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@moniquechancellor33033 жыл бұрын
Today is the worst day ever. Sir Edward passed away today at age 65. I’m in tears. R.I.P. Sir Edward. Love you 🎸❤️🎸
@dustywaynemusic62973 жыл бұрын
I'm going back to these reaction videos for that reason. So sad
@vickieray3 жыл бұрын
I am here for the same reason 💔😞 My Heart is broken today 😢
@rewajamir91903 жыл бұрын
Eddie is truly God given talent for mankind...
@sisterinchrist9953 жыл бұрын
We knew he has been sick for a while now but there's some people you just can't imagine ever leaving us. Music today sucks we are all so blessed that we got to enjoy listening to him all these years. I'm still in shock he is going to be missed
@sisterinchrist9953 жыл бұрын
This is a tough one. Music today sucks. We are also lucky to have gotten to listen to him all these years.. this is a very tough one for all of us
@bretviola68713 жыл бұрын
Who’s here paying respect to THE rock guitarist of all rock guitarists? RIP King Edward!!!
@peteranundsson46823 жыл бұрын
Me! Greetings from Sweden
@scarletjohnston7413 жыл бұрын
Still crying 😢💔
@Wahsluap3 жыл бұрын
Me
@Bladerunner49247643 жыл бұрын
Me!
@fredwood20333 жыл бұрын
We're all here giving a final salute to our fallen hero, I bet Eddie's teaching God a few new riffs!
@beaux25853 жыл бұрын
"He is a god!" Yes, Jamel, he was. Self-taught, built his own guitars, innovated a style never heard before but copied many times since and always had that smile. He was and will always remain an original. And he will always be missed but remembered.
@scottrussell10063 жыл бұрын
the FRANKENSTEIN guitar will forever live on. My LOVE is rotten to the core. RIP.
@rugbyslug3 жыл бұрын
Amazing that he's self-taught. I did not know that.
@beaux25853 жыл бұрын
@@rugbyslug He couldn't read music either yet took piano lessons for years before his teacher found out. He just copied the teacher's fingers.
@boblozaintherealworld35773 жыл бұрын
I KNEW our friend Jamal was going to dig the heaviness.
@aheinaman3 жыл бұрын
Actually he copied that style. But he's the one that made it his style.
@ces43993 жыл бұрын
“I guess you’re not ready for this...but your kids are going to love it!”
@richardt8753 жыл бұрын
Greetings Earthling my name is Darth VADER I COME FROM THE PLANET Vulcan
@jonesy28923 жыл бұрын
Marty, that was very interesting music......
@jfn24623 жыл бұрын
If I don't ask her out to the dance, darth vader is going to melt my brain....
@ChrisAvery4 жыл бұрын
The term legend gets thrown around a lot these days, but Eddie's a true legend. Changed rock guitar forever.
@guitarocd99844 жыл бұрын
When Van Halen came out every guitar player in the world had to stop what they were doing and go practice.
@j50wells4 жыл бұрын
When I was in high school every one of my friends bought a guitar. They'd play for hours hoping to emulate Eddie.
@mikedlc97664 жыл бұрын
luv ya for saying that
@loki62534 жыл бұрын
Listen to the crowd he most certainly is. EDDIE EDDIE EDDIE.
@kevinevans68114 жыл бұрын
In reality he’s not as good as Hendrix or Wes Montgomery as a guitarist but he did change guitar forever and to me that is a task that only happens very few times. Just as violin changed with Paganini and piano with Lzist guitar was changed by Eddie Van Halen.
@vincentcarotta33554 жыл бұрын
As a die hard VH fan, when you asked, "Is it about to melt my face off?", I actually said out loud, "Man, you have no idea."
@L0rdNikoN14 жыл бұрын
He has seen the Face of God, his Journey can end now xD
@jamelakajamal4 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@jamelakajamal4 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@alanwhetstone39224 жыл бұрын
And I said out loud "Yes you are." and my wife said who the hell are you talking to. LOL!
@TheRealMightyHokie4 жыл бұрын
HAHAHAHAH!!! I LITERALLY did the same thing. Outloud.
@jaydubya36984 жыл бұрын
You picked up on what makes Eddie's solos so attractive: unlike other "rock god" types who seem to take themselves so seriously, Eddie always seems to have so much fun...he looks to the audience and seems to say, "Hey, check this out," rips a lick, and then laughs like a little kid at what he's done. So awesome.
@brovold724 жыл бұрын
He also plainly put a lot of thought into the composition -- there is a variety of styles artfully and theatrically compiled into a fifteen minute musical journey. Truly remarkable.
@tsan37964 жыл бұрын
VH prime time sure wish brothers didn’t ruined their legacy by being control freaks and booted the red rocker diamond dave and picked Gary for lead ooh then there’s Wolfe who maybe son but ain’t micheal Anthony a shame they couldn’t keep making music together
@michaelhaber32384 жыл бұрын
I have been a VH fan since the first album in 78' and you are so right. He really loves what he does and it sure seems like he likes to watch all our faces while he drops these insane licks on his guitar. I dont think we will see another guitarist like Eddie for a long time. He built his own guitar to make the sounds that he wanted. Oh and I am a Van Halen and Van Hagar FAN!! Not a fan of Cherone Album nor was I impressed when Dave came back. His voice is shot and Eddie tuned back down a 1/2 step for him as he did in the early days.
