Yeah no shit and like I’ve heard , they would be playing something like this and there would be 6 people in the whole fuckin place . I can’t wait for the invention of the Time Machine ! OK , let’s set our destination settings here .. OK. Let’s do the weather z, it’s a rainy Monday Night 10:0Opm. October. Late October the greater Los Angeles area . Hollywood. WEST Hollywood in the year 1977 at a place called the Starwood. Ok everybody , seat belts buckled. And T minus 5. , 4 , 3 , 2, 2, IGNITION !
I thought someone was out of tune, goofing around before the real take was to begin. Took me a minute to get my bearings. Lends a whole new appreciation to how their sound was crafted, like a few tints in a polychrome print creating an organic whole of high complexity.
Massive agree, He influenced me more as a rhythm player. His riffs were all top notch. Funny thing. I love Diver down as a Van Halen album. I know it's largely hated as a cover album but the playing on it by Eddie is so relaxed and he's clearly just jamming. His rhythm playing is just so comfortable and cool. Very good album IMHO. Luv and Peace.
The first time I saw Van Halen live in the 1980's, the next day Jim Dennis - the manager of the music store where I worked - asked me, "What did you notice?" I was a little overwhelmed by the question, but Jim said, "He is a GREAT rhythm player. He was always in tune, and always in time." So yeah, since then I have been aware of what a great rhythm player Eddie was.
Guess you haven’t listen to many albums. not to mention even back then, Van Halen, queen and what have you would lay down scratch tracks and then re-record everything. Don’t be a dinosaur
This could be the defying sound of how good VH were as a three piece band …this is the Brown Sound defined and simply unmatched playing live in a room just awesome. Please Alex open the Vaults. No Tribute Show then please give us more Music most of the Diehard VH Fans know the music exists and wants to hear it. Donate the proceeds to the American Cancer Society in Ed’s name.
American Cancer Society is a scam. There's already a cure. Donald Trump told you what it is. That's why they freaked out and said it's only for horses... and it was a lie. Cancer is $$$
Listen closely, it's not layered tracks. Ed said in the beginning it was just him and Alex. That he had to fill up space. He's bouncing back and forth between the parts!
Never ceases to amaze me how "in the pocket" Ed's rhythm parts sit - dude is always locked in. As exceptional and innovative as his lead work is, this is great hearing what a human metronome he is.
Actually: NOT a metronome (I realize that you meant that as a compliment, not a description, but: it is, indeed, inaccurate to the way that Ed played (as well as how the band played together!). Ed "swung" EVERYTHING!!!! EV-RY-THING! (even when you, as a listener, are NOT NOTICING it!)! This means that: he was never "solid gridded" (which has, now, become the ONLY standard!!!! 😡😡🤬 and the accepted idea of "perfection" 🙄🙄🤦🖕). His rhythms, melody lines, leads, everything he played!, swing! They are "just loose" in precisely the correct way. It is WHY their grooves are SO HARD and FEEL SO RIGHT! ...so: If you learn Ed, you will find that ALL of his parts are "the opposite of metronomic" - which, as most commenters have been saying: is one of the things which makes this band and these albums and their shows, SO, out-and-out, GREAT and induplicable! 🤘🤘 EVH 4E!🔥
Ed played musically, and nobody could play his fast Boogie feel so well as him like Im The One, Hang 'em High, Hot for Teacher, Sinners Swing - so cooking... You can play the notes but it's nis feel that makes it.
I know this is a wildly unpopular opinion, but Eddie is a MUCH better rhythm player, than a lead player. He grooves like nobody's business on rhythm. Yeah, he brought hammer-ons to the forefront, but his leads are a mess, often out of key, and don't tell stories.
@@stevemineer2857 I dunno, I tend to agree. His leads, blistering though they were, were often similar in style and structure, but his rhythm playing was impeccable, every song with unique and fascinating phrasing.
You can hear the rawness in the room!!! It’s really sad that Van Halen as a band is no more, but catalog will live forever!!! Privileged to have seen them 6 times live from 1984-2008.
Eddie harmonized his chordings with the lead vocal melody. That’s why many considered them the new version of The Beach Boys, all being from SoCal. They were extremely melodic and incorporated a lot of harmonies. This is an amazing recording that fills in a lot of the mystery previously hidden with the vocals and production.
I feel like Eddie died and left us with lots of surprise gifts that we're still unwrapping. This is so good and refreshing to hear. Ed's rhythm guitar is amazing and Mike and Al sound great too. Natural swing.
