Eddie Van Halen - Unchained - Isolated Guitar Track INCREDIBLE

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  • @artysanmobile
    @artysanmobile 3 года назад +1257

    His rhythm playing was always what defined the band for me.

    • @tunemxr480
      @tunemxr480 3 года назад +50

      Yeah, his rhythm playing was so dynamic with the volume knob alone, and so full of cool little nuances...

    • @stephenpemberton9943
      @stephenpemberton9943 3 года назад +29

      I think thats why he chose a short sweet solo on this track because the rhythm parts are so dynamic
      ✌💛🤘

    • @AmpAHolic-wn6mr
      @AmpAHolic-wn6mr 3 года назад +39

      No doubt. Ed was the king of swing. His Rhythm playing was second to none. His solos were the icing on the cake. Fair Warning being my personal favorite for a top notch example.

    • @mhsandifer
      @mhsandifer 3 года назад

      No doubt about it

    • @alangarcia4658
      @alangarcia4658 3 года назад

      Exactly

  • @youropionmattersnot
    @youropionmattersnot 3 года назад +1071

    The best rhythm guitar player everrrrrrrrrrrrr. As iconic as his lead playing was, it was his rhythm playing that made the Van Halen sound what it was. The intros. The phrasing. The two and three note chords splashed in. Truly a master of the machine called guitar.

    • @michaelh1889
      @michaelh1889 3 года назад +4

      Nothing to 'troll' here. ;D

    • @al1665
      @al1665 3 года назад +29

      It was steady too, you can tell he was a drummer at one point

    • @crashandburn471
      @crashandburn471 3 года назад +26

      100% agree. All the amazing flashy leads and solos, as much as it defined a generation of players, it means nothing if you don't have a great song to play it over.

    • @fastted3504
      @fastted3504 2 года назад +32

      He did BOTH lead and rythm. No need for a 2nd axe man. That is what earned MY respect.

    • @MM-rr1kp
      @MM-rr1kp 2 года назад +4

      without a doubt

  • @71rcode72
    @71rcode72 3 года назад +593

    When I saw Van Halen on Eddie's birthday January 1984 at Jackson Municipal Auditorium, they opened with this song. Eddie's guitar cut through the blackness and thick reefer haze, sending a lightning bolt of chills down my spine that I'll never forget. I was 15 years old.

    • @quantumpotential7639
      @quantumpotential7639 2 года назад +7

      Imagine, just 149 months earlier you were still in diapers nursing on mommy. Fast forward the clock, and 💥 boom, you're experiencing EVH. 💪🇺🇸🏋️

    • @Mike-yj5yw
      @Mike-yj5yw 2 года назад +9

      Bro, I was the same age when I saw them for the 1st time in Columbia SC. Think it was in the fall of 1984. They opened with “Unchained” that night as well. Never forget it. Unbelievable night.

    • @sirchromiumdowns2015
      @sirchromiumdowns2015 2 года назад

      Very cool.

    • @MiketheCableGuy1
      @MiketheCableGuy1 2 года назад +4

      I saw them in 1980 at Hampton Coliseum on their Invasion 1980 Tour after Women and Children was released....I was 16 years old

    • @unavailableusername9694
      @unavailableusername9694 2 года назад +1

      I think I was there.

  • @patturk7408
    @patturk7408 2 года назад +591

    The more I listen to this isolated track, the more I realize how much Michael Anthony's bass carried.

    • @ThaiThom
      @ThaiThom 2 года назад +42

      Yes, and it's great that VH let it do just that rather than burying the bass with gtr overdubs like most others did.

    • @phantomgrin6964
      @phantomgrin6964 2 года назад +6

      Dude 1987 Oakland live version only time when they were sinc

    • @metalnz7685
      @metalnz7685 2 года назад +15

      Yea
      I’m listening but all I can hear is thumping bass

    • @MontourR
      @MontourR 2 года назад +18

      It was that low D that gave this song that boost

    • @jeffsaffron5647
      @jeffsaffron5647 2 года назад +18

      @@MontourR C# not D.

  • @charlieromeo7663
    @charlieromeo7663 Год назад +175

    It still hurts to hear this and know he’s not with us. Truly the soundtrack of my youth.

    • @mikexxx11
      @mikexxx11 Год назад +10

      Jam his music every chance you get. He stays with us forever through it.

    • @gigitonsvajv
      @gigitonsvajv Год назад +3

      @@mikexxx11I read someone’s comment on how bad he missed EVH.Another person replied to them just push play and he’s here. 😢 There are times I cannot even listen to him. I cannot imagine how WVH copes with losing him.

    • @ROOKTABULA
      @ROOKTABULA Год назад

      Thank the lying, truly evil US cigarette companies for the early deaths of millions including Ed.

    • @jamesbarrick3403
      @jamesbarrick3403 Год назад

      Huh? I'm guessing your are not so old. All good things have an end. People get old and die. Get a grip wtf

    • @NeilAloha
      @NeilAloha 9 месяцев назад +3

      Kids just don’t know how they changed the game they were my Beatles

  • @gekogirl2002
    @gekogirl2002 3 года назад +480

    There will never be another EVH ❤️

    • @tacomaken15
      @tacomaken15 3 года назад +7

      Such as there will never be another you, me and all commenting here.

    • @RogueA.I.
      @RogueA.I. 3 года назад +5

      Nor should there be

    • @marioocanas3432
      @marioocanas3432 3 года назад +2

      What a natural ! Gifted guitarist, RIP , Eddie.

    • @carlreynolds1111
      @carlreynolds1111 3 года назад +3

      So talented and a super nice guy

    • @Ottophil
      @Ottophil 3 года назад +4

      I don’t know what town you’re from but for the last 4 decades almost every guitar player is trying like hell to sound like him. so really the problem is too many clones and not enough people who were original like him. But there are defintelt lots and lots of EVH’s everywhere

  • @BlueWorldTV
    @BlueWorldTV 2 года назад +237

    Unbelievable. Just amazing.

