13 years later Zack is a middle-management investment banker with a mortgage and two kids but he still looks back on this day and remembers when he, just, nailed it.
Everybody needs to realize that Eric learned how to play Eruption BEFORE guitar lessons on RUclips were mainstream and high-quality videos of Eddie playing were not existent. Now THAT'S some respect brother.
I'm not sure he learned it.... I think he wrote it, but I may be wrong.........Anyway, I get your point........ RUclips gives youngsters a HUGE advantage nowadays......... This kid certaintly made a good job of recreating Eruption though, well done.
@Deine Mutter I was responding to Alex The Lues comment "Everybody needs to realize that Eric learned how to play Eruption". This implies that he LEARNED it from somebody else, however, he didn't, he WROTE it as you have now confirmed, thanks for the comment.
@Deine Mutter My apologies, I completely misread one word of Alex The Lue's comment, which led to all this confusion........ I mistakenly read the word Eric (in Alex The Lue's comment) as Eddie. Thanks for being persistent enough, and in doing so, make me realised my mistake..... If you agree, I will now delete these comments, as they are UTTER NONSENSE. Or if not, it can remain as a historical reminder for me to READ comments PROPERLY before jumping in and trying to correct someone who wasn't wrong........ Again, Thank You, and sorry for the confusion.
Hey I can laught at his silly mistake and not think he is a complete failure at the same time, like what now I cant laugh when he drops the whammy bar or I instantly thinks he is gonna fail?
I'm Gen Z and, well I'm on this video and play guitar what type of music do you think I listen to, and the majority of my friends listen to similar music
Not every rockstar is like that though. Take for example Angus Young of AC⚡DC. He never did drugs and he rarely drank. The only bad habit he has is smoking. He's been married one time and he's been in the same band his whole life since starting his music career.
The problem with doing guitar stuff at school talent shows is that not one single person there will appreciate the work behind the guitar solo or generally like the song being played, with that said this is one the best covers of eruption I’ve seen by someone live
What a bloody legend. He isn’t even tapping his foot and he still manages to play that. This kid, Green Day, and The Offspring inspired me to learn how to play Guitar.
@@MK-rk4no 8th Grade in 2008. So the kid was born around 1994. The Parents were probably around 25-30 then. Meaning they were around 9-14 years old when Eruption released. So i'd say they should all know it.
I remember how powerful it felt to play Eruption. The Music Store that gave me guitar lessons was having an open house concert where people could play whatever on their instruments, and I chose to play 316 followed by Eddie Van Halen’s extended version of the Eruption solo, and I remember beginning once the amps went on. The crowd was talking at first, but once it started they went dead silent. They were silent the whole time. It was crazy, like they were glued to the performance the whole time. I wasn’t perfect, but I did my best and heard a kid backstage yell “HE’S DOING FINGER TAPPING!!!” And as quickly as it started it was over. I walked off stage and sat down.
2.6k dislikes came from every participant since he performed... this kid was the last winner that school ever had, and there’s been at least a couple dozen talent shows between then and now
That means a lot more to me now, after Eddie's passing. Back in the 80's. I wore out 2 cassettes listening to that prelude to "girl you really got me" still awesome......
Little Brother, Uncle Eddie is smiling down upon you from Heaven!!! Awesome job kiddo, you have made us Gen Xers very happy and proud!!! I'm looking forward to hearing more from you in the future! 😎👍
Congrats, buddy...you did GREAT!!!! MY son(who is now almost 30), also played Eruption on his guitar for his eighth grade talent show! Half the audience had their lighters up in the air!! I was just in tears..I was SO PROUD of him!!! SHRED ON, YOUNG MAN!!! 🎶🎸🎶🎸🎶
I remember in like 2000 when my school did this and some kid played the same thing. He was so good BUT for some reason the crowd thought it was boring and didn't clap or anything. Poor kid didn't even place for a price. He sounded awesome to.
