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  • OMG! This is horrid! Satriani, Morse, Vai, Eric Johnson are all the same age as him and they keep pushing themselves to get better and better. Why can't Edward?

  • Thats ok cant win em all, this was a tough month during the tour....After rehab.....Unbelievable....Go fuck yourself haters......

  • Here's the playlist I meant to post. Hope this one works.

    watch?v=Id0biD4ee5E&playnext=1­&list=PL97D6D27EFC6CF865

  • lol @ this playlist- /results?search_query=mrdrprof­essorjrmd+van+halen+live&aq=f

    - the one that says "Van Halen Live." I know EVH is a great guitar player but he didn't always play good at some of these earlier gigs in 2007.

  • All these shredders with their 7-8 gauge strings... :P

    Only joking. He's a monster. :)

  • He is ruining his reputation as a great guitar player with these UGLY performances , Your only as good as your last show, If he continues these ugly performances this is how he will be remembered unfortunately. Its time to retire Eddie.

  • @143Chippy I've been saying as much. But wank is really all his fans want to hear from him, no matter how dismal, and Eds doing a money grab.

    If and when Ed decides to tour with Dave its gonna be more of the same - a half-assed Best Of gig. I'd like Ed to sing about the ups and downs he gone thru over the last years. not straight blues, or so, but something introspective.

  • @143Chippy Most fans may remember their favorite performer's last show(s). They will reminisce most about their performer's peak era and choose to remember and think about those performances even more. That usually seems to be the case. I'm sure most Les Paul fans don't think about Les Paul's performances at 93 as much as they do with his performances at 39. Clapton, people still think he's great. They admire his work over the years and his playing. Yet he's past his past his peak as well.

  • @143Chippy Edward just needs to practice more and quit worrying about who's making his guitars for him. What does that matter if you don't even practice. He's got a great guitar but that doesn't make him play better. It isn't natural to be as good as he was, or Satch or Vai. You don't get that good without hours and hours of intense practice, you gotta practice your butt off. If you stop practicing you WILL lose it. This is what's happening with Edward.

  • Uh...the guitar has a nice curly maple top.

  • Bi-dextral hammer-ons SO WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It´s like an athlete that stays to long at the party. You remember their contribution but feel kind of sorry for them! The sad thing about his tapping is that it not even that good for what it is. Save your "Ranting telling me off" comments. I know what I´m talking about! That being said nobody plays their best drunk.

  • Mick Jagger is playing guitar,, not bad!!!

  • Wish I could play like that when im drunk!!! Or even sober for that matter!!!

  • He was spot on right when the tour started, then started drinking and slipping near the end of 2007, they stalled the tour so he could go back to rehab, then came out of rehab and tore it completely up when he was sober.  He still has it, just not when he slammed bottles of hard liquor first.

  • think of it this way here he was already 53 and probably very tired but this "crappy solo is better than all of you commenting"

  • You say Justin Bieber-I say ACDC

    You say Miley Cyrus-I say Led Zepplin

    You say T-Pain-I say Guns N Roses

    You say Kanye-I say Metallica

    You say Pink-I say Iron Maiden

    You say Hip Hop-i say shut the fuck up

    You say Pop-I scream Rock!!

    You say hanah montana-i punch you in the face

    92% of teenagers have turned to Hip Hop and Pop.If you are part of the 8% that still listen to real music,copy and paste this message to another 5 videos.DONTLET THE SPIRIT OF ROCK DIE!

  • @jacobbeavers the spirit of rock is hanging off a fucking cliff with one finger and quickly losing it's grip. It will soon fall and be completely lost when this happens we will truly have hell on earthl. FUCK RAP!!!

  • nigga wat da hell!!

  • holy crack batman

  • Isnt that Jim varney?

  • the problem are these shit sounding guitars he's been using.. he needs a better guitar

  • Im a huge fan but ed must not be in great shape here. Must be the drinking again

  • @petie58 No. He's sober. He started drinking at 12 and found it "easier" to "get there" when drunk and drank everyday for the next 40 years. So it's probably harder for him to "get there" sober. Besides, recovering alchies take drugs that make then not want to drink and it has similar mental effects to being drunk, ironically. Maybe that's the case.

