1982 Valerie Bertinelli & Eddie Van Halen (PM Magazine)

[@peggyreely8339]

2020 - I want to close my eyes and wake up in the 80s right now. Ugh.

[@janiznick]

Peggy I feel you darlin. The good times are over

[@christineadams1284]

Peggy Reely Me too. I miss living FREE. 💕 This "New World Order" SUCKS.

[@CAFAYA1]

Me too 😌

[@smedleybutler8787]

This world has become a nightmare. Usa is becoming 3d world.

[@irammendez8683]

I REMEMBER WHEN IT WAS ON TV I WROTE IT DOWN AND STAYED HOME TO SEE EVH .. THE SKY WAS CRYING WHEN SEV PASSED TODAY THE WORLD IS CRYING ..R.I.P EDDIE VAN HALEN

[@DiegoNavaja]

Look!! Back in 1982 Eddie was already working on "Panama". He plays it al 4:19.

[@nicolaholgate7]

Their marriage lasted 20 years,which in the rock world is a lifetime!

[@judithryle2113]

But they were not happy that long

[@darkeststar3640]

They were married 26 years, but separated the last 6 years. Never stopped loving each other.

[@jacsig]

@@judithryle2113 I have always wondered why they stayed together that long if they were so unhappy, since it would have been no skin off of Eddie's back being a millionaire to have paid her alimony if he divorced her. I figure it must have been love that kept them together.

[@jacsig]

@@darkeststar3640 Are you sure about that?

[@RLviddy]

Valerie and Eddie look like twins in a way.

[@imaretromillenial1990]

Different features.

[@mariezvirblis2263]

Exactly!! 😉❤️

[@user-hg3ff6bf7o]

Yes, I thought the same, they look alike, even the hair.

[@shonnamay8331]

Perfect match❤️

[@shonnamay8331]

Perfect match❤️

[@jeffthrow6892]

My God Valerie was absolutely stunning back then!!! Eddie was one seriously lucky s.o.b.........

[@gogojean007]

She was and still is

[@WeirdestGuy29]

They lasted longer than 99% of other celebrity couples. You gotta give 'em that.

[@DefLeppardVanHalen]

I agree. They really set the standard really high.

[@jacsig]

Happy Anniversary Valerie & Eddie!

[@michelealfo6477]

They were so adorable together! They looked like twins! I was so happy for them! 💜❤️

[@gusopher]

When Valerie’s Family lived in Shreveport, because her dad ran the local GM plant here, and they would come to town to visit, back then Shreveport had a pretty big music scene and her brothers would take them out and there are tons of photos of Eddie sitting in with all kinds of different bands in Shreveport. And he must not have ever packed for the visits because there are tons of photos of Eddie on Tour wearing t-shirts he must have got from her brothers that have some local schools high school name or Shreveport YMCA. There’s a photo of them in Hollywood at some premier and he has on a Captain Shreve Gators football t-shirt. That’s one of the largest high schools in Shreveport.

[@jacsig]

The premier was Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure.

[@daisyduke4640]

Eddie & Val looked so perfect together ♥️

[@lauraluffman6177]

Yes they did

[@gogojean007]

Yes perfect

[@gogojean007]

💖

[@user-hg3ff6bf7o]

The were Perfect Together, True Love .

[@burningdaylights]

They looked like siblings.

[@talcoge67]

That’s hard to watch now, I was only 16 with posters of Eddie and Magazine covers of Valerie all over my bedroom....I remember this interview as if it was yesterday. Without the internet, you didn’t see videos of Eddie much, I couldn’t wait to watch their interview.... RIP EVH....

[@3impersonators]

Love Eddie's reaction when the groupies are mentioned. "No of course not! I'm married!"

[@sbc8861]

They'd only been married one year at that point. Maybe he was telling the truth?

[@gogojean007]

🤯

[@aprildannette3816]

@@sbc8861 I believe him

[@TheJpep2424]

He wasn't one of them

[@lucidam7722]

@Crimson Idol Eddie was a total workaholic, he used booze to work. His band mates were the ones partying and hanging out with groupies, especially DLR and Sammy Hagar.