Talent shows are extremely biased at high schools and middle schools. In one of the shows at my school, there was a super good dance crew that did a choreography to Flux Pavillion's Gold Dust (if you've ever seen America's Best Dance Crew, it was like that)... they didn't even place in top 5 despite honestly being good enough to teach their own freestyle courses at the local dance studios. The top performance was given to a girl doing a Hawaiian dance that was pretty much as you'd expect (the first 10 seconds being interesting and the next 1.5 minutes being the first 10 seconds on repeat). Talent shows are rigged.
A group of people at my schools talent show did a whole hip hop dance performance that they have been practicing for 2 months on and they were beaten by some girl who was singing. I heard she wasn’t even good too. Talent shows are a joke.
The fact that the tapping part is so easy and twice better sounding than the first part shows that music isn't a skill competition, but a creativity game
"Chill with the screaming" "Scream" sounds like cream Ice cream Ice cream is cold Another word for "cold" is "chill" I forgot where I was going with this
Eric, wow, you have more talent in your pinky than I have in my whole body and I'm 55 years old ! Incredible playing, probably even better now as this was 13 years ago ! Best wishes from the UK !
@@cr_2413 fuckin dumbass with an among us profile picture talking about "dark humor" because he posted a comment a year ago about a legend who died recently
LOL. Not even close. We're in the 90s. Trust me, i graduated high school in 2003. Baggy bleached jeans, graphic tees and bowlcuts were pure 90s. 2000s gave rise to bleached spiky hair
+Plurple I bet none of them do but nevertheless I´m a very cultured person and when I was at that age I was already cultured, yes, and yet I didn´t know this song.
1:57 It sounds like some kid said "I think It's trash" and "It hurts my ears". Kind of makes me sad, this kid has no idea how much work and talent it takes to learn this, and especially at the age of 12 or 13.
@@tigeroce2771 whats with randomly throwing ableism in there? if that person was autistic and it was too loud they wouldn't even have been able to speak. they had shit music taste, autistic people can get immensely distressed and overwhelmed with loud noises, so please have some empathy and don't make fun of us for no reason at all :)
Yep. If I play a simple blues scale and hang on to triplets for dear life the crowd goes fucking insane. But when I play a crazy hard solo like something from pat benitar or pantera literally no one even acknowledges it. I think it has something to do with being a musician and better being able to critically listen for complicated arrangements. Our brains think differently.
The audience is never wrong. They want to hear what sounds cool, not necessarily the speedy scales you've rehearsed. An E5 power chord is no less powerful just because you can play it with one finger.
pape37 Except one is easy and takes pretty much no talent or innovation. Which leads to the same boring music that everyone complains about but keeps buying because marketers tell them to. This is why the 60s/70s was a better period for musical innovation. A large portion of the population wanted something new, which required creative innovation. As opposed to now where everyone is afraid of change. I understand your point though, however, the average person is fucking boring.
Not at all. As talented as the kid is. It's made me realise more how many people don't understand guitar playing. Now many people can mimic this. You see lots of posts people playing this or this style. But How many people can mimic Jimi Hendrix? Peter Greens-Fleetwood Mac? Frank Zappa? Allman Brothers? Rory Gallagher? Santana? Sure there's tracks from those artist people can do. But I bet you there's more tracks people can't do than they can. But yet cover bands can do a full set of Metallica... And sound very close.... Good luck trying to do a full set of Hendrick's, Green, Zapper, Brothers, Gallagher, Santana lol
![Van Halen - Eruption (Live at the Tokyo Dome) [PROSHOT]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/2-H2laU7sQU/mqdefault.jpg)
can’t imagine being the poor bastard who had to go up there after him
But I worked ALL night on my bird call . I think it's either a crow or a magpie ?
the guy that went after him probably played smoke on the water
What if the kid after him played the free bird solo
Hey guys... I uhhh... I wanted to show you all hot cross buns on my recorder
Probably some girl playing Wonderwall
Imagine rocking this out in your school talent show just to lose to some girl singing titanium.
someone sang that in my school and she won even though one kid played Stairway's solo.
HAHA YES
@UCa1mksImNxkPuli406XKU7A were they good or just average and was the stairway solo good
@@tbpdesigns8282 good , they even improvised a little but the titanium girl still won.
