EVH Eddie Van Halen - Im The One *GUITAR TRACK*

[huntersingle]

he was the first "what the fuck was that" guitarist really, you can say hendrix was too, not page, not beck or clapton etc etc.

[ycuy]

He just nails it and takes just beyond what is possible right up to the impossible imaginary line and spits on it.

[pleximanic]

The Rhythmical feeling is soooo incredibly organic!

Loose tight and driven at the same time, wonderfully brilliant playing!

[666patrickbateman666]

There haven't been any guitar player who changed the direction of rock guitar since Eddie arrived at the scene in 1978 and I doubt there will ever be.

[666patrickbateman666]

Eddie is pure genius or as Allan Holdsworth once said he is a natural virtuoso !

[1sainteve1]

People who dismiss Eddie's playing should literally have their faces shoved into this video.

Arrogant whiners that stand on the shoulders of the giants who paved the way for them.

[Frehleyacedude]

You have to remember when this came out too. NO ONE was doing this! It blew people away and still does to this day.

[bravodonnie1]

Oh man thats brilliant, what I would kill to hear Girl Gone Bad & House Of Pain Guitar Tracks!

[guitarvirtuoso14762]

evn though I only hear eddies godly playing I hear in my head Alexs hard hitting drums!!! XD

[Duke1822]

damn his old gear sounds so much better then his new stuff

[evander5150]

Eddie is the king of modern rock guitar...no other guitar player has the touch he has on the strings. Like it or not, he's unique. Period.

[432b86ed]

Eddie or not?? /m82c1s7Fi3Y

[cris931609]

This is the perfect example of what I have said since the first time I tried to record a guitar

most of the distortion comes from volume, not from gain

[huntersingle]

he was so explosive and clean back then, also hendrix trained wammy champ

[118Huntervasser]

Incredible mastery of rhythm!

[richga91]

@118Huntervasser People always talk about Ed as a lead guitarist, but to me his rhythm is equally impressive.

[pleximanic]

@richga91 A good solo is ALL about rhythm!

[huntersingle]

he was just voted no. 8 on the roling stone all time best rock guitarist

[bbutters2]

@huntersingle I really don't agree with spot either, I think he is in the top 3 easily!

[MrSchusnap]

@huntersingle its weird because they had an issue where the front cover was there " five greatest guitarists" i think it was like page, clapton, eddie, hendrix, and someone else. but the point was why didnt he get into the top five?

[klblackstar]

@huntersingle should've been in the top 3.

[richga91]

@huntersingle Rolling Stone really is not much of an authority on guitar players, not a lot of crediblity there. They are also highly biased, not very objective.

[huntersingle]

@richga91 make up your own credible, objective, authoritative, ejaculative list then

[richga91]

@huntersingle I was commenting more about him being place at number 80. I do think he belongs in top 3. If had to pick top then off the top of my head (no specific order) I'd go with EVH, Hendrix, Clapton, Page, Beck, Stevie Ray (beast), Randy Rhodes, Chet Atkins, Vai and the Reverand Billy G.

[richga91]

@richga91 Sorry about the poor grammar.

[DIZamudio]

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[cobias]

Who can sing the " shoobie do wah " part and end on time ? i did ; )

[Beatlesfangoogle]

@cobias I did it too!

[aaronbergAPB]

EVH is ferocious.

[django772]

2:32 - 2:36 is SUCH a cool riff!

[sw1tched]

@django772 actually the cool riff is 0:00 to 3:44

[Fernandez3995]

Is the A string in the intro riff palm muted?

[longotown]

INSANE & AMAZING!

[gtrrobster]

he da man fer sure fer sure

[YoBroMan]

Even 30+ years later, it holds up; the tone, the licks, the rhythm playing, the technique. It's timeless.

And...it's all one take, bra. One take. That whole album is live except for three overdubs; solo in Runnin', Intro/exit solos in Jamie's Cryin', intro to Ice Cream Man...but they did go back and fix the backing vocals. :)

Yo!

[gzrmember1976]

hendrix made me want to learn to play guitar after hearing van halen`s 1st album in `78 eddie made me want to quit ! glad i never did tho. im sure im not the only one that felt that way

[dmarkj22]

Amazing musicianship. His tone is out of this world.

