REACTING TO VAN HALEN ERUPTION GUITAR SOLO

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  • @twistedbtw8092
    @twistedbtw8092 4 роки тому +2202

    Eddie: Picks up guitar
    Guitar: We can talk about this...

  • @horrorholic926
    @horrorholic926 3 роки тому +2654

    Who's all here after the passing of one of the greatest guitarist ever known? Rock in Power Ed.

    • @mikezak8812
      @mikezak8812 3 роки тому +21

      Tears fall like rain. . .

    • @tfkxero
      @tfkxero 3 роки тому +7

      Best memory of the great one being reacted to by the best eruption video on youtube....(shaq has the best reaction of the reaction vids). Rock In Peace Eddie

    • @codyfelipe2718
      @codyfelipe2718 3 роки тому +7

      Had to listen to first time reactions from one of the greatest ever. Indeed Rock in peace EDDY

    • @janosthuring6615
      @janosthuring6615 3 роки тому +2

      One of the best but yes. Was shocked!

    • @paulshaw100
      @paulshaw100 3 роки тому

      I am

  • @StevieCoupons
    @StevieCoupons 3 роки тому +377

    "That guitar was innocent 3 minutes ago" that's when I lost control of my body from laughing

    • @iloveyouguys3070
      @iloveyouguys3070 2 роки тому +13

      Yeah. On that day Eddie Van Halen made literal guitar porn. I'm surprised he wasn't arrested for that violation

    • @wikias1
      @wikias1 Рік тому

      bro he needa stop talkin so much about cringe “im not gay” shit like just enjoy the song and talk about the so g

    • @MVXVTTVCK
      @MVXVTTVCK Рік тому

      @@iloveyouguys3070 ThAt OnE RiGhT ThErE WaS A ViOlAtIoN😅😅😅

  • @blackmichael4126
    @blackmichael4126 3 роки тому +477

    Shaq: "Never put this guy on guitar hero"
    Guitar Hero: "Van Halen saved our franchise"

  • @Jagduke99
    @Jagduke99 4 роки тому +3456

    "How is he doing that" you ask? Well, some of us have been asking that question for 40 years.

  • @Blomrutger
    @Blomrutger 3 роки тому +1740

    Eddie passed away today. We lost a legend. RIP. 2020 truly is the worst year.

    • @keeganhughes7712
      @keeganhughes7712 3 роки тому +9

      rip very great guitarist i hope we can all come together and realize how good this was

    • @soulsofgaming6205
      @soulsofgaming6205 3 роки тому +3

      Rip

    • @linosrrr9041
      @linosrrr9041 3 роки тому +4

      man i really hate this year, there's so much going on

    • @kristinaandthegerman4554
      @kristinaandthegerman4554 3 роки тому +4

      I saw a meme which joked that aliens came to 2020 and gave us foresight. Hence, 2020 is hindsight.

    • @DreamfactoryZero
      @DreamfactoryZero 3 роки тому +5

      Let's not forget about Neil Peart either.

  • @blainke2149
    @blainke2149 2 роки тому +802

    just so you're aware, Eddie was completely blackout drunk during this performance, to the point that he doesn't even remember doing this. That's how much a legend this man is, literally did one of the greatest guitar solos of all time and he was completely out of it the whole time; also having his eyes closed most of the performance showing how much he was just playing from the heart and his pure skill was carrying him to glory.

    • @Bebop_YT
      @Bebop_YT 2 роки тому +17

      He said he was drunk dawg not even that deep lol

    • @williammagill7883
      @williammagill7883 2 роки тому +30

      even if he was just drunk it's still incredible! if he was black out drunk that is a man playing from the soul and his soul saying nawwww I know you drunk but we still gonna show these people some incredible music.

    • @thomasthomas43
      @thomasthomas43 2 роки тому +12

      Bro was jamming while the world spinning

    • @ronnie8384
      @ronnie8384 2 роки тому +23

      Little bullshit. He probably was toasted but definitely wasn’t blacked. He’s been on staged blacked before and plays absolute shit. This is one of his best solos of all time, actually this is his best live solo in my opinion. He definitely wasn’t blacked out here. Go look up a video of him being blacked on stage

    • @Raines440
      @Raines440 2 роки тому +10

      There was nothing "blackout drunk" about that. Was he under the influence, most certainly. But drunk, no. His actions don't bear that out.

  • @Cool-Edit-5000
    @Cool-Edit-5000 3 роки тому +157

    "How is this even possible?" That's what everyone else in the world is still asking themselves.

    • @KentuckyHunter_7
      @KentuckyHunter_7 3 роки тому +4

      Very much skill and talent

    • @Cool-Edit-5000
      @Cool-Edit-5000 3 роки тому +2

      @@KentuckyHunter_7 Indeed

    • @minutemaid1987
      @minutemaid1987 2 роки тому +2

      Excuse my French but it’s fucking ridiculous. No human should be this skilled in any particular craft. Rare class of human beings he’s in

  • @teslatroopercc6824
    @teslatroopercc6824 4 роки тому +1910

    If jimmie hendrix and steve vai and him played guitar all at the same time together the world would implode

  • @gobucky100
    @gobucky100 4 роки тому +675

    I saw Van Halen perform Eruption live and he sliced his finger about three minutes in and still played flawlessly all the way through. Blood all over his guitar and everything. Legend.

    • @goldenwolf2462
      @goldenwolf2462 3 роки тому +39

      That’s what I call amazing guitar playing

    • @HardKore5250
      @HardKore5250 3 роки тому +2

      How he slice his finger?

    • @prod.gavdya4266
      @prod.gavdya4266 3 роки тому +32

      David Heller electric guitar strings are hard asf lol

    • @udaypoonia2767
      @udaypoonia2767 3 роки тому +18

      He's not a legend he's a god.

