@@jasonhorvath9883 Honestly, you can't really measure muscial talent because it is like comparing oranges with apples. Music is something that is subjectively enjoyable for everyone. Unless you mean that Joe plays better techinquely, which may be, but that doesn't make him "better" at guitar necessarily. Each have their own style.
Even at this stage, you can still see the passion in the eyes every time he looks up at the audience. It always was there. Just a good dude and a guitar. All he ever wanted to do was make some noise.
yeah, he can play the most boring repetitive atonal random crap cobbled together all yo want to see him smilingly stroke his long thang at you, you give all your money to see that...........
The Problem is the People of Today Practice a little Guitar and Play some Pseudo Trash Solos and Think they are better then a living Legend who changed the Music History and Industry.
He got even smoother as he got older. He was freaking 60 for God's sake!!! Imagine him at that age walking into a guitar center and nobody knows who he is until he picks up a guitar and starts going off. Would of been priceless...
That would’ve been Epic! 😂🤘🏻 Imagine being that guy at the Tool concert that asked Eddie to take a picture of him in front of the stage not knowing who he just handed his camera to. Only to find out months later in the comments section on TH-cam 😂
Nah their very last show was on 10/4/15. The soundboard and video are on TH-cam, they played smoke on the water in the middle of dance the night away lmao.
To have grown up when Eddie arrived to the world was a privilege, a guy who built his own guitar with one pickup a volume control and played it like this is nothing short of genius, there will never be anyone like it again, the greatest there’ll ever be, rock on Eddie🤘🏻your sadly missed.
I agree with galinettto netto., Eddie might have some cool catchy licks... but's there's just no way technically he's in the range of Malmsteen or Satriani. Malmsteen is the bar ...and I'd bet even Eddie would admit it.
It’s hard to believe that this would be the last time he’s playing this in front of a crowd... And he’s even shining on this video. RIP Eddie Van Halen (1955-2020)
@@bobjackson3063 For a Rolling Stones fan I'm sure they'd love it. From your comment, I'm guessing you're not the biggest fan of Van Halen or perhaps just Eddie. I am a big fan of their older stuff (was in my teens and then into my 20"s for 1970-1980, perfect age for that time,IMHO) and I could watch Eddie just improvise on his guitar for hours. I think what he's showing here is that he still has what it takes to play one of the hardest solos he or anyone came up with almost 40 years later! Did he do some fucked up things with some of the band member's? Yes!! But he is and always has been an AWESOME Guitar Player!!
No one other than Eddie has really got this style down. They always sound rigid in some way, but Eddie makes it sound so smooth. The guy is phenomenal.
Watching this is a Religious Experience to me. His soul and guitar in perfect sinc. I am so happy to have witnessed the Van Halen carter. When I heard Jamie's Cryin. I knew he was a force but Eruption??? He was better than any one I've heard in a while. Thank you EVH. In a hundred years from now your name will be as precious and rellivent as Mozart and Hendrix. God only touches a few with great abilities, Michael Jordan,Kobe, SRV...R.I.P. Eddie.
To be a man in the music industry that started a movement, saved a genre, created so many bands, and was an idol to millions is still an understatement. Eddie...you were a gift to our ears, entertainment, and gone too soon. An icon and still one of the greatest of all time in history 🤘🤘👏👏👏
2 YEARS AGO OUR BELOVED AND RESPECTED EDWARD VAN HALEN LEFT US, LEAVING US A VERY DIFFICULT VOID TO FILL, WITH HIS CHARISMATIC ATTITUDE AND HIS BRILLIANT CREATIONS WITH THE GUITAR LIKE A MAGICIAN, HE GAVE US THE BEST OF HIS WORK, I AM GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE HIM IN CONCERT IN 1982, MY RESPECTS TO HIS FAMILY, HIS TEAM AND ABOVE ALL TO ALL HIS FANS AROUND THE WORLD. GOD BLESS YOU EDDIE !!!!!!!
23 days after Eddie passed, our daughter was born 5 weeks preemie… named her Haelyn and she’s a little spitfire too! Proud to tell everyone who we named her after❤️ feel some how her amazing spirit will be just one more of the millions of ways the name and legacy carries on! She’s almost 3… already got her electric guitar and amp waiting for her! ❤
Thanks 4 Your comment 👍 Legacy RIP 🙏 EVH we ♡ your music *2020* & 2 every1 who talks talks @ EVH smokin.. Pls speak well of those who pass .. EVH ~RIP ☆goat☆ Legend & His music ! @🚬 WTF.. Everyone's got an opinion these days Thanks of Facebook Twitter And all the others .. Wow that things we could do they could use our technology in a positive way and as far as smoking? Well that's another legal product! n the government's the culprit.. n I bet If He EVH could, he would light one up right now! in fact let me do it and light one up .. just did How ever I may agree it is a nasty habit .. To each his own ... Hey Too many opinionated ppl.. Thanks sorry technology And I may be one of them because I had to speak out RIP ☆2020 sucks and here's to all you opinionated F*ckS 🚬 🙏 🚬 RIP 🙏 EVH *2020*
There will NEVER be another one like him. The tears are rolling every time I watch him solo. That tone.. That fretwork.. And ALWAYS smiling. You gotta love Eddie, how can you not? I miss him sooo much - still can't believe he is gone. The world just ain't the same anymore. Dammit man...
Hendrix was amazing, but Eddie was THE best. No one on our planet will ever reach this level. We will all miss you, thank you for gracing us with your presence.
This is classic EVH. Period. Ed looks great, seems to be enjoying himself. We are lucky to be able to see this in such great quality. Life is good! Haters wanting Ed to do something else? What ever!
