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  • @ifritmog9011
    @ifritmog9011 4 роки тому +1432

    More like Harry Potter is the Eddie Van Halen of wizards.

    • @crazy224488
      @crazy224488 4 роки тому +38

      I'd say Dumbledore is the Eddie Van Halen of wizards.

    • @MrJameslupien
      @MrJameslupien 4 роки тому +4

      If you want to see a real wizard check out black labels live version of in this river. ua-cam.com/video/6eK3sd7XcX0/v-deo.html

    • @nightwingshadow9551
      @nightwingshadow9551 4 роки тому +6

      @@crazy224488 yea harry isn't that grate he mostly does one spell

    • @jdaddy1962
      @jdaddy1962 4 роки тому +4

      @@MrJameslupien I think Zak Wilde could give eddie a run for his money as well ...... Also Dimebag Darryl (RIP) from Pantera

    • @mahdikhandaker2510
      @mahdikhandaker2510 4 роки тому +1

      Actually, Dumbledore is the Van Halen of the wording world

  • @user-yi6gz3wz1g
    @user-yi6gz3wz1g 3 роки тому +450

    RIP Eddie... 2020 could've not been worse.

    • @heilodin8721
      @heilodin8721 3 роки тому +24

      He just returned where he came from. We only borrowed him to experience him. Now the next world gets to hear his work for the first time

    • @jumpybowl4743
      @jumpybowl4743 3 роки тому +8

      #FUCK2020

    • @weeklyfascinationstreetvid8064
      @weeklyfascinationstreetvid8064 3 роки тому +5

      This is the best quote of 2020.

    • @chaseblanchard6214
      @chaseblanchard6214 3 роки тому +7

      I would 100% agree with you 2020 absolutely fucking sucks

    • @wingman4668
      @wingman4668 3 роки тому +2

      @@heilodin8721 now Angels get Eddie all to himself again

  • @mihnearosu1542
    @mihnearosu1542 4 роки тому +1238

    God , I remember watching his older videos : HIP HOP head reacting to metal . Now he has Metallica posters on his wall . He's one of us 🤘😂

    • @demigod4171
      @demigod4171 4 роки тому +11

      But he doesn't react to metallica nowadays

    • @mattyg7540
      @mattyg7540 4 роки тому +2

      Fuck yeah

    • @kstreet1162
      @kstreet1162 4 роки тому +32

      Demon Maniac z probably listened to their whole catalog by now

    • @ethanlocke3604
      @ethanlocke3604 4 роки тому +2

      Mihnea Rosu he’s been converted

    • @sickboy481
      @sickboy481 3 роки тому +15

      One of us, one of us, one us......

  • @kingexclusivo
    @kingexclusivo 3 роки тому +179

    Yesterday I started listening to Van Halen for the first time after 3 years of getting into rock. After 30 seconds of listening to the song Panama, I was like “damn this guitarist goes crazy “. After blasting about 15 songs of VH I fall asleep. The next day I find out that that guitarist had just passed away. RIP Legend, wish I had heard your music earlier :(

    • @thebestfrenchfry4096
      @thebestfrenchfry4096 2 роки тому +4

      weird that you say so. This also happened to me. Everything you wrote was spot on. 😂 Remember I found out about Van Halen a day before they died. The guitar playing was so good I even started playing myself. However, the next day, I read that he died. I was in disbelief and after a night of binge watching eddie van halen interviews and Solos, I actually started tearing up. It’s weird because I had only heard about him for like 24 hour or so. but still.

    • @godzilla6911
      @godzilla6911 2 роки тому +2

      You tune your guitar for standard tuning E A D G B E
      Eddie ate dinner good bye Eddie
      He has strings named after him, RIP rock legend.

    • @bbschroeder7125
      @bbschroeder7125 Рік тому

      @@godzilla6911 That’s actually really awesome, I’ve been taught similarly to that as well but didn’t know it was for this Eddie. Also for some reason I had the D taught to me as dynamite rather than dinner.

  • @francisbottoni6470
    @francisbottoni6470 3 роки тому +97

    Eddie is so brilliant, he turned his guitar into a cello and then a violin

    • @mjt1517
      @mjt1517 3 роки тому +5

      Jimmy Page actually did that.

    • @jonathanlauber389
      @jonathanlauber389 3 роки тому +1

      This performance is genius! Mind blowing!!

  • @fished_thiccoms
    @fished_thiccoms 4 роки тому +634

    For Van Halen, your fingers dont get tired, the guitar gets tired

    • @musek5048
      @musek5048 4 роки тому +14

      or just falls apart from how worn out everything becomes lol

    • @tygoliv4157
      @tygoliv4157 3 роки тому +9

      Eddie Van Halen is basically the Chuck Norris of the guitar world

    • @dustinwilson4815
      @dustinwilson4815 2 роки тому +1

      Yeppers. The entire time I first listened to this I kept asking myself, "Is the guitar gonna make it?"

    • @firefaller3555
      @firefaller3555 2 роки тому +1

      Exactly

  • @Kalevra75
    @Kalevra75 4 роки тому +1120

    Couple of things of note here:
    1. Eddie was drunk off his ass during this show. I mean DRUNK.
    2. Those segments during the performance are from every solo track he played on the band's official albums (316, Cathedral, Eruption, etc)
    3. That guitar needed to be 18 in order for that performance to be legal
    4. His eyes were closed 90% of the time, so even though he's playing on memory, he's also playing it by feel
    5. Did you noticed that the audience was really loud.....until he started playing? People shut up and paid attention.
    6. Sammy was genuine when he said "greatest rock n roll guitarist in the world", which says something, as Sammy is also a guitar player

    • @MrWICKEDMISCHIEF
      @MrWICKEDMISCHIEF 4 роки тому +19

      316 wasn't released on an "official album" until 1991, For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge..

    • @Kalevra75
      @Kalevra75 4 роки тому +17

      True, but still, it had been in his rotation for awhile. I only referenced the intro as 316 to keep the conversation simple.

    • @DanJunkins
      @DanJunkins 4 роки тому +18

      you hear Eddie is not doing well? I heard that and it broke my heart. Eddie is like, our brother.

    • @mrdemoncrusher3927
      @mrdemoncrusher3927 4 роки тому +23

      I can barely walk up a hallway straight when I'm drunk, let alone break out a musical masterpiece.

