Best live performance of any song by any band I’ve ever seen. RIP Eddie

Imagine all the billions of years the universe has existed and we just happened to live during the time this music was created. RIP EVH!!! You were an amazing musical genius!!!

Absolutely one of the greatest guitar solos of all time

This solo is epic. All time favorite

It is a sad day 10/6/2020. R.I.P. Edward Van Halen. Thank you for all the great music. 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

This song is so hard to play on guitar.... eddie is just running around like its nothing, he is such a beast on the guitar my goodness

RIP EDDIE- this has to be the Best he has EVER played on this tour....

The world is a little less bright today. Have dreaded this moment for years. Thank you Edward for everything you gave us. You inspired myself and millions of others to play. You will never be forgotten.

Probably my favorite 5150 album song and the version I prefer to the studio.

Wow. Just wow. This was Van Halen at their top. It doesn’t get old. My daughter born in 2005 loves this band. Her name…….Halen!!!

13 year old me, my first ever concert. HOLY SHIT never looked back LONG LIVE KING EDWARD 👑🔴⚪️⚫️👑

This is how I will always remember EVH. I had seen them twice with Diamond Dave, in 1979 and 1984, and they were great. BUT..Eddie and Sammy knew they had a good thing with this lineup. Eddie was at the top of his game here, not just because he’s kickin so much ass...cause he always did that, but just look at how much fun they are having. The show I saw in Fort Worth was as good or better than this one. RIP EVH. This one hurts. The world doesn’t seem right with you not in it anymore.

A modern day masterpiece!! Easily the best Sammy song! Nothing like it before or since, so original. Epic!!

Most underrated VH song ever.

I could listen to this album all day! 5150 is awesome! Killer licks and lyrics!!

They were such a good team. So in sync with each other and having so much fun! Must have been the coolest thing ever to be there for this. Amazing performance all around, but every note in Eddie's solo is so perfect and precise!

Did anybody, any of us even realize what we were witnessing when this performance came out?? They were the biggest rock band on the planet!!!

I’m listening to this again after reading that Edward is having health issues. Man, he was so invincible and immortal in 1986. Praying for your recovery and your peace, Ed. Thanks for making me want to play the guitar. If they released this song as the first single off of this album instead of Why Can’t This Be Love, I think the Hagar era would be viewed differently than it is. This song is just as rocking, if not more, than anything that they did on the first 6 albums.

This song really shows eddies amazing writing beginning to end a masterpiece of a song.

the album had only been out a few weeks, so many people there were hearing this for the first time

There were always two people in the rock industry who sounded the same in concert as they did on the album/CD, Steve Perry of Journey, his vocals were impeccable and Eddie Van Halen's guitar riffs...Music will never this talented or great again..RIP Eddie ..

I'll miss you, Edward Van Halen. You were such a huge part of my teenage years and musical landscape. Thank you for all the great music.

My favourite Van Halen song. period.

And there you have it…one of the best live rock performances ever

Alex's drums, Mikey's bass, Sammy's voice, Eddie's blazing guitar. It doesn't get any better than this. I remember seeing this for the first time on VHS and thinking, what in the world did I just see? Eddie's guitar solo takes you on a hypnotic journey and drops you off at the edge of a volcano. It will be a very long time before we ever see a guitar player like Eddie, if we ever do.

Thank God I was alive to witness this band and this monster of a guitar player. Thank you Eddie, R.I.P brother

Probably the greatest guitar Solo of all time EVH imitated but never duplicated Let's please keep his spirit alive 🙏

My favorite tour... rest in peace Eddie.😞😭 I saw Van Halen many times in concert with and without Sammy and by far my favorite was the 5150 tour.

Was at this show in Connecticut. Seen this tour in 3 cities. San Diego, Los Angeles and Connecticut. Ha 5150 best song with Hagar. It just rocks Eddie shows why he's the best.

Greatest of all times always jumping around having a blast an smiling that sweet smile so glad I got to see him in concert the 5150 tour. love me some eddie 💘 he will be greatly missed 😔

I still have this on VHS!

I was at this show. This was the best tune of the night.

R.I.P. Eddie. We always said your music reached the heavens. Now we hope they reach back down to us.

What a great time to be alive back then. This was the best song off the album and their chemistry was incredible. Wish I had a time machine set for 1980 whatever.

Best album in the world. Hands down. Thanks Ed 4 everything.

In Him was life, and that life was the light of men. The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. - John 1:4-5

The ALMIGHTY Van Halen!💖 These concerts were the best time of my LIFE!👍👍

He's smiling and having fun and doesn't even look when he's playing absolutely amazing

3:16 that live version of the 5150 solo was the best I ever heard.

Single greatest moment in all of music history….

I’ve listened to this video / song and I feel it’s their best.

11/16/23 Thank you VH for the heavenly music. There will never be a band as good as you. This particular song is an absolute gem. It brings tears to the eyes. It will never, ever, grow old to the ears and soul. As a bass player, it is a pure joy to hear the super human talent of this incarnation of Van Halen. Love , Love , Love Thanks !