Robbie McLean Him and his brother Alex both are saved by Jesus now PRAISE THE LORD IN JESUS NAME AMEN . Actually I think Alex is a minister in JESUS NAME AMEN PRAISE GOD IN JESUS NAME AMEN 🙏🏻✝🎸😇
Yes I always loved Cathedral(Diver Down) and managed to freeze the volume pot on my vintage 64 Strat while trying to get it right after about fifteen minutes
When I clicked I got sad because it didn't sound as... Shreddy... But then as I watched it got better. A legend never dies. Rest in peace Eddie. Greatest god damn shredder of all time. I bet all of us who never saw a concert would die to see a EVH concert.
Since the 2021 Grammy Awards show did not properly honor the late, great Eddie Van Halen....His fans truly honor him for changing the course of Rock & Roll and influencing musicians all over the world!
Wow, he's gotten through it all, everything he's had to deal with and gone through with his drinking, cancer and the man is sounding and playing better than he ever has at what his late 50's now? This isn't about comparing this man to other guitar players or who likes who better, it's an appreciation of a masterful talent doing "his own thing" with all his heart and soul with technical precision and a love of music and his guitar, "this was impressive" flawless inspiring and powerful and hats off to Eddie!!
His playing is raw and brutal. I can tell his hands must be very strong. That’s one of the things that young (and very talented) guitar players in TH-cam do not get. Just see the way he plays. It’s not just about nailing “Beat It”. See how grounded and confident he is. He’s like 65 but and yet his playing is fierce.
I love Eddie. Lots of classical melody here. Remember his Dad was a classical musician. This is who this man is. He once said he would never play the guitar again because he was way in to the key board. Glad to see Eddie showing the world just how he changed the world.
Growing up during the early to late 70s I remember everyone was listening to Kiss my older brother brought home the first Van Halen album it blew my mind, and I remember playing this album for all of my friends and blowing there minds. What a great time to be a meathead.
Never thought I would have to say this in my lifetime. DAMNIT! RIP Eddie! You are by far one of the greats and ultimate pioneer. Even though you are gone, your legend and music will indefinitely last FOREVER!
The world was in shock when they released their first VH album in 1978. Today you find shredders at every corner, but in '78 this was innovative and new. No one had heard something this extraordinary since Jimi Hendrix was around.
Saw them on their first tour in 78 in Birmingham, AL. It was a Journey/Montrose/Van Halen concert and they opened. Their first album had just come out and they played all of the songs off of that album in order. Running With the Devil was the only song on the radio at that time. Opening with Eruption had everyone's jaws on the floor. Montrose and Journey were kind of anti-climatic after Van Halen.
Inge Kvam There may be a lot of shredders around, but they all sound homogeneous. Eddie has a unique sound and style of his own that nobody quite duplicates. When you hear Eddie, you know it’s him. He is melodic in his shredding, all the notes come together in a very musical way whereas most shredders just throw out as many notes as fast as possible. EVH is the man!🤘🏻
before Hendrix there was a guy called Lonnie Mack who was doing things in 1962 that absolutely blew guitar players minds. He was the first to raise the bar on how good you could play electric guitar
That's funny you say that.....Rolling Stones magazine interviewed Jimmy Page in 1987. He even mentioned Eddie as a trailblazer for modern electric guitar. This isn't a comparison video you rocket scientist. It's a video showcasing EDDIES STYLE AND TALENT. Undeniable to everyone except you because we all know you are the utmost authority on the electric guitar. What a moron.
Mh R obviously you know nothing of guitar playing. Try listening to yngwie Malmsteen. The true master. Fuck this punk. Basic shit with an upbeat tempo. Big fucking deal.
NO!! It cut off!!! Jesus. He was just killing it. There were a few things he snuck in there that I have never heard him do before. I hope that man passed away knowing how freaking idolized and LOVED he was. Unreal. Long live EDWARD the KING!!!!!
It’s sad because of now in the present he suffers from tinnitus (I think that’s how u spell it) and it’s an ongoing irritation. But i love what this man did for our ears instead of benefiting his ears. I don’t think anyone will ever stop being inspired by this man. Love for the strings🙌🏻
He doesn't admit to 'inventing' anything. But he did do rhythm and solo work in a band, while writing music... none of which is 'easy'. So, no... he's not "just a fast player". People don't love EVH because of his speed, it's because ... well, you wouldn't understand.
Its about being so good, you invent a whole new genre of guitar, a new era. It's not about the physical ability to play what he is playing, it's about the invention of it, the wholesomeness. It's about the sound, the music, how it makes you feel. He was one of the best.
Man, why did he have to pass away. Ever since I heard eruption I picked up a guitar and decided this is what I want to do, and here I am now and all my friends are jealous of me. Thanks Eddie you inspired so many people to play guitar and even pioneered the tapping thing, I do it everyday cause of how fun it is. Again thanks Eddie, now go play a loud concert in the afterlife.
Looks like hes playing a guitar thats been tossed in the attic years ago, dusts it off - and fresh sound that now plays like it came from heaven is heard. First time watching this. Thank you.
I never heard someone make there guitar sound like a violin. That was some of the best playing I have heard. And with a guitar that looks like it’s been through war.
I had a sort of band in a small town when Eddie was first being played on the radio and television friends and I were looking at each other saying how the hell is this man making guitar make the sound he was pulling out of it.Still amazing to hear and see till this day!!!! RIP EVH
He knew music theory... WTF are you talking about? He's playing Bach progressions while he's tapping! Are you thinking of Jimi Hendrix? EVH was a classically trained pianist. You don't get that title without music theory.
Eddie had a vision and let no one take away from that vision. He was a perfectionist and a genius. The most incredibly melodic player I've ever heard. He did it his way and he did it better than anyone. RIP Ed...
