Desiree Bassett performing a Van halen cover!

[cdarknessfalls26]

nice singing hun keep up the good work sweet thing

[artdingo]

Her singing is good and she will only get better,,just listen, you will hear for your self. The player is already here. The singer will rise,,,just listen in the near future.

[mordokch]

Great gutarist - awfull sound quality

[FlauntussFloyd]

i'm listening to this over and over; i like her enough to be a stalker if it weren't for the black leather vangaurd around her ;) . joking aside, I'd buy a HD flic of her playing; she puts such a happy edge on this music

[TheSpazzymen]

her singing i am not sure of but her playing the guitar is beautiful!!!

[realsik666]

IN LOVE..

[evelskunny1]

needs keyboards

[brucebryan61]

as she plays she smiles just eddie while he plays....sooo easy, and she sounds good\!!!! AWESOME!!!!

[TusPapi]

Wait until she gets a little older and gets exposed to Black Flag and some harder bands.

[xXburningrosesXx]

@TusPapi You can watch her on the Michael Jackson world tour as the lead guitarist.

[bajsers]

RI SPEKT

[5968ken]

Well give us your home Add. Tard Whisperer and we'll see what gets destroyed ya Fruit Cake!!!

[whisperinwindcried67]

HOLY SHEET!! im SO impressed...shes wonderful!! and i really needed to see something like this to throw a lil light into our dark abyss world..absolutely love it!! may she rock on and on and on!!..thankyou!!-(hope she gets into a lil Zeppelin..:)

[FlauntussFloyd]

@tardwhisperer why did you take an ALL CAPS shit on this video?

[tardwhisperer]

MUSIC IS A WHORE THAT'S BEEN RAPED AND PILLAGED SO MANY TIMES IT NOW STINKS TO HIGH HEAVEN, HAS MAGGOTS ISSUING FORTH FROM ITS VULVA. IT IS A PERVERSION OF WHAT IT WAS INTENDED FOR AND NEEDS TO BE ABOLISHED. MUSICIANS NEED TO BE DESTROYED.

[DenPay]

@tardwhisperer You're an idiot!

[MrTim45mag]

@tardwhisperer U R FUCKING RETARDED!!!!!!

[tardwhisperer]

@MrTim45mag--One day sooner than you'd like to think, musicians will be destroyed from the face of the earth. This is not a time to play music. This is a time to destroy.

[lukesteele1]

@tardwhisperer You sound like some ex musician with a chip on his shoulder.Get over it loser!!!

[HY2THA4TH]

always nice to see young peps playing our old rock tunes.....

[maxleslie28]

awesome, girls a flat out purebred musician, great job

[supernaut2020]

Good gosh! Rock, little lady!

[lonegroover]

Damn, I thought this was Desiree's bassist.



[markie698]

great job

[markie698]

great job

[nightstalker2217]

and she's playing the keyboard part on guitar - that is harder than hell

[cairokid2]

the recording quality was the problem not her guitar volume- she is good!!!

[hottnutts69]

She needs to turn that guitar volume up a tick :))

[injrdo244]

And nice job on vocals. Life just isn't fair.

[catman63879]

i wish i had 1/8 of this little lady's talent!!!

[Brucev7]

Good touch and vocal inflection to the Red Rocker. Peace.

[ashleychaos83]

Whats the name of this song

[savangirl]

@ashleychaos83 The song is Right Now by Van Halen

[swdjinc]

I only have one word. AWESOME. !!!

[RBELLOUS]

I absolutely Love her smile. She's loving every moment.

[BlueSilverMageDragon]

too bad there are haters in the world... i wish i could stick with the practicing... but i think she plays all the time cause she already has the talent and not the other way around

[brennan2185]

I think I'll just quite playing guitar now and stop pretending that I am half-decent when I play alone in my house.

[wurlitzer1955]

This 15-yr-old rocks, practice makes perfect. She sings good, sooo much talent

[JWAD115CNS]

How could anyone dislike this girl or her guitar playing??? Someone a little jealous? Stupid ass people hating on this amazing talent...figures!

[TheMavis47]

Magnificent Talent!

[TheCozybear65]

this girl is awesome!

