Eddie Van Halen's Top 5 Solos
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Storming onto the music scene over 40 years ago, #VanHalen broke new ground in the world of popular music with their signature brand of hard-partying rock 'n' roll. Arguably, the driving force behind it all was the explosive fury coming from the hands of one Edward Van Halen. While the riffs were great, the guitarist's complex and speedy soloing firmly placed the band head and shoulders above the rest of their peers. From the molten licks of "Eruption" to the incendiary lead on "Hot for Teacher," the solos heard on Van Halen's early albums established a new standard in rock.
Join us as we take a closer look at the sound and gear behind Van Halen's five most epic early-era solos in this edition of zZounds' #LegendsOfTone!
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@JLaForte88 3 жыл бұрын
Making this video for zZounds earlier this year was a labor of love for me, but now it stands as a wonderful ode to one of my favorite guitarist ever, and one of the reasons I picked up the instrument all those years ago. You will be missed Eddie. RIP
@memematt5899 3 жыл бұрын
"It's always about the music, never about anything else." - Eddie Van Halen
@triztimedrks7896 3 жыл бұрын
Fantastic playing
@jamesavdelis6610 3 жыл бұрын
My thoughts exactly...🙏🙏RIP EVH 😭😭🤟🙏🙏
@brady1993 3 жыл бұрын
The best Ice Cream Man solo on KZfaq. Killer playing all around. Really unbelievable stuff
@alibobsmarland9572 3 жыл бұрын
Brilliant. Just played Fair Warning and 1984 today and this popped up. Love the Panama and Hot For Teacher solos!
@Slapsco 3 жыл бұрын
1955-2020 RIP Eddie, true guitar legend !
@drumdaynight17 3 жыл бұрын
Came to this page for the face melting when I heard the news. Lost a legend
@JohneRandom 3 жыл бұрын
I dont usually get emotional with celebrities passing away -- but, this one is getting to me. So many great memories listening to Van Halen -- RIP
@buytheredcar 3 жыл бұрын
@@JohneRandom me too . We lost a big one today . RIP Ed
@xsitied2708 3 жыл бұрын
2020 was the worst
@zachskinner3 2 жыл бұрын
The only true master of the guitar
@Mesatallic 3 жыл бұрын
The solo is iconic, but not many people know that it was Steve Lukather that played rhythm guitar on ‘Beat It’ @ 1:47
@sniggity 3 жыл бұрын
Michael Jackson asked Eddie to guest appear and play Beat it with him at a show about ten years after they tracked the song. It had been so long that Eddie had to ask Michael’s guitarist to teach him the solo ha !
@firdauszainudin7118 2 жыл бұрын
Eddy created that solo without asking royalty and keep it secret from his bandmate, right?
@leovelazco4744 Жыл бұрын
@@firdauszainudin7118 yeah because at that time when he was in the band they weren’t allowed to do anything outside the band so he told Quincy Jones that there has to be a lot of beer in the studio and to not tell anybody that was the condition and what’s funny went thriller album came out I got number one and Van Halen got number two
@SquirrelTheater 3 жыл бұрын
It’s just a shame that most people don’t realize he was probably the greatest rhythm guitarist ever, because they only think he was a great solo player!!!!
@2216sammy Жыл бұрын
Many of the worlds guitar greats have said Eddies rhythm playing is beyond comprehension , so ridiculously tight and precise . He has that swing that nobody else has.
@johnhill762 Жыл бұрын
Funny thing is, I don’t consider him a great soloist at all. His solos just generally don’t do much, musically. More like random notes with limited true musicality. (With the exception of Eruption and Beat It. Those are all-time masterpieces.) I definitely consider Eddie a master rhythm guitarist and some of his riff ideas are spectacular. Baffles me that people think he was a great soloist. Outside of a handful, most of solos just weren’t that impressive.
@frankie.d1127 Жыл бұрын
@@johnhill762 just out of curiosity, what are you basing this on? Are you thinking in terms of harmony? Things he didn’t display rhythmically? Who are you comparing him to?
