To answer your "cigarette" question, they actually recorded both nights they played New Haven and this is a spliced edit of the two nights....this does not take away from the fact that he DID actually perform everything you see and hear at those shows, they just wanted the best possible production they could get for the concert film, "Live, Without A Net"....from which this is taken. Picks don't usually break.....like you said, he's just going back and forth between styles and throwing them to the crowd when he can......and yes, there are classical influences, as both Eddie and his brother, Alex (drums) began being trained as concert pianists as young boys.........Eddie actually won several competitions doing that, and never learned to read music!
kdm is spot ON!!! I remember seeing the entire video when it came out so many years ago in '86 (on VHS no less-- whippersnappers everywhere are going... "VHS? What's that??") and I noticed that cigarette "magic trick" right from the get go. I believe I have only seen one other individual catch this from the reaction world, but yes, the two performances were edited together for the best production. Like using various finer quality takes to put together master audio for an LP, it's common with all live shoots too. The Van Halen afficionados will know this: King Edward, by his own admission doesn't remember any of this in New Haven (or as Sammy so eloquently put it "this is now officially New HALEN") stop because he was just hammered. Plowed. Blind. Wasted and any other adjectives one can name-- and there are many (add to the list below, let's go for at least 20 synonyms!!) There's one night (even seen in portions of the video here, specifically the just SICK "Mean Street" tap/slap/mute into portion--- he's gone. Hey that's another one! Add it to the list!) where he looks completely pie eyed (another one! Add it!) and not so much in other shots. And this use to drive Sammy nuts. "I can't do those things he does sober!! I don't know how he does it drunk and STILL nails it!" Because, Sam..... Edward Van Halen is a rock and roll guitar God. In fact, the only fear Chuck Norris has ever been known to have is fear his jaw falling to the floor when the mighty Mount Edward blows his top. Y'know, kinda like how all of ours did back in '78 when we all walked around with that dumbfounded "wtf was THAT?!!" jaw-on-the-floor look when the world was introduced to the Van Halen Invasion. (Hmm.... virginity loss, marriage, graduation, kids.....) Yes, the FIFTH best day of my life! May King Edward shred in peace.
@@kevinjennings238 Yes. You are 100% correct. If one has the "ear" for sound differences in a forum (or anywhere for that matter), it's fairly obvious where the splice is at too. In an almost inaudible but vague difference than from what we should be hearing from his play a nanosecond before is at the point when Alex (had) already joined in to wrap up the "316" (I know you know what it is- typo's happen to everyone) segment. But it's not only just the cigarette trick that gives the edit mix between the two shows away. Instead, something else during that cigarette reappearing act seems to have simultaneously and just as magically.... disappeared!! As many times I've tried to "distinguish" what/where/when/why/how this "thing" disappears, I am unable to come to a conclusive certainty, I do concede there is a reasonable doubt knowing several of Edwards nuances. But the fact still remains one thing reappears, something else has also disappeared in the same frame. See if you can figure out what it is!! That is your homework, Grasshopper! 😁 Enjoyed the post and have yourself a terrific "417" day!
Eddie changed what everyone thought they knew about the guitar !!! And hearing him in the 70s for the first time ,, we were all convinced he was from another planet !!!
Also people thought it was all effects. He used less effects than anyone. He was just so precise it sounded like machines. I always say Jimi Hendrix invented this guitar style and Eddie perfected it.
Fun fact, Eddie started his musical journey as a drummer. His brother Alex Van Halen (the drummer) started with the guitar. Their father was a Dutch jazz pianist, claranettist, and saxophonist. Their father encouraged the boys to learn how to play. As young men, both Eddie and Alex chose to switch instruments. Both World class musicians and I, am thankful for their contributions to the World.
Good day, Mr. truckinleprechaunscottcask (whew, say that three times real fast!), Yes, how ironic how that all came to be, isn't it? I can't even imagine the visual of Alex with a ukulele much less a guitar strapped around him. So here's another little known fun fact that not very many folks know: Edward Van Halen is also.... naturally left-handed! And yes, I'm a little long in the tooth and couldn't agree more with your sentiments. I've had the privilege to be baptized by the rock and roll guitar God, King Edward, and saw Van Halen (every era) perform almost 20 times. And left each show with the same "wtf was THAT?!!" dumbfounded look like I had back in 1978 whilel playing pool in the basement of my friends place and listening to the debut album for the first time. Everyone seems to remember that first time. He is sorely missed. As I always like to say, Edward? May you always shred in peace.
Guys, Eddie and Alex’ father was a famous classical Pianist. Eddie was a trained classic pianist before finding his love with the guitar. Eddie’s son, Wolfgang Van Halen is now carrying on his father’s legacy. Should check out Mammoth WVH.
You heard correct, Don. Many "Metal" musicians were/are inspired by Classical. Generally, the harder the music the less you'll hear Blues inspiration and more Classical. That one pick that he grabbed, played a couple of notes with and tossed, was likely either too flexible or too stiff. In the "cello" section, he's turning down the volume so you don't hear the initiation of the pitch, fingering the note, turning the volume back up, then repeat. All while timing it so that it's in synch with the timing of the reverb pulse. It's the one time in this where he's really concentrating.
Your analysis was dead on. You nailed it. You listed a bunch of guitar virtuosos. All geniuses, but this is the TOPS. I’ve watched this hundreds of times and it blows my mind every time. I was lucky enough to see Van Halen in concert 4 times. The guitar solo was always the highlight in a show that was filled with highlights.
YOU WANT TO BLOW YOUR MIND? Prince on stage with JEFF LYNNE (ELO) Tomm PETTY etc doing my guitar gently weeps. Prince walks on halfway through the song and drops mouths...... DO YOURSELF A FAVOR
Those are Classical chord progressions, so yes you are hearing a classical influence. Him and his brother had classical piano lessons before switching to guitar and drums. You can even hear the Paritas. Also he has never used a guitar peddle ever. That's all him masterfully manipulating the 🎸.
I’ve watched numerous reactions to this solo and NOBODY has mentioned that he plays the back of the guitar too (12:58). That is one of the most amazing parts of this solo to me! And the way he makes it sound like a cello blows my mind! This whole solo is mind blowing!!! EDDIE IS THE ROCK GUITAR GOD!!!!! RIP EDDIE!!!!
Introducing GenX? We grew up with this! Eddie wasn't the best ever but he was surely Top 10. Go watch this to have your mind blown...ruclips.net/video/-xssnp7R51A/видео.html and yes, I am a metalhead
Actually, Wolfgang plays bass instead of guitar. I mean I'm sure he could pick up and play one, but he is listed as a bass player, and a keyboardist. In fact when Michael Anthony left Van Halen, he joined and played bass for them. He also plays drums and sings. He does everything except play the guitar. I guess those would be pretty hard shoes to fill anyway. Would you want to try to be the son of Eddie Van Halen and not be able to play guitar is good? I would rather just pick a different instrument LOL
Eddie was a virtuoso we will never see another like him. He played mostly by ear, not by reading notes. In my opinion , he is the best, number 1. Sadly he passed in oct 2020 at age 65. i feel privileged to have lived at a time to be able to hear and enjoy his music.
