First Ever Hearing Van Halen - Eruption Guitar Solo (Reaction!!)
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You noticed right away just how wasted this guy was and still he played like that. 😎
The last trilly bit before Sammy says "Ladies and gentlemen..." and the band comes in, was from his guitar solo on Michael Jackson's "Beat It".
Bass sole up next?
Metallica - Anesthesia (Pulling Teeth) Live Chicago 1983 (RIP Cliff 1986 in a tur buss crash)
YYZ by Rush (preferably live in 2007). An instrumental filled with guitar, bass, drum, and keyboard solos. It’s my favourite song ever
kejuanservin- Da real deal
Bro, not related to this video or band but, you MUST do Oliver Anthony- Rich Men North of Richmond. Surprised you haven't yet. You're welcome in advance lol
Man changed the way an entire generation looked at the guitar and how it could sound and be played. And the world of rock and roll was never the same since. RIP to one the GOATS. Legendary as legendary gets.
Nicely said brother I was fortunate enough to see him 4 times the most memorable was the 1st album standing 20 feet from the marshalls and hearing him play Eruption live at 16 years old and I'm now 61 is a memory I'll take to my grave that tune never gets old.
The man pieced his guitar from bits he could find on the cheap as he couldn't afford to buy a new guitar.
That man who changed guitar is Jimi Hendrix and there would be no EVH without Jimi Hendrix.
Don't mistake the cocky swagger and LA bar scene origins. This is the creme de la creme of rock and roll, *and* if you're a listener of full albums, they're definitely art rock as well. RIP to the GOAT.
Truth. I feel like his son, Wolfgang ,is continuing the family legacy. He's his own person carving his own path .It's just nice that he's jamming and keeping the gene pool alive and well.
Eddie was crème de la creme, van halen the band sucked
This guy sorta came off like a jackazz about it! lol ..even used the term a show-off! Some are just out of touch.
@@coreyrees840nonsense
1st VH album was POP, a hair band. The rest of their albums were garbage.
I have seen Eddie's solo 7 times live, and countless times on video, and it still gives me goose bumps. The King !!!
MINE YOU, I'M 56, PLEASE DON'T ASK ME HOW MANY TIMES I'VE SEEN IT AND THEM.😄😄😄😄
@@derekdonnell6503 I'm 68, only 7 for me. Wished it was more.
Funny that,I like emotional music where every single note touches the heart,I enjoyed it to a certain extent but wouldn't go for a second listen.
52 yrs here 21 times!😊 what a performance every time❤
Edward Van Halen changed the entire rock guitar scene and turned it on it's ear with the original version of Eruption. It was a 1:42 guitar master piece and was less then 2:00 minute solo. He continued to change guitar playing until his death. R.I.P... His son Wolfgang will continue on from here.
His legacy is in Very Capable hands with Wolfgang
I agree with you on Wolfgang man. He's a whole different flavor of rock talent... it's nice to see the van halen name will be carried on with high level talent but also in a whole new way. Wolf sounds very different than his father and uncle. And that in itself is beautiful... he's not just a clone. And IMHO I think he's a better drummer than Alex hahaha. But Ed is king... the man's playing is so unique..
Isn't Wolfie just a bassist though? I thought he was their bass player
@@Britton_Thompson Wolfgang is sooooo much more then just a Bassist, go check out Mammoth WVH, not only did he write the first album he played every instrument, sang ever lyric, did all of the production and promotion, he is everything Eddie and Alex in one package
He did the same on mammoth ii as well. The man has talent!
This actually started as a warm up exercise before they did their gigs at clubs,backyard school parties.While Van Halen was recording their debut album (1978) they decided to record this solo just in one take. From 1978-2015 Eddie would either add parts to it or take parts away.Never played it the same way.He experimented with different sounds he could get from it.He even built that guitar himself with various guitar parts
Yeah Boy!
The FrankenStrat as he called it!!!!
Ah the man the myth the legend. Eddie was such a talented guitar player. I’m so glad I grew up listening to music like this 😍🙂
RIP Eddie Van Halen. He was a master of masters.