    • @Cinderrella
      @Cinderrella 2 года назад +3

      Yes, he is and was and always will be!!🥰

    • @tommitchell7294
      @tommitchell7294 2 года назад +3

      It's no wonder everyone called him "King"

    • @Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle
      @Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle 2 года назад +1

      @@tommitchell7294 I thought they called Rhoads the King? no wait he is the God

    • @tommitchell7294
      @tommitchell7294 2 года назад +4

      @@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle Randy was good but he always lurked in the shadow of King Edward

    • @Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle
      @Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle 2 года назад

      @@tommitchell7294 he was never in Ed's shadow, he was doing stuff beyond Ed with songwriting and playing. Two different players, Randy made in metal, Ed in a pop rock band

  • @rickfeith6372
    @rickfeith6372 3 года назад +339

    Ed was the whole package, blurring the lines of rhythm and lead playing, a tone
    connoisseur, tasty and classy use of effects and badass master song writer....and he did it all with a huge smile every night.
    RIP you absolute legend.

    • @kingberzerk
      @kingberzerk 3 года назад +2

      Amen.

    • @briandietrich1373
      @briandietrich1373 3 года назад +1

      Amen...

    • @silverdrillpickle7596
      @silverdrillpickle7596 3 года назад +1

      Well said.

    • @ArtIsMySin19
      @ArtIsMySin19 3 года назад +1

      Absolutely. I love how he knew what effects would work best for whatever the song needed. Never overdone or to the point that it took away from the song and always tightly played.

    • @alexb6967
      @alexb6967 3 года назад

      Rick Feith When do you think this picture was taken? I'm guessing 1978?

  • @evh4611
    @evh4611 3 года назад +770

    It still hurts. Real bad

    • @lbcog1
      @lbcog1 3 года назад +24

      With you on that one. The world is bleaker after a loss like this.

    • @carlreynolds1111
      @carlreynolds1111 3 года назад +7

      Yeah I’m sure for all of us it was a shot in the heart the minute we heard . Because of that band and Alex I learned drums .

    • @jasoncharles9481
      @jasoncharles9481 3 года назад +4

      So much.

    • @dailyflash
      @dailyflash 3 года назад +15

      I live in L.A. and pass by the hills where the 5150 studio is, often. People have left some nice signs and tributes that are fortunately still up, so far.

    • @techmiter6299
      @techmiter6299 3 года назад +5

      I feel you man, I'm in the same place brother. The last time I felt this way was when my father died. A sort of numb feeling interspersed with feelings of shock and dread every time you're reminded of the fact that he's really gone.

  • @Saucymod1
    @Saucymod1 2 года назад +237

    Pure insanity. Been listening to him for 40 years and I still can't wrap my head around how good he was.

    • @southsidemichael386
      @southsidemichael386 2 года назад +3

      Right??? Me too. Beyond a guitar god. Eddie and Randy Rhoads just blew my mind when I was a kid

    • @Angie32172
      @Angie32172 2 года назад +1

      same here, i even named my son Michael Edward :D named after 2 Legends Ozzy and Eddie :D

    • @mdpetrick03
      @mdpetrick03 2 года назад +3

      Nobody can. The man was not of this planet.

    • @johnh9507
      @johnh9507 2 года назад +2

      @@southsidemichael386 randy will never be out done by anyone

    • @southsidemichael386
      @southsidemichael386 2 года назад +1

      @@johnh9507 I'll agree with that. Between Eddie and Randy, I do like Randy better. But they're both incredible players

  • @2weird378
    @2weird378 3 года назад +50

    What I remember about Eddie is he always had a smile on his face while playing. It translated into the vibe that was his essence.

  • @bach730
    @bach730 2 года назад +88

    The pre-chorus riff is insane.

    • @ronjenkins6674
      @ronjenkins6674 Год назад

      Yes it is, I can't even play it at step-grandad speed! It blows me away every time I hear him play it.

    • @derpysquid4876
      @derpysquid4876 Год назад +1

      @@ronjenkins6674it is pretty damn easy, is it really that hard for some people?

    • @ronjenkins6674
      @ronjenkins6674 Год назад +1

      @@derpysquid4876 I just can't get the timing right, my pinky refuses to do the sus 4 thing reliably, My arthritis doesn't help the situation at all.

    • @RC-Heli835
      @RC-Heli835 10 месяцев назад

      At 1:47 yea it is. Eddie played everything absolutely perfect as far as I know. LOL! I just noticed the fire extinguisher on the drums.

    • @samclemmons5373
      @samclemmons5373 9 месяцев назад

      Hearing it isolated helps me a lot. The timing is so weird.

  • @Jamesharris-lo9nn
    @Jamesharris-lo9nn 3 года назад +742

    The main riff from Unchained just might be the most kick ass guitar riff of all time! 🎸🤘😁

    • @UFOROX
      @UFOROX 3 года назад +20

      It’s certainly up there!

    • @michaelpekarcik1591
      @michaelpekarcik1591 3 года назад +6

      10-4

    • @HenritheHorse
      @HenritheHorse 3 года назад +3

      @P S What are your most favorite VH songs?

    • @cs292
      @cs292 3 года назад +8

      Mean Street.

    • @kingzriot976
      @kingzriot976 3 года назад +9

      It would be if Kashmir didn’t exist

  • @MrVacmag
    @MrVacmag 2 года назад +32

    Who didn't recognize this instantly and mouthed the the words "hit the ground running" while listening? ....So cool. So very very cool. Eddie was one of a kind and generations will miss him.

