Fun fact: In 1982, a guy named Jeff Spicoli rescued actress Brooke Shields from a near-drowning on Malibu Beach. He blew his entire reward money hiring Van Halen to play his birthday party.
"There's a certain recklessness that feels like it's almost out of control. But then you realize that it's actually just extraordinary control that's creating this feeling." A great and fitting description of Eddie's playing.
Wow, that would be a testament to his actual level of higher culture & education in real life, because that quote is is a reference to the classical philosophy of Aristotle: "We do not have these virtues because we are nobles; but rather we are made noble by the practice of these virtues."
Some people are musicians, some are entertainers, and a very few do both well. VanHalen was more than just a band playing music in front of a crowd, they were energy, emotion, joy and they became one with the audience for that brief time of performance. - I'm feeling poetic today.
Wow -- that is so much cooler than John Taylor's "because we can" when asked why rock stars always date models. Taylor's kind of missing the point anyway: fashion models are fashion models because they're easy to hang clothes off; no one goes, "my ideal woman is 6' tall and 120 pounds."
@@animistchannel Except that it's not true. He took a famous quote and changed it to make a clever statement. He was a nerd before VH. DLR is a character, and as far as I can tell the only time he's ever out of character is when he doesn't have a camera in his face or a microphone in front of him. Other than that he's always in character. He obviously has discipline or he wouldn't have been able to succeed at martial arts and whatever other interests he has...... but in the almost 50 years that VH has been around, has there ever been a serious moment in his life captured on video or audio? I've never seen him give a decent interview. He's always being 'Dave.'
Used to play in a cover band with a female singer, she had a problem with that line "reach down between my legs". But then agsin. she also refused to sing 'Legs' by ZZTop, thought that people would think she was gay. Never understood it myself, just kick the ball.
Fun Fact: The part where Eddie Van Halen is at the piano blowing smoke rings, that is Valerie Bertinelli sitting on the couch in the background. It was filmed in their living room. RIP one of the greatest guitarists there ever was, Eddie Van Halen.
As many times as I had seen this video over the years(kid from when MTV actually played videos), and I literally just noticed her in the video a few years back. I was like, holy sh!t, is that Valerie sitting in the back? I guess I was just to focused on the music, and the "crazy" that was all things Van Halen to notice her. LOL
I've been trying to learn this riff for years, and haven't listened to it for a few months. Its amazing to hear how much you're missing when you're trying to play it. Because Eddie was soooo good, that he was doing so many things between chords.
💎Dave; you know people say to me “Dave, you’re very successful, but you know you can’t buy love.” And I say “You may be right, but I can darn sure pull my yacht up next to it and walk over.”
My favorite Dave quote... When people say to him he's not a family man his response is... "I'm a family man. I personally started 3 or 4 families last year."
My first concert as a kid was Black Sabbath's 10 anniversary tour with the "new" band Van Halen opening---even Ozzy has said VH blew them away every night! Blew me away so much I bought their debut album the next day and after hearing "Eruption," soon switched from wanting to learn drums to guitar.
@@BruHed I saw that concert in San Antonio Nov '78 but Ronnie James Dio was then, not Ozzy. VH still blew them away, but Sabbath had all kinds of equipment f-ups
I would give up the final 20 years of my life to be able to relive the 80's over again. Best time to be alive. We had the best music, lazy fun summers and no parental supervision. It was amazing!! The music smiled, the clothes smiled and people were just happy.
It was pretty cool but I'd never say it was the greatest... People who say things like that sound as though they are in a perpetual state of lament over their loss of youth.
David Lee Roth almost defies serious or technical criticism ... he just IS the absolute embodiment of an unflappable behemoth and larger than life rock frontman, whatever qualities are part of that he had them out the wazoo and it was never quite the same without his bravado and charm. Nothing against Sammy Hagar (who absolutely has his own brand of charisma and an admirable background -- solo work and Montrose) or even the capable Gary Charone, for me it was resoundingly never the same without Diamond Dave.
I've always said, you can't judge DLR as a 'singer'. He's not - he's a 'vocalist'. It's not about perfect pitch and notes, it's about the right sound, energy and groove for the situation. VH's music has a real soul to it because neither Eddie or a Dave are trying to musically perfect, but instead are giving you what they feel in the moment. It's why they feel so real and why people responded to that era of VH so strongly.
@@oceanblue2doorjl961This era was the peak of Dave's technical abilities. His later performances are painful to listen to, but not quite Vince Neil terrible.
“Wild” and “Fun” are THE perfect words to describe DLR era Van Halen. The ultimate “good time” party band. (They also had depth too, which is why we’re still talking about them) ❤❤❤❤❤
My parents bought our first VCR in January 1984 --- I literally watched the "Jump" and "Panama" video about 500 times each recorded from Friday Night Videos
Panama is one of those songs, just like Thunderstruck by ACDC that when it first comes on, you immediately crank the volume. A great and powerful sound that you just have to jam along with.
Those harmonics are 20:59 achieved by the genius that was the late great Eddie Van Halen. He's been interviewed about his rig as far as effects go? Ed said he never really liked effects. He just went straight into the Amps. Which started out as Marshall stacks? The basic heavy metal go-to tube amps for loud crushing metal sound? But a bit later? Eddie came out with his EVH amps and heads and things of that nature. The EVH amps were configured with on-board effects he could use? But they were still minimal. Eddie did most of his magic with his hands and his fingers. His power is all there. He also built his own guitars for years. Or rebuilt existing guitars to get the sounds he wanted. Ed loved the sounds of the Gibson ES-335s but the band didn't like them. Not heavy metal/hard rock enough appearance-wise. He also loved the sound of the Gibson Les Pauls. Nice thick fat warm sounds which he used to call the brown sound back in the day. He was always looking for that. So the problem with Les Paul guitars is multi-fold at least for Ed. They're wicked heavy guitars. Can't be a wimp with a Les Paul on-stage live. They only have the single cutaway, and it's not as deep of a cutaway as one needs if one wants to reach all the top frets without hand and wrist damage. And they're neck through body which is awesome for sustaining notes? But they can be a little temperamental if ya get to rough with them. Ed needed the double cutaways of a Fender Strat/Stratocaster. He needed the heavy duty bolt on neck which meant the guitar could take a good beating & be tougher to break. Not impossible? Less likely. Plus, the bolt on neck allowed him to try out several necks to see which worked best for him. Also made fixing them a bit easier because the neck could/can be removed. Then, way back in the day at the beginning of their career? He would rip out all the Strat's single coil pickups because they were a bit too trebly and not warm enough sound wise. Then he gouged out the pickup slots to make room for dual coil humbucker pickups which gave him most of the brown sound he was courting. Warmed/melted paraffin wax came into the picture later too. Ed would drop pickups into the warm wax and that seemed to help thicken and further warm his sound. Sometimes it worked? Sometimes the wax would cause the pickup irreparable damage. He was a constant tinkerer with his guitars. He also spray painted cool graphic art on his guitars both the black & the red Strats, which he called his Frankenstrats. He eventually had a few of those Eddie hybridized guitars. Then of course he got to design his own guitars. Also later in the game around the birth of the EVH Amp systems. Basically? All the things he had used in his bastardized/hybridized guitars? Became standard on his Wolfgang guitars. Named in honor of his son, with wife Valerie Bertinelli, Wolfgang "Wolf" Van Halen. (Named for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart one of Ed's classical music influences.) But all of that tweaking & rebuilding his guitars searching for "that sound" was less important than how he actually played the guitar. Something you might have heard along the way/in your travels? Guitars sound like the person who plays them. Not the other way around. Whenever other guitarists try to use other guitarists rigs? They still sound like themselves. Because most of one's playing style is in the hands. And no two guitarists hands are identical. So maybe Ed tried to play Tony Iommi's Black Sabbath SG guitar? Still sounded like Ed. Tony tried playing Ed's guitar? Still sounded like Tony. It's not the guitar Amp or effects. It's the player. Anyway. Eddie also proved he was equally lethal on an acoustic guitar when he did the acoustic instrumental "Spanish Fly" on Van Halen II. It was essentially the acoustic version of his famous Eruption solo on their debut album, although it did feature more Spanish-sounding elements to it? And it was also mind-blowingly🤯fast. Especially on an acoustic. And he used harmonics on that solo as well because Ed pretty much knew where all the harmonics were hiding on his guitars. He was not too different from Jeff Beck with regard to his innovations with the guitar. With Jeff? Both B.B. King and Ritchie Blackmore similarly said "Jeff has notes on his guitar that I don't have on my guitar." Ritchie was a bit more direct: "Jeff cheats on the guitar but we let him get away with it, because Jeff has notes on his guitar that I don't have on my guitar." Ed Van Halen was cut from similar musical cloth & seemed to have notes on his guitars that other guitarists didn't have on theirs. He even actually played a little guitar on the song "Little Guitars" from Diver Down. There's a video for the song & it's truly a very little guitar in the video. Recommend that. But back to Panama for a minute. What surprises me with as deep, hard, and slamming as that song's groove is? You were sitting still. Shit. For me? First power chords & that off-time syncopated drum beat just means I cannot possibly sit still. Too much groove not to. Not sure why it didn't seem to hit you that way. But I was a drummer & a dancer for decades. So maybe that effect is just only on me. Gets lost in translation for you? Maybe? Or is it that you just don't groove? My thought has always been "if that groove doesn't move you ya check ya pulse: ya might already be dead." But that's a bit snarky of me. Anyway. This got lengthy. Sorry about that. Hope it helps. (Oh. Alex and Eddie started their musical careers playing each other's instruments. Ed was playing drums. Alex was playing guitar. One day Ed came back from his paper route to find Alex playing Ed's drums. Better than me, Ed conceded later. Ed grabbed Alex's guitar? The rest is history. Thus the birth of Van Halen.)
