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Yup! Your generation sucks. Ya'll need to step it up and maybe try to make something at least somewhat cool, maybe? Just a suggestion...... Glad you like the real deal 'tho, there is hope, after all!
Great reaction - now you know exactly how we felt the first time we ever heard Van Halen in 1978. Exactly like that. Our jaws were dropping to the floor. And this is actually off of their very first album that came out almost a decade before this performance. I saw them on that tour when I was in 9th grade and it totally blew my mind. That was a hard rocking show and we were all just so rowdy; people even smuggled bongs in and quarts of whiskey and so forth. It was insane. People were even shooting off bottle rockets. He did Eruption not quite like that but still really long and of course it drove the audience crazy. But it's strange to think I was in a venue that was small by today's standards. I bet the maximum capacity there was about 3,000 people. Maybe 4,000. And to think that all four of them were incredible and now you see what happens when you put them together and why they actually started taking over in the late 70s. And you've got Eddie bringing those chops in every song they did, so now you can see why they packed a wallop. That first album got played constantly all the time and every song on it got time on the radio. To me it's one of the most iconic albums in rock and it's an incredible debut album along with the first Boston album. You could pull any song from it and it would be fire. Check out Ain't Talkin Bout Love and Show Your Love from their first album. The first one is just such a solid song and it was a massive massive radio hit. I heard Show Your Love on the radio a lot too but in that one it's Eddie once again just going insane on those licks and harmonics but the whole song is at an incredible breakneck pace, and the drums are doing a super-fast swing thing that is so driving. And then in the end they even managed to slip in a bit of doo-wop barbershop quartet stuff, laugh. And of course all through the album, David Lee Roth is hilarious but a great singer. Something to be aware of that you could either react to or just check out for your own pleasure, is that on the album, this Eruption guitar solo is pretty short, like maybe two minutes or something and then it leads directly into their cover of The Kinks song, Girl You Really Got Me Now. This too was a massive radio hit and they almost always played them back-to-back together. And because Eruption is so short and the main song isn't all that long, it works really really well. But for those of us used to hearing Eruption on the album, It's unthinkable not to hear Girl You Really Got Me immediately on its heels! The guitar solo sets it up just perfectly.
The song you're referring to is actually titled "I'm The one"...but yeah...the entire album is a hit...filled with top notch, kick ass southern California party rock...and as you mentioned, that and Boston's first, self-titled record are two of the greatest debut rock albums of all time...not a single wasted note!
Thanks for not talking through the whole video. I’ve been a Van Halen fan since about 1979. Eddie was a virtuoso player, musical genius and a bona fide innovator. A once in a lifetime talent. We miss you, Ed. RIP 😔
he wasn't showing off he was just playing his guitar, it is beautiful to watch a guy enjoying playing the guitar so much. When EVH played his guitar the guitar was having a party
I'm an old fart, saw these guys live a bunch of times in the 80s and 90s. It just kinda blows my mind that anyone, of any age could not already know that Eddie is the king of guitar
Lol, I'm an older fart. Grew up with these guys in socal. Saw them play a backyard party before they were anything. I was sold. Eddie is the GOAT. RIP Eddie.
One thing I've noticed about this performamce is that when we listen to what Eddie plays, the harmonies he uses aren't always discernable or easy to predict like most songs we hear regardless of genre. There is an obvious classical influence in his solo, but a lot of it just seems to flow freely and the harmonies are not what we would normally expect, almost verging on strange or dislikeable (some other reactors have mentionned this) only to then be perfectly wrapped up and start to make sense as he continues; they seem to be a completely free flow of musicality from Eddie's mind without any other influence which is very interesting. And we see how connected he is with his sound as whenever he manipulates a screaming sound from his guitar, he opens his mouth as if screaming himself, as he uses the guitar as his voice in a giant display of a plethora of sound and texture. It's by far one of the best examples of pure and natural musicality I believe I will ever see in my lifetime and it's a privilege to witness someone so connected to their craft. RIP Eddie.
Eddie was one of a kind... there will never be another player like him again...his originality, his virtuosity, his rhythm playing and sense of groove... his ability with guitar and amp manufacturing... forget it... he completely changed the every aspect of what modern guitar playing is on it's best day. I feel bad for people too young to have seen him live especially back in the day... he was the greatest.
You have absolutely nailed it. Uber talented musicians delivering the TRUTH versus nitwits with computers delivering clap loops, drum machine nonsense that sounds nothing like drums, synth everything from the internet, manipulated robotic vocals, and all the rest. Your assignment is to spread the word!
