Van Halen - Van Halen - I'm The One REACTION/REVIEW

[@markbranch682]

Roth described the first Van Halen album one time by saying "If you put a Van Halen album in your record collection, it will melt all your other albums."

[@JudyGurl]

he ain't lying!

[@MRCATL3]

He also that Van Halen was a combination of religion and hockey

[@chrisbrimhall1613]

Many guitarists said Eruption opened their eyes to Eddie, but this song melted their brains😄

[@markgrant1302]

You have to remember when Van Halen's Debute album came out it was the height of punk and Disco, so stylistically it had it's challenges out of the gate but within 6 months it was Platinum...

[@MRCATL3]

VH from 77 to 83...unstoppable

[@Phlakaton88]

Alex's double bass shuffle is SICK. Eddie is a game changer. THE band of my youth at the time.

[@Al_V]

Made my teenage testosterone boil over.

[@simoneemiliani5782]

Van Halen was a party hard rock band, by my opinion.........with the Greatest rock guitar Player ever..........RIP Eddie❤❤🤘......... best album:DLR era FAIR WARNING.......Van Hagar Era: F.U.C.K.

[@MRCATL3]

When I heard this for the first time my life changed a bit. Every record had a unique sound. Big Bad Bill? Mean Street?

[@Sinkorswim1225]

Mean street is a masterpiece.​@MRCATL3

[@snakeinthegrass7443]

Eddie was an absolute beast. Rock In Peace, brother!

[@victorlozano791]

Incredible that was recorded 45 years ago and sounds fresh The best América Rock Band ever King Edward, Diamond Dave, Big Al and Crazy Mike

[@jenniferfoster1692]

Yes, David Lee Roth. He was the lead through their 1984 album, which was their best selling album. Many think the original Van Halen line up is the 'real' one, me included, lol. Thanks for continuing to do Van Halen! I'll watch every one of theirs you do, that's for sure :-) Incredible deep cuts: Drop Dead Legs, Little Guitars, And the Cradle Will Rock, Little Dreamer, I'll Wait..so many.

[@NZLatic]

Little Dreamer…hell yes! No one ever reacts to that one or Ice Cream Man

[@jenniferfoster1692]

@@NZLatic Little Dreamer is so good..have always loved that song!!

[@edhudson6627]

They weren't the same band without Diamond Dave. Still great, but not the same

[@rentedtux1883]

Only 1 van halen. The one with DLR. Period

[@MRCATL3]

James Brown, Jazz music, Alien music

[@MRCATL3]

And yeah. 1977 to 1983, there was nothing like these guys. Insane

[@lawrencefine5020]

First time I heard this album was in 78, bought it the next day at Kmart. As great as this 1st album was , it only got better from there. Women and Children First is my favorite VH album. Ice Cream Man is a fun one form this 1st album.

[@sammyholloway334]

When I was in high school,, Guys had bootleg cassettes of all these songs,, before the album came out. Made at Local shows. They had the largest following i ever saw in an unsigned band.

[@chrisbrimhall6323]

I was eighteen when this album came out........my friends and I were shell shocked

[@supertal6074]

Always love your reactions to Van Halen. Your insights are very well thought out which shows you really understand music. About Van Halen - never again will there be a band even close to being like them - just incredible!!! They are the Best ever!

[@kdm71291]

Fair Warning is one of my favorite albums...it's got a little darker tone to the songs....and, musically, one of their best, IMO.

[@6Bevilacqua]

It’s incredible because it swings, like jazz. That’s what sets it a part from metal. Listen to any heavy metal song and you’ll never hear a swing. That’s the musicianship of Van Halen.

[@robtech341]

When it comes to Van Halen, the Dave years, the best way to categorize them is...... well ok, there's Heavy Metal, Speed metal, pop metal, hair metal, prog rock, acid rock and hard rock. And then there's Van Halen rock. Rush, Led Zeppelin, the Kinks, James Brown, Mozart, the Monkees, the Beetles and a backyard BBQ all wrapped in one hot sauce dipped rock-n-roll burrito. Cheers!

[@bradbeam3767]

As a huge VH fan and guitar player of over 30 years I can tell you that this is one of Eddie's hardest songs to play. From intro to end ....he is absolutely on fire🔥🔥🔥..fricken relentless...riffs , dives, runs, , taps, bends, harmonics.( all while playing perfect rythym) .this is a 'tour de force' of bombastic guitar playing. Eddie was a beast on this track!! ✌️😎

[@danielmyers4827]

and he was only 23 when did this??!!

[@wisdomoverfear2685]

Yeah...nobody has ever been able to pull this song off like Eddie and Alex together. This songs swing tempo is so tight yet so loose it's absolutely insane ! I've been playing guitar for over 40 years because of this very album.