[@bridgetbarba4170]

True love never fails nor ends

[@waterislife5109]

I will always love you Eddie. RIP rock on Eddie rock on 🤘🎸🎸🎸❤️

[@scwaty180]

Brings a tear to my eye to see this. RIP Eddie Van Halen

[@diezeldiamond1041]

The song he's playing sitting with Val is Woman In Love from VH 2

[@Olubumni]

Those were the days of my youth. I can’t believe they stayed together for so long. I loved those two. RIP EVH💔💔💔

[@mimiC0307]

I see Valerie is a cat person too. 😻

[@999manman]

Wow! Never thought I'd see this again! I remember watching this with my guitar in hand trying to cop a few licks as they flew by in the pre-VCR days of my youth. Weird seeing Maria Shriver in her early gig.

[@levinmoser4001]

God, I've always loved Diver Down's Little Guitars! That was my favorite on the album.

[@JackTaylor39]

One of the best?!? He WAS THE BEST LOL.

[@hobgoblin4614]

Still is and may very well be in my lifetime....

[@tickedoffnow]

so sad-they were very much in love-but then shit happened-I hate it when that happens

[@reese7916]

I always see your comments on stuff lol

[@jeffpowell1893]

Eddie wrote music that changed my life. A lot of peoples lives. And he always acted so appreciative of his fans. He was a class act and always will be.

[@ycuy]

Those smokes are going to catch up to him one day. I guess we all have our weaknesses.

[@swellybibbsenterprises5185]

That day might be here soon, unfortunately.

[@Blondy321]

Yup. Today.

[@Lucia-gg7pq]

Very sad

[@ycuy]

He was my favorite guitarist. He inspired me a lot. I wish I could have met him one day but once in the 80s during the concert I stood on my chair and waved my baseball cap at him and he looked right at me and smiled. I will never forget that.

[@gogojean007]

Too bad such great talent

[@melissagahn]

Love the 2 of them together at 4:01. :) Rest In Peace Eddie.

[@VG-iq8xq]

Cool to see Eddie playing Panama riff in ‘82! He probably was playing it years before this even. Genius.

[@rags847]

Eddie is drinking beer from a big mug at 4:40. It must have been a morning interview.

[@user-hg3ff6bf7o]

RIP eddy ❤️

[@gabriellamortier2353]

She posted part of this on Instagram and I wanted to see more so I’m glad you put this up

[@surfshack2]

Wow 1982.....seems like a 100 years ago. VH was the biggest rock band in the world. Valerie was a sweetheart of a woman. Time goes so fast...

[@atomictom86]

Eddie didn't sound to convincing when he question about his parting while on the road....Valerie had to answer for him.

[@glassslide]

Thanks for posting--that was cool to get to see Eddie play guitar--awesome!

[@rick3747]

May you rest in peace, Edward. I love you, brother.

[@TitoAGoGO]

Great video! I could probably listen to Eddie noodle for days! WOW the future first lady of Califonia interviews Valerie and a drunk Eddie!

[@tcconnection]

She embarrassed him with saying he was living with his parents when she met him, many ages do it all over the world, that is normal, that is family, that judgment is a shame. I'm glad they had some good times and Wolfie. Sympathy goes out to his wife Janie and Wolfie.

[@stevenbradley3864]

Koo

[@phyllisdawson8690]

but who has money then lives still with their parents?

[@imaretromillenial1990]

phyllis dawson he probably didn’t bother because he was touring all the time or in recording studios.

[@aprildannette3816]

my sympathy goes to Valerie too he was her first love and they still had a great relationship she even called him my love when she wrote her online tribute she wrote see you in the next life my love

[@phyllisdawson8690]

@@imaretromillenial1990 true..makes sense

[@digidrum2003]

Aw damn.....this is sweet and sad now.

