I lOVE eddie so much, god rest his soul. He always had a smile on his face, no attitude, definitely.not a poser (ah remember that). Watching him smoke breaks my heart.RIP Eddie, you will always be remembered.✌❤
@@ChromaticHarp Nothing wrong with trying to give others a break. In fact, it's quite admirable Ed was willing to give them his time & expertise...regardless of their genre. Wouldn't you be grateful for the same opportunity?
@@coldwinter5710 I'm going to ask did you see him do this for any other bands? Not to mention there from Louisiana I believe. Which is where his wife at the time Valerie Bertinelli and her whole entire family were from. Trust me when I tell you this he agreed to do this because of a family relationship. It's not good music and it doesn't matter what genre it is this is just not a good bad. Eddie knew that and you could tell by the interview. He was very joyous about his music and you can see he believes that this is a fraud he doesn't normally act that way. Quite truthfully I'm sure he felt terrible for having to do this
He did not have a big love for pop. In fact there are hundreds of interviews where he expresses emphatically that he does not listen to any modern music of any type. Now think about where this band was located and you'll begin to understand the reason he did this. He did not do this for any other band with the exception of Michael Jackson when he put a lead in a song for him which took him all of about 5 minutes and he only did it because he was there and Michael asked them not because he liked pop music. This band was located and around the area where his wife's family Hometown was. He was talked into doing this for his wife's family I believe his brother in law explicitly. If you look at Edwards life in total he never did this before and he never did it after. And in addition to those facts let's face it this is not a good band maybe pieces of the band have some talent but this is not a good song nor is it a great band. Edwards wife and where her family asked him to do a favor and that's as far as it goes.
I've literally never seen one Eddie VH interview where he wasn't Smoking in it, its too bad he didn't realize how much that shit was killing him inside...
Danny Johnson was amazing. Loved his work with Alice Cooper on the Special Forces album and with Alcatrazz on the Dangerous Games album. Very underrated work.
I remember hearing Private Life's two songs, Put out the Fire and Last Heartbeat, got a lot of airplay on my local radio station back in December of 1988. After that, they just fell off the map, even though those songs were pretty good.
I seriously don't know how Edward Van Halen could have done this interview with a straight face. Eddie's wife or someone in her family must have talked him into doing this. This is actually, cold watch.
The video is hilarious but I listened to Private Life's two albums and they are actually very good considering they are basically totally in keeping with the pop/rock sound of the era
i worked with private life 1988-89 tour opening for van halen!!!! it was a blast !!! all the biggest venues!!! msg!!! great tour!!!! they were top pros!!!! always treated the crew great!!! love this band!!!!! then worked with eddie van halen and ted templeman on their second album!!!!! much fun!!!!! they were really cool!!!!!!
+kogadogg yeah me too!!!!!!I mean it was nothing like being there helping van halen produce their diamond certified album van halen 78 but it was close!!!!!!and then I was there to help with fair warning.i urged Edward to keep unchained mean streets and so this is love? so thank god he listened to me!!!!!!!!!!I was there!!!!!!!!!!! had a blast soooo rad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's hilarious hearing them talk about this band, and then when you see the clip of their video, you're like, "Are you kidding me???" Eddie thought that was a 'happening song'?? He wished he had written that song?? Soooo cheesy, thin, and cliche'!
All the comments say”this is a joke” or “Eddie didn’t really like the band”, Maybe Val. had some influence to get Eddie help them out, or maybe Eddie actually liked the a lot, either way they aren’t a bad band, their not Van Halen, but Ed has more likes then just VH, Ed seemed like a very down to earth nice guy. And maybe he just saw a band that had potential and actually liked the members of the band, and gave them an opportunity, and what an amazing opportunity, imagine hanging out in the studio with EVH, and him producing your album, imagine being the guitar player, being offered advice from the GOAT, and just think if EVH said to the guitarist “hey try this”, and the guitar player didn’t really like eddies suggestion. I have played in bands for along time, and I never had someone, anyone much less EVH say hey let me help you out on your demo.
Danny Johnson guitar playing in private life never had a day job in his life he's always worked on the neck of a guitar so be careful with false statement statements you know nothing about he just finished touring over 20 years with a band called STEPPENWOLF singer named JOHN KAY DANNY JONSON IS ONE of the greatest guitar players on the planet Left Alive he's worn his body out to bring shows to people to enjoy
I fell in love with the band Private Life after taking a chance in a music store on their CD based solely on the fact that the cover had two sexy ladies in a band produced by Eddy Van Halen. I have both of their albums and love them both.
At a glance it sounds good. Not sure why the didn't get a bigger following. I always like to hear a good female vocalist. Very reminiscent of the stuff Vixen did.
