It’s 2022 and you get to come here and watch the greatest guitarist of all time construct a song as often as you want. What a gift this video is.
@isaacshaver6218 Жыл бұрын
Tru words my friend
@terrym681 Жыл бұрын
Greatest of all time? No
@carybarron5821 Жыл бұрын
The GOAT...YES!
@jedUDX183 Жыл бұрын
@@terrym681 one in every crowd
@bigburch44 Жыл бұрын
So true. Eddie lived and breathed his guitar.
@deanwitt79032 жыл бұрын
How he sat on that for 10 years before releasing it is unreal . That video is priceless .
@hawkeyeted2 жыл бұрын
...and if my math is right, this is probably being noodled out at the same time they're recording 5150. Just imagine, this could have been on 5150 instead of Balance.
@gameroftheyear10002 жыл бұрын
If you saw the 1998 interview with Eddie at the 5150 studio, you’ll find out that he was sitting on so much music he recorded over the years that got turned into songs as time went on that there was still plenty when he died that hadn’t been made into full on songs. In that same interview he said he found a tape of “Right now” labeled 1983 on it, long before it made it to For unlawful carnal knowledge, apparently he wrote most of it even before “Jump”. Same thing with “316”, it was just a riff he played around with long before Van Halen was even signed and used it for Carnal knowledge after Wolfgang was born on March 16, he wrote “316” for him.
@shawnstarks17432 жыл бұрын
Easy, he was a perfectionist.
@factsonly59942 жыл бұрын
@@gameroftheyear1000 This is true. I have an old vhs tape of EVH noodling. And on it it said he wrote eruption long before he had a whammy bar. And he said that most of his hits were made from riffs that he found listening back to noodling. RIP Eddie. Thanks for sharing. 🤘
@derekrodriguez6030 Жыл бұрын
thats what he did for a living he jammed out perfected it
@JustJeep_It2 жыл бұрын
I watch this at least once a week. Man I miss Eddie.
@1100suziq Жыл бұрын
Every day! He's just magic. I'm gonna get my old les paul out and learn everything he's playing in this video. RIP Ed!
@VanHalenEVH5150 Жыл бұрын
The tone is killer, im back weekly as well🤘
@LOOSEbowelz Жыл бұрын
We all are, he was incredibly charismatic...no one can top his acrobatics let alone guitar playing and that Smile 😁
@Plowguitarist Жыл бұрын
🙏🏼Amen🙏🏼
@schoo006 Жыл бұрын
Honest to God….Never thought I’d miss him SO bad either…catch myself crying to some of his videos often …
@taWay212 жыл бұрын
I've seen tons of EVH videos, but something about this one is special
@VODECI2 жыл бұрын
This one as well kzbin.info/www/bejne/bXicoKeOmNaqsJI
@codywilliams37892 жыл бұрын
If someone edited hours and hours of video of just Eddie noodling in the studio, I’d pay for it…
@VODECI2 жыл бұрын
@@codywilliams3789 same
@KD-nb3mp Жыл бұрын
@@codywilliams3789 Thats would be pure gold.
@SKRooU2 Жыл бұрын
@@codywilliams3789 why would you want someone to edit it? kind of defeats the purpose.
@waywardspirit7898 Жыл бұрын
I never cried when a celebrity died. But I did for Eddie and my eyes water up just thinking about it 2 years later. I miss you Eddie.
@hyperdog67 Жыл бұрын
Can't believe your comment because I'm the same way. I cried like a baby the morning after he died. Never happened to me before. Put it this way, I'm a HUGE Rush fan since I was a kid, but when Neil Peart died... not a tear from me. Don't get me wrong, It hit me hard, I just didn't cry? Knowing that I'd never see Ed's smile again tore me to pieces. Sorry to ramble.
@notquiteright45014 Жыл бұрын
I still weep when listening and watching videos...
@johnmcmahonBXLA Жыл бұрын
I live in LA, so when my brother texted me that he had just passed, I told my boss that a family member just passed and I had to excuse myself from work for the day. I then drove straight to Sunset Sound Recording and listened to the local rock radio station playing VH nonstop and I was parked outside where all that music was recorded years earlier. Although we all knew Ed wasn’t well, it me harder than I thought it would.
@makattak3550 Жыл бұрын
I didn't cry, but what I did was worse, I felt hollow and devastated. If I had cried, I would of cleansed a lot quicker.