[@515OVanHalen515O]

yea she wrote in herbook that she always loved him but she couldnt take the drinking and that she couldnt let wolfie see that anymore atleast ther still good friends

[@patrickmccutcheon8860]

"Of course not. I'm married, I wouldn't do that."

[@Gerkinstock]

I remember seeing this in '83 or so and taping it because VB looked hot and Eddie played the intro to "Women in Love." Have looked for it here before but only found it now. Quite a treasure.

[@99Lorne]

Thanks for posting this video!

[@MoaBe5]

Gosh, I want a guy like Eddie so bad, especially like at 4:04 - 4:22 to just sit and listen to that special someone who makes that beautiful sound all day :) I mean it look cozy and so romantic!

[@karina-oh7826]

Looks can be deceiving...and they were... Eddie's various addictions had a real choke hold on him. That and the endless, ever present, after concert, groupies... Eddie couldn't resist the trappings of the Rockstar lifestyle. Valerie had her own problems with cocaine, too. Also, she admitted to cheating on Eddie. Only I think she did it because she didn't want to look like a fool being the only one... How very sad for them both...

[@jacsig]

@@karina-oh7826 She said in her book she cheated on Eddie bcuz he wasn't paying enough attention to her.

[@bartolemeo]

The intro to Panama...very cool. Great musician, always creating the next thing ;)

[@convictTKM]

fair, i had never seen a vid with ed playin the women in love intro. sweet.

[@tessafox1329]

I loved One Day At A Time.

[@amanzidinkles1037]

5:31 This is what every man dreams of doing for his woman.

[@MarjorieEarlDean]

Rest in peace Eddie.

[@DVincentW]

I love how Shriver talks over Eds solo This is Love. That chord progression turned into the score for part of 'The Wild Life' later on in 85.

[@music3874]

You're right! I never noticed that.

[@Kimberfae]

Rest In Peace Eddie 💔

[@Blakep1991]

Yeah I noticed that too, the people that were watching got a sneak peek of what the next AWESOME Van Halen album would be like.

[@MontereyDave]

And wow the newscaster was Maria Shriver (wife of the Governator!). Great find! Thanks for sharing.

[@supergiuovane]

F.U.C.K. is a great album man, probably one of the best guitar sound ever

[@skirbyr]

her brothers are very lucky, shes so talented! and beutifull

[@pismo10]

I heard a little Panama in there two years before 1984..

[@dydydufjfjfuf4500]

RIP 🙏🏻 Eddie

[@qrptedmac]

The only thing was eddie had a hard time finding a shirt.

[@pontiacattack249]

Man, watching him answer that drugs question was painful.

[@tokaicarl]

probably the best comment i've ever seen on here!!!!!!!!!

[@anamaria-zo5ym]

They looked so good together. Sweet humble souls.

[@donbrashsux]

$20,000 per episode.. just amazing

[@jroundy1649]

Ed just played a little bit of Panama at 04:18 years before the actual song. Wish this interview was more about Ed with Valerie as a side note.

[@joeygrado3277]

R.I.P EVH

[@illuminedelusion]

Actually, there were parts from Panama and Women in Love in this interview.

[@msprecious3498]

My cousin Maurice Godwin acted with her in Americana cafe, great show too bad. It got cancelled, was. Good! Such a pretty woman in and out :)

[@jacsig]

What did Maurice say about Eddie?

[@jakemk21]

Hearing Eddie play for just a bit there is a great example as to why I love Van Halen(both Roth and Hagar years. They were both AMAZING) The band knew how to mix melodic hard rock with a feel-good/kinda pop sense to it. Not pop like Madonna, but I mean they weren't as dark as Black Sabbath.

[@ajaxrules1975]

=VH= fan till i die

[@Lioninthenight]

Oh but these are my memories about this particular vid. Not every comment is going to conform to the way you see the world. "KZbin is supposed be an open forum for vids and etc..not a forum for comments such as these. cheers." Darling, the beauty about an open forum is that it gives people the freedom to comment and give their opinion as they want to, NOT what there suppose to!

