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  • @markbranch682
    @markbranch682 Рік тому +25

    Roth described the first Van Halen album one time by saying "If you put a Van Halen album in your record collection, it will melt all your other albums."

    • @JudyGurl
      @JudyGurl 6 місяців тому +3

      he ain't lying!

    • @MRCATL3
      @MRCATL3 9 днів тому

      He also that Van Halen was a combination of religion and hockey

  • @chrisbrimhall1613
    @chrisbrimhall1613 Рік тому +15

    Many guitarists said Eruption opened their eyes to Eddie, but this song melted their brains😄

  • @erickearns9812
    @erickearns9812 4 місяці тому +5

    Alex's double bass shuffle is SICK. Eddie is a game changer. THE band of my youth at the time.

  • @markgrant1302
    @markgrant1302 4 місяці тому +5

    You have to remember when Van Halen's Debute album came out it was the height of punk and Disco, so stylistically it had it's challenges out of the gate but within 6 months it was Platinum...

    • @MRCATL3
      @MRCATL3 Місяць тому

      VH from 77 to 83...unstoppable

  • @snakeinthegrass7443
    @snakeinthegrass7443 Рік тому +25

    Eddie was an absolute beast. Rock In Peace, brother!

  • @simoneemiliani5782
    @simoneemiliani5782 Рік тому +31

    Van Halen was a party hard rock band, by my opinion.........with the Greatest rock guitar Player ever..........RIP Eddie❤❤🤘......... best album:DLR era FAIR WARNING.......Van Hagar Era: F.U.C.K.

    • @MRCATL3
      @MRCATL3 Рік тому +3

      When I heard this for the first time my life changed a bit. Every record had a unique sound. Big Bad Bill? Mean Street?

    • @Sinkorswim1225
      @Sinkorswim1225 5 місяців тому +1

      Mean street is a masterpiece.​@MRCATL3

  • @jenniferfoster1692
    @jenniferfoster1692 Рік тому +32

    Yes, David Lee Roth. He was the lead through their 1984 album, which was their best selling album. Many think the original Van Halen line up is the 'real' one, me included, lol. Thanks for continuing to do Van Halen! I'll watch every one of theirs you do, that's for sure :-) Incredible deep cuts: Drop Dead Legs, Little Guitars, And the Cradle Will Rock, Little Dreamer, I'll Wait..so many.

    • @NZLatic
      @NZLatic Рік тому +2

      Little Dreamer…hell yes! No one ever reacts to that one or Ice Cream Man

    • @jenniferfoster1692
      @jenniferfoster1692 Рік тому +1

      @@NZLatic Little Dreamer is so good..have always loved that song!!

    • @edhudson6627
      @edhudson6627 Рік тому +2

      They weren't the same band without Diamond Dave. Still great, but not the same

    • @rentedtux1883
      @rentedtux1883 Рік тому +3

      Only 1 van halen. The one with DLR. Period

    • @MRCATL3
      @MRCATL3 Рік тому

      James Brown, Jazz music, Alien music

  • @victorlozano791
    @victorlozano791 11 місяців тому +3

    Incredible that was recorded 45 years ago and sounds fresh
    The best América Rock Band ever King Edward, Diamond Dave, Big Al and Crazy Mike

  • @lawrencefine5020
    @lawrencefine5020 Рік тому +17

    First time I heard this album was in 78, bought it the next day at Kmart.
    As great as this 1st album was , it only got better from there.
    Women and Children First is my favorite VH album.
    Ice Cream Man is a fun one form this 1st album.

  • @chrisbrimhall6323
    @chrisbrimhall6323 Рік тому +6

    I was eighteen when this album came out........my friends and I were shell shocked

  • @sammyholloway334
    @sammyholloway334 Рік тому +10

    When I was in high school,,
    Guys had bootleg cassettes of all these songs,, before the album came out.
    Made at Local shows.
    They had the largest following i ever saw in an unsigned band.

  • @6Bevilacqua
    @6Bevilacqua Рік тому +5

    It’s incredible because it swings, like jazz. That’s what sets it a part from metal. Listen to any heavy metal song and you’ll never hear a swing. That’s the musicianship of Van Halen.