    • @davidmandell9909
      @davidmandell9909 4 роки тому +16

      Very astute comment sir.This man CHANGED everything about rock guitar.
      He is the GOAT......

  • @jacobsobelman3923
    @jacobsobelman3923 3 роки тому +107

    Who’s here watching this again after hearing of Eddie’s passing? :’(

  • @AlphaLimaXray
    @AlphaLimaXray 3 роки тому +38

    Yeah, I never tire of watching that solo.
    He was virtually completely self-taught on guitar (and keyboards), and playing on his "Frankenstrat" - a single-pickup guitar he learned on his own to construct (with a whammy bar of his own patented design) using the body of a cheap Fender replica mated to a neck from a Gibson. No fancy pedals or effects, and played through a stock Marshall amp.
    In the part where he was bathed in blue light, he was playing the strings with the left hand and using the volume knob with his right to produce that reverb effect!
    No guitarist since Hendrix has had the mix of sonic inventiveness, sheer effortless virtuosity, innovation with techniques and construction, and musicality than Eddie Van Halen.
    And you can see the joy he had in playing music and performing for people. He was also a rather down-to-earth guy - who knew he was good but didn't have the arrogance some other top-flight guitarists (like Steve Vai or Dave Mustane) seem to possess. His love of making music was infectious. What a talent, and what a loss. RIP EVH.

    • @aaronherbison7316
      @aaronherbison7316 2 місяці тому

      Self taught on the guitar yes but classically trained on piano

  • @rebeccarockchik6704
    @rebeccarockchik6704 4 роки тому +812

    "Eddie can you go out there and just play for about 15 minutes?"
    Eddie: "Hold my beer..."

    • @JoeyBilbo
      @JoeyBilbo 4 роки тому +23

      More like “Hold my cocaine...”

    • @rosco3866
      @rosco3866 4 роки тому +29

      @@JoeyBilbo More like, Dont fucking touch my cocaine"

    • @Denovis
      @Denovis 3 роки тому +27

      "Hold my beer and cigarette.. or never mind i'll take it"

    • @josefort6112
      @josefort6112 3 роки тому +4

      @@Denovis beat me to it

    • @yenkhomgitagyani5164
      @yenkhomgitagyani5164 3 роки тому +2

      @@Denovis underrated

  • @autumnwind148
    @autumnwind148 4 роки тому +285

    “When I see people do that tapping technique it makes me go nuts.” Well this guy is the reason so many people use it lmao

    • @rutnrampage7041
      @rutnrampage7041 4 роки тому +12

      yes...Eddie invented tapping

    • @autumnwind148
      @autumnwind148 4 роки тому

      Rutn Rampage I’m aware

    • @michasowka8529
      @michasowka8529 4 роки тому +15

      @@rutnrampage7041 he actually claimed on the interview that he didn't invent the tapping but he's sure that he popularized it, cuz nobody did things like him before

    • @TheFilyng
      @TheFilyng 4 роки тому +8

      @@rutnrampage7041 He didn't invent it. Vittorio Camardese did way before. Even Eddie has said he didn't invent it.

    • @user-dz5re9lm1e
      @user-dz5re9lm1e 3 роки тому +5

      @@rutnrampage7041 I don’t think he invented it but he most definitely popularized it

  • @interceptor-sc
    @interceptor-sc 3 роки тому +40

    He's got metal posters in his room now. We've won!

  • @jacobsobelman3923
    @jacobsobelman3923 3 роки тому +16

    Fun fact about Cathedral: the solo is all tapping with the left hand while the right hand is doing volume swells for each note. No picking whatsoever

  • @corywilson532
    @corywilson532 4 роки тому +578

    And this children, is why the band was not called "Lee Roth"

    • @musek5048
      @musek5048 4 роки тому +39

      the fact that they were successful with BOTH singers says it all lol

    • @idontreadreplies.252
      @idontreadreplies.252 4 роки тому +5

      well yes but no

    • @MacPro8CoreMan
      @MacPro8CoreMan 4 роки тому +24

      Actually it was David Lee Roth who came up with the idea to call the band Van Halen. The band in this video is commonly referred to as Van Hagar, the Pop/elevator music era of the once great DLR fronted Van Halen.

    • @coppereddie4199
      @coppereddie4199 4 роки тому +7

      @@MacPro8CoreManSammy hagar is a much more versatile singer than Lee roth,period.

    • @markreyes7454
      @markreyes7454 4 роки тому

      HAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!

  • @SeanCox2801
    @SeanCox2801 4 роки тому +513

    Who else knew it was Eddie Van Halen who done the guitar solo for Michael Jackson - Beat It?

    • @12345BEP
      @12345BEP 4 роки тому +48

      I thought that was common knowledge these days? I don’t know if this is accurate but I read somewhere a long time ago he did it for free, too.

    • @scabcrawler632
      @scabcrawler632 4 роки тому

      John 5 and the creatures do a great version where john 5 does the vocal melody on guitar its pretty damn good

    • @alonsovalencia3362
      @alonsovalencia3362 4 роки тому +13

      Yes he did by request of Quincy Jones
      Fun fact: Eddie did it for just for fun and refused to get credited in the dong, he got credited as "Frankenstein" as for his guitar

    • @joeday4293
      @joeday4293 4 роки тому +6

      I've known it since 1983.
      Source: am old

    • @carminep.5960
      @carminep.5960 4 роки тому +2

      i knew

  • @worshiptheanimal
    @worshiptheanimal 3 роки тому +14

    Rest In Peace, Eddie.

  • @Shawn-rq4py
    @Shawn-rq4py 3 роки тому +3

    Watching it online is one thing but experiencing this LIVE was an altogether different experience. You could feel this music. A wonder to behold.
    No cell phones, no Facebooking, tweeting, TikToking, picture taking, recording etc etc. just you and your friends enjoying the music. And if you weren’t there you could only hear about it from a friend who was there.
    Wonderful times. The 80s were awesome!

  • @markbirchette8740
    @markbirchette8740 4 роки тому +251

    It always brings a smile to my face seeing someone discover Eddie Van Halen like I did in 78.👍

    • @corinnaburtchell3409
      @corinnaburtchell3409 4 роки тому +3

      And me in the 80s, that's why I enjoy Alex's videos.

