"His folks are overjoyed." Just Dave being sarcastic about the young kid having no job. Basically he's saying his parents are pissed off and disappointed with their son's situation. Great song, great album, great reaction. ROCK ON! 🔥🔥
@mikenastasi8927
Жыл бұрын
That line should need no explanation
@gizzy2403
Жыл бұрын
@@mikenastasi8927 exactly! Pure sarcasm & they were confused by it😖
@FreeMTrider
Жыл бұрын
Yeah by this point in the song, the parents have given up. This kid is just a gonna do his own thing....the cradle will rock. I remember when this album came out and the song could have been written about half my neighborhood.
@mikenastasi8927
Жыл бұрын
@@gizzy2403 I like them and they're likeable but some of the things they say...
@realityisiamthespoonthefor6735
Жыл бұрын
@@mikenastasi8927 it's not their fault they are products of public schools and the Luciferian agenda. Once you destroy the language you destroy the society.
@dennismoore3383
Жыл бұрын
"In A Simple Rhyme" off this album is one of my favorite Van Halen jams that doesn't get talked about much.
@warrenhammonds1093
Жыл бұрын
Heck yeah brother! Such an underrated song from them. You're a true fan if you know that one. After Edward passed this is the song I picked to cover with my son. He's a huge Diamond Dave era VH too. He's done a few covers of them. Here is our version of In a Simple Rhyme. The vocals and the harmonies were hard to do right. The singer Jason McMaster (Dangerous Toys) did a great job on a tough song. This is one of my favorite Michael Anthony bass lines too. He's such an underrated player. kzitem.info/news/bejne/0Wt8yqSboKF9Y3o
@unclejessiesrodshop8432
Жыл бұрын
I agree
@themessenger2948
Жыл бұрын
My favorite.
@nonplayerzealot4
Жыл бұрын
Eddie Trunk cites that one as one of his top 5 VH songs.
@aks4204
Жыл бұрын
Killer song!! I love old school Van Halen!!! RIP Eddie Please do “Little Guitars“ next. It’s such a great song.
@BROU-bb2uc
Жыл бұрын
Sail away with someone's daughter.😏
@jarrodtorries1905
Жыл бұрын
@@BROU-bb2uc that is women and children first. Awesome song and album.
@aks4204
Жыл бұрын
@@BROU-bb2uc Could this be Magic 😂 🎶 🎤An' I see lonely ships upon the water Better save the women and children first Sail away with someone's daughter Better save the women and children first, yes, ah 🎼🎵 Or did you just mean the album it was on?
@aks4204
Жыл бұрын
@@jarrodtorries1905 Actually it’s “Could this be Magic”! Right? Now I need to look it up. LoL 😂
@louisb5563
Жыл бұрын
Old school...NOTHIN' like it! 🤘🏻😃
@19chucki74
Жыл бұрын
This song is a banger! Dave talks about how the new generation is taking little after the previous one, and doing things their own way, some good some bad. Women and Children First is underrated.
@richardjacobs7632
Жыл бұрын
“Have you seen juniors grades”? That cracks me up! That album cover is very cool! Thanks folks!
@scottmatzeder9162
Жыл бұрын
This was produced during Van Halens golden days...1st 4 albums are some of the best Rock n Roll ever recorded....
@tmakster
Жыл бұрын
Old school Van Halen....there is no match to their greatness!!! RIP EVH
@josephgonzales9169
Жыл бұрын
I can remember being at keggar parties with blazing bon fires in the middle of the desert in the summer nights...and Van Halen cranked to 10 on all of our car stereo's...those were the 80's
@markdraine3571
Жыл бұрын
Righto, Joe .The good ole' days ..VH was a great ,fun band, for sure
@americanmutt9089
Жыл бұрын
My favorite Van Halen song from my favorite VH album. I love how it gets in your face right off the line.
@colinm3130
Жыл бұрын
Fun fact is that the main instrument in this song is NOT a guitar. It's a Fender Rhodes electric piano run through a guitar amplifier.
@TheKitchenerLeslie
Жыл бұрын
That solo is such a tease.
@MrMinuteman69
Жыл бұрын
Takes me back to my high school days back in the late 70s. Driving around listening to this on my 8 track player.
