(Eddie Van Halen) - Las Vegas - April 19, 2008 Eruption Solo

[lungduck]

hey man wheres the frankenstein, i dont want to see him on some other guitar.

[ritter89]

Look at the the geek doing the "we're not worthy" bow at the beginning of the solo. Eddie's been doing this same damn solo for the past 30 yrs. It's impressive but has been overdone, and should be put to rest. It's all based on scales from classical compositions.

[0587dave]

thats because it wasnt meant to be a song. its a bunch of scales and licks he played it as a warm up before going on stage and they heard it and said hey you should put that on the album.

[hockeydudeluv]

@Adnoydalthetroll, you chemically imbalanced fuck, get a job Noyd, not a hand job as you give guys, but a paying job. You smell like Pablo piss again today....shower too..Noyd..LOL sieh heil! You'd make a nice lamp shade...Noyd LOL

[hockeydudeluv]

@Adnoydalthetroll, you want to add another dude lover, like yourself, Pablo, and add a father? for what?you are a pschycopathic fuck....get some help, and a job, then shower, you smell like piss still. EVH is God

[HOC666]

@hockeydudeluv

Please explain how you can smell someone on the internet.

[hockeydudeluv]

@HOC666 the flies that surround his posts...is how.:)

[Adnoydall]

@HOC666 Eds wank stinks audibly

[HOC666]

@Adnoydall

Kind of like your mother!

[Adnoydall]

@HOC666 wow. that was some God (sorry Ed) awesome comeback. Do show us the autograph Ed sent you rewarding you for your brave valor and sharp wit sometime. Meanwhile, Eruption just keeps getting staler. wankawankawankaSCREEEEEEEEEEEE­EEEEEEEEEEEwankawanka. On and on and on........

[HOC666]

@Adnoydall Tell it to your psychiatrist! Freakin weirdo!

[Adnoydall]

@HOC666 Funny, Ed thinks the fans his wank attracts weird enough to lock them out of his home and life. And I can see why. judging by the asinine drivel fans tend to post on youtube.

[HOC666]

@Adnoydall

but, but but... You're doing the exact same thing! Freakin weirdo!!!

[Adnoydall]

@HOC666 "your" full of shit, I keep talking about Eds stale wank, his ass kissers keep changing the subject to anus, penis, urine etc. Shrinks say many people go online wanting to talk about that, and crap like Eds wank gives them an excuse to "your comments forced me to bring up anus, I had no other choice you fag wink wink" Much like the perps of 9/11 "had no choice" than to act in "self defence" Eds jihad simply MUST issue insults and death threats against anyone who doesn't adore Ed too

[HOC666]

@Adnoydall

No, it's "You are or you're full of shit." Maybe you should consider getting a proper education instead of wasting your time with useless theories that do nothing more than ease the mental problems you obviously can't deal with otherwise. Anus, penis, urine, etc. Stick to the topic, you fucking asshole.

[Adnoydall]

@HOC666 duh, genius, thats why I deliberately put it in " ". Ed's jihad misuses your/you're all the time but it doesn't seem to bother you when these totally generic idiots stupidly chant "your a fag ED IS GOD bitch STFU drink piss homo ED IS GOD eat shit nigger ED IS GOD: I keep telling you asses that I can and will stick to the topic by opining that Eds old wankery is a musical ricer car that he parks at Walmart and toots fart pipes on, to which you stupidly respond with 100% generic insults.

[HOC666]

@Adnoydall

I haven't said anything about "Ed being God" at all. You're fucking brain is "wanking out" on you. You're so fixated on Eddie's nutsack, that you forgot one important piece of information. NO ONE GIVE'S A FUCK AS MUCH AS YOU DO. You're closet fixation on Eddie's genitals have gotten the better of you. I've seen crazy mother fuckers on youtube... I've seen stupid mother fuckers on youtube. .. but YOU... STUPID AND CRAZY. GET AIDS AND DIE SIMPLETON.

