Fun fact: that guitar solo where Eddy Van Halen is walking on tables is actually the library of my daughter's high school.She said everything is still in the same spot.
This song came out when I was in 7th grade. I was late for home room, (which was 2nd period for some reason) and the teacher asked me why I was tardy. This was my chance to shine. I was still in the doorway and, of course, I said "I don't feel tardy!" I was god of the school for that week. It was glorious.
You just made me smile, ear to ear!! My 15 minutes of high school fame came when, my teacher was chewing me and a couple of my friends out, sorta like the teacher in "I Wanna Rock" by Twisted Sister, he was just an A$$ h01e. So, I was in a bad mood that day, and I stood up after he started in on my cousin who was REALLY backwards and shy. So, he starts in on my cousin, and I stood up and im like, "Ya know, that's a f'n 'nough!! You sit there and yell at us guys you had sat in the back of the class at the beginning of the year, and ignore us when we have questions about our homework, or class work, or whatever today's class is about! But, I noticed thar you sat all the pretty girls, cheerleaders, and flirts in the front! And when THEY have a question, you sure do POP UP from your desk and almost trip over your own feet trying to get over beside them! Just so you can look at their paper with them, while your so close to them your almost sitting on their lap!! And, ya know what, while I think what you do is a little bit nasty, I can at least understand WHY you want to help them! But, ya know, it would be a little less obvious if you at least acted like you were helping us every now and then. At that point, I don't know if he was red with embarrassment or red with anger, but, he jumped up and said, "if you don't like the way I do things, you can get the hell outta my class!" I looked at my buddies, looked at him, grabbed my backpack and headed out of the class and into the hallway! After I started walking down the hallway, I realized ALL THE GUYS from my class are walking right behind me!! The teacher screams, ALL OF YOU, TO THE OFFICE!! I was like, that's where I'm headed, to tell anyone who will listen, just how you treat the girls in class!! He RAN PAST ME to make damn sure he got to the principle BEFORE ME!!! He did, and the principle (who I had become good friends with, after several trips to the office that year, lol) asked me, "does he really do that?" I told him, do you think 8 of us would've walked out if we were lying? He said no. Anyways, it was the only class I ever failed. And that teacher was watched fairly closely the rest of his time there. After word got around of my big "Walk out" I was like James Dean for the next month!! It was freaking GREAT!! I have to admit!! I loved it. But, unfortunately, everything soon went back to normal, and my star burnout!! But, I sure did enjoy it while it lasted!!!
Why would there be outrage? I really hate it when people say shit like this. Half of the rappers that put out music videos all have girls doing sexual stuff so what you're saying makes no sense. Hey remember when the music video for Pretty Woman got banned by MTV cause of the midgets and the guy in drag. Stop acting like outrage and offensiveness only exists in 2020
"I don't feel tardy."🤣 I love that line. Van Halen was so damn fun to listen to with David Lee Roth in front. Sammy was really good, but Dave was on another planet.
@@docsavage8640 it was a completely different band!! I was a Sammy fan before VH ..listen to his older stuff, collaboration with Neil Schon, and of course Montrose
I was driving one night with my (then) 7-year-old son in back in his safety seat when this song came on the radio... when it ended, he said "Dad, I know you probably can't do it, but is there any way you can play that song again?"
Nobody had attitude like Van Halen. And it wasn’t bad attitude. They just had a guitarist who can easily be considered the greatest to ever pick up a guitar. 5 time Los Angeles pianist of the year as a teenager and the guitar accolades never stopped. Classically trainer musician father as well. Eddie knows music.
Interesting fact about how this video was made: The video was filmed in a real school somewhere in the LA area. The only way VH could get the proper permits to shoot the video was if the local child services was on the set to make sure that the model/stripper didn't inappropriately touch the young boys and to make sure the band didn't exposed the kids to drugs and alcohol. They did have that party reputation back then. Thanks for the REACTION Jamel_AKA_Jamal, VH is my #1 band!
Yes indeed! At a concert in the early 90's, everything stopped and it was time for his drum solo,he stood up and turned toward two huge drums, started hitting them slowly,then faster,then faster and faster, eventually making it sound like a helicopter about to take off! Crowd ate it up!
