My brother, I lost my girl of 25 years to eternal rest 2 weeks ago and you got my head bobbin for the first time in a long time. Thank you and keep it up. Music is a true blessing.
Agreed. And I'll be playing along behind the drums. Been playing since 1981, at four years old. My big bro brought home the VH DiverDown album soon after and I learned a ton from it. Music seems to be the best remedy for the negative cloud that is chasing me around now. But I know that one day soon I'll be "Dancing In The Street"!
I agree. One of the best rhythm players ever. Too many wannabee guitarists neglect this aspect, which is ironic because if you're playing this type of material, you are only soloing about 10% of the time maximum. Hit that groove, get in the pocket, throw in a few tasty fills. Eddie understood this perfectly, damn, he wrote the book on it!
100%. Yeah, his soloing is iconic, but it wouldn't have counted for a lot if he didn't have such incredibly tasty riffs and in-between-the-verses noodling. It's just so damn good.
The line "Blue-eyed murder in a size five dress" is a play on the line "She was brown-skin murder in a size-twelve dress" from the fantastic 1967 memoir "Pimp: The Story of My Life" by Iceberg Slim.
“Blue eyed murder in a size 5 dress” is on of my favorite lines from any rock song. Total kick-ss , lyrics. Hear about it later is another gem. As is the entire album….
It's the best Van Halen album for guitar. Period. As a guitarist, this album is the Bible for me. It wasn't their most commercial album at the time, but it is head and shoulders above. We're STILL trying to nail that tone all these years later. This is THE Brown Sound. Ed was connected straight to the source.
Eddie and Alex were unique never to be repeated again!!! Their father was a freeking blues/jazz musician and he influenced them tremendously...you hear all that swing, shuffle and boogie? That was POPs!!! He makes a WONDERFUL appearance on the next album... (Jan Van Halen)
I grew up on this band and they put on the best shows of any rock group I'd seen, it was like a giant party in the audience and Diamond Dave was like a spandex wizard casting his spell of Rock God. I'd also recommend some of David Lee Roth's work after VH, especially the first two albums with Steve Vai on guitar, those albums are pure fire.
Mean Street and Unchained are the top two songs off Fair Warning. I really like Dirty Movies and Hear About It Later as well. They have a really cool slower song on this album called Push Comes to Shove. Superb album overall.
The voice your heard that you thought was the producer saying, "Come On Dave, Give Me A Break", that is actually Eddie Van Halen's voice talking to the singer while he was recording his vocals for the song. They actually used in the final cut of the song. Pretty cool.
So This Is Love or Dirty Movies seem to be winning in the comments so I will second both of those, Mugs. This is my fav VH album followed by VH 1. Hell yeah!!
I love this album Fair Warning. Eddie just shreds the guitar. Wait till you get to the song “One Foot Out The Door” that song is short and sweet and Eddie just shreds for a solid minute at the end
Dewd I was graduating High School when this one came out. WE WERE RAISING SO MUCH HELL hahahahaha!! When VanHalen came to town that year, EVERYONE GOT OUT OF OUR WAY!!
Definitely do the entire album. You’ve done” mean street” so go to the next song and play in order. This was Eddie’s album, he worked with engineer don landee at nights to get away from the producer and Roth. He got his way on this album. Unfortunately at the time this album wasn’t as popular as the first 3. But for us hard core VH fans it’s our fav. It’s considered a dark album, it’s almost as if Eddie is pissed. It has a different tone to it than the rest imo. Great reaction as always!
I had season tickets for the STL Blues for almost 15 years, after the National Anthem finished and the players skated off they cranked Unchained, it got the fans pumped, we always knew it was coming….great days.
"Blue Eyed Murder in a Size 5 Dress" - One of the best lines from a Rock song - Unchained sounds like a Train going down the Track - VH at their best groove - and of course "One break coming up" breaking the fourth wall
If not the most, definitely one of the most authentic reactors I’ve seen! I enjoy hearing your opinion and you bring a new point of view and often teach me the lyrics to songs live listened to for 40+ years lol
This is probably their best album just straight up nasty love unchained live from Oakland is my favorite with that fire gong 🔥 doesn't get any better than that Van Halen forever ❤
1982 Diver Down opening was Eddie on riser Unchanged! Roth never had to give the command Every Body Up because Al 11,000 were standing the entire show!!!🎉🎉❤❤
Iron mike and Charlie Murphy in one reaction. Im in! Hah. Sinners swing and dirty movies, my fav 2 songs off my fav album. It was a great time to be 15 with a 1/4 keg of beer in the woods with my friends. How we laughed when this came out. 😂
Great channel just binged a bunch. Van Halen WAS my youth. Glad you’re enjoying so much. Now give yourself another piece of brain candy and check out the 3 live videos from Oakland coliseum in 81. Meanstreets, Unchained and So This Is Love it will give you what Van Halen was ALL about
This is by far my favorite van halen album, fair warning is a from beginning to end amazing album, check out the song from the same album called Push comes to shove, totally different sound but its probably in my top 5 favorite van halen songs, but from top to bottom this is a amazing album
This is one of those albums that was immediately followed by an explosion in the number of guitar students I think you might be better served jumping around, there's a lot of b-sides on Fair Warning, maybe Jamie's Crying off the first one, strange rhythm under a cool riff and a kinda odd melody but it all works really well together and became a big hit for them.
