Awesome story Luke! I always tell people my 1st introduction to EVH was the riff he did in the movie "Back to the future" but now that i think of it "Beat it" was my 1st time hearing EVH in 83. That solo was magic and it's the prefect example of EVH's playing.
WOW! I've never heard this story before. There are soooooo many stories out there. I heard one that Eddie didn't like the song, rewrote it completely, gave it Mike, he liked it and they re-did it! I'm glad I subbed to this channel, I'm a huge music junky and to hear the REAL story is cool!!
For those who keep insisting nothing happened at Eds house heres an excerpt from the Beat It Wikipedia page. "Van Halen recorded his contribution following Jones and Jackson arriving at the guitarist's house with a "skeleton version" of the song. Fellow guitarist Steve Lukather recalled, "Initially, we rocked it out as Eddie had played a good solo-but Quincy thought it was too tough. So I had to reduce the distorted guitar sound and that is what was released".
In a Quincy Jones interview here on RUclips he says he told Eddie something along the lines of “the reason you’re here is because of what you do, I’m not going to tell what to play but we’ll do 3-4 takes…” etc. is Luke suggesting Eddie didn’t record the solo in person with Quincy. It doesn’t really matter in the end but I thought I’d join in on the “where was it played” conspiracy theory
So Ed and Donn cut the tape and almost fubard everything but Jeff Porcaro and Luke saved the day. I'd say thats one downside of sending something so sensitive to someones home studio as opposed to entrusting a professional studio, like Sunset, where guidelines were probably in place to ensure cutting tape (that you dont own) would never happen.
@@AllenGarberGuitarFun Actually it was sent to Eds house (home studio) where Ed and Donn cut the tape. Watch the interview again and try not to get caught up in the circuitous debate about "where" it was recorded. Focus on the part where they cut the tape and Quincy told Luke "you've got to fix this".
@@m00ndawg So you are imagining that the solo was recorded at Westlake (which is not what Luke is saying in this video) and that Landee EDITED the solo at Edward’s small room in the house causing the SMPTE damage? Am I following you correctly?
@@AllenGarberGuitarFun The solo was recorded at Eds home though. It was written at home, and recorded at home. Then the finished product was re-recorded at Westlake for the album.
@@m00ndawg Another thing to bear in mind is that Luke was not there when Ed recorded the solo. He has said this many times. I’m not sure why you actually believe what Luke is saying here when all the evidence says that none of the “Beat It” solo was done at Ed’s home. Donn edited the original backing track at Westlake. This was what caused the SMPTE code damage. Edward then recorded by most accounts at least two solos which were then edited into one. This was all done at the same time at Westlake. No one called Edward’s home studio “5150” until mid to late 1983 when ‘1984’ was recorded. It is highly unlikely that Edward had a 16-track machine at his home before the studio was actually constructed in 1983. In 1982, it would have more likely been a 4 or 8 track machine at best which he made simple demos on…and the original tracks were recorded on 24-track which can’t be be put on or played on a 16-track, 8-track or 4 track machine. There’s no way that Edward recorded that solo or that Donn edited the backing track and comped the final solo from Ed’s multiple takes at any other location than at Westlake. Luke and Porcaro and the engineer recut the backing tracks twice at Sunset just as Luke described, but that’s the only thing he can speak authoritatively on…because he wasn’t there when Ed recorded his solos and he wasn’t there when Donn edited the backing track and flew in the different solos to create the final solo.
Edward’s solo was absolutely recorded at Westlake. There was no 5150 studio in 1982 when “Beat It” was recorded. He’s just not remembering correctly…it was a long time ago and I don’t blame him.
@@Roundtablewithdrew There was only ever one 5150 studio and it was not functioning in 1982 when “Beat It” was recorded. Edward is even pictured with Michael at Westlake at the time of the “Beat It” solo session. Luke is just not correct here. Westlake Studios is a 19 minute drive from Edward’s home or faster with the way he drove. Here is Bruce Swedien on the “Beat It” solo: "The highlight for me was the guitar solo. That guitar solo is incredible - when Eddie [Van Halen] came in to play, he was in Studio B at Westlake and I was in Studio A with Michael and Quincy, but I went in there when he was tuning and warming up and I left immediately. It was so loud, I would never subject my hearing to that kind of volume level! I didn't record that solo, I hired his engineer - I figured his hearing would probably be a little suspect right now anyway. I then did the mix after it was recorded.”