@reallymysterious43934 жыл бұрын
Apparently he was completely stoned when he did this which explains the stoner smile ...
@chill0uter0-bd6cr10 ай бұрын
Not only did he have a smile on his face through this legendary performance.... but also had his eyes closed. He was "America's Guitar Hero"!!!!
@Turn2Paige3943 жыл бұрын
"This man is a god!" LOL Yes, Jamel, he sure is. Growing up hearing his genius was incredible. No one else sounded like he did, especially in the 80's. Eddie is on another level!
@level19barb163 жыл бұрын
Indeed. You have to take the time into context. There are some incredibly talented guitarists out now and tech has come an unbelievable way, but at the time this was unheard of and blew my fuggin mind. Rip Eddie, hope you're enjoying yourself wherever you are
@theodoreritola97583 жыл бұрын
Yes but he did this 1st in 1978 ,, The 70s BABY ,,
@michael1970sherman3 жыл бұрын
He was the level. The level that any man or woman wishes that they were at. I do not see it being surpassed in the near or distant future. Eddie was definitely one of a kind.
@mmichael12212 жыл бұрын
I still remember the first time my dad showed me atomic punk I didn’t know a guitar could make noises like that
@baldvale54184 жыл бұрын
Eruption, the guitar solo that changed rock music forever.
@jamessuits19724 жыл бұрын
"It's common knowledge that Eddie made a deal with the devil. Nobody knows what Eddie got, but the devil got guitar lessons." I saw this on another reaction video and it's the best thing I've ever read about Eddie.
@donnasqueo65994 жыл бұрын
lol your probably right but I thought that was Steve Vai or Ralph Machio in the movie Crossroads 😉😂 idk really it's been a long time since I watched that film 🎥
@breezy37254 жыл бұрын
The Devil plays through him.
@geetarmanpete4 жыл бұрын
Well, the violin obviously didn't work out!
@schmidington4 жыл бұрын
That's really funny! I like it.
@dannyjacobs67344 жыл бұрын
@@geetarmanpete fiddle! A fiddle made of gold! 😉
@Muhnster623 жыл бұрын
It's difficult to find anything on the internet where Eddie isn't laughing and smiling. He was truly a King with an exceptional character. I've been listening to VH since 1979 and it was never dull. Eddie also made his own guitars as well. It's been said before Eric Clapton made his guitar gently weep, but Eddie made his scream bloody murder! R.I.P. EVH you are sorely missed.
@yaimavol2 жыл бұрын
He did have a dark side. Hagar said they didn't even talk towards the end. Eddie was totally walled off and wouldn't talk to him
@chewy712 жыл бұрын
I read a quote"this weekend that said Eddie wanted his guitar to sound like it was dying and he was bringing it back to life lol I'm a long time fan but Ive never thought of it that way
@Chevymetal69z284 жыл бұрын
Eddie played the guitar solo in Michael Jackson's Beat It btw.
@Van1973Auken4 жыл бұрын
And caught flack from the rest of the band, because he refused to get paid for it! Lol!
@tomservo53474 жыл бұрын
I think he also let Weird Al do his parody 'Eat It' on the one condition that he played the guitar solo on it also.
@SurleyBlaine4 жыл бұрын
@@tomservo5347 He didn't do it for "Eat It" Weird Al's producer Rick Derringer did. Derringer wrote Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo and worked and played with tons of great artists. Edgar Winter was one of them.
@tomservo53474 жыл бұрын
@@SurleyBlaine Oh I love Rick's 'Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo'. To work with Edgar Winter required some serious music skills no doubt. Sorry about that-it was Mark Knopfler that insisted on playing guitar for Weird Al for his 'Money For Nothing' parody 'Beverly Hillbillies'. That did take some mad skills to produce a solo on 'Eat It' that intentionally sounded like the guitar was starting to smoke and blow up like it did on the video. (I still LMAO every time I watch it.)
@jonballen15504 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure he did the whole song
@hilldwler4204 жыл бұрын
I dig what you do Jamal , you’re breaking down barriers through music and that you’re leading by example. You truly are your brothers keeper. Blessed be the peace makers.
@gracechapman34124 жыл бұрын
Agree completely.
@TheCyborg20994 жыл бұрын
Agreed. But love his personality too.
@wesleysept65364 жыл бұрын
No doubt
@cpt.honklerof3rdkekistania4004 жыл бұрын
This chanel is my sanctuary of sanity during 2020
@pilargonzalez84424 жыл бұрын
Music IS the Universal language
@fog99uk4 жыл бұрын
That moment when he starts playing, with his eyes closed and a smile on his face. That is a man at peace.
@terrychavez91893 жыл бұрын
THE MAN'S. A "GOAT"!!! OF ALL TIME JUST ON ANOTHER LEVEL THEN THE REST OF GUITAR GODS!? & DOING IT LIKE "A WALK IN A PARK"!?! WITH TOTAL EASE!!!
@navycorpsman98633 жыл бұрын
We were blessed to live in the time of a guitar giant the likes of who's talent will never come this way again. R.I.P Eddie. You earned it.
