VAN HALEN - AND THE CRADLE WILL ROCK (REACTION!!!)

[@jayrahvisions]

To the people requesting Van Halen songs be sure to check my Van Halen reaction playlist I've already done it. kzbin.info/aero/PLxUsPIKIkJWR579A_j-9_Pj7o66yFlixo

[@cameron_fairchild]

Request: VH - Poundcake live at the mtv awards 1991

[@noone8418]

In the guitar department but the classical end: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hKmap4KYbKyBeMk

[@MRCATL3]

David Lee Roth was giving social commentary

[@jackasswhiskyandpintobeans9344]

Van Halen and The Cars ushered in a new sound. You have to remember that Disco, although dying, still had influence.

[@jayedilts8612]

Totally agree…. This tune IS Van Halen through and through!

[@susanlindner8626]

Michael Anthony on bass & backing vocals .. totally underrated.

[@TwinPinesFarms]

Been a fan of VH since 1979. Saw them in 1982 in Dallas. Still in my playlist to this day. Enjoying watching you experince rock and roll from the best rock band of all time.

[@Iknowthelaw13]

Many people don’t know the main riff is actually an electric piano. Sounds a lot like a guitar.

[@warrenhammonds1093]

yep. Played through Edward's legendary Marshall. Which was the first time that was ever done.

[@davidplummer2619]

Fender Rhodes, I think...

[@mikes51501]

@@davidplummer2619close, it was a Wurlitzer actually.

[@ericoberlies7537]

Michael Anthony played it live in 1980.

[@TexasMagnolia]

A great selection!! Classic VH! This song was the death to car speakers!

[@russellnikolaus6811]

Eddie playing a Electric piano through his distorted guitar rig. another tone never heard before.

[@ericoberlies7537]

Yeah, Michael Anthony played it live on the 1980 tour.

[@e.l.norton]

@blubyuslowly Yes. But, in the studio it was Eddie playing the keys through his Marshall amp.

[@ugaais]

You are Hands down the best Van Halen reviewer on here…most just donJump Panama and Hot for Teacher

[@vellaropedart9190]

That effect you hear at the end of the guitar solo (and throughout the song) is Eddie's signature speed picking. His speed picking was second to none!

[@dannycasson1551]

You’re right. There’s no way David could move like that and sing live. He could move and sing live, but he goes a bit over the top when he’s lip syncing on television. He knows millions are watching. He’s very charismatic and talented so a lot people want to see him…period! The band had all the elements you needed back then to be successful.

[@katyareads221]

One my all-time VH songs.

[@scottyray8004]

You need to listen to ‘Drop Dead Leg’ next. Talk about Eddie Van Halen showing off some hard licks on the guitar!

[@glennb2227]

.... and Drop Dead Legs is funky too!

[@legatomisterioso7]

You got to do Feel Your Love Tonight next man! Only song you are missing off their first album. Personally one of my favorite songs they ever did, and the solo and post-solo breakdown gives me goose bumps every time.

[@michaelpryor8015]

Fun fact? EVH his guitar tone and sound? Was nicknamed “The Brown Sound” he adjusted and played wit the Watts coming into his guitar amplifiers

[@nicholasgriggs1305]

Drop Dead Legs, House of Pain & Girl Gone Bad are all amazing tracks from the 1984 album. All three will blow your mind.

[@alohakittymon]

I clicked like right after I hit play…. This song came out when I was in 10th grade and was a part of the soundtrack of our lives! I haven’t even seen ouches upon their live shows…. It was fun being a teen then!

[@DER5150]

Keep it up man, loving the VH reactions as always!

[@Jd-im4my]

This was the first song of theirs I ever heard. I was in junior high school. Been hooked ever since. Yes, when u look up the word Confidence in a dictionary, David's pic is right there. Love it.❤

[@PaintedCavern]

This was the first Van Halen song I ever heard, and it is still my favorite. Thanks for the reaction!

[@TexasMagnolia]

Thank you so much Jay for reacting to both!

[@fatback2]

I love that you keep learning about the gear and techniques. Phasing and Flanging are very easy to confuse since they both can add a cycling movement to the sound. Here's a breakdown of the difference between Phase and Flange: Phasing is a sweeping filter, kind of like twisting a "tone" knob on a receiver back and forth. At a slow speed it tends to make things sound liquid or chewy and at higher speeds can add warble and tremolo. Phase has a close cousin called a Vibe. It uses a photocell to get a similar chewy sweep to a phaser. Hendrix famously used a Univibe live (Woodstock and Maui) and often used tape flanging in the studio. The end of Jimi's "Bold As Love" goes off to flange nirvana. Flanging is based on a very short delay. It was originally done by dragging a finger on the multitrack tape. Modern flanging is usually a digital effect and is known for a whooshing wind or metallic like sweep effect on the sound like you just heard in the beginning of "the Cradle Will Rock" Chorus is related to Flange and is also delay based, but is less of a "whoosh" sound and more about shimmer and dimension. Alex Lifeson was known to use chorus on a ton of his guitar parts.