Eddie was definitely at the top of the list of 70s and 80s guitarist and there were a lot of great ones, he was a game changer, same as Jimi Hendrix, Tony Iommi, Richie Blackmore and jimmy Page
@@bethvigna7974 the actual song on the album is two minutes long, I don't know if they shortened it for the album or he freestyled parts of this performance. But yeah the band manager heard him warming up before recording sessions and insisted he recorded it for the album.
Good to hear you acknowledge sound lites and production crew and the experience thereof lol dont forget the twelve hr truck rides and the secound road crew doing tomorrows setup as your working tonights show .
This tour was my first concert ever as a 15 year old. BLEW my mind, the band, the crowds, the loudness of the music, the energy, the girls in the crowd, the fun…. hooked on concerts ever since. \m/ rock and roll!!
I saw Van Halen in concert on their first tour in 1978 and many more times since, including Sammy 30+ times. Eddie and crew great people and music legends. This concert was almost 40 years ago and even today’s guitarist are in awe. Eddie was one of a kind. RIP brother 🎸❤️
You all want to have a little fun off of this one. Look for Mammoth WVH: Don't Back Down (Official Video) Um, yeah, that's Eddie's kid. Wolfgang Van Halen. WVH. He really made his mark by recording songs where he plays all the instruments. This video is a fun look at it. I'm Gen X. I miss Eddie so much. Giant musical hole in the world. Glad we have these recordings.
About classical and Metal? check out Alexi Laiho & Roope Latvia (Children of Bodom) playing some Vivaldi... ruclips.net/video/6_-Q-TCgzTU/видео.html or Paul Gilbert doing some Haydn: ruclips.net/video/pXwEjr10DAY/видео.html
You hit the nail on the head when you said to the effect of “Edward stepped outside the box” not only in his style but there wasn’t even a guitar on the market to do what he did. He had to innovate and invent this guitar and modify his amplifier to be able to achieve the tone,and the effects. This is a fender strat style body with a Gibson humbucker crammed in there. Just one humbucker no pickups. And a volume knob. No tone knob. So not only is he incredibly talented he’s also a guitar builder. Leo Fender,Kes Paul and Edward. They are the ones that can make a guitar.
The classical comparison is apt because he was raised learning music. His dad was a classical musician and even played clarinet on a VH track back in the early eighties. Eddie named his son after Mozart. If memory serves, he adapted the tapping method from learning piano. Basically, it’s based on how a piano is engineered to produce sound, he just emulated that for guitar. He was also quick to point out, he didn’t invent it, he just popularized it.
That section probably was inspired by classical music. Eddie was also a classically trained pianist, and played keyboards for the group as well. That's his brother Alex Van Halen on the drums.
Hey my friend, I'm a guitarist of 35 years, and I've never ever broken a pick. Not once. But you are 💯 correct about dropping and tossing em about. The only thing that I discard a pick for is if there is a groove that catches on the strings.😊 Just curious if any other guitarists out there have ever broken a pick ??
@@Daniel-kx3xs hey that’s amazing you’ve been playing for such a long time man! And I actually have broke one playing around in my room when I tried to shred like this for hours a day. I think it was only one time ever and I know it’s not common but I don’t think impossible haha so better safe than sorry I guess!
@nickdietz4367 awesome! Keep shredding! I got the idea to put double-sided tape on my guitar and put 3 or 4 picks on it when I saw this concert on MTV sometime in '87 or '88. I still do it whenever I gig. That EVH, man!!! Watch and learn from the best! I see some people put em on a mic stand, but I like em on the bottom of my guitar, just sticking out enough to grab one without even really looking. 😀
The classical feel comes from when Eddie and his brother both played classical playing because their father wanted them to have that as the base for whatever music that they chose to get in to playing. Their father was Dutch and their mother was from Indonesia. Their father was a trained jazz saxophonist and clarinetist. They grew up in Indonesia and Holland before they took a ship to come to America and start a new life here. Their parents lived long enough to see their success as rock stars. Eddie never learned how to read music so he just made sure that other kids played the piano piece of music before he did and he would just copy whatever the other kid had played. Eddie was a musical savant/prodigy/genius. Many professional music teachers compare Eddie to Mozart. Both played what they had within themselves and it was absolutely incredible/beautiful/breathtaking!!!
Grew up listening to Van Halen. Loved EVH for 45 years now (wow, time flies). Suggest, Distance, by his son Mammoth WVH. Guitar God for many, but Distance, showing actual clips of him as a father, brings tears every time. Distance written by his son watching EVH go through cancer. The voicemail from Eddie to his son at the end of Distance, has hit everyone I've seen react to the song. That voicemail from Eddie is gut wrenching. Wolf was asked in an interview if there was a special occasion for that voicemail from Eddie. Wolf has said, no, he left voicemails like that all the time. Then to see his son in action, playing drums, bass, electric, piano and singing the song he wrote in his dad's infamous 5150 studio: Don't Back Down. Wolf is a 1 man band in the recording studio (he has has a band for touring). EVH very proud of his talented son for good reason.
Just wanted to add the song, Distance, is soft. It's a tribute from son to father. EVH bragged for years how talented his son was and everyone attributed Eddie's accolades to a father's pride. Wolfgang has said his dad heard all the songs off Wolfgang's Mammoth WVH album and Eddie could not wait for the world to see his son in action. Wolfgang set aside his own music for I believe he said years, because Wolfgang wanted to spend every second that his father had left with his dad: He did not want to be out promoting his own music while Eddie was dying. Distance is soft but the rest of Wolfgang, Mammoth WVH, songs are ROCK!!!! Mammoth WVH song, Don't Back Down, showcases all the instruments Wolf can play, Wolf's song writing, singing and his mother, Valerie Bertinelli's acting chops..
Eddie was classically trained so it makes sense why Don would say it sounds that way. And you’re spot on with his ability to push the boundaries. Eddie definitely played with ALL the sounds and techniques possible on a guitar, he pioneered so many things in rock/metal today. The squeal which Dimebag Darell perfected, the tapping, using the knob to use as a ‘Pick”. He did it all and inspired everyone! Rest in Paradise to myna favorite guitarist Eddie Van Halen and Dimebag Darell
He was a master of not only the guitar, but also the piano, the cello, and several other instruments. He was also a composer who was once even compared to Johan Sebastian Bach. Eddie Van Halen was born in the Netherlands in 1955. His family moved to Pasadena, California in the early 1960s.
I love your show! " Catherine" The song Eddie composed the Music no words. The video shows him in his studio, creating the music alone. This was one of Eddie's lowest points. He was older, had cancer,Alcoholic. , His. Wife left him took their child. In this music, you can hear his anger pain and sadness. It. Is really amazing. And as a father, you should listen to"" .Cats in the Cradle' by Harry Chapin This song makes you think about your children and your relationship.
I grew up on Van Halen and the like, my father used to reference one of Eddie’s quotes, tailoring it to the situation, all the time “If you want to be a rock star or just be famous, then run down the street naked, you'll make the news or something. But if you want music to be your livelihood, then play, play, play and play! And eventually you'll get to where you want to be.” I get goose bumps every time I hear the first few chords of Eruption.