    • @hutch2811
      @hutch2811 4 роки тому +1

      Wholesome boomers

    • @dominoroe00s
      @dominoroe00s 4 роки тому +1

      Now THAT'S the truth right there...

  • @mathewriffel503
    @mathewriffel503 4 роки тому +263

    That Cigarette Eddie Lights is for the Guitar.

    • @StinkFingerr
      @StinkFingerr 4 роки тому +4

      Last cigarette, for the condemned.

    • @brianlaverty3758
      @brianlaverty3758 4 роки тому +5

      I'm stealing that line.

    • @cjturner2008
      @cjturner2008 3 роки тому

      For me
      I gotta have my port
      So I truly understand

  • @timkeagy4094
    @timkeagy4094 2 роки тому +6

    Some people think Eddie was drunk doing this. No, he was sober. This show was filmed for two nights. The first night he was drinking, the second night, for which this solo was used on the film, he was sober. I saw him doing these solos many times and each time it was amazing. I, fortunately, was able to meet and speak with him and he was the nicest man. Legend. There will be no other like him. Ever.

  • @andybutterbaugh2998
    @andybutterbaugh2998 4 роки тому +197

    This isnt " Eruption", its a long guitar solo, with pieces of" Eruption" sprinkled throughout....

    • @themakerstoolbox9688
      @themakerstoolbox9688 4 роки тому +22

      That's how live solos tend to work. They use the same scale and motifs but do something unique to that show.

    • @lotlum4343
      @lotlum4343 3 роки тому

      Andy Butterbaugh there is also a bit of Cathedral in the thrown in there too

    • @carlmarks8170
      @carlmarks8170 3 роки тому +5

      Yeah right.... and Led Zeppelin never played "Dazed and Confused". Just a long guitar solo with pieces of "Dazed and Confused" sprinkled throughout... and Jimi Hendrix didn't play the "Star Spangled Banner" at Woodstock; just a long guitar solo, with pieces of the "Star Spangled Banner" sprinkled throughout... It's called IMPROVISATION. Musicians are known to do it sometimes.

    • @andybutterbaugh2998
      @andybutterbaugh2998 3 роки тому +3

      @@carlmarks8170 Oh, sure. " Improvisation". The album version of "Eruption", is 1 minute 44 second instrumental. Adding almost 12 extra minutes to it, gos far beyond mere improvisation. This is Eddies " guitar solo" portion of the concert, a long solo, showcasing his many techniques, and including " Eruption" in its contents. Its not " Eruption", thats a 1 minute 44 second instrumental on their first album. When you say " Eddie Van Halens Eruption" to people, nobody thinks about a full on 13 minute, time filler solo in a concert. I stand by what I wrote.

    • @Sonicadventures234
      @Sonicadventures234 3 роки тому +3

      it’s not **just** Eruption. Order goes as such: 316 into Eruption, Cathedral, the intro to Mean Street into Spanish Fly.

  • @randal_gibbons
    @randal_gibbons 4 роки тому +138

    When Eddie first started to play Eruption live he played much of it with his back to the audience, just so he could keep his secret for a while.

    • @thedman-zx1ip
      @thedman-zx1ip 3 роки тому +9

      Because he had the Pick of Destiny

    • @CaelanScott-tt8re
      @CaelanScott-tt8re 3 роки тому +2

      People with perfect pitch:
      Am I a joke to you

    • @randal_gibbons
      @randal_gibbons 3 роки тому +6

      @@CaelanScott-tt8re even some guitar players thought part of it was played on a synth.

    • @aaaaaaa7213
      @aaaaaaa7213 3 роки тому +8

      @@CaelanScott-tt8re Everyone could figure the notes out, that wasn't where the magic was

  • @Clapton803
    @Clapton803 4 роки тому +992

    Can't wait until he discovers Steve Vai hahaha (react to for the love of god live)

    • @jch10209152
      @jch10209152 4 роки тому +31

      he has done a steve vai vid he didTender Surrender and he never went back to it. I wish he would give for the love of god and building the church a try.

    • @ansonreid2862
      @ansonreid2862 4 роки тому +40

      Needs to react to joe satriani satch boogie or flying in a blue dream

    • @kennethv5250
      @kennethv5250 4 роки тому +26

      how bout stevie ray vaughn?

    • @ansonreid2862
      @ansonreid2862 4 роки тому +8

      Why not jeff Healey then

    • @Clapton803
      @Clapton803 4 роки тому +1

      kenneth voiles I mean yeah I much prefer SRV but I feel like Alex is more likely to be wowed the shreddy stuff

  • @scottbray5936
    @scottbray5936 3 роки тому +2

    Fun fact about VanHalen. Eddie started on the drums as a kid and Alex the drummer started in guitar. One day Eddie VanHalen came home and Alex was playing his drums. Eddie said if you’re gonna play my drums I’m playing your guitar. The rest is history. One of the best drummers ever and maybe the best guitarist ever. Eddie and Alex VanHalen

  • @guedem.7197
    @guedem.7197 3 роки тому +7

    Rock In Peace Eddie, you have brought a whole new meaning to guitar. May your legacy live on forever.
    You were an icon to everyone, an inspiration for thousands, and a god...

  • @billiamtrillion
    @billiamtrillion 4 роки тому +195

    I love that Eddie doesn’t even remember this bc of how wasted he was. Legend!

    • @e.l.norton
      @e.l.norton 3 роки тому +21

      To be fair, would you remember ONE performance of a permutation of a solo you've been playing for 40 years through hundreds of concerts? Even without the alcohol and coke, I doubt anyone would recall 13 minutes of one night. But yes, he did go through the first 15 years of his career completely drunk and/or high before even trying to get control of it.

    • @pillertas2157
      @pillertas2157 3 роки тому +16

      It is insane that one of the greatest live performances of all time was done while the dude was wasted...

    • @pure_at
      @pure_at 2 роки тому +4

      @@pillertas2157 He was feeling himself heavy this night 🤟🏾

    • @SoullessPolack
      @SoullessPolack 2 роки тому +1

      @@pillertas2157 A lot of long time alcoholics are what is called high functioning alcoholics. They can do many of the things that they can do sober without much deterioration. A new skill, no. But something they're familiar with, you wouldn't be able to tell they're drunk just by their performance.
      Often we think of how we act when drunk, but it's not the same. Unfortunately, there's a type of skill almost in performing work when you have that much "experience" being drunk.