Eddie still has his chops after all these years. I'm so glad I was around to see Van Halen during their early club days in Hollywood back in the 70s and Eddie's playing still give me goose bumps to this day. A living guitar legend indeed. Being young in the 70s and 80s were the best time.....hell yea!!
Yes SIR…certainly was a freaking party beyond belief. Was born in Monrovia, VH was a garage band from Pasadena playing kegger parties. When we saw them play at the whiskey we knew EDDIE and Alex were about to become super stars. I still rock the shit out these guy’s. Can’t tell you how many speakers I have blown up rockin MEAN STREETS and 1984. 1,000,s of $ worth. And those good times were worth every Penny. What a freaking Party we were fortunate to have experienced thru mid 70,s and 80,s in So CAL Can’t believe I am still alive. None of my crew made it into their 50,s. I,m 61 now. I was to young for the FREE love scene , but I got of all the SEX, DRUGS, ROCK and ROLL that SO. CAL had to offer. Wish I could do it again , damn I had fun. ROCK ON ! Long live the SWING AUDITORIUM…!!!!!
It's easy to forget Eddie was the first to ever play like this...ever back then. Nobody was doing hammer ons back then. No computers back then. Limited petals were even created back then. He made the sounds using his fingers, picks and imagination. They had to change the way music was written because of him because if the way he played. Has definitely the father of modern guitar playing.
"duh nobody was doing this duh changed music duh lddld dl suckle nip toot Ed is God greatest ever" Look at the date of the video, fanboy. It was made in 2015 and Ed still hasn't come up with a single new thing since 1978. If Tiny Tim were alive today his brain-dead fans would want to hear "TipToe Thru the Tulips", just as the same morons insist that Jerry Lee play that crap "Great Balls" duh, one more time! Or, hey, Stones! Lets hear "Satisfaction" for the entirety of the concert! Samo shit over and over and over....
Bob Gemale you're an idiot or drunk. Anyone with a brain would know I'm describing his playing technic was innovative way back when he first did this style of playing. Nobody before him did this style. Are you really this stupid to post your remark to me?
Eddie forever changed how everyone would view the electric guitar and that there were no boundaries that couldn't be broken...and right up until the very end Eddie was expanding those boundaries of what could be done on this wonderful instrument called the guitar...🎸🎸🎸
I heard that his cancer came back I pray everything turns out alright we all should pray if we lose him in just don’t want to think about it a true god right here 😥🤘🏻🎸👏🏻
In my opinion, only three guitarists have completely turned the rock guitar world on it’s head: Hendrix, Eddie, & Yngwie.. in that order. But let’s not get carried away here... Even though he was long gone by the time the 80s came around, Hendrix was still by far the most influential guitarist of that period. Any decade you want to name from the 60s onwards, Hendrix was and always will be the most influential guitarist of that decade. No one has ever changed music so much and no one ever will. I’m a massive Eddie fan. Probably a bigger fan than I am of Hendrix actually. But Jimi will always be the most important and influential in my eyes, no matter who comes along, I don’t think he can ever be topped 🤷🏼♂️
@lowerthanaslave You might be right, but not by a large margin. In this video, he's old, has cancer, (probably doesn't know it yet) and is playing at close to his peak performance. He isn't my favorite guitarist of all time, but I can't name any other guitarist whose talent has held up for so many decades, except perhaps for Roy Clark or Glenn Campbell.
Did he have to sell his soul to be this talented? Hands down the best player who has ever lived. The guitar bends to his will. Kids if you are watching.... this is special. Don’t waste your gifts people! This is THE rock star that rock stars want to grow up to be.
Saw Van Halen in 1978 when they opened for Aerosmith at the Los Angeles Coliseum.... They absolutely stole the show and had people screaming for them to come back when Aerosmith was playing!!! And even though I was a Big Time Aerosmith fan, I too wanted more of Van Halen... This was when Aerosmith band members were all strung out and Van Halen was just hitting the big time! What a great time to be a teenager!!!
I was living on the streets most of the time as a runaway kid in the dreary streets of Manchester England. I had no fun and no music and no life until my mum threw my dad out, then, I listened to all his Beatles records and Queen too cause he didn't come back for them. I also had his Senator guitar and I learned to play it in 3 months.
Saw them in '79 and the mid 80's (twice) and it's so hard for me to put my head around that this is the same kid I saw so long ago (I feel old). The sound is spot on but the visual input does not correspond. EVH will always be 20 in my head.
I've been playing for 26 years. Like anyone else who has been playing that long, we can all play eruption. But it never sounds the same. It just hits different when Eddie taps it out. Forever the king.
![Van Halen - Eruption (Live at the Tokyo Dome 2013) [PROSHOT]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/2-H2laU7sQU/mqdefault.jpg)
Without Eddie, we wouldn't be where we are, R.I.P. Eddie, we all miss you !
Google ain't seen nothing yet
still the best
RIP
The guitar world wouldn't be the same without Eddie Van Halen
I can't imagine modern rock guitar without Eddie.
anyone watching this after he's gone? We miss you eddie
Yep. RIP Ed
I’m watching. I miss him so much...
Yes
Yep. Can you imagine waking up one morning realizing you can play guitar like that? Amazing! Rest in peace Eddie.
Yes.. Wow
There is one hell of a rock concert going on in heaven right now.
Eddie, Neil, Entwhistle, Keith Emerson. And many more.
Jesus himself is drinking a cold one!
Yes sir there is...
@@mas3ymd wine he made himself. Amen🙏
can't wait
I love that Eddie just came out in his dad clothes and casually reminded you that he's still a badass. Eddie was the best.
He was good...but Joe satriani is still the best
@@jasonhorvath9883 Why always look for the differences?
