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  • No black guy can play like that! and before you say it jimmy was a mixed race guy!

  • @Hannible100 jimmy, slash, Chuck Berrym, etc...

  • masterpiece

  • incredible solo!!!

  • @Motherfucker11100 you are a motherfucker

  • @SunStrokeCactus Yes,I am.

  • Jackson and Van Halen are motherfuckers :-OO

  • I broke my air guitar ..

  • Was it for real Van Halen doing that solo?

  • @womekklol yeah it's a pretty well known bit of trivia that EVH did this solo as a "gift" for michael. Try to remember this fact so you can impress people playing trivial pursuit :P

  • @xTurquoiseGlazex actually, in an interview, it was michael that asked for eddie to do it. eddie actually thought that it was a prank at the start lol.

  • @bitchniggerization hahah well either way he did the solo and it's one of the best solos ever. funny how stuff turns out like that

  • @womekklol Yep it was him :)

  • solo is good. but sound quality is awesome! upload more songs dude.. im on your channel ;)

  • The BEST guitar solo of all 80's

  • Guitar God

  • Van Halen is a guitarist . Orianthi is a bad copy ...

  • the man is dimebag darrels idol. Need I say more to prove how great van halen is?

  • EVH > chuck norris

  • greatest solo ever !!! an off the cuff ?? beat that !!

  • my no1 guitarist ever

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  • Remaking this is like re painting the Mona Lisa which is just stupid.

  • Eddie didn't get paid squat for that piece

  • @quivalla didny knew that ... =S

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  • EVH>Poo>Me

  • ORIANTHI!!!!!!!!!!!

  • EVH > orianthi

  • A great solo, but seriously check out Rick Derringer's solo from the Weird Al parody "Eat It." You're probably thinking this is a joke, but Derringer may have one-upped Eddie.

  • @seymourglass26 i agree, 100% credit to eddie but derringers version totally kills it as well

  • A great solo, but seriously check out Rick Derringer's solo from the Weird Al parody "Eat It." You're probably thinking this is a joke, but Derringer may have one-upped Eddie.

  • WTF people... seriously. Is it honestly WRONG for a rock legend to do a song with Michael Jackson?? MJ's one of the faces of the 80's, along with Van Halen, Madonna, etc. Any musician in the rock world respected Michael Jackson.

  • This solo was improvised by him ♫♪♫♪

  • i don't understand why everyone tries to come up with their own 'rendition' for the solo. what's the point, you can't better this.

  • @blastitude You're comparing apples and oranges man, everyone has different soloing tastes ;)

  • @blastitude Thats damn right, so many people try to copy and say they have it perfect and not for note, but when you compare back to back you can ALWAYS tell Eddie as its just so much slicker, quicker and sounds right!

  • @blastitude

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    lol

  • this is the only song that the majority of the world hears eddie van halen play

  • @vmartin96 cause the rest of the world sucks ? :p lol

  • epic

  • short but hey CLASSIC

  • jennifer batten played it better

  • @irage101 LOL, Ed wrote it moron...

  • @BrianMorrison71 na shit but jennifer batten plays it better

  • @irage101 I call BULLSHIT!!!!!!

  • @kingL3V1demigod go listen

  • @irage101 Hmm, but she didn't compose it, on the spot, in 10 minutes live in a studio with Michael Jackson, and Quincy Jones watching, AND set the control room monitors on fire because it was so LOUD! She may copy it more proficiently, but that's all she's doing (and I'll bet she'd be the first to say so). Credit where credit is due - EVH defined this style of playing.

  • Congrats on 1,000,000 views

  • Once I watched an interview with Brian May about eddie and he called him edward

  • This solo is a challenge: can you Beat It? (Try to)

  • Eddie Van Halen > Micheal Jackson

  • @LordoftheJimmy in your dreams

  • You know when Eddie was done he looked at Quincy Jones and said "Yeah, mother fucker, that shit just happened. Your lame ass song is now an icon."

  • The best solo of the history

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  • masterpiece

  • The last part of the solo is reminiscent of "All Along The Watchtower"...great solo (:

  • All Just For The Pick Of Destiny!! :S

  • Listening to this on Howard Stern today. That IS a door knock. It's the sound technician about to enter the room but the solo was so perfect that they just left it in for fun.

