I’m a “guitarist.” The wallpaper on my computer is a picture of Eddie Van Halen eating a sandwich outside of a McDonald’s in the 70s. I have it there to remind myself that there was something Eddie did that I can do too.
I'm not exaggerating when I say I've probably watched this solo at least 500 times. It never gets old. And now, to be able to watch it with this kind of clarity... perfection.
I've watched Neil Peart's "Der Trommler" drum solo almost that many times, but this Eddie solo might get there too. This level of live performances are so far above anything in popular music it's absurd.
When he puts that cig in his mouth and starts the solo, he's exactly where he wants to be. The most dynamic guitarist and showman in my lifetime. He changed what was possible w guitar for a generation. Every great modern guitarist started w Van Halen, once they learned technique and scales. The first instrument both Alex and Eddie learned was piano.
Long story.. I was 16 years old when my mother and I moved to a new neighborhood in the summer of 1989. Not having any friends in the new neighborhood I was bummed. I went to the local video store to rent movies and found Live without a net amongst a few other concerts. Took it home and my mouth sat on the living room floor for hours. I was a new guitarist learning but when I saw this I got so depressed and I remember saying to myself " I will never be able to do this" sure enough after years of practicing and years of renting the video I was able to play this solo, minus the whammy bar things because my guitar didn't have a whammy bar. The feeling of accomplishment I felt when I was able to play this was intoxicating. So the message is... NEVER GIVE UP KEEP GOING AND YOU WILL GET THERE. I still get chills when I watch this, unbelievable talent.
@@brandonplaysguitar08 to practice what i learned from Eddie was to pause the video, count the frets where his hands were and listen like a crazy person over and over, get a few notes and feel great and go back until it becomes second nature. Also another important thing was sometimes to just watch the video over and over again so it sinks into your brain. It took a long time but it was so much fun
Right before Sammy yells "Edward Van Halen!!" toward the end of the solo, it sounds like Eddie is going to blow the goddamn PA system right out of that building. Absolute fucking legend. RIP Eddie.
So I'm lying in bed, 56 years old. Grew up as a VH fan. Now I've seen this clip dozens of times in my younger years, but what I see and feel here is the NOW. Our beautiful EVH is no longer with us physically, but he will live forever in our NOW.
I"ve watched this solo more times than I could count, both on VHS and DVD. To see it upscaled like this with all the extra detail is like seeing it again for the first time. Keep up the good work!
I remember showing my buddies this when it came out in 85/86. In 88, I was 16 and wiggled up to the stage at the 1st concert of Monsters of Rock in East Troy, WI. VH was the headliner. Kingdom Come, Dokken, Metallica, and the Scorps were merely opening acts lol. The experience was the Woodstock of my generation. Now, at 53, my wall in my office consists of Kramers, the iconic 5150 and Frankie guitars (that I built). Seeing this, in this kind of resolution, is absolutely fantastic. Thank you for doing this. You rock!!!
That was the first time I saw Eddie do a solo. I had never seen VH live until this tour. I saw this before I went to the show about three months later. It's still amazing to watch and never gets old.
What can I say. If you're an Eddie fan you're an Eddie fan and always will be and that's all there is to it. And like every Eddie fan I've watched this solo more time than I could ever hope to count over the years and I love it just as much every time. Thanks for your work making this incredible footage into 4K resolution and thanks for making it public. RIP Eddie ,
I got to go backstage and meet them in 93. Their manager told us to not shake Ed's hand, because apparently a fan had latched on and wouldn't let go a few dates earlier. But we could give him a hi-five if we wanted. So I did. It was like giving a hi-five to a brick wall. It actually hurt. But I got to meet Van Halen, so...
Every guitar player looks up to this dude even if they don't realize it he's made some kind of difference in their lives and if they search they will find that difference, R.I.P. Eddie.
For a person who can only play a few chords on a guitar, this is unfathomable. It’s the most remarkable display of talent I have ever seen, or ever will.
Thank you so much for this. I’ve watched this 100s of times. Maybe when I can finally watch it without my eyes tearing up I can appreciate how clear it is
Nothing will ever be like EVH, he had riffs and sequences of notes that were just pure melodic and just felt like you were listening to an old friend tell you a story verbally but with his guitar all while enjoying the hell out of himself! A legend that will never be reproduced, RIP legend 🙏🤘
Greatest Fuckin Guitar Solo ever by my favorite and the greatest guitarist of all time and in the whole wide world Eddie Van Halen. Rest In Power to The Almighty Eddie Van Halen.