I love the straight-up honest reaction. Not every listener is going to love every track they ever hear or every performance they ever see. It's refreshing to hear someone's honesty that "hey, this was cool, but just not for me." I'd rather hear that than be pandered by some phony over-the-top reaction. Keep it real Polo!
RIP MR EDWARD VAN HALEN YOU ARE MISSED
This is the first time I've seen you react. Eddie played so well because he had a gift.
He also never realized it was work. It was just fun.
He worked very hard.
Sounds like he funned more and longer hours than anyone
Well I’ve never seen you not pausing a video before and that was 13 minutes of playing. Eddie did the guitar play for Michael Jackson’s song “Beat it” for free to help Michael move up the charts since that song.
Eddie inspired many guitarists with his guitar playing innovations. RIP EDDIE!
I was going to mention that. Not sure many knew he played on that song, much less for free.
🤔 Now that's very interesting indeed 🥰
Didn’t know that!
Listen to the album version, this live 'for the fans' version is basically an anthology of Eddies most famous guitar licks intertwined into the Eruption solo. On the album Eruption serves as the intro to their cover of the Kinks - You Really Got Me, it's shorter, tighter, and it is amazing, like people remember when they were the first time they heard Eruption (high school parking lot in my '68 firebird).
For real… you should do a reaction to Eruption and You Really Got Me together. Album version.
I agree this is an improvised extended version for the crowd. I prefer the studio album version much better. He should listen to the orginal version to get a true Eruption reaction. He wouldn't even be able to connect to two versions as the same.
Eddie wasn't just a guitarist, he was a whole symphony!!! RIP my guitar hero!!!
Greatest guitar player I have seen. Definately the GOAT of my time.
There is only one Edward Van Halen. RIP🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
the whole greatest thing is really getting worn out.thre absolutely is no greatest anything. greatest team,greatest quarterback, greatest drummer, greatest band, greatest singer. thre is no way to ever tell.
Goat????
Keep in mind that this performance is 4 different solo songs he did put together, Eruption on the album is like 2 and a half minutes long. Van Halen always has amazingly fun guitar
The first 5 Van Halen studio albums each have a short guitar interlude/solo by Eddie. The first and most popular is Eruption. This live clip is a mixture of those solos. Spanish Fly, Cathedral and Tora! Tora! Among them. EVH revolutionized guitar playing by introducing Rock to classical techniques like hammer-ons and pull-offs. RIP
This is what happens when Dad doesn't come in to your room and say, "Knock it off, you're gonna break that thing." Thank you Mr. Van Halen. Thank you very much.
I’m 68 years old and appreciate you introducing the soundtrack of my life ❤️🖤💚👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾😎✌🏾🫰🏾 ✊🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
This shows your honesty in your reviews. You don’t react just to pander to your audience. I grew up with Van Halen so I recognize the mashup of several solos from different songs. I’d be interested in you reaction just to eruption. Keep it up! Love your reactions and love you my brother. Thanks!
This was fun. Much, much longer then the album version which is more palatable in my opinion. Can’t deny the energy of the crowd, though. Wow! Thanks, Eddie, for adding such great tunes to many of our teenage years. Hope your rockin’ with Hendrix and all the rest of the greats that passed into the musical heavens.
I much prefer the album version myself.
Eddie didn't learn the guitar... the guitar learned him. Legend.
He was marvelous! So sad he is gone...my favorite 80s band!
When I was a young teen and they came out in 78 it blew us ALL away. Just giving you a view from an older perspective from the 70's. Saw them 3x before 1980. The eighties were awesome!
Long Live King Edward!!!! RIP Eddie. We Miss You
It's hard to overstate Eddie's influence. When this first came out, every kid I knew who played guitar -- wanted to play THIS. And what's intresting is how much classical music is in this (Bach, mostly) and, at the same time, it's the ultimate in rock music (the swagger, the distortion, the tone and of course -- that shit-eating grin). He was one-of-a-kind!
It's so amazing to see/hear how Eddie (RIP) plays the guitar with so much passion, love, care, energy, excitement, joy, and adventure like he's having the best conversation ever with his best friend in the whole wide world..💯💥✌🎸
Hearing this for the first time in 1978 was mind blowing!!
