Interview with Alex and Eddie van Halen in Dutch - 1979 (with subtitles)

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NPO Radio 2 presenteert... Eddie van Halen
(December 26, 2020)
The interview from 1979 in Jaap Edenhal in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
00:00 Introduction
00:35 Interview
02:47 Eddie on his guitar
03:12 Interview continued
Concert setlist: www.setlist.fm/setlist/van-ha...

[@tyryztoll]

1979 and looks like it was shot yesterday. Ed looks like he's 16. This is just fucking amazing.

[@keithnoriego6465]

Handsome young men!...

[@59plexi]

cool times....unlike today.....

[@caseykelso1]

Excellent photography

[@fredwerza3478]

@@keithnoriego6465 --- Alex is suffering from a little acne

[@dabneyoffermein595]

he'd still be building guitars had he not drank every day straight for 30 years. but he wouldn't have been the same crazy sob either, which would make him not Eddie anymore.

[@doh4828]

As a Dutch Indo myself, this is so great to see

[@buddywilliams5650]

Good for you man 👍

[@ansjovisnl9059]

We Dutch Indonesians are very proud of Eddie and Alex! I really miss Eddie, he was such a nice and talented man. And very attractive in his younger years.

[@kerzytibok3211]

I believe the American singer Michelle Branch has a Dutch-Indo mother?

[@littlebighumancom]

Im 48 year old indo and I didn’t even know they where also.

[@harryw9598]

@@littlebighumancom george kooymans is also dutch indo

[@kristopherdetar4346]

So wonderful to hear them speak in their first language. It’s a beautiful thing. Thanks YT, I waited 43 years to see this interview.

[@notozknows]

Wait a second, if you've been alive for 43 years and this was in '79, shouldn't you been able to see this? It was on radio.

[@PGraveDigger1]

@@notozknows It's quite difficult to see things on the radio.

[@manithor7572]

@@PGraveDigger1😂😂 👍

[@LordandGodofYouTube]

@@notozknows If they have been alive for 43 years they would've been

[@ateliergallez7594]

yes, and if you talk that language, it is even more wonderful :)

[@SaltieCat]

Alex is so proud of his little brother. Love this!

[@michaeladamo1188]

I was gonna say the same thing

[@roopan1968]

He should be just as proud of himself. Alex is every bit the musician that Ed is.

[@fredwerza3478]

@@roopan1968 --- Alex was always jealous of his brother's talent

[@roopan1968]

@@fredwerza3478 I've never seen any evidence of jealousy whatsoever. Alex and Eddie always seemed as close as brothers can be, for better or for worse.

[@vine3112]

@@roopan1968 AT 3 minutes in Alex is like damn I should have stuck with the guitar!

[@nerrade]

So crazy to hear them speaking their original language. They sound completely different. Tone, timbre and expression. Almost seems dubbed but I know it's not. Their friends and family must have been so proud of them. They created a world of music!

[@CanyonWanderer]

Funny thing is that after them being only 10 years in the US, I (as a native Dutch) already hear an American accent, especially from Eddie

[@stereoscope360v6]

I had a squad leader who spoke fluent Spanish, German and English. When he spoke English and Spanish, no problem, but as soon as he would speak German, I would get this overwhelming "ill" feeling, a visceral pain to my core as if my guts were shaking and I couldn't handle hearing him speak German. I have heard countless people speak German with no adverse effects, so I don't know what it was about the way he spoke it that gave me that reaction or why when he spoke the other languages, I didn't have the same reaction. An extreme case of having a different timbre and tone while speaking another language, I guess.

[@kerzytibok3211]

@@CanyonWanderer you can easily tell Eddie is more comfortable speaking "California English" than Dutch by the time he is 23 years old

[@mourlyvold64]

@@CanyonWanderer And not a hint of Nijmegen accent actually.

[@bramesque]

It's a strange thing, but that is what language does to our voice, ever noticed how frenchman can sound a bit feminine in their native language.

[@ronschuddeboomdigiscoping3693]

Proud to be dutch when i see this😀👍

[@willschut4917]

Idem!

[@tenbroeck1958]

I never thought I would be sentimental over my favorite childhood rock heroes! I was such an outsider in my hick town, but their music was so uplifting, it somehow made things better.

[@diegohorton869]

Dutch too

[@fredwerza3478]

Dutchies have pride but VH is an American band

[@willschut4917]

@@fredwerza3478 Well, I think there are no geographical borders in music, but if both your parents are Dutch and you are born in the Netherlands and your birthcertificate says you are Dutch……… hmmmmm. Then again, victory started in Pasadena and that’s not in the Netherlands 😀

[@HiHi-sm3ef]

Omg the smile on Eddie was so beautiful ! He was so happy here. Such a talent. The hair was equally magical!