[metalprogster]

u know its awesome to see a young person not brainwashed by todays crappy pop music. she looks like she really enjoys what she does and put the work into it. oh and by the way she is awesome and seems to have a bright future. rock on !!!!

[OPETHDIVINITY]

@metalprogster I CANT AGREE MORE! rap is so anti-melodic..I cant fathom how these lost kids of this generation even call it music.

This girl is total unique talent & is going to go VERY FAR in life. Bravo!!!

[Vela890]

@OPETHDIVINITY Thats why it isnt called music, its called rap.... Its one of the best ways for people to express theme selfs without having to pay for music lessons... Now the fact that Rap became a thing of abuse by unskilled artist, that is a different story. P.S. None of the people who do "real" rap will ever consider them selfs musicians, but rapers. I am a raper, a story teller, someone who has thoughts he wants to share. And afc it is a matter of taste...

[skinchen]

@Vela890 Well put my friend....

[Gnrfan04396]

@Vela890 Youre a raper? That isn't something to confess. lol. But what you said is true. Rap isnt music, and real rappers don't cal lthemselves musicians.

[Vela890]

@Gnrfan04396 Well, thats my point... And i was not confessing i was validating my point of view...Oh, and if you are implicating that my grammar sucks.... it does....

[SonicSniperWolfen]

@Vela890 here is a definition of music: vocal or instrumental sounds(or both) combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion.

an other one : Music is the science and art of aranging and orderind the sounds and silences over time,making it pleasing to the ear. sorry if my translation is not very good

MUSICIAN:person who plays a musical instrument, especially as a profession, OR is musically talented. allow you some research on the subject ;)

[FGAC0]

\M/

[frasier303030]

this makes my sadnes brghteriter,good keep it up your on track

[sonykroket]

Actually, she's playing Sammys part in this song. He played the rythm and solosections while Eddie was doing the pianopart

[mrvjay09]

i agree.i,ll bet she is an awesome chick.big future.just got too keep it all together.fame.

[nrsaf87]

This is what happens when kids grow up with parents that listen to amazing music.....Ms. Bassett my hat is off to you....kick ass

[dnnyshdy]

She can play but watch Anton Oparin.

[satanic666bull]

Finally a guitarist, not just a guitar player. :)

[SuperDupeify]

Because of her I feel better about this world .

[johnnytheprick]

@SuperDupeify

rapists, paedophiles, politicatians......i hope they bring you down to earth.

[metaldrumerken]

@johnnytheprick your the freak........get a life,

[johnnytheprick]

@metaldrumerken

excuse me princess?

[dascruicloseout]

WWWHAAAT?!?!?! AWESOME!!!!!

[thechucker44]

zzzzzzz....

[sweetgyy]

sweet!

[focus20041]

Sammy H. and Eddie VH should be so proud !

[misterimson]

Damn she sings and plays better than Sammy ...hahahahaha

[jcbbe]

Awesome!!!!

[schlitze1]

this kid is pretty cool, not too keen on her song choice though, but she's good, a lot better than me at 15, shit even know. keep it up

[condaly]

rock and roll I love it

[riccardopocci73]

she s always smiling!!!! great!

[johnhrey52]

@riccardopocci73

Man that's what's so great about her, You can tell she love's what she is doing. I pray she doesn't go the way of other great guitarist. ie Rory Gallagher, Hendrix,etc. She's gonna be great

[MrsDeeDee281]

You know, it looks like she's having soooo much fun up there performing. That's so refreashing to see. Also, she's a skilled guitar player.

[kc8ntp]

@MrsDeeDee281 I know, she just seems so pleased about it! That is one thing that I noticed about her in several of her videos. When a person has this much joy in what they are doing, then it becomes enjoyable; and will continue to be -- once the fun is out of it, then it becomes a chore!

[97warlock]

Guitar is something that givin enough time and patience & effort,one can be as good as one wants to be if they are determined enough. so Although this is nice playing. Is it really that impressive...I think lots of people are more shocked that shes a female & her age contributes to it also. But realisticlally....theres lots of awesome players on youtube Shes really good.