My first ever concert at the age of 19 was Van Halen (1991) - I got to see this live from the 23rd row (though it wasn't this extended version)! One of the all-time greatest, obviously.
At 7:40 he begins cathedral one of the best pieces of music ever done by Van Halen
SO many different sounds from an electric guitar, in the hands of a TRUE master. Thanks for your reaction.
Rest In Peace Eddie. Thank you for your gift of music.
Just wanted to say since i've followed you the other day I've been binging your videos and really enjoying them a lot. You as a person is what sticks out to me, not just how chill and down to earth you are but also your open mindedness and intelligence. You got a good way of thinking and your view on things. Keep up the good work man!
I remember real Rock fading and so far in between and then Van Halen hit the airwaves and a friend went near bazerk, saying, "You've got to hear this. This group has it and brought it back. What Rock!
When I saw EVH live (R.I.P.) one thing resonated with me.... he LOVED performing for the fans and what an absolute gentleman he was. Sorely missed.
When I seen this in the thumbnail, I knew that this wasn't going to be your gig. I've been a huge Van Halen fan all of my life. They were the music of my youth and I have seen them probably a dozen times. Back in the beginning those guitar solos were pretty cool but I was over them by the second time I seen them. That was usually the time I went to take a leak or grab me a beer. Please don't let it deter you from checking out their catalog because it's some of the greatest American rock you will ever hear.
Eddie was pure guitar genius.... Great choice❤
I can see people who aren’t familiar with the instrument or the music can say its crazy stuff he can do but not be amazed by it. Back then he was the guitar god that a lot of people loved and still love. Thanks for listening to Eddie play. He is an idol of mine and the reason why I play guitar.
Saw them live,twice…did not disappoint!! This guy was next level, no question. Yes, lots of bands came out of the LA bars, these guys went from clubs to stadiums in the blink of an eye. ❤️🎥❤️great reaction.
RIP Eddie🙏 The GOAT!!
I had the same reaction back in 1967 the first time I heard Jimi Hendrix. I was 10 and even today it still amazes me that he did things over half a century ago that nobody has done. He was the chief influence for Stevie Ray Vaughan. I strongly suggest you check out “house Burning Down” from Electric Ladyland and just about any studio song and live dhow. It’s worth the hunt. 🎸
Eddie was a Guitar Virtuoso. He had a "gift." He was the “engine” of Van Halen. Not only was he a master of the guitar 🎸 but he was a master of his own instrument. He knew how to create sounds with THAT GUITAR. I saw them many times in Concert and he was never less than AMAZING !! We miss you EVH 🙏🏽 #VanHalenRocks
He was an exceptional pianist, and translated that to the guitar.
There's a lot of really good music out there. Growing up I only listened to Rock, but as I got older, my music taste started to change, including, R&B, Rap, Country, Classical, you name it. It's good to see people broadening their horizons and discovering new music. Keep it up POLO, you're open to listening to a genre with a lot of great bands and Van Halen has a lot of great music.
What was great about Eddie is he could do anything on a guitar. I heard at least 6or7 different instruments. He could make it play anything. He’s up there having the time of his life. RIP and thanks for making my youth just that much more enjoyable. 😁
Eddie's just messing around for the crowd. He wandered around the house doing this all day. He made coffee and read bedtime stories while playing like this.
Eddie van halen is the goat no discussion first person to be retired from guitar magazine from being the greatest cause he kept winning, no one csn do what Eddie can do but what makes him the goat is he put his priceless guitar in dimebag darrels voffin at his fuberal
What you said about re-listenability is why classical guitar albums and even guitar only albums like Satriani don't sell as well as an album with 4-6 min songs on it... But seeing this kind of show case is exactly what I want when I pay to go to a concert.
He has such a good time. True entertainer and musician! Check out some old Roy Clark for some more guitar amazement and entertainment another legend.
As someone who grew up listening to Eddie play, I respect your honesty. That means more to me being a real person with their own feelings and emotions than someone who fakes emotions just for the “like” counts.
Props to you my brother for keeping yourself real. Mad respect from me!
I guess that's the case for most people who don't play the instrument - they won't gonna appreciate the skill and musicality of this performance on the level the players do.
