Van Halen - Unchained - 6/12/1981 - Oakland Coliseum Stadium (Official)

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  • Van Halen - Unchained
    Recorded Live: 6/12/1981 - Oakland Coliseum Stadium - Oakland, CA
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  • @bkh0525
    @bkh0525 Год назад +120

    That’s top of the pyramid music right there.
    Nothing nowadays comes close to that.

    • @ronslater7147
      @ronslater7147 3 месяца назад

      You must not know where to find any good new music at ... I can show you many newer Awesome Bands n Artists .... i saw Van Halen with DLR once!

    • @dontettaton1063
      @dontettaton1063 3 месяца назад +2

      That was the best era in rock.

    • @kurtp8833
      @kurtp8833 2 месяца назад

      Expand your horizons.

    • @PoollShark
      @PoollShark Месяц назад

      @@ronslater7147 when did you see them? If you didn’t see them from 1978-1985 then you didn’t see the original lineup in their prime, that’s when they were their best.

    • @TasteLikeChicken
      @TasteLikeChicken 6 дней назад

      🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @charlesbronson2806
    @charlesbronson2806 2 года назад +21

    I get chills when Roth does that jump.

  • @EricBlackmonGuitar
    @EricBlackmonGuitar Год назад +773

    Van Halen in their prime. UNTOUCHABLE.

    • @abc123thenwhat
      @abc123thenwhat Год назад

      Try to even talk shit about this performance and I'll kick your ass.

    • @JP6649
      @JP6649 Год назад +15

      Truth. I saw them on this tour. Badasses.

    • @joshuaschmidinger3993
      @joshuaschmidinger3993 Год назад +6

      Which prime? With sammy Hager they were as bigger or bigger and sold 46 million records as much as they did with Roth. I like both but they are definitely different bands, I wish they could get along and do a sammy, Dave tour for Eddie smh.

    • @locutus1126
      @locutus1126 Год назад +5

      @@joshuaschmidinger3993 Eddie never got a proper send off. No tribute concert like everyone else seems to get. But I think Alex is the one who puts a kibosh on anything like that every happening.

    • @gabrielbrouwer
      @gabrielbrouwer Год назад +17

      @@joshuaschmidinger3993nope Roth era sold more

  • @jimmiller1510
    @jimmiller1510 2 года назад +406

    And THAT boys and girls, is how you open a genuine rock concert!

    • @christopherlemanski7430
      @christopherlemanski7430 Год назад +25

      I think its an encore but who cares....

    • @matthewfbridges
      @matthewfbridges Год назад +10

      i believe they opened with On Fire during the Fair Warning tour.

    • @adrianleftwich9238
      @adrianleftwich9238 Год назад +8

      I first saw this video on Don Kirschners Rock Concert(I believe that was the name of the show) as a teen back in the 80’s, gave me the chills…40 years later still does. Van Halen kicked ass.

    • @tbd-1
      @tbd-1 10 месяцев назад +3

      Yeah, finale but they did open with Unchained on the VH3 tour.

    • @epsilon6516
      @epsilon6516 5 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@tbd-1ADKOT tour as well, I think as soon as Panama came out that became their encore

  • @lairddoran5041
    @lairddoran5041 2 года назад +1479

    There is nothing on the planet today that compares to these guys

    • @lilorbielilorbie2496
      @lilorbielilorbie2496 2 года назад +39

      lairddoran5041 And IMO there never will be.

    • @rexgaub1229
      @rexgaub1229 2 года назад +44

      Never will be again.

    • @AdamFlintGuitar
      @AdamFlintGuitar Год назад +27

      Agreed, and nothing even comes close!

    • @TBM1880
      @TBM1880 Год назад +22

      Amen forever on that, Rock Gods that no others will ever outrock

    • @epsilon6516
      @epsilon6516 Год назад +23

      There's a few that come close, but they wouldn't be where they are today without Van Halen

  • @GregPirker
    @GregPirker 3 года назад +1208

    Still get goosebumps when that opening riff starts. One of the most iconic in modern rock history.

    • @hvac.tech0
      @hvac.tech0 3 года назад +23

      Legendary

    • @broncobob36
      @broncobob36 2 года назад +30

      Like Godzilla about to destroy a city 🦖

    • @robertgran5535
      @robertgran5535 2 года назад +9

      COULDN'T SAY IT ANY BETTER

    • @chriskerr4950
      @chriskerr4950 2 года назад +5

      Same goes bumps flew up off the chair started w the air guitar

    • @elwyndude
      @elwyndude 2 года назад +13

      And "Everybody Up!!!" just kicks it up a notch, Love it

  • @011022033011022033
    @011022033011022033 10 месяцев назад +197

    We are so lucky to have had them in our generation.

  • @TomByron-h7s
    @TomByron-h7s Год назад +33

    Seeing Van Halen in 81 wasn't a date night it was a right of passage

  • @surfrby8876
    @surfrby8876 4 года назад +1561

    At this point in their career Van Halen were the greatest, and nobody could touch them,RIP EVH

    • @toddvanwinkle7777
      @toddvanwinkle7777 4 года назад +41

      I'm crying watching this ...LOVE YOU EDWARD!! A piece of our childhood is gone...🎸🎸

    • @elmetzicano1720
      @elmetzicano1720 4 года назад +16

      Say it again.

    • @charlesnwarren
      @charlesnwarren 4 года назад +2

      And you were the dickweed skater who didn't know shit about Rock.

    • @charlesnwarren
      @charlesnwarren 4 года назад +1

      @Tessmage Tessera Teen twit.

    • @charlesnwarren
      @charlesnwarren 4 года назад

      @Tessmage Tessera Old grandma that don't know shit?

  • @billf8217
    @billf8217 3 года назад +450

    Michael Anthony in general is heavily underrated. Bass playing, power, singing, all of it.

    • @yearginclarke
      @yearginclarke 2 года назад +20

      Highly underrated. Nice solid bass, and fit his role in the band as good as a guy could.

    • @posthawk1393
      @posthawk1393 2 года назад +21

      And a super good guy!

