More like they brought the song to Eddie's recording studio at his house already completed, except the solo of course. It only took 2 takes, after his first one Quincy Jones said it was good, but could you make it have more of a pop feel, and boom. The 2nd take is what they put on the album. That to me is absolutely incredible, and did it more or less on the fly. I think he said it took about 20 minutes of his time and made millions off it.
That exact pinch harmonic has yet to be replicated in any of the countless covers I've heard on YT. No one can get it exactly right. The note only exists on Eddie's guitar.
even Eddie never does it the same on the live shows with Michel, because they produce it separately in the studio. how ? well, they took a Wha Wha pedal, dropped it to it's lower point and opened it during the pinch harmonic. that's how you get the whaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Eddie recorded the solo on the Michael Jackson song "Beat It" when The Who guitarist Pete Townshend became unavailable and recommended him.[29] Eddie met with Quincy Jones and Jackson. Unsure of what he could add to a pop song, he played along with the song and ended up restructuring it and adding the classic solo. In a 2012 CNN interview,[30] he said, "I listened to the song, and I immediately go, 'Can I change some parts?' I turned to the engineer and I go, 'OK, from the breakdown, chop in this part, go to this piece, pre-chorus, to the chorus, out.' Took him maybe 10 minutes to put it together. And I proceeded to improvise two solos over it." He added, "I was just finishing the second solo when Michael walked in. And you know artists are kind of crazy people. We're all a little bit strange. I didn't know how he would react to what I was doing. So I warned him before he listened. I said, 'Look, I changed the middle section of your song.' Now in my mind, he's either going to have his bodyguards kick me out for butchering his song, or he's going to like it. And so he gave it a listen, and he turned to me and went, 'Wow, thank you so much for having the passion to not just come in and blaze a solo but to actually care about the song and make it better." Eddie was so pleased he refused payment for his work.
In another interview Eddie said that he and his Van Halen band mates had an agreement not to take paid gigs outside the band. All of his bandmates were out of town, so he was unable to ask them if it was OK to play on Jackson's song. He did not have permission from them, so he did it for free.
RIP to the greatest guitarist ever - and this is his best solo. I remember listening to EVH’s records in the car with my dad in the 90s when I was just a kid. Things won’t be the same without him. In a sense, guitar music has died with EVH.
During an interview back in the 80's Eddie admitted he didn't like the song "Beat It" when he first heard it and didn't consider it a rock song but played on it anyway as a favor for Quincey Jones who was Michael Jackson's producer. Eddie said he thought to himself "Who's gonna hear me playing on this black kids record?". The answer to his question was, the world.
Come on now. I was not just Q's fault. Eddie didn't think Beat It was gonna be a hit. That's why he let it slide. It wasn't until he was hearing it everywhere that he knew that he had made a classic. I feel bad for Eddie because Beat It is one of his best and best known riffs. Musicians kill for something like this. And this was top of his head. But he was did not think it through. Much like King Kirby, he gave his best work out on a whim.
TheRoyal TriadVevo Maybe thats why your music sucks. Give it a go. Eddie was best friends with 2 blacks kids when he first came to Pasadena from Holland.
@@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS your a complete fool and have no understanding of music and guitar evolution. if it wasnt for eddie, metallica, slayer, canibal corpse, pantera, hatebreed, slipknot... all these metal bands wouldnt have existed the way that they did. eddie changed electric guitar again in 1978 just like hendix did in 1967 till his death.
Eddie Van Halen taught others how to bring hammer-ons and harmonic screams to recordings and live performances! EDDIE VAN HALEN GREATEST INOVATOR OF HARD ROCK GUITAR!
Man there's just something about the way this solo was pulled off and recorded, it's like perfectly clean and technical yet still has this wild energy. Just a sick solo all around.