  • @jason7524
    @jason7524 2 года назад +76

    can you imagine how HUGE this sounded back in the day?

    • @lilorbielilorbie2496
      @lilorbielilorbie2496 Год назад +8

      jason7524 Yes it was Huge. I was there and I have the t-shirt to prove it.

    • @kp6173
      @kp6173 Год назад +3

      Imagine it?! I saw it live !

    • @scottmasson3039
      @scottmasson3039 Год назад +18

      It still sounds huge to me. So much cooler than all the quantized, stacked, digital modeling amp crap that comes out nowadays in the “rock world”. Modern bands add so many layers of crap to their recordings. Eddie just laid down one track most of the time. He’s a legend, and most of the modern people who later 10 guitar tracks are not legends. Go figure.

    • @MoodyBlue42..
      @MoodyBlue42.. 10 месяцев назад +5

      When I was 11, I stayed with my aunt and uncle while my folks were on vacation. I didn't want to go that year. We went to the local mall, and I bought WACF and FW, which had just been released. I drove them crazy because all I wanted to do was listen to FW over and over and over again!! Especially the intro to Mean Street and Unchained. Wacf got some heavy rotation as well. My buddies and me always looked forward to a new VH release because you were always treated to some new crazy things he'd come up with on guitar. Cathedral comes to mind a year later in 82. I miss those years walking around the neighborhood, camping out, just hanging out. We always had our Van Halen playing in the background 😊 So yeah it was Huge!!

    • @chilledmonkeebrains
      @chilledmonkeebrains 8 месяцев назад +2

      Yes…I was there❤

  • @offgridmesa5035
    @offgridmesa5035 2 года назад +33

    Hearing this amazing guitar by itself, you really gotta appreciate DLR for coming up with the vocals to sing over it. Knocked it out of the park.

    • @justme7185
      @justme7185 2 месяца назад +1

      That's one of the unnoticed and unappreciated things about the band, Dave's ability to interpret and write to Ed's music. No one else could have done this. One of the ways they were perfect for each other.

  • @darinlapointe
    @darinlapointe 3 года назад +301

    Ed at his finest... that tone, he is the greatest. Period.

    • @geolinkin6579
      @geolinkin6579 3 года назад +4

      The Atomic Tone!!! Rips you from the inside out yet we somehow survive every time! I love so many guitarists but he's the only one that can communicate with the gods!

    • @kevinkentley6846
      @kevinkentley6846 3 года назад +5

      His rhythm playing was so good

    • @kevinkentley6846
      @kevinkentley6846 3 года назад +2

      @Bret Z 🤔

    • @theodosios2615
      @theodosios2615 3 года назад +1

      Yup. Fair Warning was pure genius.

    • @jackblack2321
      @jackblack2321 3 года назад

      Actually, this tone is not bad or good. Tone is subjective and according to the hearing institution, everyone's interpitation of tone is different. Example Black people for the most part are much less sensitive to variations in notes and tone do to the shape of their ears. They have an ear canal that is less evolved that most others. This is why they tend to be very loud and enjoy deeo bass simple music. On the other had, native Americans have a very shallow sound receptors which makes them sensitive, to all most too sensative to tone. This is the reason why native Americans really do not enjoy contemporary music and enjoy more droning types of music.

  • @paulya1269
    @paulya1269 3 года назад +133

    EVH never overdid it on the guitar. Listening to this isolated track, there are some pretty simple riffs/runs, but they fit perfectly. The master of less is more! RIP🎸❤️

    • @McGuire40695
      @McGuire40695 3 года назад +12

      It's songs like these that make Eddie such an influence on me. The man can play for days, yet he knew exactly when to dial back and make his guitar sing.

    • @DavidKAnderson
      @DavidKAnderson 3 года назад +8

      Agreed! EVH knew what to play, whether a little or a lot, depending on what the song called for. For all his virtuosity on the instrument, he was a musician first, guitarist second.

    • @tommilitello198
      @tommilitello198 2 года назад +3

      Never over did it,are you high,he lived to overdue every thing,that’s was what he did

    • @j_freed
      @j_freed 2 года назад +2

      The little syncopations and accents are pure groove.

    • @LittleJohnaton
      @LittleJohnaton 2 года назад +1

      He was certainly a riff-master/run-master/rhythm-specialist more than the lazy 'shredder' tag that gets applied to him!

  • @joegodoy9233
    @joegodoy9233 2 года назад +29

    Remember this was "just one guy" and years ahead of his and most of others time! Thank you Eddie,thank you for everything, for those of us who saw him , enjoyed him , maybe even met him , lucky us! Rock on brother!

  • @jacobbraden301
    @jacobbraden301 Год назад +20

    Just the amazing sound. You Can Tell Eddie Van Halen's guitar playing apart from anyone on the planet he was an amazing all-around guitarist lead and rhythm

    • @ph8632
      @ph8632 5 месяцев назад

      Brian May stands out, But nobody matches EVH.

  • @Shred64
    @Shred64 3 года назад +175

    Grateful on this Thanksgiving that I was in high school when this came out, and got to enjoy this other-worldly greatness during my lifetime. Ed spoke for the millions of speechless.

    • @patrickmayer9566
      @patrickmayer9566 3 года назад +6

      ,,,yes. I agree,,,,,,,can't imagine my senior year without this music...little dreamer!.😯.jamie,!.turn back the clock,,,remember....😐

    • @Jellosadventures
      @Jellosadventures 3 года назад +3

      Had this track on a 45.
      That's old.school. still think Eddie is best of all time.
      A true guitar god. Rip

    • @craigm3777
      @craigm3777 3 года назад +1

      Yes i was also in highschool when this hit..glad i was there for the ride..

  • @urbanjungle9600
    @urbanjungle9600 3 года назад +102

    My neighbours loved EVH. Well at least I think they did as I never heard them knocking to complain!