  • @tedsmith7814
    @tedsmith7814 Рік тому +7

    Props here to Alex Van Halen. Eddie is killin’ it, but Alex’ double-time paired with Anthony’s solid bass allows Eddie the freedom to fill in in with licks without having a rhythm guitar behind him. Great song and awesome reaction!

  • @supertal6074
    @supertal6074 Рік тому +5

    Always love your reactions to Van Halen. Your insights are very well thought out which shows you really understand music. About Van Halen - never again will there be a band even close to being like them - just incredible!!! They are the Best ever!

  • @kdm71291
    @kdm71291 Рік тому +8

    Fair Warning is one of my favorite albums...it's got a little darker tone to the songs....and, musically, one of their best, IMO.

  • @bradbeam3767
    @bradbeam3767 Рік тому +7

    As a huge VH fan and guitar player of over 30 years I can tell you that this is one of Eddie's hardest songs to play.
    From intro to end ....he is absolutely on fire🔥🔥🔥..fricken relentless...riffs , dives, runs, , taps, bends, harmonics.( all while playing perfect rythym) .this is a 'tour de force' of bombastic guitar playing.
    Eddie was a beast on this track!!
    ✌️😎

    • @danielmyers4827
      @danielmyers4827 Рік тому +2

      and he was only 23 when did this??!!

    • @wisdomoverfear2685
      @wisdomoverfear2685 3 місяці тому +2

      Yeah...nobody has ever been able to pull this song off like Eddie and Alex together. This songs swing tempo is so tight yet so loose it's absolutely insane ! I've been playing guitar for over 40 years because of this very album.

    • @VanHalensGuitarPick
      @VanHalensGuitarPick 3 місяці тому

      @@danielmyers4827Not to split hairs, but he was only 22! F**king mindblowing, isn’t it?!

  • @lankylankster7148
    @lankylankster7148 10 місяців тому +2

    Wow. It's like everything Eddie had to offer in the form of (legendary) electric lead guitar pyrotechnics was captured in one song: this is it!!! *** Jaw dropping *** LL

  • @robtech341
    @robtech341 3 місяці тому +1

    When it comes to Van Halen, the Dave years, the best way to categorize them is...... well ok, there's Heavy Metal, Speed metal, pop metal, hair metal, prog rock, acid rock and hard rock. And then there's Van Halen rock. Rush, Led Zeppelin, the Kinks, James Brown, Mozart, the Monkees, the Beetles and a backyard BBQ all wrapped in one hot sauce dipped rock-n-roll burrito. Cheers!

  • @jom7604
    @jom7604 3 місяці тому

    Edward was originally trained as a pianist, therefore tapping. He won many competitions as a young boy on the piano.

  • @msaz2720
    @msaz2720 Рік тому +2

    Ahhh, you never forget your first, this is my all time favorite VH album!! Blew my mind at the ripe age of 14!

  • @robertbagley9199
    @robertbagley9199 Рік тому +2

    Next you should try 'Happy Trails' 'Ice cream Man' or 'Big Bad Bill(is sweet William Now)' You can't Pidgeon-hole Van Halen 😊

  • @rantoppp
    @rantoppp Рік тому +13

    Little Dreamer is a good song that seems to be overlooked. Maybe you'll be the first to get it circulating! Thanks, BizMatik. I enjoy your reactions.

    • @watchbizmatik
      @watchbizmatik  Рік тому +1

      😁😁

    • @jenniferfoster1692
      @jenniferfoster1692 Рік тому +1

      Yes, Little Dreamer!

    • @mde944
      @mde944 Рік тому +1

      We played “Im the One”, “Feel You Love” and Little Dreamer” front bus album.

  • @kdm71291
    @kdm71291 Рік тому +1

    Yes, that's DLR.
    Van Halen defies categorization.....keep listening....they are best described simply as Van Halen.......sometimes it can be called Southern California party rock!

  • @davidransom4703
    @davidransom4703 Рік тому +1

    this is swagger in musical form straight fuckin studs

  • @williammanns9927
    @williammanns9927 Рік тому +3

    Ed killing it on this track... the 1st album is just fire from start to finish...

