Yep... I think it's hard for anyone who wasn't around when it came out to grasp how groundbreaking it was. I remember my high school buddy calling me over to his house and saying "You've gotta hear this!" There was nothing like it.
Your impression about the surfer is exactly right because one of the lyrics is" I'm hanging 10 now baby as I ride your sonic wave". hanging 10 (in case you don't know) is when a surfer stands on the front of his board with two feet side-by-side with his 10 toes hanging off the front of the board. Very old school technique and very cool and quite risky. Van Halen's early music with Roth has that crazy surfer energy, and given that they played up and down the west coast of Southern California nearly seven nights a week throughout the mid-70s playing huge backyard parties and so forth, the fact that surfers dug this music is quite appropriate and foreseeable . The contrast is David Lee Roth is singing about kids in the 70s (thr age of hi-fidelity coupled with huge ear muff style head phones, that were so loud it's unbelievable, Jackson parents were far less concerned with safety including the future health of their children's ears. So Roth lyrics include "lay your bodies down I'm in your beds, your BEDS put your headphones on I'm in your heads" (screaming the word HEADS. So he's basically saying that he's on fire because he's so hot in terms of this performance. If you notice Michael Anthony's Bass during the I'm on fire part,he sounds like he's trying to strike a flint, and start the fire and Eddie's solo and his tone is so sizzling meaning that on his amp the vacuum tubes and the transformers and speakers that give him that sound are literally as hot as an incandescent light bulb meaning the tubes glass is probably so freaking hot that it would fry your fingers to the touch I know because I have a reissue of his amp. To get this kind of sound especially at that time before a lot of effects existed like distortion pedals were in their early days etc you relied on the amplifiers power tubes and you basically would turn on your amp and leave it rolling for an hour or two on standby to get those tubes nice and hot and then crank the volume and you got that sizzling tune
Love this one, and this debut album changed rock forever, kind of similar to that Boston debut album. This album was on the radio all the time and I remember even hearing it out at the lake, where the concession stand was also blaring rock music on the PA system. Sometimes I think they played this entire album while people swam and partied. I don't recall you doing Little Dreamer from this album but then I could have just missed it. Love that one. And right as we got used to hearing this all the time and it became an instant classic, their second album came out with the single Beautiful Girls, and by then I was in high school and I loved that song so much, I immediately sat down and tried to figure out the guitar part. The problem with doing the album version of Eruption, which is actually very short, there really is no way to do it without letting it flow on into the next one, You Got Me, a Kinks cover, so classic. They flow into each other on the album and I'm not sure I ever heard it on FM radio without it going directly into You Got Me.
Hey my BIZZ BIZZ magic. Sorry my brother, as soon as I see a new reaction I just showing some love first. Hope you don’t mind! But very much agree with opening statement!! PLEASE YALL BIZZ’s reactions are the BOMB! PLEASE HELP THIS MAN OUT BY JUST TOUCHING A BUTTON! It takes a second! I fell in love with his reactions first time ever watching one. You will too , esp if you keep coming back.
Another Intense jammer from VH.. a great next up would be "Light Up the Sky", off of VH2 and moving into that album.. loved that you did "D.O.A.", the other day.
We entered the new Millenium in 1978, and after listening to the bare guitar tracks, nothing but props of Roth for being able to put words to music that was different to say the least!
Awe BIZZ I’m just imagining you surfing!!! Lololol!! I love it. And YES Eddie did get “ DIP SHIT STUPID CRAZY” on this song. So did David Lee Roth’s voice!!! But that how they rolled!
I was never a fan (I can't stand Roth. He shoulda been a game show host and not annoyed me for 20 years.) but there was nothing like that first album. It landed like a nuclear explosion. It was 1978 I was almost 14 and my older brother was 17. For months, that album blared out his bedroom windows over the backyard pool and it was either get behind VH or leave town. Now, 40 years later, I can listen without cringing. Thanks for the sketchy memories, lad. Happy new year and rock on!
The Studio version of Eruption is a must, its short and concise, and was the first thing we heard back in 78 that flipped the script on Guitar playing. That live version is just him fuckig around.