It was the other way around...Alex heard Eddie playing his (Alex's) guitar and Alex realized immediately that Ed had a better feel for the guitar. It's in Alex's book 'Brothers'... And 'Spanish Fly' is NOT an acoustic version of 'Eruption'...come on really ??
Despite having three =VH= analysis videos on her channel, she still has no idea about the true genius of Eddies playing. She won't until she does an analysis of a live performance. When she finally does one her jaw will hit the floor.
On the solo, when Eddie breaks into the slower part in the middle, that shift gives me goosebumps... so cool. His musicianship and compositional skills are Amazing !!
“How cool this guitar section really was”. Something that can be said about every note, chord, and riff that Eddie played. Enjoying your reviews. Thanks.
Van Halen was the MAJOR show to catch in the 80's. My son was present en utero and kicked within me to the beat. Was enchanting to know he CLEARLY heard the music and to this day LOVES Van Halen.
Saw this tour in Denver, 1984 at McNichols Arena. Three days in line for tickets, all the theatrics, jumping, fantastic playing (Eddie was an underrated keyboardist), and loud enough that my hearing for the next three days was a long, sustained "eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee." Great show.
I'm a 56 year old Denver Native, VH 1984 is still one of the Top 5 Concerts EVER...I was there too...McNichol's had a Ton of Great Bands that Played there. The Las McNichol's Show was ZZ Top before they tore it down, that was also an EPIC Show...
My dad grew up in a little Midwest farm town called Panama. When a country-music loving cousin from there visited us in Texas at age 15, i asked if he'd ever heard of this song. He hadn’t, so I played it for him. When he came to my wedding 8 years later, his hair was halfway down his back and he was a full-on rock and metal head.
I'm 57 years old, and I'm so enjoying seeing you watch this music. My island bands are Van Halen, The Cars, Social Distortion, and Cheap Trick. It is so great to see younger generations enjoying this music. Van Halen with Sammy Hagar is awesome too! Thanks for the video!
Panama city beach, FL. Spring break 1984, the greatest time in history to be a kid!!!! I'm 54 now and sometimes I remember back to that time. It always makes me smile 😃
The revving noise during the guitar solo was actually Eddie Van Halen's Lamborghini Miura. They were able to bring it into the studio and record it somehow.
I know this is a "voice" analysis channel....perhaps the best one out there...but I think it would be amazing The Charismatic Voice did a video on Eddie's "Eruption" solo from Live Without a Net. The guitar IS Eddie's voice!! Keep it up Elisabeth!! YOU rock!!
Kudos to you. This is the first attempt I have ever seen of someone looking at his vocal technique in an academic way. There is no one, before or since, who I've seen do what is referred to as a "Roth Scream". It eventually got his voice (along with smoking and such) the scream and range became limited. That sound in his prime reminded me of a hot saxophone and there was nobody who could do it. His confidence, unique voice and screams and lyrics/visual presentation, along with the band, set the course for a decade.
Eddie Van Halen was mind-bogglingly skilled and made it look so easy. His phraseology, expressiveness, technique, inventiveness... all off the scale and always having massive fun in the process.
There's a reason he's considered one of the best guitarists ever. So many up and coming young guitarists were influenced by him and his style. No matter what he is immortal now.
Eddie has made millions decide to take a few guitar lessons, myself included. Many years later, it’s still hard to make those sounds. The man was an innovator and had a true gift.
From what I have read, he learned how to play the piano first and learned the guitar on his own I do believe. He built his own guitars to achieve the sounds he wanted also. The dude was a music genius. RIP to a GOAT.
The brilliant Ted Templman, who produced VH from the beginning, always said the backing vocals and harmonies were VH's 'secret sauce'. You had a dynamic front man, a incredible rhythm section and a one of a kind, generational guitar player - the perfect fixings for hard rock stardom- but the smooth backing vocals toned it down just enough to make them accessible to the larger radio audience of the late 70's and early 80's. They bridged a gap that was later taken to the next level in a massive way by Def Leppard. Hard rock and great harmonies sent them to the top of the world with Pyromania and Hysteria. But it all really started with Queen and Van Halen.
I think you’ll find super harmonies in rock started slightly earlier than Queen and Van Halen , and don’t get me wrong both were brilliant, but The Sweet were doing before both of them lol
Please for the Love of All that is good, do an analysis of ice cream man. I don't think he gets any more diamond Dave than that. And I'm pretty sure Elizabeth will giggle throughout that entire song.
@@jimmyboy131Bop, Badda, Shooby Do-wah! The fact that VH fans embrace moments like Ice Cream Man and the do-wap break in I'm the one is part of why the band is so special. We love them for trying it - as opposed to shaking our heads at it.
@@oceanblue2doorjl961 And the harmonizing in tunes like Beautiful Girls (or Happy Trails?!?!). They were WAY more diverse & talented as a whole than the general public gives them credit for.
Dave still has that convertible. First VH song I learned to play way back when. Those intro harmonics you like are played over the 5th fret on the E and over the 4th on B and G. You need your rig CRANKED and a soft touch to get those 4th fret harmonics. I got to play Ed's 1984 guitar in 1988 in a Minneapolis hotel room, the night before a Monsters Of Rock gig. Will remember that forever.
No, not the one in the Video. That Mercury is owned by a friend of mine in town, and often at my mechanics car shows... Mechanic' shop is in the original Fender Guitar factory in Fullerton, Ca.
At 3:50 that sound Ed is doing is called pinch harmonics. He picks the string and lets the side of his thumb just barely graze the string as he picks. It causes one of the harmonics of the fretted note to ring out louder than the fretted note. Depending where you do this technique on the string you can even play different harmonics without changing the fretted note. It takes some practice to get it right but once you have it down it's really fun to do.
Theyre actually natural harmonics. They are achieved by the same technique but with the left hand. Hovering the finger just above the string, so that when strummed the vibrating string will touch on your finger.