    • @tonyyacullo
      @tonyyacullo 2 года назад +9

      TRUE

    • @WhizMitchell
      @WhizMitchell 2 года назад +15

      He was/is a fantastic bass player and harmony singer

    • @mwright80
      @mwright80 Год назад +16

      Spot on! People usually misuse the word "underrated". But Michael Anthony is underrated, underappreciated, overlooked... ALL of it!

  • @bradcsuka5054
    @bradcsuka5054 4 года назад +2304

    Michael Anthony's harmonies were always criminally underrated.

    • @anthony95401
      @anthony95401 4 года назад +107

      Agreed. They are just as much a signature VH sound as Roth’s vocals and Eddies guitar.

    • @aarondavis4341
      @aarondavis4341 4 года назад +101

      I used to to talk a lot of shit on Micheal Anthony, especially after hear he's rated as the worst bass player in rock history,now I don't think so HES WHAT A BASS PLAYER IS SUPPOSED TO BE,he keeps it simple and plays to the song,that's a good bass player right there

    • @ericlizotte1123
      @ericlizotte1123 4 года назад +48

      Always thought he was good, a decent vocalist, good bass player in my opinion and not a bad showman either. Who cares if Eddie had to supposedly show him parts every once in a while if that really was true

    • @jeffbellucci
      @jeffbellucci 4 года назад +16

      absolutely true

    • @poelynn7538
      @poelynn7538 4 года назад +27

      He was always underrated

  • @DrKennyWang
    @DrKennyWang 10 месяцев назад +51

    As a guitar player, I have an absolutely unlimited love for vintage EVH music

  • @emma_em_11
    @emma_em_11 Год назад +94

    That SPLIT JUMP at the start! WOW! 😮

    • @terrycarthy4433
      @terrycarthy4433 9 месяцев назад +3

      Saw David Lee Roth in Melbourne, Australia...October 1988 ; had Steve Vai with him, just a huge show. Dave had the tarzan rope going on, boxing ring came from out of the floor. He's a great athlete, a joy to watch the Diamond one himself ! He's a freak, he's a frontman in the mould of - maybe- Roger Daltrey, Plant and Mick (tbe latter requiring no last name). Dominant.

    • @twidget59
      @twidget59 6 месяцев назад +1

      This was VH in their prime. Saw it more than once. It was frenetic energy from beginning to end. Awesome experience.

    • @RobislaDOG
      @RobislaDOG 2 месяца назад

      Totally iconic!

  • @brooks5656
    @brooks5656 8 месяцев назад +121

    Michael Anthony swinging that arm all over the bass is incredible. He's the glue.

    • @williamgreen9502
      @williamgreen9502 6 месяцев назад +7

      he does not get enough credit for vocals

    • @onsetandrimeteacher8679
      @onsetandrimeteacher8679 5 месяцев назад +4

      @@williamgreen9502 You're so right about the vocals he brought to the band.

    • @icuabc1235
      @icuabc1235 5 месяцев назад +1

      Michael was a singer in his own band, Van Halen calls him, and history was made 🤟😆🤟🇺🇲

    • @RICHBLACKCOCK
      @RICHBLACKCOCK 5 месяцев назад

      I saw VH in 1980 on their INVASION TOUR. I was in H.S. Mike Ant. Amazing backing vocals. Pretty good bassist also.

    • @epsilon6516
      @epsilon6516 5 месяцев назад +4

      ​@@williamgreen9502If you take away Anthony and Eds vocals people would realize just how bad of a singer DLR is. Van Halen should have been a three piece band honestly

  • @joerectifier
    @joerectifier Год назад +37

    If for some reason you feel EVH was not the greatest electric rock guitarist of all time, you are fooling yourself. It’s not about speed or flash - it was inventive, new, original and, yes, impressive. He was also an incredible rhythmic player with interesting chords and progressions and excellent melody. His blend of of rhythm and lead was something EVERYONE aspired to - he changed how guitar sounded and was played.

    • @zookytar
      @zookytar 4 месяца назад +2

      Death metal and black metal are much faster, yet this rocks so much more. The beat that moves the body the most is the most hype beat.

    • @Shadow0fd3ath24
      @Shadow0fd3ath24 6 дней назад +1

      most of the heaviest metal was played or those bands started on his 5150 series of amps or 6505s(same thing) as well

  • @bencpower
    @bencpower Год назад +16

    It can not be overstated how MASSIVE VH was back then!

  • @FoxValleyTVOfficial
    @FoxValleyTVOfficial 2 месяца назад +29

    As original as a band can get. There will never be another Van Halen, or the time that they rocked and ruled our worlds.

  • @aussieboy77
    @aussieboy77 9 лет назад +754

    This is how VH should be remembered: full of energy, enthusiasm, Michael Anthony on bass and Dave had his voice. They were the best when they were in their prime.

    • @RSTI191
      @RSTI191 8 лет назад +24

      No, actually they were better than that.

    • @rojopo1971
      @rojopo1971 7 лет назад +19

      aussieboy77 ......couldnt have said it better, i may sound like an old man, but where have all the good times gone??

    • @beau8896
      @beau8896 7 лет назад +1

      aussieboy77 amen

    • @johangoossens1035
      @johangoossens1035 7 лет назад +7

      yuor forgetting the mindblowing drums ,much off the time he's the backbone

    • @darrenc3357
      @darrenc3357 7 лет назад +13

      Alex is very underrated. Thanks for his props

  • @dannielamyx666
    @dannielamyx666 9 лет назад +2304

    At 1:06 into song, that's me in the lower right, behind girl with black hair. Arm in the air....just graduated from high school that morning.

    • @philipstlmo
      @philipstlmo 9 лет назад +170

      +Danniel Amyx awesome, what a way to start your summer.

    • @vanessaherber7799
      @vanessaherber7799 7 лет назад +113

      Danniel Amyx OMG the girl at about 2:28 if you could of nailed that

    • @marcusvan
      @marcusvan 7 лет назад +61

      Man!! That's a BA high school graduation!! All chicks in audience what more could you ask for? VH & chicks!!!!

    • @redbug3485
      @redbug3485 6 лет назад +35

      Graduation gift musta been a Van Halen ticket! Forever Unchained! Lol.