Roy Clark a famous country musician on the Odd Couple tv show has a very impressive acoustic guitar scene. Roy Clark was also on the tv show Hee Haw and could play other instruments, such as the Banjo - where he has another impressive scene.
Very cool to see you react to this multiple times as you introduce others to it. The more you watch the more you see. And since you've seen it before you have a good sense when to pause.
Eddie was one of those once in a generation virtuosos for sure. Same with SRV, Gilmour, Hendrix, etc. I know you've probably got a shit ton of reactions to do next, but you should absolutely add Gary Moore to that list, specifically "The Messiah Will Come Again"'s live performance. Him and SRV are the two that blow my mind the most.. and he's arguably the most technically gifted guitarist I've ever seen. That performance is always fun to watch reactions of, because it is that overwhelming.
Eddie is who inspired me to become a guitarist. Always had a poster of him on the wall as a teenager in the 80's. What Don is describing is what we guitarists call "woodshedding." In order to perfect your craft, you basically have to squirrel yourself away in a "woodshed" and practice, practice, practice. Now obviously some are born with a natural talent that gives them an immediate leg up, but you still have to practice. The picks are literally foul balls at a baseball game. Souvenirs tossed to the crowd, and he has the perfect opportunity between picking and tapped phrases to do it. I've never in playing for 40 years broken a pick, but they do wear down as they're just plastic against a steel string. And yes Don, our fingertips build up some callouses. When you first start playing, you grind through the pain, but once you build up those callouses, it's no longer an issue. As to the better guitarist debate, I never like to say one is "better" than another. I say one is different than another, especially at their level. Eddie inspired me to start with his flash and speed. In 1978 when Eruption first appeared on the first Van Halen album, it was like a bomb being dropped on the rock guitar world. David Gilmour just hits me in my soul. Stevie is just blues personified. And Jimi was the guitar hero originator and a huge inspiration to the ones I just listed. If I was forced to pick only one to listen to for the rest of my life on a desert island, it's Gilmour without so much as a second thought. It's an emotional thing. I've told my wife that at my funeral, it WILL be a Pink Floyd/David Gilmour song being played as I go off to be forever Comfortably Numb...
I remember seeing Van Halen back in 1980 , on their Van Halen 1 album. It was in Albuquerque,NM. at University Arena. I still remember it like it was yesterday. I followed Eddie Van Halen & Randy Rhodes all the time until Randy had that unfortunate plane accident that took his life way too early. Now Eddie is gone, and both legends are gone. RIP to both of them & long live Rock & Roll!!!🤟🤟🤟🤟
Now what is really going to bake your noodle, 95% of the time Eddie played this he was drunk AF. In fact he was drunk on that very stage. BTW this is GENX we grew up with this Fun fact: Eddie's son is named Wolfgang Amadeus Van Halen
Funny, I mentioned that on another reaction and I was brutally attacked that he was totally sober and I was a bitch for saying any different. Love the internet
@@suzieredfoxfur6982 then they are idiots, because Eddie takes a sip of bear on stage and those of us who were alive at the time it was no secret Eddie liked his libations
And 40 years later he is just still amazing! Even in high school we knew he was magical. You went to see Van Halen to hear his solo. Like Pavarotti singing Nessun Dorma…. Other tenors perform it well… but not like him. It is what it is and thank God someone videotaped it.
you nailed it @Donjuanabe - when alex (drums) and eddie were kids, alex would leave the house to go party - eddie would just sit with a 6 pack and practice on his bed when alex would get home at sunrise eddie would still be playing guitar on his bed i heard stories from tour bus drivers too - when VH members would be partying on tour, eddie would be sitting on the bus just playing guitar by himself
Guys, you are listening to rock and roll royalty, artistry at its finest. The slow part at the beginning of the solo is called 316. It’s means March 16th the day his son was born. When his wife was pregnant and the baby was really kicking a lot, Eddie would play 316 close to his wife’s stomach and the baby would stop kicking. All these little bits and pieces of solos he’s playing are on various Van Halen albums. I was amazed at how cool they sounded on the albums, but when he played them live exactly like the record, I couldn’t believe it. He makes it look soo easy, smiling a lot.
DLR was also an EMT in NYC for a few years. It was two nights, but the solo was the same from 1982 onward. Eruption was a guitar solo on their first album in 1978. Here it is used in between the changes which are pieces from each album through their fifth in 1982.
Me & My Girls all got to the front of the 1984 concert at "The Cow Palace" with backstage passes. It was unbelievable! Imagine being a kid growing up on VH & then, as a teenager seeing & meeting them. By the end of night I looked like a "Big Haired Racoon" Eye make up completely melted. I did not care! It was not just magic it was freaking amazing! I'll keep that memory forever cherished. Anyways, there is also another that was right up there with "Eddie VH" "Randy Rhoads" Check out some early Ozzy Osbourne. Super Fab Reactions! Thank you for this one today. ✌
As a guitarist myself your fingertips develop calluses that allow you to play longer and not have it hurt your fingers. It doesn't take a long time for them to develop, but if you take any time away from playing you quickly start to lose that comfort ability as the calluses wear off as our skin sheds. That's why most guitar players practice as often as they do even when they are not in the studio or on the road doing gigs. Also Don is right, Eddie does use arpeggios that yo would find in classical music. Everything we know now evolved from that and certain genres still cater to that quite a bit! I just finished writing and producing a piano ballad type and the chords and strings are very reminiscent of classical music
Also, did you know that Eddie played guitar on Michael Jackson’s “Beat It”? People were blown away by Michael putting shredder rock guitar on an “R&B song”.
I saw van halen twice once with Sammy and the other with Garry for the van halen 3 tour, the balence tour was my first concert ever seeing Eddie do this is a spiritual event
Yes the cigarette “moved”, good catch. The solo is basically the same each night (with maybe some slight variation in the middle of each section). The solo was recorded on two consecutive night, if I remember correctly, and it is somewhat pieced together. Mostly from just one show though.
This solo is a composite of several intros and bits form different songs with some improvisation thrown in here and there. One of the best solos ever. EVH forever changed what was possible on the guitar. He's inspired millions of players (myself included) to look at the instrument and say not what can't I do but what can I do.
You are right on the classical music, in the first part of the solo, where he really picked up his hand piece, was from a classical piece. In fact, most of us, got introduced to classical music in the Bugs Bunny cartoons, and I recall the piece from Eddie in a bugs bunny episode
You should check out their Bass player's solo (Michael Anthony) also. It's the wildest, most amazing bass solo you'll ever see! Alex Van Halen's drum solo is amazing too! They are also from the same "Live, Without A Net" concert.
Love your channel! Pretty new to it and binged a bunch of videos. I have noticed you don't seem to have any Motley Crue!😱 You need to do a few videos of some of their iconic stuff! Like Tommy Lee's drum solo inside a spinning cage, the smoking in the boys room video...falls in line with Twisted Sister videos. Anyways, would love you to see that and a young guest too!🤘😎
Amongst all of the guitar greats, only 3 of them actually changed the way the instrument was played, Jimi Hendrix, Eddie Vanhalen, and Les Paul. These 3 guys are in their own category. You can argue about rest of them all you want.