@@TheZooman22 I think it was the wrong time. VERY tail end of the 80s. Another band called Giant with an impressive musical pedigree did similar style but they were just too late. Bands that were already around were still selling big in this style but with hip hop and grunge around the corner it was just the wrong time but the albums are very good
Eddie was the most modest, big-hearted talent beyond belief. I was madly in love with him in the 80's. Only problem, a big one, and happens to the good hearted. He wrote and sang "running with the devil" and that lifestyle was his undoing. He became a serious alcoholic and heavy smoker in highschool. He left a legacy of God given music and talent. But the f....g devil took him down. I hope u found peace with God Eddy in those last days.
Sounds like Vixen - Edge of a Broken Heart in that small slice of cheese at 1:16. Ed wasn't as much of an innovator when it came to production: This sounds SOOOO 80s pop rock
The second concert I ever went to was Van Halen and Private Life at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee. Private Life opened with Put Out the Fire, and Van Halen opened with Mine All Mine. It was a great show. Both bands sounded great. I loved Kelly's singing (and was she hot! So was Jennifer!), and Danny Johnson was outstanding on guitar. Shadows and their self-titled second album are both good.
As a smoker, His death has made me want to quit, he always had a smoke in his hand, so do i, and seeing now makes me hate the fact that it took him from us . Addiction regardless of how small makes me so sad RIP EVH
This is not the original Private Life that Eddie signed in Shreveport. THAT band had a TRULY great guitarist named Mark Griffith who was the reason Eddie was interested in the band to start with. Mark left Private Life with other original PL members James Clay Garrison Johnny Bright and Craig Sweeden to form "Sweeden" in 1986.
@garrisounds Yeah right! The only guitar player EVH was ever interested in promoting was EVH. He wouldn't even compliment anyone except maybe Holdsworth (even accused Randy Rhoads of ripping him off)....so he sure as hell wasn't going to waste time on a pile of steaming dung like Private Life unless he was doing a favor for his wife and her family in Louisiana.
That is one marriage I wished had been successful. I do admire EVH, his talent, his devilish smurk and his humility. The precious non pretentious Eddie Van Halen. A true talent and gone way too soon.
February 1978 the King of kings and lord of Lords of Electric Guitar Arrived and Changed the whole guitar playing World Forever..i saw Van halens 1978 World Tour in Philadelphia Pa the Spectrum..After the show 20,000 people had their Jaws to the Ground saying Jimi Hendrix who?..i was 16 years old then and already playing guitar 5 years at that time..no one including myself had ever seen or heard anything like the great Edward Van halen..and Van halen single handedly Saved Hard Rock and Metal Music..now moving forward almost 41 years his genius still shines..the three most important innovators/Pioneers of Rock electric guitar are Edward Van halen..Les Paul..Jimi Hendrix..with out any of them three we wouldn't be able to play..do or sound like we do and can today..if their was a Mt Rushmore of guitarist them Three would be on the mountain Top..God bless them..
I ❤ to be dutch and from Holland, because EDWARD LODEWIJK VAN HALEN is also from there so it must be right to buy myself a GUITAR and gonna be the best to❤❤
Had the priviledge of knowing Jennifer Blakeman, the keyboardist and saw Danny perform with his own band before this one and Kellie's vocals, ouch, in a good way. Loved this band and the group.
How the hell did this band hook up with EVH?! Ed must have been doing a friend a favor because this song ain't that "happening" You can tell in the interview, Ed is sort of half-hearted answering questions. Just another example of Eddie being a nice guy, willing to help a friend
The worst of 80's music, lol. Ed had some bizarre taste in music outside of his own brilliance. That's why Dave was the BEST thing for Ed, he made sure VH had the perfect balance of cool, hard rock with the perfect balance of pop.
It's comedic, almost like an SNL skit, hearing Ed say he wished he wrote Last Heartbeart just before cutting to the song. The man who wrote Girl Gone Bad wishes he wrote Last Heartbeat?
@@andshewas296 who cares where they are now? Does it matter? Popularity has nothing to do with quality. Who says it sucks? VH fans? Try polling pop rock fans. To be a good musician Like EVH you need to have an open mind to to all music.
@@andshewas296 wow did I hit a nerve? My point is simply that that song may suck to metal heads but it could be great to fluff pop fans. Also, that some of the greatest musicians are unknown. So what’s getting your panties in a knot
@@KD-nb3mp And this is coming from someone who just made there account a few month's ago ? What the hell do you know anyway ? back it up, or GET LOST KD LANG !
Wonder why I've never heard of them until watching this video, I think this was only a favor from Eddie to Valerie because Val's brother probably liked the singer.
Or the reason they never made it cause Val slept with the drummer cause Eddie never showed her the love that she needed. needed ??hmmmmmm. True story 😉
@@barbarawininger2567 Eddie didn't know about Valerie's affair with the drummer until 1994 when she confessed it to him. At least that's what she said in her book. So I don't think the affair had anything to do with why they didn't make it big.
Cool this is posted. But I saw these guys open up for VH on the OU812 tour. We were 2nd row. They sucked homeboy. Straight up. I WANTED to like them but they were contrived 80's dribble. I caught the guitarist's pick though.