    • @greggjohnson5634
      @greggjohnson5634 3 роки тому +13

      @@HardKore5250 probably on the guitar since it was a couple mins into the solo 😃 those strings will fick ur fingers up

  • @tjvayne87
    @tjvayne87 3 роки тому +180

    That moment when Eddie Van Halen leaves Shaq speechless at the end of the video and he just walks out of the room. That's the reaction I was hoping for. RIP Eddie. One of the BEST guitarists that ever walked the earth.

    • @chriswildhaber35
      @chriswildhaber35 2 роки тому

      No the greatest to ever pick one up. Sorry my opinion, changed everything about how they play today. Most influential.

    • @nuavon9683
      @nuavon9683 2 роки тому

      The best*. Absolute god 🎸

    • @godzilla6911
      @godzilla6911 2 роки тому

      who else to name the E string after ?
      It's totally Eddie ate dynamite good bye Eddie. Or E A D G B E for standard tuning. Best guitarist ever.

    • @mikeoscarparijs1313
      @mikeoscarparijs1313 Рік тому

      W-U-R-D-!

  • @badge1963
    @badge1963 3 роки тому +355

    “why he say greatest?” you’ll see... you’ll see....

  • @TheKirbyT
    @TheKirbyT 3 роки тому +479

    "Why you gotta show off"
    Because he's Eddie Van Halen. Show off is his professional job description.

    • @seanoconnor5730
      @seanoconnor5730 3 роки тому +1

      Not anymore sadly 😭

    • @Matt-ej7sl
      @Matt-ej7sl 3 роки тому +9

      @@seanoconnor5730 thats fucked up

    • @seanoconnor5730
      @seanoconnor5730 3 роки тому +1

      @@Matt-ej7sl how so? I'm saying I'm sad he passed away.

    • @jerwest7461
      @jerwest7461 3 роки тому +4

      @@seanoconnor5730 im on ur side. OP's comment was a little ridiculous. EVH was EVH.... not a show off... simply a virtuoso musician who absolutely loved what he was doing in life.

    • @dylanfoster7883
      @dylanfoster7883 3 роки тому +4

      He earned the right to show off

  • @briankgarland
    @briankgarland 4 роки тому +332

    “You better stop violating this guitar in front of me.” 😂😂😂

    • @unknownx7252
      @unknownx7252 3 роки тому +11

      That guitar needs therapy lol

    • @sandyatherton570
      @sandyatherton570 3 роки тому +4

      That guitar was squirtin'!!!...lol.

    • @goldenwolf2462
      @goldenwolf2462 3 роки тому +2

      That guitar was having a real good time lol

  • @attilagerber6690
    @attilagerber6690 3 роки тому +36

    That’s a show that every single person in the crowd remembers the day, time, venue, smell, and exactly what was going on in their life when they were blessed to be there.

    • @davidfrench5407
      @davidfrench5407 8 місяців тому

      Roanoke, VA, May 1986, Roanoke Civic Center. Blew me away.

  • @andydrellium1835
    @andydrellium1835 3 роки тому +61

    Back in those days, when you went to see Van Halen, you went to hear Eddie, everything else was just a bonus. Love the reaction

  • @svenbowsher2965
    @svenbowsher2965 4 роки тому +702

    "How is he doing that?!" We dont question gods. They just do.

    • @raypratt3611
      @raypratt3611 4 роки тому +4

      GOD??c'mon man,he plays an instrument,hes got skills,but a GOD??NO!!

    • @svenbowsher2965
      @svenbowsher2965 4 роки тому +13

      @@raypratt3611 a god yes. His talents are far superior to most humans that play the guitar.

    • @tori9365
      @tori9365 4 роки тому +7

      @@raypratt3611 that instrument is the only way that god can speak to us because his voice is inter-dimensional wavelengths. So take it as a blessing that he has such an instrument to communicate with us.

    • @commie.franky
      @commie.franky 4 роки тому

      he is the real god

    • @indy6855
      @indy6855 4 роки тому +4

      No god... it's a king

  • @ameliaborger7642
    @ameliaborger7642 4 роки тому +598

    "Why he gas him like that though?" Boy you about to find out

    • @aaronspaulding7182
      @aaronspaulding7182 4 роки тому +43

      Thought the same exact thing

    • @Brian2
      @Brian2 4 роки тому +16

      Yeah he had no clue who he was talking about lol

    • @mastathrash5609
      @mastathrash5609 4 роки тому +24

      Gonna learn today..

    • @timbaswell1122
      @timbaswell1122 4 роки тому +7

      Damn right thats what I was saying u about find out why he was gased up like that he found out lol

    • @silvashreds4561
      @silvashreds4561 4 роки тому +5

      FACTS

  • @pepsimax6671
    @pepsimax6671 3 роки тому +43

    The FBI put the guitar in protective custody after this performance

    • @iloveyouguys3070
      @iloveyouguys3070 2 роки тому +2

      Yeah. I'm surprised they didn't arrest Eddie on stage for this. He made literal guitar porn

  • @deliveryguyrm3
    @deliveryguyrm3 3 роки тому +31

    I'm grateful I was able to see this man live four times. RIP Eddie.

  • @Josoytupapa
    @Josoytupapa 3 роки тому +432

    90% of your reaction was jaw drop. The other 10% was stank face. That's 100% accurate when it comes to Eddie on the strings.

  • @purplecricketthunder3956
    @purplecricketthunder3956 4 роки тому +625

    Shaq: why is he making those faces
    Also Shaq: making the same exact face

    • @netrioter
      @netrioter 4 роки тому +2

      ua-cam.com/video/pN0QR3aLDTo/v-deo.html this right here

    • @richevans609
      @richevans609 4 роки тому +1

      And at the end he was speechless and faceless!