[@VanHalensGuitarPick]

@@danielmyers4827Not to split hairs, but he was only 22! F**king mindblowing, isn’t it?!

[@tedsmith7814]

Props here to Alex Van Halen. Eddie is killin’ it, but Alex’ double-time paired with Anthony’s solid bass allows Eddie the freedom to fill in in with licks without having a rhythm guitar behind him. Great song and awesome reaction!

[@msaz2720]

Ahhh, you never forget your first, this is my all time favorite VH album!! Blew my mind at the ripe age of 14!

[@charliemac64]

This is, by far, my favorite Van Halen album. This changed the game.

[@lankylankster7148]

Wow. It's like everything Eddie had to offer in the form of (legendary) electric lead guitar pyrotechnics was captured in one song: this is it!!! *** Jaw dropping *** LL

[@davidransom4703]

this is swagger in musical form straight fuckin studs

[@DavidB-vk8ei]

This album changed the world in 1979

[@victorlozano791]

Sorry 1978

[@robertbagley9199]

Next you should try 'Happy Trails' 'Ice cream Man' or 'Big Bad Bill(is sweet William Now)' You can't Pidgeon-hole Van Halen 😊

[@garya7893]

This was lake front cruising in high school for me freaking love it

[@ruralhappy2835]

Timeless...Genius...Best Ever!!! 💔💔

[@Al_V]

Your joy, your energy and the song’s energy make this song I've loved for decades more enjoyable. I just subscribed.

[@williammanns9927]

Ed killing it on this track... the 1st album is just fire from start to finish...

[@jairobinson9599]

Just a kickin Rock band. Diamond Dave Forever!

[@bassioelmucho]

I remember hearing that doo wop section for the first time. So unique, adventurous and unexpected..

[@cartercarter645]

Preeesh - I had forgotten that part - love it. Snapshot in time

[@mattharvey968]

This whole album is just plain 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@bradrot991]

this track is absolute fire

[@richardremick1639]

One of their best t songs Van Halen is giod!

[@jefferyfoster2774]

Great reaction. Even in 1978 I found it easy to recognize this bands talent and out of the box sound

[@dipsydoodle7988]

I don’t think I could pick a favorite VH album. The first two are killers, but really the 1st-5th are all too good to choose from to me. Van Halen didn’t come across as metal to me. People didn’t know how to peg them in 78. They are their own genre. VH with DLR didn’t go down the ballad route so much, but I recommend a song called Secrets from Diver Down to hear the other side of Dave. He definitely could sing. Now Sammy on the other hand could wail with the best and still put some killer vocals on a ballad.

[@MRCATL3]

They weren't metal. Hard guitars, melodies, funk see fair warning. Just original

[@jimmyboy131]

1984 is a great album and reminds me of high school. But I recommend the song Me Wise Magic. That one is blistering.

[@adambrown5172]

This song actually gives me a hard rock swing or rockabilly vibe

[@donaldwhitt689]

I label them as Atomic Punk. That song is / was a description of there sound.

[@dennisjohnson2772]

Worth going in album order.

[@dgator3599]

Rocked many a night to this album back in junior high school! Still love it. I like their album "Women and Children First".

[@jom7604]

Edward was originally trained as a pianist, therefore tapping. He won many competitions as a young boy on the piano.

[@workingman6681]

Ice Cream Man is a must! 🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦

[@kdm71291]

Yes, that's DLR. Van Halen defies categorization.....keep listening....they are best described simply as Van Halen.......sometimes it can be called Southern California party rock!

[@lanazugg-zugg8433]

F I R E !!! Only word to describe this song

[@rantoppp]

Little Dreamer is a good song that seems to be overlooked. Maybe you'll be the first to get it circulating! Thanks, BizMatik. I enjoy your reactions.

[@watchbizmatik]

😁😁

[@jenniferfoster1692]

Yes, Little Dreamer!

[@mde944]

We played “Im the One”, “Feel You Love” and Little Dreamer” front bus album.

[@keysersoze9025]

Eddie Van Halen Guitar Alex Van Halen Drums David Lee Roth vocals Michael Anthony Bass

[@NikkieTwix]

Love this song, think it’s underrated

[@naturesounds-ib5dh]

VH, Little Dreamer

[@SBauer70]

Hahaha! I love this! I've been the biggest VH fan in Canada since this album hit my turntable in 1978. This song is guitar INSANITY and I been playing for 36 years myself. Just to see your reaction at the beginning like you didn't know what was happening to the end where you were swinging with it was AWESOME man! Love it! Enjoy! RIP King Edward.

[@jamestickle3070]

This groove was etched in my brain as a kid with my brother burning out the grooves on the vinyl. This is one of the songs that only takes like three beats of the start of the song and I could play the rest in my head. Guitar and drums crazy. Bass keeping it moving. And his voice and AC/DC were the bad ass rockers of my middle school years.