[@Confare]

My favorite reaction channel. Very knowledge and open to all kinds of music. Nice job

[@mechagojira6951]

YOU WERE ALMOST RIGHT!!!! It's a flanger effected Wurlitzer electric piano played thru Eddies 1960's model 100 watt Marshall Plexi amplifier. Eddie as a kid was a classically trained pianist and right up til his death he couldn't read music. AMAZING!!! Not because he was illiterate or anything like that because he was a genius musically...period. As a matter of fact he would just watch his piano teacher and play how he played. After awhile the teacher caught on but yeah just an amazing musician. To me the best guitar player EVER. you were asking who did Eddie look up to in a previous video and I've been a fan for 40 years and read and heard COUNTLESS radio interviews etc and only 2 he would talk about...Eric Clapton during the Cream days and 1 ya prob never heard of..Allan Holdsworth....that's it... I heard you say you love the "Brown Sound" well if you do to get to the Hagar years Eddie went more towards the piano just electrified....synth!!! to me you won't hear the brown sound in the Hagar years at all...still great but I'm a Roth era guy all the way. As a matter of fact they made an album with Roth in 2011 or 2012 called "A Different Kind of Truth and the Brown sound is back!!!!!!!! don't worry you don't have to rush to the Hagar era lol jk!!!!!! the 1st 2 albums with Hagar Alex is playing almost exclusively electronic drums....c'mon man I want Alex to play that jungle drum beat sound not electronic drums..oh well. just one mans opinion. Also VH 'S sound and songs are so classic in so many ways (Roth era) because of Michael Anthony's harmonizing and backing vocals....there is no classic VH w/o Mikey...went to see them reunite w Dave in 2007 twice and Wolgang was ok but Mikey's backing vocals were sorely missed although Dave was really on his game vocally in 2007-2008....

[@michaelpearce840]

THE HEADPHONES OF TRUTH !

[@TheGodfather4200]

This is my favorite VH song. Glad to see someone finally react to it.

[@dirtyharry4649]

They were so drunk and out of their heads during that clip.

[@aspjake123]

Love the reaction and the NYM shirt.

[@workingman6681]

Its nice to see the smile on your face. That was me 40 years ago!👍

[@Prone2Thrill]

Ahhhh yes Freshman year 1980 seeing VH for my first concert ever! This song is in my top 3 all-time VH songs for sure! ROCK ON - btw DLR is a hell of a smart and interesting cat. Check him on the JRE podcast or other shit online like the famous NO BROWN M&M's story lol or when he was a first responder (post VH) great stories. Imagine DLR looking down at you when your on a stretcher about to die. LOL

[@monatodd3501]

Man this brings back so many memories! 🔥😝🔥

[@tinalschmidt-banks3415]

My favorite Van Halen song. Running with the Devil is another great one.

[@lathedauphinot6820]

I got to see them front row in 1981, then again in ‘82 and ‘83, when I was 16, 17, & 18 respectively. They were great. Exciting. Passed a bottle of Jack Black to Roth; he drank & passed it back. Only time after that was the famous free show they did in Dallas Alley with Sammy Hagar. He’s not David Lee Roth. It’s not his fault. What else can I say?

[@ericoberlies7537]

I saw them play this live in 1980, in Oakland, with Michael Anthony playing the electric piano through a flanger.

[@eddievantrollen3459]

Never looked forward to Mondays until... VAN HALEN MONDAY!!! Thanks, Jay Rah!!!

[@mikecaetano]

"Have you seen Junior's grades???" Heh, takes me back to ninth grade. PS. Terminology wise, chromatic is usually counter posed with diatonic and both terms are used to describe the scales themselves rather than the techniques used to play them.

[@generoberts9151]

Correct. Chromatic is a scale

[@sdeak5444]

It was the Wild wild west for rock music at that time. Glad I lived it and get to relive through you.

[@patches6309]

That intro is one of thee Sickest drops ever! Rock On!

[@pjwiz5273]

I gotta say ... I love your extensive vocab! A real cutie w/excellent vocabulary is an exception to the norm these days. Luv the reactions w/nuance to instrumentals and your personal individuality. Thanx to ya, dude.😉 We're listening.!