    • @pillertas2157
      @pillertas2157 2 роки тому +2

      @@SoullessPolack thanks for the alcohol lesson

  • @kenthedeviltamer
    @kenthedeviltamer 4 роки тому +139

    I'm sure it's already been said but I'm gonna say it anyway. Just in case you didn't know Eddie Van Halen is known as the godfather of the 5 finger tap. He made it famous. Everyone that does it now has EVH to thank

    • @leeswhimsy
      @leeswhimsy 4 роки тому +2

      Yes, I read that they use that portion of this video as a teaching tool!

    • @rcarrona
      @rcarrona 4 роки тому +7

      Vic Always all due respect...it is as they say, “hero’s are remembered but legends never die.” None of the artists that piggybacked off his genius would exist without him...who cares about the moths when the flame is so much more vibrant?

    • @12345BEP
      @12345BEP 4 роки тому +3

      Vic Always he didn’t invent it but he revolutionized the rock world by making it popular.

    • @gibsonlespaul796
      @gibsonlespaul796 4 роки тому +1

      Steve Lynch from Autograph wrote a book on tapping way back in 1972 after teaching himself the technique after seeing the Chapman Stick played for the first time. Autograph got the opening spot for VH on the 1984 tour and right before the first show, VH's management told Steve he couldn't tap because it was "Eddie's thing". Eddie might be known as the godfather of tapping to the casual rock fans, but all the players I know credit Steve Hacket of Genesis as the Godfather.

    • @derkletron6292
      @derkletron6292 4 роки тому +3

      Dude. Eddie is a core musician and guitar player. The guy doesn't even listen to music anymore. Everything he does and makes is so creative. It doesn't matter how educated people are now. You cant compete with pure emotion on the guitar and Eddie has that in the bag. Eddie is the embodiment of a true guitarist. You can take a million painting classes and still never be better than picasso

  • @dominicksforza3484
    @dominicksforza3484 3 роки тому +46

    Eddie is one of a kind, he invented the method of playing that is impossible for me to even keep up with my "air guitar"... You asked if there's any one out there who has the talent of an Eddie Van Halen... One and only one in my opinion... Stevie Ray Vaughan.

    • @brm9993
      @brm9993 3 роки тому +4

      Stevie was a beast, he broke 13 gauge strings like they were 7.5s

    • @banishedfromars
      @banishedfromars 3 роки тому +3

      Randy Rhodes was as good , unfortunately was .

    • @debbowen2011
      @debbowen2011 3 роки тому +2

      Randy Rhodes was Eddie's equal!!!

    • @ata5855
      @ata5855 3 роки тому +2

      It's spelled Rhoads, for the love of god!!!

    • @robote7679
      @robote7679 3 роки тому

      And good as SRV is -and I love him-there would be no SRV if it weren't for Jimi Hendrix. I think that is the true difference between a brilliant guitarist like SRV and a game changing innovator like an Eddie VanHalen or Jimi Hendrix.

  • @duomaxwell9272
    @duomaxwell9272 3 роки тому +6

    This just came up in my watch later queue today, the day he died. R.I.P. Eddie.

  • @randyadams1800
    @randyadams1800 4 роки тому +110

    This isn’t “Eruption” this is Mr Eddie Van Helen at his fucking best! He’s playing different solos from other songs and put it all together to create this masterpiece🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

    • @joshuapfahning3239
      @joshuapfahning3239 4 роки тому +9

      Definitely. It had the general structure of Eruption, the pacing I'd say, the landmark phrases... with every other lick and trick he had in his arsenal thrown in. Pretty much the definition of Legendary.

    • @charlesperry671
      @charlesperry671 4 роки тому +5

      Randy Adams it’s the solo I show everyone when they want to hear any EVH because he literally threw EVERYTHING he had at this solo. And it forms together beautifully

    • @toddvandell85
      @toddvandell85 4 роки тому +3

      @Randy Adams
      Eddie Van Halen.
      No idea who Eddie Van Helen is.

    • @goopah
      @goopah 4 роки тому +1

      @@toddvandell85 Eddie Van (Mount Saint) Helen. He's a volcano.

  • @paulschaefer4510
    @paulschaefer4510 3 роки тому +4

    We we at awe when we saw all this amazing music in our generation. These kids see it now and say OMFG who are these wild crazy maniacs. its just Eddie and Dave to us. They truly were rock Gods who were like shooting stars in the night are with us and gone. I am so glad people from now on can see this.

  • @Veekator
    @Veekator 3 роки тому +2

    I was in my teens and a drummer in small bands and when he came out with this the playing field changed..All other guitarists were in awe and threatened.. No one had seen anything like this..

  • @CarlosMartinezMedina
    @CarlosMartinezMedina 4 роки тому +59

    Van Halen equals to Bach of 20th century.

    • @jeremyjohnson9222
      @jeremyjohnson9222 4 роки тому +1

      EvilChuck that would be yngwie

    • @patrickshelley09
      @patrickshelley09 4 роки тому +2

      Not even close. Good guitar player but never has Eddie ever composed anything on the level of what Bach was capable of. And there are legit better guitar players.

    • @patrickshelley09
      @patrickshelley09 4 роки тому

      @George Lynch Yes. I'm sure that 250 years from now Van Halen will be considered one of the greatest composers of all time and studied in every serious musical school in the word. I'm sure millions will still be listening to VH in the 23rd century.
      Surely Bach's music was and still is enjoyable to millions of people. Or he wouldn't still be relevant today. let's not even get into comparing the complexity of their works. Pop music is generally considered enjoyable. Doesn't make it great necessarily. I highly doubt you've ever taken a serious look into Bach's music.

    • @patrickshelley09
      @patrickshelley09 4 роки тому

      @George Lynch I think you underestimate the amount of people that listen to classical. It may not be their go to. But they do enjoy and respect it. There are concert halls and recitals around the world playing classical music in nearly every town.
      I doubt VH will be relevant at all in 200 years. We can look at something like the early artist of The Grand Ole Opry as an example. Some of those artists were the most famous musicians in America and were well known around the world. Now, 80ish years later, they're nearly forgotten. In another 80 years they will be completely forgotten save for a handful of enthusiasts. I'd wager the same will happen to VH and almost all artist of the past 60 or 70 years.