[@ansjovisnl9059]

They both had really beautiful Hair!

[@keith-kessinger]

@@ansjovisnl9059 And smiles. That was always what I liked about the band the most.

[@lulumoon6942]

He always had an infectious smile.

[@lawyergirlinct16]

His smile lit up the room.

[@grenouillerjeanette777]

Coming from the same diaspora of Dutch-Indonesians this interview just warms my heart. ❤

[@IronHorse2007]

Love this interview. I'm so honored to have had a 20 minute conversation with Edward back in 2000 in Trolley Square SLC. Our kids were playing video games and he was playing Skeet ball. I walked up and whispered, hello Eddie?, so not to draw attention. He turned slowly and said, yeeees. Lol. Then we sat at a table and talked about Holland and my time stationed in Germany. I shook that legendary hand with fingerless leather gloves on. The memory of a lifetime!

[@9ckr716]

That Is way cool thanks for sharing man.

[@IronHorse2007]

@@9ckr716 absolutely! Unfortunately cell phones weren't that big yet and it was mainly text and phone, no camera. My wife always carried a disposable camera in her purse, but she didn't have it in there that day,, lol.. I did get his autograph and I have it framed on my wall. That's all I need from this legend!

[@rick3747]

@@IronHorse2007 That is awesome!

[@jasonsabourin2275]

Nice story, but "Fingerless leather Gloves?" Had to double check to see if the story was actually from 1984.

[@IronHorse2007]

@@jasonsabourin2275 I thought it was weird too but it was late winter and still pretty chilly in UT. Valerie was filming there at the time, Touched by an Angel in 2000 when she signed on to the show. At least he took it off to shake my hand. I have his autograph framed and signed if you want to see it :)

[@trygveknudsen3809]

So cool to hear the two brothers speak Dutch (I’m from Norway but Dutch isn’t too hard to understand for a Norwegian). And Eddie picking up his Frankenstrat! Charvel body, Fender neck. He wrote rock history on that guitar!

[@daniellachowcorrea209]

I think is Fender Body and Charvel neck

[@solarismoon3046]

Dutch isn't too hard to understand and I usually only speak English. But my family is partially Dutch.

[@solarismoon3046]

@@daniellachowcorrea209 It's a Charvel Neck and a Boogie Bodies Strat style body. Eddie recalls this in the April 1980 Guitar Player Magazine interview.

[@JR-to8sn]

The body is a Boogie Body not a Fender. That particular neck with the black headstock is a Charvel neck he took off of the Bumble Bee Charvel strat. You can see he covered the logo/Charvel name because he was mad at Grover Jackson who owned Charvel at the time. Grover was selling stipped strats like Bumble Bee without Eddies consent. That's why he painted Frankie Red. I believe he got a cease and desist on Grover to stop.

[@solarismoon3046]

@@JR-to8sn No - Eddie painted that Frankie guitar red because ESP was copying his guitars in JAPAN and he wanted "turn the corner on them"! He even said so in a Guitar Player Magazine interview. That Bumblebee Strat was painted for Eddie by Wayne Charvel who also made the neck and body for that guitar as well as the Frankenstrat . Grover Jackson simply owned the company and the only guitars that he made were the prototypes for certain guitars. He left everything else for Lynn Ellsworth and his crew including Wayne Charvel. Boogie Bodies was a line of guitar parts that was available for Jackson and Charvel guitars at that time. They were a certain model unlike the argument that they were a separate company. These were a Charvel exclusive when Grover Jackson left to start his own company by himself.

[@michaeldumont6896]

Strange to hear them speaking Dutch but awesome they didn’t forget. I love how they say, “of course not” together at the end. These bros. are tight😉👍

[@jacsig]

Michael Dumont - yes they were tight and it appears as tho Alex still isn't functioning he is so devastated.

[@StephenKramerstevefunk]

you can see Alex being older is more fluent and comfortable than Eddie .... Edie seems like hes speaking a foreign Language he knows well

[@pookiepookie8669]

@@StephenKramerstevefunk - Yes, but Ed was younger than Alex when they left, so his vocabulary wasn't as developed back then as a kid. I'm surprised they remember as much as they did. Fun to watch them back in happier days.

[@turns-jt7te]

According to the brothers, not a day went by that they didn't speak Dutch.