@@rikjones5924 Exactly. Unfortunately there are many incorrect recollections like Luke’s here, the myth that Ed borrowed a Thompson-Hartley amp from Alan Holdsworth, even a guy who swears up and down in startling detail how Ed RENTED a Marshall head from him for the session…all of which clearly never happened in light of all available evidence.
@@AllenGarberGuitarFun yes, I thought maybe it wasn’t at 5150 too because the solo was cut possibly before 5150 was built. It would have been recorded just after Diver Down was recorded and definitely before 1984 was made which was the first VH album to be recorded there. In an interview in 1984 Ed said something about the equipment he used was en route from South America & was his faithful red charvel with Marshall and echoplex. The story about the Hartley Thomson amp must have come from someone with their wires crossed because at the time of 1983 that amplifier was being used by ALLAN HOLDSWORTH who Ed was hanging out with then, at home and in seminars and doing gigs when Ed was trying to help Allans career with Ted Templeman and Warner Bros with the Road Games album.
Why didn't they just re-stripe the SMPTE code on the chopped up reel? There would be lots of free tracks considering all it contained was vocals and a solo. As long as it was continuous code, from the beginning of the song to the end, they'd be fine. All they would have to do then would be to offset the slave reel's code to line it up with the master's. Swedien would have known this and I assume it was him engineering the final mix. The only possible reason I can come up with for not doing this would be that it preceded the tech necessary to offset SMPTE code.
5150 was built in 1983. Beat It was recorded in 1982 and even was fully released by November 1982. The timeline doesn't seem to add up to me for it having been recorded at 5150, which did not yet exist.
How do you even react to this. This man has probably forgotten more skill & knowledge casually over the decades than any contemporary musical elite will ever hope to ascertain over a lifespan.
No, What happened, is they overheated, and started smoking!!! Ed sent so much signal through the near-fields that the insulation started burning... he fried 'em, and they started sending up smoke and had to be replaced.
@@RaincloudmusicTFS6 That’s simply not true. According to engineer Steve Forger, this “smoking speaker” incident occurred during PLAYBACK of the complete edited solo during Swedien’s mixing process for “Beat It”. Only Forger, Donn Landee and Edward were present during the actual recording of the at least two, but by Eddie’s account “three or four takes” of attempts at a solo which were then edited together by Landee to create the final “composite” solo that you hear on the final album track. What’s sad is that misinformation and people just saying things as fact without evidence from interviews with people who were there and without photographic evidence throws so many off of the actual historical facts of the situation. What I’m saying isn’t a guess. It is supported by the available evidence.
Off topic but im watching the movie Tombstone rn and when Kurt Russell debuts about 7 mins in he gets off a train and the car he deboards is No. 5150. No way thats by accident. Lol
Again, Chris Gill said that 5150 was NOT built yet. Mr. Donn Landee could tell us the facts on this recording session. Luk is hysterical! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! ❤🖤🤍🎄
The beta version of 5150 was a sixteen-track studio suitable for recording, overdubbing, and simple mixing. The recording room was only 600 sq ft. Its not the remodelled 5150 you're thinking of
@@Roundtablewithdrew At that time Ed wasn’t himself calling it 5150 though….It’s only later generations looking back with hindsight that are referring to it as ‘the original 5150’..I think ?
@@Roundtablewithdrew But if Steve wanted to euphemistically call it ‘the original 5150’ where he, Ed and Don Landee used to hang out and do stuff then that’s FINE.
@@m00ndawg Westlake Studios is 19 minutes from Edward’s Coldwater Canyon home…even faster by Ed’s Ferrari. Also, here is Bruce Swedien’s recollection of the session (though he also claimed Ed’s amp caught on fire as the solo was finishing, and that never happened): "The highlight for me was the guitar solo. That guitar solo is incredible - when Eddie [Van Halen] came in to play, he was in Studio B at Westlake and I was in Studio A with Michael and Quincy, but I went in there when he was tuning and warming up and I left immediately. It was so loud, I would never subject my hearing to that kind of volume level! I didn't record that solo, I hired his engineer - I figured his hearing would probably be a little suspect right now anyway. I then did the mix after it was recorded.” And Edward and Michael were photographed together at Westlake studios in mid 1982 which was almost certainly during the sessions for “Beat It”: www.tumblr.com/themichaeljacksonhistorian/56381468275/michael-jackson-and-eddie-van-halen-at-westlake
Amazing how it's really done and who ACTUALLY benefits from it the most. Idk about all that. Seems like there's a shit ton more going on than what's said...