The VROOM sound is from Eddie's Lamborghini Miura. He talked about it in an interview. But the hair dryer is HILARIOUS and I love that they put it in there.
@@BadHorsie1 Nope. Just search youtube for the video "Eddie Van Halen identifies the car engine used in 'Panama'". He says it right there. Lamborghini Miura.
Last year's Barret Jackson auction had a Lamborghini Miura on the block, and all the announcers could talk about was how EVH recorded his Miura revving for the song Panama.
The vocal hit at 19:34 is classic Michael Anthony (bass player) backing harmony which is a key part of the Van Halen sound. Check out Feel Your Love Tonight amongst others.
No...we did not hear the plane in the radio edit. LOL Also...if you wanna see Diamond Dave at 11 on the dial, you should react to the full video version of Yankee Rose off of his first solo album Eat Em And Smile...with Steve Vai on lead guitar. Fair Warning...pun intended...the song does not start until about halfway through the full video. Oh, and you will fall in love with Steve Vai's guitar playing antics, so be ready for that too. 😁
I always tell people that Eddie had great rymth and timing when he played, but his greatest gift was the ability to make the guitar sound NOTHING like a guitar! He was pure genius. RIP EDDIE.
@@AndrewCCM Indeed. Many of the greatest rock drummers are swing drummers. Ian Paice, Bill Ward, Chad Smith, to name a few. Like you said, it's all about the groove/pocket.
Just for the record, Eddie Van Halen is the Best Guitar Player EVER!! Eddie changed the face of Music when he picked up the Guitar. He cusomized his own Guitars, Pick-ups, Amp's and Revolutionized Guitar Playing. The World will NEVER be the same without Eddie...RIP Eddie...You will NEVER be Forgotten...
"Particularly wild, very theatrical...a certain recklessness that feels like it's almost out of control, but then you realize that it's just extraordinary control that's creating this feeling" - you said it PERFECTLY. This describes Van Halen with David Lee Roth PERFECTLY, and it is what makes them special. IMO they lost that feeling with Sammy Hagar. He's a great vocalist, but with him they're just a great rock band. With DLR they were unique and special.
@@ata5855 Agree - although I also think he lost a bit of that edge in the Hagar era. Everything sounded more polished and controlled to me, including Eddie’s rhythm and lead work.
And that's what pisses Captain Candyass so much to this day . Hagar can never STFU about how much better he is to Dave . He lies saying the band was more successful with him than David . Yet record sales will always be Dave will always be number one compared to Captain Candyass . Even this video is more memorable than any Van Hagar music video . 1984 is Van Halen @ their best . This video was made cheaply and looks half hand made .
My long time friend Kent Stanton was the one who airbrushed the shirt that DLR was wearing of himself. He threw it up on stage in Biloxi Ms. When they played there. There is several photos of him wearing it at different locations. RIP Kent.
Dave had an uncle who owned a jazz club in NYC so he spent his early years around performers before his father moved them out to California. Once they moved to the Pasadena area, he went to a different high school than the Van Halen brothers, one that was predominately Black and so Dave was a big fan of funk, R&B and disco. Once Dave decided he wanted to be a rock star, he realized he didn't have a great singing voice so he worked hard to improve, which included voice lessons. Those squeals he does at the end of some words was one of his early trademark sounds and is much more prevalent on their first few albums. Those details are all from a book on the early years of Van Halen written by a history professor (and VH fan) called "Van Halen Rising"... worth a look for any fans of the band.
Great review! I love Van Halen and their music. Fun fact from Professor of Rock best music of 1984 released earlier today - a reporter interviewing David Lee Roth complained that Van Halen never wrote a song about fast cars and women, and Panama was born; written by DLR about a stripper in Arizona and fast cars. The hairdryer sound in the song was made by Eddie Van Halen's exhaust on a 1972 Lamborghini - it was parked outside the 5150 studio with mics positioned to catch it revving up.
As a guy that grew up in the 80s listen to Van Halen and other groups, i can tell you spandex pants were much the rage and almost necessary clothing options. My closest had black t-shirts, leather jackets and spandex all next to each other. CHEERS from Colorado
The funny thing is a lot of the 'thats cool' moments to non guitar players are usually surprisingly easy. It's the rhythm and swing in his playing that is probably the hardest thing to try to capture.
@@tomh5006 Ophthalmologist. Very nice man. Used to hang out at Shapiro's deli all the time. Fantastic food if you're ever in Indy. There's even one in the airport.
@@danielvandersall6756Can confirm, best pastrami ever (according to a former coworker from NYC) and desserts that remind you that life is worth living.
Eddies guitar work reminds you of those carnival rides that fling your around and feel out of control but then he always reins it back in and you realize it was planned all along. The man was a genius. They'll be teaching and talking about him in the future like we do about Mozart.
Hey Elizabeth! I really enjoy your posts/song reviews. Your reactions and facial expressions are fun, addictive, infectious…and caused me to sub your channel. I played in rock bands all my life and there’s no cable as they use wireless signal transmitters and receivers, same as what vocalists use. I used them for years, also used a vocal headset so I wasn’t stuck standing in front of a mic stand and microphone. I even would walk into our audience when my lead guitar parts came up. In the ‘80s/90s my band played this song and I really loved playing guitar on this one. Thank you for all you do.
I saw Dave's Eat 'em and Smile tour in Green Bay. Tesla opened for them, and it was a master class in stage presence and showmanship. Tesla started the show on the front 1/3rd of the stage with black curtains immediately behind their drum riser. With what seemed like 7 guys on stage, staring at their shoes, I hardly remember their act and I really dug several of their songs at the time. Then, the curtain dropped, and Dave came bounding out with Steve Vai and Billy Shehan and absolutely filled that entire stage with his presence. He didn't let up for a moment the entire set. At one point, he vanished from the stage and appeared in the middle of the arena.
@ yeah, Tesla got stranded in Green Bay for a while, opening for acts that came through. I would drive by the arena and see “Alice Cooper and Tesla”, “Bon Jovi and Tesla”, “Shrine Circus and Tesla”.
That review was so fun watch, haha! Thank you. 😂 Having loved that song and that band for so long it’s great see a young person enjoy it so much, not to mention nail exactly what’s always been so great about that era of Van Halen. Absolutely great job!
The "meows" from Eddie's guitar is a combination of using harmonics with the tremelo. And, yes, Dave is going into a whistle register - it can be heard very distinctly on "Somebody Get Me a Doctor".
Was 13 years old when this came out, you could just hear the energy bursting out listening to it blaring from your buddy's Pinto drinking beers, what a time, what a crazy time, felt like I was 13 going on 21, there was no time to be a kid after this.
Thanks Elizabeth! I was there! Live in 1984! Best rock show of any that I attended. It's great to see how much you enjoy certain songs. Dave had it all, the perfect frontman for a party band. You mention Eddie's tone. His tone was his masterpiece. And the way he played was ingenious. A gifted musician. I also saw them with Hagar. Not the same show of course because they weren't the same band without DLR. RIP Edward VH🙏🏻
Everything about David Lee Roth screamed innuendo! He was such a stage presence. A VH concert with the original lineup back in the early 80's was really special. Fun fact'...during the bridge section, the car revving noise was actually a recording of Eddie's Lamborghini..
No plane on the LP, music video only. ALSO, that footage of him being pulled out by the po po is REAL. Ol' Diamond Dave got busted. I do miss the DLR era of Van Halen. Van Halen needed David Lee Roth more than they thought they did - and rest assured David Lee Roth DEFINITELY needed Van Halen more than HE thought he did. Good times, GREAT MUSIC!!
I think the reason the channel is so popular is because 80% of it is social commentary from Elizabeth, and the remaining 20% is her insightful music/vocal evaluation.