Also yes, for the guitar pick.. if the pic isn't feeling right, he tosses them out to the crowd or they get wet from sweat and he just grabs a new one, other times he is doing finger picking/tapping and doesn't need the pick, so he tosses it
Eddie Van Halen did put snippets of classical music into his guitar playing. But the "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" song that plays during the mall scene is "Play With Me" by the band Extreme with guitarist Nuno Bettencourt. Nuno has stated that he is a "student" of EVH and was heavily, heavily influenced by him. Nuno also incorporates classical music snippets into his guitar playing. Edward Van Halen was a wizard on the guitar, he set the platinum standard for guitar playing and helped open the minds of generations of guitarists to explore what's possible.
You should know that having this as your introduction to guitar players is like learning to ride a bike for the first time and going to the isle of man race next day. There is no next level, you jumped straight to the end.
Eddie’s guitar solo’s are absolutely incredible! In my opinion, he's the GOAT. I’ve been lucky enough to witness 5 of them live over the years, Blows me away every time! But, there are actual instrumental songs from the albums he sprinkles into his solos. Some examples…. From 4:57 to 5:45 is a song called 316. It’s on the album For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge. And it was originally just a quiet little acoustic tune Eddie would play with his guitar on top of his wife Valerie Bertinelli’s pregnant belly for his son to hear inside. Wolfgang was born on March 16, hence the name of the tune. So he decided to record it for the album. 8:41 to 8:50. And then 11:30 to 12:31 is parts of the famous Eruption. As heard on on track 2 of their debut album - Van Halen. 12:36 to 17:51 (you guys talk in the middle of it) But, this is Cathedral. Track 3 on Diver Down. He creates the sound by using the volume knob on the guitar. 18:09 to 18:29 is Eddie repeating the opening of Mean Street, Track 1 on Fair Warning, He was absolutely brilliant! RIP Eddie.
He was one of a kind plain and simple. Even today, you don't hear people doing to the level of skill what he is doing here. Gary Moore is another is of my faves, I remember an interview where he went to see Eddie in the UK, I believe. He started doing his thing, and he turned to his friend and said how is he doing that?" No one did it. I would strongly advise you to watch Gary Moore. The messiah will come again live in Montreux. Breathtaking playing.
He put the cig back when the camera was on his face for a second or so. I had wondered that myself. Maybe a little editing out of parts for time sake. He was a classically trained pianist as a kid. You can definitely hear piano in his style. And he never learned to read music. He also arranged the music and played the solo for Beat It, with Michael Jackson. And didn't charge a fee
I am learning to play an electric guitar. Although toughening up your fingers is hard, I still enjoy all the practicing. Time flies when I am practicing.
He's throwing picks to the crowd as memorabilia. Mounted on the top of the body is a pick holder where he has a bunch more. When he decides to switch to tapping, he flicks the pick out into the crowd. When he wants to go back to a pick, he grabs a new one out of the clips. Eddie got a lot of shit from other guitarists for a long time. They said, "Well, he just plays scales," or, "Man, he's a one trick pony. The tapping thing is a gimmick, and it's all he's got." or "He's overrated." Once everybody grew up, literally lol, that shit went away. The truth is, Eddie was kind of a unique animal in rock music of the 80s. He was a classically trained guitarist who decided to go be a rock star. He had to learn how to play electric guitar, meaning he had to figure out how an electric differs from a classical acoustic. A lot of what you're hearing in this solo is the culmination of over a decade of experimentation. The parts that sound like classical are actual bits of semi-famous classical pieces. A lot of what he played were scales and arpeggios, but it's the speeds he achieved while keeping his tone decent. It's his ability to seemlessly jump from one style to another. His right hand was not only blindingly fast, it was like a freaking metronome. He held tempos like no other. He sped up and slowed down at will, and controlled tempos like a boss.
To answer your "cigarette" question, they actually recorded both nights they played New Haven and this is a spliced edit of the two nights....this does not take away from the fact that he DID actually perform everything you see and hear at those shows, they just wanted the best possible production they could get for the concert film, "Live, Without A Net"....from which this is taken.
Picks don't usually break.....like you said, he's just going back and forth between styles and throwing them to the crowd when he can......and yes, there are classical influences, as both Eddie and his brother, Alex (drums) began being trained as concert pianists as young boys.........Eddie actually won several competitions doing that, and never learned to read music!
kdm is spot ON!!! I remember seeing the entire video when it came out so many years ago in '86 (on VHS no less-- whippersnappers everywhere are going... "VHS? What's that??") and I noticed that cigarette "magic trick" right from the get go. I believe I have only seen one other individual catch this from the reaction world, but yes, the two performances were edited together for the best production. Like using various finer quality takes to put together master audio for an LP, it's common with all live shoots too. The Van Halen afficionados will know this: King Edward, by his own admission doesn't remember any of this in New Haven (or as Sammy so eloquently put it "this is now officially New HALEN") stop because he was just hammered. Plowed. Blind. Wasted and any other adjectives one can name-- and there are many (add to the list below, let's go for at least 20 synonyms!!) There's one night (even seen in portions of the video here, specifically the just SICK "Mean Street" tap/slap/mute into portion--- he's gone. Hey that's another one! Add it to the list!) where he looks completely pie eyed (another one! Add it!) and not so much in other shots. And this use to drive Sammy nuts. "I can't do those things he does sober!! I don't know how he does it drunk and STILL nails it!" Because, Sam..... Edward Van Halen is a rock and roll guitar God. In fact, the only fear Chuck Norris has ever been known to have is fear his jaw falling to the floor when the mighty Mount Edward blows his top. Y'know, kinda like how all of ours did back in '78 when we all walked around with that dumbfounded "wtf was THAT?!!" jaw-on-the-floor look when the world was introduced to the Van Halen Invasion. (Hmm.... virginity loss, marriage, graduation, kids.....) Yes, the FIFTH best day of my life! May King Edward shred in peace.
C'mon BP gang! Road to at LEAST 20: hammered, plowed, blind, wasted, gone, pie-eyed, (so many more...!)......
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The Intro song, "311" was LONGER than they showed in THIS Video. Also, he had a Cig-Guy, with LIT smokes Ready, when he was going into other songs.
@@kevinjennings238 Yes. You are 100% correct. If one has the "ear" for sound differences in a forum (or anywhere for that matter), it's fairly obvious where the splice is at too. In an almost inaudible but vague difference than from what we should be hearing from his play a nanosecond before is at the point when Alex (had) already joined in to wrap up the "316" (I know you know what it is- typo's happen to everyone) segment. But it's not only just the cigarette trick that gives the edit mix between the two shows away. Instead, something else during that cigarette reappearing act seems to have simultaneously and just as magically.... disappeared!! As many times I've tried to "distinguish" what/where/when/why/how this "thing" disappears, I am unable to come to a conclusive certainty, I do concede there is a reasonable doubt knowing several of Edwards nuances. But the fact still remains one thing reappears, something else has also disappeared in the same frame. See if you can figure out what it is!! That is your homework, Grasshopper! 😁 Enjoyed the post and have yourself a terrific "417" day!
Eddie changed what everyone thought they knew about the guitar !!! And hearing him in the 70s for the first time ,, we were all convinced he was from another planet !!!