  • @cbeau4220
    @cbeau4220 4 роки тому +10

    “Boy’s making that guitar sing”. That’s EXACTLY what I said! Legendary!

    • @greasyt9400
      @greasyt9400 4 роки тому

      Sing, scream, gush, blush; Eddie has the magic fingers that do it all, for guitars at least.

  • @martinklaus2203
    @martinklaus2203 Рік тому +1

    I'm so glad I got to see Van Halen live in 1984. Amazing concert!!

  • @MrBoDiggety
    @MrBoDiggety 3 роки тому +15

    r.i.p. Eddie Van Halen. Atop Mt. Rushmore of guitar legends.

  • @micro96
    @micro96 4 роки тому +79

    Joe Satriani - Surfing with the Alien and I'll see you crying...

    • @shawnhorror2522
      @shawnhorror2522 4 роки тому +1

      Great album 👊

    • @mikehall4190
      @mikehall4190 4 роки тому +3

      Wow, your showing your age when you say that. But then again so am I (I left you a "like") Alex needs to hear some of Satriani. :D 😅

    • @skyewolf2528
      @skyewolf2528 4 роки тому +1

      I stated with flying in a blue dream. Love watching him play mystical potato head groove thing LOL

    • @scottsmith5533
      @scottsmith5533 4 роки тому +1

      Even always with me always with you will impress

    • @cotydaniel2661
      @cotydaniel2661 4 роки тому

      Silver surfer my favorite marvel character.

  • @SiriusWolf-ux7wo
    @SiriusWolf-ux7wo 4 роки тому +153

    Facts because with out Eddie we wouldn't have had dimebag

    • @bigbert21
      @bigbert21 4 роки тому +24

      And without Dime.....what is life?

    • @jeremyjohnson9222
      @jeremyjohnson9222 4 роки тому +6

      Cory Wood yes we would’ve. Dime was a randy Rhodes clone growing up

    • @SiriusWolf-ux7wo
      @SiriusWolf-ux7wo 4 роки тому +27

      Eddie van Halen was probably dimes biggest role model besides kiss why else would he be buried with one of Eddie's guitars

    • @bigbert21
      @bigbert21 4 роки тому +12

      Hell, him and Vinnie yelled Van Halen at each other before going on stage

    • @SiriusWolf-ux7wo
      @SiriusWolf-ux7wo 4 роки тому +10

      We wouldn't have had the same dime as we did if you watch most of dimes solos have a lot of Eddie's technique

  • @sierralewis
    @sierralewis 2 роки тому +1

    honestly eddie is the whole reason why i started to play guitar. he was a legend. he was my favorite guitar player. such a shame he passed. may he rest in peace.

  • @annabelletreseder2023
    @annabelletreseder2023 3 роки тому +6

    Rip Eddie Van Halen. Taken from as far too soon. One of rocks greatest guitarists and gifts. He will live in many of our hearts forever ❤️🥺💫

  • @sprsonicsam1
    @sprsonicsam1 4 роки тому +230

    You should react to Satch Boogie by Joe Satriani

    • @randywissler9923
      @randywissler9923 4 роки тому +6

      Or summer song!!

    • @sugarshane8622
      @sugarshane8622 4 роки тому

      Great song.

    • @jacobmeagher
      @jacobmeagher 4 роки тому +5

      Literally if it weren't for him being what he is today, we wouldn't have Buckethead, steve Vai and Kirk Hammett!!!

    • @johnathansanford8206
      @johnathansanford8206 4 роки тому +4

      Surfing with the alien, silient night, crystal planet, Joe Satriani is the true Guitar Hero

    • @lookfun7886
      @lookfun7886 4 роки тому

      What about his other big one surfing with aliens.

  • @meetalleeka
    @meetalleeka 4 роки тому +63

    If you liked that, you'll love Steve Vai - For the Love of God (Live). :D

  • @scottbaker6513
    @scottbaker6513 4 роки тому +48

    I read somewhere that Eddie once said, there was one person that he wouldn't want to be in a competition against, and that was Randy Rhoads.

    • @tanekheath5323
      @tanekheath5323 3 роки тому +1

      In my opinion randy rhoads is better than evh, sure van halen can play fast, but randy knows tons of music theory

    • @npBOgory
      @npBOgory 3 роки тому +2

      NinjaTanek no eddie no rhoads

    • @sdnchicago
      @sdnchicago 3 роки тому +4

      Really? I read that Eddie had no idea who Randy was until he died and it was a national story. Randy had nothing on Eddie Van Halen.

    • @dylanmathers
      @dylanmathers 3 роки тому +1

      @@sdnchicago They were in the same LA music scene playing the same clubs together and even sharing the same concert bill from time to time. They for sure knew each other.

    • @padfolio
      @padfolio 3 роки тому +3

      Randy himself said in one of the guitar rags in the early 80's that he wished he could have been as innovative as Eddie.

  • @regitmeisner3546
    @regitmeisner3546 3 роки тому +3

    needed this today ...thanks man!!! RIP EVH

  • @toddc3988
    @toddc3988 4 роки тому +79

    This man is a legend and was so incredibly influential. It cannot be overstated the way he was copied and imitated and then he reinvented himself on the next album. I think it is true that Eddie Van Halen despite , any problems he may have now, cannot be understated how much he has meant to music.
    I do feel you need some Alter Bridge in your life.....

    • @danielreagan2598
      @danielreagan2598 4 роки тому +2

      Agreed. best band today

    • @Eowyn187
      @Eowyn187 4 роки тому +1

      God yes!!!!!!!!

    • @crazysnarfy861
      @crazysnarfy861 4 роки тому +1

      Amen Brother!

    • @Tirza23
      @Tirza23 4 роки тому

      Alter Bridge is awesome!

    • @dylanzrim1011
      @dylanzrim1011 4 роки тому

      Well that’s the thing. Blues based artists like Richie Blackmore, EVH their respective bands and associated acts, tend to refer to it as borrowing, and for good reason. The blues has a specific sound that you can’t stray too far from, it’s understood that riffs and techniques even some songs (house of the rising sun) are open to use. Blues artists aren’t afraid of being influencers.
      You find this in hip hop also which has lots of its roots in blues.