Hey there Charismatic Voice, hi!! Big fan here. Love the content and analysis, its very good!! Also wanna say that you're my favorite red head online!! Keep up the great work. 🤟😎
I saw them on that tour. If you want to know what a Van Halen live show was like with Dave, then this video is it. When I saw them, it was exactly like this right down to the wardrobe, the hair dryer, and swinging on the cable. After this tour, Dave left Van Halen and formed his own band with musicians who were each his equal in flamboyance, stage presence, and energy. Plus they were all monsters on their instruments. If you think this is wild, then nothing will prepare you for the solo David Lee Roth Yankee Rose music video.
At 3:30 regarding your question on how that sound is achieved, it's called "pick harmonics" on guitar. it's using the pick while also half-muting the string to bring out the upper harmonics of the note to get that trademark squeal. Just thought I'd chime in. Love your videos!
Thanks again Elizabeth! Great tune, but a song I was sick of hearing back in the day, but watching you get such a kick out of the video brought it back for me. You are awesome! 🤘👽🪩
NO one in the '80s was having as much fun as Dave.
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or in any of the following decades
Thsts why it wasnt long before he looked like he was in his 80s😜
So you're unfamiliar with Eddie Van Halen.
@@michaelmaltzer It's better to burn out than fade away, some say.
Edit: Spent 11 years with the band. "wasn't long" lol
Fun fact: In 1982, a guy named Jeff Spicoli rescued actress Brooke Shields from a near-drowning on Malibu Beach. He blew his entire reward money hiring Van Halen to play his birthday party.
Yeah, a guy who used to write for Rolling Stone wrote a book about it. After that it was covered in a documentary film 📽️
Stu did a great interview of Jeff!
@@fredinaz Jeff's London jam session with the Stones is a great bootleg if you can find it.
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Thanks Mr Hand
"There's a certain recklessness that feels like it's almost out of control. But then you realize that it's actually just extraordinary control that's creating this feeling."
A great and fitting description of Eddie's playing.
"We aren't like this because we're rockstars, we're rockstars because we're like this" - DLR
Wow, that would be a testament to his actual level of higher culture & education in real life, because that quote is is a reference to the classical philosophy of Aristotle:
"We do not have these virtues because we are nobles; but rather we are made noble by the practice of these virtues."
Some people are musicians, some are entertainers, and a very few do both well.
VanHalen was more than just a band playing music in front of a crowd, they were energy, emotion, joy and they became one with the audience for that brief time of performance.
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I'm feeling poetic today.
I'd highly recommend that you take a look at Eddie's greatest guitar solo ever -"Eruption" on the video "VanHalen: Live without a net"
Wow -- that is so much cooler than John Taylor's "because we can" when asked why rock stars always date models. Taylor's kind of missing the point anyway: fashion models are fashion models because they're easy to hang clothes off; no one goes, "my ideal woman is 6' tall and 120 pounds."
@@animistchannel Except that it's not true. He took a famous quote and changed it to make a clever statement. He was a nerd before VH. DLR is a character, and as far as I can tell the only time he's ever out of character is when he doesn't have a camera in his face or a microphone in front of him. Other than that he's always in character. He obviously has discipline or he wouldn't have been able to succeed at martial arts and whatever other interests he has...... but in the almost 50 years that VH has been around, has there ever been a serious moment in his life captured on video or audio? I've never seen him give a decent interview. He's always being 'Dave.'
Michael Anthony the bass player’s sweet back up vocals is the secret weapon of this great band.
Was just dropping into the comments to say the same thing, criminally overlooked member of the band.
And as I've gotten older I've realized more and more how absolutely ROCK SOLID and powerful his basslines were, especially in the DLR era.
@@allthegoodnamesareinuseMike and Alex are a very tight and underrated rhythm section.
Eddie was no slouch on vocals either.
@ very true.
I love young people reacting to what I grew up with. It means that my music stood the test of time. 🎉
Seems like the Millenials shunned Roth-era Van Halen but the Zoomers love it --- I like the resurgence
And their music won't be remembered 10 years from now!
Yeah Panama (and so many others) will never cease to be bangers.
Elizabeth's reaction to "Full blast and top down" made me think "Wait 'til he eases the seat back."
Same here! lol.
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Same! 😂😂
Used to play in a cover band with a female singer, she had a problem with that line "reach down between my legs". But then agsin. she also refused to sing 'Legs' by ZZTop, thought that people would think she was gay. Never understood it myself, just kick the ball.
What? Double entender in a Van Halen song..... I do declare
Fun Fact: The part where Eddie Van Halen is at the piano blowing smoke rings, that is Valerie Bertinelli sitting on the couch in the background. It was filmed in their living room.
RIP one of the greatest guitarists there ever was, Eddie Van Halen.
The smoke rings are cool until you realize Eddie had tongue, throat and lung cancer...
OMG! That is her! Well done my good sir!
and the guy pumping his fist in the crowd at 14:58 is Weird Al Yankovic
Damn, ive seen this video a million times and never noticed that!!@pulsarlights2825
As many times as I had seen this video over the years(kid from when MTV actually played videos), and I literally just noticed her in the video a few years back. I was like, holy sh!t, is that Valerie sitting in the back? I guess I was just to focused on the music, and the "crazy" that was all things Van Halen to notice her. LOL
I should have gotten SO many speeding tickets listening to this song. The Diamond Dave era of Van Halen is timeless!
No one. NO ONE will ever make a song like this again. It still gives me goose bumps. Timeless art.
One of the best hard rock riffs ever...
I've been trying to learn this riff for years, and haven't listened to it for a few months. Its amazing to hear how much you're missing when you're trying to play it. Because Eddie was soooo good, that he was doing so many things between chords.
kickstart my heart gives me similar pumped chills. but there is no chill with it
True
Family Guy giving tribute to the power of Panama. ruclips.net/video/U68nK_IbhMA/видео.html
💎Dave: "What makes me happiest in life? I sell smiles for a living. Here, have one free! It looks good on you. That's what makes me happy."
💎Dave after VH2 album: "The 80's are coming and we're going to be the soundtrack."
💎Dave; you know people say to me “Dave, you’re very successful, but you know you can’t buy love.” And I say “You may be right, but I can darn sure pull my yacht up next to it and walk over.”
@@CineSoar dave's ego and arrogance made him one of the worst frontmen in history !
@@CineSoar _Gimme a bottle of ANYTHING ~ and a glazed doughnut; to GO!_
My favorite Dave quote...
When people say to him he's not a family man his response is...
"I'm a family man. I personally started 3 or 4 families last year."
Saw this show live in 1984 and it was incredible. Was glad to be a part of the 80's in my teen years.
Me too! Cincinnati Ohio
My friend got to see that tour and I didn't which SUCKED --- he wore the concert t-shirt at school for months to rub it in my face!
I saw the 1984 tour as well in Houston, Tx Great memory!
My first concert as a kid was Black Sabbath's 10 anniversary tour with the "new" band Van Halen opening---even Ozzy has said VH blew them away every night! Blew me away so much I bought their debut album the next day and after hearing "Eruption," soon switched from wanting to learn drums to guitar.
@@BruHed I saw that concert in San Antonio Nov '78 but Ronnie James Dio was then, not Ozzy. VH still blew them away, but Sabbath had all kinds of equipment f-ups
Couldn't keep the grin off my face hearing/seeing you discover harmonics and all the incredible sounds Van Halen created on the guitar!
Eddie didn't invent tapping but he certainly made it very popular in the 80's --- he deserves full credit for that
I think Mark Farner had used that techique before and used it some on the Shinin' On album.@@kerzytibok3211
I would give up the final 20 years of my life to be able to relive the 80's over again. Best time to be alive. We had the best music, lazy fun summers and no parental supervision. It was amazing!! The music smiled, the clothes smiled and people were just happy.
ahem 70's exceeds the 80's music wise :)
@@tas22222 Yeah but I was too young to go to concerts by myself then. I had to wait until 81 to go with just my friends. 😄
@@tas22222The 80s had all the music of the 70s
@@tas22222 We complained, in the '80s, that the '60s and '70s had all the best music. Now everyone says the '80s had it....