@iceyplayz3388 Жыл бұрын
@@johnhill762 you definitely don’t listen to much Van Halen if you don’t think he was a great solosist 😂
@SquirrelTheater 7 ай бұрын
@@coachtim6188 EVH also took classical piano lessons as a kid. If you consider yourself to be a musician on any level, nobody should have to explain anything about VH. You either get it or you don’t. You either like it, or you don’t. 😊
@FantasyFilms100 3 жыл бұрын
Everyone always forgets the best solo.. Spanish Fly.
@TatersUnited 3 жыл бұрын
Arguably one of his most impressive. There's no faking that one.
@stupid28273 3 жыл бұрын
Push Comes to Shove. Why does no one know the incredible genius of that solo and the dual rhythm guitars?!
@peytonbrezski 3 жыл бұрын
Seriously! So underrated yet at the same time so many of us out there know it’s possibly eddies best solo
@JLaForte88 3 жыл бұрын
That one is amazing bc you can really hear the Allan Holdsworth influence in it!
@psykored524 3 жыл бұрын
My favorite song from fair warning 🤘🏻
@jsqueak38js 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you !!
@Zwampert 2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely agree. Fair warning was EVH at his peak in my opinion, not just for lead playing but also rhythm.
@andrewpappas9311 4 жыл бұрын
Eddie was the first guitarist I heard that made me want to play and he’s one of my biggest heroes, my EVH Striped Series Frankenstein is definitely one of my favourite guitars that I have
@ThunderFalcon333 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome job on a video that took some guts to make. Edward is a phenomenon that maybe happens generationally. You rocked the world Ed. R.I.P. my friend. 🙏
@chrisstanley81 4 жыл бұрын
Holly god this guy can rock.... I am so glad and happy that some young people are interested in preserving this awesome music.
@christopherlyons9367 3 жыл бұрын
Amen! Obviously great Chris’ think alike.😎
@alibobsmarland9572 3 жыл бұрын
Exactly. Not the easiest stuff to emulate!
@harrycohen2948 3 жыл бұрын
The master would be proud my friend!!! what an awesome tribute to the most untouchable guitarist EVH!!!!!! Thank you!
@kriskross8429 3 жыл бұрын
Michael Jackson = King of Pop Eddie.Vh = King of Guitare😊
@cww2086 3 жыл бұрын
Yngwie ?
@sebastianvillalobos340 3 жыл бұрын
@@cww2086 neoclasical god 🤘
@ethanmichael7940 3 жыл бұрын
That would be Hendrix, king of tapping is more like it
@michaelhaines9423 3 жыл бұрын
@@ethanmichael7940 No. Hendrix was one of the first and very skilled, but EVH is gamechanging
@dlumbrowars103 3 жыл бұрын
John Petrucci?
@innnews6299 2 жыл бұрын
Perfectly played, especially Eruption. A great tribute to the King: Eddie Van Halen!
@TheBlueLynxx 3 жыл бұрын
Dude. You frickin nailed Eruption. Oh my god.
@estrabinsqui 4 жыл бұрын
I love so much this videos. Keep like that!
@stevenmaddock4237 3 жыл бұрын
Beautiful playing and so articulate, great video 👍
@anttheman6370 3 жыл бұрын
This world is so sad , it all comes to a end at some point. We love you Eddie and all the loved ones we have lost, god bless and enjoy every second of this beautiful life of ours❤️
@in5d 3 жыл бұрын
The leads sound AMAZING but I had issues with: 1. cutting away from the direct view of the fretboard to other angles and 2. showing the equipment instead of playing the lead. Otherwise great video
@conorhayes8818 3 жыл бұрын
Showing the equipment was good for beginners amp settings and stuff
@sonofaspine 3 жыл бұрын
100% agree. KZfaq is saturated with guitarists who cut camera angles regularly to hide the fact that they cant record a solo in 1 take. However thats the standard these days! Leads and accuracy of the solos were on point!!
@joshmuz9018 3 жыл бұрын
@@sonofaspine never even thought of that. My man your right!
@sonofaspine 3 жыл бұрын
@@joshmuz9018 Appreciate it bro. Hopefully I haven't spoiled youtube covers for you now haha
@straightmanforever69 11 ай бұрын
Rip Ed!! Met the legend back in 79 and became friends on the spot! 😏
@curcumin417 2 ай бұрын
Great list and performances!
@mikekooz475 3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely crushed and clean. Great job.
@elroz1675 Жыл бұрын
I now wish you selected top 10 ...the top 5 were sweeeeet!