@@benjaminhaley3780 bruh
13 years later Zack is a middle-management investment banker with a mortgage and two kids but he still looks back on this day and remembers when he, just, nailed it.
@FSJF Games yeah no dip
that double comma fucked me up. I had to wipe my screen
Hey that's my name
😂😂😂
Too funny! Love it!
Everybody needs to realize that Eric learned how to play Eruption BEFORE guitar lessons on RUclips were mainstream and high-quality videos of Eddie playing were not existent. Now THAT'S some respect brother.
I'm not sure he learned it.... I think he wrote it, but I may be wrong.........Anyway, I get your point........ RUclips gives youngsters a HUGE advantage nowadays......... This kid certaintly made a good job of recreating Eruption though, well done.
@Deine Mutter I was responding to Alex The Lues comment "Everybody needs to realize that Eric learned how to play Eruption". This implies that he LEARNED it from somebody else, however, he didn't, he WROTE it as you have now confirmed, thanks for the comment.
@Deine Mutter My apologies, I completely misread one word of Alex The Lue's comment, which led to all this confusion........ I mistakenly read the word Eric (in Alex The Lue's comment) as Eddie. Thanks for being persistent enough, and in doing so, make me realised my mistake..... If you agree, I will now delete these comments, as they are UTTER NONSENSE. Or if not, it can remain as a historical reminder for me to READ comments PROPERLY before jumping in and trying to correct someone who wasn't wrong........ Again, Thank You, and sorry for the confusion.
RUclips came online in 2005 (18 years ago)
songbook
"Next up is Timmy playing Hot Cross Buns on his Recorder"
Then he wins
u just killed me with that comment
No joke, just did the talent show at my school on drum-set, and the guy after me played hot cross buns on the snare drum. Everyone was just silent..
@@Whitmannn you just ended a kids dreams.......nice job
@@broomer5311 u don't have to be an asshole about it he was after him
Audience: Laughs at him for dropping Whammy Bar
8th grader: Laughs at Audience because he aced Eruption
Aced 😂
Hey I can laught at his silly mistake and not think he is a complete failure at the same time, like what now I cant laugh when he drops the whammy bar or I instantly thinks he is gonna fail?
@@da4127 Your more offended by my comment then I am by the audience laughing
@@SkankHunt8008 He did for an 8th grader lmao
I sought you could play it any better
* whammy bar falls out *
"its ok you dont need that piece anyway" - litteraly playing eruption
haha!
So true
Lmao for real
Imagine saying that for a Kirk Hammet Solo too
I've never seen a quicker self-own lol.
@@RomeoTRM Not a lot of kirk's solos I know of use the whammy, most of them use a wah pedal though
Cool to know an eighth grader appreciates a true rock legend. Rock on, Dude.
Well now he’s 28
it's not like alll kids these days are uncultured swine lol
I know so many younger kids that also love classical metal/rock (including myself)
I'm Gen Z and, well I'm on this video and play guitar what type of music do you think I listen to, and the majority of my friends listen to similar music
ten minutes later he had already played in 13 bands, had 7 ex wives, and was a recovering alcoholic and heroin addict, rock n roll moves fast
Not every rockstar is like that though. Take for example Angus Young of AC⚡DC. He never did drugs and he rarely drank. The only bad habit he has is smoking. He's been married one time and he's been in the same band his whole life since starting his music career.
The best ten minutes of his life
Rofl
Oh jesus 🤣🤣
Hilarious
This is how the quiet kid surprised the school in the early 2000s ...
Today it’s showing up with an AR15
@@DrSpaceman69 or a 12 gauge
@@DrSpaceman69 omfg
@@DrSpaceman69 probably would of gotten a bigger reaction tbh,
@@DrSpaceman69 columbine was in 1999 lol
Whammy bar: *falls off*
Random old woman: “it’s okay, he doesn’t need that piece anyway”
Ikr like of all classic rock pieces for guitar it had to be said about this one xD
That low-key triggered me when she said that
you don't really, just pull up on the bridge, the bar is just for leverage to do that anyway. BTW f$@k! her for saying that
Chillax guys she was obviously just joking
@@RomeoTRM don't be a broke ass, use the whammy bar. It doesn't sound the same any other way
When the quiet kid finally decided to use 5% of his power
Then 12 years later they use 7.25%
nowadays they use .762% of their power
I don't think the quiet kid would get this kind of panty throwing support the girls are throwing out. He had a presence already.