  • @metalmcfly7312
    @metalmcfly7312 4 роки тому +6

    I've seen Van Halen 8 times in concert and had the privilege of meeting the band only once (Roth reunion tour 07) and 7 out of those 8 Ed was on his A game with the exception of the 04 tour which was a disaster. The guy personified what a Rock Guitar God was.

    • @DavinJesseLoganScott
      @DavinJesseLoganScott 4 роки тому

      If you havent yet read sammys book, it goes into what happened during that era. Pretty cool insight into that whole time period of the bands history if youre interested

  • @SuperStarr817
    @SuperStarr817 3 роки тому +9

    Who came back to this video after today's news? RIP Eddie Van Halen

  • @davidoconnell1680
    @davidoconnell1680 9 місяців тому +1

    13 minutes! Insane. RIP Eddie. Best damn Rock and Roll guitar player ever. Period!

  • @franmisantone3230
    @franmisantone3230 4 роки тому +87

    that my friend is the one and only Eddie Van Halen the man the myth the legend in his prime

  • @dylancooper4993
    @dylancooper4993 4 роки тому +3

    Honestly, him making smoke rings while the cigarette is still lit in his guitar has to be one of the most badass moves ever

    • @watcher2554
      @watcher2554 4 роки тому

      Maybe today, but everyone who played back then did it..lol! Why I think it's funny seeing ppl trip out to something nobody even thought twice about back then. Most guitar heads had burn marks on'em. If they didn't, it was a new one or a "Special". All gig guitars did.

  • @sian5882
    @sian5882 3 роки тому +4

    He made that guitar sound like a violin at 8:10 insane talent! RIP Eddie

  • @LJN71
    @LJN71 4 роки тому +1

    The whole «live without a net” concert dvd is a treat to watch!One thing being the music, but also to see the love and camaraderie that the band had back then. Happy days!

  • @soundslikescape
    @soundslikescape 4 роки тому +181

    *Buckethead* - JORDAN please!!! More greatest guitarists of all time in the studio!

    • @spikedaddy46
      @spikedaddy46 4 роки тому +6

      Absolutely one of my favorites. Anything done by Buckethead is great, he really speaks with his guitar.

    • @soundslikescape
      @soundslikescape 4 роки тому +1

      Spikedaddy exactly man, even such underrated albums like “In Search Of The” have some brilliant songs (Blue Marbles Moon is one of my top favorite songs by him, check it out)

    • @shep3960
      @shep3960 4 роки тому +11

      soothsayer

    • @soundslikescape
      @soundslikescape 4 роки тому +3

      Mason Shepherd honestly, I think it’s a little bit overrated, but we can talk about the best Buckethead songs all day so I’m not even gonna start

    • @shep3960
      @shep3960 4 роки тому +1

      @@soundslikescape you should watch the live version...titled something like "the best most emotional soothsayer"

  • @216trixie
    @216trixie 4 роки тому +84

    Steve Vai For the love Of God....Live with Dutch orchestra!!!!!

    • @vblomb
      @vblomb 4 роки тому +2

      ua-cam.com/video/nJi8iSpzq9I/v-deo.html Tina s cover

    • @davef113
      @davef113 4 роки тому

      I'm more inclined to ask for a Jeff Beck or Buddy Guy look, but Steve Vai isn't a bad choice for a view.

    • @67cuda38
      @67cuda38 4 роки тому

      Not Vai’s best work.

    • @216trixie
      @216trixie 4 роки тому

      @@67cuda38 Derp. Suggestion?

    • @67cuda38
      @67cuda38 4 роки тому

      Seek his older stuff. Your suggestion pails in comparison. So much to see. I’m not sure what’s all on UA-cam, for his work goes much further than it’s existence, and it all depends on if it was uploaded. Prior to the internet even, which is relatively new.

  • @Raittway
    @Raittway 3 роки тому +3

    Watching this after Eddie passed. Legendary guitarist! RIP Eddie, thanks for the amazing music you created on 6 strings

  • @rivetzndakka1519
    @rivetzndakka1519 3 роки тому +3

    Eddie always made me laugh out loud at some point during the solo. So glad to have seen him live if only once.

  • @brettg274
    @brettg274 4 роки тому +47

    HAHA, Around 10:57 Eddie looks like he's blowing his OWN mind

    • @debbowen2011
      @debbowen2011 3 роки тому

      I believe he was drunk off his gourd here, and probably higher than a kite!!!

    • @thecoconutgum
      @thecoconutgum 3 роки тому

      @Sora Lee He probably wasn't even thinking either lmao

  • @randallwhite5947
    @randallwhite5947 4 роки тому +44

    My favorite part of this video is when Eddie went classical and made the guitar sound like a cello by manipulating one of the dials on the guitar.

    • @Ednerd
      @Ednerd 4 роки тому +7

      its the volume knob and using a delay to act like a sequencer. most creative guitarist ever.

    • @rg7425
      @rg7425 4 роки тому +2

      He uses the volume knob to make the sound swell and ebb

    • @kevinwilkins3248
      @kevinwilkins3248 4 роки тому +2

      The instrumental "Cathedral" off of VH's album, Diver Down, from 1982. The genesis of Cathedral first started during their 1980 Invasion tour when Ed started playing around with the technique during his concert solo. It continued during their 1981 Fair Warning tour where he had parts of Cathedral written.

    • @watsondove849
      @watsondove849 4 роки тому +1

      It's called bowing

  • @pearhams2
    @pearhams2 3 роки тому

    Just had to come back to this reaction again as it was the first to this I saw. Great reaction Alex.
    RIP Eddie Van Halen rock legend!

  • @toniceely5600
    @toniceely5600 3 роки тому +13

    Eddie is one of the BEST guitarists of ALL TIME!! I am so glad I grew up in the 80’s!! WE HAD THE BEST MUSIC

    • @stefanobarzini9566
      @stefanobarzini9566 Рік тому +2

      Hes the GOAT!!! Period!!!!

    • @MGB18
      @MGB18 3 місяці тому

      @@stefanobarzini9566: FACTS!

  • @Joeyweightman
    @Joeyweightman 4 роки тому +10

    About time !! Great video man ! Such an out of this world guitarist

  • @vwlssnvwls3262
    @vwlssnvwls3262 4 роки тому +3

    That part where he plays Cathedral gets me every time, because before I saw it live I assumed it was a keyboard playing on the studio album.