  • i heard the knocking hahahahhaha LMFAO

  • @Cezarwuuu lol

  • I always thought the knocking sound before the solo was intended. Like you hear someone knocking at the door, you get up and open the door, and a sweet guitar solo walks in the room.

  • every-time i hear this solo i always get the chills.

  • Awesome

  • eddie van halen is a friggin monster

  • I'm still amazed how Eddie wrote this short but sweet solo incorporating many techniques like slide, tapping, harmonics, bending, divebombs, etc. while keeping it all tasteful.

  • netherlands!!

  • This song immortalized both Ed and Mike in my mind!!

  • AN EARGASM HAS EARWAX COMING OUT OF YOUR EAR :D

  • i will never understand why a guitar legend like EVH would even want to play with a pop artist like jackson. I think what eddie never realized is his dedicated fans were interested in rock music, not this kinda top 40 crap.

  • @MrBillyBatts1 because MJ is a top pop artist he is a legend too and that's why this "crap" u call it became one of the top pop songs in history.

  • @LiasGR1 Well i dont know how old you are but i was 13 when thriller came out and to this day i dont know one guy who bought the album, yeah it was all the girls who did so what does that tell ya? Not a whole hell of a lot about that album thats for sure

  • @MrBillyBatts1 That does not mean MJ did not have men fans mate. He was a top artist that's for sure. I respect MJ as well as Eddie and i love this combination in Beat it. And you must know that, especially in America, he has more male fans than female. But again do not count a success from the sales (where thriller is the top) but trust your own feelings to judge a song.

  • @LiasGR1 more male fans? Are you kidding me? You obviously never step foot in America cause if you did you wouldnt say something so silly. Females aged 10 to 25 is what kept this guy in business, nobody else

  • @MrBillyBatts1 I am only telling you what i have heard and read. And no oyu are wrong. Females did not keep MJ in business. His talent did. He had an amazing voice that no one can mimic (that is why his songs are so hard to sing) and he was in business since he was 6. you might not like his music but that does not mean he is not a great artist. He has entered twice in the hall of fame, he is #1 performer ever and pop artist of the millenium aren't those enough?

  • @LiasGR1 no IM NOT wrong, young girls buy records and they bought his records so get a freaking clue before running your mouth and looking like a bigger asshole then you already are.

  • @MrBillyBatts1 Me an asshole? Man you may not like Mj's music but u can't go around swearing because ppl have a different taste than you. I didn't inslut u neither did i start an argument, we are just discussing. I respect your taste of music so plz respect mine and let us end this conversation.

  • @LiasGR1 you really are an asshole, no joke and i have zero respect for you or any other skanks who wanna think MJ is great. Now run along back home to mommy im sure its past your bedtime skank breath

  • @MrBillyBatts1 OK 1 final word. Who rly is the asshole man? I think u are cause u show no respect even when i try to chat peacefully with u. It's a pity cause u must be over 30 yrs old according to ur comments and u still haven't learned anything about respect. It's always comfortable to swear behind ur pc 9i am sure u would shit ur pants if u told these things face to face with me). Try typing again when u get a life u mother-fucking bitch. You should be ashamed of urself.

  • @LiasGR1 you really are a complete moron, i mean anyone who would even argue this fact is a moron or a faggot so take your pick. And id have no problem telling you to F-OFF in person, trust me i wouldnt give two shits about doing that cause you are a skank now take the hint and get lost and learn how to write english you dumb SOB

  • @MrBillyBatts1 bro u can lick a dick cuz thats all ur gonna be getting at night...

  • @applez571 hey now easy, not everyone had MJ as their babysitter like you did. Im sure thats what he made you do everytime he watched your sorry punk ass on friday nights and now look at ya? What a mess

  • @MrBillyBatts1 yee wat a mess ur bf made on ur face lol

  • @applez571 another moron who cant speak or write english, i bet your parents hate your guts, i cant blame them, no wonder they let MJ babysit you, i would have too you F'in loser

  • @applez571 Man u won't reach to an agreement with this mother fucker. Now he is talking about our English. I am greek so i don't give a damn on learning english. Why do u care about this fool, he is trying to persuade u taht thriller, the most selling album in music history with 600.000.000 sales was only bought by girls. Lol the whole youtube will be laughing at his comments when they c them.