@jmm1817 Жыл бұрын
@@hyperdog67same here Tom Petty did for me as well
@gkniffen2 жыл бұрын
This is why all those criticisms of “A Different Kind of Truth” being “old demos” is stupid. It didn’t matter in the least that those riffs were old... they were still badass riffs ready to be made into amazing songs. Tons of Eddie’s best stuff was written years prior to being released. Every musician has a catalog of ideas laying around. Some ideas come to fruition immediately, others take years to develop. They’re all valid artistic expressions. Long live The Mighty Van Halen. We miss ya, Edward, 😎✌️
@mmaviator222 жыл бұрын
What ppl dont realize is ALOT of VH2 and Carnal was written and demoed before their 1st tour. So arguments like this are just dumb, who cares if its old or new or whatever if its good you know?
@derekrodriguez6030 Жыл бұрын
He's an artist he's working
@stephenallsman8913 Жыл бұрын
No shit! A different kind of truth is amazing for so many reasons. It’s way better than diver down
@akfreed6949 Жыл бұрын
It's probly Sam's fans repeating his whining and bitching . What a whiny little rat "Van Halen brothers were mean to me , boo hoo hoo !"
@burningdaylights Жыл бұрын
@Stephen Allsman A Different Kind of Truth is phenomenal, but Diver Down is classic, if only for Hang 'Em High, The Full Bug, and Little Guitars.
@zcustomcarnesi Жыл бұрын
We're all here because we miss him in our own way.....
@morbidmanmusic Жыл бұрын
sorry, autoplay.
@TheSturling3 жыл бұрын
Imagine the vibes being around that kind of talent all the time. Rare rip
@michaelehlert6171 Жыл бұрын
I'd be just like that dude in the corner. Watching. Kinda like when McCartney was churning out incredible works between Let it Be and Abbey Road.
@eddieregeser9323 Жыл бұрын
We miss you Eddie. But your gifts to us throughout your beautiful life will be our blood flowing through out veins till we have our front row chairs in heaven. RIP
@Florida_guy2 жыл бұрын
He has it in his head now he's learning where it is on the fretboard and this is how most good songs are made
@rodbhar6522 Жыл бұрын
Doubt that. I think he hadn't played it in a while so he was trying to remember.
@MainPrism Жыл бұрын
@@rodbhar6522 nah he was definetly tryin to find the notes he wanted. I think it was a combination of remembering what he'd already wrote and he wanted to add in to finish it off. Either way I'm just glad we got him for as long as we did. Panama is an awesome song!!!
@fawder101410 ай бұрын
@@MainPrismHe's not writing Panama here
@MainPrism10 ай бұрын
@@fawder1014 yea idk why I put Panama instead of Amsterdam. I didn't even notice it til you pointed it out lol
@MarkChocolate2 ай бұрын
How am I only seeing this now, on 5/11/2024…!?!?! What an AMAZING clip. Watching him put the pieces of this song together, is such an absolute TREAT to behold. THANK YOU for SHARING this bit of Ed’s history. 👊🏽🎸🤘🏽
@happycanayjian1582 Жыл бұрын
Balance was such an underrated masterpiece. Only one or two songs that I thought were “throw ins”. Amsterdam still gets played VERY loud in my household. 🤟🏼
@donDonau Жыл бұрын
No it isnt.
@happycanayjian1582 Жыл бұрын
@@donDonau Thank you for your very valid opinion.
@24theMoney Жыл бұрын
Production on Balance was very good.
@justinwiseman-vl1fz10 ай бұрын
My brother and I dig Balance and reach for it more often than the others, yo! And. . .Van Halen 3. And. . .we are legitimately cool people, and we like cool music. Peace.
@davidemmons8997 ай бұрын
I definitely wouldn’t call Balance underrated or a masterpiece.
@RokDAWG1 Жыл бұрын
It blows away that this tune was already “old” when they went into production with it. I’m floored by how fresh it still sounds today.
@dmarkj22 Жыл бұрын
Eddie’s feel, groove and creativity were unmatched!!!
@Bpjames Жыл бұрын
RIght on! As a kid in the 80s and totally amateur guitar player, I was into the riffs and solos and EVH had the best. But as an adult I realize that his rhythm, along with the riffs and solos, is what sets him apart from the rest. He just did his thing, both musically and with his gear, and he will live on forever because of it. RIP EVH
@jjk8417 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely. Everything he plays just sounds so big, sweet, accurate and groovy.