@nonplayerzealot4
Жыл бұрын
That screaming instrumental sound at start and throughout was from a keyboard combined w/ a sound filter from a unit called a flanger. It's the first VH song w/ any keyboard in it, tho it didn't sound like one.
@rantoppp
Жыл бұрын
Yes, finally, someone reacted to this killer tune! This is the song (and not just this song, VH has more of them from DLR) and the reason some people just like VH with Dave better than Sammy. With Dave they had a toughness to them. In your face, taking names and kickin' a$$ type of attitude.
@tambor76
Жыл бұрын
Yup, Dave era had that rowdy, wild and out of control vibe happening. With Van Hagar it became a kinder, gentler, more mature thing. Personally i prefer the rowdiness of the Dave era.
@SeeJayPlayGames
Жыл бұрын
fukn A. With Hagar, it was "When it's Love" and with DLR, he "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love," to paraphrase how DLR put it in an interview once. There was a distinct difference - night and day.
@slimsantilli4476
Жыл бұрын
The riff is actually a keyboard run through a Marshall half stack
@Rasmuth
Жыл бұрын
I saw VH on the tour supporting this album. Great band!
@maxbrazil3712
Жыл бұрын
"Take your whiskey home" should be your next Van Halen jam.
@spike6487
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, you could tell it was Eddie on guitar the second the short solo started. Eddie's guitar playing is instantly recognizable. He literally has his own tone and sound. Even when he was young in a cover band he said he still sounded like himself and couldn't sound like other players. He played guitar in Michael Jackson's Beat it. He did it for free and asked to not be credited so the other guys in VH wouldn't find out and be pissed.. Fooled absolutely no one.
@tylerhackner9731
Жыл бұрын
Women and children first is an underrated album
@MW-ni6zp
Жыл бұрын
The first three VH albums will always be my favorite VH albums.
@robertcochran2124
Жыл бұрын
Hell yeah I love it!!! I like the song Mean Street
@fronthorse
Жыл бұрын
Damn right. Was the first one I've heard and it might be my favorite.
@BROU-bb2uc
Жыл бұрын
Had it 🤘
@thedrumfreak97
Жыл бұрын
Romeo Delight is in my top 5 VH tunes
@samson9535
Жыл бұрын
Ahhh, to be 20 in 1980. I want to thank my parents for conceiving me in June, 1959!
@onemanarmy6073
Жыл бұрын
Ditto-August 1959 for me!
@waynewood4791
Жыл бұрын
In a Simple Rhyme and Fools are 2 of my favorite songs on this album
@jarrodtorries1905
Жыл бұрын
I had all of van halen's cassette tapes in a box holder. This was one of them that I had on cassette. Bought it before I could drive so I walked to the record store from my Grandma's apartment in Gulfport Mississippi. Still playing van halen songs decades later. Great song. Diver Down would have to be one of my favorite albums of the Roth era. Little Guitars and Big Bad Bill and the Full Bug. I think the Full Bug is one of thier hardest hitting songs. It's a banger for sure.
@cmholmes1067
Жыл бұрын
“His folks were overjoyed” was sarcasm
@CRabbit42
Жыл бұрын
"His folks are overjoyed" was sarcasm.
@joeblow4785
Жыл бұрын
Awesome Brad & Lex rocks the cradle !!!!
@ShreddFly
Жыл бұрын
Hey guys what's up! Imagine hearing this in eighth grade. First time I heard this on the radio it blew my mind. Van Halen rocks! You guys rock! God bless you! Peace!
@Randor10
Жыл бұрын
Hey, just imagine hearing Eruption for the very first time right when the album came out in 1978. Disco was all the rage, and we hated disco. I was in a friend’s basement and he told me I had to hear this guy. I don’t know how many times we played eruption over and over again just trying to figure out what he was doing. This was the very first time the world had ever heard of Van Halen. There was no one to compare it to. This was all over the radio.
@ShreddFly
Жыл бұрын
Hey what's up brother! I do remember hearing eruption for the first time. me and my friend we're listening to Ted Nugent, Angus Young, and all the other Top guitar players of the time. It was seventh grade some kid brought a cassette to school and said man you guys got to hear this. We listen to the whole album all the way through and I was so blown away I didn't know what to think. I knew at that moment the music had changed. Eddie Van Halen became my favorite in one second. I could not believe what I was hearing. You rock! God bless you! Peace!