  • @CorpseGrinder1967
    @CorpseGrinder1967 3 года назад +74

    Only Dave could write lyrics over this rhythm.

  • @samdrye8067
    @samdrye8067 2 года назад +27

    Best innovative guitar genius ever made. RIP Eddie Van Halen. There will never be another you in my lifetime with that skill. Nobody

  • @Texpantego
    @Texpantego 3 года назад +602

    The guitar smoked a cigarette after that song.

    • @kawasakiwhiptwo5821
      @kawasakiwhiptwo5821 3 года назад +14

      The guitar AND Eddie both did. They were in love with each other.

    • @mikeblaz
      @mikeblaz 3 года назад +11

      @@kawasakiwhiptwo5821 And both died prematurely because of it...

    • @bowriverblog
      @bowriverblog 3 года назад +2

      LOL LOL

    • @therealkevinmcnally
      @therealkevinmcnally 3 года назад +2

      OMG! This is a great (and accurate) comment! Nicely done!

    • @Rob-bo7yn
      @Rob-bo7yn 3 года назад +3

      Eddie's guitar was a chain smoking SOB! 5150 forever.

  • @Jackmc2112
    @Jackmc2112 3 года назад +532

    How about Dave writing the lyrics and melody to this track. Dave was perfect for Eddie. One break comin up.

    • @DoyleFM
      @DoyleFM 3 года назад +17

      "Aw, c'mon Jack. Gimme' a break..."
      🇺🇸

    • @collinjamesguitar
      @collinjamesguitar 3 года назад +48

      Yeah it’s crazy how Dave wrote over this. Fucking brilliant. This is not easy to write over. It’s almost impossible because of how Eddie takes it all over. Mad respect to DLR. Edward will always be the king!

    • @toddinthemiddle
      @toddinthemiddle 3 года назад +47

      Jack: non-stop talker was dead on.
      but, seriously, the dlr days...lightening in a bottle.
      i trip that so many think that van hagar was a better van halen.

    • @techmiter6299
      @techmiter6299 3 года назад +11

      Supposedly the whole Dave rap during the breakdown was entirely planned out and not completely off the cuff as they made it seem. I read once that there is a demo version of this tune with the same exact same bit about Templeman's suit and getting some leg, only it's Dave speaking Ted Templeman's line as well. I would chew my own arm off just to hear that.
      I'll never forget the first time I played the Zero demos for a friend that had never heard anything before the first album. He was so surprised that Dave had his whole style put together with the screeches and all, several years before the first album was even recorded. Everything was well thought out when it came to that band. Nothing was left to chance and yet they brilliantly made it come off as if it were. Not easy to do.

    • @guitarmemoir
      @guitarmemoir 3 года назад

      One break-up comin' up.

  • @JudgeDrey
    @JudgeDrey 8 месяцев назад +8

    One of my fav songs, riffs, of them all time!
    That photograph though! LOVE IT!

  • @JCHolland
    @JCHolland 2 года назад +24

    His rhythm phrasing is iconic.
    He was a great shredder too but that rhythm and phrasing ability laid the groundwork for all those who followed.
    He almost always played what fit the song instead of ridiculous self-indulgence that didn’t fit.

    • @jeffreyes6236
      @jeffreyes6236 Год назад +1

      Perfect description of Eddie's playing style! He was definitely the GOAT!

  • @ronjamieson1768
    @ronjamieson1768 3 года назад +45

    Love the isolated tracks! You hear things that get lost when the others join in. Thanks

  • @jaypell2.0
    @jaypell2.0 3 года назад +151

    Rip Eddie. May the youth learn to Rock again. There is a template.

    • @christiangallagher8856
      @christiangallagher8856 3 года назад +5

      When I played this my cat rubbed her head on the speaker and started purring. Thank you EVH.
      .

    • @ikigai47
      @ikigai47 3 года назад +7

      Sadly, will never happen. There's no incentive in the "music should be free" society.

    • @albertovucossa3522
      @albertovucossa3522 3 года назад +3

      @@ikigai47 There are still bands out there 'rocking' as the guy said... they're just underground. I know a few but there are a lot more I reckon

    • @epsilon6516
      @epsilon6516 3 года назад +2

      An inspiring comment

    • @DavidKAnderson
      @DavidKAnderson 3 года назад +6

      Look to the East: Japan is keeping hard rock and old-school metal alive and kicking.

  • @doncavallacci218
    @doncavallacci218 3 года назад +22

    The brown sound.
    One of a kind. RIP Eddie we’ll always love you.

  • @kevosims2012
    @kevosims2012 3 года назад +14

    It does still hurt. I was flattened when i heard...didn't cry that much in years. R.I.P. Eddie.

  • @jcstevegigs
    @jcstevegigs 3 года назад +33

    I never realized how cool that little walk down into the chorus was

    • @quistador7
      @quistador7 2 года назад +2

      It's really hard to learn without the isolation because of how obscure it is. Same with the timing

  • @wolfie316781
    @wolfie316781 2 года назад +15

    This brings a tear to my eye this am, Ed’s mind was on another level, his technique and feel with never be seen again in our lifetime

  • @JGCSRT
    @JGCSRT 3 года назад +12

    I wish I could’ve had Eddie Van Halen’s brain in my head for just one day to see what it is that he sees with music. I bet it would be incredible.

  • @skeezix64
    @skeezix64 3 года назад +20

    Such a brilliant, original, joyful, rockin’, unmistakeable, important rock guitar artist. Part of the fabric of my youth, and forever embedded into so many memories. ❤️

  • @jamesholmes3499
    @jamesholmes3499 3 года назад +223

    You can have your Dylan, your Lennon & McCartney, your Springsteen, etc. But for me this is it. EVH, the rock n roll God. King of kings.

