Back around 1979, a friend of mine got his hands on a bootleg tape of Eddie fooling around in the studio on a nylon string guitar. It was about 15 minutes long, and included a variation of Spanish Fly. He made me a copy. The tape player on my home sound system ate it years later. 🥺
I remember all the naysayers coming out after Eruption saying he had too much distortion and couldn’t play like that without it. Then VH II came out and when they heard Spanish Fly there were no more excuses. Eddie shut them all up. I actually prefer this one over Eruption. It separates the men from the boys. Thank you, Ed. The greatest rock guitarist of all time. RIP.
Yep, always gonna have your critics. I always say if you can only listen to something but not feel it, then it's hopeless. I've heard Eruption a million times and I still get goosebumps at the opening note.
Whoever says Eruption is «easy» simply don’t have a clue. It’s not the «playing fast with tons of gain» that is impressive, it’s the small dynamics and nuances in the way he plays it that nobody ever is even close to replicate
Lmao it's hilarious when people say that he uses a lot of distortion because then you try to mimic his tone and realize he barely uses any, it's all in the attack.
@@TheGuitarmaster1990 The man helped give birth to modern "High Gain" amps with the 5150 , he used a variac on old marshalls so he could crank them almost to the point of melting down , he had Josey Arredondo put in extra gain stages to his old marshall superleads to achieve more gain his bread and butter was his saturated guitar tone ,i don't know where ya got he hardly used any gain , malcolm and angus young are prime examples to low gain and a heavy pick attack making a monster guitar tone though.
lol, your average idiot can play like this on youtube today... it was just fresh in the day, complete, and their timing was spot on, right after the big explosion, everyone was hungry for something new and Ed came through... I love Eds playing and both van halens, but it's not like that, he was mere mortal man who played all the time and had a lot of good ideas and focused on the music, nothing else, I am thinking so many sell Ed short claiming he was simply a great guitar player....
@@jorgesanzhernandez8849 Eddie chooses to record a one minute long instrumental on classical guitar during his career and it’s better than everything Paco and all those guys ever did.
@@jorgesanzhernandez8849 I know Paco was a great player but you also have to create epic music. Spanish fly is cooler than anything he ever made, plain and simple
@@perttutorvinen9180 good at being stupid. Stupid how good he is at being stupid. I figure he's just good at it, and there's no way in hell this song was improvised, that would be fucking stupid.
I'll never forget when I first heard EVH. It was 1978 and I was at a friends house a girl we knew brought over the first VH record and told me that since I liked hard rock I would probably like this too. She dropped the needle and when Eddie launched into the first solo on running with the devil I practically fell off the bed. I still know exactly were my butt was planted and what I was looking at 38 years later. I knew Hendrix, Clapton, Beck, Page were now the past and this guy was the future.I take nothing away from any of those guys but when you look at the complete picture I think EVH is the greatest ROCK guitar played of all time .
Could not agree more thats a great story. My dad always talks about memories like that. Hes 60 im 19 and sometimes i wish we couldve been friends back in his day
I remember exactly where I was the first time I heard Eruption way back in 1978. My life was never the same. Thank you, Eddie Van Halen, and may you Rest in Peace. 🎸🎸🎸
The story goes Eddie picked up an acoustic guitar at a house party and began playing Spanish Fly, something he was “noodling” around with. Yes Templeman was at the party, heard this incredible solo Eddie was playing and said, hey we should put that on the new album! Now some 40 years later we are all looking back at this amazing time in history that for some of us, we were fortunate to be around for.
The Spanish word meaning "play" when referring to the guitar is "tocar," which translates literally as "touching." Edward Van Halen touched the guitar, it was an extension of himself. That is the mark of a virtuoso.
Rock trivia note: The correct title of this track is actually "Spanish Fry". Its inspiration comes from Eddie's love for Mexican refried beans. The problem occurred when the CD liner notes were prepared, in Japan.
I consider that to be a happy accident. The word "fly" fits this track more in my opinion, since its fast and convoluted melody (that might not be the best word to use) can be equated to the flight path of a fly: fast, all over the place, and definitely not straightforward.