If I had been a UFC fighter....this is my walkout jam! Guitar wizardry and one of the most blood curdling screams in rock. "Light it Up"! with VH II my good man! Merry Christmas!
Everything else just paled, died, and fell completely away for us the summer this came out. There just wasn't anything to compare it to then. EVH and DLR were a deadly combination.
You need to hear Eruption not as an extended live improvisation showcase for Eddie's playing. You absolutely need to hear the album version, because it's far more of a tight, structured composition, on par with Bach or Mozart.
the song or my video? ifn you speak of the songs they ones i like i usually add them to a playlist i listen to when Im not working or just chillin. Like right now as i type this i am listening to rock lobster by the B52s lol.
This album hit the world like an Atomic bomb. It obliterated everything in it's path, and took no prisoners... A new age of guitar hero is born!
Absolutely!
Napalm would be a more accurate comparison.
Yep... I think it's hard for anyone who wasn't around when it came out to grasp how groundbreaking it was. I remember my high school buddy calling me over to his house and saying "You've gotta hear this!" There was nothing like it.
Still holds today if it was released today it would blow everyone’s minds
That whole album is FIRE 🔥
Changed the Rock scene !
Debut album,1978,self titled Van Halen,there wasn't a bad song on this album,they were on fire!
Your impression about the surfer is exactly right because one of the lyrics is" I'm hanging 10 now baby as I ride your sonic wave". hanging 10 (in case you don't know) is when a surfer stands on the front of his board with two feet side-by-side with his 10 toes hanging off the front of the board.
Very old school technique and very cool and quite risky. Van Halen's early music with Roth has that crazy surfer energy, and given that they played up and down the west coast of Southern California nearly seven nights a week throughout the mid-70s playing huge backyard parties and so forth, the fact that surfers dug this music is quite appropriate and foreseeable .
The contrast is David Lee Roth is singing about kids in the 70s (thr age of hi-fidelity coupled with huge ear muff style head phones, that were so loud it's unbelievable, Jackson parents were far less concerned with safety including the future health of their children's ears. So Roth lyrics include "lay your bodies down
I'm in your beds, your BEDS
put your headphones on I'm in your heads" (screaming the word HEADS. So he's basically saying that he's on fire because he's so hot in terms of this performance.
If you notice Michael Anthony's Bass during the I'm on fire part,he sounds like he's trying to strike a flint, and start the fire and Eddie's solo and his tone is so sizzling meaning that on his amp the vacuum tubes and the transformers and speakers that give him that sound are literally as hot as an incandescent light bulb meaning the tubes glass is probably so freaking hot that it would fry your fingers to the touch I know because I have a reissue of his amp. To get this kind of sound especially at that time before a lot of effects existed like distortion pedals were in their early days etc you relied on the amplifiers power tubes and you basically would turn on your amp and leave it rolling for an hour or two on standby to get those tubes nice and hot and then crank the volume and you got that sizzling tune
Atomic punk is another great song from this record I love the raw sound from early Van Halen most of it sounds like they recorded it live
yeah i reviewed it already
Love this one, and this debut album changed rock forever, kind of similar to that Boston debut album. This album was on the radio all the time and I remember even hearing it out at the lake, where the concession stand was also blaring rock music on the PA system. Sometimes I think they played this entire album while people swam and partied.
I don't recall you doing Little Dreamer from this album but then I could have just missed it. Love that one.
And right as we got used to hearing this all the time and it became an instant classic, their second album came out with the single Beautiful Girls, and by then I was in high school and I loved that song so much, I immediately sat down and tried to figure out the guitar part.
The problem with doing the album version of Eruption, which is actually very short, there really is no way to do it without letting it flow on into the next one, You Got Me, a Kinks cover, so classic. They flow into each other on the album and I'm not sure I ever heard it on FM radio without it going directly into You Got Me.
One of my favorite VH songs. Killer!
Your comment on DLR was right on. He was born to a rock star!
This album changed everything, It completely changed the way guitars would be played to this very day.
This album was DIFFERENT in late 70's
My favorite song off of the first one ...... short & powerful. Perfect outro for the classic.
