"Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love" is my favorite from the David Lee Roth era of Van Halen. That one would make for a great reaction.

“Eruption” changed everything. Eddie Van Halen is gone, but will live forever!

"Panama" is my favorite. RIP Eddie Van Halen, we miss you and u better be rocking up there

Early Van Halen is great driving around in the summer music.

So many awesome songs to react to from Van Halen , Van Halen album.....Jamie’s Cryin, Ain’t talkin bout love, Little Dreamer, Feel Your Love Tonight, Eruption followed by You Really got me, Ice Cream man....all just have fun, party songs that make you happy !! Van Halen Album is top 5 for me all time for me ......

Ain't talkin bout love has to be next!!

When this album was released , it set the music world on it's ear , literally. Our ears perked up and we looked at each other and said , what the hell was that? It IS the tone of Eddies guitar that grabs ya. The Brown Sound he called it.

Other people have already said it, but Ain't Talking Bout Love is one of their strongest songs imo. I also love Hot For Teacher- it's a little racy but it's a banger.

Eddie's guitar solos on this record are legendary. The whole damn thing is just him kicking the door down and telling everybody else to get the hell out of the way. RIP E.V.H.

Many people talk about eddies solos (rightfully so) but let’s not forget the guy was just as skilled as a rhythm player. Had a unique swagger to him and could lay down a rhythm track that would get your head bobbing in no time..Guy truly was a one man show

3:37. That’s the same look everyone had when they heard EVH for the first time.

The Van Halen group are true musicians, real talent! No mumbling here!

RIP Eddie "the Guitar Metal God" 🤘🤘

Ya gotta love David Lee Roth’s “war screams”. LOL.

Oh man, so many bangers to choose from. Everybody wants some. Beautiful Girls. Drop Dead Legs, Outta Love Again, Panama. You want the prime cuts avoid the sammy stuff. Too cheezy. Hard to go wrong with the early stuff.

"Eruption" is timeless and unsurpassable.

Dude your face was priceless during the solo.. I got a good laugh.

This is my era of music, summer of 83 I was 18, Van Halen concert. One of the best times of my life!!!

Gotta be the first time I ever heard someone say they "didn't expect the solo" and "yeah, he can sing pretty good" in reaction to a Van Halen song.

Van Halen....you’ve got brothers in this band - Eddie on lead guitar and Alex on drums. These guys have an interesting story as a band. 🤘😎🔥❤️🔥🔥🔥

Hip hop is a laid back vibe, rock is more hyped up energy. You lift weights to rock.

That was the first song on their self titled debut album in 1978. The guitar was the musical genius of the late great Eddie Van Halen. His brother Alex is on drums and percussion, Michael Anthony on bass, and David Lee Roth on vocals. One of the greatest bands in music history. Love em.

I was listening to KSAN FM radio in my dad's den when the DJ announced this song as the first single from a new band from L.A. and when it came on, I was hooked. Still my favorite VH song.

Every bodies favorite rock band and the most influential American rock band since 78

Love your reactions. You definitely get music. Beware VH. It is a huge rabbit hole. The late great Eddie Van Halen on guitar. For some reason I feel like you reacted to his Eruption guitar solo. If you did, yeah, that guy. If you didn't, you MUST. Other great VH videos you might like; Hot For Teacher and Panama. Just to get you acquainted with who they are.

I really like van Halen, r.i.p Eddie💖💖.

That was a great reaction. Takes guts to go to new genre's and your comments were really good. Just for background you should know that this band was solid and all members clicked. That said the person that made them great was Eddie Van Halen the guitarist and one of the most respected and influential electric guitarists in history. Their albums were all produced by the best and there is a classic, immediately identifiable Van Halen sound and this song is a great example of it. I think a lot of people would like to hear your takes on Van Halen, I know I would. You literally can pretty much take any song off of one of their first four albums and it will rock. They were that good. Sadly Eddie passed away in October of 2020 after losing his battle with cancer. Another legend has left this mortal plane.

1978 and this album still rocks. I was 7yrs old when I first heard album.

Thanks for the reaction. Based on your reactions so far, I can tell you will really like Van Halen. And there is a ton of it too . They had 2 main lead singers (a third on an album that bombed) David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar. This track was a DLR track. I strongly recommend you check our tracks by both. A great Sammy track that everyone likes is Right Now. The official music video is fantastic and thought provoking. Of course, Eddie Van Halen, one of history's greatest guitar players died on October 6. Thanks for keeping his music alive. If you haven't already reacted to it, his Eruption Guitar solo (live without a net version has superior audio and video quality) is widely considered one of the greatest rock guitar solos of all time. It will blow your mind away. You don't have any idea what a guitar can do until you see that clip.