    • @davitabaughman8007
      @davitabaughman8007 4 роки тому

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @dompolo5239
    @dompolo5239 3 роки тому +16

    Idk why but it brings me so much joy to watch ppl discover this Art. My guy said “this is murder”😂😂

  • @breathlesshaste
    @breathlesshaste 3 роки тому +26

    I only got to see VH live once, and even though I was just a 13 year old girl who knew very little about music, I remember just standing there in awe of Eddie. It literally took my breath away. He's a legend. Period.

  • @alvinwinston5838
    @alvinwinston5838 4 роки тому +437

    "Never put this guy on guitar hero"
    Guess he didn't know there's a whole GH game based on Van Halen 😂

  • @thescareboy
    @thescareboy 3 роки тому +645

    Anyone coming back here after the sad news? :(

    • @darkagedrifter
      @darkagedrifter 3 роки тому +9

      I am man... Bruh fuck 2020, like fr. We been losin' the best of us for a while now. I'm sad to say this, but this makes Eddie just the next hella famous person to die tragically. It's a damn shame that this has become a trend lately (Kobe, Stan Lee, Karl Steffanson, etc.), but that's the way things are shaping up for us it looks like.

    • @eeshsinger
      @eeshsinger 3 роки тому +4

      Captain Midget yeah 2020 sucks ass

    • @richevans609
      @richevans609 3 роки тому +1

      Awful

    • @pineappletree50
      @pineappletree50 3 роки тому +1

      Yeah 😢

    • @stable_davefusion
      @stable_davefusion 3 роки тому +2

      I’ve... listened to this solo like 10+ times in the last 3 days... I passed up a chance to see Van Halen for free in 2004, because I was on a drumline and had a half-time field show to perform that night. I played 5th bass. If I was playing snare that season... I may have ditched. But playing on the Bass Line, 5th bass drum-if your are missing any bassdrum it’s like you are missing a finger while playing guitar... So... I didn’t take the last minute invite from my BF to see Van Halen in late 2004. Also...-I DID not want to get chewed out by my percussion instructor, a former member of the Blue Devils Drum Corp., whom I respected Ed immensely, and always will... But especially with this weeks tragic news regarding Eddie... and me reflecting on how I was ultimately, unexpectedly (renditioned by “escorts,” in the middle of the night [and not the type that sex you... :-/] ) and then sent to an “Elan”-type school owned by WAASP in La Verkin, Utah-just weeks after having turned down that last minute invitation to a Van Halen concert in 2004, having no idea I would be in an overpriced, fraudulent, “behavioral modification center” for teens just weeks after-literally taken in the middle of the night, early on a Wednesday morning-with 20/20 hindsight I wish I had made myself regurgitate lunch, feigned a stomach bug, and had my friend pick me up... sigh... (c” ತ,_ತ)
      Edit: Likely considered to be “depressing details” added.
      RIP Eddie.

  • @V0ID_X5
    @V0ID_X5 2 роки тому +119

    “Why is he raping the guitar?”
    Best comment!

    • @beerthug
      @beerthug 2 роки тому +2

      The witchcraft one was pretty good too.

  • @CAPTVATINGPNY
    @CAPTVATINGPNY 3 роки тому +5

    I love his reaction so much😂😂” what about stevie, what about my guy” thats how i be feelin too

    • @eybaza6018
      @eybaza6018 19 днів тому

      And then he gets proven wrong...

  • @jacobreynolds7816
    @jacobreynolds7816 4 роки тому +412

    The drummer is his brother, That guitar’s name is the Frankenstrat, and that guitar is definitely not innocent... 😂🤘🏻🖤

    • @jarheadcharlie2315
      @jarheadcharlie2315 4 роки тому +28

      … she's a dirty, dirty girl that likes to be punished.

    • @rowanmiller4088
      @rowanmiller4088 4 роки тому +1

      Hell yeah brother

    • @NebZy2.0
      @NebZy2.0 4 роки тому +10

      Jacob Reynolds that’s not the frankenstrat😂

    • @rushhtm9628
      @rushhtm9628 4 роки тому

      Jarhead Charlie 💀😂😂

    • @ComradeNerd
      @ComradeNerd 4 роки тому +1

      That guitar probably got as much tail as EVH. 😂

  • @KevinSanDiego
    @KevinSanDiego 4 роки тому +180

    That moment when you hear EVH for the first time... Imagine how everyone in the mid 70s felt on the LA Strip!

    • @MajorDstruction
      @MajorDstruction 4 роки тому +7

      By the time they released their 1st album, my sister was sick of them. They played at most of the backyard parties she went to lol.

    • @christophersantos730
      @christophersantos730 4 роки тому

      MajorDstruction i don’t think anyone asked about your sisters relation to them now did we

    • @jonunderscore
      @jonunderscore 4 роки тому +1

      @@christophersantos730 I actually did ask

    • @porflepopnecker4376
      @porflepopnecker4376 4 роки тому

      @@jonunderscore But nobody cared! :)

    • @markbirchette8740
      @markbirchette8740 4 роки тому +1

      I am one of them ! Saw VH third album tour Women and Children First. Quit going to see them in concert when the VH brothers shafted Anthony and Hagar.

  • @ampman5357
    @ampman5357 2 роки тому +11

    Eddie said it best “I’m just a punk kid with a guitar!” He just so happened to have a father and a mother that had music playing at all times…Eddie loved classical which is why you’re hearing all the classical pieces he plays!!!! Welcome to the club!!!

  • @fyraga5150
    @fyraga5150 2 роки тому +10

    Shaq my friend, Eddie is not “one of them.”
    He is “the one.”
    May the legend Rock In Paradise, and Rest In Peace.

  • @treynance7674
    @treynance7674 4 роки тому +502

    “This is porn!!!”- Shaq and every guitar player ever.

    • @sparkdreamers5055
      @sparkdreamers5055 3 роки тому +6

      Well it kind of is, because all of our minds are being blown.