[@albinullanger7862]

Yes, they were bros 😎 But it's not like they came to the US like orphan refugees when they were 5. Of course they knew their mothers (in this case, fathers) tounge 🤷‍♂️ Come ON? This isn't directed towards you personally Michael, but i feel i have to get this in the commentes. Alot of people comment on these dutch videos with them. All this "I can't believe they STILL KNEW dutch!? Wooow". Ok? That assumption is from people that only know one language and have a small frame. The fact that Eddie has adapted a more american accent, that it shows, does only mean that he has an accent, not that he forgot the language. LOTS of bilangual people, or second generation immigrants speak their native language with an accent adjacent to the country they're currently living in. It's a sign of devotion if you ask me. Move from Texas to Nevada and tell me you wont shift accent at least a little bit after a while? 😀

[@msplacebo-246]

These brothers were close until the end. I read in Valerie Bertinelli's book that when Eddie was in the hospital for the final time Alex took turns with her & wolf sitting at his bedside & he was there until the end. True brotherly love between them.

[@lulumoon6942]

Lovely to hear, thank you.

[@brittneyking4284]

@msplacebogal did it say anywhere in the book that Al fainted? Somebody on TikTok said that.

[@abrahamboyd9507]

I’m Dutch / Indo and I come from a musical family. To hear them speak my language is so cool to hear!

[@johnrouille8273]

You can see how happy they are to speak in their native language

[@hoihoi9866]

I am Dutch, yes real good Dutch with little English accent

[@johnmiller9219]

how honored we are in America to have received this gift from Amsterdam Van Halen

[@TANTRUMGASM]

Thank goodness their Father Jan was smart, and they left Europe and moved to the Land of opportunity in Sunny California where they could flourish like so many other of the Greats of Rock n Roll .

[@fredwerza3478]

@@TANTRUMGASM I think they were facing a lot of discrimination in the Netherlands --- many European countries at that time didn't give opportunities to "half breeds" --- luckily, America was a place that valued talent and hard work, so it's a place where Eddie and Alex could fully exploit their skills

[@michaeltammaro482]

I remember going to Sacramento when I was 11 in '76. What a beautiful place. It's ashame what the WOKE Leftizt-Marxist DISEASE have and continue to do to this beautiful state. A REAL shame.

[@jawaka1000]

@@fredwerza3478 bull

[@hcpunkrockhxxx9247]

@@jawaka1000 No not bull, reality.. Check old interviews that they said their Indische mother had to deal with a lot of racism here in Holland. Racism got worse the last 10 years or maybe just more visible... RIP EDDIE 🙏🏽

[@kellybetts2690]

That goofy laugh of Eddie's is priceless. In any language both brothers are awesome. Missed. :(

[@energyasylum997]

@1:55 👏👏✊

[@helifanodobezanozi7689]

What's interesting is the Van Halens are actually Dutch-Inodonesian. Many Dutch-Inodonesians left Holland in the early 60's for the US because of the very cold reception they received in Europe after being expelled from Indonesia following the revolution. Nothing like success to change people's minds about who is welcomed.

[@BasVossen]

There also was a strong urge from the Dutch government and even queen Juliana that the Netherlands are overpopulated, they gave each person that went to live in the US, Canada, Australia, South Africa or New Zealand $1000 to make a new start. This is when they found out there were 10 million ppl in the NL. Currently there are about 20 million (incl. non registered).

[@highcurrent1125]

When Eddie pulled out his guitar and started tapping I about pissed myself!! RIP EVH

[@RKCMUZIK1111]

its so nice that they're not being interrupted by DLR and can answer their own questions these guys are genuine and pure talent !

[@monty4336]

Yeah, they shouldve fired that clown and talentless Dave before the first album. He contributed nothing to their sound. I bet he didnt even suggest they call the band Van Halen. 🙄

[@MultiGuitarDave]

Steeds als ik dit kijk word ik er stil van. Eddie heeft een inorme invloed op mij gehad. Niet alleen op gitaargebied maar ook mijn jonge puberjaren. Mooie herinneringen en geweldige muziek.

[@TopJimmy2]

Cool to see them like this and to see the guitar that "young". For 1979 I'm amazed at the quality and how well it's held up. Looks like it was filmed last week.

[@BobWitlox]

Thanks to Dutch public broadcasting archive

[@flitsertheo]

@@BobWitlox And not being recorded on video tape which would look horrible today.

[@wendyizaaks4879]

Ek is van Suid Afrika en ek is n' groot Van Halen fan. Ek verstaan presies wat hulle se. Alhoewel dit nederlands is.

[@BobWitlox]

En ik versta jou :)

[@tostizondercurry18]

Haha ik ben Nederlands en begrijp ook precies wat je zegt. Dronken poging: Ek is van Nederland en ek begrijp wat je bedoel

[@rick3747]

I am 56 years old. I got "Van Halen" from Santa at Christmas 1978. I was instantly hooked. I cranked my G.E portable cassette player on my paper route, boom box and such. I defended VH music to the disco and kraftwerk freaks on my block and in school. On Oct 06 2020, I was with my son at his Physical Therapy session and I saw the red Yahoo headline at approx 4pm that Edward Van Halen passed away earlier in the day. I immediately started to cry like a baby with numerous PTs asking me if I am ok. I explained that Edward died today and I felt like I just lost a good friend. Thank you Edward for using your God given talents so well. You brought tons of smiles, grins and happiness to me for decades. RIP. -Rick Lehigh Valley, PA

[@inconnu4961]

Dont rag on Kraftwerk! LOL

[@freeguitar65]

💔💔💔💔

[@darthvaydr]

RIP King Edward. You gave me the drive and love of playing the guitar. You are the best and will be forever missed. Love ya brother.