A friend of mine saw the OU812 tour, where Private Life opened for VH. He couldn't stop talking about how bad they sucked. Years later, I read Valerie Bertinelli's book and found out how they got that slot along with Eddie producing them (Valerie's brother was dating one of the girls in the band).
I read In Valerie Bertinelli's 2008 autobiography, "Loosing It" that she had an affair of the heart (or some junk food for the genitals) with the drummer for "Private Life" in 1985, while traveling with the band for a few gigs in Japan. In Valerie's book, she says the drummer for the band that she had an affair with was named Graig, but, she obviously called him by a fictitious name because, there's never been a drummer for the band Private Life named Graig. So, if Valerie's claims are true about her first affair with the drummer from 'Private Life' while still married to Eddie in '85? Then there's only two possible candidates it could be, 1) Lenny Campanaro - Private Life's first drummer and the guy you see in the video. Or, 2) Chris Frazier - the bands second drummer. My money is on the the first drummer (Lenny Campanaro) being the guy because, while Lenny appears to be a bit over weight for Valerie to be attracted too, and he has a rather, ineffectual speaking voice and persona, in a homosexual kind of way. Lenny was the bands first drummer after all, and that does fit the 1985 time line for the affair Valerie describes in her book. His rather, ineffectual persona, could be just that of a stereotypical "sensitive musician", who's, entirely "hetero-sexual" at the same time. Still, it's hard to believe that Valerie Bertinelli, (who was rated by 'Penthouse Magazine' in 1985, number 9 on their *all time* top 10 sexiest actresses list) would ever have an affair with that Lenny dude in this video. Okay, whatever floats your boat, I guess. What's so crazy about all this, is that while Bertinelli had the hots for the bands drummer, she was first introduced to the Louisiana, Shreveport band 'Private Life' by her brother Patrick because, he had the hots for the bands keyboardist Jennifer Blakeman. And, if rumors are true that Eddie Van Halen had the hots for the bands front woman Kelly Brizneck? Then it's like, LA's hottest music and TV scene in the 80's descending upon Louisiana to have sex with the states Shreveport music scene. Poor local bumpkins, they probably never saw the sexual hurricane blowing in from LA that was just about to hit them. Valerie's brother got "friend zoned" by the bands keyboardist, and 'Private Life' never really went anywhere after a few studio sessions. No telling what 'Private Live' might have been if Jennifer would've just put out a little bit for Valerie's brother.
+Vienna Waits4U Cocaine is a hell of a drug. Just ask Eddie and Valerie. She probably cheated because Eddie was drunk and had "coke dick" all the time, as well as her own coke habbit. So here comes a new band with a little promise and next thing ya know....
sbrave Yeah, I think you could have summed up Valerie's autobiography with a few simple sentences. Like these for instance...... "1975, got the part for a character in a Norman Lear TV series that lasted 8 years. Don't turn your drug fueled rock in' roll party into a marriage. The End." Then it's all about, "Show me the MONEY!!!".
Lol!!! Sick and twisted games! She made it go boom boom. Can’t take it back once it’s happened. You can take a shower but the memory remains. You know they claim that women carry the dna of all the men they’ve been with in their brains! Seriously. Look it up!
Now i know it was just a huge favor from Ed when he said the guitarist reminded him of a cross between himself and Allan Holdsworth.... Allan Holdsworth, the technically brilliant jazz fusion guitarist. He is the only other guitarist that Ed admired and saw as an equal.
Dudes 2 hrs getting hair done set with 4 cans of hairspray-Check Colored,dark mood lighting-Check. Flames,smoke and wind-Check. Totally forgettable generic ,cookie cutter, safe,made of radio song -Check
funny that yrs later in 2009 danny johnson along rick derringer, and kenny aaronson were basically talking shit about eddie and going on about how he stole all his shit from derringer
Eddie seems so chill,yet rather uncomfortable.....then you see the cigarette......compulsively there. Which,as we always remember,were there to give the illusion of chill" Wonder at the end when he says PL are hot & sexy" if he was flirting & joking.....or ...having some affair? We will never know,plus,not our biz anyway I suppose. RIP GUITAR GREAT EDDIE VH OCT 6-2020
You gotta think "80s pop". Stuff like this was ALL OVER the charts in the 80s. Out of context it seems absurd. But, in the 80s, this kinda music was popular with a lot of people.
You all really think he liked this band? He was doing a favor for his wife and her family. I'm sure he was cringing the entire time just like the rest of us. Ed always said he never listened to other music, so he sure as hell wasn't going to start with that shitpile.
When he would go to Shreveport to visit Valerie’s family they’d go out to a couple clubs and this band was playing live in Centenary Oyster House I believe. Eddie did like the guitar player Danny Johnson. Danny played on an Alcatraz album and maybe toured on it I can’t remember. Not a guitar god but he had some decent licks.