@@clemclemson9259 Really, "bro"? Because what's weird to me is that so many people don't demonstrate even the most basic high school writing skills which we all learned so that we could communicate effectively and not look like illiterate idiots.
Yes, not enough people were listening to his impeccable and creative voicings in his rhythm playing, focusing on the fiery explosiveness of the leads. My brother and I used to discuss how cool and impressive the rhythm beds under the songs always were.
@@davemenard5089 I had to go search that. I’m with Wolfgang: disappointed because I’m a big fan of Steven Wilson. It’s not necessary to voice every opinion.
I was about 17 when I discovered Van Halen in Australia (first album so probably 1978). No one knew about them in my small town, at least until I told them. A lot of older players wrote Eddie off as "all flash" but these tracks prove how much groove and soul he had and not just him but the entire band. These were the days when bands were forged in the fire of a thousand gigs and it showed when they set up and played live in the studio. I hope the young bands of today can still do this. It's the key to greatness for a rock band for sure, as this recording proves. Love live EVH.
Rhythm Guitar 101. He was the best. The foundation is the most important part of a home and this is a SOLID foundation. I think it's the greatest rhythm track of that era.
Agreed. This rhythm riff is sooooo much fun to play. There are a ton of subtleties in there... it's definitely worth a "deep dive" for guitar nerds. Long live The Mighty Van Halen 🔥💪😎
This is the actual album cut. Whether this was a SEPARATE recording or someone took the album stems and just added them all together with a room verb, I don't know. But it's def the actual take on the first album. Notice how at 2:00 he hits the top E string too hard and it goes sharp? That's just one thing that's on the album exactly like this take. Ahhhhh okay, now that I hear the ending, it IS the album track and I am pretty sure it's an actual recording from the room because it seems unlikely someone would have the whole ending then go do a fake room mic recording. I had no idea 1) there was an ending to this song and 2) they decided to fade it and 3) someone made a recording of just the room mic mix. Very nice to hear it more raw like that and w/o overdubbed guitars and vocals. Those two-note "chords" he hits are so frikkin in tune.... they just growl.
@@bigbanana531 yeah, I finally listened to the whole thing and I came to the conclusion that it must be a real mix of the room mics cuz it def is the album cut and I had no idea they had a definite end part but of course they would because all the tunes would prob be played live a few times before the albums were done. Anyway, it's definitely something hearing it in a more practice room kind of setting. Basically how you'd hear it if you were standing out in the hallway listening to them inside the recording room. I found the Eruption one too. Eddie was just a fireball of badassery back then. Even now I listen to some of it and just go wow, that's really good. His creativity was extremely high.
Thanks dope guitar for this .🤟 Goes to show you how hard the boys really worked. Besides there God given talent, they put in alot of blood,sweat,and tears into there passion. Thank you Van Halen for the great music and good times....
This made my real music loving heart happy…a lot of junk on RUclips but this stuff keeps me coming back with faith. Where’s the two thumb like button?!!
This song has been one of my favorites by Van Halen since I first heard it. And this version is the cherry on the cake! Thanks for everything Eddie, Alex, Michael and David.
On the finished album this on the mixing desk was a fade out…Love the way here you get to hear it rounding off in the studio the way they used to do it LIVE.
A couple things stick out, how so gdamn clean and concise Ed's playing is and when he ventures off and plays little fills he's always right back in the pocket and in freaking time. And most importantly what great musicians all three guys are/were, simply stellar.
Incredible! A testimony to their raw talent. Eddie's lead guitar playing is so incredible it's easy to overlook what a phenomenal rhythm player he was.
The Opening Drum Roll, just cuts open the Groove, and Eddie and Michael just Fill it up with Bounce, and a hit of Swing. Each Player in their Space.....the Sound is MORE than the sum of its Parts! VH is just Timeless!
This Sunset sound studio B..the big room..and the room sound was so tight! What a band! This is the effect of playing live hundreds of times, total confidence and their debut album!!
A natural genius, playing with another genius, since they were kids, tens of thousands of hours practicing and jamming, guided by a versatile jazz musician father, yeah! He’s beyond amazing
Gives me goosebumps every time I hear it. There's one part where I heard. It sounds like Edward saying " ready guys? " Like this is the the time let's show him what we got
Eddie Van Halen is the greatest hard rock guitarist of all time. This might be my favorite song by Van Halen. It`s off their first record which is by far their best in my opinion.