@@jasonhorvath9883not even close
@@jasonhorvath9883 Honestly, you can't really measure muscial talent because it is like comparing oranges with apples. Music is something that is subjectively enjoyable for everyone. Unless you mean that Joe plays better techinquely, which may be, but that doesn't make him "better" at guitar necessarily. Each have their own style.
TRUE
This video proves he had it to the end. RIP EVH - you were a true master.
Google ain't seen nothing yet
Nahh.. Jimi Hendrix was
He was
So true
@@mrpsd590 Hendrix was a master too, sad that some minds have only room to experience the greatness of one.
Even at this stage, you can still see the passion in the eyes every time he looks up at the audience. It always was there. Just a good dude and a guitar. All he ever wanted to do was make some noise.
There is nothing that makes us Van Halen fans happier, than to see Eddie smiling, happy and sober. Keep On Rockin' Eddie!
yeah, he can play the most boring repetitive atonal random crap cobbled together all yo want to see him smilingly stroke his long thang at you, you give all your money to see that...........
@@bobgemale1312 you say this to legendary and proficient musicians, I wonder what can be said about your own life's achievements
And cut all his hair off. He joined the James Hetfield sellout club. Lol
Bob Gemale - you want some pepper with that salt?
@@m42037 Long hair in your 60s is not a good look.
You know what I really miss?
....that infectious smile of his.
We miss you Eddie.
Doesn’t matter what people say, he is still a legend. An innovator. Period.
And the master of guitar gods 🙌🏻💯🤘🏻🎸👍🏻
What do people say?
@@emperorpalpatine6500 That he's a dick to work with. I heard he's trying to reform those ways, though.
The Problem is the People of Today Practice a little Guitar and Play some Pseudo Trash Solos and Think they are better then a living Legend who changed the Music History and Industry.
@@RareHarmony Err...isn't it a little too late?
He got even smoother as he got older. He was freaking 60 for God's sake!!! Imagine him at that age walking into a guitar center and nobody knows who he is until he picks up a guitar and starts going off. Would of been priceless...
That would’ve been Epic! 😂🤘🏻 Imagine being that guy at the Tool concert that asked Eddie to take a picture of him in front of the stage not knowing who he just handed his camera to. Only to find out months later in the comments section on TH-cam 😂
All of the customers faces would’ve melted cause of how godly eddies guitar skills are😂
I would buy whatever guitar he was playing
If there’s any actual guitarists they know him
@@michaelk9943 Where was this at? And Eddie went to see a tool concert? That's fuckin madness, the best experience one could hope for
This was their last concert, last time eddie played a eruption guitar solo live. Rip EVH, the best that ever did it.
Nah their very last show was on 10/4/15. The soundboard and video are on TH-cam, they played smoke on the water in the middle of dance the night away lmao.
@@rogerapodaca You’re right! I knew subscribing to your channel wasn’t a mistake. 🤙🏼
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To have grown up when Eddie arrived to the world was a privilege, a guy who built his own guitar with one pickup a volume control and played it like this is nothing short of genius, there will never be anyone like it again, the greatest there’ll ever be, rock on Eddie🤘🏻your sadly missed.
He never stops grinning when he’s playing. The first time I saw him in ‘79. EVH was smiling the whole show. He’s not changed a bit.
Tro Rt what about the hair?
That was the thing that always struck me as well. Like on Hot for Teacher, he was rocking hard but he made it look effortless.
Like Boys with toys. Love his talent!
If I could play like that I'd be smiling too!
No doubt he absolutely loves music! Probably the most fun he ever has is while he holding a guitar.
62 years old..And after beating Cancer.His Guitar playing is still Amazing And is still One of the Greatest Guitarist ever!!!!
he s good but satriani and malmsteen are way above his level..way above
galinettto netto nah
@@galinetttonetto6761 Eddie created Tapping
One of the best, who do you dare say is better? Maybe Hendricks, maybe! If you have ever played guitar, you would know...... 🤙🏻👂🏻🎸
I agree with galinettto netto., Eddie might have some cool catchy licks... but's there's just no way technically he's in the range of Malmsteen or Satriani. Malmsteen is the bar ...and I'd bet even Eddie would admit it.
It’s hard to believe that this would be the last time he’s playing this in front of a crowd... And he’s even shining on this video. RIP Eddie Van Halen (1955-2020)
No one compares to the genius of Eddie Van Halen. RIP, you are missed
How about Jeff Beck..................................
@@BennyCFD Nope
Hmmmmmmmmmmmm..............Jeff Beck was better.
Randy Rhoads and EVH are in a league of their own
Funny how Eddie van Halen plays guitar just like Eddie van Halen only 40 years later. Stone cold amazing.
samo samo shit. yeah, just like "Satisfaction" is such a treat to hear for the 10,000th time
@@bobjackson3063 For a Rolling Stones fan I'm sure they'd love it. From your comment, I'm guessing you're not the biggest fan of Van Halen or perhaps just Eddie. I am a big fan of their older stuff (was in my teens and then into my 20"s for 1970-1980, perfect age for that time,IMHO) and I could watch Eddie just improvise on his guitar for hours. I think what he's showing here is that he still has what it takes to play one of the hardest solos he or anyone came up with almost 40 years later! Did he do some fucked up things with some of the band member's? Yes!! But he is and always has been an AWESOME Guitar Player!!
No one other than Eddie has really got this style down. They always sound rigid in some way, but Eddie makes it sound so smooth. The guy is phenomenal.
He should have kept on improving, but stalled just like Nugent.
I personally believe that his playing has matured and the emotion is deeper
Watching this is a Religious Experience to me. His soul and guitar in perfect sinc. I am so happy to have witnessed the Van Halen carter. When I heard Jamie's Cryin. I knew he was a force but Eruption??? He was better than any one I've heard in a while. Thank you EVH. In a hundred years from now your name will be as precious and rellivent as Mozart and Hendrix. God only touches a few with great abilities, Michael Jordan,Kobe, SRV...R.I.P. Eddie.