[@SCSRdotorg]

Love watching them speak Dutch. Really cool.

[@Cool-Edit-5000]

So cool. I've been to the Netherlands multiple times. I love the way Dutch sounds. Hearing Eddie and Alex speak in their native language is a real treat.

[@cwheremonster8870]

Active Dutch speaker here.. Alex is so damn fluent. Makes sense, as he was older when he came to America. Eddie has such a cool American accent in Dutch. But he speaks proudly, nonetheless. So awesome

[@cwheremonster8870]

Sorry.. meant to say “native Dutch speaker”. Not active

[@inconnu4961]

@@cwheremonster8870 What is your opinion of Afrikaans? is it easily understandable to you? I met some people on line who spoke Afrikaans, so my initial introduction to Dutch was via Afrikaans. couldnt speak a word of it now, sadly, but it was fun trying!

[@GUITARTIME2024]

I'm American but speak Dutch. I'm surprised Eddie didn't speak better, since dutch was the language at home, having 2 dutch parents.

[@mojito6629]

I'm 100% Indonesian and I'm proud that they are 50% Indonesian 😁

[@SpaceCattttt]

Well, they didn't choose to be.

[@jimijames9792]

They are actually 'Indisch' which is not Indonesian.

[@DannyGrady]

This is who they really are. Amazing.

[@Anna-loves-you]

Although they were so big in the USA, they always stayed humble and true to their Dutch-Indonesian roots. Love these guys❤❤❤ Rust zacht Eddie, we zullen je nooit vergeten

[@jasonwhite7452]

You can see how proud Alex is to be Eddie’s brother when he does that little tapping demonstration! Great piece of Rock n Roll history!

[@titogarriga364]

The body language of Alex in this video is amazing. Edward seems to struggle with Dutch sometimes and looks to Alex to help out. (just an observation, my little brother would always do the same with me when someone would speak Spanish to him or us). Also Alex seems so overprotective of his baby brother. Once Edward starts playing the look on Alex's face is priceless! That's my fuckin' brother dammit!

[@willschut4917]

Being Dutch myself I can tell you Ed ain’t struggling at all, although he (and Al for that matter) do speak with a broad American accent.

[@titogarriga364]

@@willschut4917 Thank you for the correction brother.

[@1994ToyotaCelica]

@@titogarriga364 Well you are right in my opinion, he doesnt struggle but sometimes he needs more time to find the right words. His brother is older so its natural he is slightly better with his Dutch also he has a less American accent.

[@regthorpe7923]

Obviously the older bro’s Dutch is better because he was older when they moved to the States. I notice Eddie is easier to understand for an Anglophone cause he’s picking the easiest most similar to English words.

[@hendrikheemels8615]

They kept on speaking Dutch to their parents in the US until they passed away.

[@josebravo5125]

The Van Halens are legends. Everything about their life is just to the fullest. Great stories.

[@jeffdawson2786]

He changed the way we play guitar forever. Bedankt. 🎸

[@Christophertracy09]

Eddie is so so handsome💔

[@jacsig]

Indeed!

[@kucinglaper89]

Of course he is half indonesian,,eurasia

[@jacsig]

@@kucinglaper89 Yes and so is Alex but he doesn't look half as good as Eddie.

[@buddywilliams5650]

You know that guy got ALot of women back before ED married. Valerie in April of 1981.

[@ansjovisnl9059]

Valerie had a lot of competition during these times, I think! Eddie was a very attractive and handsome man in his younger years. He probably had lots of groupies!

[@barbarawoodall4835]

Love them ! There will never be another band like them.

[@DVincentW]

Saw VH 12 times met the Edward 3 times. The changes they created can never be undone.

[@manithor7572]

There won’t be because rock n roll died!

[@jamespendleton9879]

One of the things I loved about these 2 brothers on film was that they had such mutual respect for one another. I't was truly a symbiotic relationship. They had each others backs like one was the other.

[@uthentic_music]

Wat een ontzettende sympathieke gasten. En heel erg puur.

[@frozenwarning]

I never had any idea that they were from Holland originally or that they could speak Dutch. Amazing. Their entire career went by before I ever saw this.

[@tribeshift]

It is always apparent from their interviews, even their very earliest ones, that while Eddie was obviously the star within the band, Alex was the absolute leader and driving force behind Van Halen.