    • @ItsAtLeastThreeInches
      @ItsAtLeastThreeInches 3 роки тому +3

      Nathan Kittock would’ve been better if you said “all of our *heads* are being blown”........ badumtssssssss

    • @sparkdreamers5055
      @sparkdreamers5055 3 роки тому

      @@ItsAtLeastThreeInches Haha! Good one😂

    • @TSCinTX
      @TSCinTX 3 роки тому

      I spit out my water when he said that lol

  • @ericprater1970
    @ericprater1970 4 роки тому +309

    And Eddie Van Halen laid his guitar from the Van Halen II album in Dimebag Darrell's casket when he passed away that's the show of true respect r i p Dimebag Darrell

    • @hanch3664
      @hanch3664 4 роки тому +14

      Absolutely Brotha!! RIP Dimebag! #LegendsNeverDie

    • @rikjones5924
      @rikjones5924 4 роки тому +2

      Van Halen 2 guitar

    • @rikjones5924
      @rikjones5924 4 роки тому +2

      Correct sir

    • @horrorfiend6667
      @horrorfiend6667 4 роки тому +3

      That drunken display at Dimes memorial service I could have done without though.

    • @kandysman86
      @kandysman86 4 роки тому +2

      #DimebagNeverDies.

  • @TheLesPaulEnthusiastOli
    @TheLesPaulEnthusiastOli 3 роки тому +10

    This man made me want to play guitar and he is a legend and will never be forgotten. R.I.P Eddie Van Halen.

  • @abhinishsingh3603
    @abhinishsingh3603 3 роки тому +7

    This is the most genuine reaction that we all once gave when we heard this guy playing...
    God please take care of Eddie 🙏😇
    #RIP

  • @simpleiowan3123
    @simpleiowan3123 4 роки тому +234

    8:50 “Is he doin’ all that by his self?!?”
    Yup. In the day we played that shit backwards, forwards, frame-by-frame...it’s all him bro. Unbelievably, it’s all him :)

    • @kel4me520
      @kel4me520 3 роки тому +7

      Literally! 😆 VHS rewind, pause, rewind, pause.... These kids now days don't know the struggle lol

    • @joeyklondyke4430
      @joeyklondyke4430 3 роки тому +3

      @@kel4me520 Best reaction to music I've ever seen and heard When he got up and walked out that door it looked like he was playing The guitar he Look beat down just watching him play His reaction on the reaction was UN forgettable

    • @sealm2067
      @sealm2067 3 роки тому +2

      @@joeyklondyke4430 My thoughts exactly. I love watching people's first reaction to EVH's solos.

    • @leelee4585
      @leelee4585 3 роки тому

      Yes he 100% is ! He's a unbelievable! I seen him front seats on floor every concert in Dallas ,Fort Worth! Its all him ! Genius only way to describe him and the epic experience of seeing his musical magic live! EVERYONE KEEP HIS LEGACY GOING ! He definitely deserves his legacy to be kept alive for generations just like it has been for ELVIS PRESLEY! Of coarse many others we all love 💘 these 2 are just in a category of thier own!
      BEST EVER ALWAYS WILL BE !💫🤟🤟🌛🌜

  • @trajectoryunown
    @trajectoryunown 4 роки тому +63

    "That guitar was innocent as shit 3 minutes ago!"
    And now it's smoking a cigarette.

  • @enragedgohanyt
    @enragedgohanyt 3 роки тому +8

    "I'm sorry to keep pausing, but I'm in disbelief.." -- He had that effect on us all. Truly the GOAT.

  • @paulmuaddib1764
    @paulmuaddib1764 3 роки тому +13

    Eddie was undefeated! u will never see another like him. He wasn't just a proficient guitarist, the guitar was an extension of himself. It wasn't about notes and scales, he knew every square inch of a guitar and knew how to make it speak. That is something you can never teach.

    • @19chucki74
      @19chucki74 3 роки тому +2

      It wasn't just about techniques and tricks, it was also innovation. He built his first guitar from Fender and Gibson parts. The Frankenstrat is immortal.

  • @veespike
    @veespike 4 роки тому +375

    "that guitar was innocent and shi* ... 3 minutes ago." Nope. That guitar has seen some shi*. That guitar has been places. That guitar lost it's innocence a looooong time ago.

    • @grimsonhobbies5181
      @grimsonhobbies5181 4 роки тому +8

      You are fucking right eddie has to be the single most badass rockstar

    • @menwithven8114
      @menwithven8114 3 роки тому +4

      That guitar has probably committed more felonies than the unabomber

  • @charlesbrooks94
    @charlesbrooks94 4 роки тому +443

    “Someone explain this witchcraft”
    ... it is literal witchcraft

    • @AssMonkeyGaming
      @AssMonkeyGaming 4 роки тому +11

      It's guitar wizardry I tell you! No human should be this talented!

    • @Mr21852020
      @Mr21852020 4 роки тому +1

      Actually tho, this brand of rock is magic

    • @alangibson2083
      @alangibson2083 4 роки тому +5

      Remember the song "The Devil went Down to Georgia"? Its really about Eddie and his guitar and not some dude named Johnny and a fiddle. Names and events were changed due to copy right laws.

    • @DavyMcWavy
      @DavyMcWavy 3 роки тому

      Tenacious D covered it. He used the Pick of Destiny.

    • @bud4g63t
      @bud4g63t 3 роки тому

      Alan Gibson it make sense 😬😬 scary

  • @FirelordTwinkyz
    @FirelordTwinkyz 3 роки тому +9

    man back then guitar solos were longer then most concerts today....

  • @amalberry2090
    @amalberry2090 3 роки тому +4

    You have just been privileged to listen to one of the legends of our times. RIP EVH, you were the best.

  • @craigharrison5406
    @craigharrison5406 4 роки тому +242

    "How is this even possible?" that's the same thing everybody who played guitar said in 1978 when eruption came out.

