Imagine walking into a bar in the 70’s and hearing this. 😮
@headhog3404
5 ай бұрын
Blows my mind.
@cadesmith840
5 ай бұрын
Fr man too badass
@dasse1588
5 ай бұрын
Underappreciated. That's why it took him 5 years to get signed
@TerryThomas-vl6xe
3 ай бұрын
Yeah no shit and like I’ve heard , they would be playing something like this and there would be 6 people in the whole fuckin place . I can’t wait for the invention of the Time Machine ! OK , let’s set our destination settings here .. OK. Let’s do the weather z, it’s a rainy Monday Night 10:0Opm. October. Late October the greater Los Angeles area . Hollywood. WEST Hollywood in the year 1977 at a place called the Starwood. Ok everybody , seat belts buckled. And T minus 5. , 4 , 3 , 2, 2, IGNITION !
@cliffords2315
3 ай бұрын
I did, at the Ice Palace in So-Cal in 76, i believe they were still called "Mammoth" at the time
@beatmet2355
8 ай бұрын
Van Halen Anthology should be a thing. Nothing but tracks like this…isolated elements, instrumental mixes, demos, live recordings, etc.
@SuperJiggawhat
8 ай бұрын
Fuck yea. MORE EDDIE!!
@Durwood71
8 ай бұрын
I'd buy that in a heartbeat.
@montysonful
8 ай бұрын
would be as good as their albums
@intercommerce
8 ай бұрын
YES, pick it apart to deconstruct Eddie's genius! DR'S vocals are just the icing on an already-fantastic cake!
@user-mk7yw2jc3p
8 ай бұрын
M.A., so underrated as a bass man/vocalist….
@robrock6966
7 ай бұрын
As much as he is a lead guitar god - Eddie never gets enough credit for his amazing rhythm skills!
@ianedmonds9191
7 ай бұрын
Massive agree, He influenced me more as a rhythm player. His riffs were all top notch. Funny thing. I love Diver down as a Van Halen album. I know it's largely hated as a cover album but the playing on it by Eddie is so relaxed and he's clearly just jamming. His rhythm playing is just so comfortable and cool. Very good album IMHO. Luv and Peace.
@iulenny
7 ай бұрын
When you're the only guitar player in the band you do it all
@PBeetheFox
7 ай бұрын
This is one of those Boomer comments when people believed there was a difference between "lead guitars" and "rhythm guitars".
@mcpappysgolden
7 ай бұрын
The first time I saw Van Halen live in the 1980's, the next day Jim Dennis - the manager of the music store where I worked - asked me, "What did you notice?" I was a little overwhelmed by the question, but Jim said, "He is a GREAT rhythm player. He was always in tune, and always in time." So yeah, since then I have been aware of what a great rhythm player Eddie was.
@ianedmonds9191
7 ай бұрын
@@PBeetheFox Gen X. There was a difference in a lot of bands way back. Hendrix blurred the line forever.
@white.lodge.dale.cooper
8 ай бұрын
WOW. I miss when albums sounded like a band playing in a room together.
@monty4336
8 ай бұрын
Amen. Analog recording onto magnetic old fashion tape cant be beat for depth and warmth. Digital too cold and shallow.
@joshuahenry7482
8 ай бұрын
That's because that's how they actually recorded this album...
@j.p.7708
8 ай бұрын
Here’s some more live in one room music, but it’s not a pro band unfortunately. kzitem.info/news/bejne/u52dvnqBm56LeHosi=cfqnxD4v24K1wfWn
@Haku_records
8 ай бұрын
Peep my page. Only live stuff! New records made from the heart with smoking guitar, bass, drums
@Eric_In_SF
8 ай бұрын
Guess you haven’t listen to many albums. not to mention even back then, Van Halen, queen and what have you would lay down scratch tracks and then re-record everything. Don’t be a dinosaur
@Rodzilla5332
7 ай бұрын
Those chords are crazy. I never heard just how odd the chord voicings are on the album. Thats insane.