Alot of fond memories listening to VH. I used to write this logo all over my notebooks in school whenever I got bored which was whenever the teacher started talking lol. Saw many bands live but never VH. This takes me back.....
Oct 6 2020 RIP Eddie Your music and guitar playing techniques gave birth to a whole new generation of heavy metal. That will stay forever even after you're gone.
R.I.P. Eddie, I was always more of a Rhoads fan, but you basically laid the ground for everything in the 80's. I'm happy we live in a universe that also had Eddie Van Halen.
My fave guitar solo instrumental ever. Anyone who can't see he is the most important living guitarist is blind to some irrefutable facts. He's the complete package
I know that I'm going to get hate for saying this, but how is he the complete package? He has a very impressive play style that anyone can recognize, but that's really the only unique thing that he can do. And yes, he can play chords, riffs and write some songs but every decent guitarist can do that. Face it, he's a one-trick-pony, and I really love that one trick, but that's all he can do. And just to reiterate, I love his playing.
Lenny because everything cool that happened to the electric guitar in the 80's stemmed from this man. Jimi laid the foundation, Eddie took it to a whole new level.
I remember I played this for my report in High school, It was on, Of course, VAN HALEN!!! After I was done there was silence for a good 5 sec. even the teacher was baffled. Didn't get any chix but ruled the school as a guitar god. Thx Van Halen!!
Oh you mean he can play like this too? Spectacular, ominous, and beautiful A freaking masterpiece of unforgettable guitar wizardry. Eddie is the greatest and most revolutionary rock guitarist of all time. The guy who inspired me to play guitar. The maddest of props to EVH.
MAJESTIC WIZARDRY. THANK YOU, EDDIE-V! O My G ... ... THANK YOU! ... WOW ... TRULY AWESOME... ... and thank you, Sharer ... BIG LOVE from here ... MASTERPIECE.
+guitarslinger48 - "What innovation do you credit him with?" Taking every way-out, off-beat guitar trick in existence from every source imaginable and seamlessly repackaging that disparate catalog with freakish home-made gear tweaked to sonic perfection in order to form one holistic new musical style unlike any other the world had heard before ... THEN writing dozens of incredibly catchy tunes over 2 decades that enabled this style - which otherwise would have been forgotten (like the source material from which he built it) as an avant garde curiosity for guitar nerds - to embed itself deep into the mainstream, from whence it has subsequently managed to influence every generation of rock guitarists since. Technical innovation leading to cultural influence ... in the tradition of Jimi Hendrix and Les Paul.
***** He' very relevant, he has his own guitar model, had his own section in Guitar World in 2013, and his last album charted pretty well on Billboard, which is impressive for an instrumental band, and during today where rock, metal, etc. isn't the most popular genre out. Stop being stuck in the past, and stop judging skill on popularity because there's way more people more talented than Eddie.
Judging by the sigh at the beginning and the guitar being put down at the end, i'm guessing they were like "Come on Eddie we need one more song for the album" and he literally went, *sigh* and the started playing :P
The story I heard was that some people were saying that he couldn't play what he did without effects & distortion. So he basically answered them with this. I'm guessing he never heard that comment again.
I just heard this piece of great guitar on my favorite classical music radio station ,,,is that Awesome or what ? and the coolest thing is that I had a feeling that they would play it. Thank you KPAC 88.3 and especially Thank You Eddie !!!
Eruption public reaction: Oh sure, anyone can do that, he is just overusing effects (not true and still amazing). Spanish Fly public reaction: Oh well umm.. hmmm. Hacks
@@antimissilemissile yes you are, you sound like YOU, and that alone is beautiful and unique in every way. too many people try to copy others like ed instead of being inspired to find their own voice.
Carlos Cardenal 2 months ago Being honest have seen many of Eddie van halens videos. Being playing since i was 6 years old. 33 now. I have never seen him playing this clean and fast in any other time. you are correct. it's like he is an alein.