    • @stephenpemberton9943
      @stephenpemberton9943 3 года назад +3

      FN A TOP JIMMY
      ✌💛🤘

    • @ENigma-um8zw
      @ENigma-um8zw 3 года назад +14

      Yeah he’s one of the best. I love him tons. But let’s be careful to not compare apples, oranges, and bananas and pineapples thinking they are in the same comparable ballpark. Was Dylan ever a shredder like EVH no, could Eddie write what Dylan writes, No. Did Van Halen knock the socks off the music scene for decades yes. Did the Beatles do that first, yes. Did(or Can*) EVH still play as much as Springsteen no, is Springsteen a better guitar player, no. These are things to consider. But I just had to be that guy.
      Long live EVH long live rock and LIVE music!

    • @driver4011
      @driver4011 3 года назад +1

      van halen could be considered an "American beatles".....their fame, popularity n the influence they had on so many....great albums n a lot of great songs.

    • @ENigma-um8zw
      @ENigma-um8zw 3 года назад +3

      @Stryker HP haha yeah those RS lists are always wonky anyway ;D

    • @ENigma-um8zw
      @ENigma-um8zw 3 года назад +3

      @@driver4011 definitely, i could see that, I sort of can see them also like America’s Zeppelin in that Zeppelin existed similarly as those members for about a decade in the 70s and then that was it (like the Beatles but Van Halen had more incarnations and life as a band than Beatles and Zep). And then Van Hagar is a different animal or rather the same animal with a new paint job etc. I love them both tho.
      Yet I’m aware that’s almost underselling the innovative component of Van Halen’s music and its incalculable affect on the late 70s and all throughout the 80s into the early 90s before disbanding before various reunions. But Eddie is an original specimen. Clapton and Hendrix and Page and other guitar gods are all great but none of those aforementioned gods ever designed their own guitar with their own two hands over decades of experience and experimentation. Granted each of those others have their own contribution to the pantheon of rock n roll and popular music but Eddie in my heart truly will always be the number one electric guitar innovator. The overall global generational affect will always differ from generation to generation especially as those legacy artists continue to sadly pass on into the rockin gates of eternal influence on culture.
      Sorry I got all rambly lol. Peace and Love to all of you. Always love chattin’ music :)

  • @TheMeow243
    @TheMeow243 3 года назад +31

    Part of my childhood died with his passing. Very sad. RIP Eddie. Thanks for the anthems of a generation.

  • @craigharrison5406
    @craigharrison5406 2 года назад +12

    His sound was untouchable back then. The bite and attack of his setup for the late 70's and early 80's was truly astonishing.

  • @chriscanndy
    @chriscanndy 3 года назад +1013

    The 16 clowns who thumbs downed this have the soul of a wet cardboard box.

  • @guaromiami
    @guaromiami 3 года назад +13

    Eddie's guitar playing was magical.

  • @ledout7733
    @ledout7733 3 года назад +17

    His skills were Out of this world they dont make them like that anymore, RIP Eddie .

  • @SilentKnight43
    @SilentKnight43 2 года назад +42

    When you get nearly a three-quarters of a million views on an isolated guitar track - you know you're in the land of legend. Rip EVH. 🎸🎹🕯🤘♥

  • @johnlopez4089
    @johnlopez4089 2 года назад +10

    Not just my favorite Van Halen song, my favorite song of all time!!!!

    • @sliverhi
      @sliverhi 9 месяцев назад

      Agreed!!!!

  • @ApeLikeCreature
    @ApeLikeCreature 3 года назад +7

    The guitar is sheer brilliance. And to write that melody over Ed’s complex riffs is just as amazing.

    • @benderocks788
      @benderocks788 9 месяцев назад +1

      Yep, gotta give Dave credit for that despite his HUUUUUGE ego 😁

  • @theaterdreamer
    @theaterdreamer 3 года назад +18

    Every element that made Van Halen great exists in this song.
    Eddie’s phenomenal rhythm playing and volcanic solos. Dave’s hyperactive “world’s greatest front man” antics. That thumping rhythm section with Mikey’s Earth shaking bass, and Alex Van Halen’s driving power. And those backing vocals.
    This is when Van Halen ruled the fucking world. Once Dave left, the band was still damned good-I saw them in concert for the first time on the OU812 tour with Sammy Hagar, and they were a well oiled machine. But Dave, Ed, Alex and Mike were....special. Rainbow with Ritchie Blackmore and Ronnie James Dio special. Deep Purple Mk II special. The Who circa “Who’s Next” special.
    The band with all four original members were the natural descendants of Zeppelin. Everything you could ever want in a hard rock band. Dave was never a truly great vocalist. He didn’t have to be. To see Van Halen live...David Lee Roth commanded the stage like no one else has, before or after. He was a wind up toy. The host of the greatest party, attended by 16,000 of your closest, screaming friends. Michael Anthony was the Jack Daniels swigging wild man, just ripping on that four string, out of control. Alex Van Halen was the pulsating heart, just frantically beating the piss out of his drums, destroying snare heads, pure energy and drumming greatness. Seeing Alex Van Halen behind the kit in concert in those days was like seeing John Bonham.
    And then there was Edward Van Halen. The greatest rock and roll guitarist there ever had been, or ever will be. Genius. Mind blowing pyrotechnics. A “devil may care” smile. Pure joy.
    And those backing vocals. Oh, God. As great a bassist as Wolf is-and how could he not be, given that his father taught him, and passed his genes to him-he just could never bring to the studio, or a live show, what Michael Anthony did. He and Eddie Van Halen harmonized so beautifully together. Too many people miss that Van Halen’s backing vocals were every bit as important as Ed’s guitar playing. Listen to the backing vocals on Women in Love, or You’re No Good from Van Halen II, or In a Simple Rhyme from Women and Children first. A big part of what made Van Halen so much more sonically interesting than other similar acts of that era...was their backing vocals. Van Halen could melt your face, and as you left the stadium, your ears ringing, you’d be humming the great melody from one of those songs.
    I never saw the band with Roth. He left the band when I was only 13. But I saw them numerous times with Sammy. And those memories I will have forever.
    2020 was such a terrible year. Two of my heroes died. Eddie Van Halen, the reason I picked up a guitar, and Neil Peart. The greatest drummer in rock history. Van Halen, Rush and Queen are the soundtrack of my life.
    Knowing I will never see Van Halen again, that I’ll never hear the brown sound, Eddie wailing through a stack of 5150s....that hurt isn’t going away any time soon. But I got to see the man up close, snd watching and listening to Eddie Van Halen was one of the joys of my life.
    RIP, Ed. Thank you for making life so much fun.

