What Makes This Song Great? "Runnin' with the Devil" VAN HALEN
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- On Episode 22 of "What Makes This Song Great?" we explore the music of Van Halen.
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It’s nice to hear someone give Dave the credit he deserves, I’m tired of hearing people say he was a crummy singer, he was amazing and essential!
Yep, and any idiots who say, "Dave was never a great live singer" obviously have never heard the band on those first four tours or are choosing to ignore what Dave did those early tours and are just cherry picking what he did the final two VH tours when he was around 60 years old.
His isolated vocals both make me chuckle and totally agree with you sadas fasfsaf!!
No David Lee Roth no Van Halen. That’s a Rock and Roll fact, kids.
I once asked Ronnie Montrose, back in the mid 1980's, for advice on making it in the misic biz. I said, " What do you recommend for a guy who will never be as good as Eddie Van Halen?" His response, very matter-of-factly: "Eddie didn't get that band signed. Roth did. Good guitar players are a dime a dozen. Get a good front man."
Agree
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Agree
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Rip Eddie, never has such a guitarist inspired so many people around the world, even with just one song, you will be missed
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@Richard Abbott None of them invented any device for guitar, EVH had three patents (just sayin')...Not only a game changer in terms of guitar playing but someone curious enough to innovate in terms of gear.
I grew up with Van Halen. You will be missed
@@StallionStudios1234 oh so no John frusciante then
@@StallionStudios1234 true
Michael Anthony is the most recognizable and pleasurable background vocal in rock. Plus he’s a great guy by all accounts.
Seen them 3 times and he never gets enough credit for his vocals!!
Sitting here after hearing of Eddie's death. Hard to believe we will never hear him play again.
Oh boy. Eddie's runnin with the devil. Is God head banging?
TheABLAZN Same man :(
You'll have a whole library of legacy recordings to listen to over and over...that should ease the pain.
@@frankbarnwell____ Eddie Is God
It happened even I don't want it.
Not only there couldn't be no Van Halen with out Diamon Dave but also the Legendary bass player Michael Anthony and his backup voice!🎸🎤
Roth was an amazing singer. Those iconic screams and yelps were incredible. He also had a cool, unique voice with good vibrato.
Besides being a great bass player, Michael Anthony's voice was an integral part of the Van Halen sound.
I saw VH in 2012 with Wolfie on bass. He did fine with the bass parts, but the backing vocals just didn't sound right.
Perfect backup harmonies
10-4
While Dave may have been the Screamer in studio; it appears that Michael does a LOT of it when they played live.
DinsdalePiranha67 Wolfie just can’t sing high notes. The new band is basically just two Eddie’s singing backing vocals.
Michael Anthony never gets credit for his vocal contribution to Van Halen. Sad actually, because without him Van Halen really don't have that sound even with David Lee Roth back in the band.
So, I’m 48 yrs old. I’ve heard that song 10,000 times. Gotta admit, you kinda reintroduced me to that song. I’ll listen in a new way next time I hear it. Thanks man.
Listen to the Dave isolated vocal, found here on TH-cam, it gives you a whole new set of ears.
@@tednugentlives goddamnitbabyiaintlyintoyayouknowimonlygunnatellyouonetime......ooooooyeah
Same here Saracino
I'm with you man, Rick Beato has made me reevaluate so many songs! Remarkable content!
That's exactly why I subbed Rick. He shines a new light on songs that you have heard dozens of times or more and makes you want to listen to them with a different perspective.
In his younger days, Dave's voice was absolutely incredible. I sure am glad I was part of the later 70's and 80's music., best years rock music. What an era for music!
Eddie is eternal. He will never die as long as there are people remembering him. I bet you in a few years from now he will be held in the same respect as we hold Bach, Beethoven, Mozart... not only he revolutionized the guitar, but he revolutionized music as a whole. RIP Eddie Van Halen.
So fortunate to have seen him live. RIP EVH.
And he enriched our lives by doing so.
RIP Mr Edward Van Halen.
May he Rock In Peace 😢♥️🎸✌️🎶
He had the gift of composition and unique style, same as the other musical giants, for sure.
@John Miller He wasn't trained. He played played simply by ear.