You just made a great decision in reacting to the album. I think it was their pinnacle. I really liked VH1, then they continued getting better until this album. This will be how I forever remember Van Halen
In in June 1978 was my 13th birthday I received a gift certificate for the record store, I walked 3 miles to the record store to buy a album by this new awesome Hard Rock Band van halen! Obviously it was the first album to me nothing even comes close to the first album. 58 years old now still a fan. Fair warning great album but the first album just wow!
Ay Mugnify!!!! Catch the live Oakland 81 live version of Unchained and see the band live!!! They also have another 2 live songs called HEAR ABOUT IT LATER...and SO THIS IS LOVE.....Oakland 81 VAN HALEN...check it😮 all from the same album....
lotta stuff he said I wasnt aware of as my ears are more for the music mostly Dave slanged a lot of words , but Ive learned some of what he says after watching 2 videos that I never knew. yes catchy
Alex 🥁 never gets enough credit. Eddie and Alex drove each other, as brothers do. I was fortunate to see them live 5 times. So sorry that cannot happen for new fans.
Good catch on the lyrics, Dave definitely had a way with words. He could just as easily had a career writing ad copy or political speeches 😂. While not deep, DLR's writing always "fits" right in the song and his delivery was badass.
My brother, I lost my girl of 25 years to eternal rest 2 weeks ago and you got my head bobbin for the first time in a long time. Thank you and keep it up. Music is a true blessing.
Sincere condolences brother. Praying for you man, that is absolutely heartbreaking.
Respect
Sincere Condolences my guy! You need to be playing this album on repeat
Agreed. And I'll be playing along behind the drums. Been playing since 1981, at four years old. My big bro brought home the VH DiverDown album soon after and I learned a ton from it. Music seems to be the best remedy for the negative cloud that is chasing me around now. But I know that one day soon I'll be "Dancing In The Street"!
@@chadrumfull sorry to hear that man. Sure yall had many a good time in those 25yrs. Keep rocking and prayers to ya ❤
Michael Anthony got that bass bubbling like a pot of hot chili 🔥🔥🔥
🤣 That’s the best analogy I’ve ever heard for that sound.
Without him, the band will sound different..
Spot on . Mean Street the Bass is Monstrous . As all his Work is 👌
Mug - "I'm loving the guitar work on this one."
Repeated for every VH song ever made. LOL
No lie! Lol!
Amen!! Eddie 4 ever RIP❤
Eddie’s guitar tone gives the guitar a “dirty” sound. Incredible!
For all of Eddie's pyrotechnic solos, the real magic in the VH sound is his rhythm playing.
I agree. One of the best rhythm players ever. Too many wannabee guitarists neglect this aspect, which is ironic because if you're playing this type of material, you are only soloing about 10% of the time maximum. Hit that groove, get in the pocket, throw in a few tasty fills. Eddie understood this perfectly, damn, he wrote the book on it!
100%. Yeah, his soloing is iconic, but it wouldn't have counted for a lot if he didn't have such incredibly tasty riffs and in-between-the-verses noodling. It's just so damn good.
The line "Blue-eyed murder in a size five dress" is a play on the line "She was brown-skin murder in a size-twelve dress" from the fantastic 1967 memoir "Pimp: The Story of My Life" by Iceberg Slim.
"Habitual line stepper" has got to be one of my favorite phrases. Thank you Charlie Murphy.
“That riff really caught my attention!” Priceless…
This is the best Van Halen album
“So This is Love”, off this album is a banger. Michael Anthony thumping that bass.
Please! This one next!
Mike was a banger on the bass for sure!
“Blue eyed murder in a size 5 dress” is on of my favorite lines from any rock song. Total kick-ss , lyrics.
Hear about it later is another gem. As is the entire album….
It's the best Van Halen album for guitar. Period. As a guitarist, this album is the Bible for me. It wasn't their most commercial album at the time, but it is head and shoulders above. We're STILL trying to nail that tone all these years later. This is THE Brown Sound. Ed was connected straight to the source.