There will never be again another guitar player that has influenced the world with such happiness and love and effortless

My brothers - Jimbro - MADE THE BANNER ! Sammy shows off & then places it over DA KING ! He passed away last June - BUT HE LIVES FOREVER HERE ! Oh ya I was there as well ! And your the world video launch at Toad's Place in NEW HAVEN CT ! I love this so much !

this was Happy Eddie for sure... RIP Eddie, may we all meet on the other side... and thank you...

EVH is my reason for choosing to play guitar. RIP Legend. Thanks for inspiring me. You'll never be forgotten.

I was blessed to see VH both ways THIS was the best. Thee GREATEST band of my generation 🤘🏿🤘🏿

I agree. I forgot how good they sounded live!

RIP EVH. Enough already, 2020.

Just like Hendrix that guitar looks like it's a part of his body he moves so fluid with the guitar

The energy, the joy, the perfection 🤌

At 6:48 that little head nod Alex gives Eddie as they’re looking at each other….. Van Halen firing on all cylinders. A thing of beauty. 🤙🏼

This is such a great song...

I had the VHS cassette of this concert as a teenager, and I'm amazed that I didn't wear it out (still have it 37 years later and it still plays!). I love the live version of this song, and I think it's far superior to the studio version, which lacks the energy and awesome extended guitar solo. Eddie's energy, athleticism, and showmanship are off the charts in this concert. He's like an Olympic athlete /guitar god performing gymnastics and guitar heroics at the same time. I feel blessed that I got to see Van Halen live back in '88 during the Monster's Of Rock Tour. I worshiped at the altar of EVH , and I will forever celebrate his legacy and mourn his passing. 🤘💔🙏

Sooooooooooooooo Good!!!!!😅 Has the power that creates worlds channeling through six strings. 🎸

Among the many jaw-dropping guitar solos Eddie Van Halen played in a career, this one still stands alone. Good God.

Ed’s guitar tone on this tour.The vibrato at 4:29 🔥🔥🔥

This never gets old. RIP Eddie.

Alex hits the drums out of time to get Eddie's attention to the "KING" banner Sammy is holding.

Eddie Van Halen forever! RIP to the king of 6 strings and 10 fingers.

That solo is insane. Just about every trick in Eddie's book went into that... OMFG. #ripevh

EVH 'lightening in a bottle', right here on my screen. So lucky to have this now that he's gone. RIP Eddie.

What an amazing performance. Big Eddie, and Sammy What a vocalist🤘

The best. Period.

Great concert. Great band. Great guys performing great tunes. Great times. Miss EVH. Can’t believe he’s gone.

Nineteen Eighty Six was absolutely glorious

Van Halen/ Van Hagar they totally crush this song.

5150 will forever be my favourite van halen song

This song is so dam good it’s unreal. This live version with the broken down solo in the beginning is just 🔥

How isn't this viral? One of the best concert songs/solos of all time.

RIP Eddie! You will always be loved! This video should be a cure for depression! Also I’ve never seen a rock band live that dances while they sing and play the instruments! Best band ever!

I was there,both nights ❤, great name, Halen 🌹🎶🌹!

Always been my favorite song off that album.

Such a great track, 5150 is my favorite album. EVH fricken amazing!

At 9 years old I sat in the living room completely in awe of this performance. Wore the VHS out. 43 now and still in complete awe.

This tour was a complete love affair between Ed and Sammy. Eddie was in his bonafide prime here. Just epic!

R.l.P. Eddie you are going to be greatly missed!

RIP EVH :-(

Utterly perfect

It does not get any better than this!!!!!!!

Even crazier than he never took a lesson God made a God when he created Eddie Van Halen Let's keep his spirit alive for ever

Let's just say he is God, imitated but never duplicated he is the BAR and never took a lesson that's absolutely scary but we've all learned what guitar playing is but with the absolute emotion and love

Thank you for everything Ed!

Perfection!!! A guitarist has to explain to me how he plays and jumps all over the place??? I know timing is involved but Jesus Christ. Just amazing ❤

the magic music man........EVH!

Simply the best live video of MY favorite VH song🤘🏿🤘🏿

AMAZING!!

The sound of the SDSV is incredible on this album. Don't care what all the wimps think but it was the 5150 sound! If only BIG Al would hold it out longer and include it on OU812, would've made that album stands out!

R I P Eddie! Thanks for the memories!!!

This is what firing on all cylinders sounds like ladies and gentlemen. GOdDaMn!!!!

King of the king Guitar player. 👍👍👍

They were on top of the world!! Bad ass kick as song...🎶🎸🥁🎚🎤

These fucking guys were just the best . period RIP Eddie good friend

You don't have to love Dave and you don't have to love Sam but FFS you have to love 4 dudes jamming and messing with each other that can punch out a tune like that. Miss you Ed ❤

Good lord. I never saw or heard this version before. It's my favorite Sammy era song.

I smile every time I watch this video, epic

I was 9 when watched this on VHS and it changed my life forever

I remember seeing this tour in Evansville with BTO opening for them. It was one of the best concerts I've seen. They were having so much fun along with the crowd.

VAN HALEN = UNbridaled FUN & JOY … thanks for all the memories and emotions!

Alex looking at Sammy just before the solo speaks to the incredible connection these guys had. A new lease for the boys and Sammy. Not to this day have I seen a band have more fun on stage!