No opinion dude...its a FACT. Debut LP was by far their best AND the best debut ROCK album by ANY band since 1972 at least. Maybe the best of all time....
She saw the look in his eyes. and she knew better. He wanted her tonight. And it was now or never. He made her feel so sad. As a teenager then. I was enlightened
Nobody played guitar like that back then, nothing even close. Eddie was the mad scientist, playing guitar and building them. I didn't realize it but he has many patents. Listen to this, how tight they are, that's just amazing. The mighty Van Halen ladies and gentlemen.
No clicks, no protools, no quantization, no autotuning, nothing to fix any flaws and yet it still swings and is perfection. There is a difference in music today and the reason it all sounds the same.
You're telling me. I have a drummer from France record on my music, so i'll get a click with the count in so he feels where beat one, but both of us lock into the groove and do one take per part. Whether I'm doing a bass track, synth, or my rhythm tracks, I'll do each part in one take and not quantize that shit at all. Gotta keep the inherent groove, and it's there even when I'm locking into a drummer in person without a metronome. Some people dont have a good sense of groove, and clicks and quantization cant save them. Worked with a local drummer who could NOT lock into a groove what so ever, and it was brutal working with him
@@mirkomarkovic3438- click tracks were not in use in 1978 . That’s Edward just feelin the energy as it flows through him. Edward was an absolute genius
Thanks for posting this. I love hearing a raw recording of a great band. Just goes to show you that there's no studio tricks needed to make these guys sound kickass. They just did it all.
What a bad ass sounding demo project. Eddie had his own tone.. For all those learning the guitar solo, this would be a awesome backing track. I sure as hell could never play it though. haha Thanks for uploading this. Peace..
It's really neat to hear how much of what Eddie plays in the completed mix was laid down in the rhythm track. I always thought there were a lot of overdubs to get the "layered" effect. And obviously the lead overdubs fit like a glove. Efficiency is the word, I suppose. Fantastic. It also goes to show that the whole album sounded very polished yet did not have to be overproduced! Alex and Michael pretty much sound like they do in the final version.
Just hearing this for the first time. Even with only ROOM MICS, the levels and balance of the sound is phenomenal. +1 on someone's earlier comment on putting together a VH anthology with outtakes, instrumental only, etc.
Wow... after 45 years Eddie's sound is still awesome... listening to this track, in such raw form, certifies that Ed's touch is, also today, pure rock sound in its finest shape... I really miss you, Edward... one of the musicians who impressed me the most, and undoubtedly the best rock guitar sound I've ever heard.....
The crazy chords, awesome arrangement and tone. This recording just proves Ed’s genius. Non musicians might think this song is simple (while also thinking it a great song), but hearing this song like this makes musicians drool and realize how complex it really is (as well as realize that if they’ve ever claimed they could play this song exactly like Ed, they were dead wrong!!)
Listen to Eddie’s rhythm playing, especially over the “droning bridge”: He doesn’t just sit on the chord, he keeps moving the voicings around like a piano player. It keeps the song moving forward harmonically. And that descending 8th note part in the main riff kinda swings. Like jazz.
Imagine walking into a bar in the 70’s and hearing this. 😮
Blows my mind.
Fr man too badass
Underappreciated. That's why it took him 5 years to get signed
Yeah no shit and like I’ve heard , they would be playing something like this and there would be 6 people in the whole fuckin place . I can’t wait for the invention of the Time Machine !
OK , let’s set our destination settings here .. OK. Let’s do the weather z, it’s a rainy Monday Night 10:0Opm.
October. Late October the greater Los Angeles area . Hollywood. WEST Hollywood in the year 1977 at a place called the Starwood. Ok everybody , seat belts buckled. And T minus 5. , 4 , 3 , 2, 2, IGNITION !
I did, at the Ice Palace in So-Cal in 76, i believe they were still called "Mammoth" at the time
R,I,P, EDDIE,A PURE GENIUS,GUITARIST 🎸🎶🎶🎶✌️😎BOB
The GOAT.
Those chords are crazy. I never heard just how odd the chord voicings are on the album. Thats insane.
When you sing it, you know how weird the card progression is
REALLY CRAZY LOL!
Eddy's the king of that.
Eddie hated playing repetitive things so he messed around like that.
I thought someone was out of tune, goofing around before the real take was to begin. Took me a minute to get my bearings. Lends a whole new appreciation to how their sound was crafted, like a few tints in a polychrome print creating an organic whole of high complexity.