  • @cameronweeks112
    @cameronweeks112 3 роки тому +4

    Rest In Peace Eddy ❤️

  • @papacascstudios
    @papacascstudios 3 роки тому +1

    I was there. The sounds were unimaginable in that colosseum

  • @poweredbynoise
    @poweredbynoise 4 роки тому +134

    Unfortunately, most of Eddie Van Halen’s competition is dead (Dimebag Darrell and Randy Rhodes).

    • @rileyfaulknier8390
      @rileyfaulknier8390 4 роки тому +17

      And one of them was buried with one of Eddie's guitars

    • @richevans609
      @richevans609 4 роки тому +9

      It's not a competition...I am one of the biggest Eddie fans but it's all just what you like...

    • @SlimJimJoey
      @SlimJimJoey 3 роки тому +3

      John 5 could give him a run for his money... EVH is a god, but J5 is up there

    • @poweredbynoise
      @poweredbynoise 3 роки тому +7

      Brad Fournier I mean I guess but Eric Clapton still walks this earth

    • @john2357
      @john2357 3 роки тому +14

      Dimebag Darrell was definitely more technically skilled than EVH, but to be completely fair EVH basically invented the style of playing Dimebag used

  • @DimitrisKardoulakis
    @DimitrisKardoulakis 4 роки тому +52

    Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb live! listen to that solo too ;)

  • @upmperthay
    @upmperthay 3 роки тому

    That's 1 of many reasons why so many people loved the 80s.

  • @craigjensen789
    @craigjensen789 3 роки тому

    I'm 54. I am a child of the 70's/80's and Van Halen reigned over all the earth. Every wall in my bedroom was an homage to all things Van Halen and Eddie was GOD! First, I'm feeling my age. Second, Where the hell did time go? and third, Alex, when you embrace the mighty Van Halen, you achieve enlightenment and knowledge; the music world is your oyster and you shall conquer all things music.

  • @themadcow71
    @themadcow71 4 роки тому +114

    Every guitar player in the 80's tried to be Eddie. But there is only one!

    • @Stryk3r300
      @Stryk3r300 4 роки тому +4

      Every guitar player today tries to be Eddie. There will always be one.

    • @MarshallLore
      @MarshallLore 4 роки тому +1

      and that 1 is called Joe Satriani

    • @steveclark5016
      @steveclark5016 4 роки тому

      So true , we all did to an extent Hail King Edward.

    • @johantaharin491
      @johantaharin491 4 роки тому

      Yes.in malaysia its me.

    • @nicktpg9100
      @nicktpg9100 4 роки тому +4

      Randy Rhoads

  • @ryanscott6852
    @ryanscott6852 4 роки тому +36

    As I Lay Dying: Nothing Left. Then a follow up reaction of As I Lay Dying: The Sound of Truth. The videos go together and are amazing!

  • @tonyvoyles296
    @tonyvoyles296 3 роки тому +1

    Saw them live 1978. Memphis Tn. RIP Eddie...thx for the memories.

  • @racefreakmel
    @racefreakmel 3 роки тому +7

    RIP Eddie! One of a kind!!

  • @tjrizzo4642
    @tjrizzo4642 4 роки тому +13

    8:20 God damn cathedral always blows me away, still amazes me the sounds that this man can make a guitar produce, I would've given anything to be alive during the time of van halen's rise. I cant imagine how fucking insane it must've been, literally NO ONE was sounding like this

    • @KevinSago-rs1ys
      @KevinSago-rs1ys 3 роки тому +2

      Seen them in St.Louis at the Old Barn in 1979. The tickets were $7.00.

  • @JamesWilliams-go7xx
    @JamesWilliams-go7xx 4 роки тому +17

    Stevie Ray Vaughn another one of my Favorites, Voodoo Child, Texas Flood.

    • @dianemccrea3605
      @dianemccrea3605 4 роки тому +1

      Eddie Van Halen's favorite guitar player was Eric Clapton. Eric Clapton was amazed when he first saw Jimmy Hendrix but, said Stevie Ray Vaughan was the best ever.

  • @Alisha1686
    @Alisha1686 2 місяці тому

    He found a way to make it sound like a cello in one part. Speechless

  • @gregstranahan2005
    @gregstranahan2005 3 роки тому +1

    Saw them in concert numerous times. Love seeing young people discover real musicians.

  • @ttomi__
    @ttomi__ 4 роки тому +39

    you should react to Dream Theater...
    John Petrucci is a god too

    • @jamesanderson2255
      @jamesanderson2255 4 роки тому

      Tom Ramirez
      Images and Words is one of the greatest albums EVER made!!!!

    • @Brandon-zn8rf
      @Brandon-zn8rf 4 роки тому +1

      I was thinking he would shut his pants listening to John Petrucci solo from Once in a Livetime... too bad it’s only audio though.

    • @plebisMaximus
      @plebisMaximus 4 роки тому +2

      Sorry, but James Labrie is a warcrime.

  • @jameswoods4406
    @jameswoods4406 4 роки тому +20

    Steve Vai - For The Love of God live with the Holland Metropole Orchestra

  • @wavelengthdesigns
    @wavelengthdesigns 3 роки тому

    Everytime the energy lulls it's like "but wait, there's more"

  • @synical_MG
    @synical_MG 3 роки тому +5

    Rest easy Eddie

  • @Mk14Mod0_
    @Mk14Mod0_ 4 роки тому +3

    There is no such thing as "The Greatest", but he is one of the big ones for sure.

  • @ausgepicht
    @ausgepicht 4 роки тому +4

    Now imagine the feeling if you are a guitarist and you get feelings of wanting to quit, wanting to play, hating him, worshipping him, joy and sadness all at the same time. While a small percentage of the guitarists could play something like Eddie's improv version (a point that I think is lost on non-guitarists or those not familiar with the original/album version) they could never come up with it. While there was a general structure Eddie basically winged it, assembling parts where he felt like putting them. One of the greatest guitarists EVER.

  • @davidgreene740
    @davidgreene740 3 роки тому +6

    RIP Eddie. He will alsways be a legend.