Until I was around 11 years old, I was mostly accustomed to listening to R&B/Funk/Disco music. That was, until the day I heard "Beat it" for the first time, and that guitar solo kicked in. To say that hearing this solo for the first time was the most electrifying experience would be an understatement, it was a game-changer for me. I dumped R&B/Disco for Rock, and has remained that way decades later. I owe 90% of the music I listen to to both MJ and Eddie Van Halen. Two legends now rocking on in the afterlife.
You ever hear a song a hundred times, and then all of the sudden, you appreciate it more than all the other times you've heard it? That happened to me the other day while listening to Beat It. This solo is such fire, and I honestly never knew it was Eddie.
Every note of that solo, every note of everything he left in this world, is with us forever and ever, cheers Eddie, meet all the music legends up there
You know what's crazy? Even if I didn't read that this was Eddie I would've known. Even if he plays someone else's stuff Eddie has a certain way about it that's as good as his signature. Instantly recognizable . Anyone else feels this way?
Thank you Eddie...I'm not a Rock-enthusiast myself, but you were one of those artists that transcended genre. Rock the Pearly-Gates my friend. Thank you for everything.
I heard this for the first time in a hotel room in Virginia on a clock radio. I was a senior in high school and in February 1983 I was visiting colleges for campus interviews. I was a huge VH fan and did not know that Eddie did this. When the solo hit, I was like “holy shit, that sounds like Eddie”.When the DJ came on after the song and said that was Eddie on solo, I was like “yes! I knew it,,”
These are probably the most disorganized clump of notes but just the right amount of phrasing and you sound like Ed (I mean this in the best way possible)
@@lukeabrahamsen-collins808 Then you don't understand music at all. Music is very deliberate and mathematical. Sure, you may have happy accidents where you're just riffing and you play something and go "oh that was real good" but then you have to rework it, make it fit, build something around it. I wouldn't even call improvised solos a disorganized clump of notes. Cause you still have to know what goes with what, how to build upon what you're playing and what you just played, pace yourself correctly, not play just any note, but notes that complement each other. And yes, all that may come with instinct in the moment, but that instinct was built with the experience of knowing what to do and how to do it.
I finally understood that this was played by Eddie and I was shocked that a guy that I’ve only heard of in my late teens made one of the most iconic melodies of my childhood. That ascension he makes at the end still hits me as hard as back when I was 4.
Every time I hear this song and this solo it takes me back, takes me back to the VERY first time I took an interest in the guitar, as an instrument and as an extension of oneself. I remember being blown away by the expressiveness of this type of playing, I remember always thinking to myself "Who's playing guitar like that, it doesn't even sound like anything else in existence?". Suffice to say it left me moved and entranced, years later while my parents were away on a weekend and I was left home alone to watch my younger sister, Hendrix live at Monterey just happened to have been free on one of the PPV channels. Hearing both of those two legends at work, made me go back and find out who played on "Beat It". Upon finding out I then begged my father to burn CDs of every VH, Ozzy Osbourne and The Jimi Hendrix Experience albums on our family computer through LimeWire for me, which subsequently made me pick up my first guitar later that year and since that moment things have never been the same haha.
This is absolutely the best solo ever laid down! Eddie Van Halen is a complete genius! There is absolutely nobody on Earth that has the same technique or sound that Eddie Van Halen has! When you listen to this solo it moves you! Eddie is the best there ever was and ever will be!
Terry Brocks Slash is good but comes nowhere near to the amount of theory and technique that Eddie has. Eddie was basically the next big thing after Hendrix and Page.
Eddie van Halen truly makes the guitar "howl." Other guitarists bragged about making the guitar howl in the '50s and '60s, but Eddie was the first to truly do it. I call his playing the "wildcat" style.
I don't think he gets enough credit for his contribution to this song. Really makes me wish we had more collaboration between Rock/Metal bands and Hip-Hop/Pop artists.
