Eddie Van Halen, a top 3 guitarist of all time for musical impact. RIP

He killing it- that IS Eddie Van Halen. He’s an icon.

We used to blast this from our car stereos when I was in high school. We pretty much grew up on Van Halen. The keys added a different sound to their music but the energy was always there. A few classic Van Halen songs to check out are "Dance the Night Away", "Everybody Wants Some!!", "Unchained", "Jamie's Cryin'" and "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love".

That’s Eddie Van Halen on guitar and keyboard. He plays lead guitar on MJs Beat It.

"Jump" was the first Van Halen music video I ever watched on MTV when I was a kid. Thanks for sharing!💯

Van Halen’s first, and only #1 song. This band was huge when I was in high school. Unfortunately, this lineup broke up when I was finishing high school, so I never saw these original members together in concert. Saw other variations of the band live. Eddie Van Halen, the guitarist and keyboardist, is renowned as one of the the greatest and most influential guitarists in rock. He unfortunately passed away last year from cancer. Lead singer David Lee Roth was indeed very charismatic. He quit the band about a year after this video and had a fairly successful solo career. Great reaction! 🎸✨

David Lee Roth is one high energy camp performer, giving it to the camera every opportunity.

Glad you like and thought it was 🔥 Those synths are sick! My brother rocked this when I was younger so that’s how I fell in love. My uncle bought us the concert/album tshirt “1984” and I remember wearing it for days! 😂 As others have said, Eddie Van Halen is crazy talented as you can see here.

Omg! This used to be my favorite song! David Lee Roth's poster filled my room

I Love Van Halen and I Love the Whole Album that this Track came From!! My Middle School had this Song as a Theme Song for Our Student News. What a Classic. It will Never get Old.

It was waaaay back in January, at the dawn of one of the GREATEST years in music history: 1984!!! I looooved this song, even though it was very cold outside in Bavaria, Germany 😊, it made me warm up inside!!! This year will always stay in my mind as the greatest music year of this WONDERFUL decade with: Prince, Tina Turner, Banarama, WHAM, Bruce Springsteen, Corey Hart, The Cars, Phil Collins, Peabo Bryson, Van Halen, Hall & Oates, Cyndy Lauper and sooo many more - and also one very special new star just started to rise on the sky of music heaven in 1984 - MADONNA! With "Borderline", then "Lucky Star" she from the start instantly conquered me, and then maybe my favorite song of hers in September 1985 on vacation in Spain hearing it in the Disco, "Get into the Groove"! Back then I never wanted this decade to pass as I realized its greatness already back then, but unluckily although I vowed to myself at 14 or 15 in 1984, to not give this decade up without a fight (how silly😂), time of course turned out to be an unbeatable enemy :)

I grew up with Van Halen and they're still in my playlist. Great music, nothing comes close to this now. They worked they're asses off to make it to the big time but they always had fun. Everytime I hear this it takes me back to high school when VH was at their peak. Great times and awesome band. David Lee Roth was the ultimate showman and if you ever saw them in concert u would know without a doubt. I'm truly saddened by the death of EVH, he was a true genius. Eddie Van Halen changed things forever and he was truly one of the greatest if all time. I'm not just talking about his guitar solos although he was a master when it came to this. His rhythm guitar was amazing and is mostly overlooked because of his incredible blistering solos, but it's amazing nonetheless. He also had a damn good voice. Along with Michael Anthony, he sang those incredible background vocals VH is known for. He wrote music and he was able to weave his guitar playing into the music seamlessly. His guitar playing was amazing and it was the highlight, but it was part of the song, it felt like it and it was organic. Alot of bands had talented guitar players but they would pretty much showcase the players talent by doing a solo in the middle of songs whereas EVH was doing it throughout the song on every song. U could enjoy the song and at same time be amazed by his virtuosity. He played multiple instruments as u can see in this video. Another area where he greatly influenced the music world is with his innovation with the actual instruments. He is famous for his Frankenstein guitar, well it's called that because he took components from different guitars and built himself a prototype that would do what he wants and sound like he wanted. He did this with the amps too. He created his sound from the ground up. He experimented and he innovated in all areas. He had an intrinsic insight into music that u can't teach, it was in his DNA. As talented as he was, he wasn't great just because of that. Where most musicians would be content with raking in the money and just resting on their talent, he was a tireless worker and he was always studying, working and perfecting his skills. When you have that combination you create greatness and that's what he was all about. RIP EVH, the best! You are missed, but your music is with us forever!

"This guy" - is the Greatest Electric Rock Guitarist of all time. Edward Van Halen!

This was the soundtrack of my childhood, growing up in the 80s. David Lee Roth on vocals, Michael Anthony on bass and background vocals, Alex Van Halen on drums, and his brother Eddie Van Halen, guitar and synthesizer. EVH is considered one of the greatest virtuosic musicians in music history, he and Alex were classically trained musicians as children. Sadly, he's been gone from us for a year, having lost his battle with throat cancer last October. He musical legacy lives on.

One of my favorite Van Halen songs. Love them with David Lee Roth. How many songs are there titled Jump or tells you to jump. The Pointer Sisters, Kriss Kross, House of Pain, Aretha, even our girl and lots more

my youth.....loved these guys. the lead singer is David Lee Roth..aka .Diamond Dave...The guy in the yellow is history's master guitarist...Eddie Van Halen. his brother on drums, Alex Van Halen

For awhile they were the heavy rock band. This song was the big one they had that really made them big. Not really my style but I did enjoy their hit songs. Heard this song more than I can count

I was in high school when this song came out! That synth sound ushered in a revolution..!!

