Favorite Guitar Solos: Eddie Van Halen
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- Join Pete Pardo & Butch Jones as they offer up their favorite 10 guitar solos from the late, great, Edward Van Halen. #vanhalen
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You can see how much Butch loves Edward Van Halen. That is a true fan.
Butch loves VH but only cites solos from the first four records. If you truly love an artist you should appreciate and give props to the entirety of their work.
Good to see Butch back! He got me into Thin Lizzy so he’s the man.
Haha..LOVE IT!!!🤘🏿
I would agree with that as well....Thin Lizzy kicks ASS!!!
Y'all need to buy the new Rock Legands box set..a MUST!
1. Girl Gone Bad
2. Hang Em High
3. Bottoms Up
4. I'm The One
5. Hear About It Later
6. Hot For Teacher
7. Love Walks In
8. Mine All Mine
9. Dreams
10. You're No Good
So great to see Butch back on the channel. He’s always so passionate and sincere. My favourite contributor along with Chris Alo.
HEAR about it LATER / 81 is my favorite VH song EVER!
Nice see Butch back he cool along with all your guests R.I.P. Eddie Van Halen
This is STILL gut wrenching to me, here are my favorites:
1. Ain't Taking Bout Love
2. Eruption/You Really Got Me
3. Jump
4. Beautiful Girls
5. Love Walks In
6. Dreams
7. Best of Both Worlds
8. Beat It
9. Mean Streets
10. And the Cradle Will Rock
Jump is often overlooked because its a keyboard heavy hit, but the solo is tremendous and the fact that Eddie made it work in a Keyboard driven pop song was genius.
I absolutely love the EXCITEMENT in BUTCHs face/ when he thinks In his head of the riff-/ song / & I’m just like that. I totally get where he’s coming from !!!👍💯
Great to see Butch back! Both Van Halen and Thin Lizzy are amongst my favorite bands so it's nice to see someone holding their flags!
Talking about Thin Lizzy, I am not sure how many really know about Scott Gorhams "new" band Black Star Riders at this point. They have released FOUR albums already and they are worth checking out.
Long live King Edward! Great to have Butch back
My favorite is the solo in "I'll wait". So many to pick from but nobody mentioned it so here it is
Love this solo too!! I`ll wait is also a great song
When I first heard "i'll wait" solo, i thought, "wow, he finally played a Clapton- esque solo,and it is perfect "
really bluesy, but still EVH touches all over it. I love the tone, or "sound" of His guitar on this whole album., but that little solo is so subtle ,melodic and tasty.... one of my favorites.
Definitely in my top 5 EVH solos. And, I'll add that it's VH's all time best keyboard song. Fun fact, Michael McDonald co-wrote the song
agree, thank you
Butch is the best guest to my taste of music. Like his enthusiasm and positive energy. He never stops smiling 😊
Great!!!! Butch and Pete are the best
Again let me say...so great to see Butch🤘🤘🤘🤘 just enjoy reading what you all like it's a hard one for me...like trying to choose children???!!🤘🤘 Miss you EDWARD RIP
Edward (Eddie) Van Halen lives on through his guitar playing for all generations forever!!🎤🎸🎵🥁
1 Light Up The Sky 2 And The Cradle Will Rock 3 Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love 4 Hang 'Em High 5 One Foot Out The Door 6 D.O.A. 7 Eruption 8 Mean Streets 9 Romeo Delight 10. Bottoms Up! So much awesomeness from EVH. Cheers guys!
My fav solo of EVH...is on Cradle Will Rock...short,sweet and memorable.great video guys.
Thanks, Pete and Butch! Loved it!