Orgulloso de decir que EDDIE VAN HALEN fue el guitarrista del cual inspire mi estilo de tocar guitarra. Su felinos armónicos secuestraron mis oídos. Descanse ud gran maestro. Su legado quedará en la historia de aqui a la eternidad
I remember when this song first came out me and my friend listened to it. After the solo we both looked at each other, then rushed over and rewound the cassette tape and listened again. With our jaws dropped we both said "wtf just happened" It blew us away.
Without the bass and drum accompaniment it sounds awesome but with the rhythm section you can hear how spot-on and awesome his abilities were! Not unlike Jeff Beck, his unique style is too difficult for most to cover. Serious but playful, otherworldly skills. And he never took himself too seriously. Respect.
The slide at the very end is beyond awesome. Talk about walk in, destroy, and leave.
So funny, 'cause it's like total disregard for the fact that, "This is the last measure of your solo - it's where you stop". Amazing...
Walk in, destroy, *HISTORY* .
It sounds like an explosion. IT'S INSANE
More like they brought the song to Eddie's recording studio at his house already completed, except the solo of course. It only took 2 takes, after his first one Quincy Jones said it was good, but could you make it have more of a pop feel, and boom. The 2nd take is what they put on the album. That to me is absolutely incredible, and did it more or less on the fly. I think he said it took about 20 minutes of his time and made millions off it.
Michael Vukovic add to that the monitor caught on fire during one of the takes because of eddie’s guitar and someone said “it must be really good!”
Hard to believe those fingers are done
You'd better say "gone".
@@jeffersonaraujoelcristiano Exactly, because I don't believe those fingers will ever stop playing up there
Agreed
Hey Jaw Tooth! Fancy seeing you here, long time subscriber
So very sad! I wonder if any of us will survive this horrible year!
Rest in peace Michael and Eddie.
Wat Hat FOREVER MISSED
Yea they are legend😔
R.I.P
Michael Jackson and Eddie Van Halen
@@seamusforpresident3670 he was abused as a child and didn’t have a childhood that’s when he started talking pills
RIP Eddie, I don't care about popstars, only rock ones
@@seamusforpresident3670 you are disgusting.
Not saying there aren’t other guitarists who are “technically” better, but nobody else plays like this. This man is incomparable.
And they all use Eddie's techniques today!
keep in mind this was recorded in 1983
at this time , no one played with this much feel, AND no one was technically better
i firmly believe nobody could even technically play the same as eddie could
Those were the most electrifying 32 seconds of my life..!!
V Jackson ya bro
Ever hear spanish fly?
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lvlultiplication flea
So were mine, and I could not replay
The exact pinched harmonic between 0:17 and 0:18 epitomizes this piece of legend. Such a scream in one short tiny note...
Stephane Lecreux They say Hendrix made the guitar talk and Gilmour made it sing. Then came Eddie who made it scream.
And dimebag made it produce a bloodcurdling scream
lmao
That exact pinch harmonic has yet to be replicated in any of the countless covers I've heard on YT. No one can get it exactly right. The note only exists on Eddie's guitar.
even Eddie never does it the same on the live shows with Michel, because they produce it separately in the studio. how ? well, they took a Wha Wha pedal, dropped it to it's lower point and opened it during the pinch harmonic. that's how you get the whaaaaaaaaaaaaa
It so crazy to think that Eddie’s solo is the peak of the song
yeahh
I think it all ties together perfectly with the rest of the song.
and the craziest thing is that he did it for free !!
Did he do the riff?
Why? How is it crazy, in ANY way?