[chicagomike88]

@97warlock Right and the key part of what you said is "given enough time". For most people, being this good at 15 is not enough time. She's got talent. I'm dismayed that on some of her other vids where comments are disabled, there are a lot of thumbs down. I don't understand that. It seems mean spirited eh?

[97warlock]

@97warlock I suppose a lot of what triggers a negative response is when theres several Overly positive responses,such as ..best in the world,absolutley awesome, incredible,etc ........ ,,,, Shes "Good", no doubt about it , as good as me, and shes been playing much less time than me . But take the amount of time somneones been playing out of it & just look at, or Hear what they are playing.......and It isnt all that fantastic. But I do see what ya mean,shes pretty advanced .

[DavidMatthewL]

Dam i know i want to meet her.

[romegindustrial]

Awe Desiree, you are simply a gift to the Music Industry... Keep your head together. Please.. Look forward to hearing more of your Gift...

Are you on Twitter?

[EddieVHRocks5150]

I hope Eddie checks out some of your videos! You're awesome girl!! Rock On!!!!

[MrGothicloveful]

your awesome !!!! i wear womens clothes everyone !!!!

[MrMaximus46]

Everyone starts out doing covers. Even VanHalen was once just o cover band that played great Led Zepplin tunes. But the werent doing it on stage at 15. You can tell she just loves playing, I've never seen her play without that big smile on her face. One day we'll be listening to her on the radio.

[aaa567ify]

@MrMaximus46 Agree.

[tseekr379]

I just saw a couple of videos of her when she was younger, and after seeing this one, all I've got to say is: Now we're talking.

Awesome job Des.

[patriot3636]

What a tallented young lady! She plays and has the stage presence of someone twice her age! Way to go, Desiree!!!!

[maybeimar0b0t]

Always smilin'....

[dorkdoll]

gifted brilliant true talent

[Roadrunners331]

for those of u guys who DISLIKED this look the dislike bar then like at ur dick see the resemblance?



[muddywood]

\m/ \m/

[chaosobey]

simply amazing...

[67cgc]

Rockin the Randy Rhoads Jackson!! Give it hell girl!!

[hotroddy97]

omg im blown away! i know van halen is saluting her:)

[fosponomot]

she plays with attack.  thats a weakness most girl guitarists have. very nice.

[kbbdad]

:) : ) :o)

[alivetheory]

her face says it all



[stimpy719]

Brilliant !

[nearnear2]

wow! she rocks!

i really envy people watched her concert.

i do hope she would visit Japan.

[DaOneWhoRulz]

I've met her and she is fucking awesome!!

[Hanakosan4]

wich son of van halen is this?

[jerzeytpke]

@Hanakosan4 This is NO RELATION to VanHalen. this is a 15 yr old GIRL Eddie VH has a SON Wolfgang who plays for VanHalen with his dad :P

[Hanakosan4]

@jerzeytpke I know, I just wanna know wich song is she playing :)

[jerzeytpke]

@Hanakosan4 Shes playing "Right now" (thats the name of the song) :P

[DesireeBassett]

@jerzeytpke thats right ya'll this is Dan Bassett's daughter.

[MrBaebel]

@DesireeBassett : Who's Dan Bassett?

[axsisofevil]

the girls in her element.....a rock goddess in the making

[zappafreak75]

She's good but saying shes the best is crazy! There are 5 year old concert pianist that write concertos.She's definatly on the right track and has been playing with some pretty cool people & she is better than sammy hagar.Keep up the good work.

[ishredforgod]

very good...i wish all younger people coming into the music scene had half as much talent and respect for music as this girl does!!!!

[kirre1000]

Girl ROCKS..

[GuitarJake16]

Im 15.. and in better than this?

[JeffersonDinedAlone]

Gosh! Gee willickers!  Heavens to Betsy! Man alive! Land sakes! Heck! Oh, my goodness! Go do your homework.

[bsbeware]

She's ok for a kid. Talk to me when she's 30 and the "young girl novelty" has worn off. Maybe she will actually get decent but right now she sounds like a million other guitarists. Boring as hell, but cute.