It was the cocaine
Eddie's solos are something very special. A true genius. He is missed. RIP, Eddie.
Being young in the '70's and '80's was the greatest!
@@69rpmrecords Gen X. The world is devolving, as are people. You are the shining example of this. Take your devolved self and your hate elsewhere.
@@soundhealer6043 Don't feed the trolls.
@@69rpmrecords forward to what?
It was pretty cool but I'd never say it was the greatest... People who say things like that sound as though they are in a perpetual state of lament over their loss of youth.
@@StoneE4 It was the greatest.
Thank bassist Michael Anthony for those great harmonies. He doesn't get enough credit for that.
He's the secret sauce.
some off his solo vocals are world class imo, you can find them if you look around
He’s a great singer and it wouldn’t be Van Halen without him, IMO.
And he's still doing it! I saw the Best Of All Worlds tour and he and Sammy still sounds great.
That’s a fact!
Van Halen "I'll Wait" is also an excellent example of the David Lee Roth era. Love the analysis, keep it up
love the drums and synth in that song so much
Fun fact: I'll Wait was written by Michael McDonald
David Lee Roth almost defies serious or technical criticism ... he just IS the absolute embodiment of an unflappable behemoth and larger than life rock frontman, whatever qualities are part of that he had them out the wazoo and it was never quite the same without his bravado and charm. Nothing against Sammy Hagar (who absolutely has his own brand of charisma and an admirable background -- solo work and Montrose) or even the capable Gary Charone, for me it was resoundingly never the same without Diamond Dave.
The Cherone album is such a weird misfire. Cherone is a good singer and was great in Extreme but the album only has one good song: fire in the hole.
I've always said, you can't judge DLR as a 'singer'. He's not - he's a 'vocalist'. It's not about perfect pitch and notes, it's about the right sound, energy and groove for the situation. VH's music has a real soul to it because neither Eddie or a Dave are trying to musically perfect, but instead are giving you what they feel in the moment. It's why they feel so real and why people responded to that era of VH so strongly.
@@oceanblue2doorjl961This era was the peak of Dave's technical abilities. His later performances are painful to listen to, but not quite Vince Neil terrible.
Chemistry with Dave was the best
He was an overrated clown that brought down an otherwise talented band.
“Wild” and “Fun” are THE perfect words to describe DLR era Van Halen. The ultimate “good time” party band. (They also had depth too, which is why we’re still talking about them) ❤❤❤❤❤
That’s why I like the Roth era better than the Haggar era. The songs were funny and free spirited. It’s too bad that they couldn’t make it work.
I dunno why but most Van Hagar songs are kinda depressing --- it's Sammy singing about why he's so confused about love LOL
Depth? No.
Talent? Yes.
I was 11 in 1984 when this came out and I was glued to the Tv in absolute amazement.
My parents bought our first VCR in January 1984 --- I literally watched the "Jump" and "Panama" video about 500 times each recorded from Friday Night Videos
Panama is one of those songs, just like Thunderstruck by ACDC that when it first comes on, you immediately crank the volume. A great and powerful sound that you just have to jam along with.
I hate that song. I switch to Panama and crank it up to remove the sound from my head.
I always said that Panama is the perfect song to get a speeding ticket to --- you hear it, then crank it, and then SLAM on the gas!
This is what growing up in the 80’s looked like! Greatest decade ever!, Miss ya Ed 😢
If someone says "show me the 80s", you show them a clip of Dave on the wire wearing silver zebra pants and shades, holding a boom box.
@ 💯🤘
Kids today have no clue what it means to "party hearty" but we sure did in the 80's --- all thanks to Diamond Lee and Van Halen!
Those harmonics are 20:59 achieved by the genius that was the late great Eddie Van Halen. He's been interviewed about his rig as far as effects go? Ed said he never really liked effects. He just went straight into the Amps. Which started out as Marshall stacks? The basic heavy metal go-to tube amps for loud crushing metal sound? But a bit later? Eddie came out with his EVH amps and heads and things of that nature. The EVH amps were configured with on-board effects he could use? But they were still minimal. Eddie did most of his magic with his hands and his fingers. His power is all there. He also built his own guitars for years. Or rebuilt existing guitars to get the sounds he wanted. Ed loved the sounds of the Gibson ES-335s but the band didn't like them. Not heavy metal/hard rock enough appearance-wise. He also loved the sound of the Gibson Les Pauls. Nice thick fat warm sounds which he used to call the brown sound back in the day. He was always looking for that. So the problem with Les Paul guitars is multi-fold at least for Ed. They're wicked heavy guitars. Can't be a wimp with a Les Paul on-stage live. They only have the single cutaway, and it's not as deep of a cutaway as one needs if one wants to reach all the top frets without hand and wrist damage. And they're neck through body which is awesome for sustaining notes? But they can be a little temperamental if ya get to rough with them. Ed needed the double cutaways of a Fender Strat/Stratocaster. He needed the heavy duty bolt on neck which meant the guitar could take a good beating & be tougher to break. Not impossible? Less likely. Plus, the bolt on neck allowed him to try out several necks to see which worked best for him. Also made fixing them a bit easier because the neck could/can be removed. Then, way back in the day at the beginning of their career? He would rip out all the Strat's single coil pickups because they were a bit too trebly and not warm enough sound wise. Then he gouged out the pickup slots to make room for dual coil humbucker pickups which gave him most of the brown sound he was courting. Warmed/melted paraffin wax came into the picture later too. Ed would drop pickups into the warm wax and that seemed to help thicken and further warm his sound. Sometimes it worked? Sometimes the wax would cause the pickup irreparable damage. He was a constant tinkerer with his guitars. He also spray painted cool graphic art on his guitars both the black & the red Strats, which he called his Frankenstrats. He eventually had a few of those Eddie hybridized guitars. Then of course he got to design his own guitars. Also later in the game around the birth of the EVH Amp systems. Basically? All the things he had used in his bastardized/hybridized guitars? Became standard on his Wolfgang guitars. Named in honor of his son, with wife Valerie Bertinelli, Wolfgang "Wolf" Van Halen. (Named for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart one of Ed's classical music influences.) But all of that tweaking & rebuilding his guitars searching for "that sound" was less important than how he actually played the guitar. Something you might have heard along the way/in your travels? Guitars sound like the person who plays them. Not the other way around. Whenever other guitarists try to use other guitarists rigs? They still sound like themselves. Because most of one's playing style is in the hands. And no two guitarists hands are identical. So maybe Ed tried to play Tony Iommi's Black Sabbath SG guitar? Still sounded like Ed. Tony tried playing Ed's guitar? Still sounded like Tony. It's not the guitar Amp or effects. It's the player. Anyway. Eddie also proved he was equally lethal on an acoustic guitar when he did the acoustic instrumental "Spanish Fly" on Van Halen II. It was essentially the acoustic version of his famous Eruption solo on their debut album, although it did feature more Spanish-sounding elements to it? And it was also mind-blowingly🤯fast. Especially on an acoustic. And he used harmonics on that solo as well because Ed pretty much knew where all the harmonics were hiding on his guitars. He was not too different from Jeff Beck with regard to his innovations with the guitar. With Jeff? Both B.B. King and Ritchie Blackmore similarly said "Jeff has notes on his guitar that I don't have on my guitar." Ritchie was a bit more direct: "Jeff cheats on the guitar but we let him get away with it, because Jeff has notes on his guitar that I don't have on my guitar." Ed Van Halen was cut from similar musical cloth & seemed to have notes on his guitars that other guitarists didn't have on theirs. He even actually played a little guitar on the song "Little Guitars" from Diver Down. There's a video for the song & it's truly a very little guitar in the video. Recommend that. But back to Panama for a minute. What surprises me with as deep, hard, and slamming as that song's groove is? You were sitting still. Shit. For me? First power chords & that off-time syncopated drum beat just means I cannot possibly sit still. Too much groove not to. Not sure why it didn't seem to hit you that way. But I was a drummer & a dancer for decades. So maybe that effect is just only on me. Gets lost in translation for you? Maybe? Or is it that you just don't groove? My thought has always been "if that groove doesn't move you ya check ya pulse: ya might already be dead." But that's a bit snarky of me. Anyway. This got lengthy. Sorry about that. Hope it helps. (Oh. Alex and Eddie started their musical careers playing each other's instruments. Ed was playing drums. Alex was playing guitar. One day Ed came back from his paper route to find Alex playing Ed's drums. Better than me, Ed conceded later. Ed grabbed Alex's guitar? The rest is history. Thus the birth of Van Halen.)