I was like that at second, I thought what sets this apart from other bands across the country. But then i don't see the problem. I even just listened to two of their songs on You Tube and EVH was probably impressed with their live performance. They have good sound but it was the sound of the times like you'd hear in a movie soundtrack. That sound and look left the 90's when alternative came into the scene. If I became a famous musician next week and got married to a celebrity actress and she said hey, my sister is in a band, do you want to check them out? For the love of music i would say yes me personally i never turn down opportunities to watch any band, i like to watch anybody play music.
It seems like, from reading Valerie's book and seeing other things on the internet, that Valerie's family asked her & Eddie for favors alot - including getting them into the Van Halen concert for free. One of her brothers and his wife lived in a house Val & Eddie owned.
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"The difference between us and other bands is that I think we're more melodic" - Every band in the history of ever
5 minutes and 13 seconds that Ill never get back.
That's for sure
I lOVE eddie so much, god rest his soul. He always had a smile on his face, no attitude, definitely.not a poser (ah remember that). Watching him smoke breaks my heart.RIP Eddie, you will always be remembered.✌❤
Glad this group has kept a private life since this interview back in '89.
You wild
😂 I keep coming back here for the unintentional comedy. All I can say is, thank you for posting it.
I love that Eddie had such a huge love for pop melody and song craft too. He was a great songwriter and composer.
But why like this Cheez fest?
@@ChromaticHarp Nothing wrong with trying to give others a break. In fact, it's quite admirable Ed was willing to give them his time & expertise...regardless of their genre. Wouldn't you be grateful for the same opportunity?
@@coldwinter5710 I'm going to ask did you see him do this for any other bands? Not to mention there from Louisiana I believe. Which is where his wife at the time Valerie Bertinelli and her whole entire family were from. Trust me when I tell you this he agreed to do this because of a family relationship. It's not good music and it doesn't matter what genre it is this is just not a good bad. Eddie knew that and you could tell by the interview. He was very joyous about his music and you can see he believes that this is a fraud he doesn't normally act that way. Quite truthfully I'm sure he felt terrible for having to do this
He did not have a big love for pop. In fact there are hundreds of interviews where he expresses emphatically that he does not listen to any modern music of any type. Now think about where this band was located and you'll begin to understand the reason he did this. He did not do this for any other band with the exception of Michael Jackson when he put a lead in a song for him which took him all of about 5 minutes and he only did it because he was there and Michael asked them not because he liked pop music. This band was located and around the area where his wife's family Hometown was. He was talked into doing this for his wife's family I believe his brother in law explicitly. If you look at Edwards life in total he never did this before and he never did it after. And in addition to those facts let's face it this is not a good band maybe pieces of the band have some talent but this is not a good song nor is it a great band. Edwards wife and where her family asked him to do a favor and that's as far as it goes.
Nola Witch handler she was
Love you Eddie as a musician and a man
I've literally never seen one Eddie VH interview where he wasn't Smoking in it,
its too bad he didn't realize how much that shit was killing him inside...
The Man who changed the whole guitar playing world and the innovator over 40 years ago..Edward Van halen..
Love the 80's. Hard to believe Eddie is dust spread out in the waters of Malabu.
Eddie played the bass on Sammy’s last solo album “ I Never Said Goodbye”. Listen to the intro of Hands and Knees. Sick little EVH bass jam.
OMG thank you for posting this! I LOVE her voice and the band VERY UNDERRATED!!!
Danny Johnson was amazing. Loved his work with Alice Cooper on the Special Forces album and with Alcatrazz on the Dangerous Games album. Very underrated work.
I remember hearing Private Life's two songs, Put out the Fire and Last Heartbeat, got a lot of airplay on my local radio station back in December of 1988. After that, they just fell off the map, even though those songs were pretty good.
I seriously don't know how Edward Van Halen could have done this interview with a straight face. Eddie's wife or someone in her family must have talked him into doing this. This is actually, cold watch.
The video is hilarious but I listened to Private Life's two albums and they are actually very good considering they are basically totally in keeping with the pop/rock sound of the era
Witch family
i worked with private life 1988-89 tour opening for van halen!!!! it was a blast !!! all the biggest venues!!! msg!!! great tour!!!! they were top pros!!!! always treated the crew great!!! love this band!!!!! then worked with eddie van halen and ted templeman on their second album!!!!! much fun!!!!! they were really cool!!!!!!
+kogadogg yeah me too!!!!!!I mean it was nothing like being there helping van halen produce their diamond certified album van halen 78 but it was close!!!!!!and then I was there to help with fair warning.i urged Edward to keep unchained mean streets and so this is love? so thank god he listened to me!!!!!!!!!!I was there!!!!!!!!!!! had a blast soooo rad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+mecha gojira69 thats cool man!!!!!!!
Too Wild WTF!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
It's hilarious hearing them talk about this band, and then when you see the clip of their video, you're like, "Are you kidding me???" Eddie thought that was a 'happening song'?? He wished he had written that song?? Soooo cheesy, thin, and cliche'!