This is not ad libbed. In that respect, it is unlike most of his solos where there is at least some ad lib parts (not all were but most). Running with the Devil is not ad libbed. The intro to Ice Cream Man is not ad libbed but lots of the remaining solo is. That's kind of a technique he used. Ad lib SOME but prewrite the rest so it sounds alive and fresh. It worked.
exactly, like ed said in an interview one time "its like riding a bike, sometimes you mess up and crash but it's all about getting back up and moving forward." words i live by
@@andrehaubert6580 thanks! i dont actually ride a bike but the analogy from EVH is great because as a guitar player that played gigs long ago there were many times where I explored different musical ideas often during live shows. something i noticed he would do which would add a freshness to the performance since it was never the exact same. improv is one of my favorite styles because it forces you to think outside the box even when you stumble.
Van Halen was a great guitar player! I composed music for him in the early 70's. I picked really fast and was a lead guitar player. After he heard me play my song, to show him how it went, he then showed me Spanish fly...:-) I also taught Van how to slide across the stage on his knees, while playing the guitar. I used to do it in my parents basement. And since I couldn't go public back then, I wanted him to play and perform as I would have...:-) David Lee Roth would always show up with Rock Candy, for my little twin brothers....;-)
Rest in Peace you gorgeous, gorgeous man. you changed the way people play the guitar. thank you for that. we're really going to miss you. •b october 20 NEVER STOP STOPPING, 2020. PLEASE NEVER END.
I think Eddie’s got this whole guitar thing figured out.
ShapeShiftv2 I’m goin with this.
Lol....think you're right..
Yes I do believe he does 😎
Yeah, I think he's gonna be a big star some day.
@@crestlinedan if he finds a good drummer LOL just kidding those Bros are incredibly talented 🤘🤘
I always wished Eddie had done more acoustic stuff like this.
Check out the opening to Little Guitars. Very classically oriented intro. Also DLR played an acoustic opening to Ice Cream Man.
@@sanjivharikumar i like could this be magic? that's cool too
Take your Whiskey Home has a brilliant acoustic intro... It sounds like Flamenco, too... One of my favourites off WACF.
Back around 1979, a friend of mine got his hands on a bootleg tape of Eddie fooling around in the studio on a nylon string guitar. It was about 15 minutes long, and included a variation of Spanish Fly. He made me a copy. The tape player on my home sound system ate it years later. 🥺
In one, short minute, his unbelievable talent is laid bare. RIP Eddie.
his music will live on for as long as humans can remember it. that alone is a pretty big feat.
I remember all the naysayers coming out after Eruption saying he had too much distortion and couldn’t play like that without it. Then VH II came out and when they heard Spanish Fly there were no more excuses. Eddie shut them all up. I actually prefer this one over Eruption. It separates the men from the boys. Thank you, Ed. The greatest rock guitarist of all time. RIP.
Yep, always gonna have your critics. I always say if you can only listen to something but not feel it, then it's hopeless. I've heard Eruption a million times and I still get goosebumps at the opening note.
Whoever says Eruption is «easy» simply don’t have a clue. It’s not the «playing fast with tons of gain» that is impressive, it’s the small dynamics and nuances in the way he plays it that nobody ever is even close to replicate
Lmao it's hilarious when people say that he uses a lot of distortion because then you try to mimic his tone and realize he barely uses any, it's all in the attack.
@@TheGuitarmaster1990 The man helped give birth to modern "High Gain" amps with the 5150 , he used a variac on old marshalls so he could crank them almost to the point of melting down , he had Josey Arredondo put in extra gain stages to his old marshall superleads to achieve more gain his bread and butter was his saturated guitar tone ,i don't know where ya got he hardly used any gain , malcolm and angus young are prime examples to low gain and a heavy pick attack making a monster guitar tone though.
lol, your average idiot can play like this on youtube today... it was just fresh in the day, complete, and their timing was spot on, right after the big explosion, everyone was hungry for something new and Ed came through... I love Eds playing and both van halens, but it's not like that, he was mere mortal man who played all the time and had a lot of good ideas and focused on the music, nothing else, I am thinking so many sell Ed short claiming he was simply a great guitar player....
This just doesn't even seem humanly possible. RIP Eddie.
try paco de lucia or tomatito
I've been a Van Halen fan since the early 80's when I was a kid and somehow I have never heard this track. My. God.
@@jorgesanzhernandez8849 Eddie chooses to record a one minute long instrumental on classical guitar during his career and it’s better than everything Paco and all those guys ever did.