@georgiahughes64043 жыл бұрын
Don't forget about SRV
@chellj81753 жыл бұрын
Yes we were the lucky ones to have had him in our time!!
@rutnrampage70414 жыл бұрын
I love watching someones face the first time they hear Eddie play.I grew up with this band and they are, always have been and always will be my favorite band ever. Eddie Van Halen will never ..ever... be outdone as the greatest guitar player in the world. He is to the guitar as Elvis is to rock in general.Thank you for this my brother.
@michaeltraffas94463 жыл бұрын
All Elvis had was stage presence. Incredibly overrated. Just listen to Ray Charles talk about the "king".
@Sammiejomitchell4 жыл бұрын
Only EVH could make one guitar sound like an entire symphony.
@rileyandmike4 жыл бұрын
Van Halen has a ton of songs Their album “Van Halen”. Their first album pretty much ended the disco era
@cmwillisful4 жыл бұрын
rileyandmike They helped usher in the metal era.
@dgreene42344 жыл бұрын
@@cmwillisful Before Van Halen made it big they opened for Black Sabbath, their idols. Ozzy was amazed at their talent, but also said there was no way they could continue to open for Sabbath, because he felt they were blowing them off the stage. He loved their stuff, but did not want to follow them. He too helped propel them to where they belonged and that was headlining. Sabbath was the true founders of metal. Van Halen was really one of the founders of Hard Rock. "Dance The Night Away" is hardly metal.
@kdm712914 жыл бұрын
Perhaps the best description is that Van Halen is "Van Halen".......and the best label I've ever heard for them is that they are "Southern California Party Rock"!
@pierreo334 жыл бұрын
@@kdm71291 "Southern California Party Rock" said no one ever
@reaganl.51134 жыл бұрын
As a teen from the eighties, Van Halen was not called SoCal party rock. I did hear it called bubble gum rock though. Eddy was the show, he was the one the girls fawned over and all the guys tried to look like.
@allenqualters5713 жыл бұрын
Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Steve Vai, Prince, Slash, Yngwie Malmsteen, David Gilmore, all great guitar players...then over here in a different category, you have Eddie Van Halen, cause there's not a word in the English fuckin dictionary that describes what he could do with a guitar. RIP Eddie., you were one of a kind
@jasonobrien27743 жыл бұрын
There is one word though, paradigm. He was the model(paradigm) every guitarist wanted to be!
@jasonwirth99894 жыл бұрын
Eddie is the guy who did the guitar solo on Michael Jackson’s beat it
@juliandancingshadow49594 жыл бұрын
and he did it for free
@tonyfrench27004 жыл бұрын
But Steve lukether from Toto played everything else on thriller
@sidneyrobinson91864 жыл бұрын
That knock on the door in middle of it was and accident but they left it in, imagine some idiot pounding on the door mid solo LoL
@carlson24694 жыл бұрын
And in the end hated the child molester
@tonyfrench27004 жыл бұрын
@Brian Rod Toto should be in the Rock &Roll Hall of Fame, the members that they've had throughout their career is amazing to say the least
@Fooofs4 жыл бұрын
Eddie is like a top-level bard who put all points into dexterity and charisma.
@newchallenger76654 жыл бұрын
Commander Monolyth has to because of the amount of drugs he was on
@orjanlera48064 жыл бұрын
@@newchallenger7665 mostly drunk
@maximvsdread16104 жыл бұрын
I've been a Van Halen fan for over 35 years and I can say Eddie is waaaaaay over rated. He's a one trick pony. Sorry.
@baxtronx59724 жыл бұрын
I'm gonna go with Guitar Paladin because I think hey just slayed a Green Dragon.
@j50wells4 жыл бұрын
I still throw my hands up amazed. He didn't even know at the time that he was recording probably the best solo ever. In two hundred years people will still be listening just like we still listen to Bethoven. Absolutely amazing. If there was a guitar god, it happened right there and then in Eruption.
@pcallas663 жыл бұрын
May Eddie Van Halen rest in peace. He just passed away today.
@dustywaynemusic62973 жыл бұрын
That's why I'm here too
@corbelius63 жыл бұрын
Been watching his footage since. RIP EDDIE!
@davidnichols74853 жыл бұрын
RIP
@summermcpherson82093 жыл бұрын
We keep losing too many legends!
@rachelolson54883 жыл бұрын
2020 SUCKED RIP ED 🙏😢😪😔
@stevenhulbert75403 жыл бұрын
I love that Eddie has been playing like this before any social media was created, and it's as funny that people are blown away now like when Neil Peart's solos are "reacted to" like the reactors have never heard of them or don't know about them.
@chriscollesano84634 жыл бұрын
Saw this tour among other tours of theirs. Ed is the reason why I started guitar. The man influenced millions.
@reeb90164 жыл бұрын
Did he give this same type of extended solo at the show you saw? Just wondering if he pulled out all stops knowing this was going to be put out in a film.
@chriscollesano84634 жыл бұрын
Ree B oh yeah. I remember him playing that little tune in the beginning of the solo, it’s called 3 16. Every tour I’ve seen them , Ed would do a 15-20 minutes solo.