    • @Pierre61
      @Pierre61 3 года назад +1

      What a touching post. I saw them at Donington Monsters of Rock and was too young to appreciate what I was seeing.

    • @johnp.johnson1541
      @johnp.johnson1541 Год назад

      DLR sucked. The guy could not sing. Worse, he could not remember what to sing.
      He was a connected shekeler. That is why he ended up in this band.

    • @tommcd527
      @tommcd527 6 месяцев назад

      I will say it a million times, and mean it everytime Being a guitarist myself, I know what EVH was to me. Everyone else here knows what he meant to them. You can throw out all the superlatives you want about The Master, but there is never going to be an argument about his mastery of his chosen art. No else had players around the planet going "What the F is that". From his grin to his fingers Eddie was born to bring us joy through his expression of his art, and you can thank whatever god you believe in that he shared his joy with us.
      ALWAYS #1
      UNPARALLELED.
      When the master emerged, from the opening chords of you really got me, every player knew the sonic landscape was changed in a way that was unheard of up to that time. Eruption smashed his foot onto your throat daring you to try to emulate him. No one can.
      There was never anyone like him, and there will never be another, and I miss his artistry.

    • @ShredLordoftheDead
      @ShredLordoftheDead Месяц назад

      Not reading all that. But unfortunately, Michael’s bass is no where close to earth shattering on the records. Does not bump on my subs hardly at all. Maybe it did live tho

  • @aprilkurtz1589
    @aprilkurtz1589 2 года назад +6

    My favorite Van Halen song of all time. Eddie was a magnificent rhythm guitarist.

  • @spasticlabrat
    @spasticlabrat 2 года назад +5

    This is amazing. Such simple lines, but when mixed with the rest of the band it rocked like nothing else.

  • @nps1016
    @nps1016 3 года назад +6

    Ed was such an amazing guitarist, just hearing this isolated track gave me goosebumps, and I’ve listened to this song hundreds of times on the radio and at home. I still can’t believe he’s gone, but we all have this great music to remember him by.

  • @gordonbrown4912
    @gordonbrown4912 3 года назад +10

    Such a sweet awesome sound. Those chord changes are epic. Perhaps the best rock guitar song ever.

  • @mikeharrington5256
    @mikeharrington5256 3 года назад +4

    The tone!!!!! Gives me freakin goosebumps.

  • @dingleberry1297
    @dingleberry1297 3 года назад +18

    The way he rushes the build up back into the chorus after the bridge works so well on the track

    • @WyattScott
      @WyattScott 8 месяцев назад

      yes, the finer nuances of this masterpiece

  • @vegasmobydick
    @vegasmobydick 3 года назад +105

    Not sure if there were any punch-ins, but it sounds flawlessly smooth, even in the transitions from rhythm chugging to lead licks and back....including effects. My God...are we listening to one take?
    Eddie was the Mozart of Rock and Roll. RIP EVH

    • @vampyros1
      @vampyros1 3 года назад +23

      No, we’re not listening to one take when you consider the first solo is an overdub. That said, he was brilliant. And he was born one day shy of 200 years after Mozart, fwiw...

    • @rrguitar1
      @rrguitar1 3 года назад +3

      Listening to the GOAT
      🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏😪

    • @stricknine8623
      @stricknine8623 3 года назад +10

      @@vampyros1
      Exactly right. The rhythm comes back in while the last note of solo is still clearly sustaining.
      But the solo could have been a "one take" track and the rhythm a separate "one take" track.
      But this is not what the OP was thinking. So you are right anyway.

    • @Kapiwolf123
      @Kapiwolf123 3 года назад +10

      @@stricknine8623 Van Halen's solos were usually several takes mixed in. Watch David Lee Roth's interview with Joe Rogan, he explains it. Eddie would play several solos, and then they would mix it all together ! and then Eddie would sit and relearn the mixed solo !

    • @stricknine8623
      @stricknine8623 3 года назад +2

      @@Kapiwolf123
      Yes, I heard something like that from Dave.
      But I was only speaking of what it definitely was not and what it could be.
      You can create a solo and practice a solo section. Then lay down a track that you are satisfied with in "one take" at the studio.
      Happy Thanksgiving.

  • @dazedandconfused6965
    @dazedandconfused6965 3 года назад +10

    Eddies guitar spoke my language. It’s like it was talking to me. Long live KING Edward

  • @johnnalty5150
    @johnnalty5150 2 года назад +1

    I still am constantly blown away by his playing, we are very lucky to have had the chance in our lives to see an icon of Eddies caliber play live. He was hands down the best

  • @donnovas3463
    @donnovas3463 3 года назад +3

    Blue skies and tailwinds Eddie! May your music resonate throughout time and space forever!

  • @rioborzeli147
    @rioborzeli147 2 года назад +2

    Best of time, Glad to be part of this generation. Lives on forever

  • @SixTenVisuals
    @SixTenVisuals 3 года назад +51

    As a hip hop head in the 80's growing up, I salute this band ...they represented the 80's to the maximum.

