Top 10 Riffs: Van Halen

[@rkphighroller]

Rest In Peace EVH. You inspired every guitarist in one way or another.

[@jeremybrown7470]

Well, he never inspired Hendrix or, say syd Barrett or like anyone that stopped before he started!

[@rkphighroller]

Jeremy Brown Syd Barrett was a half decent guitar player who was more known for his lyrics. Are you referring to the actual guitarist in the group, David Gilmour? Because he inspired people in his own way too with long drawn out bends and eclectic note choices.

[@jeremybrown7470]

@@rkphighroller no, syd was a shit guitar player that heavily relied on chromatic blues walkdowns and post psychedelic arrangements of cowboy chords with a major 7th. He was just shit, let's get it straight. Also yea his lyrics are well known for their retardness, I don't know how he is known for his lyrics since most of the time it's rats, baby lemonade send a clock through a washing machine iron hands clap outside too much acid to write something that makes sense in once sentence

[@jeremybrown7470]

@@rkphighroller but not I'm not referring to gilmour, because gilmour was a part of the scene which featured Eddie Van halen at any point after 1978 so he was, in one way or another influenced by Eddie.

[@rkphighroller]

Jeremy Brown you’re high. Syd had a HUGE impact on many songwriters after him because of his authenticity

[@DaniloVicari]

I have no words.. the saddest news. #RIP Master 😔💔

[@mjgibbs131788]

RIP EVH, for none of the shredders we love today would've existed without his genius innovation.

[@connorzink9784]

Most inspirational guitarist ever. Rip EVH.

[@romanstasak6692]

Maestro 🎼

[@Shevchenko_DBR9]

ChindraBOSS I’m sure you know by now.

[@flaviodalu9540]

Rip 🎸

[@dime4ever546]

I Love Van Halen's Riffs but my Favorite one is still Ain't talking about love

[@TheJayhawkjoe]

Amen Brother. It takes a very specific palm muting touch.. needs more CFH 🤘 Also look up 2 Live Crew "Fuq Shop" if you don't know about that. I could just ol Diamond Dave and Eddie being like "yeah you can use our song for your rap sample as long as it's about boning and not killing people"

[@michaeldean7220]

Totally agree. One of the classic riffs of all time

[@Dmena373]

Mine is either Women in Love or The Full Bug

[@nicholasyoung1286]

Definitely is, that and why can’t this be love

[@kingberzerk]

[@facelift2294]

0:10 Running With The Devil 0:32 5150 1:10 Unchained 1:40 Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love 2:05 Feelin' 2:27 Beautiful Girls 2:45 I'm The One 3:22 Panama 4:05 Mean Street 4:59 Hot For Teacher

[@dr.winstonoboogie7302]

È il suo testamento

[@briankeith1147]

Not surprisingly, all but 2 were from the DLR era. Feelin' and 5150 are great inclusions. They definitely belong on this list.

[@johncarpenter1891]

@@briankeith1147 I would say summer nights too, but it has like a bunch of riffs to choose from. Comes down to preference

[@briankeith1147]

@@johncarpenter1891 Cabo Wabo and Runaround deserve honorable mention as well. Sheesh, just remembered Drop Dead Legs and Sinner's Swing!! Impossible, lol.

[@oscarfeijooburgos250]

And the Cradle will rock

[@RyanLBrown9396]

He changed the game by changing the rules. Every single guitar player who’s come after him owes him a big thank you. Thank you EVH for inspiring us and teaching us to think way out of the box. God bless and long live Eddie Van Halen. Rock In Peace 🤘🏾🙏🏾❤️

[@marshallskull6132]

Heavy metal live matter

[@gianthills]

You mean all those crappy pop glam metal bands?

[@vinceruland9236]

I would have had Drop Dead Legs in there. Such a smooth groovy riff

[@gsdfan8455]

That’s the one I was waiting for

[@charlesthreet4083]

Drop Deadlegs is at the top of my list.

[@reggiequiyono4792]

Definitively, 5150 is one of the underrated solos ever!! Not only from EVH but in rock history!!!

