Eddie was a true gift from God. What a absolute musical genius. Just set with some headphones on in a quiet room and actually listen to all the stuff that comes from his soul. It is truly amazing. A hundred years from now, some kid will pick up some Van Halen on whatever form they are listening to then and say to himself, "oh my God who is this guy and how did he do that?" Just like I did when I was a kid. R.I.P. Eddie you will be dearly missed.
Nice job 👍 Edwards sense of timing within the intro of that tune ( before Alex goes into straight forward 4/4 beat I think ) is nothing short of brilliant ...his rhythm blows me away ....was just listening to " Simple Rhyme "
some months ago i said to myself "fuck it! gonna try little guitars"! after some weeks trying to shape myself up to play it, i finnaly got it right, and in that first time i got it right, i was crying while playing.. That's how awesome eddie is... he makes people cry with his songs
So true! I don't even play and sometimes when I listen to him play I cry. I've also cried just about every time I saw them live (but I was 14, 15, 16 and 17 years old, so....teen girl tears lol).
I'm a bass player, and kinda can play Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love, and Unchained, and Dance the Night Away (all poorly and wrong) on guitar, but never tried anything real. I saw a video on how to play Runnin' With the Devil, and tried it, and was giddy, giggling how cool it was. I've always loved "Little Guitars" , and now that I see how it's done, I'm gonna try it. I bet I'll be gigglin'. So I totally get what you are saying.
so crazy to listen to this song 100x in the past, but not truly understand how much technique and inventive guitar playing goes into it! Excellent job!
Eddie Van Halen was a great composer. Those of us that lived through this are blessed. Can we all believe he wrote this stuff.....!!?? For me.... Forget about the guitar gymnastics, guitar tone. The pure joy contained within this creation is bliss. One of my fav. VH tunes
stewart keyes Couldn't agree more. Eddie's talked about now mostly for his techno-shredding legacy. But what I always found amazing was the pure happiness that just drips from his tunes. Can't fake that and can't consciously manufacture it. Wonderful.
Yep this was before the robotic highly technical guitar theory came into being. Still EVH was the one who inspired most of the greatest Virtuoso's like Satch. Satch and Vai actually have depth to their music. As opposed to just picking up a guitar and playing some arpeggio's really fast.
SO DARN RIGHT! You summed up in a few lines the true genius of Eddie Van Halen, both a musical and an emotional turning point for so many of us, KUDOS...
stewart keyes saw this (Diver Down) tour, twice as well as Fair Warning (2x's) and 1984 (2x's) pure greatness, seeing Eddie play Mean Streets AND Little Guitars on that miniature Les Paul was incredible, from about 15' away! Memories.
This is easily my favorite VH song period. I've had 40 years to think about it. Why is it so overlooked? This is god tier EVH and it never makes any top 20 list. And this is an excellent cover..
And the fact that Eddie would run around on stage while playing this song literally jumping up and down and sliding across the stage! He was UNREAL!!! I’m sooooo thankful I got to witness his performances live on many occasions. Thanks for the incredible memories Edward!!!!
It is literally impossible to play and/or listen to this song and be in a bad mood afterwards. Great job....Time to go grab some new strings for my dust covered guitar.
r.i.p. EVH. YOU TURNED’EM ALL INTO CLONES WITHOUT EVEN WANTING TO. THATS SOME POWERFUL INFLUENCE. WE’ll FOREVER LOVE YOU ! I KNOW I SURE WILL. goddamn.
This is a primo example of Ed’s genius. His sense of rhythm, phrasing, his songwriting ability. The guy had all bases covered. No weakness anywhere in his craft. - But, you knew that already.
Edward Van Halen is the most influential musician of the last 100 years IMO. I don't think it's close. He was an absolute monster with the IT factor. Many great guitarists out there but this cat is cut from a different cloth. This is 40 years later and we are still mesmerized figuring out his magic. 40 years later I'm still catching things for the first time that slipped my attention before. Every time you think you figured it out you realize there's something else snuck in there that blows you away like it did when you heard the song for the first time.
Came across this video last night while we were all looking for comfort after Eddies passing. Love your playing, and thank you for showing just a little of Ed's genius.
I haven't owned an electric guitar for 20 years even though I've played for the last 30 years. You've totally convinced me that I need to get one again. That was so epic. Thanks. Have a great 2016.
Yeah , Van Halen Sound is DEFINETLEY one of the BEST things in Music , His Guitar Tone /Sound is ...i Have No words ..it goes through your Body and Soul .. I am A BIG Fan , and i Think i Have to Learn this Song RIGHT NOW
His first several albums up til 1984 were my favorite but i love them all to be honest. I know a lot of people are split between before and after but his tone was still pretty damn killer after also. Just a little different is all. What do you expect he grew as technology became more advanced. Every guitar player is always fiddling with their sound.
Gary Schutt, excellent mapping out of an iconic Van Halen song. Actually, I thank you for the mojo you express herein as you also make it 'appear' so easy to play. Kudos!
Awesome "KICK ASS" job of one of my favorite Van Halen songs- "Little Guitars II" Thanks Gary for sharing your great talent You Rock...................!!!!
Just flipping thru and heard you doing this Gary spot on bro I love the melody in this Eddie was king with melodies and chords he played under riffs damn this is a moving song he surely will be missed
I love this song so much, and 9 years after this was posted I finally found the lesson I need to try to take this thing on the right way. Thanks, and you frigging nailed this song!
Killer. One of my favorite EVH riffs ever, so many things going on here and you really nailed the feel, tone, style. Thanks for sharing this Gary, now I can finally attempt to learn this song the "right way" ;)
Great job man, very good playing. It's always nice to see playing EVH's song with this accuracy, with this video details, and understand what it's going on behind a great song and finally realize that Eddie was a genius in technique, rhythmic and melody. Thank you!
Holy crap dude! That was excellent playing and great view of what is actually being played. This has been my favorite song of VH for years and to see you lay it out like that makes me enjoy it even more and your talent is outstanding!
One of the best VH covers on you tube ever! Not gonna lie. Thanks so much for sharing this. We all miss EVH so much. This really helps. More please ! :)