The best thing about Beat It isnt even Eds guitar solo, which is fantastic btw. The best thing about Beat It is the Anti-Violence message of the song. The same way people listen to Crazy Train, jamming to the music while missing the lyrics and the message so too does the same thing happen with Beat It.
Everything about this is Legendary But a human click track JEFF was Genius and Luke my God isane Indulge me - what do you guys think about this .... I actually believe the MJ Wrote the riff ....it's possible... Hear me out ... probably was a guitar always hanging around the studio and he was probably curious about it and learned a blues or pentatonic scale ( that's the hook with the 9th thrown in) and the famous Em C D with power chords (5ths) is every iron maiden song on the block I know there are allot of "possibly 's) in there ...but it's ...possible
@@Roundtablewithdrew Guys, there is no such thing as “original 5150”. There always was only one which was built in 1983 long after these sessions. In the small room that Edward had gear in at the time of the “Beat It” sessions, there wasn’t room for the 16-track board that was later installed and used to record ‘1984’, but even if there was, a 16-track board can’t physically play tape from the Harrison 32C console at Westlake. I know we want to give Luke the benefit of the doubt, but he’s just wrong here.
: / HEY STEVE? THE STORY I HEARD YOU SAY ABOUT THIS YEARS AGO ( FROM YOUR OWN MOUTH SEVERAL TIMES IN VARIOUS INTERVIEWS ) WAS THAT YOU ASKED EDDIE TO PLAY THE SOLO ON THE SONG, AND HE PLAYED A FEW VERSIONS THEN WHEN YOU SAID YOU LIKED THE LAST ONE HE DID, HE SAID, "I CAN DO IT AGAIN IF YOU WANT? I CAN MAKE IT BETTER" : / AND YOU SAID NO ED, ITS GREAT THE WAY IT IS..
@@Roundtablewithdrew : / the first point is that you guys are morons! THE 2nd POINT IS... THAT IS THE STORY STEVE HAS BEEN TELLING FOR 40YRS NOW! SO HE SHOULD HAVE TOLD IT AGAIN THIS TIME TOO!
So here's a random thought... This guy (Luke) and the entire Toto entourage... They're not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? Excuse me but what a farce RRHoF is!
Lukather is referring to an earlier version of Beat It that the producer couldn’t use due to the SMPTE code being cut. He and Jeff re-recorded the rhythm parts and this became the final track. So anyone who played on the first version of Beat It didn’t get credit because their parts were lost.
If that tape is still around, man, how cool would it be to hear Luke's original "metal Michael" version? That'd be a hell of a re-release.
💯!!!
Amen. I would buy the shit out of that.
Man I’ve been dreaming about that since I first heard of it in another interview a few years back
no re-release 4
You
Steve Lukather deserved to have royalties from Beat It.
I love to hear Luke talk about his musical adventures. He's a legend. And a great guy.
I would never get tired of listening to him.
Awesome story Luke! I always tell people my 1st introduction to EVH was the riff he did in the movie "Back to the future" but now that i think of it "Beat it" was my 1st time hearing EVH in 83. That solo was magic and it's the prefect example of EVH's playing.
Killer story.... hasn't gotten old yet. After hearing it multiple times. 😄
Yes the solo is great, but so are the riffs, and Luke killed it on those.
WOW! I've never heard this story before. There are soooooo many stories out there.
I heard one that Eddie didn't like the song, rewrote it completely, gave it Mike, he liked it and they re-did it!
I'm glad I subbed to this channel, I'm a huge music junky and to hear the REAL story is cool!!
Super humble and has a million crazy af stories.
What a legend.
OMG two guitar gods in one story, I know the story but it never gets old
Lukather always interested me, he was so rocking. Don't matter what he plays on or who with.
Great story! I honestly think Luke is one of the most versatile guitar players of all time.
God Bless Jeff!!!! Sorely Missed and severely underrated!
awesome story!! these guys were real cowboys! making their own click track to Michael's vocals and bleed? so awesome!
How cool is Steve probably one of the coolest cats in music
I trust the source, the whole source and nothing but the source; thanks for clearing this up!
I could listen to Lukather for hours 😂
Great story as always and I hope that you all have a Merry Christmas. 🎄
Steve Lukather seems like such a fun guy to hang out with.
For those who keep insisting nothing happened at Eds house heres an excerpt from the Beat It Wikipedia page.