He plays it like he played it 1000 times...Controlled perfection!! Tasty last chord!!!!
He probably did play it 1000 times
@@cambell9 no, this song was written in the studio. The other ones on VH1 had all been around for some time.
As much as he is a lead guitar god - Eddie never gets enough credit for his amazing rhythm skills!
Massive agree, He influenced me more as a rhythm player. His riffs were all top notch.
Funny thing. I love Diver down as a Van Halen album. I know it's largely hated as a cover album but the playing on it by Eddie is so relaxed and he's clearly just jamming.
His rhythm playing is just so comfortable and cool.
Very good album IMHO.
Luv and Peace.
When you're the only guitar player in the band you do it all
This is one of those Boomer comments when people believed there was a difference between "lead guitars" and "rhythm guitars".
The first time I saw Van Halen live in the 1980's, the next day Jim Dennis - the manager of the music store where I worked - asked me, "What did you notice?" I was a little overwhelmed by the question, but Jim said, "He is a GREAT rhythm player. He was always in tune, and always in time." So yeah, since then I have been aware of what a great rhythm player Eddie was.
@@PBeetheFox Gen X. There was a difference in a lot of bands way back. Hendrix blurred the line forever.
Van Halen Anthology should be a thing. Nothing but tracks like this…isolated elements, instrumental mixes, demos, live recordings, etc.
Fuck yea. MORE EDDIE!!
I'd buy that in a heartbeat.
would be as good as their albums
YES, pick it apart to deconstruct Eddie's genius! DR'S vocals are just the icing on an already-fantastic cake!
M.A., so underrated as a bass man/vocalist….
WOW. I miss when albums sounded like a band playing in a room together.
Amen. Analog recording onto magnetic old fashion tape cant be beat for depth and warmth. Digital too cold and shallow.
That's because that's how they actually recorded this album...
Here’s some more live in one room music, but it’s not a pro band unfortunately.
ruclips.net/video/ZggXFKblZEE/видео.htmlsi=cfqnxD4v24K1wfWn
Peep my page. Only live stuff! New records made from the heart with smoking guitar, bass, drums
Guess you haven’t listen to many albums. not to mention even back then, Van Halen, queen and what have you would lay down scratch tracks and then re-record everything. Don’t be a dinosaur
This could be the defying sound of how good VH were as a three piece band …this is the Brown Sound defined and simply unmatched playing live in a room just awesome. Please Alex open the Vaults. No Tribute Show then please give us more Music most of the Diehard VH Fans know the music exists and wants to hear it. Donate the proceeds to the American Cancer Society in Ed’s name.
American Cancer Society is a scam. There's already a cure. Donald Trump told you what it is. That's why they freaked out and said it's only for horses... and it was a lie. Cancer is $$$
@@cedarbay3994 At what point do you hear a second guitar? Genuinely curious.
@@MikeCarlyleWMass Maybe he doesn't realize that Eddie could play rhythm and lead at the same time.
...and he wanted to be a drummer...
Listen closely, it's not layered tracks. Ed said in the beginning it was just him and Alex. That he had to fill up space. He's bouncing back and forth between the parts!
Never ceases to amaze me how "in the pocket" Ed's rhythm parts sit - dude is always locked in. As exceptional and innovative as his lead work is, this is great hearing what a human metronome he is.
All guitarists should start out as drummers. Eddie did.
Mike is locked in super tight too!
Actually: NOT a metronome (I realize that you meant that as a compliment, not a description, but: it is, indeed, inaccurate to the way that Ed played (as well as how the band played together!).
Ed "swung" EVERYTHING!!!! EV-RY-THING! (even when you, as a listener, are NOT NOTICING it!)!
This means that: he was never "solid gridded" (which has, now, become the ONLY standard!!!! 😡😡🤬 and the accepted idea of "perfection" 🙄🙄🤦🖕).
His rhythms, melody lines, leads, everything he played!, swing!
They are "just loose" in precisely the correct way. It is WHY their grooves are SO HARD and FEEL SO RIGHT!
...so: If you learn Ed, you will find that ALL of his parts are "the opposite of metronomic"
- which, as most commenters have been saying: is one of the things which makes this band and these albums and their shows, SO, out-and-out, GREAT and induplicable! 🤘🤘
EVH 4E!🔥
Ed played musically, and nobody could play his fast Boogie feel so well as him like Im The One, Hang 'em High, Hot for Teacher, Sinners Swing - so cooking...