@maryanngonzalez71452 жыл бұрын
I love the part where Ed hadn't figured out what he wanted to play, yet.
@tdz69 Жыл бұрын
This footage is incredible. We get to see one of the greatest of all time actually composing.
@e.l.norton2 жыл бұрын
It's amazing how varied Ed's writing style was. You hear songs that you think are "older Eddie", but they actually come from his younger days. I mean, Right Now is pre-1984. That's amazing. His inspiration was all over the place.
@bls8959 Жыл бұрын
So it is older eddie...eds creative peak was 86
@e.l.norton Жыл бұрын
@@bls8959 No, meaning thinking the song was written in 1995, not 1985. It's a full decade younger than you would think. And, I'd argue the peak was 1984, maybe even earlier. He wrote DIFFERENT stuff for 5150, but none of it really rivaled anything from the 78-84 years, at least musically. Though, to hear what Dave would have done with Summer Nights would be great since that song was written while he was still in the band. Ed wrote some radio-friendly pop rock with Sam, yes. But, his musical peak was certainly pre-Sam. His songwriting became more polished, yes. But, musically it had become more predictable. That edge was largely gone by 86-88.
@bls8959 Жыл бұрын
@@e.l.norton actually I changed my mind..eds peak was 81...84 is overrated and just as poppy as any van hagar stuff ..not a van Hagar guy btw..that's what I meant 86 was the end
@e.l.norton Жыл бұрын
@@bls8959 I'd agree Ed's playing peaked with Fair Warning. But, as a total band, production, etc. I think I still lean toward 1984 being the band's peak. Not Eddie's, but the band's.
@bls8959 Жыл бұрын
@@e.l.norton oh man van Halen 1 had such an impact idk friend
@ottawaboys772 Жыл бұрын
Bro the way he’s dressed the studio he’s in and the vibe and everything just perfectly represents eddie’s playing style and how amazing and original he was especially for his time
@pb12661 Жыл бұрын
Eddie had it made....Beautiful house, hot wife, talented son, and a studio/playroom full of guitars right next to his mansion where he could go and do his thing. What a life and what a guy. RIP
@familiardave6540 Жыл бұрын
It's sad that too much coke cost him his wife and band.
@kdvincent1982 Жыл бұрын
Mansion 😆 It was an ordinary house.
@Mossy5150 Жыл бұрын
Don't forget the Lambo!!!
@erics4653 Жыл бұрын
Don't forget that he broke his ass to get all of that shit......and he gifted us with all of his music.
@godbyone Жыл бұрын
@@familiardave6540 that. Crap sucks. Hurt so many people. . They made it sound great in early 80s
@mikeauer27462 жыл бұрын
I could watch him in the studio like this all day long. Raw and unpolished building the song and figuring out note by note
@tjoreschroer71352 жыл бұрын
That's my favorite version of Amsterdam.
@josharmoogam66962 жыл бұрын
The tone he has going here is much better than the version he did on Balance!
@kiduey Жыл бұрын
@@josharmoogam6696 Balance is 1 of my favorite albums
@thierrymine571 Жыл бұрын
Construction.
@guinness138 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, no lyrics
@dannyzuehlsdorf3697 Жыл бұрын
needs Sammy, bro
@jaycritch76672 жыл бұрын
That is some tone right there!
@dsvet Жыл бұрын
You never know, this may have been the reference track he used when putting this on Balance. I can see him thinking "now what was that riff again?" And then digging through all his recorded material to find this gem. I hope one day Wolfe goes through all Ed's stuff and releases some riff outakes. I'd love to hear them!
@kevinalfrey2633 Жыл бұрын
Agreed, can you imagine? There has to be hundreds of awesome riffs. I would love to hear him just noodling around ‼️👍
@Me-qp8vz Жыл бұрын
Everything Wolfie does is stolen from Eddie's back catalogue. So just listen to Wolfie song and you're hearing Eddie's writting.
@ZippyThePinhead Жыл бұрын
Easily my favorite song from the Balance album, 10 years before its time. 😁 Absolute genius riff creator.
@angusorvid88402 жыл бұрын
A great demonstration of Eddie's incredible musicality, his sense of rhythm, brilliant chord play, feel, etc.
@keithaustinragsdale81822 жыл бұрын
Just another piece of evidence on how far ahead of the game EVH always was. I've got a Memorial in celebration of his life in my bedroom, and rare vids like this are only true conformation why... EVH ♾
@jasonboyd4057 Жыл бұрын
Me too brother... somewhat of a shrine!!! His music was so heart felt its almost like you knew him and hung out with him !! Never felt like that with any other musical artist... extremely special!