    • @davestevens7386
      @davestevens7386 6 лет назад +21

      You and me both. Acalanes 81'.

  • @thebudge333
    @thebudge333 Год назад +42

    I love the flub in the beginning. That’s live music baby.

    • @matthewbush1324
      @matthewbush1324 2 месяца назад

      I thought something wasn't quite right, lol

  • @baxtronx5972
    @baxtronx5972 4 года назад +400

    Michael Anthony, consistently the most shirted member of Van Halen.

    • @lemurdream
      @lemurdream 4 года назад +7

      Haha!

    • @FLSandye
      @FLSandye 4 года назад +9

      I was thinking the very same thing to myself. The most dressed member lol

    • @jamesgray7064
      @jamesgray7064 3 года назад +8

      hahaha....a very astute observation.
      He's probably trying to all the girls calm. They ALL lust for Michael.

    • @ICTS22
      @ICTS22 3 года назад +8

      Dude was a beast that's why he had to keep his shirt on

    • @Youman71463
      @Youman71463 3 года назад +9

      he was a little abdominally challenged so...

  • @maryannperry2693
    @maryannperry2693 2 месяца назад +9

    Saw them in 1982 in Detroit. Couldn’t hear or speak for the screaming for 2 days post concert. What a time to be 16!

    • @richevans609
      @richevans609 Месяц назад +1

      You just brought me back to that very moment... thanks

  • @maxxxmodelz4061
    @maxxxmodelz4061 4 года назад +632

    RIP EDDIE! I just heard the news. Sad day for rock history. EVH was the most influential guitar player of the 80's, and literally changed the way an entire industry played the instrument for a whole decade and beyond. Rest in peace. May you shred it up there with Jimi and all the other greats.

    • @briandelmore7188
      @briandelmore7188 4 года назад +4

      True to that, was just listening to D.O.A. last night, forgot what album it was on , called one of my buddies to re-fresh my brain. Brought back good memories from the hazy day's of being in school in the 80's. him and the Dime two of my all time favorites.

    • @zane17760
      @zane17760 4 года назад +9

      Hopefully him and randy rhoads have gotten to talk

    • @johnnyrod9262
      @johnnyrod9262 4 года назад +6

      May God rest Eddie's soul

    • @Razer5542
      @Razer5542 4 года назад +9

      I still can't believe that he's actually gone..

    • @valerietomsic8454
      @valerietomsic8454 4 года назад +5

      GONE too soon! may he rest in peace!

  • @Plathismo
    @Plathismo Год назад +37

    I'd kill for a time machine to see these guys live in their prime. I was only nine when this concert was recorded.

    • @ts-7865
      @ts-7865 7 месяцев назад +1

      I wasn’t even born😂😂

  • @markjones7903
    @markjones7903 2 года назад +61

    I saw them 6 times, 80-84. I now watch these vids, not sure if I want to cheer, or cry. days are long gone. be glad we were born when we were.. I was 16 when the 1st album came out. its 2022, still deaf

    • @sinjinadams2862
      @sinjinadams2862 2 года назад +8

      @mark jones Hey Mark, I was 17. F*ck we're old! I still remember hearing Running With The Devil on the radio, not knowing who the band was or what the name of the song was and running down to the local record store frantically trying to explain to the sales person what I had heard. Fortunately one of the sales people understood me and I very happily walked out with the Van Halen album. Those were the days!

    • @markjones7903
      @markjones7903 2 года назад +5

      @@sinjinadams2862 I bought their very first album but it was on a cassette and played it in a Sanyo single speaker boom box kind of thing. Over and over again, we had an ice storm in Portland zero power the entire family stuck in the living room for about four days huddled around the fireplace, my parents just about blew their brains out because of my constant flow of Van Halen. Finally the tape snapped. I was absolutely mesmerized and completely blown away by them.! People in my high school had vanity plates that had Van Halen put on them in one form or another. that Van Halen invasion absolutely swept through every fiber of my youth and to the best of my knowledge hasn’t stopped and I’m 58 years old now, I think. yes we are old but as I said before, absolutely the luckiest humans on earth to be the age we were at the time we were. 🤘🤘

    • @sinjinadams2862
      @sinjinadams2862 2 года назад +2

      @mark jones It was definitely a great time to be young. We still had all the great music from the late 50's and 60's. Then we had all the great music from the 80's and early 90's to look forward to. Fantastic time to be alive and young!
      It's no big deal but I think you may have been a little younger then you think you were. The Van Halen album came out on February 10, 1978. I was 17 and I'm 62 now. If you're 58 you couldn't have been 16. More like 12 or 13. Again, no big deal.

    • @michaelreilly6447
      @michaelreilly6447 11 месяцев назад +2

      I had V1n2on 8track. Fuk me. Dinosaur

    • @alexbuhmann
      @alexbuhmann 9 месяцев назад +1

      I was just thinking about how I wish I was in my late teens when these guys came out……

  • @JohnQPublic345
    @JohnQPublic345 9 месяцев назад +70

    The youngins just wont be able to comprehend the sheer excitement when this came out. It was fresh as hell

    • @kevinpearl2689
      @kevinpearl2689 5 месяцев назад +2

      The amazing part about it all is this song still is.

    • @kevinmillerelizondo439
      @kevinmillerelizondo439 3 месяца назад +1

      And we thank yall. 93 🤘🤘🤘🤘

  • @Jamie-hh5bj
    @Jamie-hh5bj 2 года назад +12

    Omg 41 yrs ago. I'm so old! So many memories lol

    • @gigitonsvajv
      @gigitonsvajv 2 года назад

      Same. Love the nostalgia. ❤️ RIP EVH❤️

  • @dallasstevens7324
    @dallasstevens7324 Год назад +30

    42yrs ago today, 6/12/2023. Thanks for all the great music.

  • @BigTrouble324
    @BigTrouble324 4 года назад +629

    Alex Van Halen deserves some credit too. His drumming just hits you like a freighttrain! He is truly one of rhe greatest rock drummers.