Was it Thriller that started that trend? I know MJ had a big part in the really early pushing of music videos as a separate thing than just a vehicle for the song.
So tired of clowns trying to make MA like he some bassist talent... Its laughable. He simply was lucky to be in this band. ANY guitarist could play his part. Vocals... Yes he was a good fit but not hard to replace at all
Am i the only one bothered by the "THE" in the title? The song is titled "Hot for Teacher". I know it seems Trivial, But old school VH fans will understand.
This song takes me back, I arrived at school late and the my english teacher was like "your tardy", and without missing a beat I told her "I don't feel tardy", and she laughed.
First time I heard this was from my girlfriends playlist while we were on a roadtrip, I actually thought there was a twin cylinder bike next to the car.
That whole guitar riff is one continous take from Eddie just going from clean to distorted. No splicing, no studio tricks. Just Eddie being his badass self.
Way back, I and my husband just started a road trip from Idaho to California. It was early morning, before sunrise, Van Halen was playing and this song came on. The drum solo, in the beginning, made us think something very, very wrong was happening in our engine. Thankfully it was HOT FOR TEACHER on the radio!
Love them R.I.P. Eddie...Such a fun, playful, exciting band, love the mini me's...back then when teachers got younger the boys started crushing...Peace
This song always reminds me of 1 teacher in particular, more than cute, lightly flirty. Kept me after class once and locked the door, I can tell you how she smelled, what she wore down to jewlry, and how she talked to me about my bad attitude. Happened in the 70s but I remember it like it was yesterday. Still hot for teacher. 😎
I always get visions of Spicoli when I listen to this song...especially the "I don't feel tardy" line... hopefully a few of you are old enough to get that reference... if not, look it up and WATCH THE MOVIE!!
That was actually my favorite song on "1984"....in 1984. I remember having the tape in the truck and that song cranked up in the pits at the (3-wheeler)race track listening to it between heat races while I changed sprockets on my ATC250R.
Back in the early MTV days, this video made Van Halen into superstars...Hilarious and a wee bit naughty, we finally got to see just how awesome they were as musicians...Eddie Van Halen is a legendary guitarist, and singer Diamond Dave was such a lovable ham...Their album "1984" sold a zillion copies, and I feel is their signature album...RIP Eddie
Yes. Most of the 80's music videos were more than just listening at songs. They were truly entertaining. And there was so much, you could watch 24hrs a day.....
LOL. I was in high school when this song came out. MTV was at its peak then, and I thought it was brilliant. Eddie’s brother, Alex Van Halen (drummer) could NOT get the dance moves down.
Van Halen were and still are SAVAGE musicians. Edward and Al are from another planet, and that musical prowess, instinct and skill elevated Van Halen far above the bands of their day. In their prime, they had no peer. But, a huge part of the Van Halen "vibe" was the sense of humour in their live shows. That vaudevillian schtick that Dave really drove. Man, they were FUN unlike anybody else. You see it in this video. They didn't take themselves TOO seriously. I mean, they had midget ninja "security guards". Lol God bless the 80s!
Normally, when a song gets played too much I get sick of it and can't listen to it anymore, ever. HFT though is an exception. Every time it comes on, I turn it up. Also, this is one of my favorite solos from Eddie. The phrasing and technique he uses is top notch.
Back when MTV actually played music videos. Imagine that, a station called Music Television that played music. 🤔🤣 No but seriously, Head Bangers Ball was the shit back in the day.
Man I wish that I had a time machine I'd go back and live this time all over again because the 80s was the best time growing up and the music was killer too even to this day nothing can compare to this style of music and I still am blasting it all loud and singing along word for word...
"I don't know where this song is going, but that was a hell of an intro."
Truer words were never spoken.
that guy is chopping wood right there.
Hell of a comment
Damn Gina!
Yup
Fun fact: that guitar solo where Eddy Van Halen is walking on tables is actually the library of my daughter's high school.She said everything is still in the same spot.
That's cool!
Wow awesome!