[@rebeccarockchik6704]

Yay!! I'm so happy you're doing this one!! ✌❤

[@kevinlundgren1169]

Listen to this back when I was 10 or 11 years old in 80 or 81,, still jams today...Wait till you hear Atomic Punk !!!!

[@stephencaruso7245]

check out the 1991 mtv awards with Van Hagar - doing ''Poundcake'' - Eddie goes off and uses an electric drill on his guitar! you will love the solo and the bass and the vocals

[@joexpoe]

what a confident monolouge you are. subscribed.

[@kevinwilkins3248]

Intro and main riff is Ed playing a Wurlitzer electric piano with a flanger pedal. Also, the Brown sound was originally the phrase Ed and Al coined to describe Al's signature snare tone. They also said it sounded like hitting a block of wood, hence "brown" sound. Now get on into the combo of Tora!Tora!/Loss Of Control from this classic album. Ed and Al at their most frenetic. As a drummer whose favorite player has been Al my whole life, LOC is Alex at his very best. As a lifelong fanatic, of course I liked the Hagar era, but nothing topped the original band. They were untouchable with Dave 1978-84.

[@bradrot991]

Thanks for keeping the VH Monday's rolling. Girl Gone Bad, honeybabysweetiedoll, the full bug are recommended. Cheers

[@randybaker6042]

From someone who was standing on a dumpster in the middle of a riot complete with helicopters, riot police with dogs and bottles being thrown through the windows of a ticket agency while trying to get our tickets for a Van Halen concert (lol), great reaction.

[@frankdiceiii5399]

You would have had a lot of fun rolling around to this with us back in the day.

[@Charityf100]

One of the greats!

[@paulgarcia1566]

Great analysis Jay!

[@mikerichardson8983]

Everybody always wants to comparing Dave and Sammy. I always say that dave was perfect during the classic rock era, which was the 70's and 80's. Dave was rare and out of control. When Sammy joined the band, classic rock was in the decline and the pop rock era was beginning. Sammy was polished and knew how to get all of Eddie's talents out. Van halen music transformed the late 80's and 90's with Eddie showing all the different instruments that he was able to play. Sammy was perfect for Eddie. It's hard to find four albums, in a row that are better than 5150, 0U812, For unlawful carnal knowledge, and Balance. All Sammy albums and they all show off Eddie's talents to the max. RIP Eddie.

[@turnnburn9008]

we all love it, I still have this record

[@JTCox]

Eddie's son Wolfgang Van Halen just released his debut album under the name Mammoth WVH. Check out the official video for "Don't Back Down". He played, wrote and sung the whole album himself. It's a banger!

[@heyskipj]

Glad you called out Mike laying down the bottom. So heavy. Drives the song and keeps the car steady while Eddie and David get to hang out the windows to do their do.

[@realbser1956]

Great track! I get a strong Deep Purple vibe from this particular track. DLR was the perfect fit for VH.

[@frankgarcia1]

I remember riding around in my friends car in 10th grade listening to this when it was a new album. Smoking pot with the speakers turned all the way up listening to a cassette. Good memories.

[@laurawatters914]

Jay Rah, you have a great sense of humor, I like it!! David Lee Roth is such a showman Eddie is amazing everyone is amazing, song is awesome!! Love your reaction Jay!! ❤️+✌️Always 😊🤘

[@NIKKI-1979]