@@LOLLYPOPPE pls, dont listen to music ever again and i love eddie, but not even close.
@@jorgesanzhernandez8849 I know Paco was a great player but you also have to create epic music. Spanish fly is cooler than anything he ever made, plain and simple
The first 9 seconds would probably be the greatest alarm clock tone of all time
bruh i would sleep through that
That would totally ruin the song as a phone alert.
Nah it’s too relaxing
He is stupid good
Best of all time.
Yes he is. Stupid and good.
@@perttutorvinen9180 good at being stupid. Stupid how good he is at being stupid. I figure he's just good at it, and there's no way in hell this song was improvised, that would be fucking stupid.
@@TearyniteYOUR ASS
@@loversngaji4357 you’re*
The stretches on those taps are frightening
Rest in Peace Eddie. You changed the world. a devastating loss to music.
Eddie Van Halen, the man who inspired me to pick up a guitar and play
How is that going?
+Jsalrulz He quit and went to law school like 99% people who tried.
and I followed in his foot steps! Quit to go to flight school
Me too!
Me too.
I'll never forget when I first heard EVH. It was 1978 and I was at a friends house a girl we knew brought over the first VH record and told me that since I liked hard rock I would probably like this too. She dropped the needle and when Eddie launched into the first solo on running with the devil I practically fell off the bed. I still know exactly were my butt was planted and what I was looking at 38 years later. I knew Hendrix, Clapton, Beck, Page were now the past and this guy was the future.I take nothing away from any of those guys but when you look at the complete picture I think EVH is the greatest ROCK guitar played of all time .
Could not agree more thats a great story. My dad always talks about memories like that. Hes 60 im 19 and sometimes i wish we couldve been friends back in his day
I remember exactly where I was the first time I heard Eruption way back in 1978. My life was never the same. Thank you, Eddie Van Halen, and may you Rest in Peace. 🎸🎸🎸
If this kid keeps it up, he may go places with this guitar playing.
Yea, just think what he could do with a whole band !!!
😂😂😂
Not anymore
@The Senate I can still see it.
He definitely did! Heaven couldn’t wait for Eddie Van Halen. 💔
You'll always be remembered, king. RIP Eddie.
This is the most difficult Van Halen song to play on guitar.
that and eruption
You need a classical guitar for one thing
@@GuyNarnarian oh wow no wonder it was hard on normal guitar lol
@@geradhopkins2180 well an acoustic.
Acoustic Eruption?
The story goes Eddie picked up an acoustic guitar at a house party and began playing Spanish Fly, something he was “noodling” around with. Yes Templeman was at the party, heard this incredible solo Eddie was playing and said, hey we should put that on the new album! Now some 40 years later we are all looking back at this amazing time in history that for some of us, we were fortunate to be around for.
The Spanish word meaning "play" when referring to the guitar is "tocar," which translates literally as "touching." Edward Van Halen touched the guitar, it was an extension of himself. That is the mark of a virtuoso.
Hear hear!
This sucks to say man...R.I.P. and I love you Eddie. Thanks a lot brother. Go fly high and show them how it’s done up there.
Double finger tapping... ON AN ACOUSTIC? Eddie my man you surprise me daily
Mitchell Brown I've always tapped it with one finger
Edward is on a different level.
i think he means 2 hand tapping, not double finger tapping.
gonna require some excellent pinky strength =)
Its a nylon so its actually easier than electric believe it or not.
Rock trivia note: The correct title of this track is actually "Spanish Fry". Its inspiration comes from Eddie's love for Mexican refried beans. The problem occurred when the CD liner notes were prepared, in Japan.
+The Artful Dodger This is actually hilarious
+The Artful Dodger really not that funny dude.
+moose knuckle96 Bwuhahahahaha Bwuhahahahaha Bwuhahahahaha Bwuhahahahaha Bwuhahahahaha Bwuhahahahaha Bwuhahahahaha Bwuhahahahaha
it's fucking Haalarius!!
+moose knuckle96 shut up, it's a joke
I consider that to be a happy accident. The word "fly" fits this track more in my opinion, since its fast and convoluted melody (that might not be the best word to use) can be equated to the flight path of a fly: fast, all over the place, and definitely not straightforward.