@brady
Grease was filmed at MY high school! Auto shop scene was my auto shop!😜🤣🤣🤣🤘
Is that the same school from 'Three O'Clock High'? The front entrance looks a lot like it.
That's AWESOME!!!!!
This song came out when I was in 7th grade. I was late for home room, (which was 2nd period for some reason) and the teacher asked me why I was tardy.
This was my chance to shine.
I was still in the doorway and, of course, I said "I don't feel tardy!" I was god of the school for that week. It was glorious.
Was in 7th grade as well, great time to be a kid. I still don't feel tardy.
I'll take "Shit That Never Happened" for $1000 Alex.
You just made me smile, ear to ear!! My 15 minutes of high school fame came when, my teacher was chewing me and a couple of my friends out, sorta like the teacher in "I Wanna Rock" by Twisted Sister, he was just an A$$ h01e. So, I was in a bad mood that day, and I stood up after he started in on my cousin who was REALLY backwards and shy. So, he starts in on my cousin, and I stood up and im like, "Ya know, that's a f'n 'nough!! You sit there and yell at us guys you had sat in the back of the class at the beginning of the year, and ignore us when we have questions about our homework, or class work, or whatever today's class is about! But, I noticed thar you sat all the pretty girls, cheerleaders, and flirts in the front! And when THEY have a question, you sure do POP UP from your desk and almost trip over your own feet trying to get over beside them! Just so you can look at their paper with them, while your so close to them your almost sitting on their lap!! And, ya know what, while I think what you do is a little bit nasty, I can at least understand WHY you want to help them! But, ya know, it would be a little less obvious if you at least acted like you were helping us every now and then. At that point, I don't know if he was red with embarrassment or red with anger, but, he jumped up and said, "if you don't like the way I do things, you can get the hell outta my class!" I looked at my buddies, looked at him, grabbed my backpack and headed out of the class and into the hallway! After I started walking down the hallway, I realized ALL THE GUYS from my class are walking right behind me!! The teacher screams, ALL OF YOU, TO THE OFFICE!! I was like, that's where I'm headed, to tell anyone who will listen, just how you treat the girls in class!! He RAN PAST ME to make damn sure he got to the principle BEFORE ME!!! He did, and the principle (who I had become good friends with, after several trips to the office that year, lol) asked me, "does he really do that?" I told him, do you think 8 of us would've walked out if we were lying? He said no. Anyways, it was the only class I ever failed. And that teacher was watched fairly closely the rest of his time there. After word got around of my big "Walk out" I was like James Dean for the next month!! It was freaking GREAT!! I have to admit!! I loved it. But, unfortunately, everything soon went back to normal, and my star burnout!! But, I sure did enjoy it while it lasted!!!
Nice story. Tell it to Readers Digest.
Imagine this coming out in 2020. The outrage would be out of this world.
Sad but true....
@@littleelvis3358 didn’t ask
@@conorhayes8818 verry funey
@@DivisiveSnoo very* Funny*
Why would there be outrage? I really hate it when people say shit like this. Half of the rappers that put out music videos all have girls doing sexual stuff so what you're saying makes no sense. Hey remember when the music video for Pretty Woman got banned by MTV cause of the midgets and the guy in drag. Stop acting like outrage and offensiveness only exists in 2020
"I don't feel tardy" is still one of my all-time favorite lines.
Bill Lonee haha yes! Same and “i brought
My pencil”
I used that line on a teacher in 1987. I got the laughs and a week ISS.
I wait for it every time.
And nobody ever reacts to it because they get lost in the video. Such a shame.
I think of all the education that I missed
But then my homework was never quite like this Best line of the song
David Lee Roth one of the greatest front men off all time.
David Cox I agree 100% . Saw him last year ,not the best singer in the word. But he is still diamond Dave on stage.
Don't forget Jim Dandy from BlackoArkansas David Lee Roth get a lot of his stuff from him
Great front man not a great singer
Amen!
DLR, one of my favorite front men but he burned out way too fast.
"I don't feel tardy."🤣 I love that line. Van Halen was so damn fun to listen to with David Lee Roth in front. Sammy was really good, but Dave was on another planet.