@johnmartinezm 3 жыл бұрын
Happy to hear a young guy playing like this. You are awesome
@anhellph 4 жыл бұрын
Loved the tone when you put the phaser on!
@expocat11 3 жыл бұрын
One of the best beat it solo covers I've probably ever seen
@irammendez8683 3 жыл бұрын
KILLER JOB,THANKS BRO FOR THE POST R.I.P. KING EDWARD
@nikhedonia1470 3 жыл бұрын
One of the all time greats. Rest in peace , Eddie. You are a legend !!!
@banana_in_a_tuxedo 2 жыл бұрын
My top 5 van halen solos: - 5150 (5150) - Drop Dead Legs (1984) - Panama (1984) - Right Now (For unlawful carnal knowledge) - Jump (1984)
@thekidfromanotherplanet 4 жыл бұрын
Black and blue has some amazing solo too :)
@Kinger1625 5 ай бұрын
One so,o that was excellent, and never gets the love it deserves is from VH 3 actually. A Year To the Day…it drips with feel, live and on the album. Eddie was the greatest of all time! No doubts for me! ❤❤❤❤ R.I.P Eddie Van Halen!
@10alexa10 2 жыл бұрын
Bro, you pretty much nailed it.
@mickelito2125 3 жыл бұрын
Pensar que este video fue hecho cuando Eddie aun estaba vivo y pudo haberlo visto... es increíble, se le extrañará maestro !! RIP EVH
@PhilFeedback 4 жыл бұрын
Good job, thanks for sharing!
@robhasenwinkle 4 жыл бұрын
you did very well... thanks for the video
@sagrado5 4 жыл бұрын
The #1 for me is Beat it!
@musicismysoul8702 4 жыл бұрын
For me too. Dope!
@pranavb.pillai4747 4 жыл бұрын
me too! i really love it
@k3ys.63 4 жыл бұрын
For me surprisingly it’s Panama, the solo is exquisite but it’s positioning in the song is unprecedented, followed by the greatest breakdown in rock, incredible
@troyhenjamin1144 3 жыл бұрын
I'll be the different opinion but Cathedral is all guitar and by far the most AMAZING thing I've ever seen done on an electric guitar. My all time #1 no other guitar piece in history can touch EDS brilliance in it. Period
@VTMthe1 3 жыл бұрын
NO ERUPTION
@Wildbillsgarage 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks brother. All of my faves from the man!
@gnr311182pj 3 жыл бұрын
Good for you dude🤘🏻that was awesome😬
@JoeyOMusic 3 жыл бұрын
Nice work, man!
@theonlyredspecial 3 жыл бұрын
Fantastic playing and sound !
@matuldamegasen8562 3 жыл бұрын
Great job!
@YGRAVITY 4 жыл бұрын
Oh wow!!!! I subbed soooo awesome🎸🎸🥰🥰
@samsonlace7168 4 жыл бұрын
Gotta say thats the closest I’ve every heard the beat it solo played to the original recording well done man
@mr.banana4893 3 жыл бұрын
Check out Orianthi, doing Beat it at a radio show. She was set to tour with MJ before his death.
@johnhill762 Жыл бұрын
Lol it’s a bit off, actually. But not bad.
@charlesfabri9771 2 жыл бұрын
Amazing. I remember practicing 8 hours a day. I have a master's degree if you could condense what I know. But it is useless out there. I tell my students to learn enough to not put your guitar in the closet once you stop taking lessons. It will be your friend for life. I played your shook me solo 30 times last night. My daughter said why? I said cause I want to get it right.
@patpolowyk6434 3 жыл бұрын
I bought the same evh strip series guitar,few weeks ago.getting in set-up for Shredder Heaven Action! Lol Great playing.
@bibana06 4 жыл бұрын
I was about to dislike when I saw you play Eruption's tapping part with the middle finger... Just kidding! Amazing work bro ! I love the little stories on the bottom left.
@CARMENARDINO Жыл бұрын
Excellent playing!!
@pkm_1256 3 жыл бұрын
Great Video and Rip Eddie. I personally think The Dream is Over solo is very underrated. But great list.
@decodeddiesel 3 жыл бұрын
You got another subscriber today.