@@cfx5000 He was "trained" so to speak, had tons of lessons on the piano, but could never learn how to read music. He watched his instructors fingers on the piano & listened with his incredible ear. He won several piano contests in his youth. However, he was absolutely self taught on all the other instruments he played. Simply amazing! 💗🎶
Years late for this one, but I just want to say that part of the Van Halen magic was because not all of the players tried to lead the songs. Bass and drums are powerful but both are stay at home players providing an incredibly tight, deep, and complete support for the song so that there was place for Eddie and DLR to stand out. Even then, Eddie knew instinctively just how far to back down to create the space for the vocals and the vocal parts, and the vocal harmonies provide the support for DLR screaming and going over the top - while turning around and leaving plenty of space for Eddie to run the show at other parts of the song. The true power comes from the players doing their parts without being selfish, giving the space to others, and that drove the band for the first 3 or 4 albums solidly.
You can tell that they were a band that toured and played a LOT before even dreaming of getting into a studio and recording something. EVERYTHING is in the pocket, they play tight as concrete, yet the dynamic and the feel is outstanding! And then you play the whole Sh*t TOGETHER in the studio! You've got all those bleeds testifying it! Such a great band! Rest in Peace, Ed! Thank you for lifetime inspiration and making me wanting to play a guitar at the age of 15!
Hearing Rick break down these iconic songs into their components and watching him enjoy playing the parts back is like seeing a master sommelier: explaining the theory, swirling the wine in its glass, drinking it, enjoying it as one of life’s pleasures and telling you what he feels.
Perfect, poetic analogy!
It’s nice to hear someone give Dave the credit he deserves, I’m tired of hearing people say he was a crummy singer, he was amazing and essential!
Absolutely
Truly excellent analogy!!
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Runnin with the Devil has always been my favorite Van Halen song and always takes me back to walking out of "The Music Store" our record shop when I first heard the intro. I was in 9th grade with my buddy Randy. We both turned around and asked the guy behind the counter who it was. We went home to scrounge up $7.95 to get that album. Agreed on joint custody and split the cost. Took it home and immediately copied it to, two cassettes and put it in the record archive for safe keeping. This is one of those times when I heard something I had never heard before.
I was in a Peaches Record Store in Tulsa OK and that intro came on the store's sound system. Everyone in the store stopped whatever they were doing and started looking around. NO ONE had ever heard anything like it. Total game changer.
Blows my freaking mind how good Mike and Alex sound even before Eddie kicks in with his magic. The isolated recording of Dave singing is amazing. Everyone is perfect here!
Love that you said, "I could have picked any song off the first four albums." I would 100 percent agree with that. The first album I ever bought was Fair warning, I think I was 13. Ten trillion years later and I still love that album.
Fair Warning kicks A$$. VH first album was my second record purchase at teh ripe age of 12. That album changed the discussion when it came to Rock at that time.
Absolutely right about Michael Anthony. His backup vocals alone are an important part of Van Halen, but the opening of this song set the standard for 80's basslines.
So he killed the bass?
Michael Anthony's bass parts are not busy, but they're really in the pocket. Until I played a lot of bass I didn't really respect how much work that is. Bass is an instrument defined even more by what you don't play as what you do.
Nothing wrong with pocket bass players. More of a dig at the fashion over function bass players that seemed to proliferate in the 80's, especially in the LA hair band, and New Wave/Synth Band scenes. Your average bass players from the 60's and 70's seemed to really know their way around the neck, compared to players from the 80's, and even the 90's. I guess that's probably a pretty direct result of MTV, and marketing style over substance. I recall myself not getting prenty of gigs because I didn't look right for the band/music.
No argument that rock basslines got way simpler in that era. I'm not quite sure why, although there were some groups of the era that had more active bassists. It's kind of funny because at the same time funk and disco players were really making bass go a lot more complicated. Listen to, oh, Janice Marie Johnson's line from "Boogie Oogie Oogie" also from 1978 just as an example.
I like some more movement and generally prefer bassists who were able to put more in their songs, although there's definitely a sweet spot in a particular band. I am more of a minimal player than some folks I used to play with and other folks often preferred that to busier bass. I suspect it's more that I was good at locking in with the drummer, which is, after all, the bassist's primary job.