@Je-Vette
7 ай бұрын
When you sing it, you know how weird the card progression is
@erickaufmann4839
7 ай бұрын
REALLY CRAZY LOL!
@charleswettish8701
7 ай бұрын
Eddy's the king of that.
@captainjefferies9047
7 ай бұрын
Eddie hated playing repetitive things so he messed around like that.
@fabiancartouche
7 ай бұрын
I thought someone was out of tune, goofing around before the real take was to begin. Took me a minute to get my bearings. Lends a whole new appreciation to how their sound was crafted, like a few tints in a polychrome print creating an organic whole of high complexity.
@ericdietrich9848
8 ай бұрын
Never ceases to amaze me how "in the pocket" Ed's rhythm parts sit - dude is always locked in. As exceptional and innovative as his lead work is, this is great hearing what a human metronome he is.
@joemusicman64
8 ай бұрын
All guitarists should start out as drummers. Eddie did.
@BenGateno
8 ай бұрын
Mike is locked in super tight too!
@SonicProfessor_a.k.a._T._Andra
8 ай бұрын
Actually: NOT a metronome (I realize that you meant that as a compliment, not a description, but: it is, indeed, inaccurate to the way that Ed played (as well as how the band played together!). Ed "swung" EVERYTHING!!!! EV-RY-THING! (even when you, as a listener, are NOT NOTICING it!)! This means that: he was never "solid gridded" (which has, now, become the ONLY standard!!!! 😡😡🤬 and the accepted idea of "perfection" 🙄🙄🤦🖕). His rhythms, melody lines, leads, everything he played!, swing! They are "just loose" in precisely the correct way. It is WHY their grooves are SO HARD and FEEL SO RIGHT! ...so: If you learn Ed, you will find that ALL of his parts are "the opposite of metronomic" - which, as most commenters have been saying: is one of the things which makes this band and these albums and their shows, SO, out-and-out, GREAT and induplicable! 🤘🤘 EVH 4E!🔥
@j_freed
8 ай бұрын
Ed played musically, and nobody could play his fast Boogie feel so well as him like Im The One, Hang 'em High, Hot for Teacher, Sinners Swing - so cooking... You can play the notes but it's nis feel that makes it.
@jamesbrennenman8671
8 ай бұрын
Ed started on drums first!
@ej9812
8 ай бұрын
This could be the defying sound of how good VH were as a three piece band …this is the Brown Sound defined and simply unmatched playing live in a room just awesome. Please Alex open the Vaults. No Tribute Show then please give us more Music most of the Diehard VH Fans know the music exists and wants to hear it. Donate the proceeds to the American Cancer Society in Ed’s name.
@TheKitchenerLeslie
8 ай бұрын
American Cancer Society is a scam. There's already a cure. Donald Trump told you what it is. That's why they freaked out and said it's only for horses... and it was a lie. Cancer is $$$
@MikeCarlyleWMass
8 ай бұрын
@@cedarbay3994 At what point do you hear a second guitar? Genuinely curious.
@Durwood71
8 ай бұрын
@@MikeCarlyleWMass Maybe he doesn't realize that Eddie could play rhythm and lead at the same time.
@mmckenzie9367
8 ай бұрын
...and he wanted to be a drummer...
@zarbog8618
8 ай бұрын
Listen closely, it's not layered tracks. Ed said in the beginning it was just him and Alex. That he had to fill up space. He's bouncing back and forth between the parts!
@pc7135
8 ай бұрын
If only the bass was this deep on the finished album!
@davidbrucemusicvideo
8 ай бұрын
Exactly! I’m listening through large 12 inch powered speakers, and it sounds like you’re in the room!
@merrillkalopodes4643
8 ай бұрын
And ALL their albums for that fact. Balance was the best sounding album they put out
@Twobarpsi
8 ай бұрын
Yeah bro!
@stefanstrittmatter6459
8 ай бұрын
I hear no bass at all on the room mics and I dont think mike used an amp in that room.