[@mikecaetano]

"Jamie's Cryin'" was the third single from Van Halen's 1978 debut album. You haven't checked that one out yet. I pretty much grew up on Van Halen. I was too young to go to the concert the first time they played my city back when. So I gave ten bucks to my cousin who was older and had tickets to the show and asked him to buy a concert jersey for me and he did. It was a baseball t-shirt jersey, white with black sleeves down to the elbow and that VH symbol on the front. I wore that thing everywhere until I wore it out. That was in 1979 or 1980. When you're ready for more David Lee Roth era Van Halen, check out some of these tunes "Dance the Night Away", "Everybody Wants Some!!", "Unchained", "Mean Street", and "I'll Wait" among many others.

[@williamsmith9699]

The one Tone Loc borrowed from . Wild Thing

[@johnmcmahonBXLA]

Absolutely loving Biz’s Van Halen reactions…. Please continue the VH journey my brother.

[@allenlocke1935]

They were young and hungry here... This was Lightnin' In A Bottle! As good as the other releases were, It don't get no better than this! There Can Only Be One! ...And This Was It!

[@jefferyfoster2774]

This album and the Fair Warning album were the best in my opinion

[@antarcticorb9197]

Yes, do the second album! Van Halen has swing. There are punk elements, but Van Halen can play their instruments, that's the difference.

[@jamestickle3070]

H ha! Too true!

[@jonanderson8795]

Van Halen II is my favorite VH album so doing it next sounds good to me. VH is one of those bands that has MANY great albums.

[@bradhardisty1652]

Wolfgang Van Halen just covered Van Halen at the Taylot Hawkins Tributr. look it up. Just a note, this wad h

[@danareynolds1786]

I forget how/where I read it back in the day, but I heard the DLR-era termed as "Thud Rock"! I've used that since to describe it. Nobody really had a sound like it. Guns N Roses may have been the last big leap in rock before Grunge came along and changed it all.

[@antarcticorb9197]

Yeah, for the worse.

[@michaelbochnia5686]

What a tidal wave early Van Halen was. Smash mouth California rock.

[@kurtsaxton823]

Fair Warning is by far their best album.

[@mattblatchley2061]

It's always difficult to categorize VH's style! they are so hard...but like this song; there's this swing boogie feel that is so freeking musical---I think it is due to their father Jan's Blues/Jazz influence on their lives...which was massive!! And DLR was straight vaudeville so he was always hamming it up...love finding all your VH reactions!@!!

[@robertcook792]

Great song by the mighty VannHalen! Besides the awesome drums,screaming vocals,mikes background bass and vocals of course Eddie’s craftsmanship, the one thing that is so genius here is the “bop bop badda shoobie shoobie doobie doowaa”paying a tribute to original rock n roll. Just like from the high school fifties. Bravo VH! And great reaction to this song. The lead singer is David Lee Roth from ‘77-85’ Sammy Hagar 85’-sometime in the 90’s and that’s where I end it. The rest is too complicated. As far as favorite albums by VH for myself, first off I divide the 2 eras. Like 2 different bands. It’s only logical to me. The first 6 fir me is: Fair warning, 1984, Van Halen 1,Diver Down,Van Halen 2,Women and children first. My reasons for the order. Fair warning doesn’t have a single tract that ever want to skip. 1984 is Van Halen that you can recognize by video, and the last 2 songs on the album House of pain& Girl gone bad are kickass songs to an already dynamite album, I usually skip I’ll wait and top Jimmy, sometimes I don’t. Van Halen 1 is a great album. Awesome debut, it’s apart from all the rest and it’s great material but I just seem to think it was over thought. Trying too hard to make number 1 for me. Diver Down would be number 2 if not for Dancing in the streets. Yuk, even though Eddie does do good work on it it’s not VannHalen. Everything else is pretty awesome. 8:40 Van Halen 2 is great album, I could do without dance the night away but I really like it live. Some of the songs here seem short and cutoff like they were tired and wanted to just get through it. Women and children first had some kickass songs but I forward through 3 of them. More than any of there albums.

[@MonteHoopla]

Tapping was discovered by Nicoli Paganini on violin centuries before Edward.

[@mrnobody9104]

IMO this is their best album! my favourite quote in Circus magazine back in the day: interviewer to David Lee Roth, i hear you use to have a drug problem? Dave's answer, ya but now i got enough money!!!

[@saxenas]

They really were an eclectic band. Punk boogie was the genre of this song how often do those two genres combine lol.

[@Sean-ls5di]

Favorite VH album? HAHA! First Six albums are Canon. Great reactions Biz!! Cheers!!

[@thefunkybuddha69]

Great reaction to one of their best!