[@leogetz3570]

You ain't lyin' man....love that song!!

[@Yamanote98]

Yeah always found "5150" as a song incredibly underrated and unheard of, despite the album, tours and amps named after it! up there with my fav VH tunes.

[@EthanC_09]

The Live Without a Net version is amazing with the delay.

[@anderw9491]

You are right

[@kne2323]

Agree. Right after the HUGE 1984 album, change of front man, completely different sound, etc. Maybe not as technical but an absolutely beautiful intro. EVH still on top of his game then no doubt!

[@DylanAlexander93]

The whole fair warning album is a masterpiece

[@megaturtle273]

(Almost) every song Eddie wrote was a masterpiece

[@snoproblem]

"Unchained" , for me, is the perfect VH tune. Hard, propulsive, joyful, and Diamond Dave at his extra-extraverted best. "One break, comin' up!" :)

[@s.miller2648]

"Unchained" is quintessential Van Halen. "Romeo Delight" is up there too.

[@danielcannon4727]

S. Miller Hear About It Later is underrated.

[@s.miller2648]

Daniel Cannon "Hear About It Later" is a great song, I was just listening to it yesterday. It should have been a hit.

[@atomicfriendo]

@@s.miller2648 Don't forget about "Sinner's Swing". IMO, the most underrated =vh= song...ever.

[@harrisfrankou2368]

true

[@vincentcarotta3355]

Was absolutely floored to see Feelin' in there. Excellent call. That song is criminally underrated.

[@carlospizano1641]

Balance is criminally underrated!

[@muggou]

Hot for teacher right where it belongs that riff is sooo good!

[@tiplady]

The Mug l, agree but it didn’t sound as boogied up as the Halen ver, timing was a bit out, it’s a bitch to play if your timing in 6/8 is a bit iffy!

[@dylanzrim1011]

Kevin Leavy people forget that old music had jankiness and that jank needs to be played. If you play a solo from Richie Blackmore, with perfection, you’ll just sound like a less nimble Doug Aldrich.

[@daddylogan]

A tad bit off on the timing on HFT

[@ryankelsey9646]

He omitted the best part of it though: the tapping part.

[@telefisswearin1973]

Didn't play it right. Missing a note. It's a three semi tone roll 567 on the A

[@andrewbevan4662]

5150...one of the most underrated VH riffs..

[@dcdanger7597]

Ever since his death I've been trying to get more into his music and there were some great riffs in here that I'd never heard before

[@sbg911]

Unchained. What a riff, When that bass drives in, its near impossible not to headbang along. RIP Eddie, you will be sorely missed.

[@shrekgetsspooked4615]

Top 10 Riffs: Ozzy Osbourne Or Top 10 Riffs: Black Sabbath

[@shrekgetsspooked4615]

___L.a well if you loook at his latest vid you can see my comment and just go read it

[@yeahnahm8632]

ozzy osbourne would be mad. Randy Rhoads is a champ

[@Nick1-22]

SHREK GETS SPOOKED! Now this I can get behind

[@blaircaines]

Still , sadness in my heart, another guitarist genius left us. he will be missed.

[@TheDede508]

That PRS tho, sweet as hell.

[@Skycaptain542]

TheDede508 it’s a 408 right. Changed pickups but a 408. I’ve never seen a locking nut on a PRS. Have you.

[@garyhundsrucker7771]

I cant get past the little birdies inlays on them pricy soy boy guitars.It does have a better headstock design than those Wolfie Music man monstrosities ,I'll give you that.Gotta frankenstrat it up though!

[@jaketaz2848]

Top One Guitarists of All Time: Eddie van Halen

[@guitarlord96alvarez27]

Dimebag Darrell actually but both are still great guitarists!!!!!!

[@MichaelSmith-ti6qc]

Guitarlord 96 Alvarez Eddie was dimebag favorite guitarist

[@ibnsina9486]

Dimebag would be the first to tell you that Eddie was the man

[@JR-ls9fq]

Prince was slightly better, but not by much

[@JR-ls9fq]

@sabbracadabra yes, listen to the "while my guitar gently weeps" cover with prince, tom petty, and jeff Lynne and you'll see why I say that prince is slightly better.