    Frankly, it's not his playing that is so bad, but the sound of those awful pickups in the Wolfgang. Midrange-heavy honkery!!

  • @DarthKazi Watch the 2008 Spring shows of this tour, that's Edward sober. This ain't sober man I know ur trying to be positive but they stopped the tour halfway so he could go back to rehab. He fucked up bad near the end of 2007.

  • That doesnt look like him. Is he even alive???

  • He was in rough shape for a few months on this tour, this shows it, but omg he came back strong after rehab and played better than ever...Why dont you haters check out those vids and see what you have to say.....Fuck off to all you haters....

  • Clearly past his prime, but contrubuted so much to modern guitar playing in his early years.

  • smoking crack again ed.

  • good but sloppy in his later years.....

  • He is the only guitarist I listen to where that finger tapping, glorious sound can b played over and over and I still don't get sick of it... It's such a fuckn magical and epic noise. Rock on EVH!!! But please bring Mike and Sammy back coz a miss those epic vocals :(

  • @NEEVNI1987 Good looking out on giving MA his props! Most forget his contribution which makes VH as a group pretty much unbearable now :( (Yes, "contribution" is a VERY weak word when you think of MA's influence in VH's music!) As a DLR fan, I say > Cool that you didn't hesitate to acknowledge Sammy too. I am surprised you haven't been slammed by DLR's Army (of the blind and deaf when it comes to the current VH)

  • He is just half drunk right here----Adnoydal go fuck yourself. Give up your homosexual lifestlye and return to just being a pussy !!!!!

    hahahahahahaassholehahahahahah­ahaha

  • its eruption player weird

  • It's his song. He can change it up if he wants. He can do whatever the EF he wants. But, I will concede with you though that he should play it close to the original material for new fans.

  • Im all for changing it up...not losing your place on the neck...and acting like you meant to do that.

  • This completely sucked!!! Legend or not, he blew it...bad!!!

  • i agree. fuck you can only tap so damn much. he ruined it here.... grandpa get off the stage

  • Uhhh! "grandpa perfected rock guitar retard. Let's see you "on stage". Post it.

  • @localproducer you follow any pro sports? Can you play on a pro level? Applying Ed's fans' logic to that, you're a fag needing need to shut up about sports.

  • @zeman1000 Too much "Smoke" on the mirror.

  • the true guitar master a pure guitar genuis

    a living legend! and the list goes on forever!

  • yeah eddie was a little off that night, too much partyin before the show, but hes been doin this shit for 20 some years, give him a break haha , hes the fuckin man, even if he plays the song entirely wrong he is still eddie and always will be

  • was eddy a little off on this night I have seen him do 20 times better live stuff on a lot of videos for much longer

  • 75% of all the notes he just played were out of tune. drunken mess. definetely not the best of eddie.

  • Nothing compared to the Live Without a Net solo...

  • @rickyb2112

    YEA BUT YA GOTTA REALIZE THAT LIVE VIDEOS ARE USUALLY 2 TO 3 DAYS OF FILMING AND THEY TAKE THE BEST PARTS AND EDIT THE SHIT OUTTA IT, BUT YEA , LIVE WITHOUT A NET IS THE BEST FOOTAGE OF EDDIES SOLO

  • also, his tone from LWAN was wayy better imo. This is much more trebly.. and yeah.. hes got some wrong notes going on there for sure.

  • 80s' was the best of Eddie

  • yes, he defenitely can do b etter, but hes drunk and freestyling, just because it doesnt sound like the eruption thats on the album and ingrained in "our" brains, it is still a great solo. It is his rendition of it for that night, that time, what he played is what he felt was his best at that moment, or what he felt was the best "mutations" to mix in that time.- hes a wizard, he can do as he pleases on the guitar

  • he can be much much much better!!!!

  • How sick of this could he be? I would be.

  • Have a wank Eddie whydontcha...?

  • wtf ? the tapping sounds like crap!!!! nothing against him but hes able to do way better jobs than tahgt

  • right???