Can't you just picture James Brown doing a cover of this song? I can!!
VH don’t miss in early days
Hey my BIZZ BIZZ magic. Sorry my brother, as soon as I see a new reaction I just showing some love first. Hope you don’t mind! But very much agree with opening statement!! PLEASE YALL BIZZ’s reactions are the BOMB! PLEASE HELP THIS MAN OUT BY JUST TOUCHING A BUTTON! It takes a second! I fell in love with his reactions first time ever watching one. You will too , esp if you keep coming back.
I was 10 years old when this album dropped....in my 50's now and still playing guitar because of this album ! True story !
Absolutely killed it
And the great Rock guitarist was born!!
Another Intense jammer from VH.. a great next up would be "Light Up the Sky", off of VH2 and moving into that album.. loved that you did "D.O.A.", the other day.
Wore this album out back in junior high!! On Fire one of my favorites as well!
You had me cracking up with that Fire Fighter thought lol!
😂😂😂😂
Great Album
We entered the new Millenium in 1978, and after listening to the bare guitar tracks, nothing but props of Roth for being able to put words to music that was different to say the least!
All the Roth stuff is pretty much gold. Like Bon and AC/DC.
A harder edge to it.
Awe BIZZ I’m just imagining you surfing!!! Lololol!! I love it. And YES Eddie did get “ DIP SHIT STUPID CRAZY” on this song. So did David Lee Roth’s voice!!! But that how they rolled!
🏄🏄🏄🏄😂😂😂
I remember when this album dropped everyone went WTF🤘
Thanks!
Thank you
I literally wore this album out when I discovered VH
If you want to hear another side to David Lee Roth try his solo stuff like Black Sand, Damn Good, Sensible Shoes and Sunburn. Love all of them.
I can tell you this go through Van Halen in early days in order it’s timeless you wont be disappointed
Go through
Saw them a couple times , I got a couple stories from them
Man, my brothers who grew up on grunge and only know Van Halen from "Jump" to Sammy Hagar need to listen to this debut. Van Halen. Say their name!
I was never a fan (I can't stand Roth. He shoulda been a game show host and not annoyed me for 20 years.) but there was nothing like that first album. It landed like a nuclear explosion. It was 1978 I was almost 14 and my older brother was 17. For months, that album blared out his bedroom windows over the backyard pool and it was either get behind VH or leave town. Now, 40 years later, I can listen without cringing. Thanks for the sketchy memories, lad. Happy new year and rock on!
The Studio version of Eruption is a must, its short and concise, and was the first thing we heard back in 78 that flipped the script on Guitar playing. That live version is just him fuckig around.
I first heard this on WDVE Pittsburgh. A late night radio show called the Side Show. Blew me away . Went out the next day and bought the album.
Why do I always think about the B52s when hearing this? What an insane collaboration that would have been...
If I had been a UFC fighter....this is my walkout jam! Guitar wizardry and one of the most blood curdling screams in rock. "Light it Up"! with VH II my good man! Merry Christmas!
Everything else just paled, died, and fell completely away for us the summer this came out. There just wasn't anything to compare it to then. EVH and DLR were a deadly combination.
I had been playing guitar for several years then Eddie hit the scene. Time for me to up my game.
You need to hear Eruption not as an extended live improvisation showcase for Eddie's playing.
You absolutely need to hear the album version, because it's far more of a tight, structured composition, on par with Bach or Mozart.
Totally agree
Love your channel. Keep bringing the heat! Do some Deep Purple! zeppelin, Judas Priest..Scorpions…Molly Hatchet…Y&T
…….real Van Halen….. 1st 4 albums ! Ha ha ha that was hilarious 🔥🔥
Do it
Hey Tommys ONFIRE 😅😅😅
Maybe clip a snippet of this to play if you like a song 😂 at least for future VH reactions
VH II 👍
💣💣💣💣💣💣💣🤘🤘🤘🤘
😂
Do you listen to this after the video is made??
the song or my video? ifn you speak of the songs they ones i like i usually add them to a playlist i listen to when Im not working or just chillin. Like right now as i type this i am listening to rock lobster by the B52s lol.
Most definitely move on to VH2.