    • @MrJos1975
      @MrJos1975 4 года назад +3

      Like a freight train👍
      ruclips.net/video/hqrSfC-kej8/видео.html

    • @leaningforward
      @leaningforward 4 года назад +35

      The sound he got out of his snare was unique and only his.

    • @shannonnunya2973
      @shannonnunya2973 4 года назад +22

      Hot for teacher is Epic

    • @harvester3355
      @harvester3355 4 года назад +20

      Never heard that snare from any drummer before, him and the bass are the backbones of this masterpiece

    • @sethseiden5736
      @sethseiden5736 4 года назад +19

      Killer snare drum sound!

  • @ClayScott-qz8kp
    @ClayScott-qz8kp Месяц назад +6

    They are of another world 🌎

  • @gigitonsvajv
    @gigitonsvajv 2 года назад +303

    This is probably my favorite Van Halen song. The video is epic despite being terrible quality. That’s what we had to work with “back in the day.” This is real talent. It’s a shame today’s generation will never get to witness something like this in person. Pure awesomeness. RIP EVH.

    • @yearginclarke
      @yearginclarke 2 года назад +7

      Really sucks that there's nothing like this anymore. Absolutely nothing new that I'm aware of compares to this caliber of music.

    • @everydaycliche1529
      @everydaycliche1529 2 года назад +7

      You guys need to just look

    • @yearginclarke
      @yearginclarke 2 года назад +12

      @@everydaycliche1529 I've heard that BS for years, and no I don't agree with that at all. I don't have spare time to dig through tons and TONS of subpar bands only to hear nothing redeeming.

    • @everydaycliche1529
      @everydaycliche1529 2 года назад +3

      thats the spirit🙃

    • @yearginclarke
      @yearginclarke 2 года назад +4

      @@everydaycliche1529 Put it this way. I currently leave the house for work at 3:45 am and get back around 5:30 to 6:00 pm. I work in remote areas with no cell service. So in other words, I don't have time to be looking for new music, I just go explore classic bands and albums I haven't heard yet, with alot of help from YT recommendations, and that's about it really.

  • @ShadowNinja05
    @ShadowNinja05 2 года назад +10

    I wish I could have seen Van Halen in their prime. I was always told I was born in the wrong decade. By age, I'm a child of 2000's but, At heart, I'm a child of 70's on

  • @jose.luis.ayala.
    @jose.luis.ayala. 2 года назад +84

    There's NO EFFFFIN' WAY ANYONE can even try to tell me Van Hagar was even close to this MAMMOTH version.

  • @chrisgrow
    @chrisgrow 2 года назад +70

    man this is VAN HALEN at their RAW SAVAGE peak

  • @SunnyHippies
    @SunnyHippies 4 года назад +269

    This clip has it all, the jumping, the energy, the girls, Dave’s crotch, killer stage, fire and Eddie Van Halen smoking guitar. Rest In Peace Eddie

    • @divineinsider0068
      @divineinsider0068 3 года назад +4

      They were all born entertainers and musicians. Eddie was the strongest riff writer in my opinion, at the very least in my top 3 riff writers of all time.

    • @doodad77
      @doodad77 3 года назад +4

      Banging gong, burning drums

    • @MrTurboHoss
      @MrTurboHoss 3 года назад +23

      Dave’s crotch 😂

    • @mikeneeley7793
      @mikeneeley7793 3 года назад +5

      Dave's package made the show!

    • @Mysterywhiteboy78
      @Mysterywhiteboy78 3 года назад +3

      Beautiful brunette girl during chorus after guitar solo too...

  • @timmyt.4318
    @timmyt.4318 17 дней назад +2

    If this video ever disappeared I would be so sad. I've probably watched this at least 400 times over the last decade

  • @tb48bt
    @tb48bt Год назад +11

    That intro riff... Perfection.

  • @conniewatt4704
    @conniewatt4704 4 года назад +334

    R.I.P Eddie Van Halen. We had the best music 70s 80s 😪

    • @jorgeruben3296
      @jorgeruben3296 4 года назад +3

      It's sad

    • @eddiem5997
      @eddiem5997 4 года назад +7

      Where have all the good times gone🔥

    • @froglobster
      @froglobster 4 года назад +3

      For sure- I saw VH this tour they rocked the Coliseum! I clicked you have Blackfoot awesome!

    • @mlee6136
      @mlee6136 4 года назад +3

      Hallelujah and amen you are spot on!

    • @joelsero
      @joelsero 4 года назад +2

      INDEED!

  • @jkuberski
    @jkuberski Месяц назад +5

    Peak VH. What a time to be alive.

  • @scaredycatparanormal3431
    @scaredycatparanormal3431 Год назад +15

    Ladies and Gentleman….. Welcome to the 80’s.. the last decade of the greatest music ever 🤟🏻

    • @AngelofAnguish
      @AngelofAnguish 9 месяцев назад

      AMEN or LIKEWISE! In my opinion, the 80s WERE, STILL ARE, and ALWAYS WILL BE, "THE PINNACLE OF CIVILIZATION!"

    • @JoeZaccaris
      @JoeZaccaris 8 месяцев назад +2

      It was the last decade where people could express themselves in the most wild and crazy way and were celebrated for it

    • @PerfectCircle91
      @PerfectCircle91 8 месяцев назад

      I'm sorry but that is objectively wrong. I agree that there were many great bands that influenced many more, BUT the 90's with the rise of alt-rock or what many refer to as "grunge" was the death knell of over produced cheesy hair metal and dudes who cared more about their makeup than memorable talent. Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Tool, Stone Temple Pilots, Black Crowes, Pantera, Down and SO many other bands that redefined popular music with INCREDIBLE talent and the best vocalists/lyricism in popular music then there had been in a long time and hasn't happened since.

    • @JoeZaccaris
      @JoeZaccaris 8 месяцев назад

      @@PerfectCircle91 sorry but grunge was a very short-lived fad and it disappeared by 1995 --- hair metal was around for a whole decade and sold a lot more albums and concert tickets, and still produces big concert draws 30 years later

    • @MaryNovak-lk1bv
      @MaryNovak-lk1bv 5 месяцев назад +1

      Unfortunately, for 1980... (it was a sad year for Led Zeppelin fans) and 1 year later the band van Halen especially their drummer Alex van Halen's little tribute to the Late-great John Bonham's gong lighting bit

  • @MM-uv6ss
    @MM-uv6ss Год назад +36

    I was at this concert..was 20 and not a care in the world..still remember the raw power of that night!!!