  • @LiasGR1 ellhnas??!! :P

  • @MichaelJacksonfan908 Όπα!!! Έλα ρε πατριώτη. Χέσε τον το μαλάκα μια εβδομάδα προσπαθώ να του δείξω τι μαλακίες λέει χωρίς να τον βρίσω και μου τα χώνει κιόλας. Και το αστείο είναι ότι του έφερα τόσα παραδείγματα και δεν ακούει!

  • @LiasGR1 hehe patriotissa ;) pos kratieme na les!! edo tou leo mexri k oi Metallica epe3an to Beat It k autos mou leei paparies!!

  • @MichaelJacksonfan908 Συμφωνώ αλλά άντρας είμαι :Ρ

  • @LiasGR1 to 3ero xD enoo ego eimai gunaika!! lol :P autos o m@l@k@s dn tn paleuei.. aston na oneireuete!!

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  • @LiasGR1 lool i thought u were the other guy sory and yeah hes a real faggit.

  • @MrBillyBatts1 Real Pop and Rock Legends respect Michael Jackson. Metallica played Beat it too. So if you don't know shut up.

  • @MichaelJacksonfan908 sorry metallica is hardly what i call a "rock legend" so drop dead

  • @MrBillyBatts1 METALLICA ALSO RESPECT MICHAEL JACKSON AND YOU DON'T RESOECT HIM SO JUST SHUT THE F*CK UP!!

  • @MichaelJacksonfan908 who gives TWO SHITS what Metalica thought? I know i sure as hell dont JUNIOR!! Now go EAT SHIT AND DIE!

  • @MrBillyBatts1 you're as insignificant as a shit. Now f*ck you! 

  • @MichaelJacksonfan908 the best part of you ran down your mama's chin now get lost junior as i got more important things to do then to school your sorry ass

  • @d42292 Talking with internet idiots it's not my forte. If people don't understand that everybody were jealous of Michael and they wanted to see him down, I can't make them think smart.

  • @d42292 Haha you're a waste of time. But I guess everybody can see who's the stupid here ;)

  • @MichaelJacksonfan908 Don't bother yourself with that dude. Apparently, the doors and windows leading to his brain are shut tight. Michael Jackson was, is and will always remain a Legend no matter what any1 says or thinks

  • @MichaelJacksonfan908 Well obviously they see your stupid with a nigger rihanna picture as your profile your music is shit michael jackson a child spinner and rihanna abused and busted my another untalented chris brown the only person thats stupid here is you i made clearly more sense and better points than your stupid ass so yeah your a fucking idiot

  • @d42292 take it u hate colored people

  • @teesackalypse I speak the truth all that shit he did dumb ass i have a black person in my room right now playing mortal kombat so you can suck my cock

  • @d42292 wonder if that black guy knows that deep down u hate him...and prolly wanna kill him :/

  • @teesackalypse yeah i knew him since 4th grade deep down your a dumb ass like i said

  • @d42292 tushay ^__^

  • @teesackalypse Tushay your gay

  • @teesackalypse yes, it is true, I'd like to kill him, no cumpunction about it.. But first I'd like to say, "prolly" is not a god-dam word !

  • Respond to this video...  take it your gay

  • @MichaelJacksonfan908 If i was such a waste of time you would not be typing back to me another true point and i am pretty sure you will

  • @MichaelJacksonfan908

    >Rock legends

    >Metallica

    AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHA oh wow

  • @MrBillyBatts1 Shouldn't be so narrow minded. Get a little education in music. Differant genre artist have been recording together for decades. ( Alice Cooper - Liza Minnelli ) ( Def Leppard - Tim McGraw ) ( David Bowie - Stevie Ray Vaughn ) ( Aerosmith + RUN-DMC ) and many many more. No ones career was hurt . If anything may have broadened peoples awareness of other types of music.