@brucedickinson12 3 жыл бұрын
His riffs are super cool .
@rikjones5924 4 жыл бұрын
Great job!! I'll gladly accept that guitar,thnx😀
@yeguerlifts 3 жыл бұрын
What a great video
@josensototorres7070 3 жыл бұрын
Awesome!!
@thestumblingchef3146 3 жыл бұрын
Eddie’s tone had more high end and sustain. You can’t fake a cranked tube amp
@sdiego12gd59 3 жыл бұрын
No, it sounds less brighter because his guitar is on Eb
@larsbonnet17 3 жыл бұрын
Nor can you fake feel which I think this has none of it. Just routine playing.
@goldorder6657 3 жыл бұрын
@@larsbonnet17 I think it sounds great
@joshmuz9018 3 жыл бұрын
It's cranked though masters on ten
@tpap6827 Жыл бұрын
@@larsbonnet17 you are certainly an inspiration to us all, Lars. If you want to give someone constructive tips that's one thing but you are just being a prick. The kid played every solo note for note and he doesn't have a 100 Watt Vintage Super Lead Plexi cranked jumped (only about 20k), not to mention EVHs was tricked out with a special speaker combo 2 celestion vintage 30s and 2 JBLs, a fat cap, a variac set for 110 volts, a vintage echo plex tape delay unit (a real one-unbelievably expensive), a studio quality vintage plate reverb unit with hard pan opposite the dry Marahall with the effects run through the front including the echo plex an old MRX phase 90 (the easiest tone to pull off with a reissue). Can you really distinguish the feel that much? Eddie playing in the studio is amazing but he hasn't played at his best live since the early 80s as he was always wasted and tweaked out of his mind. He's easily my favorite rock player but like my other top 5 guys like Hendrix and Page, you can only play so well when you are the most fucked up guy in the venue. Do us a favor and show us how it's done with proper feel!
@arnonboyd6174 2 жыл бұрын
Excellent 👍😊
@malriuscito 11 күн бұрын
Amazing tone !!!
@cbearadio 3 жыл бұрын
nice bro!!!
@storm3380 3 жыл бұрын
my favorite was always the solo to push comes to shove. RIP Eddie...the legend. 🎸
@shaungriffith9928 3 жыл бұрын
#4 sounds so so good
@ducamuk 3 жыл бұрын
Interesting how all those solos were recorded in 1984 or earlier. Great playing. 👍
@raylewis5235 3 жыл бұрын
The greatest guitar player ever RIP EDDIE 💔
@saarbrandvin9616 2 жыл бұрын
Great job
@zZoundsMusic 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@arturoacosta6583 2 жыл бұрын
It was Eddie that took guitar playing to the next level,after Jimi bought his guitar wizard playing style to the masses.#RIP#
@RodrigoPereira-vw7nt 3 жыл бұрын
Amazing!
@Nosmirk 3 жыл бұрын
got me a guitar like that. Great instrument!
@Mesatallic 3 жыл бұрын
I love how you add facts about EVH to your videos. You must know, but anyway for other viewers: Fun Fact #1 The final ‘Frankenstrat’ was the original white & black guitar painted with additional red paint (along with Eddie’s other mods) Fun Fact #2 The yellow and black ‘Bumblebee’ guitar was buried with Dimebag Darrell.
@bryanguzman9289 3 жыл бұрын
Increíble amigo sensacional
@jasong546 3 жыл бұрын
Great job man. Now I have to buy the striped series. It’s not going to help but I will anyway, dang it
@andrisanusie3252 3 жыл бұрын
Amazing
@DMC33 3 жыл бұрын
Excellent
@marcuscabral1480 3 жыл бұрын
Amazing!!!!!!
@nevesemfloripaful 3 жыл бұрын
Tocou muito bem. Ed.VanHalen é impar e acabou com Ed. a era do guitarman... Nunca mais aparecerá outro igual...
@fotoalive 3 жыл бұрын
Great Perfomances! Another HERO is BORN!
@demo_083 3 жыл бұрын
it's so good
@michaeldineenSG2018 3 жыл бұрын
Justin that was absolutely killer. How many effects are you running? Is that with the head you show. I am going to buy a new amp soon and that rig you have sounds killer. Could you give me a few tips of amps, effects etc.