Way better than Hendrix
No matter what walk of life or what path...the fact that this is even possible should make us all feel like anything really is possible
To be a man in the music industry that started a movement, saved a genre, created so many bands, and was an idol to millions is still an understatement. Eddie...you were a gift to our ears, entertainment, and gone too soon. An icon and still one of the greatest of all time in history 🤘🤘👏👏👏
2 YEARS AGO OUR BELOVED AND RESPECTED EDWARD VAN HALEN LEFT US, LEAVING US A VERY DIFFICULT VOID TO FILL, WITH HIS CHARISMATIC ATTITUDE AND HIS BRILLIANT CREATIONS WITH THE GUITAR LIKE A MAGICIAN, HE GAVE US THE BEST OF HIS WORK, I AM GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE HIM IN CONCERT IN 1982, MY RESPECTS TO HIS FAMILY, HIS TEAM AND ABOVE ALL TO ALL HIS FANS AROUND THE WORLD. GOD BLESS YOU EDDIE !!!!!!!
23 days after Eddie passed, our daughter was born 5 weeks preemie… named her Haelyn and she’s a little spitfire too! Proud to tell everyone who we named her after❤️ feel some how her amazing spirit will be just one more of the millions of ways the name and legacy carries on! She’s almost 3… already got her electric guitar and amp waiting for her! ❤
He still has that big ole smile on his face like he's having more fun than anyone else on earth.. and he probably is...lol😁
Thanks 4 Your comment 👍 Legacy
RIP 🙏 EVH we ♡ your music *2020*
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2 every1 who talks talks @ EVH smokin.. Pls speak well of those who pass ..
EVH ~RIP ☆goat☆ Legend & His music !
@🚬 WTF.. Everyone's got an opinion these days Thanks of Facebook Twitter And all the others .. Wow that things we could do they could use our technology in a positive way and as far as smoking? Well that's another legal product! n the government's the culprit.. n I bet If He EVH could, he would light one up right now! in fact let me do it and light one up .. just did How ever I may agree it is a nasty habit .. To each his own ...
Hey Too many opinionated ppl.. Thanks sorry technology And I may be one of them because I had to speak out
RIP ☆2020 sucks and here's to all you opinionated F*ckS 🚬 🙏 🚬
RIP 🙏 EVH *2020*
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RIP 😞❤️
He'll always be the best. No question.
I'm not crying, you're crying. That smile is so iconic. We miss and love you Eddie!!
There will NEVER be another one like him. The tears are rolling every time I watch him solo. That tone.. That fretwork.. And ALWAYS smiling. You gotta love Eddie, how can you not? I miss him sooo much - still can't believe he is gone. The world just ain't the same anymore. Dammit man...
Man, I grew up on this stuff, drawing Van Halen on my school binder just like it looks on the album. Their music is burned into my soul.
Yep, me too all over my school notebook
What I wouldn’t do for one of my old notebooks today.
Me to. Binders, books and desks. Eventually on my jean jacket.....Lol!
Same. I’d do pencil drawings of photos of him from articles. He always looked like he was enjoying the ride.
We all did that!!!! 🤩😎👍🏾🎯❤️🌎
30years of solos in 10 minutes. BOW TO THE KING!!
Hendrix was amazing, but Eddie was THE best. No one on our planet will ever reach this level. We will all miss you, thank you for gracing us with your presence.
This is classic EVH. Period. Ed looks great, seems to be enjoying himself. We are lucky to be able to see this in such great quality. Life is good! Haters wanting Ed to do something else? What ever!
Well said friend
Eddie just died, I felt like I lost a family member. What a special Soul.
Dont be dramatic lol
He is always grinning while playing, because he knows exactly what God put him on Earth to do. :)
Robbie McLean there is no god you religious fuck
@@jacklichtner9581 how about you chill out and let people believe what they want to? It's not like this man is hurting anyone by saying that.
@@jacklichtner9581 you just watched a 10 minute video of him though
Robbie McLean Him and his brother Alex both are saved by Jesus now PRAISE THE LORD IN JESUS NAME AMEN . Actually I think Alex is a minister in JESUS NAME AMEN PRAISE GOD IN JESUS NAME AMEN 🙏🏻✝🎸😇
Eddie practiced 15 hours a day for many, many years. He is grinning because he lovessssss what he does.
I really love what he starts doing at 6:45. What beautiful music. He's making his guitar sing.
You would not guess a guitar more like keyboard
Yes I always loved Cathedral(Diver Down) and managed to freeze the volume pot on my vintage 64 Strat while trying to get it right after about fifteen minutes
I would love to have that piece downloaded to my music library.
Suddenly his guitar became a Cello!!!
A M A Z I N G
@@magdavelas Download "Cathedral" off of the "Diver Down" lp...
Hes getting old but he never gets old
It's sucks to watch great musicians age.....but a least we can come back to youtube and see them in their youth as well.
that makes no sense
He's dead
This just got a whole new meaning
this didnt age well...
When I clicked I got sad because it didn't sound as... Shreddy... But then as I watched it got better. A legend never dies. Rest in peace Eddie. Greatest god damn shredder of all time. I bet all of us who never saw a concert would die to see a EVH concert.
His fingers Just Dance on the guitar!
He is and always will be so amazing.
I love his smile is so infectious.
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Since the 2021 Grammy Awards show did not properly honor the late, great Eddie Van Halen....His fans truly honor him for changing the course of Rock & Roll and influencing musicians all over the world!
@Barfieman362,yoy are correct ,the Grammy is a bunch off bullshit rappers and people that can not be seen as artists
He changed the course of rock and roll? From what to what? What got changed?