@@ryo.4200 I bet it is 10 times that amount.
@@brianstearns3692 it was a referrence to the AK bullet lol
Little did they know, that boy grew up to be TheDooo
Lol
The ages addd up
I really hope so
it says Eric in the description too... holy shit.
This video was up next after I watched the doo 😳
He probably lost to a girl playing a Uke
Or a baking soda volcano😕
Or some dance that no one cares about
@@navysquid06 this was 2008. he definitely won. even in 2020 he would win. why else would it have this many views?
True
Relatable
The problem with doing guitar stuff at school talent shows is that not one single person there will appreciate the work behind the guitar solo or generally like the song being played, with that said this is one the best covers of eruption I’ve seen by someone live
amazing how you can speak for everyone
Yeah, clearly no one appreciated that, as you can tell by the completely silent crowd. Dipshit.
I have the same i can play rilly good and fast but nobody likes it when i play
Dude i saw yoj at 2:32
Sure can't tell that by the applause he got.
What a bloody legend. He isn’t even tapping his foot and he still manages to play that. This kid, Green Day, and The Offspring inspired me to learn how to play Guitar.
Every dad in the room holding up a lighter.
Im in tears
Best comment ever.
You say that but most dad's of these kids were probably too young to remember.
@@MK-rk4no 8th Grade in 2008. So the kid was born around 1994.
The Parents were probably around 25-30 then.
Meaning they were around 9-14 years old when Eruption released. So i'd say they should all know it.
@@30daysofneiiin great detective work, I didn't realise the video was that old.
The random mom screaming like she's being murdered ruins it
@Menames Fuff 😂😂
STFU whoever couldn't
Shut up Karen
I'm a mom and I'm pretty sure I'd be THAT mom if this shredder was my kiddo. Sorry but sometimes us moms lose it
Right. Refrain yourself mom
I remember how powerful it felt to play Eruption. The Music Store that gave me guitar lessons was having an open house concert where people could play whatever on their instruments, and I chose to play 316 followed by Eddie Van Halen’s extended version of the Eruption solo, and I remember beginning once the amps went on. The crowd was talking at first, but once it started they went dead silent. They were silent the whole time. It was crazy, like they were glued to the performance the whole time. I wasn’t perfect, but I did my best and heard a kid backstage yell “HE’S DOING FINGER TAPPING!!!” And as quickly as it started it was over. I walked off stage and sat down.
OmG, I hope Eddie was able to catch this before he passed. He inspired so many. This young man is simply amazing. Super talent!
“He doesn't need that piece anyway”
Actually, he most certainly does need the whammy bar.
Sam Fitzgerald shut the fuck up Sam
@Sam Fitzgerald lmao you just don't know how to appreciate art
@@deatomizerdeatomizer1654 What does that make you?
@@Terra654 World's not big enough for the 2 of us.
@@themilkman271 Your right. How shall we settle this?
I remember watching this 10 years ago when I was young and just starting to learn guitar. Finally after all these years I still can't play it.
Got it yet?
Same
Any lack?
Did you really play guitar for 10 years, or just buy a guitar and quit after the first 3 months 10 years ago?
Keep it going mate, guitar is not easy, I'm playing it for 5 years and I've still some shit to learn
2.6k dislikes came from every participant since he performed... this kid was the last winner that school ever had, and there’s been at least a couple dozen talent shows between then and now
That kid is a different level of badass
Rumor has it this kid is still making his way through the chicks he scored after playing this.
Rumor has it ruclips.net/video/9rNbu4CHyK4/видео.html
Especially the loud one yelling up front - you know she caught up to him backstage :)
@RUclips Sucks Jokes on you, It's in Alabama
@@Fralsii 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
@@Fralsii Excellent. :)
This school has a better sound guy than some concerts
@@adamkelsey5900 ?