I never get tired of watching people react to this video. Your reaction was great! Eddie Van Halen was really that good. May he rest in peace. I love how he appears to really enjoy himself while doing what he does.
It was a joy to watch you with your mouth wide open, eyes as big as saucers and a look of disbelief! Eddie liked to discover what he could make the guitar do. He wasn't necessarily the fastest....Engwie Malmsteen is probably faster....but Eddie had speed with technical prowess and the most innovation since Jimmy Hendrix! I always say this: "I've seen them 3 times and it wasn't enough!"......and I never get tired of watching new people react to this!
Eddie took over the guitar world almost a decade before this concert. In 1978, Van Halen's first album came out, and it was amazing. There was an intro to one of their songs that was a guitar solo named Eruption, and no one had heard anything like it. Later, his guitar solo in concerts became known as eruption.
The beginning where he's sitting down is called 316 and he used to play it on a acoustic guitar that was laying on his wifes stomach while she was pregnant with their son. after that is the beginning of Eruption and then when the lights turn blue it's a song called Cathedral from the Diver Down album and then he plays a variation of the opening to Mean Street off of the Fair Warning album and then finishes it off with the rest of Eruption...Had the Great fortune to see Van Halen live 16 times and they were some of the Greatest nights of my life...
When he feathers the E string I didn't know a guitar could go that high and when Sammy reintroduces him he actually bends it into an even higher run! Incredible and unique and self tought!!! Cool reaction. You should check out Australian country singer Kasey Chambers cover of Lose Yourself by MnM! It will blow your mind!!!
And we shall never see his likes again! I got to see them...and was no further than about 25-30 feet from him on stage do this with a variation. Fantastic show!
Great reaction 👏. I grew up with these guys in socal. Saw them play before they ever got a record contract or open for anyone and I was sold. Eddie grew up with classical music hence the part where he makes the guitar sound like a violin and a cello. He didn't invent finger tapping but he mastered it! I have mad respect for Jimmy and Stevie but you just watched the greatest Rock and Roll guitar player that's ever lived! RIP Eddie ❤. They'll never be another.
I was there both nights when this was filmed at New Haven Collisium (CT). I am still in awe! I remember my friend's boyfriend Richie dragging us to his house to listen to Van Halen the first time after he bought the Album....we honestly had never heard anything like it. We knew it was something special.
And that cigarette blowing off the top of that guitar. That was more mind boggling for me the first time I saw this video years ago. Amazing piece by Eddie. Even if you never heard his name you knew this song...
@@Rockmusicpodcast Please check out the link I also sent you I promise your mind will be blown I’m just an old audio engineer and I guarantee you will be in awe another great if it had strings Roy Clark could play it
I have seen the band live a few times. Second row. Amazing to hear the crowd yelling and screaming, cheering. Notice how the entire audience went dead silent when he began to play. For me that says it all. Oh yeah we got a pick thrown into the audience too. Fringe benefit.
The band that saved rock music from disco damnation. When Van Halen debuted in 1978, Eddie Van Halen introduced his finger tapping style of guitar playing to the world and influenced a whole generation to a new style of rock music. One of the dirtiest sounding tracks for me is Mean Street.
Too bad Roy didn't introduce this style to the hard rock genre, Dimebag Darrell from Pantera could have been buried with his banjo. Eddie still holds this spot.
Les Paul used to sweep pick his guitar. I'm 60 yrs old, I heard Eruption when it came out. I was a freshman in high school. I agree that Van Halen is what ended Disco music.
EVH changed everything when he blasted on to the scene. Everybody was in complete shock. This was not Hendrix raising the bar to much higher levels - no this was putting the electric guitar in another galaxy!!!! There will never be anybody like him again - EVER. On top of that just about every song of Van Halen is a BANGER - that is so weird in itself!!! They had the greatest guitarist - the Greatest Front Man ever - best back ground vocals and on and on. There will never again be a band like the Mighty Van Halen!!!! Check out their music - Check out that 1st Album Brother!!! You will be BLOWN AWAY!
Lol, just starting your Rock n Roll journey and already hit the Pinnacle! RIP EVH, greatest Guitarist ever! Its was a spectacle seeing Eddie doing this 3 times live...
I saw them in New Orleans in '79, at the Day Of Rock And Roll. Boston, Heart, Van Halen, Blue Oyster Cult, Sammy Hagar, Nazareth. Eddie was on top of a stack of speakers, with a spotlight on Him, He played the original "Eruption" then somehow, "pogo stick" maybe, immediately He was down on stage, playing the opening riff to "You Really Got Me"
EVH wrote the soundtrack to the best times of my life. First saw him at the US festival in 83 when I was 15. I’ve wrestled with the fact that I cried more when he passed then I did when my father died and my father and I were close. Rip king Edward.
