Witnessing Greatness: Kathryn Layne Watches Eddie Van Halen Shred 'Eruption'

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5 ай бұрын

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@jwoyshnar 5 ай бұрын

I was never upset by any celebrity when they died. When Eddie died, it hit hard. He wrote the soundtrack to my childhood!

@svartmetall 5 ай бұрын

Eddie, Lemmy, Peart, and Dio. All their deaths hit me like a punch in the throat.

@peet4921 5 ай бұрын

My words, and the pain will soften, but never go away.

@Briansgate 2 ай бұрын

Truth.

@fredrickm4436 14 күн бұрын

You wrote exactly what I felt and I'm 58. I morned for a few days.

@michaelakers8698 5 ай бұрын

All the time you were saying you would have a problem keeping attention we were grinning and thinking no problem Eddie's got you covered 😂😂

@Chris-mz1hm 19 сағат бұрын

Exactly what I was thinking! 😂😂

@hikerstephen2669 5 ай бұрын

Rip King Edward. Missed so much. Had the pleasure myself seeing him in concert several times. Great showman. From the very first picture of him to last picture ever taken of him. Eddie always had a smile on his face. ❤. Eddie was self taught. No one could ever copy his style. Eddie never had to learn the guitar. The guitar had to learn Eddie ❤️❤️❤️

@zenn5150gaming 5 ай бұрын

Had the great fortune to see them live 16 times...

@patrickfuller2423 5 ай бұрын

So well put.

@baneverything5580 5 ай бұрын

He was a very nice guy too unless you made him angry. He rarely went anywhere without a guitar and he`d go to clubs in cities, especially when he was hanging out around Shreveport with his wife`s family, and jam with and go hang out with local bands after the show. He did this with a band I was in but before I joined.

@mark7035 5 ай бұрын

1978. Van Halen releases their first self titled album. Track one, Running With the Devil. Slight pause, then Eruption. Less than two minutes on the album, but every teenage boy on earth (I was 16) knew the world of rock had just changed. RIP, EVH!

@baneverything5580 5 ай бұрын

Yep. I remember having the 8-track tape of their first album, and Boston, Molly Hatchet, Louisiana Leroux, and the Kansas album Monolith. Listen to How My Soul Cries Out For You from Monolith, or Stay Out Of Trouble, and I think People of the South Wind is on their too. We had a radio station that would play new albums with no interruption back then, but they wouldn`t name it until it was over. I got the second Van Halen album on cassette that way. In rural Louisiana back then it was very difficult to get music. The nearest city with records and tapes was over two hours round trip, so you had to either make copies or go to garage sales or trade and such. And of course rip off Columbia or BMG on one of their "buy one get 30 albums free" scams, and ruin your credit.

@tmakster 5 ай бұрын

EVH is the GOAT!!! Great react to a great musician. Glad to say I was able to see him live!!! RIP EVH

@FrankenstratAssassin 5 ай бұрын

Alright. I've seen this performance probably over 200 times, but NEVER watched it where everything is flipped in reverse to the opposite side of the original recording. S-s-s-seizure!!

@stephenmiller195 4 ай бұрын

Exactly the same, it ruined me lol

@paradoxofgodexisting 4 ай бұрын

When you get to seeing it 2000 times, your brain automatically flips the picture xP What i never saw is a woman having an intense one during this solo.

@HEAVYMETALmovie1981 5 ай бұрын

The technique that he was using, as you just saw, was the tapping technique. Now, he may not have invented it, but he perfected it, took it to another level. He was ahead of his time and he was a legend. And when comes to guitarists like Eddie Van Halen and his skill and talent, you have to stand in awe. *IN AWE!!* 🎸

@RVWeekendsRC1 5 ай бұрын

I was so blessed to have seen him do his solo in concert! 5150 tour!

@kengoach 5 ай бұрын

Seeing him do this live, back when he did it, was astounding. What an innovator. What a guy. RIP

@billallen4793 4 ай бұрын

Eddie's face gets that child like grin whenever he played, it made him happy!...from Wyoming USA 🇺🇸 👋🤠

@meteach1 5 ай бұрын

R.I.P!!!!! Eddie!!!! You are sorely missed!!!!