Man, I love the look on your face while Eddie hammers away. He was a true master and genius.
I think if you grow up with music all around you, you see and recognize the talent. You know what it takes, and how much dedication and how much hard work it takes to reach that level. I think that is the reason I listen to so many different genres of music. Everything from classical, to folk, to God love it Motown (my dads favorite) all the way to All Rock! The early and middle Rock seems to be my favorite, mostly because that's when I grew up. Still love it today!
Every van Halen album has some instrumental solo tracks where everyone has a chance to play around, and this was a live concert where he ripped out every single one of his to that time whilst blacked out drunk.
There were three singers total, the third only having one album and tour before being fired, and off and on the first and second have returned briefly, although the band had reunited with the original singer and fired the bassist to let Eddie's son Wolfgang play bass until Ed died. The drummer is his Brother Alex, and the singers were David Lee Roth, Sammy Hagar, and Gary Cherone. The original bassist was Michael Anthony. The first albums with Diamond Dave are their own thing, Sammy's are Van Hagar, and I'm pretty much the only person who appreciates Van Halen 3 with the singer from Extreme as a necessary phase of their career. Call that one Stan Halen because Cherone was a huge fan as well as a rock star in his own right before joining.
They released 6 records with DLR the first time, 4 with Sammy, a best of with two new Dave songs and one newish Sammy song from the Twister soundtrack. VH3 happened, then eventually they released a record again with DLR that was largely based on unreleased old demos from their early days. As a fan it's all listenable but most people either prefer the showmanship of Dave or the love songs and politics of Sammy. Also, Sammy was always a vocal advocate of marijuana even back in the 80s and 90s. If you look up the discography the band spans decades and their sound never got stale. Even the deep cuts shine with cool sound ideas and top tier musicianship. Everyone has favorites and recommendations and most are the hits. I'll suggest Drop Dead Legs, Secrets, Big Bad Bill, and She's the Woman from Dave's catalogue. For Sammy, I'd recommend Feels So Good, The Inside, Seventh Seal, and In 'n' Out. From VH3 I'd recommend Dirty Water Dog or Fire in the Hole, plus the three new tracks on Best of Volume 1 are all fire. The two Dave tracks are some of the most overproduced yet technically spectacular songs they ever made.
Forgot to mention Amsterdam for Sammy. Definitely gotta hear that. Guess what it's about?
LOL, BRO, AFTER I TYPED My COMMENT ? I SCROLL BACK UP ,,,, And Your FACE WAS ABSOLUTELY The SAME FACE I HAD AS A YOUNG ROCKER. THANK YOU 4 THAT MAN 🥺, PL&M MFRz...
The way he is able to just hit those harmonics at will, 100% of the time continues to give me hope that I will one day be able to do it at will 75% of the time.
If you were thinking "I have never seen or heard guitar like this before" don't worry, we all thought the exact same thing when we saw and heard this for the first time.
Ed wasn't a person he was sent here after the Vietnam war TO SHOW AND GIVE PURE JOY. simple VH4EVER
The first time I heard the original her ruption off their first album changed my life I was 14. This is a compilation of every solo he did on every album since. Absolute genius and inspiration to countless. Thank you Eddie For The Memories and the lessons that you inadvertently gave us.
HE was incredible, definitely in the GUitar God MOunt Rushmore. Innovative and virtouso
Billy Corgan once asked Eddie how he got so good.
Eddie just said "practicing on the edge of my bed as a kid"
Eddie said in an interview years later he was too intoxicated to remember this performance.
The thing about Eddie Van Halen, Randy Rhodes, and the GOAT Jimi Hendrix is that they are beyond what one can achieve with practice. You can practice 8 hours a day, 365 days a year, for decades and never approach the ability of these three men. They were born with something, a gift if you will, that is beyond dedicating yourself and practicing for hours.
You can call EVH a lot of things…a virtuoso, a genius, a savant…and people will always argue about who is/was the GOAT, but I can tell you that I’ve seen all of the major guitar “legends” over the past 45 years of attending concerts in the US and Europe with the exception of Randy Rhoads (RIP) and I can say without reservation that EVH was easily the most entertaining of all…again, everyone has their GOAT list and arguments, but for me Eddie was the best of the best. RIP Eddie…your talent was undeniable.