And then the guitarist claims that they're doing something that is missing in hard rock these days, some bs about being melodic lmao what a joke
I think he was banging the singer
@@lrn_news9171 i agree lol obviously he never listen to white lion or kings X during that time!!
Nothing more than a favor for his brother in law. Generic shit rock.
@@stevedahl he better be
All the comments say”this is a joke” or “Eddie didn’t really like the band”, Maybe Val. had some influence to get Eddie help them out, or maybe Eddie actually liked the a lot, either way they aren’t a bad band, their not Van Halen, but Ed has more likes then just VH, Ed seemed like a very down to earth nice guy. And maybe he just saw a band that had potential and actually liked the members of the band, and gave them an opportunity, and what an amazing opportunity, imagine hanging out in the studio with EVH, and him producing your album, imagine being the guitar player, being offered advice from the GOAT, and just think if EVH said to the guitarist “hey try this”, and the guitar player didn’t really like eddies suggestion. I have played in bands for along time, and I never had someone, anyone much less EVH say hey let me help you out on your demo.
William vandervoort...he helped the band because as she (the singer) said,...he put his frosting on her cake.
Well said!
Danny Johnson guitar playing in private life never had a day job in his life he's always worked on the neck of a guitar so be careful with false statement statements you know nothing about he just finished touring over 20 years with a band called STEPPENWOLF singer named JOHN KAY DANNY JONSON IS ONE of the greatest guitar players on the planet Left Alive he's worn his body out to bring shows to people to enjoy
I fell in love with the band Private Life after taking a chance in a music store on their CD based solely on the fact that the cover had two sexy ladies in a band produced by Eddy Van Halen. I have both of their albums and love them both.
At a glance it sounds good. Not sure why the didn't get a bigger following. I always like to hear a good female vocalist. Very reminiscent of the stuff Vixen did.
@@TheZooman22 I think it was the wrong time. VERY tail end of the 80s. Another band called Giant with an impressive musical pedigree did similar style but they were just too late. Bands that were already around were still selling big in this style but with hip hop and grunge around the corner it was just the wrong time but the albums are very good
Thanks for sharing this video, been a VH fan for years & now it looks like I have another band to check out!! #PrivateLife
Ooh
Private Life
Such a mysterious and cool name
AT LEAST THEY WERE PRIVATE.
Huh? Someone had pictures of Ed in a compromising position.
I just wrote the same thing.... too funny
Eddie was the most modest, big-hearted talent beyond belief. I was madly in love with him in the 80's. Only problem, a big one, and happens to the good hearted. He wrote and sang "running with the devil" and that lifestyle was his undoing. He became a serious alcoholic and heavy smoker in highschool. He left a legacy of God given music and talent. But the f....g devil took him down. I hope u found peace with God Eddy in those last days.
DLR wrote and sang Running with the Devil Lyrics, not Eddie!!!
Sounds like Vixen - Edge of a Broken Heart in that small slice of cheese at 1:16. Ed wasn't as much of an innovator when it came to production: This sounds SOOOO 80s pop rock
What I find amazing and incredible is how Eddie V and Van Halen managed to never sound like Private Life. - RIP EVH
"he put the frosting on the cake, you know"
And we all know what that means! lol 😁
Could you explain?
Thomas Kemer lol
Jizz
Ha, I was thinking the same thing.
Prob gotta dui on way home, ho. Ya love it.
This is awesome!!
I saw Private Life open for VH in 1988.
Was a great show!!
The second concert I ever went to was Van Halen and Private Life at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee. Private Life opened with Put Out the Fire, and Van Halen opened with Mine All Mine. It was a great show. Both bands sounded great. I loved Kelly's singing (and was she hot! So was Jennifer!), and Danny Johnson was outstanding on guitar. Shadows and their self-titled second album are both good.
Love his voice
I have The Private Life albums, I love them.
As a smoker,
His death has made me want to quit,
he always had a smoke in his hand, so do i, and seeing now makes me hate the fact that it took him from us . Addiction regardless of how small makes me so sad
RIP EVH
I don't think Eddie died from smoking too many cigarettes.
Good luck to ya. It's a tough vice to kick.
I quit after 30 plus years. I use a vape.
You can do it.
Try wellbutrin to help quit. Don't Valerie. Just stop all together. I smoked for 20+ yrs. Wellbutrin was magic.
@John Sticher No I think it might have been HPV.
Is it just me or is Eddie one of the few people where a mullet looked amazing, in every picture ?
He looked great with his mullet
Thats not a Mullet. Billy ray Cyrus has a Mullet and that looks nothing like Eddie Van Halens Hair Style !!
@@loudog2326 What is it then?
@@mackenzie77777 A mullet is long BEHIND the ears. This is just long hair.
@@cheallen1626 I read Eddie had two gay hair dressers staying with him at times, so that hair style took some maintenence :)
Such a gentleman & true artist🤗
EDDIE VAN HALEN...FOREVER!!!!