Agreed !!!
Sammy wasn't good
Dave is on Planet Dave!!!!!😀😀😀😀
@@docsavage8640 it was a completely different band!! I was a Sammy fan before VH ..listen to his older stuff, collaboration with Neil Schon, and of course Montrose
My favorite line was, "I heard you missed us...we're back."
I was driving one night with my (then) 7-year-old son in back in his safety seat when this song came on the radio... when it ended, he said "Dad, I know you probably can't do it, but is there any way you can play that song again?"
awesome! did you buy him the album?
@@TheSnuffda ... nope- bought ME the album! ( but he can borrow it!)
@@redcaddiedaddie hahah nice!
@@redcaddiedaddie Its so important that we parents stress the classics!!!
This song blew us away when it came out in 1984.
Roel Gonzales, yes it did!
that whole album was bad ass!! to hear it for the first time as a 14 yr old boy going into high school, it was mesmerizing!!
I was 14 also!
I wasn't born for another 16 years when this album came out ;(
holy crap. I was 8
"Hot For Teacher" was thee song of 1984. That drum intro is unmistakable to this very day. Totally Badass.
The man does not get the credit he deserves.
One of my favorite lines ever; "I brought my pencil. Gimme sumpin ta write on, man!"
You won't BELIEVE how grown I was when I realized they weren't talking about an actual pencil 😂. Damn I was so naive.
RIP Eddie, what a player!
One of the greatest videos of the 80's. When MTV actually played music videos.
Alex doesn’t get the respect he deserves from modern drummers.
Overshadowed by Eddie maybe. Yes Alex is one of the best drummers in rock.
Most modern drummers just program a machine.
IKR
@@mrwayne9799 What about Mike Portnoy, Taylor Hawkins, Danny Carey, and Lars fricken Ulrich!
True
"That's the teacher?" - thanks Jamal I will be laughing for the rest of the day....
"That's the teacher?k
My reply to that, in my head, was - You wanna back go School?
Haha I almost pissed myself when he said that!!!!🤣
Nobody had attitude like Van Halen. And it wasn’t bad attitude. They just had a guitarist who can easily be considered the greatest to ever pick up a guitar. 5 time Los Angeles pianist of the year as a teenager and the guitar accolades never stopped. Classically trainer musician father as well. Eddie knows music.
Jamal, high pitched "thats the teacher?" 😂😂😂😂😂😂
"I don't know where this song is going . . . but that was a hell of an intro . . ." Amen - one of the most recognizable in rock history!
Possibly one of THE best intros in rock history.
Hell, they drowned out the best part of the intro with the video dialogue!
Interesting fact about how this video was made: The video was filmed in a real school somewhere in the LA area. The only way VH could get the proper permits to shoot the video was if the local child services was on the set to make sure that the model/stripper didn't inappropriately touch the young boys and to make sure the band didn't exposed the kids to drugs and alcohol. They did have that party reputation back then. Thanks for the REACTION Jamel_AKA_Jamal, VH is my #1 band!
I’m a child of the 70’s, Van Halen helped us recover from the ravages of disco
Disco will never die!! 👍🏿🙂👍🏿
True dat, then my favorite band at the time KISS did "I Was Made For Loving You". (eye roll)
People trash disco, i was in college, it was a blast to dance...we all danced, didn’t need a dance partner
🤣🤣🤣🤣
I like disco and Van Halen. I consider myself to be well-rounded and non discriminating when it comes to music.
GIVE IT UP! to Alex Van Halen - Master Drummer! He is a beast.
He's very underrated.
Yes indeed! At a concert in the early 90's, everything stopped and it was time for his drum solo,he stood up and turned toward two huge drums, started hitting them slowly,then faster,then faster and faster, eventually making it sound like a helicopter about to take off! Crowd ate it up!
Worst dancer of the four, which is kinda weird for the rhythm keeper.
@@gelsol so true! Lol
He most certainly is. Check out Mia Morris, 13 year old drummer, doing a cover of this song. She nails it. ua-cam.com/video/RJwnZT7tuZY/v-deo.html
You have only hit the tip of the iceberg with Van Halen.