You can play the notes but it's nis feel that makes it.
Ed started on drums first!
This was a killer rythym band as evidenced here. Eddie had atomic timing and that engine of Michael and Alex is shown off here.
More please.
I know this is a wildly unpopular opinion, but Eddie is a MUCH better rhythm player, than a lead player. He grooves like nobody's business on rhythm.
Yeah, he brought hammer-ons to the forefront, but his leads are a mess, often out of key, and don't tell stories.
@@WizardofgoszThis has got to one of the stupidest posts I’ve ever read.
@@stevemineer2857 I dunno, I tend to agree. His leads, blistering though they were, were often similar in style and structure, but his rhythm playing was impeccable, every song with unique and fascinating phrasing.
If only the bass was this deep on the finished album!
Exactly! I’m listening through large 12 inch powered speakers, and it sounds like you’re in the room!
And ALL their albums for that fact. Balance was the best sounding album they put out
Yeah bro!
I hear no bass at all on the room mics and I dont think mike used an amp in that room.
Man I know right!
You can hear the rawness in the room!!! It’s really sad that Van Halen as a band is no more, but catalog will live forever!!! Privileged to have seen them 6 times live from 1984-2008.
I was lucky enouogh to see them twice, once on the last tour with David, and once on the first tour with Sammy.. but I'll always be a DLR guy...
Evhs chord voicing was and still is so original.
And just hearing instruments helped me realize how innovative and unique Roth’s vocals were to raise the song to a higher level
welcome to the art of songwriting with lead vocals.
💯 agree!
There is a LOT more instrumentation to be added.
Eddie harmonized his chordings with the lead vocal melody. That’s why many considered them the new version of The Beach Boys, all being from SoCal. They were extremely melodic and incorporated a lot of harmonies. This is an amazing recording that fills in a lot of the mystery previously hidden with the vocals and production.
Yeah, people don't give Dave enough credit. VH was in a way like Zeppelin, you have 4 great musicians, but without one of them, something's missing.
What a groove. Eddie will be remembered until we go extinct.
If they don't know Ed, they don't know rock-'n'-roll.
When you hear this you realize what a brilliant rhythm player Ed was besides a lead player and what a solid band these lads were! RIP Ed.
I feel like Eddie died and left us with lots of surprise gifts that we're still unwrapping. This is so good and refreshing to hear. Ed's rhythm guitar is amazing and Mike and Al sound great too. Natural swing.
The best lead guitar players are always the best damn rhythm players .
Genius. That touch, taste and tone will never be fully recaptured.
It's kinda cool to hear Ed play through a full song without ripping into a solo and lots of extras.
there are dozens of VH songs that don't have solo's
@@bonzology322Dozens?
@@bonzology322 So no capital at the beginning, and no period at the end of the sentence. Yet there is an improper apostrophe in "solo's."
what a weird comment bro@@fretbuzz59
@@clemclemson9259 Really, "bro"? Because what's weird to me is that so many people don't demonstrate even the most basic high school writing skills which we all learned so that we could communicate effectively and not look like illiterate idiots.
Eddie had that special touch, that groove and feel that will never be duplicated or matched. His rhythm playing and phrasing were second to none!!!
Yes, not enough people were listening to his impeccable and creative voicings in his rhythm playing, focusing on the fiery explosiveness of the leads. My brother and I used to discuss how cool and impressive the rhythm beds under the songs always were.
Amazing rhythms and melodies were the actual genius of EVH. Anybody can shred, but Ed's rhythms were way ahead of everyone else.
He does a lot more than shred in his solos. The other’s shred but Eddie carry’s a ton of substance.
He was much better in the early days. Very liquid and on time. All the time.
Edward had the package. More interesting than the notes he played was the way he played them, such incredibly strong tone produced by his hands.
💯 and Steven Wilson’s comment when Ed passed is such a dumb take
@@davemenard5089
I had to go search that. I’m with Wolfgang: disappointed because I’m a big fan of Steven Wilson. It’s not necessary to voice every opinion.
This is MAGIC. Thank you!!!
What chords is he playing in the verse? They sound so extraordinary and different
The next lesson Ben!!!...Theres GOLD right here!!!
FANTASTIC 🎸🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶✌️😎!
Ed was so clean. Each lick and riff so distinct.