I just keep listening to this over and over.
Alot of fond memories listening to VH. I used to write this logo all over my notebooks in school whenever I got bored which was whenever the teacher started talking lol. Saw many bands live but never VH. This takes me back.....
Soxruleyanksdrool dude I'm in high school and i draw Van Halen logos everywhere, even on my homework
I'm in college and i draw the VH logo in every table i sit at. Keep spreading the truth boys!
Looking for anything Eddie Van Halen. He is now a guitar legend. He is the greatest guitarist of all time. RIP Eddie Van Halen.
IMO one of the best pieces of audio he’s ever made
Eruption acustic version
acoustic*
Sorry u_u
The Nerd DeathThrasher eruption autistic version, lol jk
says the one called fuckin papa franku lmao
The Nerd DeathThrasher he uses pentatonic notes in this song Im positive in eruption he doesn’t just sayin🤷🏼♂️
Oct 6 2020
RIP Eddie
Your music and guitar playing techniques gave birth to a whole new generation of heavy metal.
That will stay forever even after you're gone.
I miss him so much already.
The sheer beauty coming out of this guitar solo performance is out of this world!
You can't beat flamenco style guitar really,for me spanish guitar is the best!!!! And Eddie has done a great little tribute!
This one gave me a lot of inspiration when I first heard it many years ago.
R.I.P. Eddie, I was always more of a Rhoads fan, but you basically laid the ground for everything in the 80's. I'm happy we live in a universe that also had Eddie Van Halen.
Hendrix and Eddie, all we ever needed.
0:01 this isn't too hard... 0:09 ...oh
MetalBlade The first part is really hard though
MetalBlade
The first tapping section is very easy.
right lol
I have everything until 0:27. Ill get it tho
It's gets hard at 30 seconds. I've been playing guitar for a year, that's as far as I can get.
My fave guitar solo instrumental ever. Anyone who can't see he is the most important living guitarist is blind to some irrefutable facts. He's the complete package
I know that I'm going to get hate for saying this, but how is he the complete package? He has a very impressive play style that anyone can recognize, but that's really the only unique thing that he can do. And yes, he can play chords, riffs and write some songs but every decent guitarist can do that. Face it, he's a one-trick-pony, and I really love that one trick, but that's all he can do. And just to reiterate, I love his playing.
Lenny because everything cool that happened to the electric guitar in the 80's stemmed from this man. Jimi laid the foundation, Eddie took it to a whole new level.
Eddie probably has the best sense of rhythm any guitarist has had ever. He is not a one trick pony, he is the best guitarist currently alive.
Did Randy Rhoads copy this in his song "Dee"?
Yeah, but can he improvise?
R.I.P. Eddie Van Halen thank you so much for the memories.
Angels get to listen to this live now.
You're damn right they do
RIP EVH. Goddamit so much!
I remember I played this for my report in High school, It was on, Of course,
VAN HALEN!!!
After I was done there was silence for a good 5 sec. even the teacher was baffled.
Didn't get any chix but ruled the school as a guitar god.
Thx Van Halen!!
Oh you mean he can play like this too? Spectacular, ominous, and beautiful A freaking masterpiece of unforgettable guitar wizardry. Eddie is the greatest and most revolutionary rock guitarist of all time. The guy who inspired me to play guitar. The maddest of props to EVH.
oct 6,2020.. we say farewell to Eddie Van Halen 🕊🤍
MAJESTIC WIZARDRY. THANK YOU, EDDIE-V! O My G ... ... THANK YOU! ... WOW ... TRULY AWESOME... ... and thank you, Sharer ... BIG LOVE from here ... MASTERPIECE.
Fucking ridiculous, incredible genius. Last time guitar was innovated was this master right here. Love and respect to EVH.
SRV
+AKBuilder762 with all due respect, not even close.
So do tell. What innovation do you credit him with?
SRV wasn't innovative per se, but he had the greatest picking hand of all time. And not for nothing but I've heard him play jazz and weird scales.
