Favorite version right here. I feel bad for people who limit themselves to just pre-1985 VH

Incredible how Eddie plays rhythm and solo parts almost simultaneously

This song kicks so much ass. RIP Eddie

what a tremendous riff that was/is!

THAT SNARE DRUM! EPIC! No one else has a snare sounding like that.

Outro solo is 100 times better than the normal one. Van Halen lost his wildness in the 90s but his playing became flawless. Mindblowing 👊

IMO, this tour displayed Eddie's playing at its best. I loved the Axis's tone, and just the overall chemistry between the band members.

Eddie-s solo has proven that he is the GOAT. So.long Eddie, RiP🎸🎶🌷🙏

Amazing sound quality!

Wow, these guys were really spot on during this period. Love just as good as the recording. Ed could really do it all. Everyone sounds great.

Saw them two nights in a row on this tour in St Louis back in '95

RIP EVH...you're the greatest....😎

There’s no doubt that they were better than ever here. They sound as good live as on record. Wish they could have continue. God bless you Eddie, hope you get better.

The best live performance ever! They played the hell out of that song! I'd love to hear the 4 of them play that live again one day.

Big Al is a beast!

guitar sound is epic

Nice love the mix.

Everyone seems to be ignoring Alex’s awesome 😎 drumming. Not a straightforward rhythm. Almost as intricate as Eddie’s guitar playing! The best brothers in rock history!

The more I listen to this song, the more I love it!

Light 'em up!

I remember going toAmsterdam listening to that song So sad now . Rip

Maravilhosa essa música que atmosfera fantástica tinha essa banda

Pure performance perfection of friends and great music

He never plays it the same way twice....

hot damn amsterdam!! Eddie at his best!!

That solo...I'm still trying to figure out what I just saw.....

@cabomikee one of the TOP riffs of all time for me ! :)

Han pasado.muchos anos pero siguen sonando fantástico!!!

let's go to amsterdam. love tis band

There's no doubt this was Ed at his best, and quite honestly the best anyone's been. Clean, great tone, fast and creative. Van Halen was better with Roth, Ed was better with Sammy

He was not from this planet , this is as good as it gets for us earthlings

Eddie is KING.

I always wondered if Eddie was in pain on this tour. (Not his usual smiling self and doesn’t seem to be enjoying himself). Don’t get me wrong his playing is still incredible.

Que banda¡¡. Por Dios.

Sammy ruled the stage with his presence !!!!

I think EVH played his best guitar with Sammy !!! They just had that chemistry and Hagar brought out the best of EVH. Too bad it didn't last because I saw the new VH with DLR and he can't hold a note. Plus, DLR dances like a girly-man on stage now.

@DanielAraujoNazar You are right about the sequencer, that's how all the keyboard parts were done during the early 90's, and also Alan Fitzgerald played Keyboards off stage for some of those shows as well. As for Mike he should be part of what Van Halen is doing now, I love and respect Wolfgang and I think it's all warm and tingly that he's in Dad's band but I miss him on stage.

Can't you "liver" than this! Van Halen=Van Hagar

Love Eddies solo in this cut

There's been some heavy post production here... How can you not love the backing vocals... or the bass player is singing with 3 different pitches simultaneously lol

Light em up!!!

This band was badass. Now they just a traveling oldies show.

VH was SO good with SAMMY. LOVE this tune.

0 dislikes thats what i love to see

A caixa do Alex está daquele jeito um puta grave incrível

King Edward !!!!!!!!!!!!

"Don't have to worry bout the Man"

Damn, now I am the old guy saying he was at the show.

Que lástima que Van Halen nunca hizo una gira por centroamérica , me hubiera encantado verlos ! Ya tuve el agrado de ver aquí en mi país a Iron Maiden , Roger Waters , Black Sabbath , Aerosmith , Judas Priest y Whitesnake entre otros,no entiendo porqué Van Halen nunca pensó en venir , saludos desde San José , Costa Rica.

SAMMY HAGAR is SOLID. that man has a voice. Sounds as great live as in the studio. Nothing but respect and gratitude for all of the awesome years. Love you SAMMY ❤

fuckin' tight

Idk why the balance record gets hate it’s a pretty good record.