  • this is from 2004 when he was a mess

  • No, this is 2007. Note the short hair.

  • a mess?

  • I think the Hagar era stunned his guitar technique. He didn't do much pioneering stuff and was saddled on the commercial wagon.

  • oH Fuck........is this bad or what ????

  • Eddies bored. Just drinkin and main staying a foregone role of guitar legend. The interest and love Eddie had is now gone and thats alright, cause he gave enough. Him and his fans should let it go. The dude gave a lot to the genre, and what has been done is amazing!! Nuff said. Wrap it up. Lets not turn him into a clown

  • this noodling stuff is as deep and wide as a bottlecap

  • yeah he does over due the tapping but you have to admit those first 4 vh albums blew everyone away. I remember when the first vh album came out. I thought who the hell are these guys. that album was so good. and I liked vh 2 even better. vh 1984 wasnt as good but still rocked. after that it was all down hill.I hope he stays clean. Im looking forward to hearing the new cd. im not sure when its suppose to come out

  • esibizione eccezzionale grandissimo eddie

  • seems like when hes drunk all he likes to do is tap.

  • YES!!!!!

  • Eddie is God

  • you people gotta remember eddie isnt perfect after playing alhoughs years you outta appreciate his music while hes still around. he could call it quits at any time

  • avoid the noyd!! adnoydal is a troller who visits VH sites to spread his retardedness, please...everyone, block him in your settings, he is a shiy stain in his dads underwear!!! Eddie is God!!

  • take his advice and be a hockey dude lover

  • u want to suck my dick??? adnoydal???? noid/??? domino's pizza noid????

  • dudeluvrs got tourettes and echolalia

  • o look...the noid is at work on youtube again......Noid the domino's pizza guy...avoid the noid!

  • Thats an awesome comment on this video. I'll bet Edis so proud he - continues to ignore your love notes

  • cuz in your mind youre doing a 69 with Ed exclusively

  • 69 is your unlucky number cuz Ed hates your kind

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  • there is too much flanger/phaser kind of sound. if he talks about pedals taking away from the pure sound, why use all the things on the amp?

  • THIS IS WHAT DRUGS & ALCOHOL DO TO YA

  • The sound/effects whatever that was weaved into his tone during the concert run sounded like shit. Definitely not "unprocessed" Brown Sound. But Eddie still has it... I saw him the very first night in Charlotte, NC. He was nailing riffs. He may have had more off days than on days on tour. The Tampa show wasn't as good. I don't know what motivates the guy... Out with the new line through Fender... He definitely doesn't need the $. Maybe he's shy and doesn't like touring so he turns to booze etc..

  • Listen to "WALTER SEITZ" in youtube, Guitar Solo....

  • he looks so old and there seems to be no more left of his fresh style of 1978. His timing has got lost a bit, but he still has his own charakter and no one can beat him, in that what he did.

  • from 1978 to 1998 best guitarist and most valuble player no guitarist is even close to his run. and a few years later he was hailded along side jimi hendrix from

    Guitar World and Guitar Player International the two most influental guitarist of alltime! and they most certainly are hands down!

  • i think your forgetting about a guitarist that won guitarist of the year 6 times in the 1970s ... JIMMY PAGE

  • still nothing close what eedie vh did

  • i think youre forgetting jimi hendrix...

  • eddies won so many times guitar world was forced to remove his name from the list

  • The new wolfgang is amazing! The birds eye maple is like nothing i've ever seen. Wish I could afford one, but the axis will do.

  • drunk

  • tis guy has blown away anybody that has style....his music stands on its morals...hes gettin older and all the partying.but un his prime he was effortless..when alice warmed up for them in 95 it was just time for a new sound..eddie still inspires till this day..

  • I love ya Ed and you will always be my guitar hero but for a $165 ticket, I expected better than this. This solo if fragmented, confused, and overall sounds like crap.

  • There are two worthy guys that could go aganst ed not joe, steve vai and yngwie malmsteen, but eddie rules

  • Eddie rules.

    Eddie rules.