Watching the reactions to Eddie's guitar solos never gets old. RIP Eddie Van Halen!
saw van Halen in 78 and fell in love with Eddie forget the lead singers literally layed my head down at my desk when hearing of his passing there is no vanhalen without eddie
Great reaction!! I've seen this countless times, and it still amazes and engages me - RIP Eddie, a master at the axe!
Just so you're clear Polo - this solo wasn't just the song Eruption (which you should check in it's own right for context). This was no less than 3 other 'songs' Eddie has done, plus a bunch of other noodling. The first part when he's sitting down is a song called 316 (so named as it's the birthdate of his son Wolfgang, off the album For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge) - beautiful & calm ditty. Then it goes into a section of Eruption (most of the parts where the tapping technique is involved is from this). The section where he's controlling the volume knob to make he guitar sound like a violin is from a song called Cathedral (off Diver Down).
Yes, this is a self-indulgent showcase of most of what made Eddie great - his guitar pyrotechnics was game changing and genre defining! He may not have created all those techniques, but he sure as hell mastered them! Cheers.
I went to see Van Halen in 1978. Eddie was doing this way back then. 90s? That ain't nothin. Eddie was the best guitar player ever!!! ❤❤
"Man is plastered." Eddy Van Halen was a better guitar player while drunk and high then most of his contemporaries were while sober. He is one of the greatest, if not the greatest rock and roll guitarists of all time and legitimately changed the game and sound of rock when Van Halen released their first tracks back in the 70's. Nobody was playing the guitar in this fashion or making it sound this way at the time. His unique way of strumming, his picking style, his understanding and mastery of lesser used playing styles all combined to create magic.
An honest reaction is appreciated. Much of this exhibition of skill was based on classical composers music. And it’s more instructive for guitarists than general music lover’s playlists. Was he one of the guitar masters? Undeniably, yes.
What he said sums it up. Its more for guitarits to drool over than casual listeners. Appreciate the real reaction for sure. Although for me, EVH is the reason I picked up a guitar in the early 80s. So I get it. Peace.
And Eddie was the man behind the Michael Jackson "Beat it" guitar solo.
For technical genius, innovation, speed, and precision, there is no one who could touch Eddie. No one was doing what he was doing at the time. Many have copied and replicated since, but there is only one true original.
FYI, this isn't "Eruption". It's his entire live solo from the "Live Without A Net" video. Eruption is one small part of it, originally on the first VH album from the 70s. He's actually combining several different solo pieces here, beginning with "316".
Eddie Van Halen. Truly the G.O.A.T. We'll never see anyone like him ever again. VAN HALEN FOREVER.
I wonder if the crowd would have been as excited to hear a gigantic pipe organ and Bach being played on it, because that is a generous portion of what this solo is. Maybe if the organist was smoking and looked cool. All that aside, EVH was a prodigy rooted in classical music. So talented. His son is carrying the legacy as best he can, God bless him.
Eddie Van Halen also played the guitar in Michael Jackson's song "Beat it."
The legend of Edward Van Halen (guitar/ keyboards) of Van Halen - one of the most inspiring guitarists of the 20th century 🤘🤘Inspired millions and set the scene for 80's rock and guitar heroics.
Edward 'Eddie' Van Halen and his older brother Alex Van Halen (drums) were children of a struggling jazz musician Jan Van Halen, who brought his family to the USA from the Netherlands and settled in Pasadena, California... While still kids in school, Eddie and Alex started playing music together; Eddie on drums and Alex on guitar... but they switched after Eddie showed more promise on guitar... Eddie was too broke to afford a new guitar, so he built his own guitar w/ parts of other discarded guitars - he called it 'Frankenstein' because it looked like it had been cobbled together... Eddie also took piano lessons, but he didn't have patience for sheet music and always played by ear.
Eddie and Alex Van Halen were still too young by the early 70's to play clubs or bars, so they performed under various names at school events or backyard parties... Eddie would rent a P.A. system so he could sing live... but by 1973, it made more sense to have the owner of the P.A. join the band as the lead singer - a Jewish kid named David Lee Roth, who had the family finances to put a band together and a space to rehearse at his dad's home.
