Respect to you and everyone else spreading Ed’s legacy. It gives me hope for the future of music. I grew up on his music, and he will forever be a part of my life.

As a guitar player Ed's passing hit hard, One of the greatest guitarists of ALL TIME!

His smile when he plays says it all. RIP Eddie 🙏 cheers from🇨🇦🤘

I am old enough to have seen Van Halen many times and this Tour. I was about 3 people behind the barrier on Eds side stage. I just remember it looked like he had a Rubber Wrist or it was dislocated or something. Absolutely Mind Blowing. Legend, Innovator, Rock God! RIP EVH

Guitar God.....RIP Eddie.

Oh Lord Jesus, he's about to do the thing! Swaggy, if at the end of this you're slumped over in your chair, a quivering mess, drooling on yourself because your brain just exploded we understand. We've ALL been there after watching this.

There's a interview with EVH and it's amazing how much influence on everything in the guitar world Eddie had . Every generation has its inovative people but Eddie's influence changed the game . Tabliture is a form of writing music and was created so you could figure out what he was doing and how to play it so a whole form of writing music was made. Just saying . peace from Alaska

EVH the greatest guitar player of all-time in my opinion.

EVH and James Hetfield are the 2 influences on me becoming a self-taught guitarist. I always wanted to meet him. Now, only have one of my heroes are living. RIP EVH 🙏

👍before I even watched your reaction; it will fry your mind! I was so lucky to be a teenager during this era in rock music. RIP Eddie 🙏 🎶❤🤘 9:00 = classic Van Halen sound. You recognize some singer's voices anywhere you hear them & some instrumentalists anywhere you hear them. Eddie Van Halen will live forever. Final edit: I know you're impressed with Rammstein's 🔥 live. (me too) Van Halen was 🔥 live without the pyro gimmicks, just pure talent.

As fast as his fingers move I've often thought of him as Fast Eddie Van Halen! His apparent love for what he was doing can be seen on his face, and it's evident on your face as well, your cry of being tortured falls flat my friend, it's obvious how much you are loving this! Nobody knew you could do that on a guitar until Eddie came along! Great reaction!

The master of Six strings!! King Edward, may he R.I.P. he will be missed but never forgotten!!

I can't even imagine what it would have been like to be there, my husband saw him in person many times though! Your reaction was priceless! Thank you!

Hrs partley Human and part guitar the greatest dude, I knew you'd like it. Great reaction my friend.

This is a legend in action

I WAS ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES TO SEE EDDIE VAN HALEN IN THE 70'S WHEN THEY CAME TO SAN ANTONIO THEY SAY JIMMY INVENTED THE ELECTRIC GUITAR AND EDDIE MASTERED IT MAY YOU REST IN PARADISE EDDIE 🙏 🤘

Another Legend gone ! Rest in Peace Eddie \m/

I was one of the people who recommended that. Thanks for the reaction. I know you called it torture, but I saw an awful lot of smiling on your face. It looked to me like you enjoyed it, and I'm glad you have now experienced that. Everyone should. Now it might make a little more sense why rock fans are so saddened by his passing. If you want to listen to more of the big hits that everyone reviews, consider checking out Hot For Teacher, Panama, Ain't Talkin Bout Love, and Right Now. If you want to go deeper into the catalogue of genius and have content a bit more unique, here are my suggestions. From the era with David Lee Roth on vocals: Unchained, Beautiful Girls, Drop Dead Legs, or Mean Street. From the years with Sammy Hagar on vocals: Best of Both Worlds, Cabo Wabo, 5150, Poundcake, Top of the World, Finish What Ya Started, or Don't Tell Me What Love Can Do. Thanks again.

I was lucky enough to see Eddie once in Miami at the Orange Bowl for Monsters of rock and he was unbelievable live! Musical Icon that comes once in a lifetime! ❤️

I saw them in Hawaii in 94 and EVH was incredible...been a fan since Van Halen 1. It was the first music I ever bought (8 track!) and played it so much the tape broke! Lol! RIP EVH and prayers to his family.