[@maxxamillilion9116]

Yep they did it all 😉🙏

[@Matt..G]

Great ‘spot on’ analogy. * Van Halen II track by track please 🤘🏼

[@JudyGurl]

How well do Alex and Eddie work together. And to think Alex first tried playing guitar and Eddie tried playing drums. Glad they got THAT sorted out. #VHROCKS #NoVanHagar

[@rogerdaly6326]

For me this is my favorite VH album cause of it impact on rock music. In 1978 Donna Summer and the Bee Gees ruled the airwaves due to the popularity of the Saturday Night Fever movie. Disco was at its peak. Then Van Halen came out and no one had ever heard anybody play guitar the way Eddie did. Not since Hendrix had a guitar player made kids want to play guitar. Then add their swagger to top it off , they put rock music back on the map cause during Disco's reign rock got put on the back burner. The whole album is all killer no filler.

[@chrisgarcia9629]

David has always called VH’s music as BIG ROCK!

[@leemcclements8889]

I just love the songs you react to! You chose so many great tunes..love VH! Favorite album of mine personally is Women and Children First. But they are all kick ass!

[@tilemonkee5510]

I'm always there with you for van halen ,bruh!

[@richardremick1639]

Check out unchained live 1981 Oakland with the fire 🔥 lit up gong! I’ve probably viewed that 40 trillion times! Review that and that will get you hooked on this band for life. These guys made us all think “Aliens” were real and they’ve arrived on earth. The sounds they could do and show was from another planet 🌎!

[@hookstomper7322]

Pure musical lava.

[@Indy46237]

Favorite Van Halen album is Fair Warning. Watch the 1981 live concert versions of "Unchained" and "Hear About it Later" on KZbin.

[@buddystewart2020]

It's hard to say, but if I was forced to, I'd say Everybody Wants Some is my favorite Van Halen track.

[@MrThumbs63]

Not bad. I'll go with Girl Gone Bad.

[@patrickflynn1771]

'Fair Warning' and 'Women and Children First'. Tied for best VH album.

[@johndistasio9518]

It's so fast because their beats per minute were way up there like with disco dance tracks so they kinda were the 1st to do that pick up the beats per minute and then that continued with dance music and disco

[@rsoliz71]

its a Jazz swing at 180 MPH. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ......Their Dad Jan Van Halen was a trained Jazz Musician from Holland.

[@princeofpcos9804]

Whole first album is all killer no filler

[@brianseneca3546]

Favorite album is the debut but Fair Warning is a VERY close second place

[@jackolson8775]

Love it ! Keep it up .

[@Randor10]

Straight ahead, pedal to the medal, take no prisoners rock and rock. The only break in this song was the Do Wop bridge. It even had two guitar solos, not to mention all the rhythm guitar was basically guitar solo. What more can you ask for on a debut album!

[@patrickcain1455]

Diamond 💎 Dave. Frank Zappa liked to tap and was a great guitarist that had a young Joe Satriani in his band at one point . When Dave left he had Satriani on his first Solo album and Van Halen or Van Hagar as a lot of fans called them had some good songs but were more Radio friendly and less experimental IMO.

[@davidransom4703]

van halen created a new genre un to themselves glam metal was spawned because of them they were so revolutionary there was nothing likes this at the beginning of the 80s it was a shot in the arm for rock and roll!!

[@shellyjohnson9373]

I played this album out lol love them

[@blanebienvenu7280]

Like you say truely dope

[@blanebienvenu7280]

Great song and yes this one woke us all up no one was doing shit like this then or now

[@blanebienvenu7280]

It’s Timeless Biz

[@victord1967]

My favorite Van Halen album is Fair Warning.

[@todvball]

Try "air-drumming" on this one! So fun!!!

[@mde944]

Try playing real drums on this one. It’s a workout.

[@todvball]

@@mde944 ...so true. Gotta be in shape!! Alex... A strong drummer

[@lindsaywilmoth3747]

I'm the one is not only my favorite track on that album but it might be my favorite VH track of all time. Please do ice cream man next.

[@themadcow71]

The entire first album plays like a greatest hits. But all the DLR albums are required listening.

[@Ednerd]

it was the disco era so rock was not really in. After VH1 Fair warning is my fav. but I'm a guitar guy. I think Glam rock became something when other bands started mimicking Van Halen's flash

[@vincentpeake]

Fresh as, brother!

[@muddhammer7834]

Im late to the game on the comments but the best way Ive heard Van Halen described: They were Americas party band. They wanted to have a good time all the time.

[@beholdenspore28]

Honestly I dont know that Van Halen has ever put out a bad song. Ice Cream Man might be the only one depending on your taste. I love basically everything they've touched. Just do the albums in whatever order. They're all amazing.

[@j.d.leslie8458]

Van Halen II my favorite