[@acepaul407]

Dave and Al took care of the business side back in the day. Both of them got the gigs and had great relationships with the club owners.

[@frankscassi4960]

@@acepaul407 also, Alex was the one who decided art covers and tracklists and if I remember correctly from an interwiew with gary cherone he also cured concert setlists (but i might be wrong on this last one)

[@primateproductions126]

Priceless... wish there was more like it

[@2216sammy]

Man this is truly awesome . Look at how young they are and this is after they already released the album that turned the guitar world upside down and to this very day people all over the world still haven't recovered from it . What a mind boggling talent . Don't be stupid and say well he's famous for his tapping because that's nonsense, take away the tapping and he's still the most awe inspiring talent ever . He really was that ridiculously amazing . Long live "THE KING" .

[@jamesmotlagh1833]

This is so incredible to see the brothers speaking fluent Dutch. Even more respect to them. Thank you for posting this video!

[@42ayla]

I'd hope they could, they were born and raised there.😉

[@ericdpeerik3928]

I'm not sure if fluent is the word. They have very thick American accents and are sometimes searching their brain for the correct word 😂 It's awesome though.

[@jacqdanieles]

​@@ericdpeerik3928 as an observer, it seems to me that Alex is more fluent & Eddie has a little difficulty at times.

[@Joylibelle]

They both speak sophisticated Dutch, almost oldfashioned, it sounds beautiful! Love that Alex uses the word 'liedjes' (songs). Nobody uses that word in rock 'n roll, it's so cute.

[@albertdeboer1838]

@@Joylibelle I still use the word "liedje". To me, it's not old fashioned

[@philomelodia]

Rest in peace, Eddie. Gone but absolutely never forgotten. 🎸

[@simonvanderheijden432]

I live just around the corner from where they lived when they lived in Nijmegen. When Eddie passed away i went over there and layed some flowers at the entrance/doorsteps of the apartment building (it's pretty small, one entrance leads to 6 apartments). When i got there, there was a single rose with a card and a couple of candles. I wrote a letter for the occupants of the apartment building explaining what was going on and if they would be so kind and not remove the flowers and all the other stuff. I put my emailadres in the letter and only one occupant replied me with a very nice email. This happend to be the occupants of the aparment the Van Halen family lived in. The apartments are mostly occupied by students these days due to the fact that Nijmegen has a large university (i'll get back to this later..). Over the next couple of days there were more flowers, candles, some signs and the (local) tv network (you have to understand that local tv means jack shit in The Netherlands..) came and did a piece. Some asshole was interviewed, made it all about himself and tried display his awesome Van Halen knowledge . It barely made the local newspaper. It made the news on national tv. But Ed died the same day that Johnny Nash died. Johnny Nash is was songwriter from the 60's and 70's and had a hit with "I Can See Clearly (now the rain has gone)" wich was a hit in Holland by some hack (Lee Towers) who covered it. 8 o'clock news.. Eddie van Halen died, Johnny Nash died.. 9 o'clock news.. Johnny Nash died.. 10 o'clock news.. Johnny Nash... You get the picture. That was basically it for ol' Ed in the Dutch media. A couple of years before he died someone started a petition and tried to get a street or a square named after him or the band here in Nijmegen, no dice.. I'll bet they are gonna try again and i'll bet they are gonna fail. You know why? The Netherlands doesn't give a shit about Edward Lodewijk van Halen nor the band. There are a handfull of fans and that's it. Van Halen (the band) has always been shunned for some reason. Within month all the stuff outside the apartment was gone, turns out that those students didn't give two shytes either. And let me remind you, this is not a very nice neighbourhood and it's always messy there so it's not like the flower and the signs was bringing down the property value. By now y'all realize that i'm kinda pissed.. Well, i am and i ain't dun yet.. At the end of each year there's a very popular music show called the "Top 2000 a-gogo" . Very popular as i said and mostly it's fun to watch. Almost every episode they have a live band that play major hit songs in a different style and the guests have to geuss the songs. In this perticulair episode they had some thrown together band with a well known Dutch guitarplayer called Leendert Haaksma and they had a guitarplayer called Lucas Hamming as a guest. Mr Haaksma is not a bad player but compaired to the great players he's mediocre at best. Mr Hamming on the other hand isn't even good enough to change Mr Haaksma strings and i'm being very nice here... Why am i telling you this? Well, they chose this episode to do a little segment about Eddie van Halen.. And as always it's Running With The Devil, Jump and Why Can't This Be Love as if that were the only 3 songs they wrote (And those are the only 3 songs you'll ever hear on the Dutch radio).. Yada yada yada, tapping.. Yada, yada, yada, the guitar technique he uses on Cathedral. That was it.. Mr Haaksma, reluctantly i might add, tried to show the technique used in Cathedral. He got it totally wrong and it's really not that hard. You turn up the amp with a fair amount gain, switch on your delay pedal, turn down the volume on the guitar, hammer on a note on the guitar with your left hand and turn the volume up with your right hand and Bob's your uncle. And when they asked Mr Hamming what he thought about Eddie two hand tapping technique he said the he thought it was tastless.. That really pissed me off.. In all fairness i don not have a problem with people not liking Eddie van Halen, his music, his playing nor the band. It's okay for people to not like something and to express that. But for the people who put together the tv-show.. Is it so hard to get a couple of guys in the studio who liked Eddie and had something nice to say about him? Adrian Vandenberg from Whitesnake is Dutch, he's a contemporary of Eddie, he likes Eddie playing, he knew Eddie personally and he lives in The Netherlands. Anyway, sorry for my rant but i really had to get this of my chest.. The Netherlands should be ashamed for the way they treated Eddie.. And truth be told, the way i feel now, if i ever meet Mr Hamming i'm gonna kick his boney little ass and make him cry.. Have a nice day! (Edit) The show that this segment was taken from was shown on a channel that nobody really watches and it suck too.