@terryconnelly484
Жыл бұрын
His folks are overjoyed Was a sarcastic statement You can tell in his voice
@thomasp.3796
Жыл бұрын
When he says "his folks are overjoyed" he is being sarcastic. It is about how parents have to deal with rebellious teens that they can't control.
@bobgomez8477
Жыл бұрын
"Finish What You Started" sounds like this too. It was a song VH did for Valerie Bertinelli's TV show. (If I remember correctly).
@michaelt3308
Жыл бұрын
Saw em with David at MSG in 84. Drove down from Vermont! Great show
@cesarrivero338
Жыл бұрын
Lex, when Dave said "His folks are overjoyed.", he was being sarcastic.
@PollyTheWog
Жыл бұрын
Gotta love DLR VH!!! As a Dad of four sons, and a son myself , obviously, the rebellion sang of in this song boomerangs back on ya’, better believe it! All rebel’s offspring are payback!😎
@jamesdalton8539
Жыл бұрын
I lived in the middle of nowhere Texas when I was a teen, and I used to put this album on the stereo, patched into my full stack guitar amp (played along with it), and my neighbors 5 miles away used to here me cranking this, Jimi Hendrix, & Led Zeppelin! ;-) hehe... I was a bad, bad, boy....hehe, & high as a kite and thanks to my Alcoholic father, never had a shortage of Jack Daniels on hand!
@lindsaywilmoth3747
Жыл бұрын
The line "his folks are overjoyed" is sarcasm.
@sidfernandez9224
Жыл бұрын
The intro and the rest of the song is done on a Wurlitzer electric piano through a distortion pedal (minus the guitar solo).
@carpentierjohn7
Жыл бұрын
one of the sickest intros ever
@TheMikelleh
Жыл бұрын
You have to understand how original the things Eddie was doing on his guitar. He developed the hammer on hammer off technique which was completely new to rock. Every VH album that came out, had guitarists saying 'how does he do that?' Also the song say "his folks ARENT overjoyed"
@ladyevil64
Жыл бұрын
Regardless of what the lyrics say when you look them up, I have always heard "His folks aren't overjoyed." DLR was always changing the lyrics when he got in the booth to record, because of his hard partying, or to piss off Eddie. And George Lynch has said that watching EVH play at gigs his band opened at is what made him really buckle down on HIS own playing. Van Halen was my first concert, and I'm very happy it was. So many great concerts in the 80s due to everyone stepping up their game to reach the same heights, or above, as Van Halen! 🤘💖
@spike6487
Жыл бұрын
@@ladyevil64 Being a young adult in the 80's was amazing. I might be getting older, but I got to see all the cool bands.
@wild8757
Жыл бұрын
It was sarcasm when he said his parents are over joyed
@nodaysback1
Жыл бұрын
loll @Lex doing the DLR *howl!*
@jamesgraham776
Жыл бұрын
His folks are overjoyed was sarcasm.🤘😎🤘
@obiwonton369
Жыл бұрын
This was the first guitar rock song I can remember blasting my radio when it came on playing air guitar in the mirror. No MTV just mag pix knew EVH was iconic.
@nodaysback1
Жыл бұрын
He was being facetious about his folks being "overjoyed." He's really saying that they're disappointed with the way their kid is growing up.. hanging out with the wrong crowd, staying out for days at a time, bad grades.. probly failing, no job.. Wouldn't you be overjoyed too?? loll Edit: Check out *Take Your Whiskey Home* from the same record. That's a great tune..
@Rooportland
Жыл бұрын
His parents are overjoyed was sarcasm
@frankdillard2522
Жыл бұрын
Somebody mistyped that, AREN'T overjoyed.
@correctlyrics
Жыл бұрын
Hey, guys. Thanks for using my lyric video. Mich appreciated.
@RockDocNeal
Жыл бұрын
A great early Van Halen song. There's a video on KZitem that someone made using the audio of this song and video clips of the adult "actress" Maria Ryabushkina, which makes it very difficult to concentrate on the intricacies of their recorded performance. 😲🤣
@ThePreciousguitar87
Жыл бұрын
As always the guitar solo is awesome!🤘
@kelsosemail
Жыл бұрын
"I don't get no *responsibility* vibes." This is what we come for!