@alhme50 5 ай бұрын

DON'T KNOW ABOUT ANYONE ELSE ,,, BUT WHEN HE STRMS THE FIRST CHORD OF "CATHERAL " ?, MY HEART FN STOPS . EVERY FN TIME ! GD! I MISS HIM SO FN MUCH !!!❤‍🔥❤‍🔥🖤🤘🤘🤟✊👊🤜🫀🤛👂👁👁👂😫🤧,,, SO PL&M MFRz!, ...

@beachside1 5 ай бұрын

Kathryn, I was at that concert. 1986 at the New Haven Colosseum in CT. The concert was soo loud that parts of ceiling were falling. It looked like confetti

@garrieclark24 5 ай бұрын

You lucky bastard... jealous....

@jackaubrey3037 4 ай бұрын

Imagine if reactors got to hear the mighty Van Halen at show volume😂 Would they survive? Sure, but with a few dead spots in their hearing. How loud do you suppose they were? 135 dB? 140?

@morgans7704 Ай бұрын

@@jackaubrey3037 I'd assume it's around 105-110 range. Loudest band on record in a live context is Manowar, at 129.5, so I have to assume VH were juuuuust short of that.

@DRAONWEED 5 ай бұрын

What a time to be alive🤭🧐YEP I was about 18 at the time this was recorded in Newhaven, Connecticut in 1986.

@timsterrockstar 5 ай бұрын

Keep your attention? lol Eddie: "Hold my Beer!"

@flexygoo1295 5 ай бұрын

When you said the crowd hurt your ears, I knew that high note at the end would getcha haha

@sixslinger9951 5 ай бұрын

I saw EVH in 1979 when I was 14. I along with everyone in that auditorium witnessed greatness.

@kelleychilton2524 4 ай бұрын

Yes, I saw them in 1981 and they brought the house down. 👍

@mikelambert8324 5 ай бұрын

I saw Eddie when the Van Halen Monsters of Rock concert came to Spokane in 1988. Five bands in one day. Kingdom Come, Metallica, Dokken, Scorpions and Van Halen headlining. Eddie’s guitar 🎸 solo was amazing as always. They came back to Spokane a few years later and I went to the concert and that was the last time I got to see them live. Eddie was the best!!

@jeffowens5150 5 ай бұрын

I met Eddie Van Halen in 1986 and told him to his face he was a badass. Felt great!! EVH 1955-2020

@kelleychilton2524 4 ай бұрын

I saw Van Halen in 1981 and they were absolutely out of this world, ON FIRE 🔥🔥

@KevinRoberts-nw5hb 5 ай бұрын

I had the privilege of seeing them in concert in Charleston wv in 1985 absolutely awesome I'll never forget it

@user-ts9vx9rj1d 5 ай бұрын

I been listening to Van Halen songs when they came out in 1978 there first album

@gregorysleeth1792 Ай бұрын

I saw this tour back in 1986 when 5150 album came out. I still get goose bumps hearing. RIP Eddie Van Halen. You r the greatest guitarist that ever lived.

@chrisstone5868 2 ай бұрын

Like a lot of people here, I got to see this live in 85. They actually came to Billings Montana!! And I was 14. I’m a huge ACDC FAN. But Van Halen has always been one of my ALL TIME favorite bands. Angus Young from ACDC is my favorite guitarist. Maybe because they had already stole my ROCK heart in 1980. After hearing BACK IN BLACK album I was forever hooked. But to SEE and HEAR Mr. Eddie Van Halen, live, in concert.. it changes your life. And even tho this is a 13 minute solo…the one I heard was much longer!! RIP EDDIE “ROCK GOD” VAN HALEN. You were light years ahead of your time, even if we heard you got the first time… TODAY!!

@joshs4594 4 ай бұрын

One of a kind and I don’t use that term lightly. If you haven’t already done so, I highly recommend Jimi Hendrix. You can’t lose with any video but his best studio track is “House Burning Down.” And keep in mind that it was recorded in 1967!!