[@The_Archvile]

Top 10 Riffs: Dream Theater Top 10 Riffs: Queensryche Top 10 Riffs: Allan Holdsworth Top 10 Riffs: Steve Vai Top 10 Riffs: Joe Satriani Top 10 Riffs: Dimebag Darrell Top 10 Riffs: Jack E. Lee Top 10 Riffs: Marty Friedman Top 10 Donuts: Yngwie J. Malmsteen

[@r.rheavyandthrasher]

Walk Pantera

[@VH-Fan-007]

There are three opening riffs that will get any metal fan to their feet: Ain’t Talkin ‘Bout Love, Panama and Eruption ... RIP Edward

[@4Gunzo]

Somebody get me a doctor is an epic riff

[@ragzrocco8803]

Cross hell yeah!!! And doa

[@telefisswearin1973]

DOA from same album too

[@doggoswift6896]

@@telefisswearin1973 DOA is one of Van Halen's best songs ever recorded.

[@chrisperez3614]

The Beat It riff is so under appreciated

[@spacejesus4747]

It's not a Van Halen song- It's a Michael Jackson song on which Steve Lukather played the riff. Eddie played the solo.

[@kungfuman82]

Solid list! It's hard picking just 10 out of Eddie's catalog. I, for one, am a big fan of the Poundcake intro and verse riffs.

[@michaelhargis7036]

Agreed...

[@lucacox3589]

Drop dead legs?????

[@inerceptor]

Luca Cox Thank you. Drop dead legs!

[@ZacmanAir]

Yes!

[@scotts1833]

Near impossible stomping riff from heaven

[@screamndemon6094]

I’ll do that song 4 you guys

[@jonpowell4157]

OH YEAH. Whenever someone would see me slam down everything in the parking lot (including my bags and produce) whilst on my hi-fi headphones. IT WOULD BE ME..ME ON THE DOWNBEAT FOR "Drop Dead Legs"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (we're talking 2013-19) I was gett'n married AGAIN and that was my goto since. Should've been on that list. :-)

[@s.miller2648]

Good video. I think "Romeo Delight", "Dirty Movies", "Atomic Punk", and "Hear About It Later" should have been on there. Just my opinion.

[@djscottyb1484]

Atomic Punk over Feelin' everyday

[@cameronhinkle6500]

What ab Little Guitars that riff is catchy

[@s.miller2648]

@@cameronhinkle6500 "Little Guitars" is awesome. I can't believe I forgot that one.

[@toadwiiremotewithwiimotion1767]

Somebody Get Me A Doctor doesn’t get enough love

[@ncinteriorsplus3520]

10 evh riffs don't even scratch the surface. That man is a legend and every note of every song is timeless

[@ericplaysguitar8089]

Top 10 Judas Priest riffs plz

[@r.rheavyandthrasher]

Painkiller

[@alejandroxancal2630]

NO ONE EVER TALKS ABOUT I’M THE ONE, which is probably the hardest song on this list

[@paulkhederchah8228]

Little story: each time I listen hot for teacher before class, the class is going wrong. No need of a psychic just a little of VH

[@ttv_eruptour822]

I'm gonna try that tomorrow

[@fastted8618]

Yes, "Un-chained" - not only MY favorite of all but probably the best sounding guitar intro of ANY song ever.

[@raaxaa]

I absolutely love the backing drums & bass. So filling. Offcourse your guitar playing is top notch!

[@rmproductions7257]

All brilliantly played and awesome tones. Really enjoyed this. It’s given me inspiration for my next video. Keep it up!

[@Maddin_-tj3su]

Top 10 Riffs: Dire Straits

[@gustavorocha8643]

TOP 1: Money for Nothing.