🤘🏻
True
Van Halen was the real deal! So much talent!
Eddie Van Halen is guitar God!!🤘
@@ernieherrera1034 YES
Time for “Everybody Wants Some” next.
RIP Eddie, this was the music of my youth. 15 when 1984 came out and played the crap out of it. You may be gone but never forgotten.
I grew up listening to Van Halen and I still do. The great Eddie Van Halen, may he rest in peace, a total legend! The 80’s were great!!
Back in the 80’s music videos where like mini movies. Every band tried to out do the next
Was it Thriller that started that trend? I know MJ had a big part in the really early pushing of music videos as a separate thing than just a vehicle for the song.
Chris Check Thriller was first, Sledgehammer, Hot For Teacher, Just A Gigolo, Metallica’s One any music video that was long
Van Halen always had good videos
Chris Check thriller didn’t start it, it was just the best at it when it came out. Raised the bar
Michael Anthony 's bass line in this song is phenomenal
@Ethan Tremblay his dancing wasn't that hot
So tired of clowns trying to make MA like he some bassist talent... Its laughable. He simply was lucky to be in this band. ANY guitarist could play his part. Vocals... Yes he was a good fit but not hard to replace at all
@@jamesbarrick3403 was replaced in ou812 and other albums after..by eddie. kinda rude
James Barrick THANK YOU
"Teacher" is in reality 1976 Playmate of the Year... was also featured in Rod Stewart's "Do You Think I'm Sexy?" video.
“ oh man, these guys are some characters”
No truer words have ever been spoken
“I’m nervous and my socks are too loose” we all immediately got that that was a dig at Michael Jackson and we cracked up!
Am i the only one bothered by the "THE" in the title? The song is titled "Hot for Teacher". I know it seems Trivial, But old school VH fans will understand.
Justin clement Seconded.
haha
Thank you for saying it LOL
We should make him sit through and watch "The Stairway to Heaven" 😜
Naw it wasn't just you!
That was like nails on a chalkboard. .
You need to react to some solo David Lee Roth. His videos back in the day were freaking hilarious, especially "Just A Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody".
The stuff that David Lee Roth did with Steve Vai and Billy Sheehan and Gregg Bissonette is some of the greatest rock and roll music ever made. 💯💯💯
East em and smile
Legendary band, legendary sound, legendary musicians... Legendary period.
"That's what the 80's will do to you." 😂😂😂 It most certainly left me a broken down old fat man and I wouldn't change a thing.
Worth every bit of it! It was a good decade to be a teenager, and since I was born in '70 it feels like I hit it just about right.
@@rochelle1117 Absolutely!
This song takes me back, I arrived at school late and the my english teacher was like "your tardy", and without missing a beat I told her "I don't feel tardy", and she laughed.
R. I. P. Eddie Van Halen. One of the best guitarists ever
Dave was such an effortless dancer, gotta love them embracing the comical clumsiness of the rest in contrast.
One of the greatest music video's of all time!
I've always thought the drums in the beginning sounded like an idling Harley.
bostonbenjamin that’s actually what they were trying to go for so I guess they did a good job haha
Exactly ;D
now you've said that I'll never unhear it
First time I heard this was from my girlfriends playlist while we were on a roadtrip, I actually thought there was a twin cylinder bike next to the car.
That was the idea ;)
"These guys are some characters" Yes, they are. Even now.
And this is why Van Halen were so great. They just had fun being awesome.
The 80's back before the world became so serious and offended, just plain fun!
A lot of experimentation with videos from the birth of MTV. Some good, some...YIKES!
That's a very strange statement. You should reap up on what the world was going through in the 80's.
Holdington Farley Not sure if you’re comment was directed to me, but being a teen in the 80’s, I know exactly what was going on.
@@holdingtonfarley4444 I was 18 years old and having the time of my life in 1984!
@@Mr-SRG Bet you did, but that doesn't mean the world wasn't serious, it just says you weren't :)
Gotta react to “Panama” next for Van Halen!