Eddie was the first at many new things and a true legend . I was lucky enough to catch Van Halen twice live in the 80,s and they were SO good ! Just awesome to see young people discover this man and his many talents .. RIP Eddie you will be missed Sir ! Great reaction ! * Interesting side note , i came across a video here on you tube of Eddies Father playing what i think was a Ukulele and don't you know he was doing hammer ons as well ..
That was in New Haven Connecticut, i was there. They played 3 nights in the Northeast, my wife and i saw em' all. Saw them 19 times, every tour up to and including A different kind of truth tour w/DLR and Wolf on bass.
Eddie was one of the best for sure. Check out Prince doing his Super Bowl halftime show if you haven't. That was amazing! Keep up the reactions. Love them
I strongly believe Eddie was sent back to our time by aliens to mess with our brains. He was light years before anyone on guitar. RIP EVH. You are sorely missed.
I remember the first time the world was privileged to hear the master play it!!!! Another guitarist you might want to check out is Randy Rhoads...Ozzy Osbourne's guitarist
The first time I saw Eddie was when the Van Halen Monsters of Rock tour came to Spokane Washington, on July 20th, 1988. Kingdom Come, Metallica, Dokken, Scorpions and Van Halen headlining. It was awesome, and it was my first major rock concert and I still remember Eddie’s guitar solo from that show. Eddie was an innovator and extremely talented. RIP Eddie
He made his guitar sound like a cello,he is the greatest!!! I saw them live in 1984 with David Lee Roth,great concert!He played a version of Eruption then,about 5 or 6 minutes,nothing like this one! He continued to evolve,and this was the result,Awesome!!! RIP Eddie Van Halen,you left us too young but the music will always live on!!!!!!!
Your summation is spot-on. Let me interject, the biggest difference between Rock and Rap for instance is that rock offers instrumentation that continues to sing and speak where the vocalist stops. And in rap music, well simply put they just sample the best parts of all the rock songs to put in their own music, that should tell you something. 🤟
I got to see him play this live. He is our generations Motzart. They will be playing his stuff and talking about him for hundreds of years. He has become his own standard. People don't say "search engine" they say "google it". they don't say "facial tissue" they say "kleenex". From now on when people think "guitar god" they will say "Eddie Van Halen".
I started throwing peanuts at the screen trying to get them in your mouth it was hanging open in shock so long. Easily the best guitar solo in history. Great review.
I was born in 1970 and right around 79/80 my face was melted for the first time just like you. In 1989 at 19 Yo I got to see this exact tour and see Eddie do this live in person. Getting goosebumps just thinking about how lucky I was to see him in his prime. PINCH ME! 🙏🏼 THE GOAT!!!!!!!!
Let me tell you, it was even more impressive (and phucking LOUD) sitting 8th row center stage on the floor. I was at this show at the New Haven Coliseum on August 27, 1986. The smoke from Eddie’s constant cigarettes was nothing compared to the pot smoke in that place. Most of this concert was released on VHS and later on DVD, although it’s not the entire concert. This tour was a huge deal because everyone wondered what Van Halen would be like live without David Lee Roth, and they were incredible. I’d seen them on every tour with Roth, and it was very obvious that Eddie, Alex & Michael were having a lot more fun with Sammy Hagar. It also helped the sound of the band that Sammy was a great guitarist too, not as good as Eddie of course, but he was quite good.
OMG their concerts were so loud, you ain't exaggerating! I saw them once with Roth and once with Hagar, both were the same. Sometimes it would take me a while to figure out what they were playing lol. But I wouldn't have missed it. ( I saw them in New Haven with Hagar in the '90s, and that place was notorious for bad acoustics.)
@@k_salter The acoustics at New Haven coliseum were bad if you were up in the aisles, but on the floor it was right in your face. The Van Halen show was extremely loud, but it was crystal clear. I also saw the Scorpions there in 1985 and it was extremely loud but there was so much bass that you could hear the vocals. I was at the 1983 US Festival in California, and even though it was outdoors, Van Halen was still ridiculously loud, even louder than Judas Priest or Ozzy. The loudest show I ever saw Deep Purple at Madison Square Garden in 1984, I had to read lips the rest of the night after leaving that show, and the next day all I could hear was a loud high pitched screaming sound that was continuous. I’m sure there are a lot of musicians who have severe hearing loss, unless they have been wearing the best ear plugs for decades they must have trouble hearing.