@gullywoots Michael Anthony's backing vocals are really that good, he's an unbelievable singer. On the VHII tour he sang "Somebody get me a doctor" as his solo bit, the vocals where fantastic

weldone,

LOVE this song. Question - am I the only one who’s not a huge fan of Eddie’s tone during this era? The guitar harmonizer/flange/whatever effect he has on there makes his tone feel super muddy to my ears. I much prefer classic VH tone. BUT - absolutely love this video :)

@MattTheHack92 I agree! Both MA and EVH are amazing singers and could probably have done a great job on this without overdubs. But for a visual example check out 1:20 and 3:40 on... you can see Eddie's not singing, yet you can hear 2 or 3 voices going "yeah yeah yeah". Maybe it's not a studio overdub, however. They could have triggered those snippets during the actual concert, with the aid of a sequencer. I think that's how they handled keyboard parts during the 90s.

Sammy brought so much to this band. I saw an interview with the VH bro’s bitching about this song. How they wrote this great song and wanted it to have a great meaning and Sammy wrote about getting high. They forget DLR never wrote a meaningful song, ever. Sammy wrote a bunch of song for the band with deep meaning. Great musicians, terrible people!!

@Thrashfan21 according to sammy, it was earlier in the tour. when he began wearing a neck brace, i'm not sure. both ed and alex were in poor condition starting the balance tour. ed's hip was bad which he had repaired in december of 96. al had the bad vertebra.

He just wills the fucking notes out of the guitar. Nobody weaves in and out of rhythm and lead like Edward. Nobody. It's as if he has four hands and 12 strings. It comes from beyond.

THIS IS ROCK !!! AWESOME!!!! What a talent Alex, always underestimated. Balance is the most mature album and achieved with Sammy. A heavy grunge sound almost. It is a real loss for good music lovers that Van Halen does not count in his ranks with Mike (another great understated musician), and Sammy. I think they could still play good music since Alex and Eddie are still in shape. Maybe the band is at its worst, Dave Lee Roth is already burned and Eddie's son does not add shit to the band. The decadence of a giant band, we hope they return, we miss them ..

@nissansentraglx Oh ok because I noticed here he isn't wearing a neck brace and in some other videos I guess later in the tour he is.So did that linger through the VH III tour or did he just re-injure it at some point?

yeah what up with the 420 day /// live of Van Halen i wonder if band is going out to have fun for great reunion turnaround wolfgang band and van halen ... i miss the CIRCLE in niagra-falls canada ... i'm not broke .......

EVH

Eddie Van Halen composing "Amsterdam" on 5150 Studios (1985) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gOBjlZWKrt2Wk2Q.html

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Yeah for whatever reason Ed I guess decided not to sing backing vocals here but he does in the Toronto footage.

Dylan it makes Cindy starfall and her girlfriend happy when I do a take you down Dylan 😊

So when on this tour did Alex hurt his neck?

Who else?

0:26 sounds like he hit the wrong note but still nailed it anyway. Maybe intentional to change things up too. Who knows

Eddie is so high but he still nails it!! lmfao

The Hague over Amsterdam anytime.

ABSOLUTAMENTE INCREIBLE VAN HAMMER ANTHONY ÚNICOS NO ESE LEE ROTH NO PARA NADA

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I'm a Musician too...(not of this caliber though ;)- Van Halen was so much better with Sammy. Because He can Sing. Thats not to say DLR VH was crap, because it wasn't, It was just better with Sammy... The Brothers need to pull thier heads out of their asses and get Micheal Anthony/ Sammy back in the band, record another album and take over the world all over again!!!!

My ex Cindy

Dylan is a chicken 🐓

For me, this song was a let down. Balance contained the best lyrics on any VH record ever, and then Sammy has to write this. Of course Edward later blasted him for it in constant interviews, completely ignoring the enormous lyrical complexity of The Seventh Seal, Don't Tell Me What Love Can Do and Feelin'. Also, the two love songs that Sammy wrote about his divorce, Can't Stop Lovin You (written from the perspective of his wife) and Not Enough are just unreal. As is Aftershock. Big Fat Money was a funny song but also serious. One of the tunes that Roth did for the Best of Vol. I CD, Can't Get This Stuff No More, was based on an outtake from the Balance sessions called The Backdoor Shuffle. The Backdoor Shuffle/Can't Get This Stuff No More is one of the hardest songs to play in the VH catalog. If Sammy could've penned some serious lyrics to that tune, and dumped Amsterdam, Balance would've been an all time great album. And it's already great. But Amsterdam was just too out of place with the rest of the lyrics on the record.

Let’s be honest. The musicianship is great and they are/were bigger stars, better musicians and richer than I’ll ever be but there’s no song here. The drum tuning is horrible, Mike’s (beautiful guy, great singer & player) mullet is 10 years out of date at this point & Eddie’s aspirations to expand VH’s music didn’t go much beyond the pentatonic despite his musical knowledge being so much deeper.

Lyrically this is one of the dumbest songs ever written. It’s a shame because the music is rocking.