    • @TeleNikon
      @TeleNikon 4 роки тому +8

      True that Craig. Most of us gathering around the stereo to listen to it together bac in the day thought there must be some kind of synth in there somewhere. Nope.

  • @psnpanuch8142
    @psnpanuch8142 3 роки тому +384

    Rip Eddie Van Halen without this man we wouldn’t have greats like Mustaine, Marty Friedman and others (too many to name). A truly genius guitarist.

    • @ernestsalazar8026
      @ernestsalazar8026 3 роки тому +4

      George lynch

    • @eeshsinger
      @eeshsinger 3 роки тому +16

      psnpanuch basically every shredder wouldnt exist without Eddie

    • @countzero5150
      @countzero5150 3 роки тому +2

      A generation of guitar heroes all inspired by the Edward Van Halen. Without him we wouldn't have any of them. He changed the way we play guitar and in fifty years he'll be spoken about with the same sense of reverence and awe as Robert Johnson, Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughn.

    • @servantofthelamb7880
      @servantofthelamb7880 3 роки тому +5

      @@countzero5150 to me he already ascends all three. Most notably in his understanding of harmony and what people want to hear melodically.

    • @Shalmz
      @Shalmz 2 роки тому

      How can you miss Jimi Hendrix out

  • @albinsucks9585
    @albinsucks9585 3 роки тому +5

    That Eddie smile, always happy while playing. Fly high Eddie

  • @rwandappompey6277
    @rwandappompey6277 3 роки тому +4

    I jus loved your reaction it was so pure. He was the absolute best!!RIP Eddie!!!

  • @jondennismerrill
    @jondennismerrill 4 роки тому +129

    This is my favorite reaction video of all time. Gets out of his seat. Throws down the headphones. Yep. That's how we all felt the first time we heard this.

    • @jimhalpert3409
      @jimhalpert3409 4 роки тому +1

      Jon Merrill yea I know right! Watched the video like 8 times 😂

  • @fytsizzler
    @fytsizzler 4 роки тому +321

    "It's straight porn" is THE best way I have heard someone describe this solo! hahaha genius!

  • @zingkong4792
    @zingkong4792 3 роки тому +3

    I watched this hundreds of times over the years and he still amazes me every time I see this. You know how many times he could of just dropped the mic. RIP the GOAT!

  • @Milehighsnake98
    @Milehighsnake98 2 роки тому +11

    NLS: "That's like raping the guitar"
    Me: "That's just foreplay for Eddie."

  • @paulthesoundguy
    @paulthesoundguy 4 роки тому +94

    "That guitar is gonna need therapy" 😂😂😂 What a great line. I love how you just walked away at the end. As a Van Halen fan, that is how we all reacted.

    • @richevans609
      @richevans609 4 роки тому

      As a kid that grew up on this.....TOTAL VALIDATION......although none was needed!

    • @leahanderson2367
      @leahanderson2367 4 роки тому

      And dimebag gets to sleep with a vh million dollar guitar

    • @richevans609
      @richevans609 4 роки тому

      @@leahanderson2367 priceless guitar

  • @korysturm3486
    @korysturm3486 4 роки тому +249

    I love when you react to classic rock!!!!

    • @YoSunnyP
      @YoSunnyP 4 роки тому

      Yeah it’s cool when he mixes it up

    • @korysturm3486
      @korysturm3486 4 роки тому +8

      @@YoSunnyP he's gotta listen to guns n roses

    • @YoSunnyP
      @YoSunnyP 4 роки тому +1

      Kory Sturm That is Facts!

    • @chanceborron5634
      @chanceborron5634 4 роки тому +5

      @@YoSunnyP he did November rain but it got blocked

    • @1jerryfarmer
      @1jerryfarmer 4 роки тому +1

      @Mike Forti lmao

  • @wadewedemeier9378
    @wadewedemeier9378 2 роки тому

    I’ve watched this one about ten thousand times and your reaction video is by far the best I’ve ever seen…the walk away at the end is perfect…love from Texas

  • @JohnBrown-uq6ul
    @JohnBrown-uq6ul 3 роки тому +5

    That is the classic best rock and roll guitarist of all time. Rest in peace Eddie Van halen!

  • @danielreza7453
    @danielreza7453 3 роки тому +171

    That guitar is immortal dude, that's why its called "Frankenstrat"

    • @calvinmorse9428
      @calvinmorse9428 3 роки тому +12

      actually its called the frankenstrat because it has a bunch of different parts on it

    • @soursprayyy9506
      @soursprayyy9506 3 роки тому +7

      The guitar he’s playing in the clip is 5150

    • @drunkenjames5814
      @drunkenjames5814 3 роки тому +4

      That’s the 5150 dude 😐

    • @jeremydelaet203
      @jeremydelaet203 2 роки тому

      He's not wrong

  • @Malvagitaville
    @Malvagitaville 4 роки тому +208

    "He's one of THOSE!" Oh yeah, we forgot to tell you, he absolutely IS.

  • @andygonzalez6356
    @andygonzalez6356 2 роки тому +3

    Stevie Ray Vaughn was incredible. I saw him in concert. But.., Stevie was a blues guitarist. Eddie Van Halen is a rock and roll guitarist. Each rules his own world. You rock Shaq. I'm a big fan.

  • @C-130-Hercules
    @C-130-Hercules 3 роки тому +4

    Love how Eddie broke down Eruption into segments and in between he showed us everything possible on a guitar 🎸
    RIP ROCK IN PARADISE EDDIE

  • @detsportsfan18
    @detsportsfan18 4 роки тому +86

    He also did the guitar solo in Michael Jackson's Beat It. A damn good guitarist, indeed.

    • @edminchau811
      @edminchau811 4 роки тому +7

      He did it for free, too.