Also people thought it was all effects. He used less effects than anyone. He was just so precise it sounded like machines. I always say Jimi Hendrix invented this guitar style and Eddie perfected it.
@@kylerjones4411 Yes
@@kylerjones4411 Yes, Ed's sound originality was largely in his fingers in his brain.
This IS a gen x song. I was in high school when this came out. Gen X already knows a lot about this song and band.
Man, my exact thoughts!!
Absolutely. I lost some hearing in the 80’s as a teen listening to this music so loud in my car. 🤣
My thoughts EXACTLY. If your dude says he's Gen X and DOESN'T know who Eddie Van Halen was? He is LYING.
Saw 5150 tour in 1987 Jackson Ms it was AWESOME 😎
Came to the comment section to say the same thing. You don't need to introduce Gen X to this. We lived through it. Lol
Fun fact, Eddie started his musical journey as a drummer. His brother Alex Van Halen (the drummer) started with the guitar. Their father was a Dutch jazz pianist, claranettist, and saxophonist. Their father encouraged the boys to learn how to play. As young men, both Eddie and Alex chose to switch instruments. Both World class musicians and I, am thankful for their contributions to the World.
Good day, Mr. truckinleprechaunscottcask (whew, say that three times real fast!), Yes, how ironic how that all came to be, isn't it? I can't even imagine the visual of Alex with a ukulele much less a guitar strapped around him. So here's another little known fun fact that not very many folks know: Edward Van Halen is also.... naturally left-handed! And yes, I'm a little long in the tooth and couldn't agree more with your sentiments. I've had the privilege to be baptized by the rock and roll guitar God, King Edward, and saw Van Halen (every era) perform almost 20 times. And left each show with the same "wtf was THAT?!!" dumbfounded look like I had back in 1978 whilel playing pool in the basement of my friends place and listening to the debut album for the first time. Everyone seems to remember that first time. He is sorely missed. As I always like to say, Edward? May you always shred in peace.
Guys,
Eddie and Alex’ father was a famous classical Pianist.
Eddie was a trained classic pianist before finding his love with the guitar.
Eddie’s son, Wolfgang Van Halen is now carrying on his father’s legacy. Should check out Mammoth WVH.
Naming his son Wolfgang is pretty convincing evidence Eddie was a fan of classical music.
Their father also played clarinet, as evidenced by the song he recorded with them on Diver Down.
@@beatmet2355his father played piano, saxophone and clarinet in a jazz band
You heard correct, Don. Many "Metal" musicians were/are inspired by Classical. Generally, the harder the music the less you'll hear Blues inspiration and more Classical.
That one pick that he grabbed, played a couple of notes with and tossed, was likely either too flexible or too stiff.
In the "cello" section, he's turning down the volume so you don't hear the initiation of the pitch, fingering the note, turning the volume back up, then repeat. All while timing it so that it's in synch with the timing of the reverb pulse. It's the one time in this where he's really concentrating.
You guys said youre looking for a good Prince solo. He is part of the tribute to "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" where he goes pretty hard.
Your analysis was dead on. You nailed it. You listed a bunch of guitar virtuosos. All geniuses, but this is the TOPS. I’ve watched this hundreds of times and it blows my mind every time.
I was lucky enough to see Van Halen in concert 4 times. The guitar solo was always the highlight in a show that was filled with highlights.
The MOST PERFECT reaction I've seen....period. Don Juan, you nailed it! Blessings to you both and your families!!!
YOU WANT TO BLOW YOUR MIND? Prince on stage with JEFF LYNNE (ELO) Tomm PETTY etc doing my guitar gently weeps. Prince walks on halfway through the song and drops mouths...... DO YOURSELF A FAVOR
Thats the prince guitar solo I assumed he was talking about. It really is a mind blowing performance
@@constitutionalcarpenter541 yes yes it is when he bends backwards off stage while still playing!
Legend has it is that Princes guitar is still in orbit around earth from when he threw it up in the air
Actually hewas on stage the whole time just off to the right.
💯 😊🤘
Those are Classical chord progressions, so yes you are hearing a classical influence. Him and his brother had classical piano lessons before switching to guitar and drums. You can even hear the Paritas. Also he has never used a guitar peddle ever. That's all him masterfully manipulating the 🎸.
I’ve watched numerous reactions to this solo and NOBODY has mentioned that he plays the back of the guitar too (12:58). That is one of the most amazing parts of this solo to me! And the way he makes it sound like a cello blows my mind! This whole solo is mind blowing!!!
EDDIE IS THE ROCK GUITAR GOD!!!!! RIP EDDIE!!!!
Introducing GenX? We grew up with this! Eddie wasn't the best ever but he was surely Top 10. Go watch this to have your mind blown...ruclips.net/video/-xssnp7R51A/видео.html and yes, I am a metalhead
Sweetest smile in Rock and Roll he played the audience like an instrument. Beautiful.
He is gorgeous ❤
Eddie built that guitar, I believe its name was "Frankenstein"
Frankenstrat*
*Frankenstrat*
Frankenstrat
This is his "5150" Kramer guitar. The Frankenstrat was different.
@spunkybrewster1972 Could bE. I forgot he switched for the 1984 album if I recall?
Nobody is ever ready! Go find "Do You Feel Like I Do" to hear a guitar TALK!
Frampton is sik af. Zakk Wyld 2
My first husband had the first one in town for years and years. It was a homemade one and people would go crazy.
good call!
Frampton comes alive...DO you feel!!!! YES!
rest in peace, Eddie.💔
Married to Vaerie Bertinelli. They had a son wolfgang that is a great guitar player in his own right
yep
Actually, Wolfgang plays bass instead of guitar. I mean I'm sure he could pick up and play one, but he is listed as a bass player, and a keyboardist. In fact when Michael Anthony left Van Halen, he joined and played bass for them. He also plays drums and sings. He does everything except play the guitar. I guess those would be pretty hard shoes to fill anyway. Would you want to try to be the son of Eddie Van Halen and not be able to play guitar is good? I would rather just pick a different instrument LOL
@@emjay221 ...he plays guitar too, look it up
@@emjay221Wolf plays everything, and you can hear the old man in him when he taps the six string
Eddie was a virtuoso we will never see another like him. He played mostly by ear, not by reading notes. In my opinion , he is the best, number 1. Sadly he passed in oct 2020 at age 65. i feel privileged to have lived at a time to be able to hear and enjoy his music.
Eddie was definitely at the top of the list of 70s and 80s guitarist and there were a lot of great ones, he was a game changer, same as Jimi Hendrix, Tony Iommi, Richie Blackmore and jimmy Page
The funny thing is that Eruption was the warm-up he used to do, but his manager insisted on putting it on their first album.😂
That part!
@@bethvigna7974 the actual song on the album is two minutes long, I don't know if they shortened it for the album or he freestyled parts of this performance. But yeah the band manager heard him warming up before recording sessions and insisted he recorded it for the album.
For great "Gee Tar" picking check out Roy Clark "Malaguena"
The one with the electric acoustic...his picking dynamics are so good they made me cry!
Absolutely! Roy Clark inspired a lot of the greats!
The picks are memorabilia. Many guitarists do it as well as drummers tossing their sticks at the end of a show.