    Most definantly, Eddie rules.

  • There are two worthy guys that could go aganst ed not joe, steve vai and yngwie malmsteen, but eddie rules

  • come to G3 joe allready asked you .you dont want to becouse you need a singer.LMAO

  • he has others

    there's little guitars and spanish fly

    people want to hear him play eruption

  • LMAO Who sold more records? ED

  • listen to the turds trying to name guys they think have more technical Gtr skills !

    Satch is a nice guy & he can play & all , but You can always find someone who wanks a bit faster than the next.

    But EVH was the last true Guitar God !

    When VH-1, 2 & FW came out eveyone was Blown Away !

    Like K. Richards with the satisfaction lick Clapton with Cream , Hendrix, Page , Ronson etc

    Eddie was a True Guitar God !

    I think those days are gone forever as its all been done already.

  • Right you are. Eddie is legend and only those you mentioned have contributed as much.

    Where is could go from here on the neck I can't imagine, and it's been 30 years already.

  • watergrass your a retard .SATRIANI IS THE MAN THATS IT THATS ALL>

  • SATRIANI EATS eddie for lunch.

  • Satriani is a pimple on Eddie's ass. EVH easily eat Sat. for breakfast.

  • they're both great.

  • he is all about having a good time. great stuff!

  • What are you guys high? He can't even play the finger tapping part right. He had to do a " i meant to do that" recovery.

    You want to see him smoke a guitar watch old vids. That's when he was incredible.

  • he is just changing it up he can still do it

  • Alter!!!

    Ich war jung und hübsch!!!!!!!!

  • best ever!

  • There are great guitar Players, but these is not a great guitar player, these is a Phenomenom.

  • Does he ever get tired of playing the same stuff?

    One the most creative guitar players, playing the same solo for 30 years.

    Must like Habbits :-)

  • Nice to see Eddie smoke that guitar.

  • While I was out in Pasadena,CA, these last 5 years..there was this rocker dude,probbaly in his 40's who used to hang around the recyclin'centers...bummin' fer booze money...He was pretty familiar with Van Halen's history in the area....(Pasadena was their jumpin'off place)..an' he told me Eddie Van Halen had cancer from the cigarettes pretty much...since Eddie Van Halen hadn't made many public appearences in the early 2000's, I figured there might be a grain or two of truth to it...

  • Yes, he did have cancer of the tongue. Part of his tongue had been removed to control the disease. Eddie though wouldn't admit that his heavy smoking caused the cancer.

  • I'd have to side with Eddie on that one to some degree...there's a big money involved here...an' it's hard to say he's jest bein' "paranoid"... the indutsry is so full of subversive elements tryin' ta take out the competition fer the "next" big deal...Cigarettes is the "obvious" blame but but there ain't nuthin' obvious about an' industry fueled by fantasy....an' MAKE- BELIEVE....Part of this is to make "white boy" look like "wasted weakling"..for todays Oba(uber)man's to appear strong.

  • He wasn't like this the whole tour. He had alot of bad nights though.

  • Sad. Oh well. He had a good run. Thanks for everything Ed.

  • yeah...there is something wrong with him. I think he might have had a stroke or maybe the rumors are true about the supposed meth use. The interesting thing is; all of these 2007-2008 vids are like watching Hendrix live @ the Isle of Wight 1970. Like as if the whole thing is going to end very soon. something is really wrong, I don't know what. But it's pretty obvious.'

    a negative energy, so to speak.

  • You're right. Not sure about the meth. I doubt he had a stroke. But I too can sense that something is not right with Eddie lately. It could be that a lot of rock stars go through a period in their life where they are at the very fucking rock bottom. It could just be that it's happening to Eddie later in his life and he'll eventually get out of it. I'm new agey so I visualize and send Eddie healing energy to EVH.

  • I think Ed will come back. Hopefully he has finally kicked the habits and the fingers will come back to life.

  • Let's hope it's not because he's getting old. I've seen great guitar players slow down and not play as perfect when they hit a certain age. Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, and Les Paul to name just three. They are still great though and I'd pay to see them. (Well, Les Paul is 90 something and you can really tell it in his guitar playing. He's really gone down hill playing wise but the man is still a legend.)