  • @Metalhead_Coaster_Fan
    @Metalhead_Coaster_Fan 3 роки тому +6

    R.I.P. Eddie 😔

  • @SuperChevelle88
    @SuperChevelle88 4 роки тому +30

    you have got to listen to Apocalyptica ft Corey Taylor - I'm not jesus

  • @mitchluckersrightshoe
    @mitchluckersrightshoe 4 роки тому +6

    Only Eddie Van Halen can make someone say "Oh my fucking ass" just by playing a guitar

  • @SMScorx89
    @SMScorx89 3 роки тому

    Whenever this song was played on the radio, it usually preceded Van Halen's cover of "You Really Got Me."

  • @lisacapps4557
    @lisacapps4557 3 роки тому

    I always look up at his face to make sure he’s human!!!!!!!!
    I’m 56, saw them when I was 15! I LOVE this HUGE!
    Killer reaction❣️

  • @innnews6299
    @innnews6299 4 роки тому +33

    That is because Eddie Van Halen was, is, and always will be the best rock guitarist ever. The complete package of talent, creativity, musicality, looks and showmanship. Never was or will ever be someone to match or equal EVH. Long live rock god, Eddie.

    • @davidmandell9909
      @davidmandell9909 4 роки тому +1

      Indeed- he's the undisputed GOAT.....

    • @TheCanuck1962
      @TheCanuck1962 4 роки тому

      Nah yall biased. Alex Lifeson is better technically and just better over all. You're Americans so it figures you'd be biased

    • @waketp420
      @waketp420 4 роки тому +1

      Many more modern guitarists these days than can bury EVH

    • @diamondd2778
      @diamondd2778 4 роки тому +1

      Im NOT American n EVH is far more musical then Lifeson, He wrote nothing as impactful as Eruption, Lifesons band wrote very few memorable songs, gees vhs riffs , keyboard playing, songwriting ! Many people can play rings around evh , hendrix page , Rhdes etc these days but they will be forgotten next week

    • @matheusb.dambrowski4639
      @matheusb.dambrowski4639 3 роки тому +1

      Marty Friedman, Kiko Loureiro, Guthrie Govan, Michael Romeo, John Petrucci would like to have a word with you

  • @coreymcdaniel2759
    @coreymcdaniel2759 4 роки тому +3

    Legend has it people still haven't figured out what he did even now in 2019.

  • @beekay5914
    @beekay5914 3 роки тому +2

    The melody starting at 8:19 was so beautiful and sensitive, I wish he would do a solo album of stuff like that. The beginning theme was pretty damned good too.

  • @scottkirkhomes1260
    @scottkirkhomes1260 3 роки тому +1

    The segment of the song called "Cathedral" is amazing and I know of no other guitarist who can play like that

  • @saturnracer156
    @saturnracer156 4 роки тому +3

    Every time you see that tapping technique, you can thank Mr. Edward Van Halen.

  • @kennethwhite4277
    @kennethwhite4277 4 роки тому +41

    Nice reactiom video ... BUT I have news for you Bruh .. when you said "everytime I see someone doing that tapping thing ...", well you were watching the man who INVENTED IT!
    Everyone since has only followed HIS lead! When he plays it sounds like 2 guitars because he uses BOTH HANDS .. he is known as "The King of 10 Fingers and 6 Strings!"
    In this solo from Live Without A Net, the MASTER he shows how he plays one guiter as if were two, plays it like a violin (song Cathedral) with no strumming, plays it like a piano with two hands, and can play it like drums/bongos with the slapping and strumming/sliding!
    Tappim, slappin, and sliding!
    Ive been a VH fan since the beginning and I LOVE WATCHING MILLENIALS FIRST REACTIONS TO SEEING HIM PLAY because its literally like they just saw an alien land on Earth for the first time!
    It is why I cant stand modern day rap and music in general ... ANY MORON can use his laptop to make a song .. but REAL MUSICIANS have real talent. Eddie just so happens to be an alien freak of nature.
    BTW ... he basically learned guitar by assuming it as a piano, laying it down and equated the strings to keys. He is a Virtuoso guitar player .. with Arpeggios etc ... ie like a piano!
    He is the greatest who will ever live!!!

    • @thetwitchywarlock
      @thetwitchywarlock 4 роки тому +2

      you should check out nightwish my dude :) one of the best bands active today in my opinion

    • @tail66
      @tail66 4 роки тому +2

      invented it? see ua-cam.com/video/yb26D8bBZB8/v-deo.html at 25:07

    • @TheFilyng
      @TheFilyng 4 роки тому +7

      For god's sake. We are in 2020 and people still uneducated. He didn't invent it. Vittorio Camardese did way before. Even Eddie has said he didn't invent it. Eddie just made it popular in the metal scene.

    • @PotatoL001
      @PotatoL001 3 роки тому +2

      @@TheFilyng oh look here it is. Told you I could find it.

    • @codywhittenton6144
      @codywhittenton6144 3 роки тому +1

      Totally agree with you on modern music, most of it is computer generated and while it may take some skill to compose, definitely no where near the skill it takes to play an instrument, it’s why I feel older music much more than modern

  • @Jaje_Chromosomii
    @Jaje_Chromosomii 3 роки тому +3

    Rip to this legend of a musician 🙏

  • @kevinkaswer889
    @kevinkaswer889 3 роки тому

    And this is why he will always be missed & loved by rock n roll fans forever

  • @AlexSolomon91
    @AlexSolomon91 4 роки тому +59

    For the love of god- Steve Vai, if you could do the kindness,

  • @morganwaller1195
    @morganwaller1195 4 роки тому +47

    Can you react to slash ft myles Kennedy - driving rain. Or. Anastasia

  • @WheatSnecBread749
    @WheatSnecBread749 3 роки тому +12

    "Anytime I hear that tapping technique, I'm just blown away." Little does he know that the man he is watching invented it.

    • @ge69rh
      @ge69rh 3 роки тому +4

      Eddie didn't invent the tapping technique, he just perfected it.

    • @TailgunnerATC
      @TailgunnerATC 3 роки тому +1

      False

  • @schrodingcheshirecat
    @schrodingcheshirecat 2 роки тому

    that first little riff he does in the beginning is called 3 16. it was a sort of lullaby he'd play for Wolfgang when he was little. it's the date of Wolfgang's birthday 3/16/1991