This guy is an international treasure
Hallo Baas nah he is an American treasure BITCH
@@dripstein6130 He's Dutch with US citizenship. International treasure.
This is my favorite version of this solo. Eddie changed the world.
R.I.P the guitar Legend. You will be remembered as the one of the guitar god of all time, Keep Rockin! 🤘 ❤️🤘
@Totalis ya no shit
His dexterity was a amazing. Great timing. That few will ever match ,
RIP. ,we will all Miss you. Eddie,,,
Wow, he's gotten through it all, everything he's had to deal with and gone through with his drinking, cancer and the man is sounding and playing better than he ever has at what his late 50's now? This isn't about comparing this man to other guitar players or who likes who better, it's an appreciation of a masterful talent doing "his own thing" with all his heart and soul with technical precision and a love of music and his guitar, "this was impressive" flawless inspiring and powerful and hats off to Eddie!!
I was thinking the same. The depth of his music is incredible compared to his '83 performance which is also on youtube.
In fact, EVH is 60 years old during this solo. Living legend.
Saw VH two years ago and WOW! Amazing show and Eddie killed it 😍
Mathew Ryan
Amen brother!
His playing is raw and brutal. I can tell his hands must be very strong. That’s one of the things that young (and very talented) guitar players in TH-cam do not get. Just see the way he plays. It’s not just about nailing “Beat It”. See how grounded and confident he is. He’s like 65 but and yet his playing is fierce.
Because its from the core, he plays what he is, an extension of his personality
RIP Edward.
Thank you for re-inventing the electric guitar!
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My biggest inspiration. Gone but never forgotten. He was truly the greatest guitar player this world has ever seen. Rest In Peace Eddie ❤️
He was OK.
I love Eddie. Lots of classical melody here. Remember his Dad was a classical musician. This is who this man is. He once said he would never play the guitar again because he was way in to the key board. Glad to see Eddie showing the world just how he changed the world.
Growing up during the early to late 70s I remember everyone was listening to Kiss my older brother brought home the first Van Halen album it blew my mind, and I remember playing this album for all of my friends and blowing there minds. What a great time to be a meathead.
Wish i could of been around to see it, you're lucky man.
Metalhead I guess...lol me too but was a meathead too back then.
KISS said they didn't want Eddie as their Lead Guitar Player because they recognized he had enough talent to make a name for himself.
@@TheJaythyzul ace madeaname forhimselfobvs not as huge or legendaty but that abnd has talent
Rob Reiner, anyone?
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Never thought I would have to say this in my lifetime. DAMNIT! RIP Eddie! You are by far one of the greats and ultimate pioneer. Even though you are gone, your legend and music will indefinitely last FOREVER!
The reason i started playing guitar 30 years ago at 10yrs old, and still play everyday. Such a madman at the guitar. Rip brother
The world was in shock when they released their first VH album in 1978.
Today you find shredders at every corner, but in '78 this was innovative and new.
No one had heard something this extraordinary since Jimi Hendrix was around.
Inge Kvam it’s still extremely original and innovative, to be honest. The note choice Eddie makes is vastly unlike what a modern shredder would do
Saw them on their first tour in 78 in Birmingham, AL. It was a Journey/Montrose/Van Halen concert and they opened. Their first album had just come out and they played all of the songs off of that album in order. Running With the Devil was the only song on the radio at that time. Opening with Eruption had everyone's jaws on the floor. Montrose and Journey were kind of anti-climatic after Van Halen.
Inge Kvam There may be a lot of shredders around, but they all sound homogeneous. Eddie has a unique sound and style of his own that nobody quite duplicates. When you hear Eddie, you know it’s him. He is melodic in his shredding, all the notes come together in a very musical way whereas most shredders just throw out as many notes as fast as possible. EVH is the man!🤘🏻
Craig Doriety Yes, it would have been anticlimactic. I wonder what Journey thought of this powerhouse VH?
before Hendrix there was a guy called Lonnie Mack who was doing things in 1962 that absolutely blew guitar players minds. He was the first to raise the bar on how good you could play electric guitar
One of the most talented musicians to even strap on a guitar. Amazing after all these years. Rock on brother.
What a bunch of bull. I got 2 words for Edward Van Winckle and his fans. Jimmy Page, the real guitarist in the room.
That's funny you say that.....Rolling Stones magazine interviewed Jimmy Page in 1987. He even mentioned Eddie as a trailblazer for modern electric guitar. This isn't a comparison video you rocket scientist. It's a video showcasing EDDIES STYLE AND TALENT. Undeniable to everyone except you because we all know you are the utmost authority on the electric guitar. What a moron.
Mh R obviously you know nothing of guitar playing. Try listening to yngwie Malmsteen. The true master. Fuck this punk. Basic shit with an upbeat tempo. Big fucking deal.
He really was a true inventor, one of the best creators of his time, instrument, and genre. Definitely one of my all time favorite guitarists.
NO!! It cut off!!! Jesus. He was just killing it. There were a few things he snuck in there that I have never heard him do before. I hope that man passed away knowing how freaking idolized and LOVED he was. Unreal. Long live EDWARD the KING!!!!!
It’s sad because of now in the present he suffers from tinnitus (I think that’s how u spell it) and it’s an ongoing irritation. But i love what this man did for our ears instead of benefiting his ears. I don’t think anyone will ever stop being inspired by this man. Love for the strings🙌🏻
I just love the fact he smiles and grins during his solos because music should be fun and he is having fun.
I love musicians and athletes smiling and having fun doing what they love!
Eddie will always go down as one of the greatest innovators in rock history a true professional.
He was just a fast player that really didn't invent any techniques that certain folks like to spread around...