  • No, because i think he smashed his old kramer, because he got pissed, that's all i know all he uses now is his charvels ans peaveys

  • eddie sounds like a 15 year old trying too play like him. wow i had no idea that the once legendary edward had gone this far down hill. its sad. i hope that he knows that people remember the worst first.

  • Is he still using kramers?

  • Eddie is amazing and one of the worlds greatest guitar players in history but he was alos one of the biggest drug/alcohol users in Rock N' Roll history......and it really did start to effect his playing.....as is evident in this video.....it just doesn't sound like the real Eddie.....something in this is missing

  • I just can't critisize Ed... He is an inspiration to guitarists everywhere and a good reason for us all to give the drugs, booze and smokes the big thumbs down.

  • and i give you the big thumbs up

  • eddie is the best, but the video is bad

  • Sure is!

  • that was face melting

  • It was taken with a cell phone from 60 rows back there Spielberg.

    Not looking for an Academy Award, was just sharing with fans.

    Have a nice day

  • Eddie is the king no doubt! but the quality of the video is terrible!!!

  • will be a king forever, no matter how far!

  • god he looks old and wasted

  • i had to cover my ears , he tore the fuckin roof off this place

  • its sad how he doesnt know how to do the finger tapping part. =(. all he has to do is look up tablatures of it . that how i learned in like a day it sound just liek the 80s ones

  • How can he "not know how???"... he's obviously wasted!

  • Wtf is he doing.

    This sounds horrible, nothing hes doing goes together at all. Way to ruin your own song.

  • he is way wasted man

  • im wit FLYINGESQ. although im still quite young Eddie is the man!! He plays the guitar like no other, drunk, high, or whatever he rocks PERIOD!

  • I heard Eddie had to be carried out of this show

  • why?

  • He can't even get this right. He was soooooooo good. Ants

  • he changes his own song every time he play, but not so good this time...

  • Regardless of who he is, what he was, and what he became, he has been and still is one of the most influential people in my life and I will always respect and owe him for making me who I am today and for the memory of who I was when I was young. Van Halen represents my youth and my years as a carefree individual drinking with my friends and wishing I was Eddie. I love you Eddie, Dave, Al and Mike!!

  • Just glad you didnt mention Spambo Hagar as one of the people who influenced your youth....I would have to question your moral character if you did!

  • Drunk.......! And Blow.

  • this video has bad tune i think thats why it sounds bad

  • The sound you hear is how it sounded live....bad. I was there.

  • No - that's how it sounded... bad.

  • waht the fuck? his guitars out of tune???, your speaking complete bollocks, you obviously dont know shit

  • If he just kept on playing "Eruption" the same way all the time, it would get really boring, and everyone would be sick of his solos. Thats what makes improvisations so interesting. Thats why to this day he rules, Thats why Jimmy Page rules, and Hendrix. Thats what makes guitarists so great

  • Guys! Learn about music for starters! Playing the songs exactly the way its suppose to be doesnt mke you a good musician. Its about being creative. "evh" and sometimes musicians mess up. i wanna see one of you play this olo exactly like eddie himeself. Ive heard half of you and you guys dont play eruption correctly at all. you all go by tabs and crap

  • that was really not good :( i dont know if it was the poor quality that made it sound bad but i've definately heard better versions of eruption

  • definitly not is best eruption :(

  • I wish Rock stars would never get old

    and I wish ed can shape up for when I see him

  • his guitar was out of tune...

  • So tell me ... what is wrong with EVH??? anyone know?

  • Yes. Eddie is a great guitarist and a messed up human.. Sad.

  • that's kind of how eddie has always sounded

  • Garbage

  • How he is awsome abvoiously he isnt because if he was they wouldnt have sold as many albums as they did

  • i ment how isnt. and he is awsome

  • Eddie and his guitar makes most fantastic cuople on that fuckin' world what can you see since the first rock n' roll band. ^^

  • He really needs to shape up before I go to the concert of March 28th