It was the other way around...Alex heard Eddie playing his (Alex's) guitar and Alex realized immediately that Ed had a better feel for the guitar. It's in Alex's book 'Brothers'... And 'Spanish Fly' is NOT an acoustic version of 'Eruption'...come on really ??
May you fall more in love with Van Halen every day.
Well, until _Ain’t Talkin’ ‘bout Love,_ though that’s certainly still talking about something else that begins with L. 😏
"How does he do that?"
Eddie Van Halen. He just does. Everything.
The guitar sings more than anything here if we're being honest 😉
All guitarist have been asking this question since 1978
Despite having three =VH= analysis videos on her channel, she still has no idea about the true genius of Eddies playing. She won't until she does an analysis of a live performance. When she finally does one her jaw will hit the floor.
That high pit sound is made by striking the string with the plectrum and immediate follow by slightly touching the string with your thumb
@@kc.brinkman I was wondering how far down the comments I would have to scroll before someone described a pinch. :)
On the solo, when Eddie breaks into the slower part in the middle, that shift gives me goosebumps... so cool. His musicianship and compositional skills are Amazing !!
“How cool this guitar section really was”. Something that can be said about every note, chord, and riff that Eddie played. Enjoying your reviews. Thanks.
Eddie is the reason I have two guitars in my office.
@TroutFlyFisher Jimi page said, Eddie who?
With no distortion box!
@@DavidB-vk8eiJimi, while also great, was dead before Edward came on the scene….but, they are jamming together now..
@@VH-Fan-007 Jimmy Page is 80 and alive right now. Ed checked out in 2020. Just a heads up. However you are correct that Jimmy was also great.
Van Halen was the MAJOR show to catch in the 80's. My son was present en utero and kicked within me to the beat. Was enchanting to know he CLEARLY heard the music and to this day LOVES Van Halen.
That is the greatest Van Halen story ever.
Jesus, my pregnant daughter is a swiftie. Yeah, she went, pregnant. It dies with me.
You seem like a great mother --- to be cranking Roth-era VH when your kids were still inside you, absorbing the tunage!
Saw this tour in Denver, 1984 at McNichols Arena. Three days in line for tickets, all the theatrics, jumping, fantastic playing (Eddie was an underrated keyboardist), and loud enough that my hearing for the next three days was a long, sustained "eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee." Great show.
I'm a 56 year old Denver Native, VH 1984 is still one of the Top 5 Concerts EVER...I was there too...McNichol's had a Ton of Great Bands that Played there. The Las McNichol's Show was ZZ Top before they tore it down, that was also an EPIC Show...
Running With The Devil is an amazing sounding song. There are alot of harmony parts you will love.
But VH, in general, is an amazing sounding band.
I was thinking the same thing. Running with the devil and You really got me, are THE VH songs.
mean streets is a great song by VH
Go listen to the intros to "Drop Dead Legs" and "Girl Gone Bad" --- Eddie and Alex really knew how to hook you into a song!
This got turned UP when it came on the radio while driving. ❤
Gets turned up … still gets turned up - not past tense with this song.
one of my all time fav bands. and the 5 or 6 types of screams he does - i've never heard anyone else do. epic.
The trademark "DLR Scream" is something that will never be duplicated --- Dave was a genius for putting it in all the classic Halen songs
Dave Lee Roth's Yankee Rose was probably the peak of his solo career
And in that song Steve Vai really made the guitar talk.
Yarp. If you want to hear a guitar talk, this is mandatory...🧐
@@larshansson1953 A few years later, Steve made his guitar mew like kittens on Whitesnake's "Kittens Got Claws."
@@GrimlyFandango
Eat 'em And Smile is
the REAL "next Van Halen album" after MCMLXXXIV!
Total 🔥🔥🔥🔥🤘🤘
@@larshansson1953 He had been doing that for years, already (that's just when: more people got to hear it.)
[see: his Flex-able [E.P.],
f'r instance.]
My dad grew up in a little Midwest farm town called Panama. When a country-music loving cousin from there visited us in Texas at age 15, i asked if he'd ever heard of this song. He hadn’t, so I played it for him. When he came to my wedding 8 years later, his hair was halfway down his back and he was a full-on rock and metal head.
Yay! My sister is in this video during the break when they pan through the crowd!! She was a MAJOR Van Halen fan ❤
I'm 57 years old, and I'm so enjoying seeing you watch this music. My island bands are Van Halen, The Cars, Social Distortion, and Cheap Trick. It is so great to see younger generations enjoying this music. Van Halen with Sammy Hagar is awesome too! Thanks for the video!
Social Distortion🤘
I’d love to see her analyze Cheap Trick! They’re always overlooked, and Robin has an amazing voice.
@@TracyN67 Robin Zander is incredible for sure!
I love cheap trick😱
@@LiamSmall12 She needs to review a Cheap Trick song!
Panama city beach, FL. Spring break 1984, the greatest time in history to be a kid!!!! I'm 54 now and sometimes I remember back to that time. It always makes me smile 😃
The absolute pinnacle of 80s hard rock!
No joke, Diamond Dave was an ATHLETE back in the day, mad respect for the work he had to put in to be that fit.
Yeah. Cocaine
I saw them open for Black Sabbath with Ozzy in '78. What a show!
I know!! I was all excited to see Sabbath and ended up being blown away by VH. Made my parents buy the album for me for my birthday.
And kicked sabbaths ass
The revving noise during the guitar solo was actually Eddie Van Halen's Lamborghini Miura. They were able to bring it into the studio and record it somehow.
I know this is a "voice" analysis channel....perhaps the best one out there...but I think it would be amazing The Charismatic Voice did a video on Eddie's "Eruption" solo from Live Without a Net. The guitar IS Eddie's voice!! Keep it up Elisabeth!! YOU rock!!
"Respect The Wind" ❤ I think it'd be Amazing on her Channel
Play album version first, then Live w/out a Net
That's a fantastic idea!
Yep. Singing voice, check
This wouldn’t be very on brand with her. Find a guitar analysis and review channel
Family Guy: "We've got a motorist blasting, "Panama". 😆
"Break off pursuit! Panama kicks too much ass and shreds way too hard!"
@@airforce9872 🤣🤣🤣 Ha! Glad someone caught on to that! Thanks!
"Not in my town dispatch, this is Officer Stickbutt in pursuit!"
"yeah were running a little bit hot tonight" - bingooooo
Kudos to you. This is the first attempt I have ever seen of someone looking at his vocal technique in an academic way. There is no one, before or since, who I've seen do what is referred to as a "Roth Scream". It eventually got his voice (along with smoking and such) the scream and range became limited. That sound in his prime reminded me of a hot saxophone and there was nobody who could do it. His confidence, unique voice and screams and lyrics/visual presentation, along with the band, set the course for a decade.
heaps of fun, loads of energy, ace guitar playing, David's unique voice and a unequaled stage presence spells Van Halen.
Eddie Van Halen was mind-bogglingly skilled and made it look so easy. His phraseology, expressiveness, technique, inventiveness... all off the scale and always having massive fun in the process.