    • @Husdog6989
      @Husdog6989 4 роки тому +6

      Actually for a case of beer

    • @Marcus-lc9dc
      @Marcus-lc9dc 4 роки тому +1

      BRO I WAS JUST THINKING OF THAT SONG WTF

    • @mrsapplez2007
      @mrsapplez2007 4 роки тому +4

      I love learning facts like this. Thank you

  • @chanceborron5634
    @chanceborron5634 4 роки тому +163

    Van Halen hot for teacher coach...the guitar and drums will blow u away

    • @descenddarkness
      @descenddarkness 4 роки тому +2

      Yes!

    • @Br4nd0n94
      @Br4nd0n94 4 роки тому +3

      But please not the video version

    • @serpentsepia6638
      @serpentsepia6638 4 роки тому +4

      I think he's already blown away by this. Now he needs therapy, lol.

    • @mcfcguvnors
      @mcfcguvnors 4 роки тому +2

      totally

    • @rigafraction1653
      @rigafraction1653 4 роки тому +2

      For VH, Hot for Teacher's a good one, I always liked Cabo Wabo, 5150, Black and Blue etc as well, for less 'popular' songs that never got enough play or respect

  • @AoHJamesy
    @AoHJamesy 3 роки тому +2

    rock in peace ur where a legend and youve inspired me to hopefully play the guitar like u one day

  • @nancyperron3453
    @nancyperron3453 3 роки тому +2

    Best guitarists of all. He was definitely gifted. We will always miss you. Thank you for your amazing talent Eddie.

  • @jOhnVd0e
    @jOhnVd0e 4 роки тому +697

    I bet you’d love
    “Cliffs Of Dover”
    By Eric Johnson

    • @PugCoffeeMug
      @PugCoffeeMug 4 роки тому +41

      I discovered that song as a kid thanks to Guitar Hero 3 lol

    • @davidfuhr5455
      @davidfuhr5455 4 роки тому +5

      YES!!!!

    • @NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself
      @NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself 4 роки тому +3

      Oh, so good!

    • @hankhenion4750
      @hankhenion4750 4 роки тому +26

      He should totally react to the Cliffs of Dover Live from Austin City Limits '88. Best live rendtioning of the song ever.

    • @nobody4692
      @nobody4692 4 роки тому +2

      I remember my first time learning it I was happy af

  • @i_love_rescue_animals
    @i_love_rescue_animals 4 роки тому +198

    "This is MURDER!! What'd that guitar do to you?!!" I just about spit out my coffee!! Thank you for making this old woman laugh!! You are so much fun to watch with your reactions!! Thank you for loving Stevie too! 🙌🏼 💞🤣

    • @kathryndunnigan7885
      @kathryndunnigan7885 4 роки тому +7

      Dam I did too! My guy...lmao I bout had to clean my room.. instead choked my ash off!

    • @gregorybower2759
      @gregorybower2759 4 роки тому +1

      And I was thinking "he's just getting started"

  • @rawsko0316
    @rawsko0316 3 роки тому +2

    I'm honored to have seen this man live. Van Halen rocks!

  • @lionhearted7450
    @lionhearted7450 2 роки тому

    Bro Shaq I love your “HOLD ON” 😂😂😂 you the man since your first video

  • @ravenwilliams4215
    @ravenwilliams4215 4 роки тому +55

    Eddie starts to really play and shaq goes" ooohh helll no"🤣🤣🤣🤣killin me fam

  • @kristinaandthegerman4554
    @kristinaandthegerman4554 3 роки тому +716

    And so you know, Eddie could not read music. He watched others to learn. So yeah, he’s a god of sorts. Self taught artist who blew the guitar world away; but classically trained on piano. Dude has it all.

    • @gp3646
      @gp3646 3 роки тому +47

      With all due respect, he "played" with the piano the same way he played with the guitar. Somehow, the lines "classically trained" and NOT knowing how to "read music", don't go together.

    • @toasttoasted3492
      @toasttoasted3492 3 роки тому +13

      Also ...Eddie played Drums and Alex play guitar when they were young, how about that. Then fast forward EVH goat of guitar,, and AVH is one of the goats in drums

    • @jm-rf7kl
      @jm-rf7kl 3 роки тому +4

      He knew how to read music ( maybe not for guitar) He and Alex were classically trained pianists.

    • @gp3646
      @gp3646 3 роки тому +1

      @@jm-rf7kl. All music is written on a five line staff.

    • @qaballxro_6918
      @qaballxro_6918 3 роки тому +1

      @@jm-rf7kl Not being able to read music for guitar is practically impossible, instead of normal sheet music, which for the untrained eye looks really hard, you use a tab, which looks like normal sheet music at first, but it has six lines, which represent the 6 strings. On these lines there’s numbers which represent on which fret your supposed to put your finger, it’s incredibly easy to read if you understand it. Using normal sheet music is impractical because one note can be played on almost every string, so on harder songs it’s practically impossible to know where to press.

  • @dianegoldeneye7363
    @dianegoldeneye7363 2 роки тому

    Bro.. that guitar gotta go to therapy. Omg. What a great reaction to the best. 🔥❤️

  • @f3arxhawk510
    @f3arxhawk510 2 роки тому +1

    Every time I listen to the solo it’s like a trip to rock heaven 🤘🏻

  • @joybritt9478
    @joybritt9478 4 роки тому +170

    Running with the devil Van Halen for sure

    • @valkyrie757
      @valkyrie757 4 роки тому +3

      YESSSSSSSSS

    • @SilverFang2789
      @SilverFang2789 4 роки тому +7

      Hot For Teacher would be better

    • @joybritt9478
      @joybritt9478 4 роки тому +3

      @ silverfang that's a good one too

    • @Socrates_1775
      @Socrates_1775 4 роки тому +7

      Yes! Hot For Teacher and You Really Got Me! A drum intro and a guitar intro!

    • @BradCross1982
      @BradCross1982 4 роки тому +2

      Unchained

  • @midkingsteve
    @midkingsteve 4 роки тому +291

    The innocence in your voice when you said what about stevie. 🤣🤣🤣 stevie is still the best blues rock player ever. What this guy does is literally a different kind of playing.