[@jorgeiramain]

all are great guitar players and richie sambora (bon jovi) brian may (queen)stevie ray vaughan

[@MyKittyPercy]

Don’t forget, according to Valerie, they cheated on each other and Ed said she cheated first. Either way, this marriage was a mess. Kind of sad because I always thought they looked like there was nothing but love between them and it ended because Edward was a drunk and refused to quit smoking after getting cancer. But, her book showed it was so much more.

[@jacsig]

Yes her book showed it was coke.

[@toltec19]

love that cat

[@trollgoal]

it's a variation/combiniation of an arpeggiated(instead of tapped) "women in love..VH II" and "Pananma ..1984"

[@music3874]

It was the song "Women in Love" from Van Halen II.

[@swellybibbsenterprises5185]

The intro.

[@skirbyr]

valerie is such a sweetheart, i love her, sorry ed dont get mad, i love you too

[@guitarcdt]

You're right Panama is there. It's not 100% what we know from 1984. But it was definately there.

[@TaylorRock123]

Yes. Exactly...Van Halen is Hard Rock when it's at its hardest like Hot for Teacher, or maybe Panama but they're in the middle. But definitely at the best when it comes to *quality* of the music.

[@_kunkle]

Ed turned that song from 4:00 into a song called "Love Song" in 1984

[@music3874]

Amen to that!

[@ycuy]

True although I think Eddies son in the band is pretty cool. They have a link to a younger crowd and can be classic and new at the same time.

[@Lioninthenight]

You can tell the way Valerie dug Eddie, the way she looks at him at 5:02 when Eddie's asked if the late nights with groupies are true.

[@ajaxrules1975]

At 4.18 Edward starts Panama which was not even released in 1982.

[@NeilStuhlmiller]

Sometimes your job and marriage dont mix. Something has to give.

[@jillmarsh8256]

VanHalen a hard rock band? I never thought they were. They were awesome though.

[@kchamz]

Here About It Later - Van Halen's Fair Warning Album

[@ilahildasissac1943]

Seeing Maria Shriver so young is cool too

[@Gretschdrums75]

It's worth watching this just for 4:03-4:24 where you hear him play rough Panama. Ed is bad ass.

[@515OVanHalen515O]

"valerie was on TOP OF THE WORLD" how ironic that would be the title of one of vh's hits

[@music3874]

Yes, she was.

[@shonaboufford7342]

They were each others one true great love. Sadly his addictions got in their way. But I firmly believe even though not together they still were very much in love. And now she's lost him.

[@wiredog73]

you are correct.

[@Rockshredder]

Is he really the lead guitarist? He is the only guitarist! He does both jobs.

[@guitarafter50]

Geez man, there's no Panama in there.. it's from his solo then goes into Women In Love and that cool flanging stuff is from Hear about it later

[@deborahshanks7848]

They sure skipped right over that drugs comment... All those early Van Halen albums were fueled by Cocaine a Booze, Valerie was doing it too

[@slopitch27]

Some may recognize the woman doing the interview as Maria Shriver, or Mrs. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

[@Lioninthenight]

Oh yeah, she loved him. In fact, it was Valerie who sought Eddie. After that, nature took its course.

[@RRMI6ironmaiden]

@music3874 well friend i think its fair to say that DLR and Van halen were golden to gethter i think if he didnt leave all those songs after 1984 would be much more listenable and remmber 1984 put them on the spot especially after eddy did beat it

[@DaveManleyguitar]

Lol, he was hammered during the interview

[@klct2006]

@Braunsk1 it's "Shriver"

[@spawnofwheezedog]

was he playing an early version of panama in there?

[@rebeccajones4stories]

Sounds like it

[@ycuy]

I think that is Maria Scriver giving the interview?

[@cruepage]

i like the question about the groupies,"of course not,i'm married"hehehe,that was a good one.

[@rfleisher1]

actually, dave wrote almost all the lyrics and helped come up with melodies.