There's a reason he's considered one of the best guitarists ever. So many up and coming young guitarists were influenced by him and his style. No matter what he is immortal now.
oh geez I sure miss this time period; I was in high school...perfect music for a teenage boy.
I really recommend dance the night away
VH harmonizing at its best!
Probably the #1 Van Halen song for most women I know --- females just love that tune
Eddie has made millions decide to take a few guitar lessons, myself included. Many years later, it’s still hard to make those sounds. The man was an innovator and had a true gift.
From what I have read, he learned how to play the piano first and learned the guitar on his own I do believe. He built his own guitars to achieve the sounds he wanted also. The dude was a music genius. RIP to a GOAT.
As someone once said
Anyone can play the guitar
But only a few will master it
I was 17 years old in 1984. To say we partied hard is definitely an understatement. Great times and this was our soundtrack.
The brilliant Ted Templman, who produced VH from the beginning, always said the backing vocals and harmonies were VH's 'secret sauce'. You had a dynamic front man, a incredible rhythm section and a one of a kind, generational guitar player - the perfect fixings for hard rock stardom- but the smooth backing vocals toned it down just enough to make them accessible to the larger radio audience of the late 70's and early 80's.
They bridged a gap that was later taken to the next level in a massive way by Def Leppard. Hard rock and great harmonies sent them to the top of the world with Pyromania and Hysteria.
But it all really started with Queen and Van Halen.
Hey man, that suit is you!
@@mmmpotstickers8684
"C'mon, Dave... give me a break..."
I think you’ll find super harmonies in rock started slightly earlier than Queen and Van Halen , and don’t get me wrong both were brilliant, but The Sweet were doing before both of them lol
Ted Templeman compared Van Halen’s vocal harmonies to The Beach Boys…🏄🏻♂️
Van Halen was my first concert, fall of '79. The sounds, the sights, the show--perfect. Fan for life.
Same here. From the start of the music to the end we all were standing on our chairs. Soooooo exciting!
Live in 1984 in Dallas. A show unbelievable antics. Lots of smoke. 😎
Please for the Love of All that is good, do an analysis of ice cream man. I don't think he gets any more diamond Dave than that. And I'm pretty sure Elizabeth will giggle throughout that entire song.
Yes 👍
And "I'm The One". Everyone should listen to that song at least once in their life.
@@jimmyboy131Bop, Badda, Shooby Do-wah!
The fact that VH fans embrace moments like Ice Cream Man and the do-wap break in I'm the one is part of why the band is so special. We love them for trying it - as opposed to shaking our heads at it.
@@oceanblue2doorjl961 And the harmonizing in tunes like Beautiful Girls (or Happy Trails?!?!). They were WAY more diverse & talented as a whole than the general public gives them credit for.
California girls?
Dave still has that convertible. First VH song I learned to play way back when.
Those intro harmonics you like are played over the 5th fret on the E and over the 4th on B and G. You need your rig CRANKED and a soft touch to get those 4th fret harmonics.
I got to play Ed's 1984 guitar in 1988 in a Minneapolis hotel room, the night before a Monsters Of Rock gig.
Will remember that forever.
No, not the one in the Video. That Mercury is owned by a friend of mine in town, and often at my mechanics car shows... Mechanic' shop is in the original Fender Guitar factory in Fullerton, Ca.
At 3:50 that sound Ed is doing is called pinch harmonics. He picks the string and lets the side of his thumb just barely graze the string as he picks. It causes one of the harmonics of the fretted note to ring out louder than the fretted note. Depending where you do this technique on the string you can even play different harmonics without changing the fretted note. It takes some practice to get it right but once you have it down it's really fun to do.
Theyre actually natural harmonics. They are achieved by the same technique but with the left hand. Hovering the finger just above the string, so that when strummed the vibrating string will touch on your finger.
nope just a natural harmonic
@@rclevelandcavs8413 you're right. Thanks for the correction.
Perfected by Zakk Wylde
Nice definition of pinch harmonics
The VROOM sound is from Eddie's Lamborghini Miura. He talked about it in an interview. But the hair dryer is HILARIOUS and I love that they put it in there.
Nope it was a Porsche
@@BadHorsie1 Nope. Just search youtube for the video "Eddie Van Halen identifies the car engine used in 'Panama'". He says it right there. Lamborghini Miura.
Last year's Barret Jackson auction had a Lamborghini Miura on the block, and all the announcers could talk about was how EVH recorded his Miura revving for the song Panama.
@@BadHorsie1 it was absolutely his 1969 Lamborghini Miura.
@@brettwelcome4842 you're correct. Apologies
The vocal hit at 19:34 is classic Michael Anthony (bass player) backing harmony which is a key part of the Van Halen sound. Check out Feel Your Love Tonight amongst others.
Yeah not enough people realise how much Michael Anthony carried DLRs vocals, especially live.
No...we did not hear the plane in the radio edit. LOL
Also...if you wanna see Diamond Dave at 11 on the dial, you should react to the full video version of Yankee Rose off of his first solo album Eat Em And Smile...with Steve Vai on lead guitar. Fair Warning...pun intended...the song does not start until about halfway through the full video. Oh, and you will fall in love with Steve Vai's guitar playing antics, so be ready for that too. 😁
I always tell people that Eddie had great rymth and timing when he played, but his greatest gift was the ability to make the guitar sound NOTHING like a guitar! He was pure genius. RIP EDDIE.
EVH could swing...Not something everyone realizes...Not as flashy as the solos, but man did it make the grooves....GROOVE.
@@AndrewCCM Indeed. Many of the greatest rock drummers are swing drummers. Ian Paice, Bill Ward, Chad Smith, to name a few. Like you said, it's all about the groove/pocket.
Just for the record, Eddie Van Halen is the Best Guitar Player EVER!! Eddie changed the face of Music when he picked up the Guitar. He cusomized his own Guitars, Pick-ups, Amp's and Revolutionized Guitar Playing. The World will NEVER be the same without Eddie...RIP Eddie...You will NEVER be Forgotten...
"Particularly wild, very theatrical...a certain recklessness that feels like it's almost out of control, but then you realize that it's just extraordinary control that's creating this feeling" - you said it PERFECTLY. This describes Van Halen with David Lee Roth PERFECTLY, and it is what makes them special. IMO they lost that feeling with Sammy Hagar. He's a great vocalist, but with him they're just a great rock band. With DLR they were unique and special.
Exactly right, Howard.
Wow. That's exactly how I feel, I just didn't know how to express it. Love both versions of the band, but the DLR era was out and out fun!
perfectly describes Eddie as a guitarist! that's exactly what his solos sound like to me
@@ata5855 Agree - although I also think he lost a bit of that edge in the Hagar era. Everything sounded more polished and controlled to me, including Eddie’s rhythm and lead work.
And that's what pisses Captain Candyass so much to this day . Hagar can never STFU about how much better he is to Dave . He lies saying the band was more successful with him than David . Yet record sales will always be Dave will always be number one compared to Captain Candyass . Even this video is more memorable than any Van Hagar music video . 1984 is Van Halen @ their best . This video was made cheaply and looks half hand made .
My long time friend Kent Stanton was the one who airbrushed the shirt that DLR was wearing of himself. He threw it up on stage in Biloxi Ms. When they played there. There is several photos of him wearing it at different locations. RIP Kent.
That's really cool. I'm sure he must have been so jazzed to see Dave wearing it 😊
One of, if not the best frontman ever.
The 80s were SUCH a fun time to be alive n young!!
What a riff .. pure Rockn Roll .. Music which just kicks everyones asses .. Ed a genius as always ..
Such a fun band. As always, love your insights and analysis. Can't wait for you to discover some of my favorite singers that you haven't heard yet.