Eddie recorded the solo on the Michael Jackson song "Beat It" when The Who guitarist Pete Townshend became unavailable and recommended him.[29] Eddie met with Quincy Jones and Jackson. Unsure of what he could add to a pop song, he played along with the song and ended up restructuring it and adding the classic solo. In a 2012 CNN interview,[30] he said, "I listened to the song, and I immediately go, 'Can I change some parts?' I turned to the engineer and I go, 'OK, from the breakdown, chop in this part, go to this piece, pre-chorus, to the chorus, out.' Took him maybe 10 minutes to put it together. And I proceeded to improvise two solos over it." He added, "I was just finishing the second solo when Michael walked in. And you know artists are kind of crazy people. We're all a little bit strange. I didn't know how he would react to what I was doing. So I warned him before he listened. I said, 'Look, I changed the middle section of your song.' Now in my mind, he's either going to have his bodyguards kick me out for butchering his song, or he's going to like it. And so he gave it a listen, and he turned to me and went, 'Wow, thank you so much for having the passion to not just come in and blaze a solo but to actually care about the song and make it better." Eddie was so pleased he refused payment for his work.
El solo de la canción lo hizo Eddie entonces.
Thank you for this information 👍👍
That does indeed explain why he didn't want to get paid.
In another interview Eddie said that he and his Van Halen band mates had an agreement not to take paid gigs outside the band. All of his bandmates were out of town, so he was unable to ask them if it was OK to play on Jackson's song. He did not have permission from them, so he did it for free.
I've heard others play this solo and no one even comes close to Van Halen
Well, even he can't play it the exact same anymore. Kind of how Jim Root never plays a solo the same as the record live.
Jesse Flores I mean how would anyone know hasn't he only played beat it live once in 84?
His name is Eddie Van Halen, not Van Halen.
EDM Sucks oh well excuse me
no his name is Edward Lodewijk van Halen
There are some moments in recording history that simply cannot be duplicated. This iconic solo ranks high on that list...
Infidel14? i found a video that comes close
@@elijawashington3522 no you did not
LeThayle I’m sure i did, but this comment was from 3 years ago......so I have no memory of making this comment🤷🏾♂️
Led Zeppelin's Heartbreaker
@@elijawashington3522 Me too a lady guitarist
RIP to the greatest guitarist ever - and this is his best solo. I remember listening to EVH’s records in the car with my dad in the 90s when I was just a kid. Things won’t be the same without him. In a sense, guitar music has died with EVH.
F
Don’t say that, his records and the amazingness of the guitar will never die.
I disagree his best solo was eruption by far
Legends never die❤️❤️❤️❤️
My favorite solo as well
From 0:10 to 0:18 you can just hear the emotion from the guitar and Eddie. The man was truly something special. Shred in peace Mr.Tap
During an interview back in the 80's Eddie admitted he didn't like the song "Beat It" when he first heard it and didn't consider it a rock song but played on it anyway as a favor for Quincey Jones who was Michael Jackson's producer. Eddie said he thought to himself "Who's gonna hear me playing on this black kids record?". The answer to his question was, the world.
Shailesh Manav , he burned out the NS-10? wow that's crazy.
Come on now. I was not just Q's fault. Eddie didn't think Beat It was gonna be a hit. That's why he let it slide. It wasn't until he was hearing it everywhere that he knew that he had made a classic. I feel bad for Eddie because Beat It is one of his best and best known riffs. Musicians kill for something like this. And this was top of his head. But he was did not think it through. Much like King Kirby, he gave his best work out on a whim.
TheRoyal TriadVevo Maybe thats why your music sucks. Give it a go. Eddie was best friends with 2 blacks kids when he first came to Pasadena from Holland.
This is odd since it wasn't like Michael was just some up and coming nobody, at the point of making this song.
This sounds like a bullshit story made up solely for that weak punchline.
Probably the greatest solo ever, just simply an amazing guitarist.
this is imposible to replicate, that clean way to play that solo is incredible.
Eddie Van Halen was the best guitarist that there ever was and probably will ever be!! Rock Gis of the Century RIP
That’s one 32 seconds you never regret experienced.
like Jackson's victims?
THRASH METAL & FUN RIFFS this dude
This is just brutal
THRASH METAL & FUN RIFFS evh was the first. Nuffsaid. He’s one of the godfathers of this kind of guitar playing.