@kevinmarshall854 5 ай бұрын

Eddie never learned to read music and is completely self taught though he was taught the piano as a small child along with his older brother Alex the drummer in the band. The Eruption part was after he just? down from the upper part of the stage and after he threw the pick into the audience the second time. The part that sounded like it was a violin was what Eddie called "cathedral". And just think that he performed this while he was completely smashed drunk and he still killed it. Most people will agree that Eddie is the GOAT when it comes to the guitar. Guitar Magazine named Eddie "the GUITAR GOD!!!" And most people will agree. Watching Eddie in concert is hands down the greatest experience of my life. Even over the birth of my children. KING EDWARD VAN HALEN. You need to watch the video for their song "POUNDCAKE". Eddie plays his guitar with an electric drill in the beginning.😮😮😮😮 Eddie is, was and will always be the greatest guitarist that has ever lived. Their early stuff was wonderful too. "MEAN STREETS AND Anything from their first and second album.

@zenn5150gaming 5 ай бұрын

big misconception about this performance was that he was drunk,this whole concert was filmed over 2 nights and even Ed admits he was given explicit instructions of NO drinking for the filming...Now every other time he played his solo he was trashed but not for this one...

@kevinmarshall854 5 ай бұрын

@@zenn5150gaming were you there? Well I was and he was most definitely drunk. After the concert we tried to get an autograph but his body guards refused to let us go to the back of the stage where the dressing rooms were. We ended up waiting out back by their vehicles that were going to take them to the hotel. We yelled out his name and Sammy name and some guy came out to where we were and told us that Eddie was really tired and he needed to get some sleep because they had to perform the next night. I just remember that he kept throwing his empty cups at a trash can and he kept missing it so we went back after the it security had left and we collected every single cup that looked like the cup that he had been drinking from and we kept them until he passed away and we all agreed that we were going to pass them down to our children and tell them the story of one of the greatest nights that any of us had ever experienced in our lives. I am 56 and my oldest son is 35 and I gave him my cups when he had his first child and he promised to give his to his son when he had his first child also. Every cup that we collected had been filled with either beer or had a mixed drink in it before it was a drank. Now I love Eddie and I think he is like "GOAT" when it comes to guitar players. PERIOD!!! I know that Eddie had battled his demons with alcohol and drugs but it never changed his desire for musical perfection when it came to the guitar. It was a very sad day when Eddie passed and music will never be the same ever again. I feel blessed to have lived in the days of listening to the new VAN HALEN album that we had been waiting/to come out! Try to remember that if you are not right there you can not be sure what you have heard is really the truth because people lie and yes even our favorite rock stars and actors. So please be careful when telling people something that you think is the truth about someone else l.

@duanerosa6678 5 ай бұрын

Loved your reaction!! Eddie Van Halen!! The greatest of all time!!!

@Confare 5 ай бұрын

IMO the greatest rock guitarist ever. You should listen to their studio albums sometime. Amazing

@atigerforever1 5 ай бұрын

He was HAMMERED, while playing this show...In a interview,he doesn't even remember playing THIS!!!

@SteveGlusica Ай бұрын

Eddie was completely blacked out drunk when he played this solo. He didn’t remember even playing it. He tried to replicate this solo but never could do it exactly the same. He admitted this years later after getting sober. In his defense I was blacked out drunk when I first heard it. R.I.P. EVH

@brondis1 5 ай бұрын

There will never be another Eddie Van Halen just like there was Mozart, there is a reason EVH named his son Wolfgang Van Halen. Wolfie is carrying the torch and it is so beautiful to see the legacy being passed down Wolfie is such a phenomenal musician!

@jeffreyterwilliger3089 5 ай бұрын

Good thing we've all seen this before because not only is the vid horizontally reversed, its also half a second ahead of the sound.

@williamlovett619 5 ай бұрын

Well, well, well. I would consider this to be the kind of music that is going to positively expand your channel. You need music from the 60's and 70's and 80's. In my opinion. Nice to see you back!!

@geraldpatrick-xw5bg 5 ай бұрын

I agree she hasn't at least on her channel , actual rock , metal your right 60,70 , some 80

@williamlovett619 5 ай бұрын

@@geraldpatrick-xw5bg Yes sir. I get the feeling that she doesn't know what real music is. She has a lot of potential for expansion. I would also appreciate it if she would let me know who made the request. Thank you for your feedback.