@@crisis3739 yeah idk, thanks for that.I deleted the comment lol
@@adamkelsey5900 ?
@@adamkelsey5900 ?
@@adamkelsey5900 !
Brings a tear to my eye. God Bless this dude.
That means a lot more to me now, after Eddie's passing. Back in the 80's. I wore out 2 cassettes listening to that prelude to "girl you really got me" still awesome......
And next up, Billy on his flute with Hot Cruss Buns
LMFAOOO bro, the sad thing is that you're probably right.
Best coment ever
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
I probably laughed way to hard at that comment. 😂😂😂
Hahahahaha
"I'm afraid you're just too darn loud."
Most underrated and under liked comment ever.
Guy on 📣 * Back to the Future*
Made me actually laugh
Huey Lewis is the guy on the bullhorn in back to the future...true story
@@jaylong4705 no way!! That's so cool!🎙️😎🤘
I'm seeing this for the first time at 4/2023. I hope this young man has found the success that he deserves.
Little Brother, Uncle Eddie is smiling down upon you from Heaven!!! Awesome job kiddo, you have made us Gen Xers very happy and proud!!! I'm looking forward to hearing more from you in the future! 😎👍
i couldnt hear him over the drunk moms.
Lmfao
@@billbelzek6748 he doesn't what are you on
If you aren't flasking it at the "talent show" you are wrong.
Bill Belzek Wtf? Saying a that someone is good doesnt mean they’re “lusting” over him
@@bookmilla8616 Look at the comments. Lol. Being good at something automatically makes you attractive
eddie van halen is looking down from heaven and smiling. he is very proud
“The force is strong with this one”
@@kflo1219 he is one with the force now
I can see him!
This was 13 years ago.
Bro this was me in middle school
I don’t know how I ended up here but I am so proud of this young man.
Congrats, buddy...you did GREAT!!!! MY son(who is now almost 30), also played Eruption on his guitar for his eighth grade talent show! Half the audience had their lighters up in the air!! I was just in tears..I was SO PROUD of him!!! SHRED ON, YOUNG MAN!!! 🎶🎸🎶🎸🎶
I remember in like 2000 when my school did this and some kid played the same thing. He was so good BUT for some reason the crowd thought it was boring and didn't clap or anything. Poor kid didn't even place for a price. He sounded awesome to.
Well those people have no GOOD taste in music
Oof that school sucks
Talent shows are extremely biased at high schools and middle schools. In one of the shows at my school, there was a super good dance crew that did a choreography to Flux Pavillion's Gold Dust (if you've ever seen America's Best Dance Crew, it was like that)... they didn't even place in top 5 despite honestly being good enough to teach their own freestyle courses at the local dance studios. The top performance was given to a girl doing a Hawaiian dance that was pretty much as you'd expect (the first 10 seconds being interesting and the next 1.5 minutes being the first 10 seconds on repeat).
Talent shows are rigged.
@@Shadowsphere1 Maybe they wouldn't have lost if they used a bearable song.
Photon Wolfsky ok that is actually bs
Calm tf down girls, I can play smells like teen spirit
JJ Theguitarist - you just can’t spell it.
And I can play bleed it out, wake me up when September ends, know your enemy , chop suey and BYOB all in less than month of playing the guitar
@@ChewyChampion236 I think you didn't really understand the original comment dude.
Aiden Sutton r/woooosh
JJ Theguitarist tbh Nirvana is more popular with girls than van halen anyway
He's had some/many lessons, sits in classical position to play, his foot is looking for a rest. Then he lets rip with this. Love it...
Keep the legend goin. Great to see this music is still the real deal. Love it.
AND THE WINNER IS...
Some girl playing Riptide.
On a fucking ukulele too 😭
@@sunnyiee_03 with elf ears
@@God_Help_Me11 LMAO
@@sunnyiee_03 huh lol
A group of people at my schools talent show did a whole hip hop dance performance that they have been practicing for 2 months on and they were beaten by some girl who was singing. I heard she wasn’t even good too. Talent shows are a joke.