Metal AF in my book
@@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS your a complete fool and have no understanding of music and guitar evolution. if it wasnt for eddie, metallica, slayer, canibal corpse, pantera, hatebreed, slipknot... all these metal bands wouldnt have existed the way that they did. eddie changed electric guitar again in 1978 just like hendix did in 1967 till his death.
That may be the greatest 30 seconds of guitar history. This is the first time I've heard this solo isolated. In a word... perfect!
R.I.P Eddie and Michael 😭
Eddie Van Halen taught others how to bring hammer-ons and harmonic screams to recordings and live performances! EDDIE VAN HALEN GREATEST INOVATOR OF HARD ROCK GUITAR!
Not to mention changing the guitar itself and they way it's played since then physically.
When I catch "Beat It" on the radio, I have to stop and listen for the solo.
Same!
every. damn. time.
Fuck yeah dude 🤘🏻
RIP legend. He’s the reason why I picked up a guitar.
Same for me.... I wanted to play eruption, so I bought one in 1992..😢
That's awesome
He's the reason I look at my drum kit and go "....ahhh shit"
Same
Man there's just something about the way this solo was pulled off and recorded, it's like perfectly clean and technical yet still has this wild energy. Just a sick solo all around.
Sounds chaotic like two gangs going to war just like in the video - absolutely perfect
that's right. I've never considered that till now
this solo is just too perfect. Amazing Eddie, no one can touch this
Just heard of Eddie's passing..so I came here..
Broken hearted.... 💔
Heaven will be electric tonight
There will never be another
RIP 😔😔😔💔💔💔💔
Had to play this in honor of Eddie. RIP.
Fucking wish I could play this well.
Practice makes perfect bro.
It's not as hard as it sounds.
@@MetalSalvation it is actually man.
@@espiaogtazeiro1134 Some parts are harder than others, yeah.
Anyone can pull if off if you practice many hours everyday, and if you started playing since a kid that would be an even better advantage
Still best and coolest guitar solo.
LOL, sorry, but theres wayy better solos out there
If you want to see a solo look up almost any song by dream theater
Issac White i can't think of many as cool as this solo, it is so cool it makes my eyes water even after all these years
Your entitled to your opinion but john petrucci is one of the greatest guitarists.
What about sweet child o mine
Until I was around 11 years old, I was mostly accustomed to listening to R&B/Funk/Disco music. That was, until the day I heard "Beat it" for the first time, and that guitar solo kicked in. To say that hearing this solo for the first time was the most electrifying experience would be an understatement, it was a game-changer for me. I dumped R&B/Disco for Rock, and has remained that way decades later.
I owe 90% of the music I listen to to both MJ and Eddie Van Halen. Two legends now rocking on in the afterlife.
not only that but you’re a big fat furry!
Dimebag Darrell and Eddie are playing this right now over some beers.
Solid gold. A 30 sec guitar academy.
Rest in Peace Eddie, the best electric guitar player in history. Thank you for having been part of music history.
Jimi will be always be number one. But hey, second place itsn't bad though?
You ever hear a song a hundred times, and then all of the sudden, you appreciate it more than all the other times you've heard it? That happened to me the other day while listening to Beat It. This solo is such fire, and I honestly never knew it was Eddie.
Gives me shivers to hear just that solo.
Smashing that solo in a concert for the Gods now. RIP Eddie. Thank you for the goosebumps 💚
Rest In Peace My Hero, Rest In Peace ;(
Eddie Van Halen, 1955 - 2020.
Every note of that solo, every note of everything he left in this world, is with us forever and ever, cheers Eddie, meet all the music legends up there
i can listen to this on loop all day i’m not even joking
Este solo mexe com as estruturas do meu corpo. Lembranças infância. Como o tempo passa .. a internet nos destruiu
if a solo was a ever a MIC drop this was it...