  • @richmaselli4742
    @richmaselli4742 3 года назад +3

    The Classic Eddie Van Halen Sound...the man could just shred! RIP ROCK STAR.

  • @michaelhuling3588
    @michaelhuling3588 3 года назад +11

    So cool, I would listen to all VH songs that way to get a new perspective and appreciation

  • @mastershredder78
    @mastershredder78 3 года назад +3

    So inspiring...EVH's bond with his instrument will forever be unmatched. 😥🤘

  • @steveg6035
    @steveg6035 3 года назад +5

    He had everything - rhythm, tone, style, technical understanding and completely mastery of his instrument. The finger-tapping is always talked about but the more you hear the more you know that was just A thing, never THE thing. Never gonna be another

  • @starsourcer
    @starsourcer 2 года назад +1

    I used to play this album over and over again!!! Best times of my live and then seeing them live a few times!

  • @Meyzen76
    @Meyzen76 3 года назад +82

    "You'll get some leg tonight, for sure!"

    • @F13thvoorhees
      @F13thvoorhees 3 года назад +9

      Tell us how you do!

    • @TheAvailable43
      @TheAvailable43 3 года назад +1

      @@F13thvoorhees c'mon Dave... one brea, coming up...
      Change... ain't nothing stay the same, unchained.

    • @andyparker2119
      @andyparker2119 3 года назад +1

      One break coming up!!

    • @PastarocketS-sb7nk
      @PastarocketS-sb7nk 3 года назад

      Yes I will

    • @gishmoe3088
      @gishmoe3088 3 года назад

      No. Keep those shoes on.

  • @daisy2217
    @daisy2217 3 года назад +45

    Beer 🍺 cans all over the floor. Those were probably some great times. Rip Eddie 😔❤️

    • @paulorben6830
      @paulorben6830 3 года назад +6

      Im tellin ya....world by the balls...kickin ass on stage....partying ...
      Jamming....women....money up da ying yang....must of been something.

    • @beachbumseaglass
      @beachbumseaglass 3 года назад +3

      Those were great times. We'll never know them again. I'm sure there's something politically incorrect or racist in this photo.

  • @richardflores8542
    @richardflores8542 3 года назад +1

    Saw them in Oakland a few years back. The lights went out and you hear this riff punch you in the chest. What a way to open a concert.

  • @tomitstube
    @tomitstube 2 года назад +16

    eddie, as great as he was, was always about the song, and what would improve it. he could tap, do amazing harmonics, dive bombs, shred, but it was never meant to be an act by itself (like so many do) it had to fit into the framework of what was being done by everyone else. that's what really made eddie great, his musicianship.

    • @milesaway3699
      @milesaway3699 2 года назад +6

      Absolutely! Eddie wrote songs that people actually wanted to listen to. One of the greatest rock guitarist ever.

  • @servinsamplesservinsamples7378
    @servinsamplesservinsamples7378 3 года назад +13

    When I played this my cat rubbed her head on the speaker and started purring. Thank you EVH.
    .

    • @tokunagaster
      @tokunagaster 3 года назад

      Your cat knows what brown sound is, amazing. I wish ours, too.

  • @ritchieok29
    @ritchieok29 3 года назад +7

    Eddie will and always be the greatest guitarist that’s ever lived. He and his talent is sorely missed

  • @Lordestroyer
    @Lordestroyer 3 года назад +1

    That flange always made me smile. RIP Eddie and thanks for the jams!

  • @DIOSpeedDemon
    @DIOSpeedDemon 3 года назад +3

    His VIRTUOSO playing is what defined the band for me. No one at the time could figger out how eddie played like that, there was no internet at the time.

  • @jeffsheridan9910
    @jeffsheridan9910 3 года назад +5

    Both of his hands are incredible and together they make the greatest guitarist ever but that rythm,timing and touch in the right hand is just freaking out of this world. He was a machine... A robot that practiced so much that he could repeat solos and rythm tracks over and over. Mostly done and recorded on one take so the rumors say.. Rest in peace ELVH. You were the greatest. No Fucking doubt about it.

  • @ksw4909
    @ksw4909 3 года назад +66

    RIP Eddie - always loved this band no matter who was singing.

    • @thom5171
      @thom5171 3 года назад +4

      Except Gary dude he was terrible choice.

    • @ikigai47
      @ikigai47 3 года назад +4

      For me Van Hagar lost the edge and attitude that Van Roth had.

    • @thom5171
      @thom5171 3 года назад

      @@ikigai47 it wasn't van roth but I thought it was still great music.

    • @tommitchell4570
      @tommitchell4570 3 года назад +1

      Van Hagar and Van Cherone was DECLINING in popularity over time --- only Roth-era VH was INCREASING in popularity

    • @thom5171
      @thom5171 3 года назад +2

      @@tommitchell4570 i lived through all of them an loved David Lee Roth but with Sammy is when they sold the most albums and made the most money. So I'd disagree completely with that.

  • @madhuanvekar705
    @madhuanvekar705 2 года назад +3

    F'in incredible. Unreal actually. I always tell people how important this song is.

  • @Richard-1776
    @Richard-1776 3 года назад +1

    Complete package. You don't realize until after you hear the isolated tracks, that really was a genius.

  • @Marc-nc3vj
    @Marc-nc3vj 3 года назад +47

    Do an isolated track for light up the sky.

    • @bgaona
      @bgaona 2 года назад

      Great idea!

  • @belotface
    @belotface 3 года назад +12

    I would love to have all of all of the VH work with just Eddies isolated guitar.... He is missed so much!