I grew up there in GR. I rented a room at the dog kennel house before the fire. During the cedar fire, i rented a home at the base of mt woodson. The night before the fire i was literally partying down the street in garden rd, got drunk and left my car there! Around 10am at mt woodson i was awakened by the fd, but basically trapped with no car. Rode it out and watched numerous homes burn on hwy 67. Fast forward to 07, the kennel house was nicely rebuilt (4500 sq ft) and i immediately rented a beautiful big bedroom. Then the witch creek fire blew through. Narrowly dodged that bullet too. Ive saved this video for years, its one of the best local docs of the cedar fire imo.
OH MY GOD!!!! Thank you sooooo much!!! this is AMAZING!!!!! what I've wanted since I was 12 years old back in 1987 when I first saw it!!! You da man!!! 🤘
The times when Eddie did whatever he wanted with an electric guitar. I doubt human mankind will see a live guitar solo with this level of geniality ever again ...
I watched the VHS copy of this show a bunch of times when I was a kid but on RUclips it looked so bad I could not get through it. Thanks to whoever cleaned it up and made it high def. This was such a great tour for Van Halen because it was all about the music. No over the top 1984 stage sets that cost so much that the band barely made any money on the tour. Just a bare bones stage set up and two hours of great music. And no ten minute David Lee Roth speeches either.
Incredible to think that he changed the entire rock world that night, until he doesn't listen to rock he must have heard the solo of Eruption somewhere, eternal be Van Halen 🔱🎸
Every time I watch this it reminds me of the good times I had in those carefree days. It also depresses me that it was so long ago. Getting older sucks.
I always had to play fairly sober, but he's got one hell of a buzz and still nails everything! I would love to see someone else play this whole thing. I wonder if anyone has ever tried?
If it's not already,this should be on repeat playing along with his gear that's on display at the Smithsonian or RNRHOF.Everyone should be able to hear/see it.Greatest guitarist of all time.
If there where a book on guitar and musicianship of contributions this man would have to be given a whole chapter. EVH has cemented his legacy forever.
Saw him play backup for the Stones in Jacksonville, 1976...I was blown away! We had the best bands in those and the following years, but this guy!? Just Damn!
I played every gig of this tour, with their opening act, B.T.O........what a year it was, so great to find such a great quality video...(I have some really poor quality videos form this tour on my YT channel - not great, but very rare, as I shot it myself with a rented video camera)
Two of my first LPs in High school were Van Halen and B.T.O. Right there with LED Zeppelin, ELP, Electric Light Show, Alvin Lee and Ten Years After, etc........
Please remember that before he got really sick, in an interview, he said that his cancer was caused by him keeping his metal picks in his lips. I would post a link, but it's been scrubbed from the net. RIP😢❤
I've seen the video. Cancer can come to anyone, for any reason. The healthiest people on earth have succumbed to cancer. His smoking more than likely had everything to do with it over a metal guitar pick.
In His Prime... So Soulful and Spiritual for me... Eddie the Great! Get it back! Get it back! The greatest Heavy Rock Improvisor of all time.... Staying true to how He loves to hear his Music! Forever in our hearts and memories....
the first to invented this sound ! this way too play with the vibrato bar , his feeling , his effect strange , his feeling and beautyfull solo ! with lot of tapping way , harmonic , legato , tremolo etc exiting solo ! at 20 years old ! very advanced on his time !! meen street intro , eruption, spanish fly , doa , jump , beat it with m jackson , unchained , hot for teacher , etc
I've probably watched this concert/solo at least 300 times since I bought it on VHS in '88.... Thank you for the upscaled 4k version... now I can see every detail of his fret work... RIP EVH!!!
I’m a “guitarist.” The wallpaper on my computer is a picture of Eddie Van Halen eating a sandwich outside of a McDonald’s in the 70s. I have it there to remind myself that there was something Eddie did that I can do too.
😅😂😂😂
I can play alot of Van Halen songs note for note.. but ya need those fingers and tone to make it sound like him.. RIP good sir and thank you. ♥
Things are always on the UP on your side, ain't it baby? I can always dig that.❤
Hahaha, what a beautiful comment 🤣👍👏👏👏
Not exactly. But, u can.
I'm not exaggerating when I say I've probably watched this solo at least 500 times. It never gets old. And now, to be able to watch it with this kind of clarity... perfection.
I've watched Neil Peart's "Der Trommler" drum solo almost that many times, but this Eddie solo might get there too. This level of live performances are so far above anything in popular music it's absurd.
💯....I have watched it about the same.....best solo ever
Me too, I looked it up to watch one quick part and ended up watching the whole 12 minutes again. Hard to turn it off.
I have also watched it at least 500 times and it doesn't ever get old like u say
The point it was never about perfection. It was Eddie stretching out his mind noodling. He never played it twice the same once.