Ed,...always with the cig.......
They’ll catch up with him
@@labenbyers2786 they did asshole.
@@brandonkaiser8344 lol chill bub
Ed, you re kidding right ?
@@jeffreyrivers1983 EXACTLY
Better then Zepplin, dude. Cmon.
@@BetrayerSlayerMusicTV lmao
This is not the original Private Life that Eddie signed in Shreveport. THAT band had a TRULY great guitarist named Mark Griffith who was the reason Eddie was interested in the band to start with. Mark left Private Life with other original PL members James Clay Garrison Johnny Bright and Craig Sweeden to form "Sweeden" in 1986.
WOW, didn't realize that Jim - thanks for clarifying why Ed was even interested in the band
@garrisounds Yeah right! The only guitar player EVH was ever interested in promoting was EVH. He wouldn't even compliment anyone except maybe Holdsworth (even accused Randy Rhoads of ripping him off)....so he sure as hell wasn't going to waste time on a pile of steaming dung like Private Life unless he was doing a favor for his wife and her family in Louisiana.
@@kellymacleod976 not the only reason of course but you know how guy guitarists are. Interested in 2 things...guitar and...well
Love Eddie ❤️
Notice how Ed does alot of looking around....but he's not lying.....much
That is one marriage I wished had been successful. I do admire EVH, his talent, his devilish smurk and his humility. The precious non pretentious Eddie Van Halen. A true talent and gone way too soon.
"frosting on the cake" is code for facial
Awesome
February 1978 the King of kings and lord of Lords of Electric Guitar Arrived and Changed the whole guitar playing World Forever..i saw Van halens 1978 World Tour in Philadelphia Pa the Spectrum..After the show 20,000 people had their Jaws to the Ground saying Jimi Hendrix who?..i was 16 years old then and already playing guitar 5 years at that time..no one including myself had ever seen or heard anything like the great Edward Van halen..and Van halen single handedly Saved Hard Rock and Metal Music..now moving forward almost 41 years his genius still shines..the three most important innovators/Pioneers of Rock electric guitar are Edward Van halen..Les Paul..Jimi Hendrix..with out any of them three we wouldn't be able to play..do or sound like we do and can today..if their was a Mt Rushmore of guitarist them Three would be on the mountain Top..God bless them..
After we cut this demo as a favor Ed you're going to rehab!!!!😂😂😂
I think this is one of the many confused moments of Eddie Van Halen’s life LOL
This was Eddie's answer to Sammy's various business ventures outside VH. The difference being that Sammy made a fortune, and this band vanished
Well, you talkin bout em. Id say rock on.
I ❤ to be dutch and from Holland, because EDWARD LODEWIJK VAN HALEN is also from there so it must be right to buy myself a GUITAR and gonna be the best to❤❤
Had the priviledge of knowing Jennifer Blakeman, the keyboardist and saw Danny perform with his own band before this one and Kellie's vocals, ouch, in a good way. Loved this band and the group.
5:05 you know Eddie wasn’t serious about the whole video and subtlety wanted people to know it when he said this
Private Life? I guess they kept it all really, really private?
A cross between Eddie and Holdsworth? I think not.
Yeah, humm. Wondering what he heard in their music?
@@Lord_Stinkfoot T &A for sure
How the hell did this band hook up with EVH?! Ed must have been doing a friend a favor because this song ain't that "happening" You can tell in the interview, Ed is sort of half-hearted answering questions. Just another example of Eddie being a nice guy, willing to help a friend
The worst of 80's music, lol. Ed had some bizarre taste in music outside of his own brilliance. That's why Dave was the BEST thing for Ed, he made sure VH had the perfect balance of cool, hard rock with the perfect balance of pop.
It's comedic, almost like an SNL skit, hearing Ed say he wished he wrote Last Heartbeart just before cutting to the song. The man who wrote Girl Gone Bad wishes he wrote Last Heartbeat?
haha.... exactly. She must of had pictures of him somewhere.
Eaton Beaver or maybe expand your mind a bit stop being a narrow minded dick. And I do t even know who thT band is.
@@andshewas296 who cares where they are now? Does it matter? Popularity has nothing to do with quality. Who says it sucks? VH fans? Try polling pop rock fans. To be a good musician Like EVH you need to have an open mind to to all music.
@@andshewas296 wow did I hit a nerve? My point is simply that that song may suck to metal heads but it could be great to fluff pop fans. Also, that some of the greatest musicians are unknown. So what’s getting your panties in a knot
@@thetruthhurts6652 Sounded awful to me
Private Life, where have you been all my life? I used to like Van Halen but now I appreciate them even more hahahaha!
Never even heard of them lol. Its going to take alot more than a long voice to get you noticed and even eddie van halen helping .
No band or record succeeds without shiploads of ‘independent promotion’ money.
Oh boy, you guys seem to be real experts.
@@KD-nb3mp And this is coming from someone who just made there account a few month's ago ? What the hell do you know anyway ? back it up, or GET LOST KD LANG !