“Your kids will love it”
Yes, Marty. They will.
I got this as fast as light buddy as fast as light
Back to the future LOL
nice reference lmao
the amount of speed it took for me to get this reference would make a delorean jealous
Hats off to the parents that kept talking about stupid sh’t while Eric is melting the paint off the walls.
At least his target audience got it
This solo at the tapping part always makes me tear up. Music is crazy.
"And next up is Danny G, with his "Fortnite Anthem" rap."
@Justin B fortnite was out in 2008 still just not battle royale it was only save the world
@@_ezxfearog_4479 are you being serious lmao
@@logangaskill4863 yes
@@logangaskill4863 in 2017 came out battle royal when also launched season 0 a few months later season 1 and so on
@@_ezxfearog_4479 I can count your brain cells on one hand
I died when the whammy bar fell and that woman said "I don't think he'll need that piece"
+Theepicr RotMG Obviously she hasn't heard Eruption or EVH EVER!!!
go back to the fourms
Pancake the forums are ded m8
she was sarcastic
Obsequious Your profile perfectly illustrates yout reaction :P
It's great to see these kids appreciate real music!
I guess you guys aren't ready for this yet, but you're kids are gonna love it.
he literally just embarrassed everyone before and after him
People literally need to stop saying "literally."
Attack of the pink Js
@@2112res literally
@@2112res no but he legitimately did though
@@thewhitepicketfence9136 no?
His hands + guitar = Crazy sounds
His hands + girl = crazy sounds
Monsters Gaming or guy, you’ll never know 😳😳
@@tadaomikurama9415 Im pretty sure this dude is straight.
nero forte
Of course the weaboo makes it gay
Kevin Prima creep
@@cockroach5717 how? Because he's not dressed in all rainbows and listening to Justin Bieber?
Absolutely Killed it!!!! 🤙🏼 🎸
OUTSTANDING!
ROCK ON! 🎸
Eddie would be so proud of You
wine mom gang out in full force
They probably saw the original performed live in the 80s ^^
I bet 90% of those Moms got preggers at a Van Halen concert
“Hey Eddie! You know that sound you’ve been looking for? Well listen to this!”
Nice Back to the Future reference. 🤘👊
It’s your cousin, Marvin
@@jas9239 Marvin Van Halen
@@advancedhell42069 haha love it
I guess you guys weren't ready for that, but your kids are gonna love it.
OMG. YOUNG MAN YOU HABE TALENT....BROUGHT TEARS TO MY EYES
The fact that the tapping part is so easy and twice better sounding than the first part shows that music isn't a skill competition, but a creativity game
Chill with the screaming!
Good job young man! Well done
"Chill with the screaming"
"Scream" sounds like cream
Ice cream
Ice cream is cold
Another word for "cold" is "chill"
I forgot where I was going with this
That was his English teacher
@@DiceKrispy touché
This kid is like 35 now lmao
@@tobias3715 lol.. I wonder if he has seen this.
its always the kid in vintage metallica, dad jeans and air maxs that know how to shred. always
Witz Nerd I’m with both of you on this one 😂
LMAO
Fucking dad jeans
Good parenting
Metallica is the best heavy metal out their
Such amazing stage presence and originality...
Eric, wow, you have more talent in your pinky than I have in my whole body and I'm 55 years old ! Incredible playing, probably even better now as this was 13 years ago ! Best wishes from the UK !
If you want to see him now search up theDooo on RUclips this is most likely him
How about eddie van halen playing an 8th graders solo
@Peter Evans Awwww I see what you did there. Dark humor
@@cr_2413 dawg how is that dark humor
@@cr_2413 he wrote this comment before he died
@@cr_2413 fuckin dumbass with an among us profile picture talking about "dark humor" because he posted a comment a year ago about a legend who died recently
@@cr_2413 Eddie died this year not 2019
"i don't think he needs that piece anyway"
I got cancer from that
its funny because he DOES need the tremelo bar
+JustBadLuck lol exaclty what i was thinking!!!!!