[BrianLuper]

One of my favorite songs just because of Ed's cool licks and solos in it. Amazing hearing this raw guitar track. I remember when this album came out. Between Ed's playing, Daves screams, Mikes backups, and Alex's cymbal rides, it was NOTHING like anyone had ever heard before. You just knew they were going to be a history maker.

[jamo387]

His playing is so damn percussive. I understand he used to play drums and Alex was the guitar player early on. They switched later. What amazing also is that he doesn't dub the licks and leads. It's all one take for everything. The man was truly amazing.

[misspellt]

@jamo387 it's not "all one take" by a long shot....this is the guitar tracks isolated off the original recording so it sounds like one track.

[gtrrobster]

@misspellt

No, you are incorrect. sorry.....It is ONE TRACK.....where do you hear more than one guitar playing or any sort of splicing?

[jamo387]

@misspellt I stand by my assertion. It definitely sounds like one take. Especially in those days, it was all analog. You would hear him punch in the dub. Of course I wasn't there but that sounds like one take to me.

[iownallnoobs]

the whole thing is one take except at the end where he does the last whammy bar trick which you can hear is different when listening to the drum track

[hanksteelbranch]

Awesome. How did you do this?

[takeuchitb007]

guys like Satriani, Vai, Petrucci, should all listen to this and bare witness to pure genius song writing and straight up killr playing skills without all the studio punch ins and over dubs..

[ApeLikeCreature]

When I heard this back in 1979 or so, I couldn't believe what I was hearing. This is the fiercest guitar playing ever! Amazing tone, chops dexterity and blistering imagination.

[takeuchitb007]

@ApeLikeCreature amen to that! to this day nobody really has that fierce swinging bluesy attack like Eddie had.. It's sickening! I listen to VH every SINGLE day, been a fan for 20+ years  and I still can't get over the early stuff.. His tone , attack, chops and sense of rhythm were fukn sick.

[ApeLikeCreature]

@takeuchitb007 Yes, his sense of rhythm has always been unique. As much as I was blown away in the late 70's and thoughout the 80's with Ed's one-of-kind lead playing, I always smiled at his superior rhythm playing. He is the one that inspired me to become a musician.

[ApeLikeCreature]

@takeuchitb007 Yes, his sense of rhythm has always been unique. As much as I was blown away in the late 70's and thoughout the 80's with Ed's one-of-kind lead playing, I always smiled at his superior rhythm playing. He is the one that inspired me to become a musician.

[arechj]

This is what happens when mankind focuses on something beautiful instead of war and religion -- something so amazing and beautiful -- truly breathtaking!!! Thanks Eddie for the gift of joy through music!

[AKMAC82]

@arechj Fucking WORD!! yer right.

[HillsideOak]

Amazing how he is able to jump back and to between rhythm and lead and keep it all together!!!

[BuccaneerSlave]

@HillsideOak I agree, you hit on why Eddie is a great guitarist, he can play lead licks between chords.

[gunnut1989]

godddddddddddddddddddddddddddd­dddd i love this song so much but im finding it soooooooooooooooooooooooooo hard aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaaa lol!

[dmarkj22]

My goodness just listen to him wail

[Zuberzuber]

one attempt... sicK!

[ssolo8]

@Zuberzuber .. Right? My thought Exactly!!

[mrbrianmccarthy]

This might be the best guitar track he ever laid down.Absolutely incredible playing on this---Also,this song was the first in a group of VH songs I like to call "Boogie/swing meets metal guitar" ("Beautiful girls","So This is Love",and "The Full bug" were in this vein as well) ZZ Top did it first ,but VH took it a much higher level of virtousity.(Hell, this song,along with Hot for Teacher" is basically ZZ Top's "La Grange" on Steroids!!)

[gunnut1989]

Ho-ly-fuck his tone is unbelivable and all those triks with the bar how the fuck did that thing stay in tune just amazing pure rock n roll:)

[spawnofwheezedog]

"Fuck this shit, i'm switching to tambourine." -Ghost of Hendrix, having first heard Van Halen I.

[musiciohann]

Awesome!!!!!!

[88ueshiba88]

he's the ONE :D

[2373muon]

this god is the greatest period

[philx1111]

this is truly AWESOME! i think it's way LESS gainy than a lot of people think. his hands were amazing and spoke from his heart and soul in an incredible pocket. pure unbridled firey playing that no one else on this planet has come close to. (nobody give me no "how about this guy?"/ "what about that guy?" crap. i'll say "nope" EVERY time and hey... it's just my opinion).