@toneleudy 3 жыл бұрын
Spectacular
@coryfrey6199 4 жыл бұрын
very fkn nice dude!
@goncalobaia1574 4 жыл бұрын
Pretty good, only thing I'd add is a little reverb and vibrato in some chords, to really get his sound
@jakeneugebauer9923 3 жыл бұрын
*”Eddie’s Top 5 solo’s (that i can play)” ***
@enriquegutierrez7203 3 жыл бұрын
Almost can play
@nicobernardo9286 3 жыл бұрын
Runnin with the devil ain't talkin bout love
@kylebartkowiak1332 2 жыл бұрын
We all love you eddie your life continues through your kick ass music 🤘🤘🤘
@Aidan_Rattlehead 3 жыл бұрын
RIP Eddie Van Halen. 1955-2020. Hero’s are remembered but legends never die
@rogerio.suportetecnico8255 3 жыл бұрын
Muito bom!!!! Digo excelente!
@edgarrocha9451 3 жыл бұрын
somebody please, tell me wath kind of guitar bridge is that.
@sinisterj73 3 жыл бұрын
That would be a Floyd Rose double locking bridge. On the Mexican version it is a Floyd Rose 1000 series. The Floyd Rose Original Made By Schaller Germany now is the best version. most EVH guitars come with an EVH D-Tuna on the bridge that allows the 6th E string to be dropped by a step to D. I hope that helped answer your question.
@slimsantilli4476 3 жыл бұрын
Black and Blue and Poundcake are off the charts
@tylerwatson3314 3 жыл бұрын
RIP Eddie !!!!
@deans.4705 3 жыл бұрын
good job Justin
@Timbretwo 3 жыл бұрын
Classic instrument art back then. Good clarity. Record this for Taylor please.
@rivaldoortiz3496 3 жыл бұрын
Hermosos solos
@Geoff_24 2 жыл бұрын
Eddie is the only guitarist that I think has a case for being the "best ever" over Hendrix.
@johnhill762 Жыл бұрын
Lol no
@Geoff_24 Жыл бұрын
@@johnhill762 alright but that's why it said "I think"
@Vxnpl 9 ай бұрын
Yea definitely not
@Geoff_24 9 ай бұрын
@@Vxnpl that's fine. I was just expressing my opinion.
@EmilForsberg_GRYBO 3 ай бұрын
Well it's allways hard to say who's the "best" ever, but most influential? He's way beyond hendrix on that front
@oneofmanyte3321 3 жыл бұрын
Dont Tell Me What Love Can Do has a killer solo. I think Eddies tone and guitar playing was so much better during the Sammy years.
@joeyallison4144 2 жыл бұрын
Agreed!!!
@makattak3550 2 жыл бұрын
Jeezuz! And how old are you? This was exceptional! Sure, heaps of minor mistakes, but that takes nothing away from your amazing abilities!
@ThunderFalcon333 3 жыл бұрын
That was awesome sounded solid to me...now where is that credit card
@dipentikathapa7739 3 жыл бұрын
❤️ to Eddie. Rip🎉
@Sanjeeevv 3 жыл бұрын
what was the song at the end of the video?
@Sanjeeevv 3 жыл бұрын
@@mulfss thanks!
@andydavis9963 3 жыл бұрын
Ok great playing for sure but Top 5 you have to be a youngster!!! Just gonna throw these out there....Outta Love Again, Romeo’s Delight, Light Up The Sky, Push Comes To Shove, One Foot Out The Door..,Hang em High, list goes on!
@andrewpappas9311 4 жыл бұрын
How about one of these for The Beatles, Muse, Eric Clapton (Cream era/solo), ZZ Top or Smashing Pumpkins?
@hugolevesque8700 3 жыл бұрын
Eddi met toute les boutons à fond
@Slears 3 жыл бұрын
Ed made tons of awesome solos, but my alltime favourite is the solo from mine all mine
@peytonbrezski 4 жыл бұрын
Push comes to shove is one of his best imo
@roblianoofficial 4 жыл бұрын
Steve Lukather and EVH on the same track together, guitar Gods at play! Well done video!!
@mauriciovidrio9885 4 ай бұрын
I think the Solo for You really Got me has to be top 5
@wallissonsilva6566 3 жыл бұрын
O maior de todos, EVH.
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