[@brisleeadams]

I went to Nijmegen to play 2 cover gigs in bars there in January 2019, really liked it. I went to the Van Halen family place, and tried to pay tribute to Eddie, did a video where I butchered Eruption and Ain't Talkin' about Love on my travel acoustic guitar, but at least I took the time to go there as a pilgrimage, I knew I wouldn't be goint to Nijmegen everyday, even though it's a lovely city... Until I found out a friend of mine lived there, so I actually might go back lol!

[@simonvanderheijden432]

@@brisleeadams Maybe you should post this as a normal post and not as a reply to my post. It has literally nothing to with what i've written accept that you've mentioned Nijmegen..

[@gokhanersan8561]

Van Halen wasn’t popular in Europe in general-like Bon Jovi is for instance. It is especially heartbreaking to hear Van Halen isn’t widely appreciated in Holland.

[@simonvanderheijden432]

@@gokhanersan8561 You're right. Europe, in general, didn't appreciate Van Halen neither. But it's a real shame that the country he was born in never took him seriously. Well, it's one of the many reasons I'm not very proud to be Dutch.

[@burningdaylights]

Brislee, Simon's irked you're stealing his thunder, interrupting his self-involved whining with something positive.

[@saskiapanter]

Wat gaaf, ik zie het nu pas. Heerlijk dat accentje. Maar mooi hoe goed ze nog Nederlands konden. Ik ben 10 dagen in California geweest, ik merkte op dag 6 ongeveer dat ik ook al in het Engels tegen mijzelf zat te praten, dus begrijp ik nu wel dat mensen snel de taal "vergeten" als je het niet meer spreekt dagelijks. Maar wat een leuke kerels zeg. ❤😊

[@kneh39]

Dat heb ik niet, dat accent al zou ik er 40 jaar wonen. Het is hoe je er zelf mee omgaat

[@williamwerning9754]

...was visiting in Germany for two weeks. By the time I left I was no longer "translating " in my head. I was thinking in german. Lol

[@randywissler9923]

Damn its weird hearing them speak in their native language. So often you forget that they weren't born here. R.I.P EDDIE 🤘🤘🤘

[@glumbigrashalm1026]

On the internet? 😂

[@Gerardus1970]

This is fantastic footage! Considering Eddie was just a kid when his family moved to the US his Dutch language had held up well. I dare say they spoke Dutch at home.

[@jacsig]

Gerardus 1970 They did speak Dutch at home, and when they were with their parents after they grew up & moved out.

[@dspencer1201]

Guitarist Adrian Vandenburg said he spoke Dutch with Ed and Al and that they would still use phrases that were in use when they were kids.

[@ansjovisnl9059]

They were raised bilingual!

[@jasonsabourin2275]

In Noel Monk's book he said sometimes when Ed, and Al would fight they would often yell at each other in Dutch, and no one knew what the hell they were saying, apparently they also had some REAL Knock 'em Down, Drag 'em Out Brawls, and people would have to physically break them up, because neither one would give up.

[@LMvdB02]

@@dspencer1201 He's called Adriaan van den Berg with spaces and no capital letters on the insertion 'van den'.