+guitarslinger48 - "What innovation do you credit him with?" Taking every way-out, off-beat guitar trick in existence from every source imaginable and seamlessly repackaging that disparate catalog with freakish home-made gear tweaked to sonic perfection in order to form one holistic new musical style unlike any other the world had heard before ... THEN writing dozens of incredibly catchy tunes over 2 decades that enabled this style - which otherwise would have been forgotten (like the source material from which he built it) as an avant garde curiosity for guitar nerds - to embed itself deep into the mainstream, from whence it has subsequently managed to influence every generation of rock guitarists since. Technical innovation leading to cultural influence ... in the tradition of Jimi Hendrix and Les Paul.
RIP Eddie. Long live Eddie. 😭❤🤘🎸
Thank you Eddie,your the king and nobody can touch you!!
Tosin Abasi would play circles around him.
Michael Taylor Mabey, but we wouldn't have Tosin without Halen.
Sniper 117 thumbs up!
*you're
***** He' very relevant, he has his own guitar model, had his own section in Guitar World in 2013, and his last album charted pretty well on Billboard, which is impressive for an instrumental band, and during today where rock, metal, etc. isn't the most popular genre out. Stop being stuck in the past, and stop judging skill on popularity because there's way more people more talented than Eddie.
King Edward, so heartbroken you had to leave. Love you forever. 🎸👑💔
This is friggin' amazing. Period.
Judging by the sigh at the beginning and the guitar being put down at the end, i'm guessing they were like "Come on Eddie we need one more song for the album" and he literally went, *sigh* and the started playing :P
You're perceptive. And this is what happened.
@@91JDub Not really anyone can find that information..
I'm thinking that Eddie didn't like the prior take(s) and said, "No no, I can do it better." And we're got this.👏👏👏👏
"we" got this.
The story I heard was that some people were saying that he couldn't play what he did without effects & distortion. So he basically answered them with this. I'm guessing he never heard that comment again.
#1for ever ... nobody will take his place in history ...and our hearts...R.I.P. master..you out played them all 😭😭😭
I just heard this piece of great guitar on my favorite classical music radio station ,,,is that Awesome or what ? and the coolest thing is that I had a feeling that they would play it. Thank you KPAC 88.3 and especially Thank You Eddie !!!
it should be played on every classical station. awesome that someone did! thanks for sharing that information.
I never understood why Eddie never made an acoustic album. I know it would be mind-blowing just like this song.
I heard that if you throw a piano down a mine shaft you get A Flat Minor.
mrlaa1 I heard that If you drop a piano on a military Base you get A flat Major
7 years later, the biggest laugh I've had in a while... thanks.
@@karljohan15 , true , LOL 😂👌
Lol
so...if i drop a piano on a beehive...
R.I.P Eddie i still cannot believe you're gone
#RIP #EVH 🎸 HERO
I am just gonna cry for a while, RIP Ed
RIP Eddie. My favorite solo from his studio albums.
Eruption public reaction: Oh sure, anyone can do that, he is just overusing effects (not true and still amazing). Spanish Fly public reaction: Oh well umm.. hmmm. Hacks
I've read an article stating he recorded this to shut those fuckers up....mission accomplished.
the fact that he could even make these sounds with an acoustic guitar got me rethinking my whole existence as a musician... like am i even good ? lmao
@@antimissilemissile yes you are, you sound like YOU, and that alone is beautiful and unique in every way. too many people try to copy others like ed instead of being inspired to find their own voice.
@@musek5048 🖤🖤🖤
@@musek5048 rip eddie
R.I.P. Eddie
VH was my first concert in 1984, saw them with Sammy a few years later, amazing both times
Amazing. Love form Bangladesh 🇧🇩
Carlos Cardenal
2 months ago
Being honest have seen many of Eddie van halens videos. Being playing since i was 6 years old. 33 now. I have never seen him playing this clean and fast in any other time. you are correct. it's like he is an alein.
I always laugh at the grunt at the start.
Focustris "here we go"...
Focustris ..sounds like those villagers on mineraft😆
Anybody know who's grunt it is? I always thought it sounded like Roth.
The Hermit it’s eddie
Focustris I believe he’s saying - “get outta here”.
Rest In Peace Eddie! Thanks for the great music! We'll miss you. \m/ Rock legends never die.