RIP The Guitar 🎸 God Eddie Van Halen . He is the best. I also like Joe Satriani he is also great but Eddie taught them all..

Love watching his face when he played! Pure bliss!

I've been watching these reactions for two days now, on what is the greatest guitar solo performance in the history of music. Second guy I've seen, that was speechless after this, and just walked out with nothing to say. Another one has been Van Halened. Rock in power Eddie.

Dude ,your reaction had me in tears 😆 that was great.!!🤘 they are an awesome band and he was an awesome talent I saw him in Syracuse New York in 1982 unbelievable.. it's nice to see the younger generation finding great music and keeping it alive!!

I always said Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan, at the top. Thing change, #1 Eddie Van Halen, RIP.

R.I.P Eddie. Youll never be forgotten ❤

Your expressions are Priceless.

No one could ever convince me that naming Eddie's solo "Eruption" is anything less than perfect because of the way he goes absolutely *volcanic* with it. You've pointed out how wild the crowd got before he started playing, but when he played the crowd was nearly silent because they wanted to hear every single note. They'd cheer again every time he paused but STFU again when he started playing more. Also, his gestures & facial expressions as he interacted with the crowd shows that he loved all of it; It's as if he was saying, "I put in the time. I've put in the work. I know what I'm capable of doing, but now is the time I get to show you what that is." I'm not a betting man but if I were, I'd wager that Eddie's guitars went to Heaven with him...Because he certainly played the Hell *out* of them. Intellectually speaking, I know Eddie put in so much time & work on the guitar that he'd long since developed calluses on his calluses for the calluses on his fingers but I'd almost swear that, whenever I hear him play, my own fingers start to bleed out of empathy for his fingers. It took me a while to figure out how he could play individual notes so fast but, logically speaking, his fingers had to be moving supersonic just to get the extra notes out of the guitar quickly enough. Okay, I admit I'm exaggerating here but it's not by much... 😁 It doesn't matter how many times I hear Eddie playing, back from their first album (simply named "Van Halen") all the way to today & still running, I still get chills along my spine. Something like *45 years* & it never gets old... Do you realize that, for your generation, this was the kind of music that your grandparents grew up with, as it was all happening for the first time...The likes of Kiss, Styx, Alice Cooper, Billy Joel, & many, many more were all brand new on the scene & your grandparents saw it all, first-hand (Yes, I'm *that* old). Back then, they didn't have auto-tuners or sequencers; heck, keyboard synthesizers were still quite firmly considered "experimental" as musical instruments, as the Edgar Winter Group has shown us. Back then, *what you heard is what what they played,* without the benefit of computerized "correcting" algorithms. Nowadays, with the right audio software, any no-talent hack could sing or play like an expert. Let that sink in... So let me just say, from the ranks of the old school, that I absolutely love how the new generations are taking this in for *their first time* & begin to understand why many of us say that modern pop music is all crap. Taking in the considerations that I've already mentioned (& even more that I *didn't* mention), this is closer to objective truth than modern "celebrities" would admit.

Master. Rest in rock Eddie 💔🎸

He made it look effortless

Eddie "The Finger Tapping king" Van Halen 🤘❤🤘

Big Van Halen fan!! ❤

Great reaction 👏. You just watched the greatest Rock and Roll guitar player that's ever lived! RIP Eddie ❤

Great reaction. RIP to the GOAT.

We love you man and thanks for reacting to the master R.I.P.

A legend, R I P

I saw VanHalen as a back-up band at a Rush 2112 concert. I can't say I remember it as this was like 1977 or so.

Greatest of all time! The goat!

Love when he starts,it gets quiet as fuck, respect

There will never be another Eddie Van halen

We love you and miss you! R.I.P!

WOW!! Was waiting for you to do this one!!! Where's the Angus 17 minute? It will also BLOW your mind! At least watch it you won"t be sorry :) Come on people 1000 likes!!! I HAVE TO SEE THIS REACTION! GREAT reaction btw you are one cool dude :)

Loved your reaction! Though post humous, the Halen train welcomes all.