When David Lee Roth joined, he suggested the band name Van Halen after recognizing the talent of Eddie Van Halen on guitar... he felt that it was a marquee name and would get people to come to their shows to see Eddie play... It was also apparent that Roth was not the best singer live, so Michael Anthony (bass) joined in 1974... he and Eddie would sing harmonies and backing vocals as Van Halen started making a name for themselves in the Hollywood rock scene. They would often play cover songs... but Eddie could not make Van Halen sound like the artists they were covering, but gave the band their own sound as they also started writing songs together.
Gene Simmons (bassist/ vocalist of Kiss) saw Van Halen perform at a club in 1976 and offered the band to record their demos, hoping for a label to sign them... However, all the labels in the disco era passed on Van Halen... It wasn't until 1977 that Warner Bros. Records gave them a shot and put them in the studio w/ producer Ted Templeman.
While recording the first Van Halen album, Eddie Van Halen did a usual 'warm-up' on guitar... playing this explosive guitar solo, and the engineers and producers were shocked - they recorded it immediately and it became the intro 'Eruption' (opening the cover song 'You really got me' ... originally by The Kinks) The first Van Halen was like a thunderbolt in the American rock scene and Eddie Van Halen's guitar techniques changed rock music forever... The album sold 10 million copies in the US as Van Halen opened for Black Sabbath in 1978 and stole the show every night. By 1979, Van Halen was headlining tours as 2nd album 'Van Halen II' was released... David Lee Roth became an acrobatic frontman on stage and took care of the visuals of performing, while Eddie Van Halen wrote the band's original music... Roth wanted Van Halen to play rock music that people could move and dance to.
After Van Halen's 6th album '1984'... which became another massive hit thanks to MTV and sold 10 million copies, the rift between David Lee Roth and the band was too big to ignore by 1985... Eddie was writing more songs on keyboards and Roth hated the idea. Unwilling to compromise, Van Halen shocked their fans that year that announcing their split w/ Roth...
In 1986, David Lee Roth launched a solo career w/ another guitar legend Steve Vai... Van Halen teamed up w/ veteran singer Sammy Hagar and saw their synth-heavy record '5150' in 1986 sell 6 million copies and debut at #1 on the US charts. However, after a successful decade and 4 studio albums w/ Hagar on vocals, Van Halen decided to part ways and attempted a reunion w/ David Lee Roth (whose solo career had stalled), but that proposition fell apart quickly.
Former Extreme vocalist Gary Cherone joined Van Halen as they released the 'Van Halen III' album in 1998... it was considered an Eddie Van Halen solo record because he played almost everything on the album, including drums. But the record was a commercial failure, and Cherone was out if Van Halen by 2000.
Van Halen did little after that... a brief reunion w/ Sammy Hagar in 2004... a reunion w/ David Lee Roth in 2007, but w/ Eddie's son Wolfgang Van Halen playing bass instead of Michael Anthony... They released only 1 album in 2012 ('A different kind of truth') and their last tour was in 2015... Edward Van Halen died in 2020 after a long battle w/ cancer (R.I.P)
15 minutes showing the face of everyone hearing Van Halen play for the first time. It's great to see it still happens! lol
The most incredible is that he never wanted to be the guitar player , he begun as a drummer
I still have a hard time comprehending that he is no longer with us.
He is now and RIP was then one of the top 3 Greatest Guitarist of ALL-TIME. He actually designed his own guitar.
Welcome to the world of Hard Rock/Heavy metal, where you get to discover most amazing bands and musicians with unique style, talent and skills you *NEVER THOUGHT EXISTED.* Go on this Rock/Metal journey, for it's gonna be a hell of a ride!
*MORE* Van Halen please.
Van Halen is the reason we got to have Pantera.
I'm nobody, but Eddie is the reason I started playing guitar 30 years ago \m/
@@CitizenScorn I started then got into Van Halen but he definitely made me want to get good.