  • @ÑEZ0688
    @ÑEZ0688 Год назад +104

    They were Gods in 1981.
    This is peak Van Halen.

    • @lionessheart2652
      @lionessheart2652 7 месяцев назад

      My born year.

    • @yanni2112
      @yanni2112 5 месяцев назад

      saw em in the 80's

    • @indanekwaffles7074
      @indanekwaffles7074 5 месяцев назад

      GODS. Fixed that for ya.

    • @kat1york
      @kat1york 5 месяцев назад

      The excitement was on another level. Best years in my life!

  • @gcrauwels941
    @gcrauwels941 2 года назад +52

    Ed made sounds with his guitar that still grabs my guts and twists them like a bread tie.
    Long Live Edward Van Halen.

  • @Adept179
    @Adept179 2 года назад +95

    One of the greatest single song performances in rock history.

  • @engineerzac
    @engineerzac 3 года назад +256

    40 years later and still blows away everything else. Van Halen set the reference standard for decades to come. RIP EVH! Forever in our memories and our hearts.

    • @orange_cat
      @orange_cat 2 года назад

      Yep, there's nobody who can get anywhere close to this performance today. They'll all be wearing sheep masks.

    • @christophzoller6496
      @christophzoller6496 2 года назад +1

      Just Mega😎

    • @sinjinadams2862
      @sinjinadams2862 2 года назад +8

      It just blows my mind that this was over 40 years ago! F*ck I'm old!

    • @lindamiller9357
      @lindamiller9357 Год назад +1

      Sure do miss you Eddie❤

    • @SuperJoe129
      @SuperJoe129 Год назад

      Amen

  • @ianmeadows6351
    @ianmeadows6351 4 года назад +166

    Michael Anthony is a beast. Great player, great singer, great stage presence. He added so much.

    • @BuckNasty9475
      @BuckNasty9475 4 года назад +10

      Couldn't agree more! Way back in the day, some critic called Mike a "Mack Truck on bass" trying to be insulting. Hell, I think it's a compliment.

    • @arthurbishop3173
      @arthurbishop3173 4 года назад +6

      Eddie should be slapped for saying that Mike wasn't that important to the band. He (EVH) was more lucid when he was under the influence...what a db he turned out to be.

    • @KeenanNeighbors
      @KeenanNeighbors 4 года назад +4

      Now wait a min guys Wolfie added so much more to VH ....about 80 pounds..

    • @nutzhouse1176
      @nutzhouse1176 4 года назад

      Ian Meadows easy bud.. Eddie had to show mike how to play every note needed to complete a song. Go find the interview where Ed spilled it all on Anthony. Non the less, mike had the backup vocals they would need. Eddie wrote all the bass lines on everything the group played.

    • @arthurbishop3173
      @arthurbishop3173 4 года назад +5

      @@nutzhouse1176 And you believed that?? Once sober, we finally came to see how out of touch EVH really was. That was bullshit. Mike knows his shit.

  • @joeydelrio
    @joeydelrio 2 года назад +105

    50 years from now people will still look back on these guys as the best. i think they were the most cutting edge band ever. they were rock but they were different, had that west coast powerful sound. and they always looked like they were having so much fun. i can still remember the 1984 cassette tape in everyones car. such great times.

    • @fredwerza3478
      @fredwerza3478 Год назад +3

      VH literally changed the musical landscape for hard rock --- supposedly innovative bands like Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin couldn't compete and disappeared

    • @SaraMonson
      @SaraMonson Год назад +2

      Agree, I was in hs when their debut album came out. Went to so many VH concerts!

    • @seanhamilton6931
      @seanhamilton6931 Год назад +4

      @@fredwerza3478 What a lot of people don't realize is that VH saved rock and roll. 1978 and disco was on the rise. VH came in the picture and people were stunned and shocked at what they were hearing. A lot of artists at that time had admitted that they were in trouble because of Ed's playing.

    • @lilorbielilorbie2496
      @lilorbielilorbie2496 Год назад

      @@fredwerza3478 IMO zep and sabbath Suck a$$$.

    • @maryhartman9253
      @maryhartman9253 Год назад

      Yeah I'm pretty close... 43 years!! 💯👍❤️❤️❤️❤️🤣

  • @ansonjackson6254
    @ansonjackson6254 3 месяца назад +3

    2:27 The look on her face demonstrates EXACTLY how I feel every time I hear this song 🤘😎

    • @chriswick7987
      @chriswick7987 2 месяца назад +1

      I know what you mean. Every time I rewatch this video and see her, I wish I could go back in time and buy the ticket for the seat right next to her…🤘

  • @michaeluilenberg1999
    @michaeluilenberg1999 4 года назад +33

    This songs 40 years old today and still rocks .

  • @coryhillman6536
    @coryhillman6536 4 года назад +89

    Damn, this is how live music should be. Incredible performance.

    • @waynegilbert2468
      @waynegilbert2468 2 года назад +2

      Oh yes

    • @waynegilbert2468
      @waynegilbert2468 2 года назад +2

      Oh yes

    • @tonyyacullo
      @tonyyacullo 2 года назад +1

      back in the day my father was in his 50's and i was watching a live concert on VHS - - my father was into rock and roll and took me to see bob dylan and a lot of great bands - - - i asked him what he thought of eddie van halen - - - - he said that he never heard of anyone play the guitar like that before - - - i asked what he meant and he said that EVH was brilliant enough to make his guitar sound like any damn instrument he wants it to sound like - - - we were listening to cathedral when he said that - - -

    • @fredwerza3478
      @fredwerza3478 Год назад +1

      @@tonyyacullo call me crazy but it sounds like you had a cool ass Dad

  • @stevenspenneberg7407
    @stevenspenneberg7407 4 года назад +179

    This is the best version of Unchained, live.

    • @sassyfrass4295
      @sassyfrass4295 3 года назад +3

      indeed !