"Van Halen recorded his contribution following Jones and Jackson arriving at the guitarist's house with a "skeleton version" of the song. Fellow guitarist Steve Lukather recalled, "Initially, we rocked it out as Eddie had played a good solo-but Quincy thought it was too tough. So I had to reduce the distorted guitar sound and that is what was released".
In a Quincy Jones interview here on RUclips he says he told Eddie something along the lines of “the reason you’re here is because of what you do, I’m not going to tell what to play but we’ll do 3-4 takes…” etc. is Luke suggesting Eddie didn’t record the solo in person with Quincy. It doesn’t really matter in the end but I thought I’d join in on the “where was it played” conspiracy theory
I would love to hear the hard version of Beat It.
Oh yea
So Ed and Donn cut the tape and almost fubard everything but Jeff Porcaro and Luke saved the day. I'd say thats one downside of sending something so sensitive to someones home studio as opposed to entrusting a professional studio, like Sunset, where guidelines were probably in place to ensure cutting tape (that you dont own) would never happen.
It was sent to a professional studio…the solo was recorded at Westlake Studios as was the rest of the ‘Thriller’ album.
@@AllenGarberGuitarFun Actually it was sent to Eds house (home studio) where Ed and Donn cut the tape. Watch the interview again and try not to get caught up in the circuitous debate about "where" it was recorded. Focus on the part where they cut the tape and Quincy told Luke "you've got to fix this".
@@m00ndawg So you are imagining that the solo was recorded at Westlake (which is not what Luke is saying in this video) and that Landee EDITED the solo at Edward’s small room in the house causing the SMPTE damage? Am I following you correctly?
@@AllenGarberGuitarFun The solo was recorded at Eds home though. It was written at home, and recorded at home. Then the finished product was re-recorded at Westlake for the album.
@@m00ndawg Another thing to bear in mind is that Luke was not there when Ed recorded the solo. He has said this many times. I’m not sure why you actually believe what Luke is saying here when all the evidence says that none of the “Beat It” solo was done at Ed’s home. Donn edited the original backing track at Westlake. This was what caused the SMPTE code damage. Edward then recorded by most accounts at least two solos which were then edited into one. This was all done at the same time at Westlake. No one called Edward’s home studio “5150” until mid to late 1983 when ‘1984’ was recorded. It is highly unlikely that Edward had a 16-track machine at his home before the studio was actually constructed in 1983. In 1982, it would have more likely been a 4 or 8 track machine at best which he made simple demos on…and the original tracks were recorded on 24-track which can’t be be put on or played on a 16-track, 8-track or 4 track machine. There’s no way that Edward recorded that solo or that Donn edited the backing track and comped the final solo from Ed’s multiple takes at any other location than at Westlake. Luke and Porcaro and the engineer recut the backing tracks twice at Sunset just as Luke described, but that’s the only thing he can speak authoritatively on…because he wasn’t there when Ed recorded his solos and he wasn’t there when Donn edited the backing track and flew in the different solos to create the final solo.
Best band and Musicians on the planet according to Eddie : TOTO !
Edward’s solo was absolutely recorded at Westlake. There was no 5150 studio in 1982 when “Beat It” was recorded. He’s just not remembering correctly…it was a long time ago and I don’t blame him.
The original 5150
@@Roundtablewithdrew There was only ever one 5150 studio and it was not functioning in 1982 when “Beat It” was recorded. Edward is even pictured with Michael at Westlake at the time of the “Beat It” solo session. Luke is just not correct here. Westlake Studios is a 19 minute drive from Edward’s home or faster with the way he drove.
Here is Bruce Swedien on the “Beat It” solo:
"The highlight for me was the guitar solo. That guitar solo is incredible - when Eddie [Van Halen] came in to play, he was in Studio B at Westlake and I was in Studio A with Michael and Quincy, but I went in there when he was tuning and warming up and I left immediately. It was so loud, I would never subject my hearing to that kind of volume level! I didn't record that solo, I hired his engineer - I figured his hearing would probably be a little suspect right now anyway. I then did the mix after it was recorded.”
Your correct,5150 studio was 1983..Even Valerie commented saying her and Ed threw his guitar,cab and head into truck and headed to studio.
@@rikjones5924 Exactly. Unfortunately there are many incorrect recollections like Luke’s here, the myth that Ed borrowed a Thompson-Hartley amp from Alan Holdsworth, even a guy who swears up and down in startling detail how Ed RENTED a Marshall head from him for the session…all of which clearly never happened in light of all available evidence.