@KathrynLayneReacts 5 ай бұрын

Find some music on KZfaq and send me some requests via email!

@geraldpatrick-xw5bg 5 ай бұрын

@@KathrynLayneReacts Grand funk railroad , I'm an American band is the song , bread, three dog night , the who, rolling stones , lynard skynard, anyone of these bands with the most views you'll love them all great bands

@jimmyraidjames 5 ай бұрын

Would be great to now have her hear the band as a whole with a song from the 1st Van Halen album...Ain't talking bout love or Jamies crying. That whole album rocked but i do believe you will see her eyes open up when she hears this early stuff.

@user-ni3be5cr5q 5 ай бұрын

13. Minutes that changes whole world even forever, king Edward 🎉🎉😂😂😂

@LimbicGrave 5 ай бұрын

The myth, the legend🔥🖤

@binxbolling 5 ай бұрын

Van Halen is the name of a band. Eddie and his brother played in it. Later, his son also played in it.

@DaveBeard24 5 ай бұрын

This is why he is King Eddie Van Halen ❤❤❤❤ classy and perfection long live Eddie 🤘🔉🔉🔉🔉🎸🔉🔉🔉🔉🔊🔊🔊🎸🤘🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥💯✅🌎🦋💙

@atigerforever1 5 ай бұрын

That was ...in the MIDDLE of that show.Van Halen: Live Without A Net DVD...First Tour with Sammy Hagar as lead singer. 5150 Tour 1985.

@simoneemiliani5782 5 ай бұрын

The King.💣🎸.....Rip man.....miss you........❤❤😢

@shamelessbastardgames9158 4 ай бұрын

And that is why you have a 13 min 6 second guitar solo . RIP Eddie and Great reaction :)

@donjackson5522 5 ай бұрын

Just found your channel. I admit, your amazing eyes pulled me in. But enjoyed your reaction very much. I’m hooked.

@kellymarklong 5 ай бұрын

If you haven’t seen it, Kathryn, one of the best guitar performances live is Stevie Ray Vaughan Live at The El Mocambo performing “Texas Flood”.

@steved1135 5 ай бұрын

Saw him play a handful of times through the 80's and 90's. Simply the greatest of all time. You can see how much he loves what he does. Still miss him every day. RIP Edit: and now you know why a guitar solo would be this long. :-)

@RolandDeschain1 5 ай бұрын

Eddie still played like God when he was piss-drunk.

@BlueberryStinkFinger62 28 күн бұрын

The greatest of all times rest well great one 🙏

@binxbolling 4 ай бұрын

Every professional guitarist in the world shit their pants when they first heard Eddie. He raised the bar, and now thousands of guitarists can play all his solos.

@JoshSmith-wo7zw 5 ай бұрын

Eruption started out as warm up routine but the rest the band kept telling him he should add it to the shows so he eventually did.

@jackteppo9633 5 ай бұрын

Great solo!! Great live too. RIP to Eddie as well as Neil Peart. The drummer from Rush. 😢

@shawnleek2000 5 ай бұрын

Their 5150 tour was awesome!!!!!!!!!!!

@russellw7785 5 ай бұрын

Not bad for a kid who came to America after WWII with his family on a boat with a piano. Classical trained pianist, and built his own guitars because he couldn't afford one. And never learned to read music. Couldn't speak English when they got to the US. He was gifted with great ears. A God given talent.

@trevalarose8155 5 ай бұрын

This is the opening track to their cover of the Kinks " You Really Got Me". Radio never played it in my area back in the day. Just the cover song

@mikeherrmann5360 5 ай бұрын

VH was the best party rock This whole concert is great,,,, Live Without A Net.... Hot Summer Nights is the best.... 85-86 what a time to be alive

@Cavitate007 5 ай бұрын

Masterful!!

@Rick-or2kq 5 ай бұрын

So, many great guitarists in that era, Eddie among them, people like, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Santana, Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, SRV, Jeff Beck, Alvin Lee, David Gilmore etc, people who made their mark.