When he puts that cig in his mouth and starts the solo, he's exactly where he wants to be. The most dynamic guitarist and showman in my lifetime. He changed what was possible w guitar for a generation. Every great modern guitarist started w Van Halen, once they learned technique and scales. The first instrument both Alex and Eddie learned was piano.
The rock God.
Long story.. I was 16 years old when my mother and I moved to a new neighborhood in the summer of 1989. Not having any friends in the new neighborhood I was bummed. I went to the local video store to rent movies and found Live without a net amongst a few other concerts. Took it home and my mouth sat on the living room floor for hours. I was a new guitarist learning but when I saw this I got so depressed and I remember saying to myself " I will never be able to do this" sure enough after years of practicing and years of renting the video I was able to play this solo, minus the whammy bar things because my guitar didn't have a whammy bar. The feeling of accomplishment I felt when I was able to play this was intoxicating. So the message is... NEVER GIVE UP KEEP GOING AND YOU WILL GET THERE. I still get chills when I watch this, unbelievable talent.
He set the plumline for guitarist's all over the world. A feet never to be taken lightly at all. He made it sing like no other could do forever❤.
Your story was really inspiring to me, as was Eddie's.
What did you do to practice?
@@brandonplaysguitar08 to practice what i learned from Eddie was to pause the video, count the frets where his hands were and listen like a crazy person over and over, get a few notes and feel great and go back until it becomes second nature. Also another important thing was sometimes to just watch the video over and over again so it sinks into your brain. It took a long time but it was so much fun
@@DerekSamuelReese Amazing!
You can actually play this solo note-for-note? I'd like to see a video of that.
First... All I would say is that this never gets old.... Eddie at his best! RIP...
A moment the universe will never forget
A moment the universe created ❤
The God the universe will never forget
@@shanechapman3517 so true
Right before Sammy yells "Edward Van Halen!!" toward the end of the solo, it sounds like Eddie is going to blow the goddamn PA system right out of that building. Absolute fucking legend. RIP Eddie.
I feel that man, you ever miss someone you've never met before 😞 this show was 6years before I was born 😢 RIP EDDIE YOU FUCKING LEGEND🤴❤
Eddie knew how to "tear the playhouse down" when it really mattered
I know right!!!!! Omg amazing.
So I'm lying in bed, 56 years old. Grew up as a VH fan. Now I've seen this clip dozens of times in my younger years, but what I see and feel here is the NOW. Our beautiful EVH is no longer with us physically, but he will live forever in our NOW.
Brother.. you read my mind.
Effortlessly , accuracy, controlled speed, a guitar legend. RIP Eddie, now amaze the angels with you soulful magic
I"ve watched this solo more times than I could count, both on VHS and DVD. To see it upscaled like this with all the extra detail is like seeing it again for the first time. Keep up the good work!
Yup I also worn out my vhs tape as well
Thats great
🎉
Wahnsinn!!!!!!!
Omg if you believe. He’s gotten better 😮😮😮😮😮
EVH never fails to make me wanna practice more guitar
almost 40 years ago !! ...amazing
That's What's Up!
I remember showing my buddies this when it came out in 85/86. In 88, I was 16 and wiggled up to the stage at the 1st concert of Monsters of Rock in East Troy, WI. VH was the headliner. Kingdom Come, Dokken, Metallica, and the Scorps were merely opening acts lol. The experience was the Woodstock of my generation. Now, at 53, my wall in my office consists of Kramers, the iconic 5150 and Frankie guitars (that I built). Seeing this, in this kind of resolution, is absolutely fantastic. Thank you for doing this. You rock!!!
A fellow Van Halen fan here. Also from Wisconsin. Sheboygan, to be exact. My 1st concert ever was ou812 at the Bradley Center.
I'm 60 years old and it still gives me chills
Eddie Van Halen Always Loved, Never Forgotten, Forever Miissed.
That was the first time I saw Eddie do a solo. I had never seen VH live until this tour. I saw this before I went to the show about three months later. It's still amazing to watch and never gets old.
What can I say. If you're an Eddie fan you're an Eddie fan and always will be and that's all there is to it. And like every Eddie fan I've watched this solo more time than I could ever hope to count over the years and I love it just as much every time. Thanks for your work making this incredible footage into 4K resolution and thanks for making it public. RIP Eddie ,
Truth
it realy dosen't get any better than this.
I got to go backstage and meet them in 93. Their manager told us to not shake Ed's hand, because apparently a fan had latched on and wouldn't let go a few dates earlier. But we could give him a hi-five if we wanted. So I did. It was like giving a hi-five to a brick wall. It actually hurt. But I got to meet Van Halen, so...