[@DigitalBathInAZ]

Knopfler.. overrated

[@janbruggemann5636]

@@DigitalBathInAZ explain

[@valentins.2637]

People saying genius people are overrated just to be smartasses are overrated

[@evensuhr9645]

@@DigitalBathInAZ underrated

[@Joesfosterdogs]

im the one was overlooked because of eruption but is one of his most insane performances....listen to just guitar of that track...INSANE! michael anthony bass makes these comne alive....end of story...eddie got all glory rightfully but MA's tone and power and groove was epic

[@Kharol_]

Top 10 riffs Pink floyd ❤️

[@wadebriggs1322]

Man you nail every riff in these top 10 videos, from the tone to all the little technician subtleties.

[@yonikup2865]

YES!!! Thanks!!!

[@thedebatehitman]

I know it isn’t even close to being their most iconic riff, but Humans Being is still my favorite because it’s so heavy and intense.

[@tonio1076]

Top 10 riff: Motörhead ( Fast Eddie Tribute )

[@r.rheavyandthrasher]

Ace Of Spades

[@calebheney302]

Love me like a reptile, Fadt and loose, overkill, bomber

[@kne2323]

Thanks for putting the obscure #2 and even more so #4! Back in EVH "dark funky days." Beautiful playing and that beautiful PRS! 🤩🤩🤩

[@dave1135]

There will never be another guitarist like Eddie van Halen, not only was he a awesome guitarist, but a kind individual.

[@stankybadger9384]

Wolfie is the closest we will get

[@DAVIDJCARON]

Awesome playing Danilo..Sei bravissimo.. Eddie would be pleased..

[@Maurizio70GuitarChannel]

Love ALL Danilo, but just on TOP of my personal list are AIN'T NOBODY, BEAUTIFUL GIRL, I'M THE ONE, MEAN STREET. Great Rendition from YOU ;-)

[@johnrainey4634]

Eddie won't rest in peace.....he is still rocking and rocking us and loving it every time we hear hi and discover new in the old!!!.....live on my brother!

[@lord_beethoven1169]

Eddie Van Halen was a legend at engineering hard rock riffs. 🤘🏻🎸 nobody else could create the musical ideas like his.👏

[@rrjf432]

Great playing, sound is spot on... the slash tattoo is sick too

[@janantolin7632]

Ain' talking bout love is my favorite Can u make top 10 riffs nightwish?

[@1leech]

Nightwish??? Lolololol etc.......

[@harrycohen2948]

Ive tried for years to get the flow of Eddie for "Im the one" Your awesome but its never been repeated since eddie!! Thanks

[@isaacrumley]

The way you played Runnin With The Devil irked me

[@gneric85]

The notes are there but the stops and starts (rests) are in absentia.

[@luvsic35]

Same

[@anadlened7031]

Missed the rake before the riff as well

[@donna3465]

I agree. It was the only one that wasn’t pretty much spot on.

[@tbgtbg6311]

WRONG chords! NOT CORRECT MAN

[@ramirorodriguez9671]

Thanks. Nice to hear the short greatest hits track.

[@ragzrocco8803]

Unchained and little dreamer

[@kipponi]

So sloppy is better?

[@zotux5520]

finally somebody doing this kind of video who doesn't just ignore the sammy hagar era c:

[@dankk2754]

Where’s atomic punk tho

[@mr.weatherman403]

Dank Bonk ripper 65 My favorite song of of the first album.

[@TheSharkAnt]

Dank Bonk ripper 65 Don't expect EVERY riff! Plz don't get mad bro!

[@dankk2754]

TheSharkAnt Gaming im not mad lol i was just wondering where it is

[@soda1x]

Dank Bonk ripper THE ATOMIC PUNK!!!! and here comes Eddie with the guitar skills

[@hotdogwater7037]

Yeah good call

[@douglaschristine8387]

I love all those riffs and you gave sweet justice to all of Eddie's best riffs. I've also seen a lot of your other exquisite guitar slinging videos, fantastic!