  • @dipsydoodle7988
    @dipsydoodle7988 Рік тому +8

    I don’t think I could pick a favorite VH album. The first two are killers, but really the 1st-5th are all too good to choose from to me. Van Halen didn’t come across as metal to me. People didn’t know how to peg them in 78. They are their own genre. VH with DLR didn’t go down the ballad route so much, but I recommend a song called Secrets from Diver Down to hear the other side of Dave. He definitely could sing. Now Sammy on the other hand could wail with the best and still put some killer vocals on a ballad.

    • @MRCATL3
      @MRCATL3 Рік тому +1

      They weren't metal. Hard guitars, melodies, funk see fair warning. Just original

  • @johnmcmahonBXLA
    @johnmcmahonBXLA 5 місяців тому

    Absolutely loving Biz’s Van Halen reactions…. Please continue the VH journey my brother.

  • @DavidB-vk8ei
    @DavidB-vk8ei Рік тому +1

    This album changed the world in 1979

  • @lanazugg-zugg8433
    @lanazugg-zugg8433 Місяць тому

    F I R E !!! Only word to describe this song

  • @donaldwhitt689
    @donaldwhitt689 Рік тому +1

    I label them as Atomic Punk. That song is / was a description of there sound.

  • @bassioelmucho
    @bassioelmucho Рік тому +2

    I remember hearing that doo wop section for the first time. So unique, adventurous and unexpected..

    • @cartercarter645
      @cartercarter645 Рік тому

      Preeesh - I had forgotten that part - love it. Snapshot in time

  • @ruralhappy2835
    @ruralhappy2835 Рік тому

    Timeless...Genius...Best Ever!!! 💔💔

  • @garya7893
    @garya7893 Рік тому +1

    This was lake front cruising in high school for me freaking love it

  • @robertcook792
    @robertcook792 3 місяці тому

    Great song by the mighty VannHalen! Besides the awesome drums,screaming vocals,mikes background bass and vocals of course Eddie’s craftsmanship, the one thing that is so genius here is the “bop bop badda shoobie shoobie doobie doowaa”paying a tribute to original rock n roll. Just like from the high school fifties. Bravo VH! And great reaction to this song. The lead singer is David Lee Roth from ‘77-85’ Sammy Hagar 85’-sometime in the 90’s and that’s where I end it. The rest is too complicated. As far as favorite albums by VH for myself, first off I divide the 2 eras. Like 2 different bands. It’s only logical to me. The first 6 fir me is: Fair warning, 1984, Van Halen 1,Diver Down,Van Halen 2,Women and children first.
    My reasons for the order. Fair warning doesn’t have a single tract that ever want to skip.
    1984 is Van Halen that you can recognize by video, and the last 2 songs on the album House of pain& Girl gone bad are kickass songs to an already dynamite album, I usually skip I’ll wait and top Jimmy, sometimes I don’t. Van Halen 1 is a great album. Awesome debut, it’s apart from all the rest and it’s great material but I just seem to think it was over thought. Trying too hard to make number 1 for me. Diver Down would be number 2 if not for Dancing in the streets. Yuk, even though Eddie does do good work on it it’s not VannHalen. Everything else is pretty awesome. 8:40 Van Halen 2 is great album, I could do without dance the night away but I really like it live. Some of the songs here seem short and cutoff like they were tired and wanted to just get through it. Women and children first had some kickass songs but I forward through 3 of them. More than any of there albums.

  • @MRCATL3
    @MRCATL3 Рік тому

    And yeah. 1977 to 1983, there was nothing like these guys. Insane

  • @adambrown5172
    @adambrown5172 Рік тому +2

    This song actually gives me a hard rock swing or rockabilly vibe

  • @MonteHoopla
    @MonteHoopla 6 місяців тому

    Tapping was discovered by Nicoli Paganini on violin centuries before Edward.

  • @saxenas
    @saxenas 6 місяців тому

    They really were an eclectic band. Punk boogie was the genre of this song how often do those two genres combine lol.

  • @muddhammer7834
    @muddhammer7834 Місяць тому

    Im late to the game on the comments but the best way Ive heard Van Halen described: They were Americas party band. They wanted to have a good time all the time.