@RayC234
8 ай бұрын
Man I know right!
@johnroberts9013
7 ай бұрын
And just hearing instruments helped me realize how innovative and unique Roth’s vocals were to raise the song to a higher level
@Kapiwolf123
7 ай бұрын
welcome to the art of songwriting with lead vocals.
@jeffsilva1341
7 ай бұрын
💯 agree!
@DaleCarterDrives
7 ай бұрын
There is a LOT more instrumentation to be added.
@glicmathan1771
7 ай бұрын
Eddie harmonized his chordings with the lead vocal melody. That’s why many considered them the new version of The Beach Boys, all being from SoCal. They were extremely melodic and incorporated a lot of harmonies. This is an amazing recording that fills in a lot of the mystery previously hidden with the vocals and production.
@jimbarrofficial
7 ай бұрын
Yeah, people don't give Dave enough credit. VH was in a way like Zeppelin, you have 4 great musicians, but without one of them, something's missing.
@SixStringSteveDelivers
8 ай бұрын
It's kinda cool to hear Ed play through a full song without ripping into a solo and lots of extras.
@bonzology322
8 ай бұрын
there are dozens of VH songs that don't have solo's
@I_Fight_Instacart
8 ай бұрын
@@bonzology322Dozens?
@fretbuzz59
8 ай бұрын
@@bonzology322 So no capital at the beginning, and no period at the end of the sentence. Yet there is an improper apostrophe in "solo's."
@clemclemson9259
8 ай бұрын
what a weird comment bro@@fretbuzz59
@fretbuzz59
8 ай бұрын
@@clemclemson9259 Really, "bro"? Because what's weird to me is that so many people don't demonstrate even the most basic high school writing skills which we all learned so that we could communicate effectively and not look like illiterate idiots.
@MotownGuitarJoe
8 ай бұрын
Amazing rhythms and melodies were the actual genius of EVH. Anybody can shred, but Ed's rhythms were way ahead of everyone else.
@renakmans3521
8 ай бұрын
He does a lot more than shred in his solos. The other’s shred but Eddie carry’s a ton of substance.
@Ratboy2004
8 ай бұрын
He was much better in the early days. Very liquid and on time. All the time.
@j_freed
8 ай бұрын
Edward had the package. More interesting than the notes he played was the way he played them, such incredibly strong tone produced by his hands.
@davemenard5089
8 ай бұрын
💯 and Steven Wilson’s comment when Ed passed is such a dumb take
@charlesswanson8664
8 ай бұрын
@@davemenard5089 I had to go search that. I’m with Wolfgang: disappointed because I’m a big fan of Steven Wilson. It’s not necessary to voice every opinion.
@iPig
8 ай бұрын
What a groove. Eddie will be remembered until we go extinct.
@robertswain8313
6 ай бұрын
If they don't know Ed, they don't know rock-'n'-roll.
@richielouis
8 ай бұрын
I feel like Eddie died and left us with lots of surprise gifts that we're still unwrapping. This is so good and refreshing to hear. Ed's rhythm guitar is amazing and Mike and Al sound great too. Natural swing.
@robshaw285
7 ай бұрын
The best lead guitar players are always the best damn rhythm players .
@tenplex
8 ай бұрын
No clicks, no protools, no quantization, no autotuning, nothing to fix any flaws and yet it still swings and is perfection. There is a difference in music today and the reason it all sounds the same.
@mirkomarkovic3438
8 ай бұрын
Pretty sure this is played to a click
@samswank
8 ай бұрын
And there weren't any flaws.
@joeurbanowski321
8 ай бұрын
@@mirkomarkovic3438.. but no ProTools grid to block in everything in a neat little robotic box..!