Sounds like that T'Pau band from the 80's. So you can see why Eddie may have thought this was happinin! coz this was the pop sound of that era.
Leon Mohan
That was my first thought too, except T'pau were better
Im sure thats a cool cool memory for them. Good for them!!
yeahhh
Goat
Loved Private Life. Wished they made more albums.
EDDIE VAN HALEN ❤
Wonder why I've never heard of them until watching this video, I think this was only a favor from Eddie to Valerie because Val's brother probably liked the singer.
Or the reason they never made it cause Val slept with the drummer cause Eddie never showed her the love that she needed.
needed ??hmmmmmm.
True story 😉
@@barbarawininger2567 Eddie didn't know about Valerie's affair with the drummer until 1994 when she confessed it to him. At least that's what she said in her book. So I don't think the affair had anything to do with why they didn't make it big.
Cool this is posted. But I saw these guys open up for VH on the OU812 tour. We were 2nd row. They sucked homeboy. Straight up. I WANTED to like them but they were contrived 80's dribble. I caught the guitarist's pick though.
You got to remember Eddie was doing a lot of drugs back then he don't even know what he was doing or saying
Eddie Van Halen
26 Enero 1955
06 Octubre 2020
I saw Private Life open for VH, I just remember them sounding very generic.
Cheesy song and video
best hair ever
At the 2:00 mark - she says " He pulled notes outta me I never thought I could hit " Heh, Heh, I bet he did.
You didn't mention the "frosting on the cake" part? :D
@@HarpoSpoke lmao 🤣
Yeah fun night. I was 3rd spit pig.
This is when Eddie totally had his "Kid from Stranger Things" look.
DID SHE SAY EDDIE "FROSTED HER CAKE"?
Go Ed!
More like frosted her hair pie
I bet he did
Well hes what Danish? They like strudell. Git it
@@BetrayerSlayerMusicTV dutch
TO. BAD. HE. SMOKED. HIMSELF. TO. DEATH. 🎸
never heard of em
✌✌✌ rip king
Can't imagine evh like that s..t
They sound like every other generic 80's band
I mean, Van Halen did set the standard for all that 80s rock stuff
Please tell me you’re just clowning.
No, they sound worse. This has to be some kind of joke.
Yeah they sound like complete shit 💩
A friend of mine saw the OU812 tour, where Private Life opened for VH. He couldn't stop talking about how bad they sucked. Years later, I read Valerie Bertinelli's book and found out how they got that slot along with Eddie producing them (Valerie's brother was dating one of the girls in the band).
It figures
TheJohnnyCotts That's not what she said in her book. Her brother liked the pianist, she rebuffed him.
I read In Valerie Bertinelli's 2008 autobiography, "Loosing It" that she had an affair of the heart (or some junk food for the genitals) with the drummer for "Private Life" in 1985, while traveling with the band for a few gigs in Japan. In Valerie's book, she says the drummer for the band that she had an affair with was named Graig, but, she obviously called him by a fictitious name because, there's never been a drummer for the band Private Life named Graig.
So, if Valerie's claims are true about her first affair with the drummer from 'Private Life' while still married to Eddie in '85? Then there's only two possible candidates it could be, 1) Lenny Campanaro - Private Life's first drummer and the guy you see in the video. Or, 2) Chris Frazier - the bands second drummer.
My money is on the the first drummer (Lenny Campanaro) being the guy because, while Lenny appears to be a bit over weight for Valerie to be attracted too, and he has a rather, ineffectual speaking voice and persona, in a homosexual kind of way. Lenny was the bands first drummer after all, and that does fit the 1985 time line for the affair Valerie describes in her book. His rather, ineffectual persona, could be just that of a stereotypical "sensitive musician", who's, entirely "hetero-sexual" at the same time. Still, it's hard to believe that Valerie Bertinelli, (who was rated by 'Penthouse Magazine' in 1985, number 9 on their *all time* top 10 sexiest actresses list) would ever have an affair with that Lenny dude in this video. Okay, whatever floats your boat, I guess.
What's so crazy about all this, is that while Bertinelli had the hots for the bands drummer, she was first introduced to the Louisiana, Shreveport band 'Private Life' by her brother Patrick because, he had the hots for the bands keyboardist Jennifer Blakeman. And, if rumors are true that Eddie Van Halen had the hots for the bands front woman Kelly Brizneck? Then it's like, LA's hottest music and TV scene in the 80's descending upon Louisiana to have sex with the states Shreveport music scene. Poor local bumpkins, they probably never saw the sexual hurricane blowing in from LA that was just about to hit them. Valerie's brother got "friend zoned" by the bands keyboardist, and 'Private Life' never really went anywhere after a few studio sessions. No telling what 'Private Live' might have been if Jennifer would've just put out a little bit for Valerie's brother.
Vienna Waits4U No, his name was Craig. He sells Harleys in Dallas Texas now.