In the case of "Running With the Devil" the pedal point line was really great. It adds a subtle tension to the tune.
So let me just clarify that I love Michael Anthony's bass playing. "Ice Cream Man"? He's got it. "Girl Gone Bad"? No problem.
Thank you so much for appreciating Michael Anthony. A Bass line is like woman's make up, the better it fits, the less you notice that. Being so rhythmic AND solid AND pushing AND doing backing vocals as he did, all at the same time ain't that easy.
Enri Gladstone I'm a year late, but great analogy between makeup and good basslines! Good on you!
A bassist is like a football referee. The less you notice them the better they are doing their job.
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Amazing bass playing?
He’s even a better singer
Very underrated
Truth. He was the glue on the binding of the book. The grammar was Alex, the fancy language and flourishes were Eddie, and the story and content were Dave, Sammy, And Gary. I include Wolfgang here, he is due. Amazing binding to an established band.
The mighty VH.... The reason I play guitar in the first place. I was fortunate to have been there when it came out and we all immediately shook our heads in utter astonishment. Guitar took this great leap forward. The party was on.
Michael Anthony does the best background vocals, often overlooked element of Van Halens sound
Saw them for the VHIII tour and Michael sang lead for the DLR & Sammy Hagar songs and totally killed them. He was awesome.
@@JDWDMC really?? he didn't sing for Sammy tunes or DLR tunes except Somebody get me a doctor. I saw the show twice and numerous videos from the tour.
@@me-bk9er This was NZ right at the end of the tour and Gary Cherone was on stage for about 20 minutes total. Things were obviously not going well.
@@JDWDMC jeez..I wish I could've been there
You are 100%
This song and album was like an invasion of ROCK at a time when bell bottoms and Disco were about to be pushed the F out - the feel of the drums bass and EVHs iconic guitar sound was like a marching army assault feel - thank God I got to enjoy VH in its prime and see so many of the tours - legends !!!!
Van Halen single handedly saved Rock N Roll for me! I was a huge Kiss fan, until I heard Van Halen 1, loved everything about that record from the car horns on! Van Halen first record that's all it took, instantly hooked me, Kiss who? I liked Kiss for a time when I was young, then I heard Eddie's playing and that was a game changer. Eddie, and Van Halen as a whole was Everything to me from that point on. Van Halen was literally the soundtrack to my entire life, I've never ever not loved, nor have I ever stopped listening to Van Halen since I was 11 years old, and I'm 53 now. It hurts my heart to hear of my Icons passing, knowing I'll never have the privilege of seeing him live again. I am like an 11 year old kid all over again whenever I hear Van Halen 1. I've seen them live more than any other band, will never forget how blown away I always left a Van Halen live show. Peace be thine Edward Van Halen, you lived an incredible life, inspired many kids like me to play guitar, and provided us the soundtrack to our lives!
I have so much more respect now after hearing Ed's tone and rhythm playing isolated. He is truly a real musician. Will there ever be another recording done so organically like this one these days? I can only hope.
This brings back memories. My friends and I were leaving work, and one of my friends had just bought a really nice new car stereo. This album had just come out, but I had not heard it yet. We all sat down in his car to listen to the stereo, and this is the song that he played first. With the surround sound of the four speakers, and the totally unique sound of the band, I was blown away. It gave me goose bumps. Lol!
the sound for most this album (and this song) is actually from an Ibanez 2459 Korina Destroyer that he later ruined when he turned it into The Shark..he didnt use the Frankenstrat on this song. I got to see the very first show they did under contract with WB...1978 at the Aragon Ballroom.He hadnt modded the Ibanez yet and his Strat was actually white then. They opened for Montrose and Journey. My dad began to cry during Eruption. Neal Schon was freaking out too
Many thanks for your memories
My brother was fortunate enough to see Van Halen on their first outing n the UK in '78 supporting Black Sabbath. He always said it was the only time he ever saw Sabbath blown off stage. Not because it was the Never Say Die Tour or anything like that. Just that Van Halen, relatively unknowns, stepped on stage and stole the show with a killer performance. Wished I was there for that one. RIP Eddie.
@@MinestroneOfSound I saw them on the same tour in the states and I concur. They were young and hungry.