Lol. I don't need one. Or have a hole for it. I do it with my fingers. Like Slash. Lol
Kurt Adams That works too. I just do the vibrato on the fretboard with my fretting hand.
Wow , dude u got it, that solo reminded me when I first heard EVH ,back n '79 , and i can't get it down like that. 🤟😎 keep rockin.
As I watched this, I'm smiling and thinking back to the first time I heard that. Grade school 1978, Eddie Van Halen The Six String King.
Next up, we have little Billy to perform ‘Smoke on the Water.’
Literally stole a top comment but changed it to smoke on the water
0-3-5 👌
0 3 5 0 3 5 6 3 0
0 3 5
You're joking but I feel like the smoke on the water solo is pretty fucking awesome
white tennis shoes...check
baggy bleached jeans...check
graphic tee...check
bowlcut...check
its confirmed were in the 2000's
Humor is subjective. I believe he was going for shock value.
lol chill out mr roid rage we in da youtube comments not applebees
lololol I'm white as fuck bro u suk
LOL. Not even close.
We're in the 90s. Trust me, i graduated high school in 2003. Baggy bleached jeans, graphic tees and bowlcuts were pure 90s. 2000s gave rise to bleached spiky hair
2004
This kid in 8th grade is better than what I was when I was 20. So impressive!
I SAW THAT LIVE FROM VAN HALEN....You were AWESOME! keep it up!?
I bet more than half of those kids have no idea what song this is
your probably right lol
+joshua clark i do
+skylanders1014life You are a kid just because you act like people are talking about you, and you have Skylanders in your name
yeah ik but knew the song before i watched this
+Plurple I bet none of them do but nevertheless I´m a very cultured person and when I was at that age I was already cultured, yes, and yet I didn´t know this song.
"He doesn't need that piece... oh he's playing Van Halen did you say? Honey go grab that piece!"
yeah that probably happened.
Lol the fucking whammy bar
Drops the whammy bar "oh my that piece fell"
"Aye boss, he's pretty good"
*SLAP*
"Shutup Mimsyyyyyy!!!!!!"
This is the 4th time I’ve come across this vid and it still surprises me
1:57 It sounds like some kid said "I think It's trash" and "It hurts my ears". Kind of makes me sad, this kid has no idea how much work and talent it takes to learn this, and especially at the age of 12 or 13.
He’s probably that one autistic kid that wears ear muffs in assembly because it’s too loud for him
She says "he plays by ear"
I hate those type of kids
@@tigeroce2771 whats with randomly throwing ableism in there? if that person was autistic and it was too loud they wouldn't even have been able to speak. they had shit music taste, autistic people can get immensely distressed and overwhelmed with loud noises, so please have some empathy and don't make fun of us for no reason at all :)
Oops I couldn't hear them over the awesomeness off the guitar
Bruh, they were laughing when he dropped his Whammy, they wouldn't be laughing soon. this kid slayed
Good job parents. You taught this young man well. Van Halen should be taught win every music class world wide. Eddie Van Halen forever! 🎸☝🏽😔
OMG...I literally got chills. Impressive. Very.
Jokes aside, he actually played it really well.
He did
lol..he butchered it...if you wanna all it eruption....change a few notes and just call it a great solo
maddog76 let’s see you try it scrub. See how bad you butcher it.
maddog76 I totally agree but the tapping part was pretty good
Mine was the 1000th like on your comment
That one mom:
Didn't need that piece anyway
The song:
*Mandatory to having that piece*
I am impressed! Wasn't expecting that from a kid, great job!
I shed a single tear...🤘
9 months later 7 kids of his were born.
BRO CHILL GJFSDIKOHGJADFKHFDASHDFAS
Lol got damn that was funny
🤣🤣🤣🤣
TOTALLY UNDERRATED
Not the 13 year old
Come on guys calm down, I can play smoke on the water
@Contraband Bear But can you play Crazy Train? hmm? Hmm? HMM?