@glennsmith22684 жыл бұрын
Yeah but hes only that good caus he was lucky enough to catch the pic of destiny while in the crowd at a concert when he was a kid lol😂🤣
@spencerwarren92194 жыл бұрын
He influenced me 25 years ago to start playing and finally I play eruption. My hands still cramp at the end like you would not belive . The freebird solo will cramp you also. . I Can never get enough of evh. What people dont realize unless a guitarist. Evh was even better rythum guitarist. He once said alex and I always tried to fill the gaps. When you watch his rythum playing he plays cords but always throws fills and notes between the cords. No empty sp as ce in music ever. I have his wolfgang guitar and all his gear which is the best guitar and amp in the world. He is also a musical innovator when it comes to equipment also.
@bammargera86434 жыл бұрын
I have 0 musical talent but I love this shit. Insane
@MrEd-qg8td3 жыл бұрын
Sad news to report. Eddie Van Halen died today at 65. lost his battle with cancer! Such a nice person too. He will be missed
@robertmelendrez69413 жыл бұрын
We lost Eddie Van Halen this morning. Reinvented rock guitar. We won't see another musician like him again.
@PINKTOES51504 жыл бұрын
In a interview with his wife at the time she said and I quote “ his fingers move in his sleep like he is playing his guitar “. - VALERIE BERTINELLI
@j50wells4 жыл бұрын
Hot chick.
@PINKTOES51504 жыл бұрын
@@j50wells lol
@timprall54174 жыл бұрын
One satisfied woman right there! Till his partying ran her off!
@loki62534 жыл бұрын
@@j50wells Hot guy
@michaelmarrone87534 жыл бұрын
All that great sound from his guitar. Eddie said in an interview that he would spend hours trying new things to get the most sound out of his guitar. The interviewer asked if he used the pedals and Eddie said no because he couldn't afford them at the time. Interviewer asked how about now and Eddie replied that he doesn't need them now...lol
@nancycunningham42253 жыл бұрын
LOL, I believe it!
@HeartWorX.Creations3 жыл бұрын
RiiiiigHT!!!
@Leogoth684 жыл бұрын
You're wrong man sorry, MC Hammer wore Eddie Van Halen pants.
@forresthouser58074 жыл бұрын
Yeah!.... Like 10 years Prior.
@floridareedsreviews4 жыл бұрын
Oh, yeah! Eddie was rocking parachute pants lo-o-o-ong before MC Hammer even started thinking about doing music.
@MustangRed19674 жыл бұрын
Eddie wore them first. This is 86. Hammer didn't wear that shit till bout 90
@richevans6094 жыл бұрын
That's true!
@magicmark18374 жыл бұрын
I girl I knew back in high school 1981 with no ass was the first.
@edsxing19653 жыл бұрын
It sounds like the actual studio recording. That’s how precise Eddie was. MOZART with a guitar. ❤️
@tomstultz75064 жыл бұрын
What makes this solo of Eddie's epic is he's mixed in Classical composers into guitar lics and riffs. It's not just random lics.
@tomstultz75064 жыл бұрын
I admit Eddie is technically the best ever but David Gilmour makes a guitar sing which makes him my favorite. But Eddie's technique is better then Gilmour's. Eddie works a guitar but Gilmour makes it sing.
@chriskizziah50314 жыл бұрын
I have to say it's fun watching you geek out on music that I grew up listening to. Your reactions are the same ones we had 30 years ago. I still have the same reaction watching him play. Glad you enjoyed it.
@steverock18874 жыл бұрын
I don't know what was more entertaining - watching Eddie rip that monster solo or watching YOU react to it - GREAT VIDEO..!!
@loki62534 жыл бұрын
I know, right?
@LyndaMarie9293 жыл бұрын
They announced he died today and I am just devastated. He was was one of the greatest guitarists of all time, he was the greatest guitarist of my generation.
@karyndillinger9704 жыл бұрын
The crazy thing is that's not even trying for him - he's just out there having fun!!!
@dionysusincarnate57133 жыл бұрын
He was the last of great "feeling " players. He wasn't a Juilliard virtuoso. He was ALL FEELING
@darklurker12393 жыл бұрын
@@dionysusincarnate5713 Hold on, David Gilmour is still alive.
@Olubumni3 жыл бұрын
I’m actually crying watching this. This is the music of my youth. He will never be forgotten. I was just listening to Fair Warning the Sunday before he died. R.I.P. EVH❤️
@andreforget9174 жыл бұрын
In the movie Back to the future, this is what Marty forced his father George to listen in his bed in 1955 with his walkman.
@fleetskipper18104 жыл бұрын
I’d forgotten- you’re so right!
@christopherkeogh19754 жыл бұрын
The whole time I'm watching that I'm thinking BTTF THANK YOU 💗
@wayniac9173 жыл бұрын
If i dont ask Loraine to the dance then Darth vader will come down from the planet Falcon and melt my brain
@unclebuck25023 жыл бұрын
Brohiem, you nailed it. "The whole time he had a smile on his face." That was Edward Van Halen. The simple joy of playing an instrument he truly loved and we all got to sit ringside listening and watching while he did. Epic genius.
@pahtar71894 жыл бұрын
This man was able to get sounds out of that guitar that the designers didn't even know it could do.
@WanderingWriter4 жыл бұрын
He and Morello should do a collab
@tacobell51504 жыл бұрын
except for the fact that that guitar was built by him, not Kramer, only the headstock had a Kramer sticker on it...
