucking time of his life!! Ive never seen a smile that big on anyone in my file!

[@ilianazamora3313]

Yes ....he was just jamming out. Enjoying every minute.

[@Jude_196]

Eddie Van Halen was a BEAST on the guitar - made sounds that people only THOUGHT of.....should check out more, Dear! :)

[@ryanheckathorn3856]

Your life just changed after watching this

[@christianmarler2253]

I not only believe it, but I also believe that you know this to be true.

[@grogueQ]

I've seen them four times back in the '80s and '90s with both Sammy and Dave, didn't see this concert, but Eddie was a sight to behold, brought tears to my eyes many times.

[@mattblatchley2061]

awesome awesome awesome! you just absorbed my entire teens and 20s...that was FUN!!! I don't mean to be greedy but please do more Van Halen! :) EVH was the greatest ever...changed Rock and Roll guitar for a generation or more... TNX!

[@ivanmaclean3674]

He and it is the ultimate bro...the best of alllll time...PERIOD...

[@dankuchar6821]

Glad you got hear the man we grew up with. He is the whole package!

[@christoffsimply3179]

He inovated. He shredded. He motived nearly every famous guitar player after himself. He played with more character than most. He also wrote dozens of billboard topping songs. He played keyboards, he had fantastic stage presence and he even changed guitar playing with his EVH amps. There isn't a thing you could do in the guitar-playing genre that he didn't invent, master or at least add to. Yeah... GOAT.

[@tonyarodriguez2098]

FACTS

[@Deffy9]

I wasn’t at that particular show but Van Hagar was my first big stadium concert on that same tour at BC Place in Vancouver, BC 🇨🇦. And yeah, as magical as Eddie was on vinyl, he was mind blowing in concert! I wish I’d seen him more than twice in my life (exactly 18 years later to the day, again in Vancouver), but I’m glad I can say I got to see the maestro live in concert.

[@NormSioda]

Saw this live in 86, second concert of my life. No one will ever top Eddie in my mind!! Absolutely the best to ever do it!

[@JasonDziura]

Your my favorite reaction video too this guitar solo cause the first time I heard it, I literally had the same look on my face and thought it wasn't real an they had some kind of special effects, but he can actually play the guitar like that. It's so amazing

[@The_Cadaver]

The Van Halen brothers are 2 in a trillion. Monster musicians.

[@chrisnekvinda]

He’s the KING. The GOAT. I watched this hundreds of times as a kid and went to other shows. This was filmed in New Haven Ct in the U.S. (which they called New Halen). It’s an amazing show and this is the centerpiece.

[@sean3038]

Alex's drum solo from this show is amazing also.

[@chrissykinney1126]

I had the complete honor, of seeing Eddie do this live 4 times, from 1979 on ... !!🎉🤘🏻 Seeing/hearing them live, was SPECTACULAR!!! 🙃 So glad i got to see original VH with David Lee Roth, then later with Sammy Hagar! GOOD TIMES🎉 I MISS THOSE DAYS!!

[@jackteppo9633]

Yes!! The best here too. 😢 RIP EDDIE VANHALEN

[@csedrivers2850]

I saw him in Reno, Nevada, USA, in the 80s. He played all the instruments, it was really cool. 😎

[@lisaheathcock7924]

“THE” GOAT !! RIP EDDIE!!! 🤘😎🔥💜

[@nancywagers1876]

I saw them live. This made me cry.I miss him

[@vincecramer7950]

Hands down there will never be another one RIP bro 🤘

[@RickBowman]

So fun to watch you listen to the music from my time and appreciate it

[@jimmyraidjames]

You are indeed correct. Edward Van Halen was sooooo on fire that even Michael Jacksons camp invited him to do the guitar solo on Michaels hit song ' beat it '. Edward Van Halen G.O.A.T.🎸🎸👑👑 You should react tosomething from their 1st album?? Ain't talking bout love or Jamies crying and...LISTEN TO EDDIES STUDIO GUITAR SOUND....DAYUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM enjoyed ur reaction and subscribed 😁😁