EVH, for all his technical wizardry, was also a straight-up badass rhythm player. It cannot be denied.
Since your digging Eddie's guitar riffs check out "Ain't Talkin' Bout Love!"
Eddie and Alex were unique never to be repeated again!!! Their father was a freeking blues/jazz musician and he influenced them tremendously...you hear all that swing, shuffle and boogie? That was POPs!!! He makes a WONDERFUL appearance on the next album... (Jan Van Halen)
I grew up on this band and they put on the best shows of any rock group I'd seen, it was like a giant party in the audience and Diamond Dave was like a spandex wizard casting his spell of Rock God. I'd also recommend some of David Lee Roth's work after VH, especially the first two albums with Steve Vai on guitar, those albums are pure fire.
Mean Street and Unchained are the top two songs off Fair Warning. I really like Dirty Movies and Hear About It Later as well. They have a really cool slower song on this album called Push Comes to Shove. Superb album overall.
Great song 👍☮️
One of the best concerts I’ve ever been to…
Glad your doing Van Halen..they are in my top five for Rock bands.. legendary. 👍🔥🔥😎..any song you pick will be good 👍
The voice your heard that you thought was the producer saying, "Come On Dave, Give Me A Break", that is actually Eddie Van Halen's voice talking to the singer while he was recording his vocals for the song. They actually used in the final cut of the song. Pretty cool.
Sammy who! This song never gets old. This song will pump you up. Im glad i got to witness this.enjoy!
My favorite Halen song and favorite low end chunky intro ever. To be played at loud volume...mandatory.
Use to be my fave song for years!!! Now #2
1)Ain't Talkin Bout Love
2) Unchained
3) Mean Street
4) Panama
5) Simple Ryhme
Eddie is my favorite guitarist ever. Love your reacting to Van Halen! David Lee Roths vocals are soo good too!! Right on bro! 👊❤
Just flat out nostalgic for alot of us..🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻.Thanks brother 🙏appreciate you...
They had so many hits it will blow mind. You can hear them on the radio at least 4-5 times a day. Probably more.
Favorite guitar riffs of all time on this one!
I’ve been listening to this since I was a kid. I’m old. You and I were bobbin (banging) heads exactly the same!! Change! Nothin stays the same!
Give “Hear About It Later” a listen.
Eddie's DRIVING riff is his all-time best.
Best VH song ever!
Good stuff. I enjoyed this. I haven't heard this song in forever. Looking forward to you doing an album review.
This is the “alarm” I wake up to every day❤️
So This Is Love or Dirty Movies seem to be winning in the comments so I will second both of those, Mugs. This is my fav VH album followed by VH 1. Hell yeah!!
I love this album Fair Warning. Eddie just shreds the guitar. Wait till you get to the song “One Foot Out The Door” that song is short and sweet and Eddie just shreds for a solid minute at the end
So This Is Love…from this album.
Dewd I was graduating High School when this one came out. WE WERE RAISING SO MUCH HELL hahahahaha!! When VanHalen came to town that year, EVERYONE GOT OUT OF OUR WAY!!
Cool. Thanks for sharing.
Definitely do the entire album. You’ve done” mean street” so go to the next song and play in order. This was Eddie’s album, he worked with engineer don landee at nights to get away from the producer and Roth. He got his way on this album. Unfortunately at the time this album wasn’t as popular as the first 3. But for us hard core VH fans it’s our fav. It’s considered a dark album, it’s almost as if Eddie is pissed. It has a different tone to it than the rest imo. Great reaction as always!
Habitual line stepper, instant subscribe! Sick reference.
I had season tickets for the STL Blues for almost 15 years, after the National Anthem finished and the players skated off they cranked Unchained, it got the fans pumped, we always knew it was coming….great days.
Hard funk on this album. Fair Warning and Woman and Children First are my favorites.
Dirty Movies, off the same album. Cheers
I second that
So this is love or Dirty movies next.
Fire! 🔥
"Blue Eyed Murder in a Size 5 Dress" - One of the best lines from a Rock song - Unchained sounds like a Train going down the Track - VH at their best groove - and of course "One break coming up" breaking the fourth wall
Can't wait to see your reaction two hear about it later
Eddie is just a master of whatever he wants his guitar to sound like!!!
Just hit the ground running 👍👌🤘✌️😎...
Thank you for digging deeper in to the lyrics. So you you know it's not just noise!
The GOAT King Edward!!!!!
"So this is love!"
Next!!
If not the most, definitely one of the most authentic reactors I’ve seen! I enjoy hearing your opinion and you bring a new point of view and often teach me the lyrics to songs live listened to for 40+ years lol
I just subscribed and gotta backtrack and like the vids I forgot to thumbs up.