He doesn't admit to 'inventing' anything. But he did do rhythm and solo work in a band, while writing music... none of which is 'easy'. So, no... he's not "just a fast player". People don't love EVH because of his speed, it's because ... well, you wouldn't understand.
Robert Allen he made tapping more relative. Sure, he’s not THE best guitarist, but he’s better than a lot of professionals.
@@robertallen6710 fuck you man
@@robertallen6710 That's bc noone could play his style, PERIOD!
I can truly say, Eddie and his Guitar would become as ONE in every performance.
A living legend. Appreciate them, before we lose them!
A lot of us X’rs are starting to ‘lose’ each other. Wink of an eye, and all that.
Respect
??? we wont lose them. they are invincible, they cant die, its just physically impossible for them
johnny150480 ..Amen to that
Es cierto que murió? Internet no da respuesta certera,please
I'm just happy to see him healthy !!!!....and still awsome !!!!
i can't believe he's not stone cold deaf by now , i'm deaf in one ear just from listening to his tunes , and he lives it every day
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Eddie's gotten a tad older, but one needs to still be breathing to get older. Good to see he's still his awesome self.
Pat Lesage he has cancer
@@marcelcanuck you did see that he took his ear plugs out
Its about being so good, you invent a whole new genre of guitar, a new era. It's not about the physical ability to play what he is playing, it's about the invention of it, the wholesomeness. It's about the sound, the music, how it makes you feel. He was one of the best.
I saw him in Charlotte in 2015, at the US Festival ll in 83 and at the Forum in 81! Thank you Edward Van Halen!
I grew up trying to play eruption and failed miserably time and time again until I got it. Thanks Eddy, for teaching me never to give up.❤️
Eddie is beyond a shredder. He is a masterful performer and innovated many sounds. A true gifted guitarist.
Man, why did he have to pass away. Ever since I heard eruption I picked up a guitar and decided this is what I want to do, and here I am now and all my friends are jealous of me. Thanks Eddie you inspired so many people to play guitar and even pioneered the tapping thing, I do it everyday cause of how fun it is. Again thanks Eddie, now go play a loud concert in the afterlife.
Looks like hes playing a guitar thats been tossed in the attic years ago, dusts it off - and fresh sound that now plays like it came from heaven is heard.
First time watching this. Thank you.
Nobody does it like Eddie. Often imitated, Never duplicated.
Really? Go watch Tina S at 16.
@@lonniegibson7675 keep that at 1.5x and then it will sound like this original lmao
Lonnie Gibson That cover sucks and the only reason why it got popular is because she’s a girl
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I never heard someone make there guitar sound like a violin. That was some of the best playing I have heard. And with a guitar that looks like it’s been through war.
I heard a guitar morph into a violin then back into a guitar yet my eyes never saw that, what the?
That guitar was new at that time, it's a custom paint job. R.I.P. Edward.
Such a talented guy
Rest in peace Eddie
You're music will never die, whilst people still listen .
I had a sort of band in a small town when Eddie was first being played on the radio and television friends and I were looking at each other saying how the hell is this man making guitar make the sound he
was pulling out of it.Still amazing to hear and see till this day!!!! RIP EVH
I love the fact that he popularized the most iconic shred technique without knowing a thing about music theory
He did know some, he had some classical piano classes. Still, none guitar classes. He was his teacher and He couldnt have found a best teacher.
@@enricodelascio4330 exactly! He won piano contests as a kid
I never knew that. Thought he knew all the scales like Vai and Satriani
he did tho
He knew music theory... WTF are you talking about? He's playing Bach progressions while he's tapping! Are you thinking of Jimi Hendrix? EVH was a classically trained pianist. You don't get that title without music theory.
he is now the greatest of all time, RIP a true musical legend x
He had an infectious smile and his eyes smiled too! Cute as ever RIP
Such an attention getter and it worked! 💕💕
The smile was proof you could tell he loved what he was doing.
He also never stopped smiling, the man was always smiling as he held a guitar. RIP
Sometimes I just have to let my nearest neighbor a quarter mile down the road hear some Van Halen!
Mr . Eddie Van Halen. God's gift to music.
Eddie had a vision and let no one take away from that vision. He was a perfectionist and a genius. The most incredibly melodic player I've ever heard. He did it his way and he did it better than anyone. RIP Ed...
RIP Eddie.One of the best players and innovaters.
The king doing his business one last time. I feel so thankful to have seen Van Halen in concert many times between 1991 and 2015.
in my opinion the greatest Guitarist of all Time!!!!
Jimi Hendrix said it was Phil Keaggy the greatest guitarists of all time
I don't think this an SRV vid who is definitely the GOAT
Chimbinha is best !!!
top 5 electic pop players of all time ...Jimi srv page clapton evh ......beck.....its close
@@nandoart8461 kkkkkkkkk br
Eddie still has his chops after all these years. I'm so glad I was around to see Van Halen during their early club days in Hollywood back in the 70s and Eddie's playing still give me goose bumps to this day. A living guitar legend indeed. Being young in the 70s and 80s were the best time.....hell yea!!
Yes SIR…certainly was a freaking party beyond belief. Was born in Monrovia, VH was a garage band from Pasadena playing kegger parties. When we saw them play at the whiskey we knew EDDIE and Alex were about to become super stars. I still rock the shit out these guy’s. Can’t tell you how many speakers I have blown up rockin MEAN STREETS and 1984. 1,000,s of $ worth. And those good times were worth every Penny. What a freaking Party we were fortunate to have experienced thru mid 70,s and 80,s in So CAL Can’t believe I am still alive. None of my crew made it into their 50,s. I,m 61 now. I was to young for the FREE love scene , but I got of all the SEX, DRUGS, ROCK and ROLL that SO. CAL had to offer. Wish I could do it again , damn I had fun. ROCK ON ! Long live the SWING AUDITORIUM…!!!!!