Favorite Van Halen song RIP EVH
Still - one of the top two greatest guitar solos/pieces ever recorded - bar NONE. Music - feel - attack - fire. #1? ERUPTION.
Here we go...
Just one of the many reasons I love him sooooo much!
Here to pay my respects.
This is not ad libbed. In that respect, it is unlike most of his solos where there is at least some ad lib parts (not all were but most). Running with the Devil is not ad libbed. The intro to Ice Cream Man is not ad libbed but lots of the remaining solo is. That's kind of a technique he used. Ad lib SOME but prewrite the rest so it sounds alive and fresh. It worked.
exactly, like ed said in an interview one time "its like riding a bike, sometimes you mess up and crash but it's all about getting back up and moving forward." words i live by
@@andrehaubert6580 thanks! i dont actually ride a bike but the analogy from EVH is great because as a guitar player that played gigs long ago there were many times where I explored different musical ideas often during live shows. something i noticed he would do which would add a freshness to the performance since it was never the exact same. improv is one of my favorite styles because it forces you to think outside the box even when you stumble.
@@andrehaubert6580 lol i think a lot of us humans can be lazy sometimes. its part of human nature. anyways have a great day!
What is ad libbed? I dont understand it
@@andrehaubert6580 as a French person maybe you should learn Arabic instead of English?
0:36 - 0:55 When you find there too much going on in your mind your head starts to spin :P
RIP, master sensei. You truly changed the world
"Musicianship is what makes music beautiful." td
RIP the man the myth the legend
Rip halen 😔
This and the next.. "D.O.A."...should always be listened to ..back to back..
Van Halen was a great guitar player!
I composed music for him in the early 70's. I picked really fast and was a lead guitar player. After he heard me play my song, to show him how it went, he then showed me Spanish fly...:-)
I also taught Van how to slide across the stage on his knees, while playing the guitar. I used to do it in my parents basement. And since I couldn't go public back then, I wanted him to play and perform as I would have...:-)
David Lee Roth would always show up with Rock Candy, for my little twin brothers....;-)
R.I.P. to the king
So much depth for such a tiny song. Well done Eddie.
Beautiful
This one hurt's to the bottom of my soul ,,,,,,,,, Rest in Peace. I hope to hear you on the other side.
rip king
R.I.P. Eddie.
I saw Eddie in Little Rock in 1992 and he blew my mind with his guitar playing!
Always amazing.... Good bye...
R.I.P Eddie...
Fact: Randy Rhodes was impressed by this.
R.I.P Eddie you will be very missed. 😭😥
Rest in peace
😞but you'll rock forever🎸🎼🎶🎵🤟
R.I.P. EDDIE!
Ciao Eddie 🎸
Eddie Van Halen: Spanish Fly
Lyrics- "here we go"...
I love that this masterpiece is exactly one minute long.
I still can't believe we lost the music.
He’s fucking amazing on guitar or any instrument 🤘🏿
Eruption backwards.
Exactly..lol
Niotpure?
R.I.P. EDDIE VAN HALEN. YOU WILL BE MISSED.
RIP EVH we love you.
My favorite part is the moan from 0:00-0:01
He says "here we go."
like EliteWarrior007 said on another comment thread, I think he says "and again".
Jacob Zirkin He says mahmut or hayrettin, not sure
It almost sounds like "yea nigga" lol
Jacob Zirkin he's saying "here we go". just in case you were wondering.
Spanish Fly >>> Eruption
Yes
YESSIR!!!
Emotion = Spanish Fly
Power = Eruption
Rest in Peace you gorgeous, gorgeous man. you changed the way people play the guitar. thank you for that. we're really going to miss you.
•b october 20
NEVER STOP STOPPING, 2020. PLEASE NEVER END.
Once in a generation.
RIP Eddie!!!
Nineteen jealous people... the rest of us get it and like it.
They all broke strings trying to play on a garage sale acoustic
this should've been called
Van Halen - Eruption, Part 2 (Acoustic Version)
Acoustic brilliance. Wish he did a whole album of this...
Comment 1000 for the guitarist who always batted 1000. We miss you King Edward. Rest In Peace.