Habitual line stepper! Love the reference
This is probably their best album just straight up nasty love unchained live from Oakland is my favorite with that fire gong 🔥 doesn't get any better than that Van Halen forever ❤
I'll request. "You really got me" By Van Halen. TY❤ 🎸
I spent the last few hours catching up on your Van Halen reactions. Well done!
1982 Diver Down opening was Eddie on riser Unchanged! Roth never had to give the command Every Body Up because Al 11,000 were standing the entire show!!!🎉🎉❤❤
Part of the soundtrack to my life, brother!
I like your vibe dude, nice reaction!
"aint talkin bout love" kicked van halen off back when, the origins basically
Iron mike and Charlie Murphy in one reaction.
Im in! Hah.
Sinners swing and dirty movies, my fav 2 songs off my fav album.
It was a great time to be 15 with a 1/4 keg of beer in the woods with my friends. How we laughed when this came out.
😂
This album is an elite VH album. And that’s saying lot.
Do Sinners Swing next!
Great channel just binged a bunch. Van Halen WAS my youth. Glad you’re enjoying so much. Now give yourself another piece of brain candy and check out the 3 live videos from Oakland coliseum in 81. Meanstreets, Unchained and So This Is Love it will give you what Van Halen was ALL about
Welcome aboard!
This is by far my favorite van halen album, fair warning is a from beginning to end amazing album, check out the song from the same album called Push comes to shove, totally different sound but its probably in my top 5 favorite van halen songs, but from top to bottom this is a amazing album
Check out this song live 1981 to fully appreciate this band 👍✌️
This is one of those albums that was immediately followed by an explosion in the number of guitar students
I think you might be better served jumping around, there's a lot of b-sides on Fair Warning, maybe Jamie's Crying off the first one, strange rhythm under a cool riff and a kinda odd melody but it all works really well together and became a big hit for them.
You just made a great decision in reacting to the album. I think it was their pinnacle. I really liked VH1, then they continued getting better until this album. This will be how I forever remember Van Halen
You should check out Push Comes to Shove , solo is a work of pure genius and beauty
Could be the best all around track!!! ONE BREAK , COMIN' UP❤❤❤
So this is love is a great uptempo tune
Most swear this was their best album, listen away bro!!!
There are some great live videos from Oakland during this tour: Unchained, Hear About It Later, and So This is Love ... All worth checking out!!
I'm glad you shouted out the riff at that point in the video. Excellent reaction. Great song.
my favorite VH ,great channel bro ❤
This song was named that for a reason.
In in June 1978 was my 13th birthday I received a gift certificate for the record store, I walked 3 miles to the record store to buy a album by this new awesome Hard Rock Band van halen! Obviously it was the first album to me nothing even comes close to the first album. 58 years old now still a fan. Fair warning great album but the first album just wow!
Eddie was master class with his riffs and rhythm guitar.. absolutely brilliant! Yeah , I like his leads but the riffs are were it is for me .
Bring on all the Van Halen you want, and I’ll be tuning in to your channel! You’ll love it as much as we do
Personally this is my favorite VH album but I think VH I and 1984 is the best and most popular
Eddie could tease you with the blues rock dirty cords then clean it up,switching back and forth really quick.
Ay Mugnify!!!! Catch the live Oakland 81 live version of Unchained and see the band live!!! They also have another 2 live songs called HEAR ABOUT IT LATER...and SO THIS IS LOVE.....Oakland 81 VAN HALEN...check it😮 all from the same album....
So this is love, dirty movies, hear about it later
The first four VH albums 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Yeah...this the one
Definitely play the whole album it’s my favorite VH album you will enjoy it guaranteed
Charlie Murphy knew a habitual line stepper. lol
You should watch the official video 🤘
lotta stuff he said I wasnt aware of as my ears are more for the music mostly Dave slanged a lot of words , but Ive learned some of what he says after watching 2 videos that I never knew. yes catchy
Gotta do "Dirty Movies" from this album! It's the nastiest, funkiest groove!
That’s VH during the Diamond Dave era. Evil riffs in the verse with a super catchy hook in the chorus. And did I mention the crazy solos?
Outta Love next please .
I don’t ask for permission. This is my chance to fly!
Sinner's Swing or Hear About It Later
Perhaps Eddie's best riff of all times?
Alex 🥁 never gets enough credit. Eddie and Alex drove each other, as brothers do. I was fortunate to see them live 5 times. So sorry that cannot happen for new fans.
Good catch on the lyrics, Dave definitely had a way with words. He could just as easily had a career writing ad copy or political speeches 😂.
While not deep, DLR's writing always "fits" right in the song and his delivery was badass.
EDDIE THE MYSTRO. ❤
dave is talking about his mom in this song I think ...rock on