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RIP Eddie Van Halen, dead at 65 (2 Viewers)
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BroncoFreak_2K3
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H Jass
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Yeah, I found that earlier too and that is a great interview especially when he busts out a quick Eruption for instructional purposes. Lol. One other great thing I noticed from that video is how much healthier and good he looks/sounds as he had gotten sober by then. Contrast it with a similar subject in this interview in 2004 I think (https://youtu.be/i2mh7zGfFRM?t=142) talking about his custom guitar and you could tell he was in rough shape at that time.
He's such an interesting and thoughtful guy and a musical and instrument genius. That 2015 interview really showed that off especially once he got sober later in his life.
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BroncoFreak_2K3
sucker for Orange
Agreed. I found it interesting his answers to the questions. He really really loved his family. So close to both his brother and son. Was in heaven playing on stage with them. And he loved and really misses his pops. Loved that answer.
The background on how he built his guitar was awesome.
i felt the same way seeing him in that interview about his appearance. Glad he got clean and sober.
When I think of his home made Frankenstein, only a couple other rock geniuses come to mind that did things their own way, Jimi Hendrix unorthodox style playing the restrung right handed strat left handed and Brian May with his homemade Red Special.
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DocHolliday
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This truly is excellent. I'm going to be listening to a ton of VH for many more days in a row. I already knew much of what Eddie was saying after spending 5 years in a band with a guitar player that idolized Eddie. It was still very interesting hearing Eddie say it.
Thanks for sharing this GB.
MAC_32
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dickey moe
Fingerpicker
Ghost Rider
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Yeah, the Beat It solo is killer, probably one of his three most iconic solos along with Eruption and Jump.
Pip's Invitation
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The Jump solo is really a marvel. It’s this smooth pop song with lots of synths and a kicking beat, and then there’s this solo that might as well have been math rock if that term had existed then.
Ghost Rider
Footballguy
Well said. It's kind of crazy to think that Van Halen's biggest hit and most well known song is one that features very little guitar, while at the same time featuring one of his most iconic solos. Funny how that goes sometimes.
DocHolliday
Footballguy
While Eddies solos are impressive due to speed, grace, and melody, it’s his riffs that have always pulled me in.
Ghost Rider
Footballguy
Without a doubt. His rhythm guitar skills were remarkable, and his ability to go from rhythm to lead and back to rhythm in the blink of an eye was unmatched.
dickey moe
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CGRdrJoe
Footballguy
Doug B
Footballguy
Folks in this thread might be interested in EVH's involvement in Brian May's 1983 EP Star Fleet Project.
The 8-minute lead track is "Star Fleet", a cover of a British sci-fi TV show theme song. I won't pimp it -- use your imagination as to what a Brian May and Eddie Van Halen mash-up might sound like.
The 8-minute lead track is "Star Fleet", a cover of a British sci-fi TV show theme song. I won't pimp it -- use your imagination as to what a Brian May and Eddie Van Halen mash-up might sound like.
Doug B
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Deep Tracks played "Star Fleet" earlier today, inspiring the post above.CGRdrJoe said:It's still going today
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gump
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https://people.com/music/sammy-hagar-eddie-van-halen-reconciled-before-his-death/
"I reached out one more time last week and when he didn't respond, I figured it was a matter of time,"
"I reached out one more time last week and when he didn't respond, I figured it was a matter of time,"
zamboni
Footballguy
Some pretty cool tributes from the rock world:
https://ultimateclassicrock.com/eddie-van-halen-dies-rockers-react/
https://ultimateclassicrock.com/eddie-van-halen-dies-rockers-react/
jamny
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I'm sure a lot of you have heard of it but the mecca of metal music in NY was LaMour in Brooklyn. Saw countless shows there. When this played over the PA, you knew to get your ### in place because whatever band you were there to see was about to hit the stage. It was perfect for talking up the upcoming shows and getting the crowd pumped for the band. I can't hear it without thinking back to some really good times. Getting goosebumps just listening to it.
zamboni
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That outro solo is stuff for the ages. One of Eddie’s very best, and obviously that’s saying a ton.
Dwayne Hoover
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zamboni
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Doug B
Footballguy
Interesting also is the amount of love from country musicians and from artists associated with 80s New Wave.
Thomas Dolby and EVH, ultimately, were associated via 5150 producer Mick Jones, so Dolby's eulogy could've been expected.
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[scooter]
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I think Dolby's connection to Eddie was through their wives, who were friends. Ed ended up playing guitar on 2 of Dolby's songs as a thank you for Dolby programming some of Ed's synthesizers:
Eastern Bloc
Close But No Cigar
Andy Dufresne
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[scooter]
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"Little Guitars" is far and away the best track on Diver Down, and the only one of the 4 originals that I give any time to these days. The others sound more like outtakes from earlier albums (one of them was literally a rewrite of a rejected demo from 1977).