R.I.P Eddie , your greatness will forever live on !
You know what's crazy? Even if I didn't read that this was Eddie I would've known. Even if he plays someone else's stuff Eddie has a certain way about it that's as good as his signature. Instantly recognizable . Anyone else feels this way?
So true
That slide at the end is absoutely evil.
No-one will ever top eddie. He really was one of a kind. You will be remembered forever, you inspired millions. Rest in peace eddie
Thank you Eddie...I'm not a Rock-enthusiast myself, but you were one of those artists that transcended genre. Rock the Pearly-Gates my friend. Thank you for everything.
RIP Eddie, truly one of the best. Your solo’s have been living in my head since l was a kid.
I heard this for the first time in a hotel room in Virginia on a clock radio. I was a senior in high school and in February 1983 I was visiting colleges for campus interviews. I was a huge VH fan and did not know that Eddie did this. When the solo hit, I was like “holy shit, that sounds like Eddie”.When the DJ came on after the song and said that was Eddie on solo, I was like “yes! I knew it,,”
My guitar teacher: You can't just play any note and pretend it to be a guitar solo
Eddie Van Halen: ...
This is why I never took lessons.
These are probably the most disorganized clump of notes but just the right amount of phrasing and you sound like Ed (I mean this in the best way possible)
@@lukeabrahamsen-collins808 But it's not a "clump of notes" or disorganized.
@@THEPELADOMASTER yes but I feel like all pieces of music are. They just sometimes sound good
@@lukeabrahamsen-collins808 Then you don't understand music at all.
Music is very deliberate and mathematical.
Sure, you may have happy accidents where you're just riffing and you play something and go "oh that was real good" but then you have to rework it, make it fit, build something around it.
I wouldn't even call improvised solos a disorganized clump of notes. Cause you still have to know what goes with what, how to build upon what you're playing and what you just played, pace yourself correctly, not play just any note, but notes that complement each other.
And yes, all that may come with instinct in the moment, but that instinct was built with the experience of knowing what to do and how to do it.
I finally understood that this was played by Eddie and I was shocked that a guy that I’ve only heard of in my late teens made one of the most iconic melodies of my childhood. That ascension he makes at the end still hits me as hard as back when I was 4.
Every time I hear this song and this solo it takes me back, takes me back to the VERY first time I took an interest in the guitar, as an instrument and as an extension of oneself. I remember being blown away by the expressiveness of this type of playing, I remember always thinking to myself "Who's playing guitar like that, it doesn't even sound like anything else in existence?". Suffice to say it left me moved and entranced, years later while my parents were away on a weekend and I was left home alone to watch my younger sister, Hendrix live at Monterey just happened to have been free on one of the PPV channels. Hearing both of those two legends at work, made me go back and find out who played on "Beat It". Upon finding out I then begged my father to burn CDs of every VH, Ozzy Osbourne and The Jimi Hendrix Experience albums on our family computer through LimeWire for me, which subsequently made me pick up my first guitar later that year and since that moment things have never been the same haha.
I can't believe he's gone 😭 what an absolute legend. Doesn't even begin to sum it up. Thank you for the music, and R.I.P., Eddie!
This solo speaks for van halen's mastery of guitar playing
One of the greatest solos of all time and to think that Eddie recorded this in one take
RIP. to the greatest guitarist ever. See you in there other side G.O.A.T
RIP EVH. If the afterlife is real, he and Michael Jackson get to play this song together again.
This is absolutely the best solo ever laid down! Eddie Van Halen is a complete genius! There is absolutely nobody on Earth that has the same technique or sound that Eddie Van Halen has! When you listen to this solo it moves you! Eddie is the best there ever was and ever will be!
slash come close
Terry Brocks Slash is good but comes nowhere near to the amount of theory and technique that Eddie has. Eddie was basically the next big thing after Hendrix and Page.
Rock God of THE Century!!