I've also read that the opening behind the nut strum is actually a behind the bridge strum on that destroyer.
Here's the kicker about The Frankenstrat Bumblebee. When Dimebag Darrell was murdered on stage, Eddie Van Halen went to the funeral.
Eddie took his original Bumblebee guitar and had it buried with Dimebag in his casket.
"An original deserves an original." He said, after having only met the guy 2 weeks prior. Stand up guy if there every was one.
What a beautiful thing to do to show your love and admiration.
True story
Pure Class dime had that falling down the stairs and landing in your feet thing as well. Dime was our van halen for my generation.
Dimebag was buried in a Kiss coffin.
RIP EVH you will be missed !! I was 12 when I became a VH fan I’m so bummed that I’ll never get to see EVH play live again.. TY Ed for the great memories..
And this is why I tease my more jazz-oriented friends by saying ”Van Halen is my favorite jazz-quartet”
Swing Quartet.
CoyoteFH they are my favorite barbershop quartet
@@kdehavenmusic Bumbadeeda bumbadeeda
"Without Dave, there is no Van Halen." A truer comment was never said. Like it or not, he was a crucial part of that mix! First band I ever saw live and Dave hooked me with the big, blue guitar intro in the spotlight for "Ice Cream Man".
AGREED! I have been saying this my whole life... and 'been laughed at and ridiculed. I feel SO vindicated... AND who is going to be ignorant enough to argue with Rick Beato?
DLR wrote all the vh lyrics to all the songs we LOVE! Without his voice, delivery&lyrics those songs would be dead. EACH original vh member was CRUCIAL&CRITICAL TO EACH SONG!
Truth
In 1978 I was 11 years old. One day my friend's older brother brought home a record by this new group Van Halen. This was the first song I heard. Stunning. 40+ years later this record is still amazing. Thanks for the breakdown Rick
RIP Eddie..!! Thank you for the fun times down at Cabo Wabo with Sammy !!! Great memories for the rest of my life..!!
I remember when this album came out. It was like a lightning bolt. Every song on it is good but several are great. And Running With the Devil is brilliant.
For me it was Atomic Punk. OMG did I bang the hell out of that track!
I really think Eddie's sound is the apex of "heavy" saturated guitar. I remember the first time I heard Unchained. WOW, my head almost exploded! The cool thing about the whole thing is that Eddie had his tone from the get go. He didn't have to come into his own, he already had it.
Yeah I feel the same way about "Unchained." That song is ridiculous.
He likely came into his own before the 1st record was made
DLR is an underappreciated singer. I always liked his vibrato!
Besides all the theory you discuss, your most important comment was, “These are guys that play with feel.” I’ve played drums for about 40 years, and Alex’s parts are some of the most difficult to get right because of his unique feel and sense of rhythm. He’s not one of the 230BPM metronomes that permeate the industry. He’s a guy that knows the space between notes is just as important as the notes themselves, like Gene Krupa did.
Actually he plays more like a Heavy version of Clyde Stubbefield who was James Brown’s drummer.. listen to ‘The Payback’ and you’ll find the origin of the beat in ‘Runnin with the devil’.
origin of the beat/feel*
I am 15 and have been playing guitar for three years, for the first 2 I didn't really have any goals of tunes to play as such so I didn't practice that often, until about a year ago I heard Panama for the first time and heard the squawk of the harmonics and as soon as I got home I googled who was Van Halen's guitarist and up came Eddie Van Halen. 15 minutes later I was sitting staring at my screen after watching the 1986 live Eruption, just absolutely enraptured by his playing. From the guitar slapping from the Fair Warning to the melody of 316, this man was who I inspired to be. Watching his interviews and learning how he thought was unreal, how he didn't know any of the guitars rules, so I started making tunes of my own, with their own sound. I had just finished learning the intro to Mean Street before going to bed the other night, wishing I could just meet Eddie one day. When I heard the news of his passing, I just thought man, I'll never he this man play in the flesh, and he will never play anything new again. RIP to one of the greatest guitarists ever.
Heroes are remembered, but legends never die.
@Mike Davis...Well said! Not enough gets spoken about Alex's massive talent.
Oh that was fun!
Van Halen came along and just DESTROYED all of us high school musicians. We were stunned to hear this record starting of course with this song. I remember marveling at how in tune eddie played this song.