Didn't Eddie bury his guitar with dime? I'm pretty sure he did
Eddie laid Dime to rest with Bumblebee. IYKYK
Random aside, Pantera is a million times better live than they are on record. More of a hip hop head / Primus / jazz / Aphex fan, heard records was like meh, went and saw Pantera live was like HOT damn that thumps hard.
There's a reason EVH is still among favorites of PRO guitarists such as myself.
He created Eruption at ABOUT 19 f'ing years old. Don't say NO because Edward said himself he started the 'tapping' in about '74. Ted Templeman heard it and said THAT has to be on the album and Eddie was like, " This little thing? I forgot all about it. " LOL! The Man was a GENIUS.
They'll never be RAW musical talent that there was in the 70's and 80's.
Did you know?
1. Bro was drunk the entire solo
2. He almost had a blackout during the live
3. He completely forgot everything what he did after the live
Rip EVH ur a goat
Everyone under the sun has reacted to this one, which no doubt is a stellar testimony of his guitar prowess over the years. You would have been better served to have reacted to the original "Eruption" from their self titled debut album "Van Halen". It clocked in at 1:47sec. That is what the world first heard in 1978 and it immiediatly went Platinum. At that point no one had ever heard anything like this before. No one since Jimi Hendrix would revolutionize not only the playing of guitar, but how guitars were built, how guitar amplifiers were built. Whole industry trying to recreate his sound from that first album and other periods of his career. How's that for influential?! "I'm The One" is a no brainer for your next Van Halen song from that iconic debut album called Van Halen.
Eddie Van Halen was married to Valerie Bertanelli and their son Wolfgang Van Halen is a excellent musician too. RIP Eddie 😢
I had such a crush on him.
Eddie was so unbelievable great. Who can say, they had to change notation of music because of me, what?! Eddie is one of the few. First concerts he played with his back to the crowd so noone could see how he plays that song. People were wondering what instrument that is because they could not
imagine that anybody would be capable of playing the guitar he did. Thanks for the reaction. If you want more Van Halen react to Panama!
I grew up a Van halen fan together with all the hard rock and heavy metal from the 80's and 90's. This solo still amazes me every time. He gets so many sounds out of that guitar that he built and continually modified himself. At times it sounds like a guitar, a synth, violins as he taps pulls, picks and beats the guitar. It almost wants to talk at times. Just mind blowing. He invented so many techniques and has been copied over and over. In this solo you hear so much from both eras of Van halen (with David Lee Roth and later with Sammy Hagar- shown here as a singer). There are even parts that sound like classical music on an electric guitar... Crazy good. He's self taught and plays so many instruments.
Thank you for admiring this guitar virtuoso and not interrupting him every 30 seconds like many others have. He inspired leagues of young guitar players and musicians in general.. He will forever be remembered and loved. R.I.P.
Yessssss! Love your channel btw. Great insight into what you're feeling and seeing. It's always fun, thank you!
You finally did it!
My son, 28, worships EVH. Now Eddie's son, Wolfgang, plays and I understand his concerts are worth going to.
RIP Edward..
LEGEND
If Chopin and Mozart were alive today they would give a standing ovation!
Not only was Eddie Van Halen a revolutionary brilliant player... the SOUND of his guitar was like nothing else before him. He was a mad scientist who built his own guitars and tampered with his amplifiers and speakers, chasing that "Brown Sound" as he called it. So PHAT!!! As a young rock guitar player, when I heard Van Halen's first album in 1978, my jaw hit the floor like I was watching an alien space ship land on my front lawn!!
Fun fact, Eddie had drums and his brother Alex had a guitar but they both started playing each others and realized they needed to switch 😂 Eddie self taught himself to play and he actually created things for the guitar. Pure talent RIP EVH
This is alot of years worth. Like nothing before or since. Evh played every day and wrote new ideas after every show. He was not a brain dead rocker who got off and had tons of effects etc. The real deal an artist that challenged his level of playing and style over the years.
Couldn't read music. A God given talent. Listen to Michael Jackson, Beat It. That's him playing. You can find them live online. And he recorded it for free in his off time. There's a great interview with him. What it means to be an American.
I watched an interview with him and he said learned how to do all that because when he was starting out, he could not afford the effect pedals, so he worked on doing it without them.