@pissinginthemainstream78232 жыл бұрын
My favorite VH riff. RIP Eddie
@JonCarter-fw9zk Жыл бұрын
I can never get tired of this footage. Way ahead of his time. So legendary.
@jvv852 жыл бұрын
Yes hello i am here again 50th time or so this week. This is so good
@gabrielauburn3398 Жыл бұрын
2 years now, rest in power Eddie!
@DavidHall-bv5nn Жыл бұрын
It's seems so weird to me that he's been removed from this life because yet every single time I hear a van halen song I feel comfortable knowing that Eddie is still here with us because he has always been here with us and for us like that. And I guess it makes sense that because most of us didn't see him every other day and spend time with him that it would still feel like he was still here. But yet, for Wolfie ,Alex,Val, and his new wife and his handlers and all the van halen Inc. People its got to hit home much harder on adaily basis. Eddie Van Halen was a True musician of the century. The heart of his art will still beat strong ,long after we are all gone. Rip Eddie and thank you.
@MrBubyV2 жыл бұрын
🎼…Could you imagine, his collection of unreleased recordings 🎶 The treasure🎵 …..Legendary. Edward Lodewijk Van Halen was/is forever a Rock God. 🎸
@patrickmc.201110 ай бұрын
It’s always been one of my all time Van Halen songs. The guitar is insane. No one else would have ever come up with that ever!!!!! Everiii
@christopherwrenn35842 жыл бұрын
Time for my weekly listen to this masterpiece
@calebfeeny10952 жыл бұрын
Yup lol
@HONORYOUROATH Жыл бұрын
Me too.
@onslaughtofterrorJW Жыл бұрын
to be able to go into the vault and listen to hours of the king do this would be absolute bliss
@SilentKnight43 Жыл бұрын
I'd cash in a winning lottery ticket to have access to the 5150 vault for a month. C'mon Wolf...c'mon Al...go through those tapes!!!
@re44773 ай бұрын
Truly missed. Rest easy EVH.
@leonskum.5682 Жыл бұрын
This is how I will remember Eddie. A kid who never grew up because of his love for the music.
@donbabcock6021 Жыл бұрын
Man, I tear up every time I watch these old videos. Like a home movie of the big brother I had as a child. Eddie was and is my hero. That infectious smile, and heavy riffs. RIP.
@tuggspeedman52132 жыл бұрын
Has a bit of Beautiful Girls feel too it. One of the tunes I wish we could hear Dave’s melodies and lyrics to. “Oh Wham bam oh Amsterdam!” is a big whiff if you ask me.
@gregoryvanhalen2 жыл бұрын
Song could have been way better with DLR lyrics and singing
@edsthelion2 жыл бұрын
I love Sammy Hagar but a lot of his lyrics were really cringe to me.
@UptempoMusicLessons2 жыл бұрын
Eddie hated the lyrics Sammy came up with for this. He said this piece of music meant a lot to him and Sammy crapped all over it. This was when I knew they were going to break up. Right before the Balance tour commenced. What a thing to say on live radio lol!
@emmanuelleroy2915 Жыл бұрын
@@UptempoMusicLessons Eddie said a lot of mean shit to just about everyone…. Look how he tried to shit on Jimmy Page’s live guitar skills….. said he plays like a 2 year old….. like whaaaaaaat
@gabrielbrouwer Жыл бұрын
@@emmanuelleroy2915 but it’s true
@solarwind1985 Жыл бұрын
A master at work! Always reaching for new sounds. One of the greatest musicians to walk the planet🙏🏾 we are blessed to have had Eddie🙏🏾❤️
@stevestan6525 Жыл бұрын
Unreal to be able to see this, 1000 thanks for posting. Always loved the song, no idea he came up with it so much earlier.
@Srvtecej2 жыл бұрын
Priceless video. Seeing Eddie play around with a song in his head that he'll release years later is just too good.
@johnjjohningtoniii2439 Жыл бұрын
His guitar is just so perfectly in tune, even over all those octaves.
@DKH352 жыл бұрын
i’m super glad he is lovin his life. take that cig away from this kind soul. i’m 24. i smoked and i’m glad i stopped. hard to believe it’s been a year. rip to king edward and my hero
@UptempoMusicLessons2 жыл бұрын
Alcohol too. Both in combination are even deadlier.