[aaa567ify]

@bsbeware Wow,.. that was such a sweet thing to say about about a lady that likes music and is sharing it with utube viewers. Yes I was being sarcastic. Yes their are musicians everywhere. You sound depressed bro. She's a great guitar player.  She's played quite a lot of songs at her age while still in school. Touring isn't easy. Why the hell would you critize young teenagers spreading music around.

[bsbeware]

Typical, like every guitar student across the globe. OK for a kid, no originality (yet). Absolutely indistinguishable. I'll bet any of you would even raise an eyebrow if you only heard a recording and didn't know it was a girl.

[Nem33]

@bsbeware Exactly. There are countless young boys out there, the same age or younger, that are better than this, but people flip out these days over a girl doing ANYTHING. There's a sexism about young musicians. Girls get endless praise for being mediocre, and boys are told they suck for playing the same way. It probably makes the boys want to improve, and the girls think they got it made. This is why there aren't any actual talented female artists in the industry. These girls just go to college

[bsbeware]

@Nem33 There are actually many women out there that kick butt. Jennfer Batten, Kimberly Allison, Emily Remler (RIP). These guitarists are as good or better than any male player.

[AnnaAnnaYes]

@bsbeware True.I was reading a British guitar mag."Guitarist U.K",and there were more references

to Jennifer Batten than to guitarists like Zakk Wylde and Paul Gilbert.She is very popular overseas.

And the late Emily Remler played to packed houses throughout Europe,unfortunately that is how she

had cash for heroin.

[aaa567ify]

@bsbeware You totally miss read my comment. Anyway, a lot of musicians have done cover songs and also write their own stuff. I am a fan of this lady and she enjoys playing music in front of people. Try to enjoy utube. Lighten up.

[bsbeware]

@aaa567ify I'm not criticizing her as much as commenting on how everyone goes nuts over guitarist who can definitely play, but is nothing earth-shattering. Enjoy her as much as you want. Love her, adore her, heap accolade upon accolade up on her, but that still doesn't change her skill level. Hey, people love Justin Beiber who am I to rain on their parade.

[aaa567ify]

@bsbeware Well yeah, you are criticizing these younger kids today, especially this one. Some of your comment is riding on exageration. For her skill level, that's going to grow out of her own growth as a musician. Your bringing up someone by the name of Justin Beiber. Heard of the name before somewhere. Oh well, Not interested.

[AnnaAnnaYes]

@bsbeware You have a strong point,will they still be listening in 2022??

[bsbeware]

@AnnaAnnaYes One would hope that she develops as an artist and gets a decent career going.

[AnnaAnnaYes]

@bsbeware You have a point ! I Agree.

[Abid4866]

love u

[littleweasel100]

she is so sexy

[1classicalgas]

Sometimes I hate reading these comments, a bunch of nobody's hacking on an extraordinary individual. Can u do what she does? No! Then shut up!

[quiscor]

Fantastica ...

[cjellwood]

I am making her a special guitar that has compartments for nappies and dish clothes

[lungfixer]

She may play the guitar well, but she sings like SHIT!!

[xPurpleDrinkx9001]

Shes ugly. I would never put my dick anywhere near her.

[IMmoreRANDOMthanYOU]

@xPurpleDrinkx9001 HAHAHAHAA true dat

[XxX2gunzupXxX]

@xPurpleDrinkx9001

whatta ya some kinda child molester ... she is talented .... PERIOD... your a hater and a sad individual.... betcha wouldnt say that to her dad or any man in her family... internet gangster getting your kicks off by TRYING to make others feel lower than you... SAD UTTERLY SAD... TOO bad your such a pompous ass and ppl have to read what you say..

DESI YOU ROCK ! Hope to hear ya for yrs to come.. keep the heavy riffs i likem :)

[Maren1491]

@xPurpleDrinkx9001 It really pisses me off that some people when they are suppost to focus on this great, talented young woman find no other thing to talk about than dicks and how much you would like to or not like to fuck her. That is not the point of this video, and if you do not appreciate her talent, just don't watch it and shut up! By the way, even if you wanted your "dick" to come near her, she is far too talented and smart to let a dumb f*ck like you in her life.

[imsuckingwind]

great job kido

[GitarStu]

Totally amazing. I'm utterly blown away. She not only plays really well, she also sings!