Exactly
Hell yes! 🤘🏻
Or Dance the Night away.. I bet he'll dig the cowbell lol
@@dudehenchman Just needs to buy the album an rock like its 1984
NO "I'll Wait" is way better
the look on your face when that teacher came out was priceless 😂
That whole guitar riff is one continous take from Eddie just going from clean to distorted. No splicing, no studio tricks. Just Eddie being his badass self.
This was the party band in the 80s. They’re so funny they’re so fun.
Way back, I and my husband just started a road trip from Idaho to California. It was early morning, before sunrise, Van Halen was playing and this song came on. The drum solo, in the beginning, made us think something very, very wrong was happening in our engine. Thankfully it was HOT FOR TEACHER on the radio!
I"m 52 and wish every day I could hear all of these songs with fresh ears. Great music, great times.
Diamond Dave!! 💎💎💎
Yo the 80's were pretty great!
And Mtv was ACTUALLY "music television"!
Arcade rooms!
The young folks really missed alot!
Wish I was around for it. Having to spend my teens nowadays has me thinking I was born in the wrong decade.
Going to Supergames on Saturday night.
The two Van Halen's together on the intro is still mind-blowing all these years later.
This is not just the 80s. This is David Lee Roth 80s. He was INSANE!
You have to listen to the entire intro. The video really cuts it out, Alex makes the drums sound like a hot rod.
He really does, sounds like that loping pop of a hot cam.
it the whole band playing on a pad to get that sound and why it doesnt sound the same live
quad kick drums...the dirty V8 idle...
Truth. Man, that drum solo sounded like a top fuel dragster idling.
@@tobaobokoomi1693 nope. Hertas played on the floor tom, for intro. Still fucking incredible
Always loved the intro drums to this.
Same. Always start playing the Air Drums when this comes up. Only song I play airdrums to.
“Hot for lunch lady” was the b-side. Didn’t do as well.
Underrated comment.😂😂😂🤟🏾🤙🏾
RIP Eddy!!! Wow he sure could make that ax sing. Miss him.
Ah, back when music videos were epic!
Just havin' some fun. Van Halen just being boys. Great times.
Love them R.I.P. Eddie...Such a fun, playful, exciting band, love the mini me's...back then when teachers got younger the boys started crushing...Peace
I saw these guys so many times live and it got better and better every time. Nobody does it like these nuts 🤣❤
I was born in the 50s, got to enjoy all the rock n roll decades.
Gerhard Braatz same here 1956 👍
@@superptop Same here, i,m 63
1949 for me. MTV was the place to be. Too bad they f'd it up.
This song kicks ass on so many levels. Lol
One of the greatest bands in history. Greatest guitar player and one of the best front men in rock history. Live on Van Halen!
This song always reminds me of 1 teacher in particular, more than cute, lightly flirty. Kept me after class once and locked the door, I can tell you how she smelled, what she wore down to jewlry, and how she talked to me about my bad attitude. Happened in the 70s but I remember it like it was yesterday. Still hot for teacher. 😎
Aaahhhh...the music of my teen years! Oh so many memories! Love big hair!
EVH...one of the most technically skilled musicians ever
Eddie Van Halen R.I.P.
that into...
that teacher...
that shuffle into frame with a little dance number...
van halen was, objectively speaking, THE GOOD SHIT.
"These guys are some characters". Dude, you have NO idea... LMAO
Facts🎯
"Panama" is a must do by Van Halen.
Van Halen was such a kick ass band. They changed the face of rock in Hollywood!
Unchained is one of their all time GREAT SONGS
“Little Guitars” and “Ice Cream Man” by Van Halen
Little Dreamer
Definitely "Ice Cream Man"
David Lee Roth is priceless.
I always get visions of Spicoli when I listen to this song...especially the "I don't feel tardy" line... hopefully a few of you are old enough to get that reference... if not, look it up and WATCH THE MOVIE!!
REST IN PEACE, EDDIE! KEEP SMILING, BROTHER!
Some of the toughest drumming routines you'll ever hear
“I’ll Wait” is a great Van Halen song
BrownBenPlumm one of my favorites
That was actually my favorite song on "1984"....in 1984. I remember having the tape in the truck and that song cranked up in the pits at the (3-wheeler)race track listening to it between heat races while I changed sprockets on my ATC250R.