  • @azkiid sorry junior, im not into bubble gum crap or souless corperate rock\pop and ive been listening and buying and reading about music while you were still in diapers so piss off

  • @MrBillyBatts1 HaHaHa , Your too funny, but your booshwah elitism is not working here. I had mentioned a collaboration between Alice Cooper and Liza Minnelli. That was on the" Muscle of Love" album. I bought that on 12 inch vinyl as a new release. I will let you look it up. So 'PISS OFF JUNIOR'. :-)

  • @azkiid i own the album douchbag and i saw alice in concert more then once in my life. with that said i really dont care what you have to say cause you are below me, you are worthless and weak. Soft in the ass if you will and thats why you mean nothing to me. I own this board so get the hell outta here! I own you too!!

  • @MrBillyBatts1 Nice trolling . HaHaHaHaHaHa - ROFLMAO OMG you are so funny. So you own this board. You must have a very boring life, little man. Have a nice day :-)

  • @azkiid ok great, now eat shit and die, im a very busy man here and dont have time for a piss ant like you

  • @MrBillyBatts1 HaHaHa Too Funny  . Have a nice day. :-)

  • @azkiid yeah you too douchebag

  • @MrBillyBatts1 your a reatard enough said.

  • @NickF97S and you are a nutsack sucking asshole who had MJ as a babysitter!! You know what i say to that? GOOD!!

  • @MrBillyBatts1 dude, get it right, the reason EVH played with him, was because it was a great honour for him, simply because Michael Jackson, was...and still is a true musical ledgend,

  • @NickF97S are you for fucking real? MJ was bubblegum pop crap music that little teen age girls bought and faggots like you. I cant even offer one good thing to say about MJ, he was a wack job who liked little boys and his music was crap

  • @MrBillyBatts1 Dude, learn to spell before gettin' into an argument... and insulting me, you cant offer one good thing about him? how about the help he gave regarding charity, he gave over 300 million dollars to charity, he got a star in the walk of fame, and one of the most important things, Michael Jackson is one of the biggest musical influences to this day, he's responsible for many kids taking up their talent in music, so unless you've got anything to say that IS TRUE and proves me wrong...

  • @NickF97S giving to charity doesnt make someone a good person and getting a star on the walk of fame sure as hell doesnt make someone good either. AND Jackson sure as HELL never influenced any of the music I listen to!! Thats for damn sure!! See i blame his on your dad to be honest, any guy who likes jackson is soft in the ass and your dad should have shoed you in the ass to toughen you up. ANd he should have introduced you to "real" music like some Iron Maiden but he didnt and now your a flake

  • @MrBillyBatts1 yes, it does? it shows the care and consideration he has for other people, and the star on the walk of fame obviously shows recognition of his work, and how do you know that the bands you listen to werent influenced by him? slash played in his records, as well as EVH, and they were both honored by doing so, and what ''real'' music means to people i listen to mj that doesnt make me a softie, i listen to iron maiden and all too, im also an mma fighter, you cant judge for what i like

  • @MrBillyBatts1 Yngwie malmsteen from rising force played beat it, so watche gonna say there asshole and so did metalica

  • @NickF97S Malmsteen and metalica, LOL. Metalica stopped being decent after and justice for all which was over 20 years ago and malmsteen never mattered. Like i said, its your parents fault, if you were mine i would have kicked the shit out of you and threw away all of your mj albums and made you realize he never did anything that ever mattered and was for teenage girls. Then i would have bought you some real shit and you know what? You would have thanked me later on for doing so

  • @MrBillyBatts1 listen up, shitface, if it wasnt for michael, the song beat it wouldnt have been recorded, and if he didnt record that song i wouldnt have heard it, therefore i wouldnt've picked up guitar in the first place, and what do you mean malmsteen never mattered? he can play any style of music, and he can beat you in a guitar battle by just playing the guitar with his penis, what can you do? sit on front of a computer and try to change the musical likes of other people? P-LEASE! FUCK OFF.