I've always felt that the riff in "Little Guitars" was a cousin to the riff in "'5150'", which is probably my favorite song from the Sammy era. The version from "Live Without A Net" is the definitive version, IMO -- the band's enthusiasm is infectious! And Eddie is ON FIRE. I wore out my VH copy of LWAN in the summer of 1987.
DocHolliday
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I’m not a fan of Diver Down. It’s so weak compared to the other Roth albums. It’s not total garbage but I would rather spend my time with the other albums.
zamboni
Footballguy
Hang 'Em High is actually my favorite off DD, although love Little Guitars, too. I think they did a good job of recrafting it from the earlier demo.
fightingillini
Footballguy
RIP to one of the greatest guitarists to ever grace the earth. His influence is undeniable. I was very fortunate to have seen VH live (even though it was with Sammy and not DLR).
Paid my respects with a spin of VH's 1984 album. Love that album.
Paid my respects with a spin of VH's 1984 album. Love that album.
gump
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foxco
Footballguy
It's their weakest album but not really their fault, they released Pretty Woman as a single and when it became a hit they faced enormous pressure from the record company to back it with an album. It was a pure rush job. Little Guitars is great but I always felt like Secrets is one of their most underrated songs, really enjoy that one.
WDIK2
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Maybe this was already posted. One of those Youtube rabbit hole things. Les Paul introducing EVH. Two very influential guitar guys. You can tell Eddie loves Les.
Binky The Doormat
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prosopis
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DocHolliday
Footballguy
There will never ever be another Eddie VH. That makes me very sad but as I continue to listen to his music for hours every day I also think how blessed we are that there was an EVH period.
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
I mentioned Ted in the top 50 thread, here is a RS interview with him about the early days of VH.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/ted-templeman-producer-eddie-van-halen-interview-1073080/
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/ted-templeman-producer-eddie-van-halen-interview-1073080/
rockaction
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zamboni
Footballguy
Jack White on SNL the other night paying homage to EVH by using the guitar Eddie helped custom build. And Jack doing a little bit of tapping to honor Eddie around the 2:40 mark.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pH-iOaWuC_s&feature=emb_logo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pH-iOaWuC_s&feature=emb_logo
gump
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zamboni
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Nice catch. He did it so fast in a frenetic Jack White way that I missed it.
ETA: if you also freeze it at the 2:45 mark, you'll notice on the left a little guitar. Hmm...
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Deepster
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Tone Loc also used the hook from "Jamie's Cryin" for "Wild Thing". I thought that, at one time, Eddie being on "Beat It" and "Wild Thing" was a bigger deal. Both sold a crazy amount of singles.
Deepster
Footballguy
Like many of you, DLR VH was my teen soundtrack too. The cool memory I'll share is camping out overnight for VH tickets in 1984. Kids today have no clue of what it was like to get there, plot down your place in line and just hang out all night waiting for the box office to open the next day. I was only 17 and I remember it being a big deal that my parents let me and a friend go downtown and stay up all night like that.
Ended up getting like 5th or 6th row tickets. Michael Anthony threw a handful of picks into the crowd and we didn't catch one, but then I noticed one had stuck to my buddies sweaty neck and we were both psyched he got one. Good times.
Ended up getting like 5th or 6th row tickets. Michael Anthony threw a handful of picks into the crowd and we didn't catch one, but then I noticed one had stuck to my buddies sweaty neck and we were both psyched he got one. Good times.
zamboni
Footballguy
Good call - I forgot about that one. Was very clear at the time that had Tone Loc had "Jamie's Cryin'" written all over it.
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
zamboni
Footballguy
Yes, the opening drum roll of Wild Thing is also totally the opening roll in Jamie.
ETA: turns out in 1989 VH sued Tone Loc for unpermitted usage of Jamie's, and the band was awarded 200K.
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Doug B
Footballguy
To this day, the songwriters on "Jamie's Cryin'" (viz the four members of VH) are not credited as writers of "Wild Thing". Maybe that was a condition of the paltry settlement, but it's still jacked up.
zamboni
Footballguy
Tone seems like a sweetheart of a guy.
"I ran into Eddie Van Halen one time," he recalls. "He was uptight and a little tipsy, claiming that I took money from him. I don't think he really believed that, but maybe he did because he was tipsy and you say what you feel when you're in that zone. Maybe he didn't get the proper royalties for it. I don't know. He's lucky I didn't sock him in his jaw, but I was chillin'."
https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8495031/tone-loc-loc-ed-after-dark-album
CGRdrJoe
Footballguy
My sister took my son when he was like 5 to see Britney Spears in LA, they were like 2nd or 3rd row. Well they get back and she says you’ll never believe this but we were sitting right next to EVH, his son and Valerie. At the first intermission she finally got up the courage to ask for his autograph, a few other had and he’d said no but he signed her ticket and my sons shirt. She said Valerie kept telling him to take Wolfgang backstage and he kept saying no I’m not abusing this badge. She said they were all chatting back and forth all night, man I wish that had been me 
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