@100puremustard54 жыл бұрын
Listen to some Steve Hackett... you will hear some sounds you've never heard before... and he was "tapping" long before Eddie...
@TrevrDarkstar674 жыл бұрын
Tacobell5150, correct. He picked out the parts of the guitar himself and put it together himself if memory serves me right. He also, I believe, pioneered "potting" of pick-ups.
@todbrown70384 жыл бұрын
that's because "designers" didn't construct his guitar (5150, which is now in the Smithsonian)...HE built it! BTW...5150 is the police code for "criminally insane"...yep, that explains it!
@mrfender50014 жыл бұрын
Bet that guitar had to go smoke a cigarette after that.
@ginawhoever97344 жыл бұрын
the guitar was smoking a cigarette through the whole solo... Eddie gave it one in the beginning. (but yeah yeah i know what you meant)
@greggill88564 жыл бұрын
Yep..seen them 5 times..He's a genius...Guitar gets so hot..it lites his cigs for him. .
@lucyferina4 жыл бұрын
Didn't you see that he was sharing his cigarette with the guitar?
@denon9000cd4 жыл бұрын
I hope that guitar was at lest 18.
@jcb33934 жыл бұрын
that's why he gave it one part way through
@marathonmattmbsojourner83143 жыл бұрын
Just got the news that Eddie just died. One of my heroes... had to jump on to hear him and grieve. Searched and found you enjoying EVH for the first time. Made my day and made me smile ear to ear - simultaneously sad, joyous, and so cathartic. Thank you Jamal. RIP, Eddie.
@gregmckenna26143 жыл бұрын
Love what you said about his smile. All other metal guitarist from his era tried to make sexy or mean faces.....they all knew who the king was. No front needed. Miss you Eddie.
@guitarocd99844 жыл бұрын
When Eddie Van Halen came out every guitar player in the world had to stop what they were doing and go practice.
@Katt5604 жыл бұрын
Except Jimmy Page.
@guitarocd99844 жыл бұрын
Jimmy Page was all done by then. He hasn't played a new lick in 50 years.
@Katt5604 жыл бұрын
Guitar Ocd seems he was playing new stuff for some time since 1970: www.samash.com/spotlight/jimmy-page-after-led-zeppelin/
@guitarocd99844 жыл бұрын
Oh I forgot I'm radioactive.
@Katt5604 жыл бұрын
Guitar Ocd He did a bit more than that.
@dallismiller63194 жыл бұрын
Eddie Van Valen designed and his own amplifiers, guitars and equipment. He patented some things as well. He is a living legend.
@jeffduflo82044 жыл бұрын
In conjunction with Les Paul great minds!
@LJN714 жыл бұрын
The whole “Live without a net” concert dvd is such a treat to watch! Not only is the music amazing, but the love and camaraderie that was in the band at that point is beautiful to behold.
@SpotWorksLNC3 жыл бұрын
Eddie was classically trained on the piano, winning competitions as a kid... so he knew the greats. Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Brahms. It all oozed out of his fingers and soul when he picked up a guitar. Meanwhile, Sammy is on his 3rd cold one.
@da3243 жыл бұрын
Cool, until the Sammy comment.
@SpotWorksLNC3 жыл бұрын
@@da324 ? I meant it like "Eddie is such a genius he could go all night". A compliment, not a dis. You did hear what Sammy said about having a cold one right during the solo?
@da3243 жыл бұрын
@@SpotWorksLNC I took it as a dis on Sammy, hence, my comment.
@SpotWorksLNC3 жыл бұрын
@@da324 It wasn't. Cheers!
@SterlingStudios3 жыл бұрын
Sammy couldnt sustain the band like DLR, 5150 Was an awsome studio masterpiece but lacked the connection on the personal level like DLR. No personal charisma, or character like DLR conveyed.
@MrJohnisthename4 жыл бұрын
Eddie Van Halen raised the bar to a level back then that guitar players since then can only dream of achieving.
@michaelmorgan44084 жыл бұрын
When Can Halen first started, Eddie shattered many ear drums and teeth. Jaws everywhere dropped. And air guitarists were so blown away, that they didn't know what to do. Phenomenal guitarist. Self taught. Most back in the day practiced their asses off to hone their skills. That's why all the greatest guitarists were from the 60's, 70's, and 80's. Most modern guitarists nowadays don't even come close.
@2HRTS1LOVE4 жыл бұрын
Check out kid named Billy Strings. He's bluegrass, but, dude, that boy can play. He lives up to the name. Dust in a Baggie is just awesome.
@nancycunningham42253 жыл бұрын
Ummm he DID practice his ass off.
@zerep114 жыл бұрын
According to Eddie's brother Alex - "Eddie is from another planet."
@dionshare71033 жыл бұрын
Alex is probably from another planet of his own with his drumming.
@rockster76763 жыл бұрын
Mozart of the guitar, theyll never be another like this genuis!