Absolutely loved the look on your face at hearing Eddie shred. Awesomeness

I bet you his new favorite genre of music is METAL!!!!

I smiled the whole time. Great reaction. Such a classic. Your face at the solo hahaha 🤣😂🤣🙌🏻

RIP and Love for Edward Van Halen. Guitar God. Thank you, for reviewing some Van Halen!!!❤🧡💛💚💙💜🤍

Van Halen 1 is one of the greatest debut albums of all time. I'm The One and Atomic Punk are f'n incredible. And let's not forget the face melting Eruption. The guitar instrumental that made millions of people want to play guitar. Simply put, EVH = GOAT.

"please sound good, please sound good" Proceeds to listen to the best guitar tone ever recorded. RIP Eddie ❤️

Rest In Peace Eddie

When the lyrics are clear, that is golden.

On fire, I,m the one, outta love again, mean street, ain’t talkin about love, light up the sky and unchained top tier Van Halen songs that go hard.

This is my favorite Van Halen jump off. Eddie went off. Alex went off & David went nuts! This is that Black SUV Speakers on blast Jawn. Great Reaction Bro

6 albums. 50+ top hits on the radio. TODAY

lol dude your face when the guitar solo hit was priceless!

Edward van Halen taught a generation of guitarists to play and David Lee Roth reinvented the rock front man in his own image. Van Halen have been a staple of rock radio for over 40 years. A few other Van Halen songs "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love" "Unchained" "Everybody Wants Some" "Girl Gone Bad"

Lead singer Diamond Dave (nick name) said the great thing about Van Halen was they could make rock/metal music that you could dance to which Nobody was doing back then. Van Halen had a lot of influences from rock to merengue, Momba and being from Southern California and they always had to switch it up traveling all over in the early days and knowing there audience. They were very polished by the time the got to there debut album. And Eddie Van Halen sounded like from another planet back in 1978. Inspired so many guitar players. Myself included

“Yeah he can sing”. Well that’s an understatement!

This channel is going to blow up! Keep up the good content. I would like to see you take it all the way back to the blues that influenced rock.

Their first four albums all rock every song.

Eddie Van Halen. R.I.P.

Rip Van Halen such a rockstar ledgen, i catch myself singing this in the shower all the time lol Gr8reaction lil cuzz

I am proud of you "Rap Fan"!

"I'll Wait"

I watch both you and your dad's reactions and it's really refreshing. Takes me back to when I first heard these songs . I think you'd both like their song "Take Your Whiskey Home" In my opinion I think it's one of their underated songs that most people look over

let Rock take you away Eddy guitar is amazing the band is Superb .. enjoy

My Number One Van Halen Song Enjoy The Ride !

This is what real music is for sure. These boys create each and every tune by themselves. It comes from within. It's not easy to do. If you've never been to a concert of theirs, its nice to at least watch a video of it and see how they all create these sounds. Amazing!!!

See? This is what I’m talking about. I’m a heavy metal head through and through, but I do sneak in some Cube (my fav), BD Kane, DMX, NAS, Geto Boys, etc., from time to time (yeah, I’m old school). I love to see different genres giving dues to each other. Mad props to this channel.

When VH first album came out in 1978, guitarists around the world jaws dropped and asked how the hell does this guy play like that! A revolutionary album

It's not about being a free spirit but a warning against a life of crime.

Great song of choice, brother!! If you wanna hear one of their BANGERS, check out Van Halen's Summer Nights!! This is a song they recorded with their second lead vocalist, Sammy Hagar🔥

The Band (yes that's their name) - "The Weight" live with the Staples Singers

I like the video man! Dig the energy, youth and mind you got going on. Keep doing you and listening to good music.

Dude I love this. You rock bro I mean that!

I'm New To You're Channel, And Will Say I Like You're Reactions. This Is One Of My All Time Favorite Van Halen Songs. This Song Has One Hell Of A Bass Line 😎

I was 12 yrs old in 1978 when this came out, and still my fav song and still a huge fan after 43 years!! Thanks for the reaction!🤘🤘🤘

Great review, man. RIP Eddie Van Halen!