Every guitar player looks up to this dude even if they don't realize it he's made some kind of difference in their lives and if they search they will find that difference, R.I.P. Eddie.
sounds of the instruments that Genius Eddie ,RIP, plays with his Guitar.
-Pipe organ
-Violin
-Harp
-Cello
There's probably more.
Animals - horse, elephant, dolphin
Supernovas 😂
The finest live guitar solo ever conceived and performed in human existence.
and he went out and did it every night
The King of Kings
God sent this man for the World 🙏
AMEN!!!!
truly.
We were blessed to have him
EVH was like the "One In a Thousand Years" kind of talent you read about in books
best solo of all time
For a person who can only play a few chords on a guitar, this is unfathomable. It’s the most remarkable display of talent I have ever seen, or ever will.
I have to watch this every now and then... this is a record of one of his best live solos.
best guitar solo i've ever seen. thank u so much for putting it in 4k. EVH is the KING..
Thank you so much for this. I’ve watched this 100s of times. Maybe when I can finally watch it without my eyes tearing up I can appreciate how clear it is
Thanks for upscaling. Could you do the whole show please?!?! ✌️
学生時代、このビデオをレコード屋の店先で流していて、どう演奏しているのか分からずずっと眺めていたのを思い出します。
いつ見ても、スーパープレイをニコニコしながら演奏しているのは凄いです。
もう、エディの演奏をビデオでしか見ることが出来ないのは残念です。
When the entire arena is chanting "Eddie! Eddie! Eddie!" at 0:25 --- that's when you know someone is a true rock star and not a fake one
Nothing will ever be like EVH, he had riffs and sequences of notes that were just pure melodic and just felt like you were listening to an old friend tell you a story verbally but with his guitar all while enjoying the hell out of himself! A legend that will never be reproduced, RIP legend 🙏🤘
Greatest Fuckin Guitar Solo ever by my favorite and the greatest guitarist of all time and in the whole wide world Eddie Van Halen. Rest In Power to The Almighty Eddie Van Halen.
I grew up there in GR. I rented a room at the dog kennel house before the fire. During the cedar fire, i rented a home at the base of mt woodson. The night before the fire i was literally partying down the street in garden rd, got drunk and left my car there! Around 10am at mt woodson i was awakened by the fd, but basically trapped with no car. Rode it out and watched numerous homes burn on hwy 67. Fast forward to 07, the kennel house was nicely rebuilt (4500 sq ft) and i immediately rented a beautiful big bedroom. Then the witch creek fire blew through. Narrowly dodged that bullet too. Ive saved this video for years, its one of the best local docs of the cedar fire imo.
One of the Best Guitar Solos Ever!!!!! Thanks EDDIE!!!!!!!!!
OH MY GOD!!!! Thank you sooooo much!!! this is AMAZING!!!!! what I've wanted since I was 12 years old back in 1987 when I first saw it!!! You da man!!! 🤘
6:14 "Woow wooow! 😯🔊‼️"
I have watched this solo hundreds of times...to see it in 4k for the first time is just amazing. Thank you!
The times when Eddie did whatever he wanted with an electric guitar. I doubt human mankind will see a live guitar solo with this level of geniality ever again ...
One of the best electric guitar players. Rip Eddie van Halen
That flurry at 2:31. Pure Eddie atonal magic.
Seems like something he got from holdsworth he was a big fan of him
Greatest guitar solo of ALLLLL TIME!
I watched the VHS copy of this show a bunch of times when I was a kid but on RUclips it looked so bad I could not get through it. Thanks to whoever cleaned it up and made it high def. This was such a great tour for Van Halen because it was all about the music. No over the top 1984 stage sets that cost so much that the band barely made any money on the tour. Just a bare bones stage set up and two hours of great music. And no ten minute David Lee Roth speeches either.
@@bobwalton4630 You are quite welcome 😁
Incredible to think that he changed the entire rock world that night, until he doesn't listen to rock he must have heard the solo of Eruption somewhere, eternal be Van Halen 🔱🎸
In a world of madness… we had a creative wizard who changed the world of guitar/amps and pretty much playing … 🙏am blessed to witness that I think …
A blast from deep space!
Every time I watch this it reminds me of the good times I had in those carefree days. It also depresses me that it was so long ago. Getting older sucks.
4K!! Just Awesome!!
5:53 sound of start mac
lmaooo
Eddie is the King forever!!!!!!!
A legendary ICON... we'll never see another one like him.