@sfjarhead4062
Жыл бұрын
How do you not hear the sarcasm of disappointed parents???
@terrylandess6072
Жыл бұрын
I was able to get to the Base 'library' in boot camp to hear this when it released! Ain't missing no VH!
@charlesberton2581
Жыл бұрын
Lex, the overjoyed line is sarcasm.
@brigham2250
Жыл бұрын
The parents are overjoyed lyric was sarcasm. Oh, someone else already pointed that out.
@catmanduu66
Жыл бұрын
One of my favorites. You guys did my other favorite song Everybody Wants Some. New Subscriber because every time I search for a song a haven't seen a reactions on other channels, you've done it. Just sorry it took so long to find you.
@davidhenricks9715
Жыл бұрын
I always thought he said “His folks aren’t overjoyed”
@TheDaveSharman
Жыл бұрын
'his folks aren't overjoyed' is what he actually says
@gregllamb2410
Жыл бұрын
David Lee Roth is a character, and Lex, you are the David Lee Roth of KZitem. You make everything more exciting. Rock on girl, because we love you.
@nicktrierweiler3690
Жыл бұрын
I think I heard the Dave era of Van Halen once referred to as party metal. Pretty good description I would say
@ralpholson7616
Жыл бұрын
His folks are overjoyed=sarcasm
@dougmann66
Жыл бұрын
fantastic ! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
@johnfoster5295
Жыл бұрын
I always thought it was "his folks aren't overjoyed".
@ZIG4ZAG20
Жыл бұрын
Van Halen is the best-any version #RIP EVH🤘🖖✌️🎸🎸🎸🥁🎤
@fl6stringer
Жыл бұрын
The parents were definitely not overjoyed lol
@rothed16
Жыл бұрын
How did I miss this VH reaction! 😮❤
@johnduke7981
Жыл бұрын
It's called sarcasm. " His folks are overjoyed "
@brettherrmann3363
Жыл бұрын
He was being sarcastic about his parents being overjoyed
@lightsideofthemoon13
Жыл бұрын
I can't say anything bad about VH with Dave. No bad album, or song. My favorite line from this song is "have you seen juniors grades" I think my grades and parents have a lot to do with that. lol.
@briancolon8719
Жыл бұрын
Eddie Vanhalen always did experiment with new things on his guitar
@bashoyellow2624
Жыл бұрын
gotta check out Right Now! It's a different side of Van Halen, showcasing Eddie's talent at piano as well
@ws3764
Жыл бұрын
The parents are being sarcastic
@CharlieDontSurf1006
Жыл бұрын
I just noticed that no one has ever done a reaction to Big Bad Billy by Van Halen. Please you guys check this tune out you're going to love it I guarantee. The song is going to blow your mind because you're not going to expect with you here. Please do this soon if you can. Thanks for the great reactions by the way.
@chipsfalling8625
Жыл бұрын
You should do some followup on the adolescence of this band it is entertaining... but I guess that is true of most older rock bands. " His parent's aren't overjoyed" Thanks for sharing.
@clorinedream
Жыл бұрын
You're right....that DL Roth is the best era of Van Halen. Of course early v.h. fans would say that
@davidhallman6942
Жыл бұрын
Love you 2. Awesome reactions. Never really watched reaction videos until I caught one of yours on Slipknot. Lex you are a true metal head, keep working on Brad😉. If you would like some old school metal with an awesome female singer check out Warlock. All we are .
@TheHk1966
Жыл бұрын
“His folks aren’t overjoyed…”
@tyreewhite6653
Жыл бұрын
Sarcasm ! In the lyrics !
@stephenroby8498
Жыл бұрын
Lex is smart Van and Roth were always meant to be together.
@FUBAR1986
Жыл бұрын
You can’t go wrong with Van Halen
@chestrockwell8328
Жыл бұрын
You're right. That statement is 100 percent factual, no embellishment, no bragging... same as saying sunrises and sunsets are beautiful; it's simply true.
@andyh4224
Жыл бұрын
This is a great one!
@derrickgoodwin4130
Жыл бұрын
Got to see them opening for black sabbath when they first starting out
@chrishall5141
Жыл бұрын
That’s a good album. Check out “Take your whiskey home” & “Ice Cream Man” When you decide to do Van Halen again. Love y’all
@ssRocker-nn3tp
Жыл бұрын
They did Ice Cream Man. They should do I,m The One. Maybe their best song with David. Women And Children First is a Great album.