1} Eruption
2} One Foot Out The Door
3) Bottoms Up
4) Light Up The Sky
5) Mean Street
6) Push Comes To Shove
7) Everybody Wants Some
8) Hot For Teacher
9) Dreams
10) Beat It
My favorite is a song that has flown under the radar in the VH catalog....House of Pain off 1984.....absolutely smoking....highly encourage everyone to check out on RUclips if you have never heard or to many to revisit for Mr Van Halen at his finest and a fine eargasm 👍👍👍
Love House of Pain....under the radar song for sure. Great guitar work!!
dig the vocal/guitar play too
Thank you guys sooo much for your Favorite Guitar Solos: Eddie Van Halen!! EVH is one of my favorite guitarist!! 🎤🎸🎵🥁
The outro solo in Me Wise Magic....Eddie shreds on that!!
1. Beat It
2. Push Comes to Shove
3. I'm the One
4. Drop Dead Legs (outro)
5. Hot for Teacher
Honorable mentions: all of VH 1, all of 1984, Mine all Mine, Dreams, Big River.
p.s. I consider the instrumentals to be a separate category. Great video!
My favorite might be Mean Street. His tone is incredible. But this solo always gives me chills. I also love the Ice Cream Man solo. The tapping in the beginning is so genius. It makes me so happy whenever I hear it.
Hell Yeah 🤘🤘🤘🤘😃
Great solo! I'd like to add that he's actually not tapping in the beginning. Eddie had huge hands and that lick is all left hand stretching with right hand picking. Check a video for confirmation.
Hey guys, I really enjoyed the video! Eddie was my favorite musician of all time and like all Van Halen fans we are loving all of the tributes that are springing up all over RUclips and social media. Thanks! 😁🎸
Great to see Butch back!
No one ever mentions his solo on the title song to 5150. It’s probably my favourite of his
That is a KILLER solo.
@@rightchordleadership; brother I agree. Butch completely ignores any solos from 'Diverdown" and every album afterwards. Eddie's soloing on all VH albums regardless of era and singer are all amazing. Another unbelievable solo that neither one of these guys mentions is the soloing on 'Humans Being."
To just mention and give props to solos from the first three or four albums shows a lack of understanding for the depth and genius of Eddie throughout his entire career.
@mark grgas Well, Pete and Butch are certainly welcome to pick their favorite solos, which may or may not be the same as ours. What I would say is that if one restricted themselves to the first four albums, they’d be missing out on some phenomenal EVH solos. When every solo the guy played is a potential contender for a top 10 list, it becomes a very difficult exercise.
Alright this is gonna be a bit hard to tackle since Ed is my hero and such and he has so many classic solos to choose from.
1. Secrets
2. 5150 (Live Without a Net version)
3. Humans Being
4. Hear About it Later
5. Somebody Get me a Doctor
6. Chinatown
7. Dont Tell Me What Love Can Do
8. When its Love
9. I'll Wait
10. I'm the One
10) Mine all mine
9) China Town
8) Dreams
7) I'm the One
6) Hot for Teacher
5) Mean Street
4) Panama
3) One foot out the door
2) Eruption
1) Drop dead legs
I have been a huge EVH fan all my life. I am 54. I remember seeing him live and on all the concert footage throughout his career with his guitar solos...and cigarette. It's too bad that cool trademark of his was part of the reason we lost him so early. One of my other heroes was Rod Serling, another person and who was hugely influential in his area of expertise, and who's trademark was also the lit cigarette, it was his undoing also. Don't smoke kids.
Oh!! Eddie a fait tellement de solos incroyables...Le duo Pete + Butch est incroyable également.👍😀🤘
That was cool of you guys to explain why you prefer to call him 'Edward'. It doesn't sound right to most casual fans, but your reasoning sheds light on who he was, and what big fans you are. Good stuff.
* I chose not to include instrumentals but to instead pick preferred solos (mine) within the songs themselves
1) Outta Love (VH II)
2) Drop Dead Legs (1984)
3) Somebody Get Me A Doctor (VHII)
4) Ice Cream Man (VHI)
5) I’m The One (VHI)
6) Hot For Teacher (1984)
7) Light Up The Sky (VHII)
8) Secrets (Diverdown)
9) Romeo Delight (WACF)
10) Atomic Punk (VHI)
Outta Love Again is my fave too...a killer solo!
Great video guys, really enjoyed being a fly on the wall for your chat and yes, the Hudson Valley is GORGEOUS!!