@McGuire40695
8 ай бұрын
You're telling me. I have a drummer from France record on my music, so i'll get a click with the count in so he feels where beat one, but both of us lock into the groove and do one take per part. Whether I'm doing a bass track, synth, or my rhythm tracks, I'll do each part in one take and not quantize that shit at all. Gotta keep the inherent groove, and it's there even when I'm locking into a drummer in person without a metronome. Some people dont have a good sense of groove, and clicks and quantization cant save them. Worked with a local drummer who could NOT lock into a groove what so ever, and it was brutal working with him
@stevenworyk3532
8 ай бұрын
@@mirkomarkovic3438- click tracks were not in use in 1978 . That’s Edward just feelin the energy as it flows through him. Edward was an absolute genius
@BenEller
7 ай бұрын
This is MAGIC. Thank you!!!
@jeremy7931
6 ай бұрын
What chords is he playing in the verse? They sound so extraordinary and different
@ShawnLane-ww1er
2 ай бұрын
The next lesson Ben!!!...Theres GOLD right here!!!
@silverjaw138
8 ай бұрын
Evhs chord voicing was and still is so original.
@chrischilton8455
8 ай бұрын
Holy shit. That swings, rocks and grooves all at the same time. Phenomenal guitar playing but also sweet bass playing and drumming. What a band!
@bonsummers2657
7 ай бұрын
it's got swank
@WestShoreMan
9 ай бұрын
Must have seen VH 50 times before they sighed in the 70’s and never saw this live. First time I heard it was on the LP. They were saving it.
@exactmerob
8 ай бұрын
I've read various places that they wrote it in the studio.
@pdloder
8 ай бұрын
@@exactmerobyeah, I think that's right - they wrote it in the studio.
@erickimm5150
8 ай бұрын
Tell more about your times seeing them
@jimw112233
8 ай бұрын
Rhythm Guitar 101. He was the best. The foundation is the most important part of a home and this is a SOLID foundation. I think it's the greatest rhythm track of that era.
@gkniffen
8 ай бұрын
Agreed. This rhythm riff is sooooo much fun to play. There are a ton of subtleties in there... it's definitely worth a "deep dive" for guitar nerds. Long live The Mighty Van Halen 🔥💪😎
@Doty6String
8 ай бұрын
Eddie was the best rhythm player ever
@robeddy3722
8 ай бұрын
This is far more than Rhythm Guitar 101. This is a masterclass.
@aldonova4082
8 ай бұрын
Damn that guitar tone and the way he plays the chords... wow.
@bootsified
8 ай бұрын
Damn, this is such a good groove. They were such a tight band. Eddie and Michael lay back in the pocket so well. 💯
@JasonDavis103
8 ай бұрын
I need this for every Van Halen song!
@chrisclermont456
7 ай бұрын
EVH is a great rhythm guitarist!! No one ever talks about his rhythm playing!! ❤
@777jones
7 ай бұрын
A great lead guitarist has excellent lead timing. That makes him qualified to play rhythm too. EVH had timing, which is where all his flair came from.
@SquirrelTheater
6 ай бұрын
One of the greatest rhythm players EVER.
@granitesevan6243
5 ай бұрын
People ALWAYS TALK ABOUT HIS RHYTHM PLAYING!!!! trying to make out it's some lesser-known insight.... 💩
@dennisneikes7215
8 ай бұрын
Micheal and Alex are locked in a solid groove. Sweet
@saulocpp
8 ай бұрын
This is the least to be expected from a bassist and a drummer, or not?
@ryanteacher8134
8 ай бұрын
You'd be surprised by how many bass players aren't very good at locking in with the drums lol@@saulocpp
@marsailmar1
8 ай бұрын
I've played with a lot of bass players. Very few can groove with the drummer.@@saulocpp
@danrebeiz4598
8 ай бұрын
Indeed. And Eddie was just as tight droppin right into that deep pocket. So good.
@wulf67
7 ай бұрын
@@marsailmar1You need to play with better musicians then.
@alexmayhew8989
8 ай бұрын
That shows what a great rhythm guitarist Eddie was. Not enough credit is given for that
@HyperInflation2020
8 ай бұрын
You're the 1st person in human history that claims the EVH wasn't given enough credit. On anything, Ever..