Yep- I thought about hanging it up when I first heard Eddie.
Eddie Van Halen brought a great, unique sound and talent to guitar playing. Those first 4 albums are amazing!!!!!
the first 6 matter of fact. Although Diver Down has some covers. There are a few killer originals on it.
Diver Down is actually a great record I don’t know wtf some people’s problem is
"I pretty much could have picked any song off the first four records." Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner!!!
Rick, I had to come and watch both this and ep#62 tonight. Eddie has passed away from cancer, and it only seemed right to listen, watch and enjoy everything that made him an icon. Even my father was touched by his death saying "every time you call me I'll hear him play!" My ringtone on Mom & Dad's phones are Right Now and Eruption.
Michael Anthony was the metronome for VH, an underrated bass player
Dave Lee Roth's vocals are always great to listen to in isolation, I love the part in "Dance the Night Away" where you hear him try not to laugh on that high bit "from ACROSS the room".
Oisin McPhillips "...yes its love in the third degree"
MY FAVOURITE TRACK!!
By the picture I thought this was gonna be a song from Women and Children First.
Same on Bottoms Up! It was all so loose and it is part of what makes the band so much fun to listen to.
it's a deliberate affectation
Whenever I have a really hard work day or my ole lady is being crazy, I just find a Rick Beato video to cheer me up
Rick, I'm thankful for your takes on Van Halen. You're helping us get through this loss and enhancing his legacy. We will never hear a sound like his again.
I remember this well, Im 4 yrs younger than you, and Van Halen "Van Halen" was a life changer as far as music went
like the first time hearing Jimi Hendrix, when I heard Eruption for the first time it was a WTF is that moment
Runnin’ with Be-a-toooooooooooo!
Dunt dunt duhh-nunt dunt duhh !
I was young and didn't know "you really got me" was a cover song. Then I discovered the Kinks and was absorbed into that. Love Van Halen harmonizing. Van Halen was always on the radio in 1980s southern CA.
This is my new favorite series on TH-cam for a whole lot of reasons!
I thought a ufo was landing in my back yard the first time I heard Runnin with the devil....and that riff might be the best ever!
Hahahaha me too!
In college, I took a basic music theory class. I've learned more from watching Rick's videos than that class.
I did three years of music at uni, Rick is a better teaching than any of my composition professors were.
As you said, it was basics. Don't be surprised
Probably because you're not hungover when you watch Rick's videos.
College is not, and never has been the only way to acquire knowledge. They just found a way to slap a price tag on it.
It hurts me to watch how easily he can do Eddie's riffs and solos. Respect.
Rick’s a stellar musician (and multi-instrumentalist)-although I must say that the musicianship on this particular track was fairly basic-including Eddie’s solo here. His tone was completely unique and novel on this one; it was a great opening track to establish Eddie’s sound (and Dave’s). But no one could have been prepared for what was to come on Eddie’s guitar after this track finished-the rest of the album was guitar insanity at that time. Many of his techniques had been around before this album, but nobody before him played them so effortlessly, with so much speed, intricacy, and pure fun. He made it look and sound so easy. Plenty of guitarists to come took off from his influence to play with even more intricacy and bravura technique-which is just a testament to how many people Eddie inspired to pick up the guitar.
David's voice is phenomenal right off the bat....perfect throughout!
Another one of my very favorite bands. I once met Michael Anthony in L.A., in 1985 when I was in the Air Force. At a resturaunt..., The Black Whale. That's my Michael Anthony story. Thanks for what you do Rick B.
Damn. You've turned Nostalgia up to 11 on this one. Love it.
Brings me back to 1978- my first year in a college dorm. A few guys spent $1,000 plus for powerful stereos to blast songs like this one. The trend toward using headphones to not piss off the Jebus freaks down the hall or on a floor above or below came later.
I'm not a musician but I love Rock n roll and heavy metal. You've helped take my love a step further as now I'm fascinated by the breakdowns and mechanics of the songs. I'm a new big fan over your channel and share every video with my heavy metal guitar playing son. He grew up in a household of 80's metal.