@@AllenGarberGuitarFun yes, I thought maybe it wasn’t at 5150 too because the solo was cut possibly before 5150 was built. It would have been recorded just after Diver Down was recorded and definitely before 1984 was made which was the first VH album to be recorded there. In an interview in 1984 Ed said something about the equipment he used was en route from South America & was his faithful red charvel with Marshall and echoplex. The story about the Hartley Thomson amp must have come from someone with their wires crossed because at the time of 1983 that amplifier was being used by ALLAN HOLDSWORTH who Ed was hanging out with then, at home and in seminars and doing gigs when Ed was trying to help Allans career with Ted Templeman and Warner Bros with the Road Games album.
They should have asked Luke about this business of the knocking sound right before the Eddie Van solo.
Luke has said in other interviews that the knocking sound you're referring to is Michael beating a drum case
Why didn't they just re-stripe the SMPTE code on the chopped up reel? There would be lots of free tracks considering all it contained was vocals and a solo. As long as it was continuous code, from the beginning of the song to the end, they'd be fine. All they would have to do then would be to offset the slave reel's code to line it up with the master's. Swedien would have known this and I assume it was him engineering the final mix. The only possible reason I can come up with for not doing this would be that it preceded the tech necessary to offset SMPTE code.
Because that won't sync with the master reel SMPTE code even if you restripe it.
5150 was built in 1983. Beat It was recorded in 1982 and even was fully released by November 1982. The timeline doesn't seem to add up to me for it having been recorded at 5150, which did not yet exist.
Lukather is a genius.
How do you even react to this. This man has probably forgotten more skill & knowledge casually over the decades than any contemporary musical elite will ever hope to ascertain over a lifespan.
So the whole story of the studio monitors catching on fire during Eddie's one take of the solo is not true?
Yes, that never happened.
No, What happened, is they overheated, and started smoking!!! Ed sent so much signal through the near-fields that the insulation started burning... he fried 'em, and they started sending up smoke and had to be replaced.
@@RaincloudmusicTFS6 That’s simply not true. According to engineer Steve Forger, this “smoking speaker” incident occurred during PLAYBACK of the complete edited solo during Swedien’s mixing process for “Beat It”. Only Forger, Donn Landee and Edward were present during the actual recording of the at least two, but by Eddie’s account “three or four takes” of attempts at a solo which were then edited together by Landee to create the final “composite” solo that you hear on the final album track. What’s sad is that misinformation and people just saying things as fact without evidence from interviews with people who were there and without photographic evidence throws so many off of the actual historical facts of the situation. What I’m saying isn’t a guess. It is supported by the available evidence.
My uncle Melvin Ragin aka Wah Wah Watson was really good friends with Steve!!! RIP to Wah Wah Watson!!!!!!
Steve is so funny! 🤣
So what's the Door Knocking sound just before Eddie's solo ? Thanks
Luke has said it was Michael beating on a drum case
P.S ---MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY !
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That's the dude from Toto.
🤣🤣🤣
Ahhh...yeah, right. I "think" that's been fully established, for about 45 years?
Hmmm...
BCRadio
metal micheal lol
Off topic but im watching the movie Tombstone rn and when Kurt Russell debuts about 7 mins in he gets off a train and the car he deboards is No. 5150. No way thats by accident. Lol
Skin that smoke wagon
Again, Chris Gill said that 5150 was NOT built yet. Mr. Donn Landee could tell us the facts on this recording session. Luk is hysterical! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! ❤🖤🤍🎄
The original 5150. Not the current one
The beta version of 5150 was a sixteen-track studio suitable for recording, overdubbing, and simple mixing. The recording room was only 600 sq ft. Its not the remodelled 5150 you're thinking of
@@Roundtablewithdrew At that time Ed wasn’t himself calling it 5150 though….It’s only later generations looking back with hindsight that are referring to it as ‘the original 5150’..I think ?
@@Roundtablewithdrew But if Steve wanted to euphemistically call it ‘the original 5150’ where he, Ed and Don Landee used to hang out and do stuff then that’s FINE.
@@m00ndawg Westlake Studios is 19 minutes from Edward’s Coldwater Canyon home…even faster by Ed’s Ferrari. Also, here is Bruce Swedien’s recollection of the session (though he also claimed Ed’s amp caught on fire as the solo was finishing, and that never happened):
"The highlight for me was the guitar solo. That guitar solo is incredible - when Eddie [Van Halen] came in to play, he was in Studio B at Westlake and I was in Studio A with Michael and Quincy, but I went in there when he was tuning and warming up and I left immediately. It was so loud, I would never subject my hearing to that kind of volume level! I didn't record that solo, I hired his engineer - I figured his hearing would probably be a little suspect right now anyway. I then did the mix after it was recorded.”