Hey, man. There's a whole world of this stuff out there. Always great to keep an open mind. 🤘🏻

I think your getting more natural with your reactions. 🖤🖤🖤🖤

When the gifted guitar geek has a brother who can play the drums and run into a singer who has the same idea about their career options and played dance covers and pop hits of the seventies so that they could have a regular club gigs, you mix this up with a capable bassist with good vocal harmony skills you mix that all up and you get Van Halen one of thee best hard rock bands to come out of the late 70's. It's really to bad that not more gifted guitarist are never forced to play popular r&b and other dance influenced pop music when they are basically doing thee equivalent of a professional musician I can think of two great examples of guitarist that went on to be hard rock gods. As I recall guitar geek extrodonaire Jimi Hendrix did his time on the juke circuit with more then a few R&B personalities and Jimmy Page spent a few years in the studio playing rock guitar for numerous groups coming up in the mid sixties so one could make the argument that being able to play more dance influenced styles of music with professional competence is the secret ingredient that makes the difference between a great hard rock guitarist and a legendary hard rock guitarist and one has to wonder in this world where there are so many niche guitar players if we will ever have another legend anytime soon. Guys that are just as interesting to your feet as they are your heart an head, so many influential guitarist that are often more loved by the fans and fellow musicians then any so called music critics have often spent part of their early career playing music where having good rhythm chops is just if not more important then solos and riffs. Even Richie Blackmore spent years playing in a band that played 50's sounding rock n roll before he found fame with DP, I could go on but why?

This came out when I was 10 gr 1978 wow I'm friggin old ... Only in the mind yah right

You cracked me up - “and whoever played that guitar.” But - that’s not your fault at all. This is waaaay before your time. You’re doing great with your reactions btw. Keeping it honest and real. Edward Van Halen on guitar along with his brother Alex Van Halen on the drums. Michael Anthony on bass. David Lee Roth on lead vocals. Eddie was so creative on top of being hands down THE best rock guitarist ever. He frankensteined his guitar and amp to create his own unique sound. Also for this song a lot of people may not know it starts with a backwards blare of car horns, which was made by a contraption Eddie put together using a bunch of horns, a car battery, and a footswitch. They used to use it when they played at clubs in the early days.

By far my favorite Van Halen song of all time, glad you like it🎸🤟

Running with the devil is lit!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥 love it! The riff is nuts!

Dude lmao! You make my ear tingle like a pringle! 😆

Dave describing life on the road, touring.

So awesome even Jesus rocks out to this one.

There is no shortage of great early Van Halen songs for you to discover. I am tempted to name-drop quite a few but I will just mention "Mean Streets" for now. There is something about the attitude or vibe of that song makes it unique. I have a fond memory as a young white teenager seeing these two older Black dudes blasting that song while driving. This was pre-Gangster rap and I think they were looking for something that spoke to them.

Fire and fury from VH. Thank you for this one!

You did a really good job on this one.

Nice reaction! Great song!

When you talk about fluctuations in song structure, build ups and break downs, that is called "dynamics", and yes, many rock artists were masters of this song modeling.

This whole album is great!

Jojo, you sing better than some people.

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Check out And the Cradle will Rock by VAN HALEN

It you like David Lee Roth's vocals, he had a solo career for some time. Really good disc called "Sky Scraper". He had another incredible guitarist named Stevie Vai. Check it out!

another one of the best

Whenever I hear this song, I now think of Little Nicky

VH's Debut Album was the most powerful debut album.......

Nice first song off the first album, they started off strong.

real meets real thats pretty cool

The very first live concert I got to attend, at the age of 8, was Van Halen's 1980 Invasion Tour! This is the opening track from their self-titled debut album...RIP Eddie VH.

Would love to see you react to Queen Live Aid 1985. It’s the greatest 20 minutes in music history.

I saw them at a small theater when they came out with their first album. There was a good drive going on at the time and it only cost a few cans of food to get in.

Along with Pearl Jam, Van Halen is the greatest American band of all time.

"Please sound good." I loved that :-)

OK, now you have to check out Iron Maden! Hallowed be Thy Name live at Beast of Hammersmith in 1982!! PLEASE!!

listen to DLR's isolated vocal tracks. The man is a gift from somewhere else...

"Unchained" buddy. Check it 🤘🏼

Van Halen before 1984 is there good stuff. With David Lee Roth. Ain't talking about love Mean Street Beautiful girls Everybody wants some Running with the devil

This was the, "FEEL GOOD- GET AMPED and GO-TO" Song to crank up on 10, and Blow out your speakers in your car if you can, on the way to the Kegger Parties in the early 80's!!!! Fukin-aye yeah, "Thanks" For the Feel good today!

I think I've seen all of your Van Halen reactions now, you should check out at least one with the 2nd Singer, one of my favorites is Finish What Ya Started, and another classic is Love Comes Walkin In