[charvelstrat81]

In 77 when this was recorded no one could touch this guy!

[DarthKazi]

@charvelstrat81 True, but all the wannabes, "Bach-n-rollers" and tap-fiends were all flash and no substance after him. You can name any of the "virtuosos" but nobody will remember them 100 years from now. Eddie wrote 100% of the music for Van Halen, for better or worse, sold 90 million records and still writes badass riffs, as good or better than anybody in the world. The new Van Halen record will be badass and rock and roll will once again have STYLE!

[rlholo]

It's like the essence of the joy and brilliance and fearlessness of youth distilled down to 3 minutes of pure horsepower... as fine a statement on the spirit of rock as I've ever heard. Thanks Eddie. You voiced what I felt at that age and bring me back to that state of mind every time I hear you. Much respect.

[joeknee4767]

LISTEN TO THAT GALLOP OF A RYTHM!!!! and his leads SPIT FURY!!!!! Total command of his axe!!!!!!!

[sw1tched]

that opening riff knocks my fuckin socks up my asshole everytime!!!!!

[Lucicsux]

The greatest guitar tone, this planet has ever heard......EVH is God

[granderl]

i-nfach nur geil...müsste von mir sein!

[NickW0608]

he's not human.

[5150van1]

FUCKING OUT OF THIS PLANET, THE KING OF TEN FINGERS AND SIX STRINGS.

[NDIrishfan93]

bah bodda shibby doo wah

[Ecclectronik]

Holy crap! You listen to this in its raw form and you truly realize how impeccable his technique was even with all that distortion and dirt. My guitar just got up and left me after hearing this realizing it will never be tickled this way!!! Truly incredible

[alwaysopen]

@Ecclectronik

EVH and Hendrix played with less distortion/dirt than most guitarists of today could fathom. That is the secret to their great tones. They used gain over distortion.

[TheHockeyCentral]

@Ecclectronik There really isn't any distortion.  It's just a Marshall plexi cranked. Eddie's brown sound was based of a pretty clean tone.

[giantrobot9000]

Just incredible. One take.

[charvelstrat81]

this is the next best thinghim otherthan to actually be there is in a room with ed playing it back then! thanks for posting it! it really lets you HEAR how great and ahead of his time he really was....

[stripes5150]

I like drunk Eddie's playing bettar than sober Eddie....

I'm glad he is sober now...just sayin'

[rrhynes]

@stripes5150 It depends on HOW drunk he is. lol

[5150van1]

fuckin un beliveable, where on earth did he come from.

[xStiltzkinX]

@5150van1 from Holland I believe ;)

[helimech60]

Hendrix would wet his pants if he heard EVH guitar playing!

[janemacdonnell1]

@helimech60 HELL YES!!! ED is at the top of his game on VH1 FairWarning is his best work, but here he is young and DRIVEN!!!!!! Takin no prisoners!!!!! and Speed Demon!

[BadRonald1]

This is fu*king awesome, Ed's totally on fire. This is going to be interesting to play my drums to.......

[bischerosti]

so mind boggling!!!!! can't type so perfect..... uhhhh nothing to say, thank you eddiee i love you

[Cusjus]

And nobody ever will

[thezommyshow]

1:17 nobody does it better than that

[AeroxLight]

CREDITS: GUITAR HERO: VAN HALEN

;D

[rockfreak611]

@AeroxLight wow never thought you could use GH:VH for this.

[5150RDH]

Wow...this is VERY cool! My all-time favorite VH tune to play & I've never heard the guitar part alone (aside from hearing myself play it..lol). His tone & chops stand out so much more here! Awesome vid, 5*s!!!

[janemacdonnell1]

@5150RDH Dude, this is technically so friggin tough to get correctly!! i have yet to see someone(but myself) get the rythm on the A and D strings picked correctly-and i have been playin a LONG time-32 years! I am NOT in ANY WAY saying you cant do it--somethin tells me you can(gut feeling) . It is so tricky,like the gallop of a horse. But once you get it down it is easy as hell (if yer chops are up).A couple of the lead break's are too much for me-i aint got Eds fret reach! but i do my best!!