[@TangFiend1]

He could take any sound he wanted out of a guitar. RIP Eddie Van Halen

[@jantheunissen2986]

Bravissimo maestro! I love those riffs, and you play them like you own them! 🤘🏻

[@erikx7740]

I love Van Halen, and this video too :)

[@franciscorivero1708]

Buenísimo amigo... 💪 Me encantó el top 10 .... 😎

[@arnekls6754]

All riffs of fair warning are masterpieces

[@haleyheavenhill7680]

Really nice guitar playing, well done! The riffs are really hard to make sound good and you did a brilliant job with them!!!!!

[@brandonhoff6686]

5150 is the most underrated Van Halen riff of all time, in my opinion. Probably is overlooked cause it’s Van Hagar, even though Eddie wrote it before Hagar joined. Top of the World is personally my favorite riff, first EVH riff I ever learned. 🤘

[@MirrorshadeTMmovies]

Thank you, that's really cool

[@ДмитрийНарыков-т1е]

Top 10 Riffs: Aerosmith

[@marcosbr4sil]

дима Нарыков Yes

[@mr.landen5096]

Yes

[@ДмитрийНарыков-т1е]

Thanks

[@beastlydookie81]

дима Нарыков definitely gonna need this

[@niksonnn]

дима Нарыков щас бы awrosmith слушать

[@rodneydangerfield7153]

Thanks, Danilo!...Great video and guitar riffs!

[@Doogerauoy]

Ain't talking about love should have been higher in ranks. Top 3 IMO.

[@SpirituallyWired]

you NAILED "Feelin'"!!!! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do a full cover also RIP EVH. he leaves a hole in my heart and in the world.

[@lisbethrosa3660]

Top 10 riffs: Megadeth

[@Emi4Rock]

1: Ashes in your mouth 2: Vortex 3: High Speed Dirt 4: Wake up Dead 5: Dystopia 6: Public Enemy N°1 7: Holy Wars 8: Five Magics (Bass Riff) 9: Back in the Day 10: Sleepwalker

[@yonikup2865]

Emi what about tornado of souls?

[@Haxprocess]

Lisbeth Rosa itd have to be at least a top 50

[@yonikup2865]

xD

[@scottyoz2460]

Hahahaha

[@dougmcmullen4713]

Bro I’ve watched a bunch of your top 10 lists and no matter the band you just kill it!!! Bravo 👏👏

[@jbj_richie5465]

Thank You EVH.. Rock In Peace🤟

[@Genjo_N_Mojave]

*"My my hey hey rock and roll will never die"!* Thanks @Danilo Vicari, you covered the Top 10 EVH riffs to perfection!

[@mkirito701]

Top 10 riffs: Bon Jovi

[@Jman3302]

"Feelin" is a great song..I'm so glad you included it.

[@soda1x]

YOU NAILED 5150,UNCHAINED,AIN'T TALKIN BOUT LOVE,ALL OF THEM

[@MeWizeMagicDan]

Nice! My daughter is named Halen, huge VH fan obviously. Great job! Thanks for including 5150, as I’ve always thought that is a hidden gem of guitar genius.

[@dontsubscribe3702]

Top 10 Slash feat. Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators next?

[@nikolabosevski1435]

GoodWolf Comics yess please im putting automatic overdrive and wicked stone at the top killer songs and riffs

[@dontsubscribe3702]

Nice. My favorites are Beneath The Savage Sun and World On Fire

[@testocore5607]

Slash solo > GnR

[@austinartist0608]

Man this was a pleasure to watch. Heard one that was way off. Intro to ain't talkin bout love is a heavy palm mute not open ringing strings. Take a close listen and give it shot. Thanks for sharing this. Amazing ability.

[@RaúlMoralesJr]

Top 10 Riffs:Scorpions

[@itayf2289]

They are all sound the same

[@jacksongeary3335]

If you think every Scorpions riff sounds the same you should listen to more Scorpions tunes.

[@EliteGuitarClub]

Listen Sails of charon.

[@bjohnson6233]

Scorpions top 10

[@garthhoward4748]

The zoo 💖

[@hyrulehighlights9535]

Thank you Eddie for blessing us with legendary riffs🙏RIP

[@pabloch4316]

I love this video thanks :3

[@DaniloVicari]

Thank you!