@DKH352 жыл бұрын
@@UptempoMusicLessons hmm, you don’t say. Alcohol didn’t give him cancer on his tongue. Id say it was cigs, but maybe it was his guitar pick theory. Maybe both. I don’t think that alcohol gave him lung cancer which spread to his brain. Sure he drank way too much booze over the years, but i don’t think it caused his cancer. Which cancer is what ended his life.
@DKH352 жыл бұрын
@@UptempoMusicLessons which product literally had pictures of people dying of cancer. Never seen that or a surgeon general warning on the on a bottle of Heineken beer.
@DKH35 Жыл бұрын
I wish he would’ve keep like this for “Balance”. He’s the boss man tho. Rip King Edward
@jmirr6929 күн бұрын
@@DKH35 maybe not but when you think about the amount of Coke, the amounts of heroin and the amount of alcohol that went in his system, read his death report cancer was only one problem, and he didn’t die of that. He died of a stroke.
@FFLL2112 Жыл бұрын
Man, what an awesome video to witness the Master at work.. and many years before the song was released. Such a great song and a great album. Definitely the darkest of the VH catalog.. a lot of tension in the band and they didn’t last too much longer after it’s release
@alkyhauler8185 Жыл бұрын
Dear Lord thank you for allowing this man to change my life to an extent the day I first heard Eruption and was fascinated til the end. RIP to one of my very few heroes...
@Gerardus19708 ай бұрын
An artist at work, creating, adding colour, perfecting. This video is such a gift.
@tommya5957 Жыл бұрын
Could watch this over and over again....amazing
@geezberry8889 Жыл бұрын
Ed was a natural talent but it wasnt without long hours jamming into the night to come up with riffs like this
@stringbender116722 жыл бұрын
Priceless footage here!!! All hail King Edward🎸👑🏁
@briankoncyk3379 Жыл бұрын
Awesome watching Ed working on his song idea like this! Thanks for sharing.
@watchthegamer73 Жыл бұрын
This is a very fun song to play. This rare footage is so awesome to see knowing it’s like 10 years before it ever became a full song.
@MrOccyc2 жыл бұрын
I know that 5150 is soundproof, but imagine hearing EVH noodling on the piano in his house and a year or two later it’s on the radio. LOL.
@rodbhar65222 жыл бұрын
Imagine working on this for ten years only to have Sammy slap “Wham bam Amsterdam” on it.
@zackcalm2 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@sirkayda72052 жыл бұрын
It's a good song
@nicklebac6753 Жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@wilfredfreytes9384 Жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂..Sammy is a great singer but his lyric sucks... check out the song from OU812 which is very similar to Sinner Swing..fucking Hagar couldn't come with some lyrics to Eddie music in other hand Sinner Swing kicks ass.
@sirkayda7205 Жыл бұрын
@@wilfredfreytes9384 - Dude lyrics like "Crossing Over" are amazing.
@jeffeisert34335 ай бұрын
Wow, there's my ALL-TIME guitar hero impressing me all over again. He was such a genius at the guitar. I had absolutely no idea he had the idea of the song ' Amsterdam' 10 years before it was recorded on the Balance album. I absolutely love that era of VH and especially that song/guitar part. I'm floored!!!! This footage is gold and glad it's preserved in time. Thank you!!!
@in2livinit Жыл бұрын
Watching the Master polish his creations and craft. A peak behind the door at the Genius at work. Whoever in the VH camp released these, Thank You. #GoneTooSoon RIP ELVH GUITAR
@MarcKnight Жыл бұрын
We should all be grateful to have had this genius share his gifts with us. The (music) world is all the poorer without him. x
@smoothpicker Жыл бұрын
Eddie was an amazing rhythm player, kept it so tight. His solos were legendary and his sound was infectious. Would absolutely love to hear what he recorded that never made it to an album. Between the guitar and keyboard there must be a lot of good stuff sitting in a vault begging to be heard. Maybe someday.
@manbeezis Жыл бұрын
I saw in an interview once that they have hundreds of tapes of his at the studio, that were all numbered and then indexed with a computer from the early 80s. Then, 25 years later, that computer's hard drive died, and now they dont know what's what anymore. So there's just a huge pile of unlabeled tapes waiting to be listened to.
@smoothpicker Жыл бұрын
@@manbeezis man I would love to hear it!!
@akarilotube3 ай бұрын
Pure gold!