This is for anyone new who may want to take the NF journey as we call it because he intertwines his music like marvel movies. All four albums is like a connected series. For instance in his when i grow up song, paid my dues, leave me alone, and why song, the black smile is the fake smile that he mentions in therapy session song. He hides eggs in his videos. In when i grow up song there was two hidden eggs in that song. A black balloon by the trash cans and in burger joint he grabbed at receipt that had the date and time of when his song time was being released. He had outcast name tag on in the janitor part from his Outcast song. Another example is in the search song he had cage in background he rapped in from his outcast song. Here is the song order: Mansion Album: All I have (video) Intro (video) Mansion- connects to intro 3. Fear moved in. Wake Up (video) Paralyzed Notepad (video) Therapy Session Album: Intro 2 (video) Therapy Session (video) Very important song. I just wanna know (video) How could you leave us-(video) have tissues nearby. Real song- (video) he pays homage to lil wayne in this song feed me rappers or feed me beats) Grindin ft Marty (video) Oh Lord- this song gets referred to in returns two albums later. Great song Statement (he pays homage to eminem and drake in this song) Warm Up -single (hype song) (video) Epiphany- collab with futuristic. Video. Pays homage to meek mill. Green lights (video) pay attention to what he has written on the notepad at the end. Perception Album: Outro (video) pay attention to the video. It is like marvel endgame how he connects tons of previous videos in this. Intro 3 (one of his best songs) Outcast (video) Know- pays homage to eminem and 21 pilots Destiny One hundred Let you down (video) watch to the very end! If you want love (video) Remember this- 💎 Gems all over this track Single: No Name. (Video) This gets connected in leave me alone song an album later. Single: Why- (video) NF pays big homage to Big Sean as he uses his flow from bounce back in this and mentions Big Seans name and his album I decided. (This isnt nates flow he says) Also he has a ton of eggs like Dont mess with real music written on walls. Pay attention to all the writing. Additionally, Big Sean paid homage back in harder than my demons song he had the black balloons in it among other things Search Album: Whole album should be listened to but you can choose which you would like to do: The search (video) When I grow up (video) Leave me alone (video) Change My stress Nate Time (video) Returns- (hype song) one of his best for flow switches and word play Only Let me go Interlude then I hate myself song I miss the days No excuses (hype song) Like this Options (hype song) Thinking Trauma singing only song. Amazing Paid My Dues (video) It was to the awful article rolling stones put out because the writer was a big chance the rapper fan and was pissed NF took number one spot. Over 400 people bashed that writer in the comments lol Chasing -demo he did with a fan. Clouds the Mixtape- Clouds (video) Lost ft Hopsin (video) Story (video) That’s a Joke (pays homage to J Cole) Just like you Prideful Layers Drifting Trust ft Tech N9ne Also there is many good songs not on this list like Dreams, you’re special ect if you like him then take the time and go back through and listen through them all at some point. His lost in the moment song was just used for the promo for the new show called the equalizer starring Queen Latifah.

[@chipdamutt108]

Saw them in 1980 at the Jacksonville Colisseum. Great show! I still think this is their best album.

[@jimtatro6550]

I love this album!!!!!!🔥🔥🔥🎧👍

[@crimsonskies1445]

This album is underrated for Van Halen but it's my 2nd favorite VH album. Really gritty and dirty..

[@craigharrison5406]

Intro is a flanger, you are right it is very similar to a phaser. The solo was two hand tapping for most of it. It's nice to some Van Halen reactions to this album, not many people do reactions on Women and Children First.

[@dannycasson1551]

Always been one of my favorites by them. Hadn’t heard it in years! Rock On Eddie. 🎸

[@robertdefex3439]

Join the Van Halen family

[@steelehere1]

Intruder/Pretty Woman. You got to listen to one of Eddie’s classics.

[@davidleeroth784]

Hahaha. My buddy Bryan got a 34 grade on his progress report and was grounded till report cards came out. We were like 5-6th grade. The part where it says "Have you seen juniors grades?" We would be like "Have you seen Bryan's grades" Whole album is fire

[@johnschlutz8644]

lived in Germany..they love 'over the top' performances.

[@Nopeandnope3861]

500th upvote! Keep it up!!!!

[@VanHalenFan1964]

It's still a Classic. Just played it while i was on my treadmill

[@stephencaruso7245]

great review

[@davidleeroth784]

LMFAO. I've never seen the live version of this. Hahaha. Gotta love Dave. Pretty sure Jim Carey was wearing those Dave bushy shoes in Dumb n Dumber

[@generoberts9151]

Actually back in the day , the vinyl had so much room to fill and then if you came up minute short with your total material, well there wasn’t enough room for another song. Thus dead space.

[@rwandappompey6277]

Still love Van Halen Monday’s!!!!

[@SIXX2772]

WOW...just realized Eddie had a different neck on his guitar, looked like an Ibanez neck, I know he pieced it together all the way, just interesting!

[@TraumaHound]

And the Cradle Will Rah

[@mattharvey968]

Girl Gone Bad!! Give it a listen 🎧 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@eduardopares4126]

There are plenty of songs w/ DLR left. You might want to check out the 2012 album A Different Kind Of Truth. It has the sequel to Ice Cream Man titled Stay Frosty, and the songs As Is, Honeybabysweetiedoll, and Outta Space are spectacular!

[@big106razor]

You KNOW what I come for on Monday! Even though the Dave-era can't be matched, there is a lot of great Sammy stuff! You just need to listen in a different context. Sammy is a more serious songwriter and has a different performing style. Don't look at it as being "forced" to get into the Van-Hagar tunes, but rather evolving with who they were in this era.