    • @sisi_zzz
      @sisi_zzz 3 года назад +3

      Yessss!!

    • @le_th_
      @le_th_ 3 года назад +8

      That's probably why it's their "official" music video that played on Mtv, back in the day when Mtv actually played music videos (before "reality" TV).

    • @matthewball2122
      @matthewball2122 3 года назад +1

      ☆☆ Unparalleled ☆☆ ☆ Rock Point - M2.H.B. 2021 ☆

    • @thismothafuckasaid7304
      @thismothafuckasaid7304 3 года назад +3

      That's why it was their video on MTV, back in day

  • @JamaicaBayRat
    @JamaicaBayRat Месяц назад +2

    What a show

  • @aaronmichaels8347
    @aaronmichaels8347 2 года назад +43

    Still goosebumps after 10,000 viewings and 41 years

  • @therockinguitarman
    @therockinguitarman Год назад +7

    It sounds good today as it did back then 👍💯

  • @bigpaulie806
    @bigpaulie806 4 года назад +47

    Seeing Van Halen in 81 must've been nothing less than nuts!

    • @czgator9000
      @czgator9000 4 года назад +3

      Saw them in Orlando in 81 when they opened for the Rolling Stones. Killer concert!

    • @froglobster
      @froglobster 4 года назад +2

      Big Paulie 81 Fair Warning Tour at Vancouver Coliseum the audience was in a wild frenzy for the whole concert - great performance!

    • @Cyn50983
      @Cyn50983 4 года назад +3

      It was. My first concert 1981

    • @hecubot
      @hecubot 4 года назад +3

      Saw them in '79 opening for Black Sabbath. Blew Sab off the stage.

    • @nubicep65
      @nubicep65 4 года назад +5

      I was at 2 of the 3 nights they played in Oakland. In 1981. I’m somewhere in this video.

  • @fitnessprobably
    @fitnessprobably Месяц назад +2

    Man what a performance! Woooo

  • @WhizMitchell
    @WhizMitchell 2 года назад +67

    Just think, some of the world’s greatest rock ‘n’ roll bands of all time were performing around this time period and were still in top form: the Rolling Stones, queen, Judas Priest, Rush, the Clash, The Who, AC/DC, Deep Purple, Fleetwood Mac, kiss…and Van Halen. I’m sure there were more. What an amazing time this was! There will never be an era like this ever again.

    • @richevans609
      @richevans609 Год назад +3

      They all definitely had to bring it because of the competition. Great Times!!!!

  • @schuey999
    @schuey999 3 года назад +11

    Possibly the most EPIC 5 minutes on RUclips.

  • @derekpassante1828
    @derekpassante1828 Год назад +34

    That night they knew Van Halen was the greatest rock band that ever walked the land. That must be a very insane feeling. Probably only a few people in the history of time that were luck enough to enjoy such a feeling.

    • @Hitemwhereithurtss
      @Hitemwhereithurtss Год назад

      Truly

    • @twidget59
      @twidget59 6 месяцев назад

      I've lost count of how many times I saw them. 1980 was the first time. This was truly peak VH.

  • @ScottieBarnett
    @ScottieBarnett Год назад +4

    Michael Anthony and that thundering bass!

  • @Marco1973est
    @Marco1973est Год назад +39

    The energy from that performance 🎭 can be felt 4 decades later and thru any medium.....wow !!!

  • @geoffroubik5273
    @geoffroubik5273 4 года назад +202

    Remembering EVH and the speakers in my car that he blew out on this awful day. The boy DID rock now

    • @alondathomas293
      @alondathomas293 4 года назад +7

      One of their best songs ever---it didn't get as much airplay as their other songs, but it's still great anyway.

    • @lindacanapp4735
      @lindacanapp4735 4 года назад +4

      Today I am going to blast this in my car on my way to work!!

    • @jasonmatteson9909
      @jasonmatteson9909 4 года назад +6

      He still does😃

    •  4 года назад +2

      Been jamming to them non - stop!

    • @christlopherbrandimarte4520
      @christlopherbrandimarte4520 4 года назад +2

      I think I may have blown a pair or two myself

  • @redsmash870
    @redsmash870 3 месяца назад +2

    That one lick Eddie hits during the outro at 3:15 is the cleanest, meanest shit I've ever heard. It comes and goes in an instant, but it's so damn good.

  • @Jannanniez3
    @Jannanniez3 8 лет назад +153

    The good ole' days when you got hours of great tunes and tickets weren't more than $20.00. Those days are looong gone!

    • @Thanatos9029
      @Thanatos9029 8 лет назад +20

      Now you pay hundreds of dollars to see a guy stand behind a turntable with a macbook.

    • @Jannanniez3
      @Jannanniez3 8 лет назад

      ***** Not Me! Never!!

    • @Audfile
      @Audfile 8 лет назад

      +KuroAkasha hah. some of that stuff is really good though. you should check out Bassnector.

    • @j_freed
      @j_freed 8 лет назад +7

      Well you all stopped paying for music and look what happened.

    • @Audfile
      @Audfile 8 лет назад +2

      jonas brave exactly, kids today are "where's all the free stuff."

  • @McCready12
    @McCready12 4 года назад +98

    One of the heaviest riffs ever. RIP EVH.

    • @derekatkinson4674
      @derekatkinson4674 3 года назад +3

      I think Dead or Alive is one of their heaviest rifted songs

  • @loudmouth3389
    @loudmouth3389 2 года назад +17

    When I listen to VH, so does the neighborhood.

  • @jadedchick.4352
    @jadedchick.4352 Год назад +16

    I saw Van Halen in the 80’s. Still can’t get enough. ❤

  • @bgandjsco1
    @bgandjsco1 4 года назад +177

    David Lee Roth said. " We brought joy and jubilation to millions of people and if you got anywhere near us it changed your life" No truer words have ever been spoken. VH 1981 will never be topped.

    • @telefunkenyou47
      @telefunkenyou47 4 года назад

      jb - I wasn't a big fan because we had three guys that dressed like DLR at Ridgemont.
      But I was so much better looking than them.