@pc7135 Жыл бұрын
How much fun is this? Man.. to be hanging with EVH in his studio as he blasts this amazing riff and you see he is just a kid who loves his guitar but is also the world's greatest player in 1985. Thx for sharing this!
@jasonboyd4057 Жыл бұрын
There all... SPECIAL!!!. anything that he did was incredible, heart felt and should never be critiqued!! We'll never have him back physically, but his style & conviction will live forever!!! It will never be duplicated!!
@damiansplayroom49432 жыл бұрын
We miss you mr Eddie Van Halen
@trevorbender2307 Жыл бұрын
Pure musical magic caught in time for us to revisit!!🤘🖤 Rest in Peace Legend!!
@Kiddsworld66 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for gifting us this video
@JustJeep_It2 жыл бұрын
Pure genius. Miss you Eddie!!!!
@UTAH100 Жыл бұрын
Even his practice sounds legendary. Definitely no one is posting my practice vids when I am gone. While I am still here, most leave the room! R.I.P. legend! Let us not be as sad he is gone that we are grateful he once walked among us.
@jamesm5883 Жыл бұрын
Unbelievable guitar tone, just amazing!!!
@kristopherdetar4346 Жыл бұрын
It burned in me deep when Eddie passed. He passed on my B-Day too. What a legend to millions across the Globe. I believe he is playing riffs in Heaven. Eddie was a gift to us for certain.
@y_distaken9558 Жыл бұрын
It’s still to early to have someone go through the vault like Wolfie but man who knows what’s in there, maybe alternate versions of this and other songs! No idea but still too soon to go through it
@SD-kp1yk2 жыл бұрын
When we were younger Charvell wasn't really the "cool guitar" to have. Jake E Lee ruled the world to me so I bought one anyway, still have today 30 years later. Love this vid RIP Eddie GOAT!!!
@underskillednunderpaid2 жыл бұрын
Jake is criminally underrated. Absolute beast
@jamescon55 Жыл бұрын
My old guitarist from my Death Metal band played an old white Charvell (as I played drums) and it sounded SICK! IMPO. He ended up stripping it all down and had me prep, prime and paint it with single stage Urethane BLACK automotive paint. After he assembled it, he then retired it! I was like 🤔 "Dane man. I kinda went through ALL that work cuz I wanted to SEE and HEAR you play that black SOB!"... But , he went through a couple different Ibanez guitars and finally, a BC RICH Chuck Shuldiner model. But yeah, I STILL missed hearing that ol Charvel! 🎸
@jamescon55 Жыл бұрын
And yeah! JAKE E LEE..!!!!? 😳 🙌 I mean, WHAT else NEEDS to be said?🤘🎸🔥🤘 I'm gonna HAVE to go on the record and vouch for Sharon Osbourne picking Jake E Lee OVER the almost near secured Rhoads guitar replacement, George Lynch. And obviously, I love Lynch's guitar playing and all but?.... I'm gonna HAVE to bet that Jake IS/was responsible for Ozzy's CONTINUED success through the better part of the 1980s. And as much love I had/have for Bark and Ultimate Sin? I think Jake's band BADLANDS was/IS on a whole other level! JUST an UNBELIEVABLE band 😏 Just too darned horrible that the whole grunge garbage overshadowed it (among other factors then).....ROCK the funk ON!!!🤘🔥🤘
@familiardave6540 Жыл бұрын
In the 80's, Charvel was a hot rodded custom guitar that was the sign of a serious rock guitar player. Wayne Charvel used a different neck/headstock (the hockey stick style) not the Fender neck like they do now. I wish there was a closeup of the guitar in this video.
@ssdonovan7 Жыл бұрын
@@familiardave6540 Cool guitar story: I purchased my Charvel from Focus guitar store on LI 1991ish. At the time Kevin Moore who was a family friend was still working there. I went in one day for guitar lessons and he said he wanted me to check out a used guitar that just came in. It was so beautiful (metallic Dark green) EMG active pick ups legit Floyd rose. SOLD!! this was literally weeks before Pull me under rocketed them to much deserved legendary status. Crazy almost 30 years ago.
@drmarkintexas-400 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing 🏆✌️🙏
@michaelehlert9 Жыл бұрын
Thank you Eddie, for 15 years of jaw dropping gold.
@livewire2474 Жыл бұрын
The GOAT right here in my book!! Rest in rock Eddie.. You were and still are such an inspiration to me..