Good to hear you acknowledge sound lites and production crew and the experience thereof lol dont forget the twelve hr truck rides and the secound road crew doing tomorrows setup as your working tonights show .
Eddie was asked what it was like to be the world's greatest guitar player? He said he didn't know Roy Clark. ✌
That quote is old basically insert your guitarist here! Nice try though 😅
Roy Clark was AMAZING!!!
"I dunno, ask Alex Lifeson"
Eddie at Tokyo dome 2015 ,60 years old .Fantastic
This tour was my first concert ever as a 15 year old.
BLEW my mind, the band, the crowds, the loudness of the music, the energy, the girls in the crowd, the fun…. hooked on concerts ever since.
\m/ rock and roll!!
Listen to Don knowing his guitarists. Nice! Yeah, Prince has skills too. Sometimes a bit underrated.
Defintely underrated. But not on Eddie's or Stevie Ray's level, and I could name a lot of others.
I saw Van Halen in concert on their first tour in 1978 and many more times since, including Sammy 30+ times. Eddie and crew great people and music legends. This concert was almost 40 years ago and even today’s guitarist are in awe. Eddie was one of a kind. RIP brother 🎸❤️
You all want to have a little fun off of this one. Look for Mammoth WVH: Don't Back Down (Official Video) Um, yeah, that's Eddie's kid. Wolfgang Van Halen. WVH. He really made his mark by recording songs where he plays all the instruments. This video is a fun look at it. I'm Gen X. I miss Eddie so much. Giant musical hole in the world. Glad we have these recordings.
R I Paradise Eddie 🙏❣️🙏
One of THE GREATEST 💯
this man doing his craft since the late 70's rip Eddie
The best part is there isn't a million cameras at work in the crowd.
oh god I miss those days
EVH is the GOAT. His tone is unreal. It is the holy grail of tone.
About classical and Metal?
check out Alexi Laiho & Roope Latvia (Children of Bodom) playing some Vivaldi... ruclips.net/video/6_-Q-TCgzTU/видео.html
or Paul Gilbert doing some Haydn: ruclips.net/video/pXwEjr10DAY/видео.html
BP, AC/DC live in Glasgow 1978 "Let There Be Rock" another thrilling guitar solo
You hit the nail on the head when you said to the effect of “Edward stepped outside the box” not only in his style but there wasn’t even a guitar on the market to do what he did. He had to innovate and invent this guitar and modify his amplifier to be able to achieve the tone,and the effects. This is a fender strat style body with a Gibson humbucker crammed in there. Just one humbucker no pickups. And a volume knob. No tone knob. So not only is he incredibly talented he’s also a guitar builder. Leo Fender,Kes Paul and Edward. They are the ones that can make a guitar.
The classical comparison is apt because he was raised learning music. His dad was a classical musician and even played clarinet on a VH track back in the early eighties. Eddie named his son after Mozart.
If memory serves, he adapted the tapping method from learning piano. Basically, it’s based on how a piano is engineered to produce sound, he just emulated that for guitar. He was also quick to point out, he didn’t invent it, he just popularized it.
Another crazy thing is that he's already played for awhile based on how sweaty he is. What endurance he had.
Great reaction. I was fortunate enough to see Van Halen several times in the 70's and 80's. Such a fun and talented band.
That section probably was inspired by classical music. Eddie was also a classically trained pianist, and played keyboards for the group as well. That's his brother Alex Van Halen on the drums.
Guitarist’s keep extra picks for a couple reasons, they either break or accidentally drop them. And they like to pass em out to fans too
Hey my friend, I'm a guitarist of 35 years, and I've never ever broken a pick. Not once. But you are 💯 correct about dropping and tossing em about. The only thing that I discard a pick for is if there is a groove that catches on the strings.😊
Just curious if any other guitarists out there have ever broken a pick ??
@@Daniel-kx3xs hey that’s amazing you’ve been playing for such a long time man! And I actually have broke one playing around in my room when I tried to shred like this for hours a day. I think it was only one time ever and I know it’s not common but I don’t think impossible haha so better safe than sorry I guess!
@nickdietz4367 awesome! Keep shredding! I got the idea to put double-sided tape on my guitar and put 3 or 4 picks on it when I saw this concert on MTV sometime in '87 or '88. I still do it whenever I gig. That EVH, man!!! Watch and learn from the best! I see some people put em on a mic stand, but I like em on the bottom of my guitar, just sticking out enough to grab one without even really looking. 😀
He makes it look so easy but then again the GOATS always do 🔥🔥🔥
The classical feel comes from when Eddie and his brother both played classical playing because their father wanted them to have that as the base for whatever music that they chose to get in to playing. Their father was Dutch and their mother was from Indonesia. Their father was a trained jazz saxophonist and clarinetist. They grew up in Indonesia and Holland before they took a ship to come to America and start a new life here. Their parents lived long enough to see their success as rock stars. Eddie never learned how to read music so he just made sure that other kids played the piano piece of music before he did and he would just copy whatever the other kid had played. Eddie was a musical savant/prodigy/genius. Many professional music teachers compare Eddie to Mozart. Both played what they had within themselves and it was absolutely incredible/beautiful/breathtaking!!!
Grew up listening to Van Halen. Loved EVH for 45 years now (wow, time flies). Suggest, Distance, by his son Mammoth WVH. Guitar God for many, but Distance, showing actual clips of him as a father, brings tears every time. Distance written by his son watching EVH go through cancer. The voicemail from Eddie to his son at the end of Distance, has hit everyone I've seen react to the song. That voicemail from Eddie is gut wrenching. Wolf was asked in an interview if there was a special occasion for that voicemail from Eddie. Wolf has said, no, he left voicemails like that all the time. Then to see his son in action, playing drums, bass, electric, piano and singing the song he wrote in his dad's infamous 5150 studio: Don't Back Down. Wolf is a 1 man band in the recording studio (he has has a band for touring). EVH very proud of his talented son for good reason.
Just wanted to add the song, Distance, is soft. It's a tribute from son to father. EVH bragged for years how talented his son was and everyone attributed Eddie's accolades to a father's pride. Wolfgang has said his dad heard all the songs off Wolfgang's Mammoth WVH album and Eddie could not wait for the world to see his son in action. Wolfgang set aside his own music for I believe he said years, because Wolfgang wanted to spend every second that his father had left with his dad: He did not want to be out promoting his own music while Eddie was dying. Distance is soft but the rest of Wolfgang, Mammoth WVH, songs are ROCK!!!! Mammoth WVH song, Don't Back Down, showcases all the instruments Wolf can play, Wolf's song writing, singing and his mother, Valerie Bertinelli's acting chops..
Eddie was classically trained so it makes sense why Don would say it sounds that way. And you’re spot on with his ability to push the boundaries. Eddie definitely played with ALL the sounds and techniques possible on a guitar, he pioneered so many things in rock/metal today. The squeal which Dimebag Darell perfected, the tapping, using the knob to use as a
‘Pick”. He did it all and inspired everyone! Rest in Paradise to myna favorite guitarist Eddie Van Halen and Dimebag Darell
He was a master of not only the guitar, but also the piano, the cello, and several other instruments. He was also a composer who was once even compared to Johan Sebastian Bach. Eddie Van Halen was born in the Netherlands in 1955. His family moved to Pasadena, California in the early 1960s.