I was about 17 when I discovered Van Halen in Australia (first album so probably 1978). No one knew about them in my small town, at least until I told them. A lot of older players wrote Eddie off as "all flash" but these tracks prove how much groove and soul he had and not just him but the entire band. These were the days when bands were forged in the fire of a thousand gigs and it showed when they set up and played live in the studio. I hope the young bands of today can still do this. It's the key to greatness for a rock band for sure, as this recording proves. Love live EVH.
Boy, Eddie sure could work those dynamics like no other
Must have seen VH 50 times before they sighed in the 70’s and never saw this live. First time I heard it was on the LP. They were saving it.
I've read various places that they wrote it in the studio.
@@exactmerobyeah, I think that's right - they wrote it in the studio.
Tell more about your times seeing them
That's so sick West Shore Man!!! I wish I could have experienced that!!!
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Holy shit. That swings, rocks and grooves all at the same time. Phenomenal guitar playing but also sweet bass playing and drumming. What a band!
it's got swank
Rhythm Guitar 101. He was the best. The foundation is the most important part of a home and this is a SOLID foundation. I think it's the greatest rhythm track of that era.
Agreed. This rhythm riff is sooooo much fun to play. There are a ton of subtleties in there... it's definitely worth a "deep dive" for guitar nerds. Long live The Mighty Van Halen 🔥💪😎
Eddie was the best rhythm player ever
This is far more than Rhythm Guitar 101. This is a masterclass.
Damn, this is such a good groove. They were such a tight band. Eddie and Michael lay back in the pocket so well. 💯
This is the actual album cut. Whether this was a SEPARATE recording or someone took the album stems and just added them all together with a room verb, I don't know. But it's def the actual take on the first album. Notice how at 2:00 he hits the top E string too hard and it goes sharp? That's just one thing that's on the album exactly like this take. Ahhhhh okay, now that I hear the ending, it IS the album track and I am pretty sure it's an actual recording from the room because it seems unlikely someone would have the whole ending then go do a fake room mic recording. I had no idea 1) there was an ending to this song and 2) they decided to fade it and 3) someone made a recording of just the room mic mix. Very nice to hear it more raw like that and w/o overdubbed guitars and vocals. Those two-note "chords" he hits are so frikkin in tune.... they just growl.
this is real, it was leaked from the studio, along with outtakes, guitar tracks and alternate versions of songs.
@@bigbanana531 yeah, I finally listened to the whole thing and I came to the conclusion that it must be a real mix of the room mics cuz it def is the album cut and I had no idea they had a definite end part but of course they would because all the tunes would prob be played live a few times before the albums were done. Anyway, it's definitely something hearing it in a more practice room kind of setting. Basically how you'd hear it if you were standing out in the hallway listening to them inside the recording room. I found the Eruption one too. Eddie was just a fireball of badassery back then. Even now I listen to some of it and just go wow, that's really good. His creativity was extremely high.
ride cymbal cranking.
I need this for every Van Halen song!
Damn that guitar tone and the way he plays the chords... wow.
Sounds incredible!! I would love to have the whole album this way!!
Me to😅
Oh, yeah!
Micheal and Alex are locked in a solid groove. Sweet
This is the least to be expected from a bassist and a drummer, or not?
You'd be surprised by how many bass players aren't very good at locking in with the drums lol@@saulocpp
I've played with a lot of bass players. Very few can groove with the drummer.@@saulocpp
Indeed. And Eddie was just as tight droppin right into that deep pocket. So good.
@@marsailmar1You need to play with better musicians then.
Such chemistry between the three, this is pure gold .
EVH is a great rhythm guitarist!! No one ever talks about his rhythm playing!! ❤
A great lead guitarist has excellent lead timing. That makes him qualified to play rhythm too. EVH had timing, which is where all his flair came from.
One of the greatest rhythm players EVER.
People ALWAYS TALK ABOUT HIS RHYTHM PLAYING!!!! trying to make out it's some lesser-known insight.... 💩
The playing, the writing and tone are so good it's ridiculous.
This is just like brushing his teeth for Eddie, completely effortless. Amazing natural skills!
Thanks dope guitar for this .🤟 Goes to show you how hard the boys really worked. Besides there God given talent, they put in alot of blood,sweat,and tears into there passion. Thank you Van Halen for the great music and good times....
This made my real music loving heart happy…a lot of junk on RUclips but this stuff keeps me coming back with faith. Where’s the two thumb like button?!!
a LOT of junk that is a fact
Great song. All the changes make this so rich, and what DLR came up with was gold.