@mumbles215 Жыл бұрын
My book too. I always had Jimi as one and EVH as 2, but no, EVH did it all. Way better at rhythm guitar and his leads were much more concise and clean. He also didn’t use many tracks and would solo on his rhythm track, nobody did that now or then. Maybe in the 50-60s when all was live. EVH is the true King and cannot see anyone replacing him. Then of course his innovation and tech creations. EVH was and is the true Master on the 6 string.
@corbett1970 Жыл бұрын
God, he had the best tone ever!
@speedymcg2468 Жыл бұрын
Preach!
@southdetroitentertainment7741 Жыл бұрын
Man, i can watch any of his personal videos, and still, tears run down my face The pain that we all still feel, of losing Edward Lodewijk Van Halen
@rockin_marc4882 жыл бұрын
You have to wonder what’s in that VH vault
@mariobuttino6095 Жыл бұрын
He sounds incredible, his playing sounds live.
@ferjam7489 Жыл бұрын
Thank you so very much Eddie!!!!! This is such a great gift!!!!!!!
@tymanngruter1808 Жыл бұрын
Edward leerde zeer snel, en alles op gevoel, puur gevoel. Fantasties om weer te zien!
@oldguitarguy75282 жыл бұрын
This fuckin guy man. Ill see you again maestro.
@standingvertical3048 Жыл бұрын
How is that going to work for you? the man is dead, and he was cremated. That magical Sky Wizard you think is real, is all in your mind.
@oldguitarguy7528 Жыл бұрын
@@standingvertical3048 youre in for a rude awakening when you pass away asshole lol.
@Blake-od5mb2 жыл бұрын
What guitar is Eddie playing just love how he kept this one in his back pocket till balance came out just shows how ahead he was
@mobydick88442 жыл бұрын
Some sort of charvel
@justingibson508 Жыл бұрын
@Gina Chiaverini Not buying that at all. His greatest creative period tho seems to be after Roth joined up until the '84 album. Gotta remember they were still doing mostly covers till about '76.
@johnBGood264 Жыл бұрын
I so miss this man and his music. He gave me a lifetime gift to pickup the guitar, study him and emulate him. Thank you, Edward.
@jackramey34564 ай бұрын
You can see his approach to the fretboard. So fascinating and so different from my own. Really an outstanding video.
@fab.silva1119 Жыл бұрын
The only flaw with this song is that Hagar sings on it. #onlyTimeWillTellIfWeStandTheTestOfTime
@jonzguitar Жыл бұрын
Agreed.
@jeffbrewer8887 Жыл бұрын
It's not his singing. It's some of his lyrical decisions. That line from "Why Can't this be Love" has always cracked me up.
@chadh53002 жыл бұрын
Lotta hate on sammy in here. There was problems both ways. In the end the test of the band had their tracks knocked out but eddie would take 3 days in a solo because he was too drunk to do it. I like both sammy and Dave. Dave was a better front man but VH became a tighter band when sammy joined. Sammy is a hell of a musician and songwriter in his own right
@anc51502 жыл бұрын
Edward had a work ethic second to none. Sammy? Not so much.
@TheLastWordWithBob Жыл бұрын
@@anc5150 He certainly wasn’t lazy though. The band should’ve stayed on a break instead of going into Twister and everything else they’ve done since then. Sammy just got married and had a kid, he had all the right in the world to stay home and enjoy that.
@CatStanleySpaceDemon Жыл бұрын
Still can't believe he's gone.😢
@SquirrelTheater Жыл бұрын
Just imagine being in that tiny room watching a musical genius at work! RIP Edward, the world was a better place with you in it. We miss you!
@dominicdubois97672 жыл бұрын
Would love to see 1:40-1:55 tabbed out. I figured out first part
@bfb86882 жыл бұрын
I’ve tried to figure it out. Too sophisticated for me.
@CShermPlatinumShines2 жыл бұрын
i managed to always watch his fingers and figured it out and im no music nerd bc i cant read music but its easy once u see it and slow it down
@BoogieMan5682 жыл бұрын
And The beer and cig is not far away. The 2 things that killed him😢😢
@standingvertical3048 Жыл бұрын
You sound rather stupid. Children get cancer from birth, did they have a drink in there hand and cigarette in there mouth?
@alexandergarcia34592 жыл бұрын
My fav VH jam love it !!! 😊💙🎸
@tobyreinhardt9022 Жыл бұрын
Sounds so good. So good! So nice. So nice!