Back in the early MTV days, this video made Van Halen into superstars...Hilarious and a wee bit naughty, we finally got to see just how awesome they were as musicians...Eddie Van Halen is a legendary guitarist, and singer Diamond Dave was such a lovable ham...Their album "1984" sold a zillion copies, and I feel is their signature album...RIP Eddie
Yes. Most of the 80's music videos were more than just listening at songs. They were truly entertaining. And there was so much, you could watch 24hrs a day.....
Legend tells of a TV channel that played almost nothing but music videos.
@@mrmxypltk Yeah. Sounds like a really unique, radical concept, no?
The 80's was the decade of fun! Hair bands were all the rage.
I just love the pure unadulterated fun of this. Nothing deep, just fun 😁
Eddie passed away 10/6/20
I'm devastated...can't even look at my guitar!! He's the reason I stopped drumming and picked up the guitar in 1981😪💔🎸
The entire 4 are incredible and Eddie brings it to monumentals
LOL. I was in high school when this song came out. MTV was at its peak then, and I thought it was brilliant. Eddie’s brother, Alex Van Halen (drummer) could NOT get the dance moves down.
OMG!! One of my favorite VH songs. Eddie is amazing with his guitar solos. My other all time favorite song is Panama.
Saw them live a few years ago and David Lee Roth is still dancing and doing the high kick from"Jump!" My fave band of all time!!!
Van Halen were and still are SAVAGE musicians. Edward and Al are from another planet, and that musical prowess, instinct and skill elevated Van Halen far above the bands of their day. In their prime, they had no peer. But, a huge part of the Van Halen "vibe" was the sense of humour in their live shows. That vaudevillian schtick that Dave really drove. Man, they were FUN unlike anybody else. You see it in this video. They didn't take themselves TOO seriously. I mean, they had midget ninja "security guards". Lol God bless the 80s!
Normally, when a song gets played too much I get sick of it and can't listen to it anymore, ever. HFT though is an exception. Every time it comes on, I turn it up. Also, this is one of my favorite solos from Eddie. The phrasing and technique he uses is top notch.
I've had to pull the car over to the side to play "air drums" to it. 😏
Back when MTV actually played music videos. Imagine that, a station called Music Television that played music. 🤔🤣 No but seriously, Head Bangers Ball was the shit back in the day.
Alex was wicked on this one.
Please react to (if you haven't) "Loss of Control", Van Halen. The drums and guitars... Put on your seatbelt!
I graduated High School in 1986, and Van Halen is still my favorite band!
Ice Cream Man . It is a must listen by Van Halen. I cannot stress this enough!
David Lee Roth - 1. I'm Just a gigolo a cover of loui Prima.
2. Californian girls - cover of beach boys.
3. Yankee rose
Yes , that yankee rose album. Steve vai on guitar!!
You can also add "Goin Crazy", and "Just like Paradise" to that list of David Lee Roth solo songs
Just a Gigolo is a cover of Louis Armstrong not Prima
@@David_Theisen Louis Prima recorded a version of that song too
I had a teacher in high school who embodied this song... anytime she was around,this song would cue up in the jukebox of my mind...
I love both Van Halen’s!
I can’t say who is the best!
Hagar rocks and Dave was a showman for sure!
"What school is this?" Believe it or not, it was filmed in the high school that Judge Lance Ito (of the O.J. Simpson trial) graduated from.
The "premier" Van Halen line-up. Never as great as they were with David Lee Roth!
Man I wish that I had a time machine I'd go back and live this time all over again because the 80s was the best time growing up and the music was killer too even to this day nothing can compare to this style of music and I still am blasting it all loud and singing along word for word...
Your passion for music is contagious man!
"I don't feel tardy."
This is arguably my favorite lyric from a song ever.
That line cracks me up no matter how many times I hear it lol
Hey, gimme something to write on man!
@@chrisd7047 I got a week of ISS for using that in 8th grade.
We would bake in the parking lot before school... So I always figured this lyric meant he was not high so he did not feel tardy