Michael Jackson totally went after “Eddie Van Halen” for his song “Beat It” in 1984. When you listen to the guitar solo in Michael’s song “Beat It” you instantly KNOW that it was Eddie Van Halen who invented and inspired the solo in that song. OMG, well done.👏

she's got ONJ grease poster awesome.👍😎

I LOVE how much you love ROCK 🎸🎸🎸 Van Halen are LEGENDS, especially for their namesake and songwriter Eddie Van Halen on dat axe 🎸 … I really hope you get to react to David Lee Roth (this singer) doing Just A Gigolo. It’s a total novelty track but the VIDEO is out of control with the amazing 80s MTV refs.

Try early Van Halen 'Aint talking bout love ' from their 1st Cd. The early Van Halen sound was unreal 😁

Looks like you been hitting the gym Empress 💪🏼. No really… you seem very happy and well rested… but them DANCE moves ! 💣 💥 🔥

Wow Empress so pretty whether indoors or out!

Eddie Van Halen (guitars, keyboards, songwriter), had to fight both the rest of the band and the producer for them to accept a synth-driven song like this. Of course it became their first true monster hit and brought them a mainstream audience for the first time. I’m especially fond of the beautiful solo section, and that guitar solo is one of my all time favorites - so musical and colorful, apart from the sheer acrobatics of it. And the synth sound is so iconic it's usually just called "Jump" in the synthesizers that have it.

MORE VAN HALEN PLEASE!!!!!!!! 😁

The album this song was on was the last one to feature David Lee Roth as lead singer. Sammy Hagar would take over for the next couple of albums. However, he would rejoin the band for a reunion tour years later. The tour also featured Eddie's son Wolf taking over on bass guitar.

One of their most iconic songs. I suggest "Panama" next. This was in the movie Ready Player One.

Empress gets it

This was 🔥🔥

She is so cute watching her dance.

Empress, love the Van Halen reaction! I want some more.

Both Eddie and Alex took piano lessons from a very early age. Eddie couldn't read music, but fooled his teacher (concert pianist Stanley Kalvaitis) into thinking he could. He could watch and listen to a piece being played, memorize the movements, then play it himself, if not perfectly, with enough improvisation to be convincing. Eventually, he got busted because the teacher wanted to play a piece while sight-reading the sheet music, having Eddie turn the pages for him, and Eddie had to admit that he had no idea when to turn the pages. Eddie also started out wanting to play drums, and he got a set of drums. Alex got a guitar, but also played Eddie's drums, and turned out to be better on them. so Eddie took the guitar to see what he could do with it instead. The rest is rock history! :D

I had a huge crush on lead singer David Lee Roth. This is a fire bop for sure. This album, 1984, spawned a few more hits. You're a classic sitcom fan; Eddie Van Halen was married to Valerie Bertinelli from One Day at a Time and Hot in Cleveland.

Empress you little Rascal 😉😎🤠

Kick ass video

Jump is an anomaly in the VH catalog. Their biggest mainstream hit, but definitely outside of their typical sound. Van Halen is known more for being guitar oriented, rather than synth, but this was the 80s after all and Eddie was not only a guitar God, but he also was a classically trained pianist. The band as a unit are tight and just simply bad ass. Later on, their sound changed a bit when they replaced this vocalist (David Lee Roth) with Sammy Hagar. Those are known as the Van Hagar days. Same great band, but different. I think if you aren't familiar with Van Halen the first thing you should check out is the Eruption guitar solo. Live without a net version. Yes, it's 13 minutes long, but believe me..you need a proper introduction into why Eddie is considered a legend.

Hey girl just found ur channel and wanna tell u that ur energy is so awsome iv seen many others reaction to this song and I love urs. Pls pls do Gnr Paradise city in future if possible I love them and love Slash.❤😊

I'm the 84th like this video. This music video was released in 84.

Panama is another good song live. 1984 Tour

Finally a black person liking Pop music. Pop and Rock are some good music. Being Black, we are forced to only like Hiphop And R&B. But, Moma and Dad, I like “Jump” by Van Halen and other Pop and Rock group.

try also rush - geddy lee - sings, plays bass and keyboard (LIVE)

Van Halen Unchained Live in Oakland 1981 please

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Well since nobody else mentioned it, looking good without the braces girl, you should react to Van Halen,hot for teacher

David Lee Roth ✌

This was Van Halen's last great album titled '1984' and released that same year, with the legendary lineup. Then David Lee Roth (singer) leaves and is replaced by Sammy Hagar, but the band is no longer as great as it was in the beginning. Excellent reaction, you look beautiful, very pretty ^^

One of the all time great 80s tracks. If there was one song I would set as my wake up alarm this would probably be it! :D Eddie Van Halen what a guitarist and David Lee Roth was a fantastic frontman!

I remember you reacting to a Taylor Dayne song awhile back and correctly said the song was kinda eh. When are you gonna give her a second chance i.e. Love Will Lead You Back or I'll Always Love You. She deserves another listen.

Really? Like U never heard this song before or something! Lmao!

The did so many good songs, but this wasn't one of them!!