And Edward and Michael were photographed together at Westlake studios in mid 1982 which was almost certainly during the sessions for “Beat It”: www.tumblr.com/themichaeljacksonhistorian/56381468275/michael-jackson-and-eddie-van-halen-at-westlake
Amazing how it's really done and who ACTUALLY benefits from it the most. Idk about all that. Seems like there's a shit ton more going on than what's said...
The best thing about Beat It isnt even Eds guitar solo, which is fantastic btw. The best thing about Beat It is the Anti-Violence message of the song. The same way people listen to Crazy Train, jamming to the music while missing the lyrics and the message so too does the same thing happen with Beat It.
Crazy Train lyrics....Yes....'& maybe, its not too late...To learn how to love...And forget how to hate.'
@@walterevans2118 💯%
Everything about this is Legendary
But a human click track JEFF was Genius and Luke my God isane
Indulge me - what do you guys think about this ....
I actually believe the MJ Wrote the riff ....it's possible... Hear me out ... probably was a guitar always hanging around the studio and he was probably curious about it and learned a blues or pentatonic scale ( that's the hook with the 9th thrown in) and the famous Em C D with power chords (5ths) is every iron maiden song on the block
I know there are allot of "possibly 's) in there ...but it's ...possible
The Beat It Demo ruclips.net/video/eZeYw1bm53Y/видео.html
Am I crazy, or did 5150 not exist in this time?
5150 didn’t exist when the solo was recorded. It was being built but was not even close to being a functional studio. Check the dates…
Original 5150. There was 2
@@Roundtablewithdrew Guys, there is no such thing as “original 5150”. There always was only one which was built in 1983 long after these sessions. In the small room that Edward had gear in at the time of the “Beat It” sessions, there wasn’t room for the 16-track board that was later installed and used to record ‘1984’, but even if there was, a 16-track board can’t physically play tape from the Harrison 32C console at Westlake. I know we want to give Luke the benefit of the doubt, but he’s just wrong here.
Its so funny to see outsiders who watched music history unfold from afar, argue with insiders like Sunset Sound who literally made it. Lol
@@m00ndawg they watched a podcast once and they know the real truth. Not steve
@@Roundtablewithdrewi learned everything i know about music from Tiger Beat magazine 🤪
: / HEY STEVE? THE STORY I HEARD YOU SAY ABOUT THIS YEARS AGO ( FROM YOUR OWN MOUTH SEVERAL TIMES IN VARIOUS INTERVIEWS ) WAS THAT YOU ASKED EDDIE TO PLAY THE SOLO ON THE SONG, AND HE PLAYED A FEW VERSIONS THEN WHEN YOU SAID YOU LIKED THE LAST ONE HE DID, HE SAID, "I CAN DO IT AGAIN IF YOU WANT? I CAN MAKE IT BETTER" : / AND YOU SAID NO ED, ITS GREAT THE WAY IT IS..
Ok… what’s your point?
@@Roundtablewithdrew : / the first point is that you guys are morons! THE 2nd POINT IS... THAT IS THE STORY STEVE HAS BEEN TELLING FOR 40YRS NOW! SO HE SHOULD HAVE TOLD IT AGAIN THIS TIME TOO!
Metal Michael, that would have been awesome. But rock is very soulful with a bigger sound.
Yea, without this gut EVH would have never made it.
So here's a random thought...
This guy (Luke) and the entire Toto entourage... They're not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
Excuse me but what a farce RRHoF is!
The dude looks a bit like Sammy Hagar
Ok boomer
if everyone has different stories/versions then how do we know this is the true story?
Lukather is referring to an earlier version of Beat It that the producer couldn’t use due to the SMPTE code being cut. He and Jeff re-recorded the rhythm parts and this became the final track. So anyone who played on the first version of Beat It didn’t get credit because their parts were lost.
Michaels song Eddie fixed it what does this tell you?
Steve confirms here-----> That MICHAEL composed the lick he played and MJ sung it to him. ruclips.net/user/shortsmTZIY6P82BI
Sounds like he's taking more credit than he actually should rest in peace Eddie Don't roll too much at this b*******