1) In a Simple Rhyme
2) On Fire
3) Sinners Swing
4) Panama
5) Dancing in the Streets
6) Im the One
7) You and Your Blues
8) Hang em High
9) Me Wise Magic
10) Hot for Teacher
1 - On Fire
2 - Little Dreamer
3 - Atomic Punk
4 - I'm The One
5 - Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love
Edward is a legend his solos always brings me good vibes 🎸
Listened to II a billion times when I was 14, every solo is brilliantly-crafted. Love the one on Humans Being too, and that brief apparition on the Darth Vader scene on Back To The Future.
All VH albums have great solos. That's why I would have a hard time picking ten.blove SOT. Keep jamming VH!
Three thumbs up for Pete, Butch, and Eddie! Big Love guys! Here's a little anecdote for you guys. There used to be a radio station I listened to that had a contest where they'd play a Van Halen solo and the first person to call in with the correct answer would win some VH cd and merch. I could guess a solo in the first three seconds every time! Too bad we didn't have cell phones back then. I might have won something. My top five Van Halen solos aren't his best five solos, they're the ones that stuck with me all these years later.
5) Push Comes To Shove ~ Fair Warning.
4) Fools ~ Women And Children First
3) Mean Street ~ Fair Warning.
2) Somebody Get Me A Doctor ~ VHII
1) Ice Cream Man ~ VH
Can you even imagine getting Van Halen II album first, being blown away by it and then discovering the first album.... damn
Was never a fan of tapping. But what I love about Eddie was his use of the blues scale. As a guitarist myself I love that flatted 5th and nobody worked it better than Edward. He touched on it in almost all of his solos but one of my favorites is the solo on “Outta Love Again “ R.I.P. Maestro...
I personally love tapping as a technique, the fluid nature of it and just the whole sonic texture it offers... But I'm glad you mentioned this aspect of Eddie's phrasing which is massively overlooked... He could do a solo with no tapping whatsoever and it still sounded different, refreshing...
Butch's VH experience is very sinful nine. I asked my mom for an album and she got me VHII and it is my favorite to this day.
One my my favorites that might sound weird to many people is I'll Wait. When I heard Pete talking about Pound Cake I thought .maybe he was described I'll Wait.
Fantastic review. So hard to stick to 10 solos only. Well done Pete & Butch!
Eddie/Edward is my favorite guitar player ( and may he rest in peace) so making a top 10 was difficult, but I was able to round everything up.
10. Jamie's Cryin' - The intro solo is simple, but incredibly melodic and catchy
9.Runaround - One of the few solos where Eddie used a wah pedal,
8.Spanish Fly - Eddie being Yngwie before Yngwie. Jokes aside, always loved this solo more than Eruption, with the ascending scale run on the e and b string being the most shred guitar played by Eddie
7.Jump - Funny that Van Halen's biggest song has a solo that says everything about Eddie, blues licks, tapping, big bends and symmetrical scale runs
6. You Really Got Me - short, flashy and blistering
5. Mean Street - The intro solo is the most unorthodox solo ever, with the slapping and tap harmonics which really catches your ear.
4. House of Pain (solo before the breakdown ) - Eddie's most melodic solo, showing off his Holdsworth influence
3. Feel Your love Tonight - If Bottom's Up is Van Halen copying ZZ Top, this is Van Halen copying Boston. I love this solo as it features no tapping, is one of the few Van Halen solos with a chord change backing it, and most of the licks sound amazing, despite making no sense with the key.