@kenshii9d147
8 ай бұрын
because it's an easy way to get likes@@HyperInflation2020
@TavisAllen
8 ай бұрын
@@HyperInflation2020at least they didn't use the word that begins with "under" and ends with "rated"😅
@carpballet
8 ай бұрын
Your comment is underrated.
@carpballet
8 ай бұрын
@@HyperInflation2020 Your comment is underrated.
@michaelehlert9
8 ай бұрын
Great song. All the changes make this so rich, and what DLR came up with was gold.
@Twobarpsi
8 ай бұрын
Pure gold!
@chezchezchezchez
8 ай бұрын
What did David come up with?
@oldschooldude7729
8 ай бұрын
@@chezchezchezchez The lyrics.
@7dollarhaircut
8 ай бұрын
@@oldschooldude7729and the melody of course…
@In_Set
8 ай бұрын
@@chezchezchezchez The melody and the lyrics. Which are outstanding. DLR VH is the ONLY VH.
@RonDodson9
9 ай бұрын
Hey people, there is no plate on VH1, it is the Sunset chamber. Also, the delay is on here…Ed used 1 or 2 EP-3s as a preamp into 12301. A 300ms slapback is present here.
@bradraymer796
8 ай бұрын
Not gonna argue cause Sunset is famous fog that, but didn’t he mention years later not liking the plate echo on VH1? Or did he say plate echo “sound”?
@RonDodson9
8 ай бұрын
@@bradraymer796 He did mention. Subsequent records all featured the EMT. He was mistaken about VH1.
@brownsfan7753
8 ай бұрын
Sounds incredible!! I would love to have the whole album this way!!
@hanshaan4610
8 ай бұрын
Me to😅
@intercommerce
8 ай бұрын
Oh, yeah!
@NotAsTraceable
7 ай бұрын
Ed was so clean. Each lick and riff so distinct.
@bongwatersupreme6353
23 күн бұрын
It’s amazing how much lead Eddie is taking. Dave really knew where he needed to be in the sound.
@Mike-zv8rd
3 ай бұрын
He plays it like he played it 1000 times...Controlled perfection!! Tasty last chord!!!!
@walterevans2118
9 ай бұрын
On the finished album this on the mixing desk was a fade out…Love the way here you get to hear it rounding off in the studio the way they used to do it LIVE.
@jerrytravelstead1075
8 ай бұрын
US Festival 83 - had this ending
@dmarkj22
6 ай бұрын
Eddie had that special touch, that groove and feel that will never be duplicated or matched. His rhythm playing and phrasing were second to none!!!
@rockkstah2550
7 ай бұрын
Such chemistry between the three, this is pure gold .
@brianm7278
8 ай бұрын
The playing, the writing and tone are so good it's ridiculous.
@thebreakfastmenu
7 ай бұрын
Boy, Eddie sure could work those dynamics like no other
@dougpeters1625
8 ай бұрын
Incredible! A testimony to their raw talent. Eddie's lead guitar playing is so incredible it's easy to overlook what a phenomenal rhythm player he was.
@MrPetjam08
22 күн бұрын
We need more music / bands like this...just playing for the pure enjoyment. No messages, just rock n roll!
@ThaiThom
8 ай бұрын
Live recording is where it's at. You can't get that groove any other way.
@NIVO1972
9 ай бұрын
damn you can really how tight Alex is in the studio. man sounds amazing. thank you so much for sharing this.
@allemander
8 ай бұрын
Thank you so for not words.
@jeroldparker7766
8 ай бұрын
@@allemander That very funny!
@MarioGomez-gt4ed
4 ай бұрын
You can hear the rawness in the room!!! It’s really sad that Van Halen as a band is no more, but catalog will live forever!!! Privileged to have seen them 6 times live from 1984-2008.