Late 60s And all of the 1970s
It's easy to forget Eddie was the first to ever play like this...ever back then. Nobody was doing hammer ons back then. No computers back then. Limited petals were even created back then. He made the sounds using his fingers, picks and imagination. They had to change the way music was written because of him because if the way he played. Has definitely the father of modern guitar playing.
"duh nobody was doing this duh changed music duh lddld dl suckle nip toot Ed is God greatest ever"
Look at the date of the video, fanboy. It was made in 2015 and Ed still hasn't come up with a single new thing since 1978.
If Tiny Tim were alive today his brain-dead fans would want to hear "TipToe Thru the Tulips", just as the same morons insist that Jerry Lee play that crap "Great Balls" duh, one more time! Or, hey, Stones! Lets hear "Satisfaction" for the entirety of the concert! Samo shit over and over and over....
Bob Gemale you're an idiot or drunk. Anyone with a brain would know I'm describing his playing technic was innovative way back when he first did this style of playing. Nobody before him did this style. Are you really this stupid to post your remark to me?
Dave, I agree wholeheartedly brah! Bob Shemale is a mud whistle.
Roy Clark
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Eddie forever changed how everyone would view the electric guitar and that there were no boundaries that couldn't be broken...and right up until the very end Eddie was expanding those boundaries of what could be done on this wonderful instrument called the guitar...🎸🎸🎸
Drunk or sober, he's a legend. I'm glad to see he's healthy now though! One of the best ever!
Tferg That was 4 years ago
The best
I heard that his cancer came back I pray everything turns out alright we all should pray if we lose him in just don’t want to think about it a true god right here 😥🤘🏻🎸👏🏻
@@davidmerlin3344 Yep..Diamond Dave leaked he's not doing good at all....
Meth cancer is his own fault.
An amazing talent! Not only an innovator but one of the most influential guitarists of the 80s and arguably of all time!
70's and 80's +
In my opinion, only three guitarists have completely turned the rock guitar world on it’s head:
Hendrix, Eddie, & Yngwie.. in that order.
But let’s not get carried away here... Even though he was long gone by the time the 80s came around, Hendrix was still by far the most influential guitarist of that period. Any decade you want to name from the 60s onwards, Hendrix was and always will be the most influential guitarist of that decade. No one has ever changed music so much and no one ever will.
I’m a massive Eddie fan. Probably a bigger fan than I am of Hendrix actually. But Jimi will always be the most important and influential in my eyes, no matter who comes along, I don’t think he can ever be topped 🤷🏼♂️
Just wow. My first time of hearing Eddie Van Halen. His playing style is beautiful to watch and listen to.
Such a beautiful guitar player….. there will never be another like him.
I actually think he improved with age , it became effortless and just poured out of him , pure genius
Idk man that late 70s Eddie was probably the best player ever when you take a step back and analyze
@N G he didn't even have his custom 9 string guitar. So effortlessly. He can make a guitar talk and make it look easy...
@lowerthanaslave You might be right, but not by a large margin. In this video, he's old, has cancer, (probably doesn't know it yet) and is playing at close to his peak performance. He isn't my favorite guitarist of all time, but I can't name any other guitarist whose talent has held up for so many decades, except perhaps for Roy Clark or Glenn Campbell.
The King of Strings....best ever. Could listen to that all day.
This guy opens up a portal when he plays. He is smiling as in amazement of how awsome it sounds. God I lovem
This keeps you alive. I'm in tears. RIP my music man.
Why are so many so critical of this man and his gift to us that is music! Why not just listen and appreciate!
Why? Jealousy. Low self-esteem. The standard baggage carried by those who tear others down to make themselves feel better about being a loser.
Did he have to sell his soul to be this talented? Hands down the best player who has ever lived. The guitar bends to his will. Kids if you are watching.... this is special. Don’t waste your gifts people! This is THE rock star that rock stars want to grow up to be.
Its what love for the art and PRACTICE looks like!
A master playing a masterpiece a Mozart on a guitar
A Mozart on Guitar. I like this.
Mad skills makes it look easy. What a special soul. Glad I was alive to witness
I was at this show, it changed my life and i am so grateful i got to witness it. God bless eddie and van halen .
After all these years he still loves it. Now that is something great. It causes people to love it in return.
When the video stopped my head almost exploded. Right in the best part of Eruption and it stops. Wtf? Eddie you're the greatest by far.
oh so true. WTF
i never listen to rock but eddie was something else, theres just something in his eyes when hes playing that fills me with joy
Saw Van Halen in 1978 when they opened for Aerosmith at the Los Angeles Coliseum.... They absolutely stole the show and had people screaming for them to come back when Aerosmith was playing!!! And even though I was a Big Time Aerosmith fan, I too wanted more of Van Halen... This was when Aerosmith band members were all strung out and Van Halen was just hitting the big time! What a great time to be a teenager!!!
Lucky bastard
I was living on the streets most of the time as a runaway kid in the dreary streets of Manchester England. I had no fun and no music and no life until my mum threw my dad out, then, I listened to all his Beatles records and Queen too cause he didn't come back for them. I also had his Senator guitar and I learned to play it in 3 months.
Saw them in '79 and the mid 80's (twice) and it's so hard for me to put my head around that this is the same kid I saw so long ago (I feel old). The sound is spot on but the visual input does not correspond. EVH will always be 20 in my head.
yeah, I feel the same way. I saw them on their diver down tour.
John Coffelt JEALOUS!!
Van halen and oldstyle beer got me thru highschool.
you know your a legend when ppl till this day are trying to imitate you but yet cant surpass the master
I've been playing for 26 years. Like anyone else who has been playing that long, we can all play eruption. But it never sounds the same. It just hits different when Eddie taps it out. Forever the king.