Fishing for fishies
Shit no one can beat u
*0-3-5*
Ha SMOKE ON THE WATER what a joke.... Haha yeah I can play Oasis Wonderwall 😎😎
this got recommended to me 16 years later💀😭
Eddie VanHalen lives on!!!
Something I've noticed about these guitar videos is that people cheer the easiest parts. And are seemingly unimpressed by the challenging parts.
Yep. If I play a simple blues scale and hang on to triplets for dear life the crowd goes fucking insane. But when I play a crazy hard solo like something from pat benitar or pantera literally no one even acknowledges it.
I think it has something to do with being a musician and better being able to critically listen for complicated arrangements. Our brains think differently.
Hopesedge
The audience is never wrong. They want to hear what sounds cool, not necessarily the speedy scales you've rehearsed. An E5 power chord is no less powerful just because you can play it with one finger.
pape37 Except one is easy and takes pretty much no talent or innovation. Which leads to the same boring music that everyone complains about but keeps buying because marketers tell them to.
This is why the 60s/70s was a better period for musical innovation. A large portion of the population wanted something new, which required creative innovation. As opposed to now where everyone is afraid of change.
I understand your point though, however, the average person is fucking boring.
Well, most people can't even count their beats right soooo...
CANT THEY just stop screaming until he finishes the piece??
Have you not met Americans before.!? This is what they do..
@@pwh1t3y stupidest people on planet earth :D
@@linjurimosamies yeah, I agree, scream just to show off that they know nuts about music
@@pwh1t3y you spelled 12-14 year old kids wrong
@@linjurimosamies fuck i bursted out laughing when i read this, you aint wrong
He was superb...keep playing young man!
When I first heard that song with, "You Really Got Me," I bought that album that weekend.
It's not perfect. He should have had a cigarette on his guitar, then it would have been.
One on the guitar and one in his hand
I will never forget the day I witnessed Eddie Van Halen reach up and lodge a cigarette in the guitar then jam
hell yeah
but school policies
Hell yeah, but smoking kills people
I bet even the principal would allow that --- just to see how cool it looked
I don't understand their logic, "I love the music, but how can I show it? Scream as loud as I can so you can't hear!" OKAY!
FUCKING YES STOP SHOUTINGS DAMN IT
@@MmeHyraelle for real , i agree. BUT HES GOOD. IM IMPRESSED SO WHAT. BUT PEOPLE NEED TO STFU. LOL
aw, i love the excitement. and that's the only way the guy is going to hear immediate feedback from the people he's hoping to impress. :)
We need to find this kid, this talent can take this dude places.
I can't believe this only has 12 million views.
My goals.
1) Learn this
2) BECOME HOKAGE! BELIEVE IT
I am Hokage-kin and you will never be on my level of identification
I will overthrow you, sir
I salute you fine sir
HOKAGE HOKAGE BOBAGE
^That's offensive, you insulted mekin and hokage kin across the globe
someone shoulda threw their training bra on stage..
HA
Mr.Wok
it's called bra stuffing :)
Na na na. Me and my friends have had have some fun man if you catch my drift. Trust me. There all real.
oh no you didnt lol
Mr.Wok You should spend more time paying attention to your English teacher.
Absolutely smashed that
I both have chills and watery eyes
The one thought going through his head the entire song "Will that bitch stop screaming!!"
I love how everyone is the comments is a guitar expert
Including you
I love how everyone in the comments is an expert on guitar experts.
I love how everyone in the comments is an expert on experts of guitar experts.
Not at all. As talented as the kid is. It's made me realise more how many people don't understand guitar playing. Now many people can mimic this. You see lots of posts people playing this or this style. But How many people can mimic Jimi Hendrix? Peter Greens-Fleetwood Mac? Frank Zappa? Allman Brothers? Rory Gallagher? Santana? Sure there's tracks from those artist people can do. But I bet you there's more tracks people can't do than they can. But yet cover bands can do a full set of Metallica... And sound very close.... Good luck trying to do a full set of Hendrick's, Green, Zapper, Brothers, Gallagher, Santana lol
@@shawnpolny61 I challenge u to play mia a7x
WHOA!!!!!!! I love it!!!!!
This made me cry!!