[@ronstewart6362]

That's the most I've Ever seen Alex talk and couldn't understand one word😂🤣😂

[@APK-pn4qh]

Man it is soooo weird hearing those famous well known voices speak Dutch! Weird in a cool way. Man, I miss Ed so much. Simply the greatest of all time. Great video! 👍

[@Kay-rt8rz]

For guys who've been living in America for a good 10 years by then their Dutch accent is very good still, proud to be a Dutch man when I see this

[@EwaldEwald104]

I agree😊

[@jenanthony7575]

Eddie’s smile can literally light 💡 up a room ❤❤❤

[@joshuabolwerk5536]

Leuk man echt geweldig om te zien Alex zal hem nu wel verschrikkelijk missen zeg vreselijk als je jonge broertje eerder overlijd en je ziet dat ze echt heel hecht waren

[@rmarconcini]

This man changed the world´s guitar forever! We all miss u dear .....

[@John-kw3nd]

WTF amazing English is their second language all these years I didn't know

[@jeffreywickens3379]

Eddie Van Halen was sooo happy and bubbly all the time.

[@T34B4993R]

I remember seeing them at Pinkpop in Geleen, here in the Netherlands, 1980. Epic!

[@donbabcock2062]

I’ve always had such a high regard for those two, this interview just shows why, genuinely good guys right there in my book. Eddie’s smile will always be missed.

[@easternyellowjacket276]

During this interview he was what, 23 or 24? Prime of his life. What a ride.

[@prog1962]

Zag dit interview in '79 grappig om weer terug te zien R.I.P. Eddie

[@TwinBlasters]

This is what happens when you shoot on good film. It has (in a way) infinite resolution as long as it's stored properly. It's why nothing from the 90's looks good. It was all tape. Anyway, very cool to see these guys like this, near the humble beginnings

[@tombstone4986]

They were my first concert in 1984 Phoenix AZ! I was 15.

[@hazor777]

VAN HALEN could NOT BE DENIED TOTAL SUCCESS !!!! Great to see this , they both looks so young and vibrant, ready to conquer the world !!!!!!! And they did!!!

[@williamwebb8718]

This is fricking priceless thanks for the upload

[@violetgolden3380]

If you ever listened to Ed and Al speak English, it's easy to hear their Dutch just waiting to slide in.

[@gatorhkman]

Holy shit...I had no idea they could speak the language and this was just so cool...so young and fresh!

[@mikecurtis11]

These two are always smiling! And it's infectious.

[@asintonic]

OMG in all my 55 years i have never seen this. wow ilove it!

[@stevenhulbert7540]

Having watched numerous foreign films from Sweden, Germany etc, it's great to hear the boys speak in their native language, the film held up very well, thanks for posting!

[@Za7a7aZ]

I live in Nijmegen, The Netherlands and thinking about applying at cityhall for the brothers or Eddie having a street name. I mean...there are less famous nijmegenaren with their own street name. Rest in peace or do whatever makes you happy..Edward. Deze meneer Kees Baars had al snel door dat deze jongens zeer groot gingen worden.

[@hcpunkrockhxxx9247]

@ Ash Richards Wat een goed idee zeg hey 👍🏽Ik woon in A'dam, waar beide broers zijn geboren. Zou ook tof zijn en respectvol als hier een straat naam naar hun wordt genoemd (iid beter dan VOC massamoordenaars JP Coen of PietHein tuig). Maar de vraag is: hoe pak je dat aan? Hoe gaat dat in zijn werk qua straatnamen?? Ik hoop dat het je lukt 🙏🏽 Bless

[@Za7a7aZ]

@@hcpunkrockhxxx9247 ik denk dat je handtekeningen moet verzamelen en aanbieden bij iemand vd gemeente die er over gaat en de authoriteit heeft...zoiets 👍

[@hcpunkrockhxxx9247]

@@Za7a7aZ Ja idd. Heb er nog over nagedacht en vind ook dat er voor de broers een straatnaam moet komen in Nijmegen (Beide broers zijn hier in A'dam geboren, maar hier niet opgegroeid). Ash als je nog een handtekening nodig hebt voor N'megen, wil ik zeker ondertekenen (als niet ingezetene van de Gemeente N'megen). Weet niet of in de huidige tijd de Van Halen fanclub nog bestaat? Maar in samenwerking met de fanclub: meer stemmen meer kracht..Maar ik blijf het een super idee vinden 👍🏽

[@Za7a7aZ]

@hcpunkrockhxxx9247 dank je..het zal een heel gedoe zijn maar tegenwoordig met socialmedia zal ik misschien niet op 10.000 deur bellen hoeven drukken. Fijn dat je er achter staat..goed idee, de fanclub zal ongetwijfeld meewerken👍vorige zomer kwam ik vaak in de rozemarijnstraat waar ze woonden..dat zal een goed begin zijn om te starten😉

[@Danjoker.]

Amazing footage

[@stevespawn1]

I’m 59 and this is first time I saw Eddie speaking full on Dutch. Cool-speaks Dutch and originated eruption-which blew everyone’s mind when it came out. Legend stuff. If you are a guitar player you know what I mean. Mean streets, on top of the world, Panama. Need I say more? People,don’t know how ground breaking -young chain smoking and alcoholic Eddie. Wish he would have stopped the cigarettes, it’s what killed him and 2 of my family members too. When we are young we feel invincible-yet we are not.