@russellbaker9459
8 ай бұрын
This made my real music loving heart happy…a lot of junk on KZitem but this stuff keeps me coming back with faith. Where’s the two thumb like button?!!
@clemclemson9259
8 ай бұрын
a LOT of junk that is a fact
@DanDDirges
8 ай бұрын
Eddie Van Halen is the greatest hard rock guitarist of all time. This might be my favorite song by Van Halen. It`s off their first record which is by far their best in my opinion.
@butchcassidy3373
8 ай бұрын
Saw the Invasion Tour in 1980. Great show and I totally agree. The first album was the best.
@chezchezchezchez
8 ай бұрын
Most bands first albums are their best albums.
@steveludwig4200
8 ай бұрын
No opinion dude...its a FACT. Debut LP was by far their best AND the best debut ROCK album by ANY band since 1972 at least. Maybe the best of all time....
@steveludwig4200
8 ай бұрын
@@chezchezchezchez 100% agree. Van Halen and Montrose were easily the best debut rock albums since 1972,
@rickwelch8464
8 ай бұрын
@@steveludwig4200 Boston enters the chat...
@wmrustycox
8 ай бұрын
Classic Van Halen at its best ! This is why they were the kings
@rileyjackfansmithandjones8238
8 ай бұрын
The Opening Drum Roll, just cuts open the Groove, and Eddie and Michael just Fill it up with Bounce, and a hit of Swing. Each Player in their Space.....the Sound is MORE than the sum of its Parts! VH is just Timeless!
@zapster2412111
8 ай бұрын
Magical Ed and his singing guitars. #1
@AgnosticTruth
8 ай бұрын
Cool! It’s always so interesting hearing a song you know so well without the vocals. You hear things you normally wouldn’t. What a great band!
@robbygaume600
8 ай бұрын
A music fan's delight. Thank you for putting this up for us.
@AnthonyFILARDI-wt5pq
8 ай бұрын
Excellent!Thank you
@0tt0z
3 ай бұрын
I love this! More!!
@PIlotrcm
8 ай бұрын
I love this. The dynamics are so clear
@user-jq4fz6co8b
9 ай бұрын
Always loved the fills coming out of the pre-chorus parts. This song has ALL the groove
@seanhoefling5045
8 ай бұрын
Wow, this is fantastic! Thank you for posting it.
@TwentyOneRoyalMusic
8 ай бұрын
That bridge!!! So cool to hear the band live... Thanks for sharing this!
@nigeltownsend6053
9 ай бұрын
Absolutely fantastic. Two brothers, so tight.
@stratdoc
8 ай бұрын
This Sunset sound studio B..the big room..and the room sound was so tight! What a band! This is the effect of playing live hundreds of times, total confidence and their debut album!!
@Smith-wk6pb
4 күн бұрын
Hearing this with David makes it even better.....!!!!
@raymondjamesrivera
8 ай бұрын
Wow it is SO awesome to hear it like this! Guitar sound is glorious! Man they are such a tight band. These room mic vids have been blowing me away.
@jcruisioso5975
8 ай бұрын
Great . Love the live sound & especially the feeeel.
@richardnixon8795
8 ай бұрын
Fascinating! Hearing it this way makes it sound so simple yet the final result is so full and intoxicating. Love it!
@rotaxtwin
7 ай бұрын
Been listening to this over and over. Damn, these guys are tight!
@brutemegahunk3895
8 ай бұрын
Incredible to hear this….love it
@davewestner
8 ай бұрын
Thanks for posting this. I love hearing a raw recording of a great band. Just goes to show you that there's no studio tricks needed to make these guys sound kickass. They just did it all.
@PeterVred
8 ай бұрын
Love this sound, what great riffs.
@jamesmick8653
9 ай бұрын
Amazing. Tight. Perfect.
@monsvindius5356
8 ай бұрын
Gold, gold, pure gold!!! Thank you so much!!
@douglasbudde6445
4 ай бұрын
Man, thoroughly enjoyed this!