    • @MrSpeedyy1991
      @MrSpeedyy1991 4 роки тому +18

      I just thought to myself that damn he really does remember his old reactions and doesnt just do reactions for the money like many others. Instead he really enjoys new music and remembers.

    • @thatsriiight5047
      @thatsriiight5047 4 роки тому +15

      To me , Stevies style is way more impressive than this

    • @KyleS.1987
      @KyleS.1987 4 роки тому +8

      One of EVH's biggest inspirations was Eric Clapton's fast blues soloing on Cream's cover of "Crossroads." The blues is still in there, you just have to squint a little to see it. ;)

    • @Fuq2
      @Fuq2 4 роки тому +10

      @@thatsriiight5047 I love Stevie but this is just insane. Stevie does the blues better than anybody though, he does Hendrix better than Hendrix.

    • @selkiepeople3722
      @selkiepeople3722 4 роки тому +3

      Great point. Different genres. Can’t compare!

  • @johnhorning1852
    @johnhorning1852 Рік тому

    I love your reaction to this. So funny. Keep up the great work

  • @stimulatingvids
    @stimulatingvids 2 роки тому +1

    Rock in power Eddie, I really regret only getting to see you live once, shortly after I started playing guitar, I hope one day to possess even just a fraction of your talent. Great video, really got me into my emotions. I really wish I could have taken my girl to see him live and to experience the magic and passion that was Eddie playing the strings.

  • @karlrobinson4887
    @karlrobinson4887 3 роки тому +110

    "This is getting demonetized. This is porn."

  • @michellecarroll4970
    @michellecarroll4970 4 роки тому +93

    No Life Shaq: " Van Halen, your time has come. We're gonna see if you can make that thing talk!"
    Eddie Van Halen: " challenge accepted. "

  • @garretisla5282
    @garretisla5282 3 роки тому +5

    The part where the lights turn blue, and everything gets all echoey, he is playing the whole part without strumming on the guitar, but by turning the volume knob and hammering on chords with the hand on the neck. That is very hard to do, and is called manual tremolo.

  • @db2157
    @db2157 3 роки тому

    Shaq you are killing it!! Keep it up man!!!

  • @EyeSoulband
    @EyeSoulband 4 роки тому +89

    Most innovative guitarist since Hendrix. Started a whole generation.

    • @chambeet
      @chambeet 4 роки тому +5

      EyeSoul Correct, correct, CORRECT!!!

    • @TylerLL2112
      @TylerLL2112 4 роки тому +7

      It’s unbelievable to hear other bands at the same time it seems like decades ahead of 70s-80s music. Though Eddie isn’t up there on my top 3, he gets my respect.

    • @alexrepak1581
      @alexrepak1581 4 роки тому +7

      Tyler bro he has to be the #2 behind Hendrix

    • @EyeSoulband
      @EyeSoulband 4 роки тому +2

      @@alexrepak1581 agreed

    • @TylerLL2112
      @TylerLL2112 4 роки тому +8

      Raging Repak It depends.. if we are talking innovative,, yeah Hendrix, Eddie. If we’re talking my favorites... the list is different. I’d have Alex Lifeson up near the top. It’s so hard to rate guitarist because some may not be technical, but have amazing feeling , some are a good blend of technical and feeling. Some are just unique (Brian May) so, I find it hard to pick favorites. I just love guitar.

  • @mitchhaelann9215
    @mitchhaelann9215 4 роки тому +535

    >"Is he doing all this by himself?"
    Did you miss the part where he was called 'the greatest guitarist ever'? That's not just a boast. The dude just played a medley of EVERY guitar solo from every hit record of the previous 5 years, then re-tuned it on stage, on the fly, in front of everybody, and switched up the playing to make it sound completely different. And he did it all while wired up on half a dozen drugs, so badly he doesn't even remember how he did half of this stuff. This isn't something he practiced, this is just him playing around.

    • @avex_val8202
      @avex_val8202 4 роки тому +10

      Mitch Haelann well said

    • @buckypreseau7349
      @buckypreseau7349 4 роки тому +19

      G Wagner matter of opinion. he invented the genre, not the genre of rock, but the whole concept of the shredder guitar hero. of course there were great guitarists before king edward. but everyone has got to realize that his inovations in playing AND his inventions on the instrument realy shook guitar playing all across the board right to the fucking core of it. really, nearly every modern guitarist of most every genre are using evh's inovations in one way or another.

    • @khurelbatbayanbat7913
      @khurelbatbayanbat7913 4 роки тому +1

      Mitch Haelann so this is to go beyond human limits.

    • @led.zepper
      @led.zepper 4 роки тому

      I can name about 15 guitarists better than Halen, lol.
      I like Halen by the way lol

    • @blissboo3892
      @blissboo3892 4 роки тому +8

      @@led.zepper Name them.

  • @petehoeft6518
    @petehoeft6518 2 роки тому +1

    The first time I heard Van Halen was when I was a young Marine in 1980. One of my platoon brothers had a guitar and amp in the head (bathroom) and he was cranking Eddie Van Halen. I've been hooked ever since.

  • @Care_Soul
    @Care_Soul 2 роки тому +3

    Eddie writes one of the greatest and most mind melting solos in rock history and at the end of the most iconic part.. he gives a little thumbs up. Absolute legend!

  • @biscuitsfohandz
    @biscuitsfohandz 4 роки тому +367

    He’s the guitarist on Michael Jackson “Beat It”

    • @secondaryemail8718
      @secondaryemail8718 4 роки тому +3

      Hmmm... I disagree... that is Jennifer Batten

    • @mako4268
      @mako4268 4 роки тому +57

      @@secondaryemail8718 It was Eddie Van Halen.