  • @carlosrelampago2279
    @carlosrelampago2279 Год назад +8

    There will be many copies of him, but even with so many people using his style, Eddie will always be the only Master. I'm glad I was during my generation as a young guitar player. I am grateful to Him for Thanks Eddie.🙏🙏🙏🤘🤘🤘

  • @fastted8618
    @fastted8618 3 года назад +1

    THE best guitar intro EVER. Period. Game over. And I am a journeyman player myself.

    • @hankgonzalez6074
      @hankgonzalez6074 3 года назад

      And his brother arguably had the best drum intro ever. HFT sounds like a muscle car idling.

  • @adamboynton7726
    @adamboynton7726 3 года назад +14

    Best rythm guitar player in the business

  • @droopmountain6510
    @droopmountain6510 3 года назад +6

    Clean as a whistle.

  • @eSSEPAPIRET1
    @eSSEPAPIRET1 2 года назад +1

    This is so classy and ALIVE that no words can justice this.

  • @hookipaboy3412
    @hookipaboy3412 3 года назад +1

    One of my favorite songs from Van Halen that was the soundtrack to my life growing up as a teenager on Maui,Hawaii🤙🏽

  • @johnmarksmith1120
    @johnmarksmith1120 3 года назад +8

    I remember the first time I heard this song on the way home in my buddy’s 1976 Camaro over his Jensen Super Tuner and Coaxials. It would end up being my favorite song of theirs, that and Girl gone bad. It’s hard to have a favorite song of theirs though.

    • @sgt.thundercok4704
      @sgt.thundercok4704 3 года назад

      "in my buddy’s 1976 Camaro over his Jensen Super Tuner and Coaxials"
      LOL, that is SO late 70's/early 80's.

  • @jessvolina6007
    @jessvolina6007 3 года назад +16

    I’m pretty sure I could listen to this on repeat for the rest of my life and never get bored. Thank you EVH!

    • @edwardyazinski3858
      @edwardyazinski3858 2 года назад

      my thinking exactly

    • @georgeleinberger8670
      @georgeleinberger8670 2 года назад

      As I’m reading the comment section on my 3rd repeat!

    • @mikedrake9572
      @mikedrake9572 2 года назад

      From the first time I heard VH on the radio, Running With the Devil and You Really got Me! I couldn’t believe what I was hearing! I would, and still play their songs over and over. And this isolated track proves the man was talented beyond belief!EVH will always be mentioned with the greatest guitarists of all time.

  • @stevenchalos4829
    @stevenchalos4829 3 года назад

    It's perfect!!!
    Still crying! From 9 years old till now!! Love it to my core!!

  • @danvandermeulen9337
    @danvandermeulen9337 3 года назад

    I'll never forget seeing them a couple times on their 1984 tour when they opened the set with this song. Such a perfect song to start the concert.

  • @schuey999
    @schuey999 3 года назад +36

    I'm listening to this and I'm surprised at each change that he plays it exactly right :)

    • @RockinSG
      @RockinSG 3 года назад +5

      His timing was impeccable!

    • @kimvibk9242
      @kimvibk9242 3 года назад +1

      Yeah - it makes sense, somehow!

  • @giggigazzaneo6762
    @giggigazzaneo6762 3 года назад +5

    😔😔😔😔😔my heart will forever be broken, such a loss in the music world. There will never be another EDDIE!

  • @JBlinky67
    @JBlinky67 2 года назад

    Perfect tone and crunch.

  • @mdig6994
    @mdig6994 3 года назад +1

    Upon first hearing this EVERYONE was blown away and still are..crazy thing is being just the guitar track it still feels like a complete composition. Unfknbelievable!

  • @soundlegacy
    @soundlegacy 3 года назад +5

    I love this song, so good.☕️🦁✌️

  • @007stopjockin
    @007stopjockin 2 года назад +3

    The King EVH!
    One of the sickest riffs EVER!
    007

  • @MrBadhorse777
    @MrBadhorse777 3 года назад +1

    The inconsistencies make this legendary, dynamics when combined with the rest of the band its the perfect sonic fusion of awesomeness
    Rip Eddie there'll never be another like him

  • @r.lorenzo2937
    @r.lorenzo2937 3 года назад

    High school memories.... Just beautiful that wind graspy sound!!

  • @TheRafaJimi
    @TheRafaJimi 3 года назад +14

    I was dreaming of this....no joke. I swear....SÉRIO!

  • @minnesotajack1
    @minnesotajack1 3 года назад +30

    He’s basically always playing two guitar parts

  • @stevenem4803
    @stevenem4803 3 года назад +1

    it still sends shivers down my spine.

  • @timothyjerry1177
    @timothyjerry1177 8 месяцев назад

    Just stunning 👏🏻

  • @warleafclover9655
    @warleafclover9655 3 года назад +22

    Wish music wasnt so watered down like today. Too much perfection, raw is real.screw what suits say what it has to sound to just one little group of people. They are the ones that are imperfect trying to perfect what is already satisfying a true sound from the heart instead of suits thinking they know whats right or wrong. Thats why eddie made his own studio because he even knew that they wanted to take away his sound and take away his very own style. And this is why metal had gotten bigger because other companies taking great bands, not saying at all that they are stealing because they felt it was comfortable to play have an homage too somebody who broke the rules on music. If Eddie never put out this technicality then many bands would not even be around. You really have to give him credibility to how metal was derived from. Not from thievery one bit but being able to express yourself from having somebody taking the reigns and opening a genre for people with the same skill. I just dont think that metal wouldnt be metal if eddie never had his own style and gave it to the world and saying its okay to do this dont let no one tell you differently.

    • @RogueA.I.
      @RogueA.I. 3 года назад +2

      Raw is real for sure brother!

    • @kenglass7833
      @kenglass7833 3 года назад

      Fuck suits

    • @medsip
      @medsip 3 года назад

      Absolutely this!