@calvinbrown1406 5 ай бұрын

I got to see Van Halen in 1978, Birmingham Alabama, at the Boutwell auditorium. They opened up for Black Sabbath, and let me tell you something. They put on such a super charged performance that it was like everybody was spent after Van Halen left the stage. They blew Black Sabbath away and it seemed like everyone was wore out and couldn't rock any more.

@atigerforever1 5 ай бұрын

Was fortunate to see this on Tour (5150 Tour). Saw Roth 1984 Tour and Van Hagar 5150 Tour... Best of BOTH worlds. Saw this version ,with some improv, in S.C. 1985...

@ValEdwardsAgnew 3 ай бұрын

Got to see them twice. Always a party.

@johnhorning1852 5 ай бұрын

I love your reactions

@user-lz1ml9oo4m 5 ай бұрын

"What a time to be alive" you are SO RIGHT!!! Thankfully, I have first hand experience. I'm happy to see young people enjoy what I have, so long ago. You have pretty eyes btw.

@HenryBonesJr 2 ай бұрын

You'll have to check out "Van Halen - 5150 (LIVE) (SUPERSCALED TO 4K)" or "Van Halen - Summer Nights (SUPERSCALED TO 4K)" from the same concert, Kathryn! I think you'll have a blast!

@yourwatching6366 Ай бұрын

Eddie was one of the greatest guitarists. He played 8,9 instruments just as well. Cello, harmonica, drums, bass, Guitar (duh.) Violin, Piano, Saxophone, Flute, ukulele, the list goes on. He mastered Cello. There are hidden tracks in his vault of music with, Chris Cornell. I would like to hear sed tracks.

@alhme50 5 ай бұрын

FUN FACT , The START OF His SOLO? He PLAYED For WOLFGANG EVERY NIGHT @ BEDTIME 🤧🙄🥺💔,,, LONG Live THE KING!!! , PL&M MFRz...

@jeffmanny8246 2 ай бұрын

That was written years before Wolfgang was born

@DRAONWEED 5 ай бұрын

Eddie was the GOAT.

@atigerforever1 5 ай бұрын

Love the ,"W?T?F? expressions/ reaction.Welcome to EVH.

@joebarrera9741 5 ай бұрын

You just witnessed the greatest of all time

@Stephen-nd1sx 5 ай бұрын

I've never seen him play left handed before! Impressive! 😂

@gregcissell345 5 ай бұрын

So weird to see this mirrored makes him look left handed.

@gavinlively4946 5 ай бұрын

Right on girl!!!!

@Northanteus 5 ай бұрын

6:39

@scottmccollum6002 5 ай бұрын

EDDIE WAS ABSOLUTELY NEXT, NEXT LEVEL GUITARISTS!

@MrTech226 5 ай бұрын

Kathyrn My friends and I were fortunate enough to have seen Eddie and Van Halen in later years when they played their last album 8 years before his death in 2020. Now, his son, Wolfgang (Wolfie) Van Halen carrying on family legacy with his band, MammothWVH. Wolfie created band name with his father's original band name, Mammoth before he and others of VH were informed another band has legal right to Mammoth. Original frontman, David Lee Roth suggested Van Halen brothers use their last name as band name. WVH is Wolfie's initials.

@c1ph3rpunk 5 ай бұрын

Yes, guitar hero is fine to say, he sort of embodied everything that term had. He’s the reason I started, and continue, to play guitar. He inspired SO many of my era to develop a lifelong passion for playing. Damn Ed, we all miss ya.

@vernhoke7730 5 ай бұрын

Another epic guitar solo comes in the middle of Led Zeppelin's "Dazed and Confused". For me the Madison Square Garden show from 1973 is my favorite.

@goblanc 5 ай бұрын

ever wonder where the title Top Jimmy came from //?