Eddie is simply the best man. Really he is crazy. You gave him the greatest compliment What????!!!! Yeah man. You have a great smile. Just sayin'. I am with you man, Eddie is a freak of nature.
Glen Campbell is next when you are talking phenomenal!! Glen was ahead of him age and career. He also was from the wrecking crew( look up on utube for the info and videos( put in his name) he was put in the country western type singer after he started his solo career. Had his own variety show( 70s) amazing guitarist. And this was said by the great guitarists who just played and did not sing. Eddie would call him if he got stuck on how to play something. . He was not flashy at all. Very humble guy. RiP Glen we ,it's you. I grew up on his career. He even taught himself how to play the bagpipes extremely well. Even if you do this on your own no. Live rabbit hole. So worth it for all round talent...
Pretty good for a kid who came to America after WWII, and couldn't speak English his family came to California. He was a classically trained pianist and never learned to read music. Built his own guitars because he couldn't afford a good one
There are absolutely unique individuals that carry through human history....king lionidis,William Wallace, Leonardo da Vinci,Albert Einstein and then came EDDIE VAN HALEN.the only guitarist I know that can take feedback and play a tune out it,that's when he's using the volume control to make it sound like a cello.
I wish that back then I was more appreciative of the shows I saw, and the thousands of incredible shows I didn't but were everywhere. I didn't think great bands would ever go from so many of them to very few great bands. The only good concerts for me nowadays are the older bands from the 80s and 70s. And unfortunately, no one is immortal. We're losing more and more of them every day. RIP The Great Edward Van Halen
@@Rockmusicpodcast You're right about that but it also means that I'm gonna be dead a lot sooner...so I guess we're even. 😂 But I'm so happy to be witnessing the passing of the torch yet again. I was born in the late 60s so all that great music had to be passed to my generation, and on it goes. So glad you're on board with us. Maybe you'll pick up a guitar and change the world one day like Eddie did. You sure have the hair! 🤘🏻🤘🏻Rock on brother 🤘🏻🤘🏻
Hi! Since you're taking a look at some great musicians, you should listen to the "greatest guitarist no one knows"-the legendary Rory Gallagher. Rory is held in high esteem by many musicians (Slash, Brian May, the Edge)and was courted by the Rolling Stones. Take a listen to "Tatoo'd Lady" from the 1979 Rockpalast performance. Incidentally, if you start down the rabbit hole of watching Rory's incredible live performances, you'll see he used tapping back in the early '70s.
King Edward reignited hard rock music and was the iconic player who inspired millions. At their best, I have yet to see a better hard rock concert than Van Halen and they had to prove their rightful place in 1983 when they headlined the US Festival with rock's biggest rock/metal acts in front of over 300K. So glad you could appreciate Eddie's mastery. He is greatly missed!
Eddie was a phenomenal guitar player, when he came onto the LA scene he blew away all the other so called “great” guitarists. He raised the bar ten levels!! My guitar teacher loves his style. If you like shredding, I highly suggest you watch Nita Strauss 2 videos/songs Dead Inside and the Wolf You Feed. I’m positive you and your Mom will be impressed by her guitar playing 😊 👍. She is considered one of the best female guitarists today. Check them out!!
Brings me back to freshman year, English class & oral presentations. The chick before me did hers on the temperature of fruits, wtf? lol so I had lost the crowd. Proud me, i bring in & hang a giant poster of Van Halen, boombox planted on teacher's desk &my presentation went on for about 17 mins til the teacher cut me off lol We were rocking & thanks to Cream magazine, I could answer any question like a boss😎 I got an A- (she said the minus was for the fact I made EVERYTHING about rock music)... like that's a bad thing lol Although I do admit in Shop class, everything I made had a Stones tongue hahaa I recently went to carnival & won a giant inflatable guitar in red, so took it home and taped it up to look like Eddie's & it's proudly displayed in my "lady lair" ❤ Just loved this reaction, your face was much like mine the first time I ever heard them!! Keep rockin!!❤✌🤘
So this is awesome of course but it's really kind of a montage based on the original Eruption from the debut album . You have to find that, make sure it's not re-mastered or altered, just the original recording . Put on high quality headphones and hit play. It's not just the playing and writing , it's also the SOUND. It was very very deliberate and Eddie was absolutely hands on in creating it. You can hear the amps, the room , and it's just the basic tracks not dozens of overdubs and studio trickery .
I recommend checking out Iron Maiden. Start with Hallowed be thy Name - live at Hammersmith 1982; Rime of the Ancient Mariner - Live Flight 666 DVD 2009; Fear of the Dark - Live Rock in Rio 2002. You won't regret it.