Dave had an uncle who owned a jazz club in NYC so he spent his early years around performers before his father moved them out to California. Once they moved to the Pasadena area, he went to a different high school than the Van Halen brothers, one that was predominately Black and so Dave was a big fan of funk, R&B and disco. Once Dave decided he wanted to be a rock star, he realized he didn't have a great singing voice so he worked hard to improve, which included voice lessons. Those squeals he does at the end of some words was one of his early trademark sounds and is much more prevalent on their first few albums. Those details are all from a book on the early years of Van Halen written by a history professor (and VH fan) called "Van Halen Rising"... worth a look for any fans of the band.
"Cafe Wha?" Is his uncle's place. It's still there.
I was taking a bite of cereal when Elizabeth did that squeal. Let's just say: I'm lucky to be alive.😄
She has her moments where I have to be careful of eating or drinking 😂😂
Great review! I love Van Halen and their music. Fun fact from Professor of Rock best music of 1984 released earlier today - a reporter interviewing David Lee Roth complained that Van Halen never wrote a song about fast cars and women, and Panama was born; written by DLR about a stripper in Arizona and fast cars. The hairdryer sound in the song was made by Eddie Van Halen's exhaust on a 1972 Lamborghini - it was parked outside the 5150 studio with mics positioned to catch it revving up.
As a guy that grew up in the 80s listen to Van Halen and other groups, i can tell you spandex pants were much the rage and almost necessary clothing options. My closest had black t-shirts, leather jackets and spandex all next to each other.
CHEERS from Colorado
My first concert march 7 1984 my ears are still ringing, from the crowd!!
The soundtrack to my Eighties. What. A. Decade. Loved, absolutely loved Van Halen.
Finally! Been a fan of Van Halen since the 80's :-D
EVH is the king of “that’s sounds so cool, how’d he do that” on guitar 😊
The funny thing is a lot of the 'thats cool' moments to non guitar players are usually surprisingly easy. It's the rhythm and swing in his playing that is probably the hardest thing to try to capture.
@@noggintube Eddie is like a Big Band horn section on his rhythm shots!
I watch this, smiling ear to ear . Just a fun song . Makes me really sad that music doesn't have this feeling anymore
Actually knew David Lee Roth's dad in Indianapolis years ago. A fantastic and very good man. And so proud of his son.
His dad a dentist I think
@@tomh5006 Ophthalmologist. Very nice man. Used to hang out at Shapiro's deli all the time. Fantastic food if you're ever in Indy. There's even one in the airport.
@@danielvandersall6756Can confirm, best pastrami ever (according to a former coworker from NYC) and desserts that remind you that life is worth living.
Eddies guitar work reminds you of those carnival rides that fling your around and feel out of control but then he always reins it back in and you realize it was planned all along. The man was a genius. They'll be teaching and talking about him in the future like we do about Mozart.
Hey Elizabeth! I really enjoy your posts/song reviews. Your reactions and facial expressions are fun, addictive, infectious…and caused me to sub your channel. I played in rock bands all my life and there’s no cable as they use wireless signal transmitters and receivers, same as what vocalists use. I used them for years, also used a vocal headset so I wasn’t stuck standing in front of a mic stand and microphone. I even would walk into our audience when my lead guitar parts came up. In the ‘80s/90s my band played this song and I really loved playing guitar on this one. Thank you for all you do.
I saw Dave's Eat 'em and Smile tour in Green Bay. Tesla opened for them, and it was a master class in stage presence and showmanship. Tesla started the show on the front 1/3rd of the stage with black curtains immediately behind their drum riser. With what seemed like 7 guys on stage, staring at their shoes, I hardly remember their act and I really dug several of their songs at the time.
Then, the curtain dropped, and Dave came bounding out with Steve Vai and Billy Shehan and absolutely filled that entire stage with his presence. He didn't let up for a moment the entire set. At one point, he vanished from the stage and appeared in the middle of the arena.
Mr. Big, doing "Addicted to That Rush" has a lot of that same energy....with Sheehan. I saw both bands tour about that time.
I saw that tour in Roanoke, VA but Poison opened and were pretty good.
@ yeah, Tesla got stranded in Green Bay for a while, opening for acts that came through. I would drive by the arena and see “Alice Cooper and Tesla”, “Bon Jovi and Tesla”, “Shrine Circus and Tesla”.
@@CineSoar🤣
Saw them in '81, my first real rock concert, age 16. Perfect. Giant VH lights and DLR jump-splits.
That review was so fun watch, haha! Thank you. 😂 Having loved that song and that band for so long it’s great see a young person enjoy it so much, not to mention nail exactly what’s always been so great about that era of Van Halen. Absolutely great job!
This is my all time fav Van Halen song. What’s more fun than this?!?!?!
The "meows" from Eddie's guitar is a combination of using harmonics with the tremelo. And, yes, Dave is going into a whistle register - it can be heard very distinctly on "Somebody Get Me a Doctor".
plus some wah pedal i think. :)
I went to the 1984 Tour Concert when I was in High School and it was AWESOME!!!
I'm so glad I grew up in this era! Kids today have no idea!
"Dance the night away" should be you next VH song!
Not there Best by a long shot,
Was 13 years old when this came out, you could just hear the energy bursting out listening to it blaring from your buddy's Pinto drinking beers, what a time, what a crazy time, felt like I was 13 going on 21, there was no time to be a kid after this.
Thanks Elizabeth! I was there! Live in 1984! Best rock show of any that I attended. It's great to see how much you enjoy certain songs. Dave had it all, the perfect frontman for a party band. You mention Eddie's tone. His tone was his masterpiece. And the way he played was ingenious. A gifted musician. I also saw them with Hagar. Not the same show of course because they weren't the same band without DLR. RIP Edward VH🙏🏻
Everything about David Lee Roth screamed innuendo! He was such a stage presence. A VH concert with the original lineup back in the early 80's was really special.
Fun fact'...during the bridge section, the car revving noise was actually a recording of Eddie's Lamborghini..
1972 Lambo at that!
Lamborghini Miura - the original supercar.
No plane on the LP, music video only. ALSO, that footage of him being pulled out by the po po is REAL. Ol' Diamond Dave got busted.
I do miss the DLR era of Van Halen. Van Halen needed David Lee Roth more than they thought they did - and rest assured David Lee Roth DEFINITELY needed Van Halen more than HE thought he did. Good times, GREAT MUSIC!!
I think the reason the channel is so popular is because 80% of it is social commentary from Elizabeth, and the remaining 20% is her insightful music/vocal evaluation.
Hey there Charismatic Voice, hi!! Big fan here. Love the content and analysis, its very good!! Also wanna say that you're my favorite red head online!! Keep up the great work. 🤟😎
I saw them on that tour. If you want to know what a Van Halen live show was like with Dave, then this video is it. When I saw them, it was exactly like this right down to the wardrobe, the hair dryer, and swinging on the cable. After this tour, Dave left Van Halen and formed his own band with musicians who were each his equal in flamboyance, stage presence, and energy. Plus they were all monsters on their instruments. If you think this is wild, then nothing will prepare you for the solo David Lee Roth Yankee Rose music video.
I was in that crowd in Providence RI! Remember it like it was yesterday!!!!
ye i remember seeing you there dressed like Diamond Dave.
14:30. The faces you make during guitar solos is always so fun to watch. 😂
At 3:30 regarding your question on how that sound is achieved, it's called "pick harmonics" on guitar. it's using the pick while also half-muting the string to bring out the upper harmonics of the note to get that trademark squeal. Just thought I'd chime in. Love your videos!
it’s a natural harmonic not pinch harmonic btw
My first VH concert 6/30/84 WOOT
omg stop wasting your time with garbage on the radio! the talent is NOT there.
Fort Wayne Indiana?
Saw @ MSG with ZZ Top as the opener. Ole David was sauced and so was I 😮
@pulsarlights2825 Bingo
Thanks again Elizabeth! Great tune, but a song I was sick of hearing back in the day,
but watching you get such a kick out of the video brought it back for me. You are awesome! 🤘👽🪩