@traci4187
Жыл бұрын
The "overjoyed" lyric is sarcasm - "The parents are REAL HAPPY (not) that their kid is unemployed and accepting no responsibility for his own life."
@RobertMJohnson
Жыл бұрын
Guys, listen to how DARK Ed's guitar is. It's tuned down half a step, and it adds a tremendous amount of fat low-end sound and tone and darkens up the tone.
@patrickcain1455
Жыл бұрын
Dave is like that to this day , watch interviews or he probably has a stream or something but he has always been bigger than life. And his acrobatics and kicks are because he is a Black Belt martial artist . He didn't go to the local dojo , he went to Asia and studied under Masters. He's wired different for sure.
@sumonjamal1653
Жыл бұрын
When Roth says that "his folks are overjoyed..." ... he's being sarcastic. The parents are just SO disappointed that their kid is "unemployed". I think Roth wrote the lyrics against his haters from Van Halen's club days... when he started performing, it was obvious that he was not a great live singer. He copied stage moves and banter from Jim Dandy Magnum, singer of Black Oak Arkansas and he knew that Eddie Van Halen was the exceptional talent, but he got the brunt of the criticism as the band's frontman. So, David Lee Roth became a showman... he designed the stage production for Van Halen, wrote the songs' lyrics, dressed up outrageously and tried to be the 'rock star'. When Kiss tried to sign Van Halen, the feedback was the same - the singer was no good... Gene Simmons of Kiss still helped record their demos and Van Halen was finally signed in 1977... Even in the studio, producer Ted Templeman suggested that Roth should be replaced by solo singer Sammy Hagar on their 1st album... but Van Halen refused... It turned out to be the right decision at the time.
@leemcclements8889
Жыл бұрын
Hell yeah...Anything VH! Especially with DLR!
@playbassken
Жыл бұрын
Such a great song from the best era of music to date. You can never go wrong with DLR era Van Halen. Don't get me wrong, I love and respect Sammy Hagar, but this is Van Halen in their prime.
@rhinno1969
Жыл бұрын
another great DLR VH song I haven't seen a reaction to is D.O.A. 🤘
@tracyrichards6545
Жыл бұрын
I saw VH in 1980-81....gosh a little fuzzy on the date...the purple mic hit me hard.....Sarcasm !!!!
@bellodrade
Жыл бұрын
This album kills- you got Romeo's D, Tora! Tora!, Fools, Take your whiskey home, Loss of control... WHAT!! You got this one and VH II if you want to send the kiddies away deaf and dumb... and crying.
@Frostrazor
Жыл бұрын
"overjoyed" is sarcasm. Its all about "junior" disappointing his parents with his life's choices and lack of motivation, responsibility, direction, ambition, etc.
@sailor213100
Жыл бұрын
"His forks aren't overjoyed"
@MrJoseph6119
Жыл бұрын
Folks overjoyed was sarcastic remark, they surely weren't happy about they're kid being a loser!....RIP Eddie VH.
@marlenepettiford3731
Жыл бұрын
His folks AREN'T overjoyed
@morninrain10
Жыл бұрын
Reason the parents are overjoyed is the illusion of normalcy that isn’t the reality
@jeremyswalley8625
Жыл бұрын
Eddie scrapes the springs of the tremolo for the intro sound!! One of the most obscure ideas in guitar playing!! 🥴
@jeremyswalley8625
Жыл бұрын
But the amp has to be really loud!!
@albertmassingo4249
Жыл бұрын
I believe that the parents being overjoyed or anyone being ordered about their kids being unemployed is sarcasm. Like when you do something or don't do something and your parents would go oh lovely isn't this great you knew that's not what they meant it was sarcasm that's what I think it means
@SamtheSham2000
Жыл бұрын
Diamond Dave
@mikec5309
Жыл бұрын
Back when rock music was fun
@clinttapp1014
Жыл бұрын
Great song and album top to bottom. Could This be Magic is probably kind of the album title song. It's one of their kind of fun crazy songs.
@melbandle9497
Жыл бұрын
The "his folks are overjoyed" comment is sarcasm...
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