@shaunloynds5317
8 ай бұрын
Aw man! Delicious sound. My youth, right there, wrapped up in 4 mins of bliss.
@onyourmarkphoto
8 ай бұрын
Wow. Stunning. So much sound out of this band.
@gep2771
8 ай бұрын
Eddy at his best, a simple song but his playing is everything but, so much strength in his hands in those early days, he just wrung the snot out of it and had perfect intonation on all his bends, great chord vamps too.
@roopan1968
8 ай бұрын
...and the tone, man...the tone!!!
@gep2771
8 ай бұрын
@@roopan1968 yes indeed, awesome it was. His hands were a very big part of that tone too, he could've gotten a good tone out of anything, his guitars were from the bottom of the pile because they were cheap and he didn't have thousands tied up in amps either.
@walterevans2118
8 ай бұрын
@@roopan1968The tone had such a BRIGHT ELECTRIC PURITY
@thebudge333
8 ай бұрын
Eddie. Come on dude! Ffs.
@gep2771
8 ай бұрын
@@thebudge333 ffs dude, if you really have to go there it's Edward. I bought Van Halen 1 "when it came out btw" and his name on the 1st album was Edward not Eddie.
@jrm2fla
7 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing this! Beautiful!
@gcrauwels941
8 ай бұрын
Love it. Even just the three of them laying down the track sounds great. Long Live Edward Van Halen !
@cardinalofcrunk
8 ай бұрын
This is amazing. The way these guys played together, basically it mixed the track itself.
@chrisl2285
8 ай бұрын
One of my favorite guitar tones. EVER!!!!!
@cvpuga
2 ай бұрын
eddie was the man... and what a tight playing... no bs... just professionals...
@Harmonious-jm3sy
4 ай бұрын
Simply amazing. Something magical about their early stuff.
@bonsummers2657
8 ай бұрын
I love this room sound!!!! Makes the song sound more live and real.
@mason0316
8 ай бұрын
Man..... feels like you're in the room with them! NICE! I LOVE THE ENDING! CLASSIC VAN HALEN!
@paulmca8514
6 ай бұрын
One of my favourite Van Halen songs, this is great.
@jesseserna8424
8 ай бұрын
This first album and sound is what turned me from country to rock that many years ago 🙌🏼🎸
@ottovonkopp
8 ай бұрын
I wish all rock\pop albums where recorded like his. So much fun to listen to. End the loudness war and bring back the loudness button!
@slates1969
5 ай бұрын
Just fantastic
@johnelder-hh3ix
2 ай бұрын
frigging awesome-- love it!!! thank u so much for posting!! that is the actual room mics from the finished product-- i can tell every nuance.
@robertgruhlke9928
8 ай бұрын
Wow!! This is awesome.. Ed certainly got his due, to be sure. But I feel his rhythm playing isn't discussed enough-brilliant stuff. Clever chord voicings, locked in with his brother, and that tone. Omfg. ❤👍
@brettgarsed
4 ай бұрын
I was about 17 when I discovered Van Halen in Australia (first album so probably 1978). No one knew about them in my small town, at least until I told them. A lot of older players wrote Eddie off as "all flash" but these tracks prove how much groove and soul he had and not just him but the entire band. These were the days when bands were forged in the fire of a thousand gigs and it showed when they set up and played live in the studio. I hope the young bands of today can still do this. It's the key to greatness for a rock band for sure, as this recording proves. Love live EVH.
@mark11967AD
7 ай бұрын
It’s definitely neat hearing the core of their music laid bare like this. Unvarnished. Love it.
@aphexlane
8 ай бұрын
Glorious tone and rhythmic variations.