2. Somebody Get Me A Doctor - Much like the solo in You Really Got Me, short and blistering, and the arpeggio that Eddie plays at the end is one of my favorite phrases from him
1. I'm The One - One of the first Van Halen songs I listened to and the first that made me realize how amazing of a band they are and what a great guitarist Eddie is. Had Eruption never been on the debut this would be the guitar song on the album. Eddie shows off every single one of his techniques, tapping, crazy whammy stuff, scale runs, bluesy licks and even during the verse and choruses of the song Eddie will play a cool, short phrase. It still blows my mind when listen to the song (especially the isolated guitar track video)
A great and timely show Made even more special by someone so obviously a devoted fan - thanks Butch. And you, too, Pete. Have stated before that EVH was the first guitarist since Jimi Hendrix to make me ask the question.....Who is THAT? And those two remain my favorites to this day. All I can do these days is listen to Eruption at least once a day. But the Beat It guitar work also keeps playing in my head these days. Thanks, guys, for such a heartfelt show.
The thing I loved about this video, is that I would pause, go back and relisten to all these picks.
LOVE the guitars in When Push Comes to Shove, its so different from anything else.
Also I have to say I really enjoy the solo in Cabo Wabo.
This was excellent. Got me thinking about some of EVH’s solos that I hadn’t thought of in a long time. It was also WAY better than the six-minute short shrift that the guys on this week’s Sound Opinions Show devoted to Eddie’s passing.
That last VH album 2012 is pretty damn good/ Obviously/ just my opinion!!👍💯
Yes it is!👍
A top 5 group for me. VH / with DLR as the frontman! 👍💯thx guys !!!!!
I have always loved his acoustic solo on Women and Children First...such a fun VH song🤘🤘
1. Eruption
2. You really got me
3. Mean Street
4. Bottoms Up
5. Hot for teaCHER
6.Ain't Taking Bout Love
7. Poundcake
8. Love walks in
9. Best of Both Worlds
10. Ice cream man
R.I.P. Master !!!! You are unique
Great video guys.
Emotional stuff 👍
Thanks for doing this
It's hard to even to know where to begin with this but here are some in an order but no particular order!
1. I'm the One
2. Mean Streets
3. DOA
4. Ice Cream Man
5. Dreams - end solo
6. You're No Good
7. Push Comes to Shove
8. I'll Wait
9. On Fire
10. Sinners Swing
Love Walks In.......what soul....
Light up the sky. Not only the great middle one but also the closer.
Right !! I STILL think VH II doesn't get enough attention, as the Debut and Fair Warning always seem to :)
Baluchiterium has killer solos all over it 🤘
Hell yeah. Been waiting 4 this one and love ole Butch!
Eruption is what introduced me to EVH. My buddy just got the album and 4 of us sat in his basement gettin high and eruption came on. Our jaws just dropped and time stood still. We ended up rewinding it and playing it over and over. Just was so iconic for me.
Always liked Pleasure Dome and This Dream is Over, solos too. Ed had sooooo many great solos.
I'm The One is probably my fav,but it's hard to deny the gravity & importance of Eruption. Some honorable mentions: Light Up The Sky, Push Comes To Shove, House of Pain, Little Dreamer, Dirty Movies.
1 respect the wind
2 eruption
3 aint talkin bout love
4 running with the devil
5 im on fire
From alan
Miss you ed xx
My favorites from the King
1. 5150
2. Cabo Wabo
3. Girl Gone Bad
4. Everybody Wants Some!
5. Me Wise Magic
6. House Of Pain
7. Dreams
8. Drop Dead Legs
9. Light Up The Sky
10. Little Guitars
Eruption,..I'm The One,..Ice Cream Man,..Light Up The Sky,..Spanish Fly,..Romeo Delight,..Dirty Movies,..Hear About It Later,..Cathedral/Secrets,..Beat It,..Girl Gone Bad,..Dreams,..Mine All Mine,..Judgement Day,.. Damn, the list could go on FOREVER !!!
man, light up the sky solo! killer...is nice to see butch talking about Edward solos....
10) Star Fleet (with Brian May, nobody has mentioned that😉)
09) A.F.U. (Naturally Wired)
08) Girl Gone Bad
07) In a Simple Rhyme
06) Fools
07) Hang 'Em High
06) D.O.A.
05) Somebody Get Me a Doctor
04) Hear About it Later
03) Mean Street
02) Ice Cream Man
01) I'm the One (especially that second solo..)