  • @NickF97S Hey cockface, Beat it is GARBAGE!! And the sooner you realize that the better off your gonna be!! I cant believe such a pathetic song inspired anyone to do anything more then jerk off. Try listening to something good like Gilmour or Hendrix, you know something that actually matters? One question about malmsteen, whats he ever recorded that matters? Yeah i know, great talent but has nothing to show for it. Seriously grow a pair and quit acting like a queer like MJ was

  • @MrBillyBatts1 beat it is garbage to you, asshole, and what you say to me isnt going to change my opinion. I repeat, i listen hendrix,gilmour,hammet,slash,p­aul gilbert and page so what the fuck is your point? and yngwie malmsteen composed black star when he was only 18, he's able to represent classical compositions by bach and beethoven o guitar! icarus dream suite opus live is amazing, me liking mj doesnt make me a queer you cunt

  • @NickF97S who the hell is gibert? Well doesnt matter as long as you beat it, beat it, dont make me repeat it!! You see how gay those lyrics are? You know there is a reason why Weird Al made fun of that song and its cause its GAY you faggot ass!!! I bet you own that silly zipper jacket too, god what the hell was wrong with your father, if i ran into him id kick his fucking ass for what he did to you or i should say didnt do

  • @MrBillyBatts1 Paul gilbert... i can see your runnin out of things to say in your deffence, as for my dad he died in war so i dnt think you can do much....i dont give a fuck then....MJ FOREVER R.I.P

  • @NickF97S gilbert was with mr big, WOW!! Look whoever was supposed to be the man figure in your life let you down big time thats the bottom line cause no matter what you wanna say MJ BLOWS and any asshole who likes this crap or who's bad or any of his junk is either a girl or a queer. There is no other way and i dont know how old you are but i was a teen when thriller came out and i can tell you this, NONE of my friends bought this. We were busy buying AC/DC, Maiden, you know, real stuff.

  • @MrBillyBatts1 Chill dude. you have your outlook on music, and so does NickF97S. Just cause he enjoys MJ doesnt mean you gotta go off, be judgemental, and talk shit bout him and his dad, you prick. MJ was a musical prodigy, just as other prominent bands/artists that we all know, like Iron Maiden, Slash, Tom Morello, The Police, Sting, etc. Its all personal preference. Lay off Nick, you sourpuss.

  • @NickF97S leave that Billybatts alone. He's not 1dime worth your time.

  • @1111rogerfederer thanks finally someone helping me out man, cheers

  • @NickF97S No prob man. Cheers

  • When I first saw heard The guitar solo "Beat it" in Thriller album.I was mesmerize.I remember learning how to play it.It took me about 2 days before I can mimic it lick by lick.I was in High School then.That was before computer,youtube,dvd.Nowadays any kid can go to youtube and learn how play any licks.

  • @bighornpt yeah imagine why there arent any more guitar players nowadays. they just computer program beats to deliver the same amout of amazment. pathetic

  • che chitarrista, che chitarra e che suono!!!!!! madonnaaaaa

  • lol no matter how many times I hear this solo, every single time I can't help but smile, get goose bumps and say "fucking awesome" out loud to myself. it's just so raw and full of emotion. best solo EVER imo.

  • @geeztbh I know what you mean.I've heard every guitar great from zakk wyld,orianthi,etc but no one play can just as good as Eddie Van Halen did.Just like you said....RAW WITH FULL OF EMOTION.Oh! here is a little trivia in the beginning of the solo,you'll here like someone is knocking on the door,that's Eddie's doing.It made the solo more unique.

  • epic shit. that guitar solo is what got me into rock!

  • He recorded this in one take.Quincy Jones asked him to play on the track and he walked in played this then walked the fuck back out!!!

  • No more talented after you /// EVH ///

  • VH > MJ

  • ...before god created dinosaurs..he created this guitar dinosaur....

  • I could listen to this guitar solo in loop all day long.

  • prove its eddie

  • weird that they would leave that "knocking" sound on their unless it was intentional...there is NO way that quincy and the fifty other pairs of ears who heard this song before it was mastered missed it. if it was a mistake, it would be very easy to remove. if it was an anomoly on eddie's track, it could still be eliminated because it can be heard several beats before his solo begins. just punch his solo in later. is their some reference in the song that i don't remember?

  • @Putaspellonyou the whammy bar bend sounds like a door creeking open... thats my take on it... it was a good idea if you ask me

  • i heard the knock

  • I dont care page is still better

  • great sound but sadly now he is lumped in with a child molestor