@docholiday13
7 ай бұрын
This band had the gift of chemistry. But everyone knows the real gift was Eddie. Such an incredible unique generational talent
@thomashorrock7221
8 ай бұрын
Just the rhythm tracks are captivating enough. Those rhythm parts Eddie is playing are pretty advanced for 77-78, every aspect of this song is a hook
@stevejewell9263
8 ай бұрын
"advanced for 77-78"? I hope you're talking about Ed's own development as a player over time as measured against himself. Because really if you're suggesting better rhythm playing by guitar players in general after the 1970s........I completely disagree with that thought. Most of Ed's work was done in the 1980s but the fact is I consider him among the players of the1970s. This era and back all the way into the 1950s produced better rhythm playing than what came in the hair metal era and even to this day it's exceedingly rare to hear anyone who comes up with something that matches, much less tops, the very innovative era before the guitar playing of the 1980s. What really separates Eddie from others in the 1980s is found in how it may be his incredible solo playing that WOWs people he never failed to understand that the song, that is the backing track for his solos, is even more important. Too many bands in the 1980s didn't understand this and it was all about guitar solos, tricks over extremely weak rhythm playing in so very many cases.
@Frip36
7 ай бұрын
I think he means more advanced than your typical radio songs of the 70's. @@stevejewell9263
@PurpleRecords1972
7 ай бұрын
One hell of a class act and glad i got to see them back then.....
@JJones-cl4dm
6 ай бұрын
So awesome to hear these guys just jamming
@user-rc7wm7ib5e
3 ай бұрын
R,I,P, EDDIE,A PURE GENIUS,GUITARIST 🎸🎶🎶🎶✌️😎BOB
@chrischoir3594
8 ай бұрын
Ed was known for shredding but was he the best rhythm guitar player of all time ? so good, No one was as melodic playing chords the way he did.
@In_Set
8 ай бұрын
THIS. So true. Just stunning. He and his brother are a well oiled machine here.
@hippydippy
8 ай бұрын
Sorry, but no. Jimi was. Listen to Axis: Bold as Love. I rest my case.
@AhYesIndeedItsFunTime
8 ай бұрын
seriously, and the phrasing, all the variations, brilliant! although @hippydippy makes a strong case for Jimi
@dailyflash
8 ай бұрын
Hendrix was a fantastic rhythm guitarist. Eddie was a star too, but Jimi was sent by the gods or alien leaders somewhere. Facts is facts.
@BlueBeeMCMLXI
8 ай бұрын
You need to to hear guitar players from other eras. Forest of great rhythm players with musical structures far more challenging than this.
@vaineudes4958
8 ай бұрын
This is super cool! Thank you for posting.
@CHRIS-pz5sr
7 ай бұрын
Always a good feeling when I listen to VAN HALEN JAMS ...the very best band of our time that's for sure thanks for the memories...RIP EDDIE
@ericbrauch5872
5 ай бұрын
She saw the look in his eyes. and she knew better. He wanted her tonight. And it was now or never. He made her feel so sad. As a teenager then. I was enlightened
@christosfragias592
7 ай бұрын
And let's not forget Alex's drumming. Truly underrated. 🤘
@HorsepowerHouse
7 ай бұрын
Underrated by whom? He is considered one of the best rock drummers of all time....
@elmarbohl6879
7 ай бұрын
True! @@HorsepowerHouse
@Bhatt_Hole
7 ай бұрын
@@HorsepowerHouse People in comments sure do love throwing the word "underrated" around.
@artmv1149
8 ай бұрын
Magnificent guitar tone!
@klemoe3217
7 ай бұрын
Damn this is so good… I’ve played it six times in a row, and I’m not the least bit tired of it.
@charlesswanson8664
8 ай бұрын
Listen to Eddie’s rhythm playing, especially over the “droning bridge”: He doesn’t just sit on the chord, he keeps moving the voicings around like a piano player. It keeps the song moving forward harmonically. And that descending 8th note part in the main riff kinda swings. Like jazz.
@philbarrows424
8 ай бұрын
Eddie was a piano player before he was a guitarist 👍🏻🎸
@Rob-dp3vr
6 ай бұрын
I noticed the same. Holding chords, lifting and moving a single finger within the chords to make it swell and shrink. Just a Fing genius. The King.
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