For one of the later solos I liked the slow build up into the solo on humans being.
Yep had the old Air Guitar this past week. Never heard VH 1 until last week. It has been on almost constant repeat since. I just love that feel when you discover an album, but you don't really know it yet, and then gradually you begin to pick out all the little sounds. Just love it!
Nice to see Butch back again - how about doing yours and his favourite solos by Gary Moore?
I really like these shows as sometimes you get a curevball thrown it that makes you go back and revisit stuff - Jeff Young's pick of Whiter Shade of Pale by Schenker being one, and Butch's love of VH2 has made be revisit that as I usually tend to gloss over it - when it came out I think I dissed it a bit, as trying to copy the first album, however listening to it a few times again it really is great and I can see why Butch loves it so much. Another thing I also did after watching this was to digitise Beat It off my wife's cassette of Thriller and then edit out most of the singing to just leave a mainly instrumental at around 1minute 30 - as I throw together compilations of you top tens and hourable mentions to make interesting playlists to listen to while I'm working but just couldnt bring mself to listen to Michael Jackson, though I used to love it when Beat It came on the radio as the British DJs , who always used to cut off any guitar solos on singles had to keep the solo in - though I never air guitared while trying to skate!
Story i read about the beat it solo was,eddie was kept waiting around to do his part so he went to the bar,time comes for him to play his part,he`s had a bit to drink ,he`s sitting on the stool as the track is playing and starts falling asleep,seconds before he`s due to come in they bang on the window to wake him up,he wakes seconds before his take and,plays that solo,amazing,hope it`s true
I like the Edward vs. Eddie destinction at Diver Down. This was great! I love the enthusiasm and giving love to the later stuff, more commercial, but still brilliant work!
The cradle will rock and In a simple rhyme have really good solos
Too hard for me to do a top 10, just hearing Edward play is the best ear candy for me. I need to get my hands on some of those early club days bootlegs. My uncles got to see them a lot during those days. They always tell me they were better than most stadium/arena bands at that time.
Eruption obviously because that tapping technique that he did on the Frankenstrat STILL drives me insane. I also love his solo from Dreams when Hagar became their new lead singer. I also liked his guitar solo for Hot For Teacher. The Beat It guitar solo, and his guitar solo to Jump. That guitar tone with pinch harmonics is incredible.
Edit: I forgot to include Spanish Fly on here because that's another great EVH guitar solo
I also think he wrote some great riffs/solos for the keyboard too. He had great melodic phrasing on the piano. Obviously, he was trained classically on the piano when he and Alex lived in Holland in the Netherlands before coming to the States when he was 8. I play keys/sing, and they're my favorite instruments. I have to name these out:
1. 1984 - 1984
2. Synth solo/synth riff to Jump - 1984
3. Dreams synth riff - 5150
4. the melodic piano riff to Right Now - For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge
Too many to list! I love all of his solos
top 5 in no order: I'm the One (second solo), Outta Love, Push Comes to Shove, One Foot Out the Door, Eruption
Oh man, no way to avoid the long paragraphs on this one... I can't stress enough how much EVH was important for me. Always got positive vibes, like the music just took me somewhere nice. Grew up with the hits and later as a teen fell in love with this band when I dove deeper into the catalogue. To top it all off, Eddie became one of my biggest influences when I took up guitar... a huge part of my playing comes from him and a few other guys. This is my top 10:
10. Jump- It's one of the most overplayed songs in the EVH catalogue, but I'm still fascinated by how the notes land on this one and how the guitar interacts with the keyboards... Also, the mini keyboard solo right after it is gorgeous.
9. Dreams- Although not the most impressive solo from Eddie, this is quite possibly my favorite Van Halen song and I think the solo is fitting, because it actually seems to have a dreamy, ethereal vibe. I can actually imagine a Dali-esque Surrealistic dreamscape when I listen to it, which reiterates what I mentioned about VH taking you to different places.