[@tilemonkee5510]

*hits blunt* hey, if you work security at a Samsung store, does that make you guardian of the galaxy? XD WELCOME TO VH MONDAY!! : )

[@ChainedGraboid]

Hey man, I just wanted to say thank you for doing so much Van Halen. They’re my all-time favorite. But I did want to say, don’t be so hesitant towards the Hagar era. Yes it is different. It is two different singers, two different energy styles, but try this, think of Eddie, Al, and Mikey. Their musicianship only gets better with time. Songs like Mine All Mine, Pleasure Dome, 5150, Summer Nights, and so many others from the Hagar era is incredible. As a matter of fact, Get Up from Live Without A Net is an amazing experience to watch. I highly recommend you check it out.

[@dipsydoodle7988]

"Have you seen juniors grades?!" 😛

[@brianoneil9662]

This was older brothers unofficial theme song bitd.

[@naturesounds-ib5dh]

love van halen! how bout some Great White tuesday--House of Broken Love or Rock Me

[@cartercarter645]

JR u r the Spiciest! 🌶 🌶 🌶 keep Rockin’

[@michaeloesterle6652]

Dave went off to a solo career with another fantastic guitar player, Steve Vai, who is every bit as technical as Eddie but not nearly as tasteful. Yankee Rose is a tune worth a listen though from Dave’s solo career.

[@joshcomedy1521]

Beginning of solo is tapping

[@cherylgruver3285]

Fuckin rocks!

[@lylesmith9547]

Electric piano never sounded so heavy

[@SIXX2772]

Very surprised you aint hit this one already. AND THIS is why ROTH will always be the ORIGINAL VH!!!

[@IZZY_EDIBLE]

Do LIGHT UP THE SKY! Do THE ATOMIC PUNK! Do THE FULL BUG! Do LOSS OF CONTROL! Do DANCING IN THE STREET! Do DROP DEAD LEGS! Do ONE FOOT OUT THE DOOR! Do I'M THE ONE!

[@ericmyers5003]

🤘🎸✌🙏

[@Eiight8]

Dreidel will rock 🤘

[@alexhicks5889]

It's a simple little thing, but I love the fact that Alex plays the ride in the verse and plays the hi hats in the chorus. Goes against the standard.

[@rebeccarockchik6704]

You are so right!! This era is the 💩!!

[@wild8757]

Check out “running with the Devil” or “Panama” by Van Halen

[@andreweagland4702]

Check out loss of control tour on that album and fools you're going to like that even better

[@mechagojira6951]

Joe Rogan quote..... when Hagar joined the group the music became "music for (his quote not mine) music for fat girls at the mall" this was when Rogan was on you tube for free til he got 300 million from Spotify...he was interviewing Diamond Dave...oh by the way Princes friend back in the Purple Rain movie days a babe named Appolonia who was in the movie Purple Rain was dating Dave for awhile....pretty cool fact!!!! she was hot man!!!! still looks damn good !!!! i remember that song "Sex Shooter" it just started playing in my head!!!! by Appolonia 6 I believe....I'm not glad to be 52 but growing up in the 80's was fun...they had the "Roaring Twenties" well it was the "ROARING EIGHTIES" when I was growing up.....look at the albums that dropped in 1983 and for sure in 1984....amazing.

[@stevenmcnutt3204]

Thank you I could listen to Van Halen without Sammy or David singing no lyrics just a sound of that guitar and drums and bass matching together is enough for me

[@MRCATL3]

DLR was rappin' before it was a thing

[@angelrdiaz4755]

Never could get into Sammy Hagar and Van Hagar era (:. Sorry But Van Halen is Van Halen especially with David (:. There just isn't any better frontman than him for that great group (:. It's not VH without him (:. And there musical vibe and energy back then just couldn't be matched then at all (:. Great reaction (:. Good luck with reacting too Van Hagar when you get around too it (:. Hopefully much later than sooner (:. And am not trying too put him down it's just that he isn't and will never be the VH sound or voice (:. That will always be atleast too me Diamond David Lee Roth ALWAYS (:

[@SouthTexasRocker1]

Amen! They ended the =VH= story with Diamond Dave back as quarterback and Ed playing and creating with his son, Wolfgang, and his always-present brother, Alex. Nothing against Mike Anthony, but Wolfgang killed it on the album (A Different Kind of Truth) and night after night on tour. He made his old man proud! Long Live King Edward!

[@angelrdiaz4755]

@@SouthTexasRocker1 Amen (:

[@deeellett5922]

I love Sammy as Sammy and Van Halen with Dave

[@iwantmyutube9040]

Diamond Dave is unreplasable!

[@warrenhammonds1093]

Angel, you're actually right. Cheers, brother!!

[@Michael-md1pf]

The guitar playing on this track is SICK. What's the name of the guitarist?