@theodoreritola97583 жыл бұрын
Released in 1978 ,, SO MUCH greatness came out of the 70s ,, EDDIE WAS MAGENIFICENT
@stephenoneill31203 жыл бұрын
R.I.P to a giant! There is every single guitar player in the history of music, then there's eddy van halen, he really was way way out there in his own league, a grand master of guitar, basically eddy invented modern day guitar hero style. All the top guitar players on the planet tried to emulate him, and that alone is the greatest level of respect from the biggest names in music. Love and respect to eddy and his family, you are irreplaceable and the world will miss you. ❤❤👏👏👏👏
@FKH235772 жыл бұрын
Man I am so so sorry I missed this guy live!! R.I.P. Mr Edward Van Halen!! ❤
@sandyatherton5703 жыл бұрын
This whole album needs a review. One of the best debut albums in rock. "Ain't talkin' bout love" "Running with Devil" Every tune to be honest...lol. And who are the 257 people that gave a thumbs down??? Some Purist that have to have it all clean? I'd love to see anyone of you even hold a candle to Eddie or this AMAZING piece of music genius. He invented those pull offs and hammer ons. "Guitar God"
@Indyzato3 жыл бұрын
EVH RIP. Yes, besides the guitar making you smile, his smile and joy playing it makes you smile.
@joepegel4 жыл бұрын
I was in high school when Van Halen's first album came out, and the thing I always have to point out to people who weren't there is just how revolutionary Eddie's guitar playing was. Nobody, and I mean NOBODY, played guitar like that. Not yet anyway. Sure, by 1985 every rock guitarist was playing like Eddie did on their first album (or trying to), but that album came out in 1978. And by the time everybody else figured out how to play like that, Eddie had invented new shit for them to figure out. Every rock guitar "god" of the 1980's stood on the shoulders of Eddie Van Halen.
@fritzvanlonden13884 жыл бұрын
"Is he about to melt my face off"... well, he just might! You must remember though, this song is from the mid-late 70's... if you listened to it then... than, YES! This established Eddie as a ROCK GOD!
@j50wells4 жыл бұрын
Today's generation doesn't know. There was nothing back then. No cells, no pc's. Most everyone only had three channels on the TV. Eddie rocked the world. It was amazing. When you went to bed you saw his face and dreamt that you yourself would be like Eddie someday, if you could just motivate yourself hard enough to practice.
@lisaroye38184 жыл бұрын
We’d never heard anything quite like it. I’m just waiting for You Really Got Me Now to kick in!!
@Jd-im4my4 жыл бұрын
Seen them in 82 and 84 when David Lee Roth was still with them, they were fantastic. Eddie was and is Unbelieveable. Great Live Shows!!!
@MrBoDiggety3 жыл бұрын
r.i.p. Eddie Van Halen. On the Mt. Rushmore of guitar legends. Seeing reaction videos makes me relive the first time hearing Van Halen. One of a kind, now and forever. You will be missed.
@dhjet20004 жыл бұрын
Ed always had that 'boyish' smile on his face like he's just having fun.
@madmex2k4 жыл бұрын
Having fun and getting paid! Best gig in the world!
@ryankc36314 жыл бұрын
Some singers, like Elvis, have their own genre. Eddie has his own guitar genre.
@fordism.014 жыл бұрын
He ripped it off from zappa via and Hendrix ,beck who were tapping in the late 60s.
@guitarocd99844 жыл бұрын
It wasn't just about the tapping. It was about the treble picking and song writing. I totally agree with KC. Eddie took guitar in a new Direction. Chuck Berry and Jimi Hendrix also did the same thing. What he was doing was new and fresh. Of course you take some things from other guitar players. It's like any other instrument.
@guitarocd99844 жыл бұрын
The thing is it stopped with Eddie over 40 years ago. There hasn't been an innovator since then. We are still waiting for the next genius.
@ryankc36314 жыл бұрын
@@guitarocd9984 Yeah, Chis Stapleton plays a completely different style, but one to watch.
@guitarocd99844 жыл бұрын
Never thought of Stapleton let me go check him out again and get back to you. I do love his amp.
@Amor-Fati.3 жыл бұрын
He created his own guitars too. RIP the world lost one of the good ones.
@redneckprofessor13 жыл бұрын
The music world, he is considered the creator of the “tapping” method on the electric guitar. I’m sure you can deduce what I’m referring to after watching it - using both hands on the neck. I don’t think many people realize how HUGE Van Halen was in the 80s! Eddie was a phenom on the guitar! True modern day Mozart (Whom he admired enough to name his son Wolfgang)! Did you know he did the guitar solo in MJ’s “Thriller” video? If not, give it a listen! RIP to a true legend - EVH!
@chrismarple3 жыл бұрын
Nope he didn’t create the tapping method
@christianhebditch2 жыл бұрын
The two handed playing is actually called two handed hammer-ons!! The tapping is the part where he plays the intro to mean street right after cathedral!! The solo he played with M.J. was on Beat it!!
@JohnSmith-pn1kq2 жыл бұрын
In an interview, he said that he saw Jimmy Page do it. Eddie just took it to another dimension. Here is one of his last interviews kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5OVZ3dul6eNeJo
@ryewhiskeyfan59464 жыл бұрын
This is a mix of several of his album solos with some extra for the live show. Is this going to melt my face off?. Yes, yes it is.
@mikehiggins96593 жыл бұрын
🤣
@nightmoves79894 жыл бұрын
The GOAT of Rock and Roll, there will never be another, we will never see another Michael Jordan or another Stevie Ray Vaughn or Jimi Hendrix and we will certainly never see another EVH!! He did things nobody could have imagined
@scottferrell28064 жыл бұрын
That’s the Big 3 right there Night Moves! Rock on!