I remember an interview, I believe it was with Neal Schon and he was playing a festival back in 1979 and he made the comment about Eddie that all the other bands who were there were saying "...who is this guy?" and "...I am just glad I don't have to follow them as the next band when they're done..." or something to that effect. Van Halen and Eddie was just so radical and unprecedented back then
Damn Rick, this was F'ng phenomenal.... Felt like I was sitting across from an ol' buddy (albeit WAY more talented than any of my knucklehead friends) dissecting one of the all time greatest songs. This was just awesome - thank you Rick!!
Have to say Rick, not being a musician doesn't stop the enjoyment of your effort. The opening you did here for "Running with the Devil" perfectly captures a moment so many of us share. It literally made me smile.
Thank you!
Van Halen was the loudest R&B group of 1978. They had that swing, as a group and as individuals. We were so blessed to have had the gift of Van Halen... Rest Well Sir Edward.
Rick, you continue to treat rock music as a serious subject and I want to thank you for breaking down how it was done, and why it worked. You are an informed, talented teacher of music production
I feel like I finally understand how measures are assigned all those weird time signatures. This guy is a great teacher, and for all of you that play songs by ear, without knowing how to read the music, he can teach you how to play them right. Just hope he does a video on your favs. I'll be looking for some Al Stewart and Seals and Croft songs.
Thanks Rick!! You probably don't know how important your work is for the rock culture and community. Fresh air and revisionism, all we need to fully understand and value our music.
I love this series. We all know VH are great but it is so good to hear the nuts and bolts behind WHY they are great besides just their showmanship and attitude and sound.
Eddie Van Halen RIP 🇳🇱🇮🇩🇺🇸 🎸
Michael Anthony, one of the greatest rock bass players of all time!!
54 minutes in, still not blocked. This is a good sign. 😃
Rick, I love ya man.
“Running With The Devil is completely modal from start to finish. An E chord- but really it’s an E Flat, but I’m just saying for the sake of E’s (ease). A Maijor 3rd to a perfect 4th and on THIS chord when that’s happening, the vocals are saying this so we are getting THIS chord.
It’s C-lydian or B-lydian over E to D sus 2”
I don’t know what I’m more amused by: your brilliant phrasing or the look on your face while breaking it down. The irony of it all is that EVH would have no idea what you’re talking about!
This explains why Van Halen was who they are...... That was an awesome breakdown!! Thanks Rick!
Rick can really play, wow.
Dude...INCREDIBLE breakdown of songs...very thorough...thanks for your time and effort!
Awesome Rick! However I believe he used his Ibanez Destroyer on this track and the actually did the intro rake across the bridge rather than the nut (no whammy bar on that guitar) the same guitar he used to record "You Really Got Me".....Keep up the awesome videos....so cool!
You are correct. My mind was blown when someone actually showed me that on my Les Paul.
Fender Jaguars are great for that. The guy from Sonic Youth did it a lot on their recordings.
Yep, it's the Destroyer here and in most of the songs without the tremolo part.
"Feel Your Love Tonight" as well, I believe. No trem bar in that song.
Yes. Behind the bridge.
Glad you mentioned Michael Anthony’s BV’s as very important but often overlooked. It is hard to believe this song was on a demo circa 18 months before they had it on the album. It is inconceivable that they found it difficult to get signed now but they did.
Never would have noticed what you pointed out about the chords formed by the vocal harmonies over the guitar chords in the chorus when they sing the word the word "DE-VIL". Once I listened for it, it sounds amazing. Your analysis of the songs in this series are incredible. It's valuable scholarship that should really be compiled and preserved.
I love Alex! one of the most underrated drummers ever. His intro for "Hot For Teacher" is one of best drum solos EVER! (Imho).
Super over-rated drummer. Hot For Teacher good. Alex doesn't do much that impresses me. Eddie and Mike were strong players.
Quadrant 4 by Billy Cobham may of had influenced Alex.
dalekenjarvis he’s not underrated he’s just an average drummer
I thought that was layered? As in he never played it as it was recorded because he couldn't
@@cameronlund1674 truth.
yes Rick, in these days of computerized recordings and everyone has the tools to record on a laptop, autotune, Pro Tools and the like, this is a shining example of the human element which is disappearing from recordings. Michael Anthony's incredible PERFORMANCE in the studio on this track...not to mention Eddie, Alex, and Roth...being able to hear the guitar 'bleeding' into Michael's bass amp mic is part of what makes this song great for me...the fact that these guys played this track LIVE and recorded it live...yes, there were over dubs, but the track begins with performances, and BUILDS on them!