RIP Eddie Van Halen
We will never forget you
Eddie van Halen truly makes the guitar "howl." Other guitarists bragged about making the guitar howl in the '50s and '60s, but Eddie was the first to truly do it. I call his playing the "wildcat" style.
RIP Eddie would a talent you were🙏🎸
How can a 32 seconds video make my Day, RIP Eddie, gone to soon leyend...
RIP Eddie. Thank you for giving us this masterpiece!!!
EDDIE Van Halen is forever a legend.
An absolute masterpiece of a solo
This solo feels like thundering ⛈️🔥⚡...
I've never heard anyone cover EvH and do it justice. RIP sweet guitar God.
Heartbreaking news
RIP Eddie Van Halen
Absolute genius phenom guitarist
Thanks for all the great music 🎶
I don't think he gets enough credit for his contribution to this song. Really makes me wish we had more collaboration between Rock/Metal bands and Hip-Hop/Pop artists.
this is emotional to even listen to, but in a happy way. im so glad eddie left his mark before leaving this world, legends are never forgotten. ❤️
Rest in peace Eddie and Micheal!
RIP Eddie !
That solo made the song!!! Legendary!!
more like the centerpiece of the song* your choice of wording isn't very good.
@@MichaelToussaint1 Nope he worded it fine
Beyond Amazing!
By far the best rock guitar player ever! Rest in peace Eddie Van Halen
Orgulloso de decir que EDDIE VAN HALEN fue el guitarrista del cual inspire mi estilo de tocar guitarra. Su felinos armónicos secuestraron mis oídos. Descanse ud gran maestro. Su legado quedará en la historia de aqui a la eternidad
For my money, the greatest guitar solo òf all time.
Bold As Love for my bet
Certainly considering how sort it is. Not one second wasted.
What about Jimi Hendrix?
NOT
Not even close
RIP...😔 one of the best solos ever made! 💪🏼
R.I.P Eddie Van Halen😞❤
If I have to pick one greatest guitar solo of all time, I definitely add this to the list.
Descansa en paz, R.I.P Eddie Van Halen 🎶🎸🙌😔
Who is here after he died 😢
Was here before, and I’m back💔
Who died after he was here?
F you
@@Michael-vq4co dumbass
Here😢
RIP i grew up listening to this over and over. lord we are losing so many....
That pick attack / those pinch harmonics is / are instantly recognizable.
Badass on every level. RIP 🙏
I absolutely love this solo. It's like the entire 80s condensed into 32 seconds 🤟
Nobody had the same energy Eddie would bring to his music. Always smiling and rocking out. Rest in peace Eddie. You will always be missed.
R. I. P. Eddie, thanks for everything!
The most iconic guitar solo ever.
Not saying the most intricate or the most creative, but it's still a classic
@Deaddog67 its MR EDDIE VAN HALEN!!!
More like the best best guitar solo🤫
one of my favorite ever solos
I remember when this song first came out me and my friend listened to it. After the solo we both looked at each other, then rushed over and rewound the cassette tape and listened again. With our jaws dropped we both said "wtf just happened" It blew us away.
RIP to one of the best guitarists of all time. Thanks for all the rock you gave us, Eddie.
Without the bass and drum accompaniment it sounds awesome but with the rhythm section you can hear how spot-on and awesome his abilities were! Not unlike Jeff Beck, his unique style is too difficult for most to cover. Serious but playful, otherworldly skills. And he never took himself too seriously. Respect.
This solo is like a message from another dimension or some shit. R.I.P
I really can’t believe he’s gone, he was one of my mom’s favorite guitarist and also one of my favorites too. RIP Eddie Van Halen
Legend has it that he nailed it on the first take. RIP EVH and thanks for the beautiful music you made.
RIP the goat and guitar god 😔
RIP Eddie van , Michael Jackson.
Eddie was the king among men. RIP
Dear 2020, kick rocks... R.i.p EVH