    • @chrispaneesh5475
      @chrispaneesh5475 4 года назад +7

      Dave was so right! I was in 8th grade when Fair Warning came out. Whenever i think of VH, it is this era i think of first! They were Kings back then!

    • @garlictoast69
      @garlictoast69 4 года назад +1

      It changed my life and it still does that music lives forever!

    • @bgandjsco1
      @bgandjsco1 4 года назад +7

      @Kevin Prima I saw them in 1981 at MSG and when the show was over you felt like you could fly. There was no anger ,violence or destruction of property, just amazing good vibes. Like Meditation at 110 decibels. Eddies gone what a loss

    • @johnnybasco5860
      @johnnybasco5860 4 года назад

      Fuckin awesome

  • @Twotontessie
    @Twotontessie 8 лет назад +39

    "Everybody up!" The shriek and launching splits off the drum riser. 00:34. That's rock and roll in 1981 kids. You'll never see the likes of it again. . .

  • @mikeseaquest9246
    @mikeseaquest9246 8 лет назад +160

    no matter how many times i watch this... goosebumps.

    • @satchbooggy
      @satchbooggy 8 лет назад +12

      I couldn't imagine the electric in that crowd in there.

    • @chingdowkenpo
      @chingdowkenpo 7 лет назад +3

      I can i was there

    • @steveb6008
      @steveb6008 7 лет назад +3

      Whenever I need to re-energize I crank up this live version.... and all is good

    • @shaunclifton5281
      @shaunclifton5281 7 лет назад +1

      👍👍👍👍

    • @shaunclifton5281
      @shaunclifton5281 7 лет назад +1

      +Hellcrasher Porter I soooo Envy you !

  • @allanbyallas7546
    @allanbyallas7546 8 месяцев назад +4

    Now that is music!!! Old style!!!

  • @brucel.7526
    @brucel.7526 2 года назад +69

    This song hits so hard live. So ahead of their time.

    • @johngill2853
      @johngill2853 2 года назад +5

      They actually ruled during their time. We wrote VH all over our school books and even my grandmother loved Roth

    • @riverraisin1
      @riverraisin1 7 месяцев назад

      You mean ahead of their time because they played the same music that's played today? 😣😖

  • @michaelbanuelos4430
    @michaelbanuelos4430 Год назад +18

    Full of sass and enormous energy and almost all of the band is shirtless. That was such a powerful and electrified band from start to finish. No one equaled the sheer energy, fun and testosterone filled stage presence like Van Halen. Wild and crazy rock n roll at its apex!

  • @DirtySouthConnection803
    @DirtySouthConnection803 Год назад +6

    This is my favorite live performance by any band, bar none, of all time!👍RIP King☝️!

  • @juppjo3214
    @juppjo3214 13 дней назад +1

    Still just wow!!!! What a great performance... raw and powerful sound, so good!!!!!

  • @Kretikos
    @Kretikos 8 месяцев назад +34

    This is a reminder that Van Halen was one of the greatest bands of all time, not just one of the greatest guitarists of all time in a band.

  • @rehoby
    @rehoby 4 года назад +51

    VH was throwing 107 mph at this point. Untouchable.
    I was fortunate to see this lineup 3 times. Watching this video brings back amazing memories. RIP Eddie.

    • @local4075
      @local4075 2 года назад +4

      Lucky wish I grew up in a different era like this one …

    • @MrLemmy2000
      @MrLemmy2000 2 года назад +2

      They put KISS to shame at this point and ACDC at this point were on a roll. 2 bands Gene took credit for putting under there wings even though none of them needed him

  • @erictoniaschwab1009
    @erictoniaschwab1009 5 лет назад +33

    I’m going to out on a limb here and say this may be the best live performance recorded. VH ruled the world right here.

  • @gclark8228
    @gclark8228 Год назад +2

    I have never played this video just once!

  • @guitarttimman
    @guitarttimman Год назад +5

    I was 20. Miss this music ❤

  • @jamesk.2195
    @jamesk.2195 9 лет назад +175

    My dad took me to see Van Halen when they were touring the FAIR WARNING album when I was 12! It was AWESOME!

    • @frmerrin2
      @frmerrin2 9 лет назад +12

      +James K. Awesome dad!

    • @cherobinson6371
      @cherobinson6371 9 лет назад +6

      +James K. Lucky kid!!!

    • @evilkabab
      @evilkabab 9 лет назад +5

      +James K. What a good times!

    • @MrPyroguru
      @MrPyroguru 8 лет назад +3

      What was his guitar playing like live then?
      How was Michael's bass? People said the rhythm section then was like a thunderstorm!

    • @jamesk.2195
      @jamesk.2195 8 лет назад +7

      Michael Williams Eddie was on fire! His playing was sharp, and it had a vicious bite, almost mean sounding in a good way. And Mike and Alex combined were earthshaking. Alex was especially incredible and LOUD! My dad commented on Alex, saying he was the loudest drummer he'd ever heard.

  • @skiller6768
    @skiller6768 4 месяца назад +7

    This. Is. Quintessential. Van Halen. This. Song. Sums. Up. What. This. Band. Was. All. About

  • @jasoncapecod
    @jasoncapecod 17 дней назад +2

    i saw this tour at MSG front row..I still have guitar picks and the ticket stub...I was deaf for 3 days...I'm 62 now and hard of hearing...I wouldn't trade it for the world

  • @athousandtinycobras4349
    @athousandtinycobras4349 4 года назад +185

    Rest in peace, Eddie. I was only nine in 1981, but this performance changed my life. I begged my parents for a guitar for MONTHS and was lucky enough to receive one, and I've been playing ever since. Thank you, Eddie, for bringing the gift of music into my life, and the lives of millions of kids like me all over the world.

    • @athousandtinycobras4349
      @athousandtinycobras4349 4 года назад +3

      @NTNCLVR - So lucky. I never saw them live. Guess I could have in their later days, but, for me, nothing compared to the original lineup.

    • @covidflinstone3710
      @covidflinstone3710 4 года назад +1

      IDNK that Edwin Wolf Peter Van Halen had passed. What was the cause, bro?