8. Right Now- I adore the apparent beautiful simplicity in this one, where Eddie is just extracting maximum emotion from pure melody, choosing not to rely on any pyrotechnics... It's just really good phrasing
7. Outta Love Again- As I've probably mentioned before, Dimebag Darrell from Pantera is the guitarist that made me want to play guitar... When I rediscovered this EVH track years later I immediately saw the resemblance in specific note choices, and I can't help but think a lot of Dime's chops could have stemmed from this specific solo...
6. Blood and Fire- The last EVH solo to give me absolute goosebumps, and I think it's a perfected version of the outro solo from Unchained, which I also considered for this list for the same elements... Similar chord voicings and dynamics that give it that majestic sound...
5. 5150- I'd argue this might be one of Van Halen's most technical songs in general, including everything from the riffs to Alex's drum fills. The solo is no different, being a total shred fest with the added difference that it's way more topsy-turvy and flexible sounding than something that a linear "shredder" would play...
4. And the Cradle Will Rock- One of Eddie's most brilliantly confusing solos, catches you off guard with sudden changes and phrasing that goes into jazz fusion territory... I'll happily admit that I've rewinded this solo MANY times...
3. You're No Good- As much as the first album was a complete novelty in guitar playing, I think this solo is underrated, because to me this is where tapping was really transformed into a virtuosic technique you could use to cover the whole fretboard as opposed to spamming circular patterns... Total genius!
2. Little Dreamer- More mesmerizing phrasing, almost lullaby-like, which is weird given the technique needed to pull it off... This is just a beautiful song plain and simple, and the solo couldn't be tailored more specifically for it...
1. Push Comes to Shove- I think this might be Eddie's most brilliant solo from both a technical and melodic standpoint... There's a marriage of classical and blues going on here, almost like a dialogue... The tapping segment is meant to sound prettier and more chill than usual, and every part of the solo reiterates the drowsy, slightly moody aspect of the song... There's almost an Inception-like feeling of a dream inside a dream, like the song is describing a shot of whiskey while thinking about a girl... I might be talking nonsense, but the expressive nature of this song is unmatched...
You forgot the song (respect the wind) from the movie Twister) Unbeleavable work guys. Keep the good job.
Yes, Ed was my guitar hero too.
I bought 1984 by Van Halen when I was fourteen back in the eighties! Girl Gone Bad has some of the greatest guitar playing I ever heard in my life. It put chills up and down my spine. I also love Get Me A Doctor from Van Halen II.
I'm On Fire
Light Up The Sky
Romeo Delight
Cathedral
House of Pain
Get Up
5150
Mine All Mine
Right Now
Humans Being
Bullethead
You guys are great. 😸
1.eruption 2.runnin with' the devil 3.humans bumans 4.besat it 3. best of both worlds 4.poundcake 5. poundcake 6.dance the night away 7.panama 8.jump 9.top of the world 10.you really got me
After watching this I had to find the Blue Angels video. It went so well with Dreams. Bit of a connection in the UK with the Angels as the new Fat Albert was refurbed here
"Judgement Day", "Not Enough", and "Humans Being" are three examples for me of great Eddie solos from the Sammy Hagar years.
And I agree with you Pete that the solo of "Dreams" is a great of example of how a guitarist like Eddie can streamline their soloing in certain cases, yet still end up with a very memorable solo that is just as worthy as the more technical stuff.
One thing I always appreciated is how Alex and Eddie played their parts so together. The groove and feel are phenomenal. They complement each other and the song brilliantly. Listen to summer nights, or, well, all of van Halen. What a great combo that just had a great musical connection combined with ability. And Alex is very under rated overall. man just listen to little guitars or I'll wait, or every other VH. I know I'm being redundant, but I just love van Halen. They were always so much more than what the haters said about tapping and being a superficial "party band". RIP Eddie
Maybe not a true 'solo', but what Eddie did on 'Intruder' is amazing to me. The sounds he got down on tape - amazing. Plus, unlike 'Eruption', the band get to play throuhout that one. He threw those little touches in all the time, like in the intro to 'Everybody Wants Some'. For a a pure solo though, I'd have to go with 'I'm The One'. RIP
Yep Intruder is Killer!!