Everyone was inspired by Edward Van Halen!
Almost true. David Gilmour paved his own way. Because that’s what GOATS do.
I love your show! " Catherine"
The song Eddie composed the Music no words. The video shows him in his studio, creating the music alone. This was one of Eddie's lowest points. He was older, had cancer,Alcoholic.
, His.
Wife left him took their child. In this music, you can hear his anger pain and sadness. It.
Is really amazing. And as a father, you should listen to"" .Cats in the Cradle' by Harry Chapin This song makes you think about your children and your relationship.
Awww I am glad you mentioned my beloved SRV! Love it
I grew up on Van Halen and the like, my father used to reference one of Eddie’s quotes, tailoring it to the situation, all the time “If you want to be a rock star or just be famous, then run down the street naked, you'll make the news or something. But if you want music to be your livelihood, then play, play, play and play! And eventually you'll get to where you want to be.” I get goose bumps every time I hear the first few chords of Eruption.
I have watched many of your vids and in others your just rocking to the music and in this one your just watching and just enjoying watching him.
LOVE THIS PERFORMANCE!!! ENJOY, YOU-GUYS!!! HUGS, BP & DON!!
Roy Clark a famous country musician on the Odd Couple tv show has a very impressive acoustic guitar scene. Roy Clark was also on the tv show Hee Haw and could play other instruments, such as the Banjo - where he has another impressive scene.
Roy Clark is rarely mentioned, but he was among the best of the best.
Very cool to see you react to this multiple times as you introduce others to it. The more you watch the more you see. And since you've seen it before you have a good sense when to pause.
Eddie was one of those once in a generation virtuosos for sure. Same with SRV, Gilmour, Hendrix, etc. I know you've probably got a shit ton of reactions to do next, but you should absolutely add Gary Moore to that list, specifically "The Messiah Will Come Again"'s live performance. Him and SRV are the two that blow my mind the most.. and he's arguably the most technically gifted guitarist I've ever seen. That performance is always fun to watch reactions of, because it is that overwhelming.
Eddie is who inspired me to become a guitarist. Always had a poster of him on the wall as a teenager in the 80's. What Don is describing is what we guitarists call "woodshedding." In order to perfect your craft, you basically have to squirrel yourself away in a "woodshed" and practice, practice, practice. Now obviously some are born with a natural talent that gives them an immediate leg up, but you still have to practice. The picks are literally foul balls at a baseball game. Souvenirs tossed to the crowd, and he has the perfect opportunity between picking and tapped phrases to do it. I've never in playing for 40 years broken a pick, but they do wear down as they're just plastic against a steel string. And yes Don, our fingertips build up some callouses. When you first start playing, you grind through the pain, but once you build up those callouses, it's no longer an issue.
As to the better guitarist debate, I never like to say one is "better" than another. I say one is different than another, especially at their level. Eddie inspired me to start with his flash and speed. In 1978 when Eruption first appeared on the first Van Halen album, it was like a bomb being dropped on the rock guitar world. David Gilmour just hits me in my soul. Stevie is just blues personified. And Jimi was the guitar hero originator and a huge inspiration to the ones I just listed. If I was forced to pick only one to listen to for the rest of my life on a desert island, it's Gilmour without so much as a second thought. It's an emotional thing. I've told my wife that at my funeral, it WILL be a Pink Floyd/David Gilmour song being played as I go off to be forever Comfortably Numb...
I was so fortunate to witness 2 Eddie solos, thank you for blessing me with your greatness Eddie. RIP
The sounds this man could coax from a guitar were simply mind blowing. May he Rest In Peace.
I remember seeing Van Halen back in 1980 , on their Van Halen 1 album. It was in Albuquerque,NM. at University Arena. I still remember it like it was yesterday. I followed Eddie Van Halen & Randy Rhodes all the time until Randy had that unfortunate plane accident that took his life way too early. Now Eddie is gone, and both legends are gone. RIP to both of them & long live Rock & Roll!!!🤟🤟🤟🤟
I have a whole new respect for your friend. He is intelligent, beyond most common men. Like this guy.
Now what is really going to bake your noodle, 95% of the time Eddie played this he was drunk AF. In fact he was drunk on that very stage.
BTW this is GENX we grew up with this
Fun fact: Eddie's son is named Wolfgang Amadeus Van Halen
The Smoker He Drinks the Player He Gets...😅
If you know, you know. Y'know?
the majority of them do DImebag could not play concerts without being sh!tfaced or at least a really heavy buzz going
Funny, I mentioned that on another reaction and I was brutally attacked that he was totally sober and I was a bitch for saying any different. Love the internet
@@suzieredfoxfur6982 then they are idiots, because Eddie takes a sip of bear on stage and those of us who were alive at the time it was no secret Eddie liked his libations
#facts😁@@pauldickens5246
Eddie Van Halen is simply amazing. Thanks for reacting Black Pegasus!!!
And 40 years later he is just still amazing! Even in high school we knew he was magical. You went to see Van Halen to hear his solo. Like Pavarotti singing Nessun Dorma…. Other tenors perform it well… but not like him. It is what it is and thank God someone videotaped it.
you nailed it @Donjuanabe - when alex (drums) and eddie were kids, alex would leave the house to go party - eddie would just sit with a 6 pack and practice on his bed
when alex would get home at sunrise eddie would still be playing guitar on his bed
i heard stories from tour bus drivers too - when VH members would be partying on tour, eddie would be sitting on the bus just playing guitar by himself
Imagine seeing it live! It was AMAZING!!! One in a lifetime kinda thing 🤘🍻🎸
I was born in 76 right in the middle of Gen x. Van Halen was a musical staple of mine growing up and I rocked this in my ride many times.. 100+ mph 😅
Guys, you are listening to rock and roll royalty, artistry at its finest. The slow part at the beginning of the solo is called 316. It’s means March 16th the day his son was born. When his wife was pregnant and the baby was really kicking a lot, Eddie would play 316 close to his wife’s stomach and the baby would stop kicking. All these little bits and pieces of solos he’s playing are on various Van Halen albums. I was amazed at how cool they sounded on the albums, but when he played them live exactly like the record, I couldn’t believe it. He makes it look soo easy, smiling a lot.
DLR was also an EMT in NYC for a few years. It was two nights, but the solo was the same from 1982 onward. Eruption was a guitar solo on their first album in 1978. Here it is used in between the changes which are pieces from each album through their fifth in 1982.
Me & My Girls all got to the front of the 1984 concert at "The Cow Palace" with backstage passes. It was unbelievable! Imagine being a kid growing up on VH & then, as a teenager seeing & meeting them. By the end of night I looked like a "Big Haired Racoon" Eye make up completely melted. I did not care! It was not just magic it was freaking amazing! I'll keep that memory forever cherished. Anyways, there is also another that was right up there with "Eddie VH" "Randy Rhoads" Check out some early Ozzy Osbourne. Super Fab Reactions! Thank you for this one today. ✌
As a guitarist myself your fingertips develop calluses that allow you to play longer and not have it hurt your fingers. It doesn't take a long time for them to develop, but if you take any time away from playing you quickly start to lose that comfort ability as the calluses wear off as our skin sheds. That's why most guitar players practice as often as they do even when they are not in the studio or on the road doing gigs. Also Don is right, Eddie does use arpeggios that yo would find in classical music. Everything we know now evolved from that and certain genres still cater to that quite a bit! I just finished writing and producing a piano ballad type and the chords and strings are very reminiscent of classical music
Also, did you know that Eddie played guitar on Michael Jackson’s “Beat It”? People were blown away by Michael putting shredder rock guitar on an “R&B song”.