@sean_b_drummer 5 ай бұрын

His arms were fine as this was only about 2/3 thru the concert, and the reason it stopped so abruptly is because they went right into the next song... Which WANT a ballad. 😉😁

@sumonjamal1653 5 ай бұрын

Edward Van Halen set a new benchmark for guitar playing when he debuted w/ Van Halen in 1978... He was a guitarist who played w/ feel; he couldn't quite explain what he was doing on guitar but knew it sounded great... Even though he was given lessons as a kid, he wasn't a student who could learn from his teachers... He played by ear and ended up w/ his own original sound as a teenager. This clip was shot in 1986 at the height of his skills and Van Halen's career. Instrumental clips have their own charm and can keep your attention if they are great... Check out a live clip of guitarist Joe Satriani playing 'Surfing with the alien' or 'Summer song' for example 🤘🤘 Another guitarist would be Yngwie J. Malmsteen playing his instrumental 'Black star'... 🔥🔥

@sloebone7399 5 ай бұрын

The crazy thing is he’s not even left handed!

@aaronherbison7316 5 ай бұрын

😂😂

@LawrenceMason-py7qx 5 ай бұрын

And he did this night in and night out for years.

@Roddrummer 5 ай бұрын

I don't think I've actually heard anyone describe that solo as 'sexy', but that's exactly what it is, dead sexy....

@petercocolla2759 5 ай бұрын

Best Guitar solo of all time.

@raaab1212 5 ай бұрын

Nah

@kennymonty8206 5 ай бұрын

Eddie was a huge influence on my life. I learned to aay the guitar in a primitive sort of way because of him.

@GordonHeaney 5 ай бұрын

What a guitar tone

@martinklaus2203 5 ай бұрын

Great reaction, but it's so strange to watch the mirror image of this video.

@SIXX2772 5 ай бұрын

HELL YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@davidboivin7996 5 ай бұрын

Every Van Halen fan can tell you exactly where they were the first time they heard the Van Halen I album. It was that jaw dropping at the time.....still is. That was Alex Van Halen, his brother on drums.

@KingRichard1013 5 ай бұрын

Yeah, Eddie Van Halen was truly one of the greats. But there was another guitar player who is just as good as he was his name was Randy Rhoads. You should definitely one of these days check him out you will not be disappointed. he started out in a band called quiet riot, and then he became Ozzy Osbourne‘s guitar player appearing on Ozzy’s first two solo records, blizzard of Oz and diary of a madman. And then came his unfortunate untimely death in 1982 he was only 25 years old. React to Mr. Crowley after hours, 1981. The after hours footage is the best footage of Randy, which was shot where I was born in Rochester, New York. And he is one of my favorite guitar players. Like when I first discovered him I became obsessed with him. And he inspired me to want to be like him. He inspired me to pick up a guitar and learn how to play. And I’ve been playing guitar ever since I was 15. And you should also definitely check out some songs that he did on Ozzy Osbourne’s first two solo records, which are amazing by the way. But my personal favorite is the second album diary of a madman. There’s just borderline masterpieces on that record. I think you should also check out my favorite song on that record. It’s called believer killer song. It’s got a great guitar riff and Randy’s best guitar solo. It’s a short solo but it fucking rips.

@yourmothersboyfriend8542 5 ай бұрын

Absolutely Randy was equally as good. His classical/rock style was just as influential in alot of ways as Eddies style.

@BaldotheDon 5 ай бұрын

9:42 Oh. Oh no. Too soon.

@edwardwilliams8238 5 ай бұрын

Six fingers on each hand and the greatest smile in Rock n Roll. ✌️❤️🎶🎵

@patrickfuller2423 5 ай бұрын

he actually built his own style of guitar from two very well known brands, Frankenstein, isn't it ? his brother and he, as well as the band have quite a history.

@markbailey3225 5 ай бұрын

Always amazes me when people say "first time watching" or " I have never heard this before" and act like they don't know this, It's ridiculous.

@Briansgate 2 ай бұрын

"He looks so happy" he was drunk off his ass to the point he had no clue what he did on stage that night.

@FrankCraven-jk3sv 5 ай бұрын

Reverse Image on the vid?

@michaelpaz5052 5 ай бұрын

Van Halen is a band you should check out. Straight outta Pasadena, California in the early 70's. A band that set the bar for all bands coming off the Sunset strip in the 1970's Southern California. In fact, Eddie's playing influenced a generation of young guitarists. P.S. You have the most beautiful eyes I've ever seen in my life! Stunning!