Edward was/is a legend. I knew the single works and eruption but not all the deep tracks. Did also like Jump in the days, even if it was a bit too poppy/synthy, but the best part was the guitar solo. Listen to Dreams since it was mentioned (among some other listens) and only liked the song so-so, but yeah that solo is just mind boggling. Anyway great show, with a sad undertone...
More with Butch, such a great positive guy🤘
24:42 Yes. Been saying it for years. Theres has to be more footage. Release it!!!!!!! Same with Rush Exit Stage Left. Its a SIN that they cut YYZ out of the video.
Love butch's passion. All hail king Edward!!!!
Anyone got any love for the solos on the VH 3 album???
Best part about that album.
No lol
Fair enough.
But there is some tasty shit on there
It's a choppy album where I skip several songs, but not nearly as bad as people say it is... Fire in the Hole, Ballot or the Bullet, One I Want and Without You are solid tracks and yes the solos are great
Butch asking for a apple and Pete looks around = PRICELESS! About the man what can be said? The first 4 albums from 1-10 is a 15
😂
Solo to Right Now is sweet. Anyhow:
I'm the One
Ice cream man
I'll Wait
Outta Love
Light up the sky
Push comes to shove
Beat It
Right Now
Beginning of Women In Love
Outro to Drop Dead legs
These are ones that immediately come to mind. Of course there are dozens that can make this list.
Right Now is one of my top EVH solos.
What do yous think of those amazing hidden gems from Van Halen demos that pre-date the first album? Man, theres an albums worth of songs that absolutely should have been released as a proper full album. I like Diver Down as an album- but its half full of covers. I dunno how tracks like "Lets get Rockin', "Eyes of the Night" and a host of others from their early days missed out on the albums! Amazing songs! I know that they unearthed some of them and retooled them for "A different kind of Truth", but Id love to see those old demos properly released. This was a very entertaining, enjoyable chat with yous to sit in on. Thanks for doing this.
Favorite Eddie solo's .... Uhh ALL OF THEM !!!!
That said, nothing will ever top Eruption, it set the standard for virtually every player that came after and sounded so alien and new to everything that had come before ! Greatest pure "guitar solo" ever, even though it's more a compositional piece. So many more, Your No Good, Sinners Swing, Hear About it Later, Ice Cream Man, Mean Street, Light Up the Sky, Little Dreamer, like I said ALL OF THEM !!!
Good choices. I honestly haven’t ever thought of making a top ten list of EVH solos and I am a huge fan. I am not going to attempt it. However, I love the one in Hang ‘Em High and the one in Push Comes to Shove. What he does in Cathedral never gets old. On a side note, Diver Down is my least favorite of the first six albums, yet it has three of my favorite songs.
I'll still take Diver Down over 1984 just because of the guitar work.
It's my least favorite too- Hang em High, Full Bug and Secrets save the record for me... Some of the other songs sound goofy or even awkward
Cathedral. One Foot Out The Door. Push Comes To Shove. Hang 'Em High. Little Guitars. Ain't Talking Bout Love. Spanish Fly. On Fire. Atomic Punk.
He got to listen to the demo versions of I'm on fire and running with the devil. Both off the Zero album and at least 5 other songs you never heard of. Great solos.
10. China Town
9. Loss of Control
8. Hang Em High
7. Somebody Get me a Doctor
6. Atomic Punk
5. Little Dreamer
4. I’m the One
3. Push comes to shove
2. The Full Bug
1. Hot For Teacher
Great pix...some of those I thought of, like China Town, and some of those I can't believe I forgot...like Loss of Control.
God how to pick. Also more Butch please great co host.
1. Eruption
2. Spanish fly
3. Hot For Teacher
4. Beat It
5. Dreams
6. Im The One
7. Ice Cream Man
8. Mean Streets
9. Humans Being
10. 5150
The king is dead. Long live the king! After I heard the duo of Ain’t talkin’ About Love, followed by I’m the One? EVH was something else.