  • @jefferyfoster2774
    @jefferyfoster2774 Рік тому +1

    Great reaction. Even in 1978 I found it easy to recognize this bands talent and out of the box sound

  • @keysersoze9025
    @keysersoze9025 Рік тому +1

    Eddie Van Halen Guitar
    Alex Van Halen Drums
    David Lee Roth vocals
    Michael Anthony Bass

  • @mattblatchley2061
    @mattblatchley2061 4 місяці тому

    It's always difficult to categorize VH's style! they are so hard...but like this song; there's this swing boogie feel that is so freeking musical---I think it is due to their father Jan's Blues/Jazz influence on their lives...which was massive!! And DLR was straight vaudeville so he was always hamming it up...love finding all your VH reactions!@!!

  • @rogerdaly6326
    @rogerdaly6326 2 місяці тому

    For me this is my favorite VH album cause of it impact on rock music. In 1978 Donna Summer and the Bee Gees ruled the airwaves due to the popularity of the Saturday Night Fever movie. Disco was at its peak. Then Van Halen came out and no one had ever heard anybody play guitar the way Eddie did. Not since Hendrix had a guitar player made kids want to play guitar. Then add their swagger to top it off , they put rock music back on the map cause during Disco's reign rock got put on the back burner. The whole album is all killer no filler.

  • @jimmyboy131
    @jimmyboy131 Рік тому +1

    1984 is a great album and reminds me of high school. But I recommend the song Me Wise Magic. That one is blistering.

  • @JudyGurl
    @JudyGurl 6 місяців тому

    How well do Alex and Eddie work together. And to think Alex first tried playing guitar and Eddie tried playing drums. Glad they got THAT sorted out. #VHROCKS #NoVanHagar

  • @mattharvey968
    @mattharvey968 Рік тому +3

    This whole album is just plain 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @dgator3599
    @dgator3599 Рік тому +1

    Rocked many a night to this album back in junior high school! Still love it. I like their album "Women and Children First".

  • @antarcticorb9197
    @antarcticorb9197 Рік тому +10

    Yes, do the second album!
    Van Halen has swing. There are punk elements, but Van Halen can play their instruments, that's the difference.

  • @mrnobody9104
    @mrnobody9104 Рік тому

    IMO this is their best album! my favourite quote in Circus magazine back in the day: interviewer to David Lee Roth, i hear you use to have a drug problem?
    Dave's answer, ya but now i got enough money!!!

  • @mikecaetano
    @mikecaetano Рік тому +1

    "Jamie's Cryin'" was the third single from Van Halen's 1978 debut album. You haven't checked that one out yet. I pretty much grew up on Van Halen. I was too young to go to the concert the first time they played my city back when. So I gave ten bucks to my cousin who was older and had tickets to the show and asked him to buy a concert jersey for me and he did. It was a baseball t-shirt jersey, white with black sleeves down to the elbow and that VH symbol on the front. I wore that thing everywhere until I wore it out. That was in 1979 or 1980. When you're ready for more David Lee Roth era Van Halen, check out some of these tunes "Dance the Night Away", "Everybody Wants Some!!", "Unchained", "Mean Street", and "I'll Wait" among many others.

  • @richardremick1639
    @richardremick1639 Рік тому +1

    One of their best t songs Van Halen is giod!

  • @bradrot991
    @bradrot991 Рік тому +1

    this track is absolute fire

  • @chrisgarcia9629
    @chrisgarcia9629 3 місяці тому

    David has always called VH’s music as BIG ROCK!

  • @Indy46237
    @Indy46237 Рік тому

    Favorite Van Halen album is Fair Warning. Watch the 1981 live concert versions of "Unchained" and "Hear About it Later" on UA-cam.

  • @jairobinson9599
    @jairobinson9599 8 місяців тому

    Just a kickin Rock band. Diamond Dave Forever!

  • @danareynolds1786
    @danareynolds1786 Рік тому +1

    I forget how/where I read it back in the day, but I heard the DLR-era termed as "Thud Rock"! I've used that since to describe it. Nobody really had a sound like it. Guns N Roses may have been the last big leap in rock before Grunge came along and changed it all.

  • @rsoliz71
    @rsoliz71 Рік тому

    its a Jazz swing at 180 MPH. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ......Their Dad Jan Van Halen was a trained Jazz Musician from Holland.