    • @mattthompson7018
      @mattthompson7018 4 роки тому +40

      Dude it's not Jennifer batten
      It's a well known fact that it is Eddie van Halen

    • @notofthisgod32
      @notofthisgod32 4 роки тому +18

      @@mako4268 Eddie only did the solo. Not the whole song

    • @mako4268
      @mako4268 4 роки тому +2

      @@notofthisgod32 Oh I thought he just did the whole thing.

  • @hesh8367
    @hesh8367 4 роки тому +287

    I watched you learn about Bonham and I smiled. I see you discovering Eddie Van Halen, and my grin is from ear to ear.
    Keep it up, man

    • @markbrinton6790
      @markbrinton6790 4 роки тому +2

      Agreed, my first on this channel was he and Rush, great channel!

    • @damone70
      @damone70 4 роки тому +1

      Do you feel more connected to someone who's hearing this for the first time. Answer: Yup

    • @kevinjohnanand
      @kevinjohnanand 4 роки тому

      Which one did he learn about Bonham?

    • @MrRonniewoowoo1
      @MrRonniewoowoo1 4 роки тому

      I smiled for so long watching this my teeth dried up my guy. Thats tuff. Lol

    • @TeleNikon
      @TeleNikon 4 роки тому

      John B on drums!!

  • @kevinc6916
    @kevinc6916 2 роки тому

    Second time back. Love this reaction to Ed. I’m very glad I got to see his solo live several times.
    R.I.P. King Edward

  • @MrSchmaaz
    @MrSchmaaz 3 роки тому +1

    Out of all the reaction videos I have seen for Eruption, you are the first I've seen mention his eyes closed, in the zone. He looked truly happy. RIP, Eddie.

  • @ianmorrison554
    @ianmorrison554 4 роки тому +85

    Eddie reinvented the guitar and influenced everyone who came after him. One of the most influential guitarists in history.

    • @timothymccormick573
      @timothymccormick573 4 роки тому +3

      this is true eddie did make many advancement in gear which is his biggest contribution

  • @JohnnyRiggs1967
    @JohnnyRiggs1967 3 роки тому +98

    Eddie has never picked up a guitar. They jump into his arms begging for it. They know what's about to happen.

  • @ELECTRONICAMOM
    @ELECTRONICAMOM Рік тому +2

    The greatest guitarist that ever lived and I’m glad I was alive to see him / it.

  • @ernestoortiz8672
    @ernestoortiz8672 3 роки тому +4

    "Everytime he smoke that cig he go crazy" forreal bro lol

  • @BrewersPackers
    @BrewersPackers 4 роки тому +130

    6:40 "This gettin' demonetized... This is porn."
    That made me laugh so hard 7up shot outta my nose.

    • @gennyreese420
      @gennyreese420 4 роки тому +3

      I tell everyone, 'eat, drink, and smoke at your own risk of choking to death when watchin Shaq the goat!'

    • @kathryndunnigan7885
      @kathryndunnigan7885 4 роки тому

      I know! Thought I was gonna have to clean my bedroom!

  • @toomuch8232
    @toomuch8232 4 роки тому +27

    To be fair he said “best rock and roll guitarist ever” and SRV is a blues guitarist. Both incredible!

  • @caseyblidook7610
    @caseyblidook7610 3 роки тому +7

    How did he do that? 16 hours a day, that's how. Mega Legend. I'm alright but this is a level guys like me will always dream of. Pure dedication to the guitar.

  • @JKM395
    @JKM395 3 роки тому +1

    I still can't believe he's gone. I got to see him twice and I'll never forget it.

  • @bryonmc3520
    @bryonmc3520 4 роки тому +108

    Most guitarists have a blues influnce. U just saw what a guitarist plays when influenced by classical music

    • @brenthenderson5341
      @brenthenderson5341 4 роки тому +4

      I mean it was more blues than anything, it was just really fast. Some of it was classical probably because of Eddie being classically trained on piano when he was young

    • @skycubbie2010
      @skycubbie2010 4 роки тому +9

      Those licks came from Johann sebastian Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor

    • @Lord_Raptor
      @Lord_Raptor 4 роки тому +5

      Mix of both. Pentatonics and harmonic minors. Makes for an outstanding sound.

    • @williamskellyl1
      @williamskellyl1 4 роки тому +10

      A lot of people don’t understand the value of a classically trainee musician. This is proof that classical music is a-freaking-mazing and absolutely still has value.

    • @jaredtipton7190
      @jaredtipton7190 4 роки тому +2

      @@brenthenderson5341 nope

  • @b7treviews954
    @b7treviews954 4 роки тому +249

    Shaq: "Y'all stop smiling! This ain't funny!"
    Me: Can Shaq see through my webcam?!?!

    • @calebmikel3743
      @calebmikel3743 4 роки тому +2

      Ikr bro

    • @IRPhilC
      @IRPhilC 4 роки тому +2

      It was in that moment that Shaq awakened his Mangekyo Sharingan, gaining the ability to see his viewers through his cam, and it was all from the sheer trauma of witnessing the absolute beastly God of a guitarist, the one known as Eddie Van Halen, go ham on (or as Shaq himself would put it, "rape") his beloved axe.
      Dats Tuff.

    • @BiggestOfDaddies
      @BiggestOfDaddies 4 роки тому +2

      I was ear to ear when he said that

    • @Monika-di7vv
      @Monika-di7vv 4 роки тому +1

      Just what I'm thinking 😂

    • @robertkrimson
      @robertkrimson 4 роки тому

      Right? 😆...I was like, "What the f*ck?"😂

  • @gamingwiththeworkingman3871
    @gamingwiththeworkingman3871 2 роки тому +1

    Pure unbridled mastery of the guitar. Utter brilliance.

  • @NuktukBDB
    @NuktukBDB 7 місяців тому +1

    Eddie just has this way of taking your soul through a galactic journey of rock and roll.