[@beetragg]

Dude that was awesome! I lovem all! A slice of my youth right there!

[@nicholasspears2025]

Top 10 Def Leppard riffs

[@jamesgreen7618]

This is sweet man - well done!

[@tarkus1056]

Top 10 Riffs: Extreme

[@Coreyw63]

Dang you sound great! Brings back tons of happy memories of my favorite band@

[@timothyhammonds]

1) Light up the Sky 2) Romeo Delight 3) Feel Your Love Tonight 4) Little Guitars 5) On Fire 6) Beautiful Girls 7) Unchained 8) Little Dreamer 9) I'm The One 10) Women in Love

[@josefbleaux6724]

Timothy Hammonds what about- "Somebody get me a Doctor"...

[@Seb5150ou8]

Geez it’s so hard because all of his riffs are amazing, if it was a top 20 it would be easier to list because I would include to your list like atomic punk, somebody get me a doctor, hang em high, house of pain, drop dead legs, and the cradle will rock, take your whiskey home, in a simple rhyme and many more.

[@vicducci4549]

Epic!

[@yopacific]

Dirty Movies kicks ass

[@MJHiteshew]

Seeing someone trying to play EVH riffs and not doing so well just further reinforces just how awesome Eddie’s tone and skills are. Eddie’s fret skills are so crisp and the attenuation on his picking is excellent.

[@mossman_inc.]

Just a little suggestion, maybe top ten riffs exodus

[@davidgoldsteen6995]

who?????

[@knowingjagaur649]

David Goldsteen Kirk hammets old band before Metallica

[@mazterford]

I grew up with van halen,i have all their albums,in Cassettes...really shape my guitar playing...tnx for this,reminiscing all the VH favorites...

[@andresmauriciomahechac.981]

When Stan Wawrinka plays Van Halen like a Pro

[@JarppaGuru]

every guitarist can learn play them, but not all can create them

[@adampalm4444]

As a bit of a guitarist myself, I couldn't help but notice what all guitarists notice and that's that there are just a LOT of different ways to play this stuff and although Danilo is really great and makes the tough stuff appear effortless, I DO believe that the way that I've been playing "Ain't talking bout love" is definitely better sounding and has much more fair and nuance. I play it both ways just for variety but running the progression up the neck is much more challenging and just a better way to go, in my opinion. Js. ROCK-ON!

[@theBAC264]

Top 10 Michael Schenker/UFO riffs

[@scottconger1266]

Yes i have my head phones on and oh hell yes they are turned all the way up, great job man, love it.

[@tomecalm7]

Yeah, But can you play Freebird?

[@SteveJones379]

Love that early Van Halen! Great job!!

[@skidjs]

Reverse it except for Mean Streets (remains at #2) and it would be more like my top 10. Girl Gone Bad would be my #1.

[@billysheppard6091]

Thanks for sharing,.my lil bro loved van Halen.. semper fi

[@LarryOlson]

top 10 KISS riffs

[@hotdogwater7037]

Larry Olson 10 parasite, 9 parasite 8 parasite, 7 parasite 6 parasite 5 parasite 4 parasite 3 parasite 2 parasite 1 parasite. Kiss sucks

[@LarryOlson]

Louie Salerno KISS is great no reason to be so negative. But deuce is a great riff shock me is good. The oath,and shes so european has a great riff!

[@hotdogwater7037]

Larry Olson oh. My mistake

[@ZakareeRandol]

KISS is very underrated in their riffage. Especially on the early albums.

[@LarryOlson]

Zakaree Randol especially dressed to kill with songs like Rock Bottom and Love her all I can

[@ELITEMESSIAH]

Dude you rocked it, loved the video man :)

[@JACK-wh6jl]

EXCLNT BROTHER 😜👍🔥🔥 EDDIE WILL BE AROUND FOREVER😇

[@fluffymoist7780]

Love the guitar!!! Awesome playing