Eddie did not record running with the devil on the Frankenstrat. He recorded it on a white Ibanez Destroyer, and the noise in the beginning isn’t made at the top of the guitar but at the bridge.
This is a video from 4 years ago, I dont think he really cares
I saw Van Halen in 1978, tripping out of my skull, when they supported Black Sabbath at Glasgow Apollo! EVH running all over the stage with his b/w-stripped Frankenstrat! What a gig that was!!
That might have been the same tour I saw them which was my first concert ever at Anaheim Stadium in California. The bands came out in this order: 1)Van Halen(1st album), 2)Sammy Hagar(1st solo album), 3) Black Sabbath(w/Ozzy) and the headliner was Boston(1st album/tour). Van Halen parachuted in and landed backstage. Pretty sure that was faked but, still a great first concert.
One of the best TH-cam series! I'd like to see an episode about Muse, they deserve It!
Leonardo Salvadori something from the first four albums please!
Rick mentioned in the live stream about Queens of the Stone Age taking his video down that Muse would likely do the same thing.
Leonardo Salvadori
Abso-fucking-lutley!
This like a documentary on individual songs, I love it. I learn something new with each new video.
Please keep up the great work.
I like your description. Thanks!
I loved Eddie's playing while in Van Halen. He's my favorite guitarist but I don't try to play like him or play any of their songs. They are a BAND and their stuff works as an ensemble. This breakdown is a classic example of musicians playing together and creating magic.
Seeing a live performance of michael anthony pick his bass with his teeth on the lead in of Running with the devil was epic! LEGENDARY.
Love your videos. I don’t play any instruments but it’s so cool seeing how it’s all put together and how things like the bass and drum sound isolated.
Just stumbled on Rick’s channel and love his analysis and passion. I’ll be binging on these videos for the next 24 hours!
Rick, thanks for keeping the rock flame stoked. Videos like this is what the younger generation need. Long live Rock-n-roll!
It's hard to be a rock and roller and age with dignity.. Rick has done that.. and brought his years of experience to the web to share. Thank you Rick.
I’m stunned. What a brilliant break-down of a brilliant tune!
Never stop doing this.
Your knowledge is incredible and you have a unique way of sharing it... beautifully done.
God bless Eddie Van Halen.. your sound lives forever ... Thanks for the good times
We may not get new music from Eddie since he's passed on, but we have albums, videos,, interviews, guest appearances, etc. that we can go back to. Eddie was here for a reason. He inspired, made music we all love, he took the guitar to a whole new level and left a legacy. Like other great musicians before him, he will be greatly missed.
Back in the early 80s the owner of my local pinball parlour, Bill, used to sit in his little change booth with a Flying V and a practice amp, cranking out the era’s contemporary rock. His take on Eddie’s sound was SO good. I just had to close my eyes and I was listening to VH1.
Watching you deconstruct my favorite songs decades after they were recorded is truly enjoyable. It makes me realize the importance of tiny details. And how to spot true musicianship. Thank you for your work.
Will always remember hearing Running with the Devil for the first time on a friend's turntable in 1978. That wall of sound shook the room! Loved the whole first album.
I was in junior high when this album came out. I was reading return of the king for an extra credit assignment when I heard the song playing through my headphones, to this day I still picture orcs marching to it. what an awesome tune.
I love watching you deconstruct these amazing songs.. it gives me a feeling of the very first time I heard the song.
Eddie’s swing , or rhythm was the thing that made it all work for me, plus everything else you so succinctly highlight thank you sir. I’m The One exhibit A of the swing
Michael Taylors or Outta Love Again , those two breaks make happy every time
Michael Taylors
YES!...👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
Excellent breakdown Rick! Each one of VH’s original members contributed and together made the unique VH sound!
This came up on my suggested watches, probably due to EVH passing away this week. I LOVE how you break the song down, and point out the signature sounds and techniques that make the song what it is.
So good!!!!! I love this series so much!!!!