[@ZippyThePinhead]

I saw them on this tour in 86 when they played here where I live. He played basically the same solo, meaning it followed the same sequence of musical piece's. It was an incredible concert, and still is in the top 5 concerts I've ever seen. I love when people discover stuff they've never heard before, and are as blown away as we were the first time we heard/saw it. That look of incredulity on your face was funny, knowing you just heard something that blew your mind. 😁 Keep exploring the old stuff, and broaden your musical horizons. Happy listening. 🤟

[@timprice5747]

I got to see him do this live a couple of times. We knew that we were watching greatness, and when he would start, it felt like the whole crowd just leaned forward to be just a bit closer to him.

[@patrickharling3574]

I saw Van Halen in concert for this tour in the summer of 1986, just after I graduated high school. Eddie was a big part of the soundtrack of my dumb, often drunken youth. Lots of great memories. I'm glad you got to experience this. 🤘

[@willie1062]

You need to hear Dimebag Darrel. They were great friends . Check out Pantera Dominion live in Moscow 91.

[@RedPillGrimReaper]

7:02 The most epic, badass, rockstar, rock God moment ever recorded

[@Tonyboy3623]

Jesus what a phenomenon he was RIP Eddie the world misses you mate ❤

[@lovemyscotsman]

I saw Van Halen twice in concert at the Mississippi Gulf Coast Coliseum in the 80's. Back when David lee Roth, the original singer. They put on a great show. I'm 57 now. I enjoy your reactions.

[@g-bo1332]

Ive seen them 6 times..and each solo is different..he just goes through a library of work to put together a cohesive solo live and its amazing mistake free guitar work..hes the best

[@jerrytravelstead1075]

Or if he made mistakes, just kept playing and did it that way again so it looked like he meant to. (Lesson taught by Eddie and Alex’ father)

[@BelegCuthali0n]

I believe this was actually his warm-up routine before a gig, just freestyling between snippets from different songs and someone else from the band suggested he should actually do that during the gig on stag as well... and the rest is history.

[@steverobinson8214]

EVH wrote the soundtrack of the best times of my life! First saw Van Halen at the US festival in 83 and a number of times after. I’ve wrestled with the fact that I cried more when Edward died than I did when my father passed! Don’t get me wrong my father and I were very close but Edward influenced my life in ways that were as important as what I received from pops. RIP king Edward.

[@brettkenschaft4239]

I feel blessed to have seen Eddie 6 times! In fact, VH was my first concert back in '82 on the Diver Down tour, and he's been my favorite ever since. One of the things I love most about him, aside from his otherworldly talent, was that he was almost always smiling. He looked genuinely happy to be up there on the stage, like some kind of wizard, blowing people's minds!

[@alicerobb5924]

Saw them at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto Canada in October 1982 . Amazing show!🤘👏

[@lifeofmtc]

Funny lots of people don't know that Eddie and Alex started on piano and their dad use to take them all around competing and winning of course. Later it was Alex on guitar and Eddie on drums but from what I understand Alex heard Eddie messing around on guitar and said forget the drums you should play guitar. He also was a gear head and constantly messing with guitar bodies, necks, pickups which led to some advancements in guitar building not to mention his amp tone known as the "brown sound" that many guitarist tried to replicate later. I went to this show when it hit the bay area, the guy is just amazing.

[@viclagina347]

Saw them twice. Yes it's 10x better live

[@blainekelley816]

I recall seeing this 'live' in New Haven video when it first came out (on VHS) and watched it countless times. Still blown away by all of it ... but always get lost during 'Cathedral' (9:14) when he is rolling the volume up and down for each note so there is no attack ... it just sounds like a cello = utterly amazing. I laugh watching young folks watching it for the first time and being stunned by his cig-on-the-guitar trick ... but that was a normal thing 'back in the day'. Thx for posting

[@brianstrawder2417]

Eddie's brother Alex is on the drums. An outstanding drummer.