  • @allenlocke1935
    @allenlocke1935 Рік тому

    They were young and hungry here... This was Lightnin' In A Bottle! As good as the other releases were, It don't get no better than this! There Can Only Be One! ...And This Was It!

  • @NickiTwix
    @NickiTwix Рік тому +1

    Love this song, think it’s underrated

  • @johndistasio9518
    @johndistasio9518 Рік тому

    It's so fast because their beats per minute were way up there like with disco dance tracks so they kinda were the 1st to do that pick up the beats per minute and then that continued with dance music and disco

  • @SBauer70
    @SBauer70 Рік тому

    Hahaha! I love this! I've been the biggest VH fan in Canada since this album hit my turntable in 1978. This song is guitar INSANITY and I been playing for 36 years myself. Just to see your reaction at the beginning like you didn't know what was happening to the end where you were swinging with it was AWESOME man! Love it! Enjoy! RIP King Edward.

  • @jamestickle3070
    @jamestickle3070 Рік тому

    This groove was etched in my brain as a kid with my brother burning out the grooves on the vinyl. This is one of the songs that only takes like three beats of the start of the song and I could play the rest in my head.
    Guitar and drums crazy. Bass keeping it moving. And his voice and AC/DC were the bad ass rockers of my middle school years.

  • @jonanderson8795
    @jonanderson8795 Рік тому +1

    Van Halen II is my favorite VH album so doing it next sounds good to me. VH is one of those bands that has MANY great albums.

  • @Matt..G
    @Matt..G Рік тому

    Great ‘spot on’ analogy.
    * Van Halen II track by track please 🤘🏼

  • @jefferyfoster2774
    @jefferyfoster2774 Рік тому +1

    This album and the Fair Warning album were the best in my opinion

  • @patrickflynn1771
    @patrickflynn1771 6 місяців тому

    'Fair Warning' and 'Women and Children First'. Tied for best VH album.

  • @bradhardisty1652
    @bradhardisty1652 Рік тому +1

    Wolfgang Van Halen just covered Van Halen at the Taylot Hawkins Tributr. look it up. Just a note, this wad h

  • @blanebienvenu7280
    @blanebienvenu7280 2 дні тому

    It’s Timeless Biz

  • @patrickcain1455
    @patrickcain1455 Рік тому

    Diamond 💎 Dave. Frank Zappa liked to tap and was a great guitarist that had a young Joe Satriani in his band at one point . When Dave left he had Satriani on his first Solo album and Van Halen or Van Hagar as a lot of fans called them had some good songs but were more Radio friendly and less experimental IMO.

  • @Beholden28
    @Beholden28 Місяць тому

    Honestly I dont know that Van Halen has ever put out a bad song. Ice Cream Man might be the only one depending on your taste. I love basically everything they've touched. Just do the albums in whatever order. They're all amazing.

  • @Randor10
    @Randor10 Рік тому

    Straight ahead, pedal to the medal, take no prisoners rock and rock. The only break in this song was the Do Wop bridge. It even had two guitar solos, not to mention all the rhythm guitar was basically guitar solo. What more can you ask for on a debut album!

  • @davidransom4703
    @davidransom4703 Рік тому

    van halen created a new genre un to themselves glam metal was spawned because of them they were so revolutionary there was nothing likes this at the beginning of the 80s it was a shot in the arm for rock and roll!!

  • @thefunkybuddha69
    @thefunkybuddha69 Рік тому

    Great reaction to one of their best!

  • @buddystewart2020
    @buddystewart2020 Рік тому +2

    It's hard to say, but if I was forced to, I'd say Everybody Wants Some is my favorite Van Halen track.

    • @MrThumbs63
      @MrThumbs63 Рік тому +1

      Not bad. I'll go with Girl Gone Bad.

  • @dennisjohnson2772
    @dennisjohnson2772 Рік тому +1

    Worth going in album order.

  • @michaelbochnia5686
    @michaelbochnia5686 Рік тому

    What a tidal wave early Van Halen was. Smash mouth California rock.