We are watching something that will never be topped in our life time the GOAT is an understatement the sound is immaculate
I'm from Brazil, so glad you born, keep EVH alive! Thank you, indeed! ❤
Eddie Van Halen wasn't just brilliant ,he was Exceptional .A true master of the Guitar .
Big fan of Van Halen. THIS IS AMAZING! having it this clear is so cool omg
King of tapping 🎉🎉🎉🎉
I always had to play fairly sober, but he's got one hell of a buzz and still nails everything! I would love to see someone else play this whole thing. I wonder if anyone has ever tried?
Simon Hosford enters the chat
They should hire you to re-release the whole concert 🙏🙏🙏 Brilliant yet again .. Thank you so much for doing this for us fans 🎸
I'm available... 😉
It's an amazing job!
He's the best even in concert
Awesome job. Thanks so much for doing this.
INCREDIBLE....AMAZING FINGER WORK,,,ITS HARD TO MAKE IT...RIP
Can you look at the neck of the guitar and see how much passion was poured out on it, by the wear on it!
If it's not already,this should be on repeat playing along with his gear that's on display at the Smithsonian or RNRHOF.Everyone should be able to hear/see it.Greatest guitarist of all time.
Wow! Man... how good this sounds... 👑
The music history of these guys 😉... 🎸
That was inhuman. Eddie was a god. I’m lucky enough to have seen him do this live, and more than once! Thanks to Kevin McAuley! Love you brother!
Goosebumps and tears spurted out on this one!. Mean Streets 🔥
Eddie forever
Eddie was best of the bests. Maybe I wasn't lucky enough to live in his era.
もうかっこよすぎ！こんなに楽しそうにギターを弾くとは！
My god. He is the king. GOAT
Cathedral! So mesmerizing
I must of watched this 600 times, I'm dumb founded, unreal, stupendous, PEACE ✌
That scream 6:37 gets me everytime. Guitarists know what i mean.
STFU and get a hold of yourself what is that a secret gestapo message? Get a life
If there where a book on guitar and musicianship of contributions this man would have to be given a whole chapter. EVH has cemented his legacy forever.
Saw him play backup for the Stones in Jacksonville, 1976...I was blown away! We had the best bands in those and the following years, but this guy!? Just Damn!
I played every gig of this tour, with their opening act, B.T.O........what a year it was, so great to find such a great quality video...(I have some really poor quality videos form this tour on my YT channel - not great, but very rare, as I shot it myself with a rented video camera)
Two of my first LPs in High school were Van Halen and
B.T.O. Right there with LED Zeppelin, ELP, Electric Light Show, Alvin Lee and Ten Years After, etc........
Please remember that before he got really sick, in an interview, he said that his cancer was caused by him keeping his metal picks in his lips. I would post a link, but it's been scrubbed from the net. RIP😢❤
I've seen the video. Cancer can come to anyone, for any reason. The healthiest people on earth have succumbed to cancer. His smoking more than likely had everything to do with it over a metal guitar pick.
In His Prime... So Soulful and Spiritual for me...
Eddie the Great! Get it back! Get it back!
The greatest Heavy Rock Improvisor of all time....
Staying true to how He loves to hear his Music! Forever in our hearts and memories....
Beautiful
The beginning of the solo is 316, that’s so cool
the first to invented this sound ! this way too play with the vibrato bar , his feeling , his effect strange , his feeling and beautyfull solo ! with lot of tapping way , harmonic , legato , tremolo etc exiting solo ! at 20 years old ! very advanced on his time !! meen street intro , eruption, spanish fly , doa , jump , beat it with m jackson , unchained , hot for teacher , etc
I'm buying a guitar now... Mind blowing performance.. ❤
Thank YOU!
I love him so much❤
I've probably watched this concert/solo at least 300 times since I bought it on VHS in '88.... Thank you for the upscaled 4k version... now I can see every detail of his fret work... RIP EVH!!!
Ive watched this too many times, its an addiction, i need to stop
I love the sound of guitar. but i never wanted to learn them until i watch this video.
Looks fantastic! 😎👍
my favorite guitaris forever in the galaxy
The people in the audience that night witnessed the single greatest guitar solo of all time. No contest!
thank you for sharing...
#1,#1,#1 in the world 🌎 The greatest anthology no one but EVH,R.I.P my brother
Damn great job! You did a better restoration than "official" ones. Congratualtions, looks and sounds incredible! I am sure Eddie would be proud.
Thanks! *tips hat
Masterpiece 😊😊😊😊😊
This isn’t your first time here. Welcome back.
I love the "MTV" style written intro at the start.... 😂❤
Melhor dos melhores
These are amazing! Please do 5150 next. 😁😁
By Far, the greatest solo to ever have been recorded on film. The one and the only King Edward.