Pure gold!
What did David come up with?
@@chezchezchezchez
The lyrics.
@@oldschooldude7729and the melody of course…
@@chezchezchezchez The melody and the lyrics. Which are outstanding. DLR VH is the ONLY VH.
We need more music / bands like this...just playing for the pure enjoyment. No messages, just rock n roll!
Just a suggestion... check out "The Warning".
They had a message... PARTY!!!! lol...
Always a good feeling when I listen to VAN HALEN JAMS ...the very best band of our time that's for sure thanks for the memories...RIP EDDIE
That shows what a great rhythm guitarist Eddie was. Not enough credit is given for that
You're the 1st person in human history that claims the EVH wasn't given enough credit. On anything, Ever..
because it's an easy way to get likes@@AnonymousSourcesConfidential
@@AnonymousSourcesConfidentialat least they didn't use the word that begins with "under" and ends with "rated"😅
Your comment is underrated.
@@AnonymousSourcesConfidential Your comment is underrated.
This song has been one of my favorites by Van Halen since I first heard it. And this version is the cherry on the cake! Thanks for everything Eddie, Alex, Michael and David.
One of the most amazing original bands to ever exist. VH RULES forever!❤❤❤
I can feel the floor shaking.......
Pre production at it's very best 🤙🤙👏👏👏
On the finished album this on the mixing desk was a fade out…Love the way here you get to hear it rounding off in the studio the way they used to do it LIVE.
US Festival 83 - had this ending
A couple things stick out, how so gdamn clean and concise Ed's playing is and when he ventures off and plays little fills he's always right back in the pocket and in freaking time.
And most importantly what great musicians all three guys are/were, simply stellar.
damn you can really hear how tight Alex is in the studio. man sounds amazing. thank you so much for sharing this.
Thank you so for not words.
@@allemander That very funny!
@@allemander thanks keyboard warrior. keep fightin' the good fight
Incredible! A testimony to their raw talent. Eddie's lead guitar playing is so incredible it's easy to overlook what a phenomenal rhythm player he was.
Classic Van Halen at its best ! This is why they were the kings
Aw man! Delicious sound. My youth, right there, wrapped up in 4 mins of bliss.
The Opening Drum Roll, just cuts open the Groove, and Eddie and Michael just Fill it up with Bounce, and a hit of Swing. Each Player in their Space.....the Sound is MORE than the sum of its Parts! VH is just Timeless!
my favorite song of theirs ... sweeet
Cool! It’s always so interesting hearing a song you know so well without the vocals. You hear things you normally wouldn’t. What a great band!
..........................This is GREAT man, thanks!!!!!!!!!
Magical Ed and his singing guitars. #1
Amazing. Tight. Perfect.
This Sunset sound studio B..the big room..and the room sound was so tight! What a band! This is the effect of playing live hundreds of times, total confidence and their debut album!!
The entire band is perfection. Way ahead of their time. Lots of props to that rhythm section.
Always loved the fills coming out of the pre-chorus parts. This song has ALL the groove
I love this room sound!!!! Makes the song sound more live and real.
A natural genius, playing with another genius, since they were kids, tens of thousands of hours practicing and jamming, guided by a versatile jazz musician father, yeah! He’s beyond amazing
One of my favorite guitar tones. EVER!!!!!
Gives me goosebumps every time I hear it. There's one part where I heard. It sounds like Edward saying " ready guys? " Like this is the the time let's show him what we got
Eddie Van Halen is the greatest hard rock guitarist of all time. This might be my favorite song by Van Halen. It`s off their first record which is by far their best in my opinion.
Saw the Invasion Tour in 1980. Great show and I totally agree. The first album was the best.
Most bands first albums are their best albums.
No opinion dude...its a FACT. Debut LP was by far their best AND the best debut ROCK album by ANY band since 1972 at least. Maybe the best of all time....
@@chezchezchezchez 100% agree. Van Halen and Montrose were easily the best debut rock albums since 1972,
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The drum movement into the bell of the ride at the end really stands out here. I love the precise rawness of all this!
Been listening to this over and over. Damn, these guys are tight!
Damn this is so good… I’ve played it six times in a row, and I’m not the least bit tired of it.
First Rock concert i saw. 1979. Black sabbath as headliner. Changed my life! What a band 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
She saw the look in his eyes.
and she knew better.
He wanted her tonight. And it was now or never.