On Back to the Future when Marty is the alien Darth Vader from the planet Vulcan🖖.
The music is Van Halen.
We've been WAITING for this, rapper dude/ lol🤯😎
Class line at the end Dom. Had me in stitches
I cant even begin to imagine the feeling he was feeling with the spotlight on him alone plying his trade🤘❤️
Mean Streets is mandatory. Absolute jam
He is the best tapper guitarist that I know of. I love watching him tap, when he plays the guitar.
This was my music in high school!! Eddie is the freaking best!! RIP
I saw van halen twice once with Sammy and the other with Garry for the van halen 3 tour, the balence tour was my first concert ever seeing Eddie do this is a spiritual event
Yes the cigarette “moved”, good catch. The solo is basically the same each night (with maybe some slight variation in the middle of each section). The solo was recorded on two consecutive night, if I remember correctly, and it is somewhat pieced together. Mostly from just one show though.
This solo is a composite of several intros and bits form different songs with some improvisation thrown in here and there. One of the best solos ever. EVH forever changed what was possible on the guitar. He's inspired millions of players (myself included) to look at the instrument and say not what can't I do but what can I do.
You are right on the classical music, in the first part of the solo, where he really picked up his hand piece, was from a classical piece. In fact, most of us, got introduced to classical music in the Bugs Bunny cartoons, and I recall the piece from Eddie in a bugs bunny episode
right before he went into that solo where it sounded like a chello he was tuning his guitar to sound like that. that was awesome❤❤❤
You should check out their Bass player's solo (Michael Anthony) also. It's the wildest, most amazing bass solo you'll ever see! Alex Van Halen's drum solo is amazing too! They are also from the same "Live, Without A Net" concert.
Eddie's dad was a classic and jazz musicians so he heard classics before he knew what misic was probably.
Love your channel! Pretty new to it and binged a bunch of videos. I have noticed you don't seem to have any Motley Crue!😱 You need to do a few videos of some of their iconic stuff! Like Tommy Lee's drum solo inside a spinning cage, the smoking in the boys room video...falls in line with Twisted Sister videos. Anyways, would love you to see that and a young guest too!🤘😎
Amongst all of the guitar greats, only 3 of them actually changed the way the instrument was played, Jimi Hendrix, Eddie Vanhalen, and Les Paul. These 3 guys are in their own category. You can argue about rest of them all you want.
"Flying Eddie's" is what his jumps are called.👍😊
Also yes, for the guitar pick.. if the pic isn't feeling right, he tosses them out to the crowd or they get wet from sweat and he just grabs a new one, other times he is doing finger picking/tapping and doesn't need the pick, so he tosses it
He did sample some licks from Bach on this on the first tapping section....the Toccata and Fugue in D minor.
❤i can imagine Jimmy Hendrix up there, smiling down, every time this is played...saying "yessss !"
And spot on with the classical influences. He named his son Wolfgang. Eddie was the Mozart of our time.
Eddie Van Halen did put snippets of classical music into his guitar playing. But the "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" song that plays during the mall scene is "Play With Me" by the band Extreme with guitarist Nuno Bettencourt. Nuno has stated that he is a "student" of EVH and was heavily, heavily influenced by him. Nuno also incorporates classical music snippets into his guitar playing. Edward Van Halen was a wizard on the guitar, he set the platinum standard for guitar playing and helped open the minds of generations of guitarists to explore what's possible.
You should know that having this as your introduction to guitar players is like learning to ride a bike for the first time and going to the isle of man race next day. There is no next level, you jumped straight to the end.
Eddie’s guitar solo’s are absolutely incredible! In my opinion, he's the GOAT.
I’ve been lucky enough to witness 5 of them live over the years,
Blows me away every time!
But, there are actual instrumental songs from the albums he sprinkles into his solos.
Some examples….
From 4:57 to 5:45 is a song called 316. It’s on the album For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge.
And it was originally just a quiet little acoustic tune Eddie would play with his
guitar on top of his wife Valerie Bertinelli’s pregnant belly for his son to hear inside.
Wolfgang was born on March 16, hence the name of the tune. So he decided to record it for the album.
8:41 to 8:50. And then 11:30 to 12:31 is parts of the famous Eruption. As heard on on track 2 of their debut album - Van Halen.
12:36 to 17:51 (you guys talk in the middle of it) But, this is Cathedral. Track 3 on Diver Down.
He creates the sound by using the volume knob on the guitar.
18:09 to 18:29 is Eddie repeating the opening of Mean Street, Track 1 on Fair Warning,
He was absolutely brilliant!
RIP Eddie.
He was one of a kind plain and simple. Even today, you don't hear people doing to the level of skill what he is doing here. Gary Moore is another is of my faves, I remember an interview where he went to see Eddie in the UK, I believe. He started doing his thing, and he turned to his friend and said how is he doing that?" No one did it. I would strongly advise you to watch Gary Moore. The messiah will come again live in Montreux. Breathtaking playing.
He put the cig back when the camera was on his face for a second or so. I had wondered that myself. Maybe a little editing out of parts for time sake. He was a classically trained pianist as a kid. You can definitely hear piano in his style. And he never learned to read music. He also arranged the music and played the solo for Beat It, with Michael Jackson. And didn't charge a fee
I am learning to play an electric guitar. Although toughening up your fingers is hard, I still enjoy all the practicing. Time flies when I am practicing.
He's throwing picks to the crowd as memorabilia. Mounted on the top of the body is a pick holder where he has a bunch more. When he decides to switch to tapping, he flicks the pick out into the crowd. When he wants to go back to a pick, he grabs a new one out of the clips.
Eddie got a lot of shit from other guitarists for a long time. They said, "Well, he just plays scales," or, "Man, he's a one trick pony. The tapping thing is a gimmick, and it's all he's got." or "He's overrated." Once everybody grew up, literally lol, that shit went away.
The truth is, Eddie was kind of a unique animal in rock music of the 80s. He was a classically trained guitarist who decided to go be a rock star. He had to learn how to play electric guitar, meaning he had to figure out how an electric differs from a classical acoustic. A lot of what you're hearing in this solo is the culmination of over a decade of experimentation. The parts that sound like classical are actual bits of semi-famous classical pieces. A lot of what he played were scales and arpeggios, but it's the speeds he achieved while keeping his tone decent. It's his ability to seemlessly jump from one style to another. His right hand was not only blindingly fast, it was like a freaking metronome. He held tempos like no other. He sped up and slowed down at will, and controlled tempos like a boss.
He’s one of many G.O.A.T.S…Super talented. Enjoy! 🎸 🤘🏻🇨🇦🤘🏻