+Vienna Waits4U Cocaine is a hell of a drug. Just ask Eddie and Valerie. She probably cheated because Eddie was drunk and had "coke dick" all the time, as well as her own coke habbit. So here comes a new band with a little promise and next thing ya know....
sbrave
Yeah, I think you could have summed up Valerie's autobiography with a few simple sentences. Like these for instance......
"1975, got the part for a character in a Norman Lear TV series that lasted 8 years. Don't turn your drug fueled rock in' roll party into a marriage. The End."
Then it's all about, "Show me the MONEY!!!".
Lol!!! Sick and twisted games! She made it go boom boom. Can’t take it back once it’s happened. You can take a shower but the memory remains. You know they claim that women carry the dna of all the men they’ve been with in their brains! Seriously. Look it up!
She also said in her book that Eddie "flipped out" when she confessed the affair to him years later.
sounds like the band Crucial Taunt from Wayne's World
Well, that didn't work out too well.
I'm still waiting for the deluxe boxed set!!!
OK time to search Private Life Band.
Ed gave to the people just like anyone in his position... Valerie- ''Oh come on honey, just say you like them, it won't hurt anything''
the old garbage can fire prop
very 80,s
Add some 1983 lickit up gene simmons and 1985 bruce kulick era ruffles and ruge and ya gotcho self the 80s
Now i know it was just a huge favor from Ed when he said the guitarist reminded him of a cross between himself and Allan Holdsworth.... Allan Holdsworth, the technically brilliant jazz fusion guitarist. He is the only other guitarist that Ed admired and saw as an equal.
An Equal? Holdsworth was on an entirely nother level…no one can play like Alan.
@@ChromaticHarp Please.. No one can play like Ed either. That was what Eddie said about him and who he believed was on his level.
The singer just might have a strong, clear voice but that is some hilariously bullshit music right there.
The things we do for love
yeah that's rough, but EVH is going to pump it up if he produced it. He had to be cringing. "honest rock n roll"??
Never heard of this band. Eddie produced a band and this was it???
Dudes 2 hrs getting hair done set with 4 cans of hairspray-Check Colored,dark mood lighting-Check. Flames,smoke and wind-Check. Totally forgettable generic ,cookie cutter, safe,made of radio song -Check
funny that yrs later in 2009 danny johnson along rick derringer, and kenny aaronson were basically talking shit about eddie and going on about how he stole all his shit from derringer
Eddie seems so chill,yet rather uncomfortable.....then you see the cigarette......compulsively there. Which,as we always remember,were there to give the illusion of chill" Wonder at the end when he says PL are hot & sexy" if he was flirting & joking.....or ...having some affair? We will never know,plus,not our biz anyway I suppose.
RIP GUITAR GREAT EDDIE VH OCT 6-2020
@ 2:24 the putz is playing with a yo-yo LOL
There is a sound with there music . I understand what Ed saw in there vibe
Nice troll
You gotta think "80s pop". Stuff like this was ALL OVER the charts in the 80s. Out of context it seems absurd. But, in the 80s, this kinda music was popular with a lot of people.
A csse of two Eddie's??? record producer Eddie Leonetti doing the interview
Hey that's the chick from that 80s TV show wings!!??
No, Crystal Bernard actually had a successful music career. Unlike these posers.
Not to be sordid but didn't Valerie have a brief affair with this band's drummer when they were in Japan.....?
Helen yes she did.
So damn cute!
You all really think he liked this band? He was doing a favor for his wife and her family. I'm sure he was cringing the entire time just like the rest of us. Ed always said he never listened to other music, so he sure as hell wasn't going to start with that shitpile.
When he would go to Shreveport to visit Valerie’s family they’d go out to a couple clubs and this band was playing live in Centenary Oyster House I believe. Eddie did like the guitar player Danny Johnson. Danny played on an Alcatraz album and maybe toured on it I can’t remember. Not a guitar god but he had some decent licks.
I was like that at second, I thought what sets this apart from other bands across the country. But then i don't see the problem. I even just listened to two of their songs on You Tube and EVH was probably impressed with their live performance. They have good sound but it was the sound of the times like you'd hear in a movie soundtrack. That sound and look left the 90's when alternative came into the scene. If I became a famous musician next week and got married to a celebrity actress and she said hey, my sister is in a band, do you want to check them out? For the love of music i would say yes me personally i never turn down opportunities to watch any band, i like to watch anybody play music.
And Valerie repaid him for this favor by sleeping with the drummer.
It seems like, from reading Valerie's book and seeing other things on the internet, that Valerie's family asked her & Eddie for favors alot - including getting them into the Van Halen concert for free. One of her brothers and his wife lived in a house Val & Eddie owned.
@@pashon4percushon same. Americas is alll youcant do that, thaaaat sucks. Very boring country.
she does scream like yoko, lmao, whew
I wonder the last time anyone in private life spoke to evh?
who sang last heartbeat? Tiffany??? lol