[@krugmeister7301]

I'm speechless at the Talent that Eddie and Alex have... It's SUCH SADNESS THAT HE IS GONE..😪😪😪😪🙏🙏🙏🙏💯💯💯💯🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🎸🎸

[@djSmokeShow]

Mind blowing. I've been a VH fan for 40 years and have never heard them speak Dutch. This is like a time machine, thank you so much for posting this.

[@tshandy1]

I really miss EVH. It's weird to say that. I didn't know him, but his music, the fact that he won't make any more, maybe that's what I miss. He was a genius who created many of the songs on the soundtrack of my life.

[@miningmonkey760]

Such a trip to hear them speak Dutch!

[@adrianpoesiat]

My parents came from Holland. My sisters and brother were born in Amsterdam then they emigrated to Canada. So Dutch was my siblings first language like Eddie and Alex. Charming listening to them speak Dutch

[@robklerks7337]

Geweldig om te zien dat twee geëmigreerde Hollandse gasten ...zo veel succes hebben/gehad....

[@hcpunkrockhxxx9247]

Niet helemaal Hollands: hun moeder was Indisch (dus Indonesisch bloed) en werd erg gediscrimineerd in Holland (1 vd redenen dat ze naar US emigreerden).

[@uomunumerous2350]

@@hcpunkrockhxxx9247 Iedereen is hier heerlijk positief over een groot gitarist die er niet meer is en houdt het gezellig zoals het hoort maar jij zorgt hier en daar wel voor wat polarisatie over huidskleur he? Je lijkt Sylvana Simons wel. Bah!

[@mumenrider862]

always smiling

[@cobyporschifer221]

COOL AS HELL ! AWESOME JOB putting this up on KZbin. Thank you so much. RIP Eddie 🤘

[@30mouse]

Thank you for posting this, it's so great to hear them speak Dutch, very, very cool. I love to see the ease with which Eddie plays the guitar, it's like water flowing over rocks...

[@allthecommonsense]

Incredible. Thanks for posting this.

[@timholtzclaw8930]

This is a perfect example of why Alex has left the music business. His brother was everything to him. RIP Eddie.

[@DeepSpaceMarketing]

This was great to watch. Thank you.

[@poliziagrammaticale9430]

Although I didn't understand a word this interview left me with a big smile on my face.

[@chrisslooter2825]

I like how you can hear certain quick words or phrases in English then they go right back to Dutch.

[@davep5647]

Best quality footage from the 70s.They both look so healthy and clean...evh playing Spanish Fly just like the record with such ease-wow.Amazing.This happened nearly a half century ago-i cant wrap my head around that.Slava Ukraine!

[@simpleman283]

I can not wrap my head around where the time goes. I was rockin to some KISS, but then came VH, that was well over 40 years ago for me. From the very first time I heard VH, nothing has even come close to topping these guys.

[@miloye_zzloo5705]

Какого черта ты упоминаешь Украину?

[@yamahasuperbike2202]

Really cool footage from back in the day. Thanks!

[@christopheroliver2465]

Alex and Edward: Home, relaxed, and happy. RIP EVH. I am sure that you are in this state right now.

[@jolandakoops6163]

Geweldig filmpje, goede kwaliteit! Mis deze gasten!

[@galaxyii]

Thank you for posting this. I am honestly amazed at this interview. It is so awesome. And the quality is exceptional considering it is from 1979. I didn't even know Alex and Eddie could speak Dutch, I guess I had forgotten. Good thing I turned on the closed captions by pressing "C".

[@rogierasselt4972]

This is so nice to watch, lovely interview, he speaks Dutch with a bit of a thick US accent,but it is still very recognizable and also very '70s including the dressing room , bricks and those clothing hangers....thanks for the upload !!

[@VanHalenStarWars]

Have never seen this!!

[@JockeLundgrenTV]

Amazing. Thank You very much! 🙋🏻‍♂️

[@mdepenno]

Leuk om te zien, vriendelijke jongens met talent

[@vinaymulukutla358]

They’re so humble and down to Earth. Totally at the top of their game but just so open and truthful about how they became who they are. No rockstar ego. And that guitar Eddie has was the very tool that he used to reinvent rock music forever.

[@brianwarner308]

Super cool video and wow that quality is crystal clear!

[@MrChristian]

Both super-cool and totally humble and down-to-earth. Great upbringing!

[@johnvalderrama9339]

when we were young

[@sharonneth4231]

That is the coolest thing to hear and see! Originally from CA I never heard them speak their native tongue in interviews?! This is so much fun to listen to! 🤘😊