    • @MrSpeed-lt8gr
      @MrSpeed-lt8gr 4 года назад +4

      Could not have said it better. There’s an EVH Wolfgang right next to me on a guitar stand. Edward has fueled my passion for the guitar for 36 years ever since I saw the video for Jump.

    • @anthonyschultz6801
      @anthonyschultz6801 4 года назад +1

      I HAVE THE EXACT SAME STORY!!! IM STILL PLAYING TO THIS DAY!!! HE WAS TRULY INSPIRING!!!!

    • @JS-ju6cv
      @JS-ju6cv 3 года назад +1

      I’m one! Im 54 yo.

  • @jakefoxx7978
    @jakefoxx7978 6 лет назад +18

    Eddie's little leaps and mannerisms will never get old

  • @Velvetnos
    @Velvetnos Год назад +13

    One or the best songs in hard rock live history captured

  • @johnward3874
    @johnward3874 Месяц назад +3

    Hair standing up, goosebumps from Ed’s opening D note. I swear I heard an even better version sounding version of this years ago……..

  • @9496TULL
    @9496TULL 8 лет назад +21

    My first concert. Diver Down Tour !!!!
    Kicked Ass. Will never forget it.

    • @OdyBeRidin
      @OdyBeRidin 8 лет назад +2

      Mine too, I still have the concert ticket stub, Was like $12 per ticket, lol

    • @9496TULL
      @9496TULL 8 лет назад +1

      OdyBeRidin awesome

    • @j_freed
      @j_freed 8 лет назад +14

      Yeah concerts cost less then than a drink at a bar costs today, and the music then was the real stuff not fake shite.

    • @BigSkippy1263
      @BigSkippy1263 8 лет назад +1

      9496Tull This was Fair Warning tour.

  • @buddhajoecoughlin3011
    @buddhajoecoughlin3011 9 лет назад +64

    This is by far the best footage of Van halen live. Im 51 and seen alot of this mighty band including meeting them in boston in the day. Trust me this is them on point and on top of their game including Dave singing all the words and being in key....I know wish u were born then!

    • @thegamepotato1912
      @thegamepotato1912 6 лет назад +2

      yea i do wish i was 16 then like i am now

    • @DannyGadish
      @DannyGadish 6 лет назад +2

      The game Potato same

    • @rickmassey1272
      @rickmassey1272 5 лет назад +1

      Eddie's guitar keeps changing between the polka dots and Frankenstein

    • @tomjewell7759
      @tomjewell7759 2 года назад

      Dave sounds....good. all that's needed.

  • @oldmanandthesea3384
    @oldmanandthesea3384 9 месяцев назад +5

    I was there. Two months later I was off to boot camp. Hell of a send off. Apex rockers!!!!!!

  • @Hitemwhereithurtss
    @Hitemwhereithurtss Год назад +1

    Imagine seeing this live

  • @BiffMalibu
    @BiffMalibu 2 года назад +11

    Ladies and Gentlemen, I GIVE YOU THE MIGHTY VAN HALEN!

  • @DarkVelizar
    @DarkVelizar 4 года назад +48

    R.I.P. Eddward Van Halen an absolute legend!
    No one left a mark on the guitar history like you did!
    Guitar World lost a God of a guitar player

  • @stephendorsey5594
    @stephendorsey5594 3 года назад +133

    We need more of this in the world right now. 🤟😲🤟

    • @mikesmile2393
      @mikesmile2393 3 года назад +9

      The new rap crap sux

    • @rebecca75588
      @rebecca75588 2 года назад +4

      Ya there's alot of millennial garbage but we've got wolf to carry on the guitar 🎸 legacy not doing VH but of course originals

    • @michaelcraig9449
      @michaelcraig9449 2 года назад +1

      There is tons of good and great new bands.. Not quite this epic but still real good.. Check out Davy Knowles, Ally Venable and Danielle Nicole for starters.

    • @michaelcraig9449
      @michaelcraig9449 2 года назад +4

      @@mikesmile2393 Rap is very old since about 1978 and it sucks ever since then.

    • @michaelcraig9449
      @michaelcraig9449 2 года назад +1

      @@rebecca75588 Lots of good new bands, they just dont get promoted or played by corporate clueless media and radio..It is all DIY now.. Support the good and great new rockin' bands!

  • @ted5669
    @ted5669 Год назад +3

    That’s what I call rock n roll. Glad to say I saw them twice!

  • @kmart67
    @kmart67 6 лет назад +516

    Michael Anthony's back up vocals (and damn, bass playing too) was so important to VH's sound..

    • @elrodclyde3003
      @elrodclyde3003 5 лет назад +48

      It is not Van Halen without Michael Anthony.

    • @70GTODAN
      @70GTODAN 5 лет назад +25

      Kenneth Martin absolutely the “sound” of Van Halen was Michael Anthony’s high background vocals!!!!

    • @CaptainKrud
      @CaptainKrud 5 лет назад +11

      Hell yea the harmony. I'm trying to sing like him while play like eddie

    • @alienresearchlab
      @alienresearchlab 5 лет назад +9

      He was under appreciated. But all VH fans love him!

    • @evanoneill619
      @evanoneill619 5 лет назад +2

      @Robin Taylor right? Only one person could've ever come to that conclusion. If it weren't for Kenneth and his pesky dog no one would've ever figured it out!

  • @The1emerican
    @The1emerican Год назад +9

    What a time to be alive when they were performing live! Damn!

  • @tomayres4237
    @tomayres4237 Год назад +9

    We ALL miss you Eddie !!!!!!!!!!!😢

  • @justdeaf-ry6bn
    @justdeaf-ry6bn 5 дней назад

    Eddie u have touched many people of this world with ur guitar and sorely missed but the music u created will never be forgotten and it lives on to generation to generation.

  • @deboragill4756
    @deboragill4756 2 года назад +35

    Phenomenal! Every aspect. Dave had an excellent stage persona. To jump & do a split like that? A well oiled machine. The era of great music is gone. We have many recordings of times past when 🎶 was easy to groove to. Long live E.V.H. One of my 1st party bands to put on the turntable. At 64 still loving every minute of it.🎸.