@soonerfan4439 Жыл бұрын
RANDY RHOADS IS THE GOAT!!!!
@chucklee347 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely Absolutely I heard Eddie say that Randy copied him. Bull shit. Randy was a classically trained musician he knew more ways to chord notes and different voicings. Eddie should have copied Randy. That would have been cool.
@wilfredfreytes93842 жыл бұрын
The funny thing is that Hagar criticized Van Halen because VH used all demos in ADKOT...sorry Sammy but you are an hypocrite in a major level....even 5150 was almost done when Hagar came aboard...
@scottmcclure41532 жыл бұрын
Well in dkot you know those demos. They were whole songs . Lyrics to. Most of that album was way back in the day . And you can tell . I think like Chinatown was written when they got back together. To me that song didn't have that vh feel to it . Maybe a couple of others. I personally don't think they had much else to speak of in the vault. I think if they had something good. They would have put it out . Not that second album with David. Tokyo live album.You got to admit. David did sounded HORRIBLE. If you to be upset that it took 10 years to put words to it . Just work in progress. Me myself. I would want to hear. What words David would put to this riff. Or any of Sam stuff with Edward. Those riffs were gonna be what Edward was hearing. No matter if David was there or not.
@wilfredfreytes93842 жыл бұрын
@@scottmcclure4153 I agree with you Dave sound horrible on Tokio live album... but I disagree with what you said about China Town...that song is what VH is all about....ironically for me Why cant this be love,Love walkin' in,Feel So Good dont have that VH feel...
@scottmcclure41532 жыл бұрын
@@wilfredfreytes9384 totally agree on any love song or ballat from Sam. Can't stand a one. Except feeling. There are 3 or 4 songs on that album are not Van Halen. Chinatown is one of them. To me that's stuff that him and wofe work on together. Kinda speed metal. To me it doesn't have the Edward jazzy swing to it . Like the rest of the album feels. .
@sirkayda72052 жыл бұрын
@@scottmcclure4153 - Those ballads are beautiful
@scottmcclure41532 жыл бұрын
@@sirkayda7205 might be. But so soft. Marshmallow stuff. Cream puff stuff. Just to
@MattyJ3 ай бұрын
And people complain about how the last album had too much old material. This is one example of how many more songs throughout there career were probavly like that we dont know about.
@tayron27 Жыл бұрын
The day Eddie died I just sat there on shock. Panama introduced me to Van Halen and I will never forget seeing that music video. That video is the 1980s for me. Times were so different back then but then again times were so pure. There was a different vibe in those days without Internet, and although it's a godsend for seeing videos like these nowadays, nothing ever beats putting that new cassette or vinyl in the player as we used to. RIP Eddi, a true Icon and the man who completely turned guitar on its head.
@JimmyGray-ds6gc Жыл бұрын
Amsterdam in 85'!? That didn't come out till Balance! I didn't know that riff was so old. 1985! I was 9 or 10 years old! I miss the 80's. I remember how exciting it was when a new album or cassette was coming out. My dad bought me 5150, who made who, and back in black cassettes for christmas 85' or 86'. My dad was a drinker and didn't have much money so those tapes were probably the best gifts I ever got. I miss my Dad, he was a good man.
@johnherrmann368 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely amazing! EVH was so creative and so far ahead of his time ! Astonishing ! JH
@HeadwatersDesign Жыл бұрын
Wow...that's absolutely brilliant and he's just horsing around at home. I enjoyed VH when I was in high school (1984 tour was my second concert ever) but stopped listening much. Always loved Ed, big reason I started playing guitar. Just rediscovering lately, been listening to isolated guitar tracks from old VH recordings. It's not the lightning solo runs or the tapping that interests me, it's what this video showcases--his absolutely phenomenal touch and rhythm playing, it's out of this world good. And does anyone create riffs like that? Love the tone, too, and the way he's playing in time with the echo effect to get that percussive scraping going. What an absolute master musician he was. I listened to the studio recording of this song, falls way short of this. Has to be one of the all-time greatest riffs every. I'm floored.
@jimmihm3702 Жыл бұрын
Eddie seemed to Always Be Smiling He Was A Good Soul ....You Are Missed Like A Close Frie✌️✋️
@andyswain16804 ай бұрын
Love this. Are you greatly missed EVH!
@slappywag7210Ай бұрын
I love hearing the raw footage of these songs years before they ended up on an album.