He is the reason I picked up the electric guitar. he is the G.O.A.T

Eddie rendered you speechless......welcome to the club!!

Just subscribed, love to see people watch this for the first time

Bro.....late comer here. Just saw one of their old concert posters. Price of tickets 13.50 15.00 1986

Thats why he was "The " Rock Star \m/

R.I.P. Eddie

Guitar god!! Enjoyed the video

He is self taught and he took piano lessons and couldn't read music he copied is music teachers hands. Real shit.

Here is something that most of you probably don't know. This is why I immediately know when a Van Halen song is playing. The guitar Eddie is playing, guess what? He built it himself. Yes, that's true! He could not find the sound and tone he was looking for, so he built his own. He called it the Frakenstrat! How many guitarist do you know that have done that? I was in the 10th grade when I first "Eruption" way back in 1978. I am 60 years old now and I am here to tell you that "Eruption" sounds better today than it did 42 years ago. I have listened to many great guitarist over the years, but there can only be 1 G.O.A.T., and for me that is the 1 and only Eddie Van Halen!

I can listen to that torture all day long.

How . Just. How.

The 🐐

Best ever Imo. Buzzed and high at that too 🐐

Epic Eruption.......R.I.P. Eddie.

Another mind blowing guitar solo is Gary Richraft flying turkey trot live REO Speed wagon did tapping before Van Halen mind blowing

It is called an EARGASM!!

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My opinion the only man to come close and he did it his own way as well DIMEBAG DARRELL

Awesome Eddie. He wrote and performed the guitar solo on micheal Jackson’s song beat it. If you go find it and listen you will recognize Eddies signature sound.

Edward Van Halen -- The King of Ten Fingers and Six Strings

And that very guitar just sold at auction for 3.9 million bucks, I read this on the 'net today

And you thought his Jump Guitar Solo was good! RIP King Edward. Will always be The King Of 6 Strings And 10 Fingers. Sir, you Just witnessed “The Goat”!

Greatest guitarist ever

Ed was & is the very very best ever!!!!!!!

Dude you have to listen to a girl named Tina S . She plays a Beethoven song called “ Moonlight Sonata “, at the time she was like 16 years old, it will blow you away.

Yup yup!!!

He couldn't speak English when he came to America as a child. He was originally a piano player and couldn't read music. He built that guitar and it's in the Smithsonian museum now

That’s what a solo is for, showing off.

We told you.Drunk and fierce.

Eddie Van Halen is"THE" guitar God.

A couple more to check out Eric Johnson "Cliffs of Dover" , Stevie Ray Vaughan "Voodoo Child/Slight Return" off Live Alive Jimi cover, and Robin Trower "Bridge of Sighs". Ok that was 3 instead of 2, but you'll love them.

You and Ed have the same taste in shirts

Scientifically proven to grow hair on your balls my freind!! KING EDWARD !! NO ONE EVER LIKE HIM AGAIN.

It's like watching Secretariat win the Belmont

🤘🎸✌🙏

Believe it or not, Eddie was extremely high and very very drunk during this solo.

its cool dude it happens to every 1s 1st time listening, just pick up your brain pieces and put them back in your head and go WOOOOOW, LOL RIP DUDE :)

13 minute stank face. 😳

Meet the Best guitarplayer ever.

Dude reacts to van halen poundcake

Ok half the time you have your head back eyes closed and not even watching the video half the appreciation is watching is fingers work the guitar you are missing half of it

There would have been no Eddie without Chuck berry

Gary Moore is another Masterclass guitarist.

Now you have to go back and re watch it for the parts you missed

He Practiced.

Imagine getting slapped each time you interrupt a solo. That's what you should get!!!

Damn that guitar got raped

Shaq??

But it is easy. 😆

Stop pausing the video!!!

I hate to be a buzz kill but tapping and delay hammer-ons are not that impressive. It just sounds fast but is not that hard for anyone that kinda plays the guitar.