It's people like this who deserve a record deal. And the ones who get it don't deserve it.

[dinbotol]

Very talented young lady...gd work my friend

[captchrisharris]

all talented!whay a lady!

[screaminone]

wow, if that doesn't silence doubters and critics of her skills and abilities on the guitar!

[TheOriginalEntz]

@screaminone You don't get great by playing other people's music. You get great by making music that other people want to cover.

[screaminone]

@TheOriginalEntz: mmm, okay. There are exceptions. Ripper Owens--discovered in a Priest cover band, and someone can probably add some others....it can help to get you noticed though, no? There are some really technically proficient girls out there these days, they are on YT of course. Jennifer Batten, got a gig with Michael Jackson--?? Maybe not great, as great goes, but sure as hell recognized...in a way you're right though....

[screaminone]

@TheOriginalEntz: she do got very good skills and ability. Songwriting's another deal though. Greatness ain't everything: if she gets to do what she loves, which is play music for a living, maybe it's all worth it to her...it'd sure be better than what alot of us have to do for a living, which may not be what we love and want to do, i know i'd rather be playing for a livin'....

[Polishwm]

@screaminone Great guitar player,lousy singer.

[screaminone]

@Polishwm: Hey! i don't even play guitar! Oh, you mean miss Basset lol......dude, i say this with some humor and a little sarcasm: what are you expecting?! Okay, how many of US is a Poveratti, or opera chick? Even Eddie Van himself couldn't sing it this well! She don't sound bad! Ah well, at least YOU admitted to her being a great guitar player ; 7) haha...

[bigbill53toledo]

@Polishwm  This video is shot 20 feet out front from a camcorder, what kind of sound do you expect to hear?

[green95gt]

that intro is banana's. the lead-in bit kicks.

[DoktorAss]

I am so honored for having gotten to meet you yesterday. You're truly a blessed soul.

Stay as happy as you are... Always and All Ways! Rock On, my amazing new friend... WOW! ~ It was good to see James again too... A fun day was clearly had by all... Thanks.

...`8^D~ "GEE"

[SteveGLS]

Your very talented...Thanks for making all of us smile!

Stay away from drugs and live a long sober life!

[Yppy26]

Marry me

[XxwhoaitsmoexX]

Ha i love how she's just rocking out in preppy clothes lmao

[hadd13]

Des Halen

[Bahamut960]

name of the song?

[Gotenksfan17]

@Bahamut960 Right Now by Van Halen =]

[Bahamut960]

@Gotenksfan17

Thanks

[MANANSALA143]

shes beautiful 

[johnkiene]

Play-cool; Play AND Sing - FANTASTIC !!!

[TheUnwillingDonor]

well, my hero is officially a 15 year old girl

[d1a9n8a5]

she is a guitar hero

[blackmatty2]

anyone kno the name of this song??

[GadgetsGuy]

@blackmatty2 Right Now ... Van Halen (off of For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge)

[LadyRedRocker2]

Awesome Job Desiree! I miss you girl. Glad to see you are still doing well. Say hi to your dad for me. :o) Love ya, Martina

[Orion53T]

Keep it up Hun, God gave you a wonderful gift , use to His glory !!!

[jem131126]

cge nga des pakita mo he he

[RodneySTR]

damn!!!! shes hot .. awsume and amazing :)

[DarkendSun]

Des, This would've been cool to do this when you were up there with Sammy..

[hibernatus]

She has a very great playing and a sexy voice too…

So much talent in a same person : this young woman is almost scary!

[xxdr0p1nxx]

Yeah i met Desiree Basset at Woodstock Fair. She's a cool girl. She's very good too.

[hiromarw]

 thanks for add, good player !!GOD

[01po01po]

Awesome, guitar playing!!!

[kbarwell]

Look out for her Sammy. Know you will.

[tsanchez5150]

She rips!

[garryaksel]

Great Job..! I really enjoy you enjoying yourself playing, wow..! Your just wonderful.....!

[azimuth361]

WELL DONE!!! You have a bright future.

[NINskier]

in my opinion this sounds a million times better than the original version!

[shaggyzee1]

@NINskier come on pull that shit off your ears!