@robertburns44294 жыл бұрын
Eddie ruined an entire generation of rock guitarists who tried to emulate his style and couldn't pull it off.
@twobitbandit76034 жыл бұрын
I know I'm 2 months out...BUT the same can be said about Cliff Burton. Greatest bassist in my mind EVER.
@robertburns44294 жыл бұрын
@@twobitbandit7603 I cannot disagree. Cliff set a high bar for every bassist to come after him.
@bgandjsco14 жыл бұрын
Can't blame him for that.
@Jeffro55644 жыл бұрын
I was wondering Robert burns if you were one of those guitarist? I too tried to emulate lol but failed miserably
@thoughtsonpaper24 жыл бұрын
Except for Vito Bratta from White lion. And oddly enough, Vito could pass for Eddie's twin brother. Must be a genetic component to that level of play! Watch enough Vito Bratta and you might even say that he pulled off EVH play cleaner and more melodically.
@melissagahn3 жыл бұрын
I love his smile. Simply the best there ever was. Rest In Peace in Rock n' Roll Heaven, Eddie. 1955-October 6, 2020.
@Daveyjokes4 жыл бұрын
It's because he found the Pick of Destiny. Legendary.
@cliftonlloyd83954 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: Eddie and his brother started out playing opposite instruments, eddie started as a drummer. His brother played the guitar.
@suds52144 жыл бұрын
That was going to be my comment, too. Cool
@Bucketheadgoat4 жыл бұрын
I did not know .... thanks!
@richardhutcherson58514 жыл бұрын
Wait a minute, Eddie was playing PIANO!!
@Dan531964 жыл бұрын
Just like Dimebag and Vinnie abbot
@andrewbintang45914 жыл бұрын
@@richardhutcherson5851 both alex & eddie van halen actually played piano. but then alex got himself a guitar and eddie started playing drums.
@GRIMRPR69424 жыл бұрын
Eddie & his brother Alex (drummer) were such a force behind the music of the late 70's into the 80's.
@cermisan4 жыл бұрын
Dutch bro’s
@tinamarief513 жыл бұрын
Eddie was a genius. There arent any words to adequately describe his talent. We have lost another great musician. Heartbreaking 💔
@msg3tr1ght3 жыл бұрын
Think about the fact that 1, this man started a band with his brother and gave it their last name. 2, neither of them is the lead singer 3, the lead singer said he it’s favorite part of the show because he gets to chill. How many frontmen you know that like to chill to the tune of their guitarist outshining them for 16 whole ass minutes?! This man will always be a legend! RIP Eddie and thank you so very much for sharing your gift and humility with us 💕💕💕
@donnswaby3693 жыл бұрын
In fact it was David Lee Roth's idea to name the band Van Halen. He thought it was a great name for a band. He was so right!
@chrisbeaty35724 жыл бұрын
I've always loved the looks on Eddie's face when he gets done of each set.
@scottalynch4 жыл бұрын
It’s great to see someone enjoying what they do for a career
@shonnamay83313 жыл бұрын
Me too♡♡♡
@jchurch274 жыл бұрын
"This man is a GOD!" and welcome to our reality, kind sir....
@jeradw74204 жыл бұрын
When he says he got goose bumps, I thought, "as you should". Many have tried to copy a version of this solo, but you can tell when EVH does it.
@j50wells4 жыл бұрын
I agree. The guitar world pushed him aside for his unique style. But guess what? Here we are, 30-40 years later. Where are the other guitarists? Crickets. Yet Eddie is still talked about. He was huge in the 80's. As time goes by this man will take his rightful place as the guitar god that he was.
@JustinBenn3 жыл бұрын
Eddie rocked our world. Everybody knew it, no matter who you were or what you're into. And still does. #lproperlegend. RIP.
@MrDinger603 жыл бұрын
Best guitarist of all time. No offense to Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, but this dude could FUCKING SHRED! He tore it up in ways nobody ever had or has since. Running with the Devil now. RIP, Eddie.
@ryanweintraub94484 жыл бұрын
Gotta love seeing new age guys beholding the almighty Eddie Van Halen and getting blown to mars and back
@TauRiOneill4 жыл бұрын
You have witnessed the greatest of all time. THE GOAT. He raised the bar on guitar playing and took it with him.
@chrismarple3 жыл бұрын
It’s between Eddie and Jimi Hendrix for who’s number 1
@justinmclaughlin23614 жыл бұрын
I've never seen anyone derive more pleasure from playing an instrument like a god than Eddie Van Halen in his prime.
@jimgessner60713 жыл бұрын
Eddie Van Halen played the guitar solo in Michael Jackson’s “Beat It”. Virtuoso. 2020 sucks.
@eRacer3143 жыл бұрын
And did it for free, heard EVH left millions on the table from decades of royalties he could have had. He didn't even care
@joshuasokal73584 жыл бұрын
As an old man I love watching your reactions to the music I love
@matthewyonkman56923 жыл бұрын
Face=melted. RIP EVH, greatest to ever touch a guitar.
