The Earth is 4.5 Billion years old & we managed to exist at the same time as Van Halen!

Man, from the first strum you KNOW it's Eddie. His tone was lush, vibrant, as distinctive as any human voice. These riffs just cut right through life's BS and hit you. For me, anyway. :)

1984 is an explosion of Diamond Dave-encrusted rock brilliance, with Eddie's guitar wizardry, Alex's thunderous drumming, and Michael's grooving basslines leaving a trail of pulsating killer hooks in its wake!

1984 was a great album.

Van Halen with David Lee Roth was unmatched! I hope you guys get to Top Jimmy from this album. One of my favorites ever from them

All hail the Mighty Van Halen!

Woowee! Never heard anyone react to this! 🎉

“Top Jimmy” and this tune are two of the best from this album

Edward Van Halen said this is one of his favorite songs that he wrote. Fellas need to check out “I’m the One” off their debut album!! Anything off their debut album and Fair Warning is a banger!!

Dave’s lyrics are what sets his era apart from Hagar era.

Eddie's guitar to close out the tune is like a thrilling, amazing roller-coaster ride

"EVERYBODY WANTS SOME"(I want some too).....!!!

Absolutely one of the best....!

Such a groove. This is my favorite off this album, sonically.

Played in Gentleman's Clubs all over the country for over 20 years. Van Halen must have had more striptease tunes than most bands.

Van Halen are hard rock monsters! 🤘

one of the greatest album covers of all time

Wife and I got married in 1984. One of our wedding gifts were tickets to VH in Omaha NE. They were on tour promoting their 1984 LP. What an amazing show. Hot For Teacher is the next tune on the LP. 40 yrs this June and were still going strong. RIP Eddie ❤️

Dude that whole album is like this, or better. This isn't just one of Van Halen's greatest albums, it's one of the greatest rock albums by anyone.

That drop? OMG! And Dave does an amzing job on this track with his "Fills" with shrieks, shrills whistles and such. The harmony of the background vocals really stands out showcasing Michale Anthony & Eddies voices as well. This cadence on this tune is a BOP!

This song is full of attitude and swagger

The real gem on this classic album is "House of Pain".

Eddie and Alex have such an amazing groove at the end of this song. Love it!!!

This song is all time!

This is my favorite song from the Roth years.

That outro solo and coda is just sick !

Two gems on the end of this album some newer fans don't know about - "Girl Gone Bad" and "House of Pain".

Finally 👌🏾👍🏾

I'm waiting on the Beatles Revolver series of reactions. It is a stoooooopid good album. Dig the channel. Thanks fellas.

1:42 at this point I was sold.i also feel like this is Dave's best vocal performance

We guitarists are still chasing that tone to this day

Wish the outro to this song coulda went on forever!!!

You guys are the best!!!! This song grabs me so Bad!!!! Love this Jam!!! Imagine cruising the strip on the beach in a convertible car with that song Loud as hell!!!

My favorite song off this album. That dirty drop in the beginning is so nasty.

Another great review guys! Kick ass song 🎧

Eddie was such a great rhythm player

This is my jam!

You might also check out the 2 albums that David Lee Roth did with Steve Vai as his guitarist after he left Van Halen. Many point to Van Halen's guitar runs from this period as being influenced by the playing of Allan Holdsworth. Though he was not a commercial success, because his music was instrumental, Holdsworth was admired by people like Van Halen (who got him signed to his label), Steve Vai, Frank Zappa, Joe Satriani, Santana, Malmsteen, and more. His "Devil Take The Hindmost" is a good example.

Couple hidden gems on this album are Girl Gone Bad and also House of Pain!

Not one stop or pause, you know it got em'!

Aerosmith - "Seasons Of Wither" 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Glad to see someone finally reacting to this song! Many great songs on this album, unfortunately rarely played on the radio.

Eddie was a master of rhythm and groove all the while laying down those sick riffs that “hook” ya. Great reaction guys, keep Van Halen in your rotation.

Might just be my favorite VH song 🤘. Thanks for bringing this one back to the surface for me!

As an honorable mention id like to throw Van Halen's little guitars in the mix😁😄ok I'm done

Eddie's Tone is what grabs you. The King is dead...Long Live the King.

I'd never heard that record, and I think it's my favorite Van Halen. I hadn't noticed such craftsmanship, complexity, and production--great record. Thanks as always, nice to be along.

This outro solo always gets me.....One of my all time favorites from Eddie.......I'd love to hear the studio take without the fade-out......

My favorite Van Halen song since I was young man 13 to 14

Well said gentlemen. Perfect reaction!