  • @richardremick1639
    @richardremick1639 Рік тому +2

    Check out unchained live 1981 Oakland with the fire 🔥 lit up gong! I’ve probably viewed that 40 trillion times! Review that and that will get you hooked on this band for life. These guys made us all think “Aliens” were real and they’ve arrived on earth. The sounds they could do and show was from another planet 🌎!

  • @tilemonkee5510
    @tilemonkee5510 Рік тому

    I'm always there with you for van halen ,bruh!

  • @hookstomper7322
    @hookstomper7322 Рік тому

    Pure musical lava.

  • @brianseneca3546
    @brianseneca3546 Рік тому

    Favorite album is the debut but Fair Warning is a VERY close second place

  • @workingman6681
    @workingman6681 Рік тому +1

    Ice Cream Man is a must!
    🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦

  • @kurtsaxton823
    @kurtsaxton823 Рік тому +1

    Fair Warning is by far their best album.

  • @todvball
    @todvball Рік тому +1

    Try "air-drumming" on this one!
    So fun!!!

    • @mde944
      @mde944 Рік тому +1

      Try playing real drums on this one. It’s a workout.

    • @todvball
      @todvball Рік тому +1

      @@mde944 ...so true. Gotta be in shape!! Alex... A strong drummer

  • @naturesounds-ib5dh
    @naturesounds-ib5dh Рік тому +2

    VH, Little Dreamer

  • @maxxamillilion9116
    @maxxamillilion9116 Рік тому

    Yep they did it all 😉🙏

  • @leemcclements8889
    @leemcclements8889 Рік тому

    I just love the songs you react to! You chose so many great tunes..love VH! Favorite album of mine personally is Women and Children First. But they are all kick ass!

  • @blanebienvenu7280
    @blanebienvenu7280 4 місяці тому

    Great song and yes this one woke us all up no one was doing shit like this then or now

  • @jeffadams9168
    @jeffadams9168 6 місяців тому

    Watching you feelin classic VH is awesome. Wait till you hear On Fire. Mind-blower!!!

  • @victord1967
    @victord1967 Рік тому

    My favorite Van Halen album is Fair Warning.

  • @nostalga44jo
    @nostalga44jo Рік тому

    Van Halen ; " And the Cradle Will Rock" ( 2015 Remaster)

  • @princeofpcos9804
    @princeofpcos9804 Рік тому

    Whole first album is all killer no filler

  • @jackolson8775
    @jackolson8775 Рік тому

    Love it ! Keep it up .

  • @jamesweber5616
    @jamesweber5616 Рік тому

    Sir, I love your reactions. As a guitar player and student of great guitar players, if I had to pick just one VH track that showcases EVH, this is it. Years of learning and copping here.

    • @watchbizmatik
      @watchbizmatik  Рік тому

      Thank you 🤘🏿🤘🏿

    • @jamesweber5616
      @jamesweber5616 Рік тому

      @@watchbizmatik Yeah man, you are great with your gig-- subscribed and going to listen to also the stuff you target that I might not be familiar with. You've got something going on here Sir--

    • @watchbizmatik
      @watchbizmatik  Рік тому

      I truly appreciate that.

  • @Ednerd
    @Ednerd Рік тому

    it was the disco era so rock was not really in. After VH1 Fair warning is my fav. but I'm a guitar guy. I think Glam rock became something when other bands started mimicking Van Halen's flash

  • @themadcow71
    @themadcow71 Рік тому +1

    The entire first album plays like a greatest hits. But all the DLR albums are required listening.

  • @dannytapp7259
    @dannytapp7259 Рік тому +2

    Shooby dooby dooby doo wah ✌

  • @j.d.leslie8458
    @j.d.leslie8458 Рік тому

    Van Halen II my favorite

  • @lindsaywilmoth3747
    @lindsaywilmoth3747 Рік тому

    I'm the one is not only my favorite track on that album but it might be my favorite VH track of all time. Please do ice cream man next.

  • @shellyjohnson9373
    @shellyjohnson9373 Рік тому

    I played this album out lol love them

  • @bassioelmucho
    @bassioelmucho Рік тому +1

    Glam metal moniker is bullshit! VH was an innovative hard rock band with a legendary ground breaking guitarist. They wrote excellent melodies and played with unrivaled excellent. Screw the labels!