@BonnieHalfElven3 жыл бұрын
This is an extended version, of course, but when guitarists first heart Eruption, there were no videos. People were like, "HOW'S HE DOING THAT??" He invented the finger tap. Eddie is very likely in everybody's top five of greatest guitarists of all time. He always had that impish grin on his face whenever he played. RIP Eddie.
@nancycunningham42253 жыл бұрын
I also loved the way it segued right into "You Really Got Me" on the album version. That was bad ass.
@GeorgeGubkoJr3 жыл бұрын
Can't remember his name but the guitarist from Genesis started the "tapping" in Rock but Eddie perfected it. Eddie even said so in one of his interviews. Tapping actually was started by Flamenco guitarists even earlier than that. But again, Eddie perfected it, and is more famous for it for how he was able to do it so fast.
@MrCarlCampbell3 жыл бұрын
@@GeorgeGubkoJr Steve Hackett was tapping in the early 70s and EVH took it on. Haven't noticed anyone mention EVH's personal favourite guitarist: Allan Holdsworth who died a few years back. His family were struggling a bit with funds and EVH was among a group of guitarists who contributed sizable sums to ensure Holdsworth got the send off he deserved. ultimateclassicrock.com/guitar-pioneer-allan-holdsworth-dies/
@fuzislippers3 жыл бұрын
Like so many others I found this after learning that Eddie Van Halen has passed. I truly appreciate your awesome take on his incredible, godlike talent. Seeing him play was marvelous and hearing you appreciate it was somehow even better. Thank you.
@dvaderwasframed4 жыл бұрын
Been fortunate enough to get to see Eddie 3 times. Nothing like seeing him live
@landoakechi94064 жыл бұрын
You know, you made me realize something. I was analyzing the solo the entire time, thinking about how much I liked it or not, then you were talking about how much fun he was having. Then I was like, yeah, isn’t that what music is all about?
@garytorborg82004 жыл бұрын
Is it any wonder that Eddie Van Halen was just voted the #1 guitarist of all time on the Classic Rock and Metal Music site on Facebook? Number one!!
@Rster4623 жыл бұрын
He was speechless. It's very hard to describe how good Eddie is. Seeing them live is an incredible experience. Eddie was an innovator who was in a league of his own. Rest In Peace, Eddie Van Halen.
@williamvaughn41484 жыл бұрын
You've got it exactly right, Jamel -- this guy reinvented how an electric guitar can be played. Great vid, great reaction!
@j.dragon6514 жыл бұрын
wrong, Hendrix did that, he brought it along.
@jenkins805264 жыл бұрын
That guitar playing "melted my face off" man. Eddie was a guitar god. And he got one of the hottest girls on the face of the earth at the time.....Valerie Bertinelli.
@djclaudeus4 жыл бұрын
VH 1, 1978, totally a game changer. Eddie is a legend that paved the way guitar is played today! Nobody played like that back then.
@wolf762x514 жыл бұрын
The techniques, fret tapping etc, had been around a very long time. Django, Chet Atkins, Roy Clark, many more, but it was on acoustic guitar. Spanish and Classical guitar used the sweep picking and fret tapping. Eddie, a classically trained musician, took it and applied to electric guitar, right when so many great effects were being added to get the rock sound. His genius is creative composition and how he used those techniques, along with his own new techniques is what changed everything.
@djclaudeus4 жыл бұрын
@@wolf762x51 absolutely!! Eddie added a ferocious side that really fueled today's rock / metal. Those 1st several albums with DLR. That band was the total unique package back then... so many "stink face" moments! ;)
@roberth76084 жыл бұрын
Richie Blackmore??
@DebonaireDouglas3 жыл бұрын
Eddie Van Halen.....the man & the icon. No one will be able to match your magic on the guitar. Rest in power. We will never forget you!
@nashdawgsfaves68713 жыл бұрын
It's amazing using instruments to make music. All genres have their specific talents, but actually PLAYING music is what makes it so great. RIP Ed.
@ricks70933 жыл бұрын
NO ONE could do what he has done. They had to rewrite music, because of his innovation! Yes Sir he is the guitar god!
@Amor-Fati.3 жыл бұрын
He sounds like a classical quartet violin and cello at one point
@bethannprather14623 жыл бұрын
I was literally reading your comment at that exact part. His skills man... Unmatched. 💜
@jeffniznick92803 жыл бұрын
That’s that classical music upbringing he and his brother had.
@missourimamma_1173 жыл бұрын
Eddie Van Halen without a doubt the GREATEST of ALL TIME!!!!!! Pure MAGIC!!!! No way to argue for anyone else!!!! RIP Eddie!!!!
@metronorthwtrain14523 жыл бұрын
42 years ago this song came out. Let that sink in.
@pcallas663 жыл бұрын
Around 7:25 is when it starts sounding like the studio version. Live recordings are great because they can just improvise.
@chrisjames19624 жыл бұрын
I've heard his licks a million times, but to see in person is mind-blowing
@todbrown70384 жыл бұрын
I was privileged (fortunate) enough to see EVH perform for the first time EVER with Sammy Hagar at Farm Aid (1) in Champaign, Illinois on September 15, 1985. He walked out on stage and performed his "cathedral" solo for the first time. A fantastic way to end a rainy, cold day!
@susangahl3 жыл бұрын
RIP Eddie...I’m still in awe and still bawling today.