Love it when you guys do the deeper tracks, so much great music out there that didn’t get a lot of airplay 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Alex was underrated as well as the entire album. The drum sounds he gets off this album are so unique… the sound of his snare and the ride cymbal bell… always loved this one. The phase on the drums is also a nice touch. I remember back in the day that Modern Drummer magazine nominated this album’s drum production as number two for the year right behind Rush of course. Let’s hear it for Anthony’s signature backing vocal’s. I think Roth’s departure right after this album was a mistake, but as always there was Eddy, such a nice touch here.

That solo at the end is some John Coltrane-type sh*t.

I love watching you 2 discover Van Halen songs !! Keep those Van Halen reactions coming !! The outro in this song is epic after the funky beat of the main part of the song…

U guys are awesome

I feel like 1984 was the last album where Eddie sounded like "that". Heavy brown sound from start to finish. When this album came out, I didn't think they'd be able to improve on Fair Warning. This record came close but I still love FW the most

one of their best deep cuts

Bad ass Jam.....funky VH...used to jam this rolling up in the school parking lot..ahhhh great memories

Always loved this song..

The Full Bug! Romeo's Delight, Hang 'em High,Fools! The list goes on

Love your reactions. Another great VH song!

Masterpiece

Love this tune

I can’t believe that this album is 40 years old.😢

A most underrated song by VH!!! You guys chose a good one!!

Love this

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What drums folks - holy F🙏🙏

A deep cut that is one of VH's finest. Slow but rich.

I managed to hitch hike from UMass to Hartford civic center to see this show is late 1983.

That song rarely if ever gets played on the radio, but VH fans know. “The Full Bug” is another hidden treasure on Diver Down.

The harmonies for a hard rock band. Nice

That guitar solo on this is so good! That ranks right up there with one of Eddies best!

Always forget about this song, but it's so good!

You guys are AWESOME! Thank you so much for paying attention to the MIGHTY Van Halen! Please Please PLEASE do a reaction to their song "Girl Gone Bad" from the same album...its a BEAST!!! You WON'T be disappointed!

Perfect analysis, gentlemen. You hit on all points. Thank you!!!

Thank you Gentlemen ya made my Friday!! ❤✌️👍

To show you what a fan and lover of music Eddie was, his outro solo was inspired by guitarist Allan Holdsworth, who he pulled strings to get him a better record deal and got all kinds of attention onto him. To hear the result, check out the title track from Allan Holdsworth's album Metal Fatigue.

Been a VH fan since growing up in the early 80's and listening on my walkman. But I always seem to come back to their more bluesy, dirty sounding stuff like this. And the entire Fair Warning album.

Great reaction. You guys can pick any song off their first 6 albums. They’re all great.

That outro solo is easily one of Eddie's best.

Another good one 👍

Lol😂 chi “I love that album with the baby on the front”!

ha ha I love this song

Ed and Alex' father was a blues/jazz musician...and you can tell...the brother's GROOVE is unmatched...GREAT react

love this track. have you reacted to Im The One?

What a great song. Great groove and Eddie’s guitar playing was masterful

The Band 🎯

Fire fire fire

This and a cover of the Kinks Where have all the good times gone are my favorites.

I went to this concert tour. Saw them at the Capital Center in Largo, MD. I was in 11th grade. What a time to be alive!

Hell yea. Wore this tape out in my 84 gran Prix. Love the heavy bottom to this VH classic. !!! 🔥

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Rabbit Hole ---Van Halen lps 1 thru 6. All with Roth, great stuff. 1984 is the 6th btw saw them for this tour, amazing.

When VH was in the studio for this one, ACDC 1980 back in black was basically the biggest rock album and Ed wanted to catch in on some of that magic. Wanting Al to play drums more "straight" than normal while they practiced... it didnt last cuz Al just has too much swing and jazz in his playing so Eddie gave up. BUT you can tell this main riff is basically a "lift" off of the track Back in Black, with Eddie just doing Eddie stuff in between the big chords. You can def hear the eh - influence. Also, I hear ACDCs TNT in the main riff of Panama, if you slow that track down a little give it more stabby feel its very similar to TNT.

This is one of my and my sisters favorite songs!!!

Love how these guys go right into it ..other reactirs i have to skip ahead on..👍

Musica colossal👏👏🦖🇧🇷

BANGER!!! They were SO, SO GOOD during this time! ECHOING all the sentiments that the album, 1984, WAS FIRE!!! HAPPY FRIDAY, GUYS!!

Thanks, been looking forward to this one!! Yes, one of their signatures is there's almost always a point where they slow down...I love that. You should check out their song, And the Cradle Will Rock, also very cool. Eddie knew how to write great rock songs & Dave was amazing at lyrics and vocal delivery.