He made her feel so sad. As a teenager then. I was enlightened
Man..... feels like you're in the room with them! NICE! I LOVE THE ENDING! CLASSIC VAN HALEN!
Nobody played guitar like that back then, nothing even close. Eddie was the mad scientist, playing guitar and building them. I didn't realize it but he has many patents. Listen to this, how tight they are, that's just amazing. The mighty Van Halen ladies and gentlemen.
No clicks, no protools, no quantization, no autotuning, nothing to fix any flaws and yet it still swings and is perfection. There is a difference in music today and the reason it all sounds the same.
Pretty sure this is played to a click
And there weren't any flaws.
@@mirkomarkovic3438.. but no ProTools grid to block in everything in a neat little robotic box..!
You're telling me. I have a drummer from France record on my music, so i'll get a click with the count in so he feels where beat one, but both of us lock into the groove and do one take per part. Whether I'm doing a bass track, synth, or my rhythm tracks, I'll do each part in one take and not quantize that shit at all. Gotta keep the inherent groove, and it's there even when I'm locking into a drummer in person without a metronome.
Some people dont have a good sense of groove, and clicks and quantization cant save them. Worked with a local drummer who could NOT lock into a groove what so ever, and it was brutal working with him
@@mirkomarkovic3438- click tracks were not in use in 1978 . That’s Edward just feelin the energy as it flows through him. Edward was an absolute genius
One of my fave VH tunes. Love hearing it like this.
This first album and sound is what turned me from country to rock that many years ago 🙌🏼🎸
Unbelievable!!!
No fade out!!
Kewl ending!!!
OMFG!!!
Holy WOW
I wish all rock\pop albums where recorded like his. So much fun to listen to.
End the loudness war and bring back the loudness button!
It’s amazing how much lead Eddie is taking. Dave really knew where he needed to be in the sound.
THIS IS LIKE FINDING GOLD IN MY BACKYARD.
One of my favourite Van Halen songs, this is great.
Thanks for posting this. I love hearing a raw recording of a great band. Just goes to show you that there's no studio tricks needed to make these guys sound kickass. They just did it all.
Oh man. Please release every VH tune sans vocals. There are so many goodies in there to enjoy.
What a bad ass sounding demo project. Eddie had his own tone..
For all those learning the guitar solo, this would be a awesome backing track. I sure as hell could never play it though. haha
Thanks for uploading this. Peace..
It's really neat to hear how much of what Eddie plays in the completed mix was laid down in the rhythm track. I always thought there were a lot of overdubs to get the "layered" effect. And obviously the lead overdubs fit like a glove. Efficiency is the word, I suppose. Fantastic. It also goes to show that the whole album sounded very polished yet did not have to be overproduced! Alex and Michael pretty much sound like they do in the final version.
Just hearing this for the first time. Even with only ROOM MICS, the levels and balance of the sound is phenomenal. +1 on someone's earlier comment on putting together a VH anthology with outtakes, instrumental only, etc.
A music fan's delight. Thank you for putting this up for us.
One of those timeless songs that just never gets old...
Fascinating! Hearing it this way makes it sound so simple yet the final result is so full and intoxicating. Love it!
Wow... after 45 years Eddie's sound is still awesome... listening to this track, in such raw form, certifies that Ed's touch is, also today, pure rock sound in its finest shape...
I really miss you, Edward... one of the musicians who impressed me the most, and undoubtedly the best rock guitar sound I've ever heard.....
GOOD music is eternal
Absolutely fantastic. Two brothers, so tight.
The crazy chords, awesome arrangement and tone. This recording just proves Ed’s genius. Non musicians might think this song is simple (while also thinking it a great song), but hearing this song like this makes musicians drool and realize how complex it really is (as well as realize that if they’ve ever claimed they could play this song exactly like Ed, they were dead wrong!!)
Wow. Stunning. So much sound out of this band.
Just fantastic
Listen to Eddie’s rhythm playing, especially over the “droning bridge”: He doesn’t just sit on the chord, he keeps moving the voicings around like a piano player. It keeps the song moving forward harmonically. And that descending 8th note part in the main riff kinda swings. Like jazz.
Eddie was a piano player before he was a guitarist 👍🏻🎸
I noticed the same. Holding chords, lifting and moving a single finger within the chords to make it swell and shrink.
Just a Fing genius. The King.
Magnificent guitar tone!
Love this.
Here I am listening to drums and bass.
And a lil guitar...
Eddie was so phenomenal because he was an amazing rhythm + lead player all at once.