[@rickharman8218]

He’s turning the main volume knob up and down in that slow middle section

[@rm1928]

The greatest rock guitarist of all time

[@kieranobrien7342]

What a legend, the way the guitar makes you feel is exactly me at your age. And guitar has and always will be part of my life. Keep with it because everyone is shit until there good

[@StormChaserMaci.]

Eddie Van Halen is a legend. King of all guitar players out there. Glad you got to hear his awesome music! To this day he has revolutionized the way Guitar is played. RIP Eddie!

[@lorrieanneswan6509]

There is a young man who went to America's Got Talent. Type, "guitar playing on AGT". I don't know his name or what country he comes from, but you have got to hear it.

[@carlakane3313]

Congrats on your 10K Day! Blessed to see this live during their first ever tour in 1978, Oakland, CA. Fell in love with Eddie instantly. We had never heard guitar like that before. Everyone was in shock. By this performance he improved so much and got much more comfortable on stage. Glad you got to see him.

[@Raggmopp-xl7yf]

Love your reaction to the best guitar player there ever was (RIP EVH). I saw them back in the 70s and the guy on drums is his brother Alex. The interplay between those 2 - I could just see them as kids out in their garage just shaking the whole neighborhood. Fun fact: Eddie built his own guitar (Northern Ash Stratocaster body, with pickup routing which EVH modified to fit a Gibson PAF) Frankenstrat, or Frankie as he called it.

[@gsmith7309]

I have to listen to this solo at least once a month and always gives me goosebumps❤

[@patricksnow5326]

When he’s twisting the nob, that called a volume swell.

[@TOPCHEF19733]

This solo started out as being a warm up exercise Eddie would do before club gigs or where ever they played. Their debut album,in 1978, a producer had the idea & Eddie agreed to have it as a track for that record.It took only one take.Over time it grew with bits of songs or Eddie experimenting with different sounds,effects. He never played it the same way.Eddie would either add or take away parts. From 1978-2015 all over the world

[@RiderVilly]

That’s just eruption, this is a bunch of songs put together and other bits

[@TOPCHEF19733]

@@RiderVilly I thought that's what I said.bits of songs..Like a small portion of "Mean Streets"towards the end

[@jenniferrodriguez5337]

Once in a lifetime someone so gifted comes along and everyone says of them "they were the best that ever was,".That was Eddie Van Halen. He played a guitar as if it were an orchestra. A guitar god. Another great guitarist for a completely different sound is Sir Brian May. He plays it as an extension of his voice. He plays as if he is singing with his guitar.

[@tigerbait2617]

Yep. He was the best. Every time I hear Van Halen, I smile. I don’t cry.

[@sarahzimmerman2953]

Saw them in 1984 in Denver. We stayed at the same hotel as Van Halen and desperately tried to meet them. My MOM who took me and 3 friends not only met Van Halen but had drinks with them. 😂

[@josephvanalstyne4049]

i saw him at meadowlands arena n.j i belive days before this play the solo. i saw him do it in 1984 with roth. and three other times with hagar. if you grew up at that time it was a given his playing and his soloing. great to see a young guy like you see it for first time. great video!

[@andibay3736]

Regarding your question about him tapping the strings. Eddie invented and owned 3 patents in the US, 1 of which allows for the string tapping and explained in the below article excerpt: “Patent number 4656917 was granted to Eddie Van Halen in 1987 for a flip-out support device that attaches to the back of the electric guitar or other stringed instrument. This contraption allows the musician to use a tapping technique by playing the guitar in a manner similar to the piano with the face of the guitar facing upward instead of forward. The device gave Van Halen the freedom to create new sounds and techniques that catapulted his band’s success. Eddie Van Halen also holds patent number 388117 for a guitar peghead, a tool that’s designed to help an instrument’s strings hold tension.”

[@xakaros]

that high note on 11:18 will always sent chills down my spine. THAT DAMN NOTE! I WANT TO LEARN THIS SEGMENT SO BAD!!!

[@theodoreknuyver7075]

Your facial expressions remind me of mine 40 plus years ago when I first heard Eddie. Goes right to your soul ❤️