[Adnoydall]

@HOC666 you alone brought up "genitals" and "nutsack" as you adore Eds wank use it as an excuse to be your dim, rote, vulgar self on youtube where youtube "only" invites to respond to videos. You signed your own precious name under its Terms agreeing to abide by them. But Ed is God so you feel entitled to flail a globally reviled generic Yankee stereotype around under Eds wankery. "duh genitals Ed is God so die retard haha I'm so funny" lol "your" why celebs hire security around their homes

[HOC666]

@Adnoydall

Damn right I brought up genitals. It's the best adjective available to describe a nitwit like yourself. You're fixation on Ed is equivalent to a cock being fixated on pussy. News flash... NOBODY CARES. Only YOU care this much about "Ed's Wank." Only you would reply twice with nonsensical gibberish and consistently try to justify it as if it has ANY bearing on ANYTHING. NOBODY CARES. GET OVER IT. MOVE ON TO BASHING OTHER WANKY GUITARISTS, FAT BOY.

[Adnoydall]

@HOC666 "projection bias" is your accusing me of thinking about "male genitals and fixating on Ed" when you're talking to and about yourself. Your screeching that "nobody cares" is another lie cuz you care enough to childishly "defend" Ed by insulting me, ineffectively. I told your kind 4 years ago that youtube invites us to respond to videos and if we felt this was wank we could and would say so, You still don't get it, but soldier on for the glory of Ed. I'm sure he'll send you an autograph

[HOC666]

@Adnoydall

Nobody cares if you love Ed's genitals. I'm sure if you ask he'll send you an autographed life-like version of his scrotum. I'm not defending Ed, I'm just insulting you. 

[Adnoydall]

@HOC666 projection, projection, projection bias. Again, nobody but Ed's male idolators gush non-stop about Ed being God by chanting stupidly about his genitals, anus and penis, hoping that Ed might somehow read his youtube jihadists' sharp wit and send them autographs. 

Fact is, celebrities are forced to shit on their fans cuz they have these shitty vulgar asinine habits. You still don't comprehend that posting asinine insults "for Ed" can keep me from defending freedom of speech via youtube

[HOC666]

@Adnoydall

You again? Anything to get that last word! Nothing else to live for?

[Adnoydall]

@HOC666 I've got an opinion about Eruption, youtube invites me to post it, and I'd like to know what about this shit wank you like so much - beyond "STFU fag ED IS GOD fag suck my dick ED IS GOD" Got freedom of speech in your country? Is your culture equipped with skills to carry on a discussion, with rules and stuff?

[HOC666]

@Adnoydall

Hey! Retard! Here's your attention for the day! I hope it tides you over, because I might not have a lot of time for the internet this weekend.  Enjoy! You lonely, desperate fuck!

[Adnoydall]

@HOC666 lol yeah, I'll just bet sucking Ed's dick online is gonna put you in good with Ed, who is God.

[HOC666]

@Adnoydall

This has nothing to do with Eruption, this video, Van Halen or Ed. This has to do with you being an attention seeking troll failure. Your boring, lame ass needs some serious TLC. Your rants are so unfocused, that it's obvious you border on being semi-retarded. I feel bad for people like you. You must be very lonely to consistently try to keep a worthless argument like this going. You stopped making sense about 10 comments ago. It's time to move on, pal.

[Adnoydall]

@HOC666 Focus. None of the wholly generic, insipid insults you write have anything to do with the stale wank Ed perps on the video above. They do violate the Terms of Service you signed your name under, and thats why celebs like Ed are all forced to hire security around their homes - to keep generic vulgar ass-kissers their wank attracts out of their lives.

Anyway youtube invites us respond to this video, and on it I see and hear Ed wanking stale. I'd say its time to move on.

[HOC666]

@Adnoydall

YAWN. You're such a fucking LOSER. Give it up, already!  Wank Wank Ed!! WHO GIVES A SHIT!!! I guess you're one of those assholes "Ed has security around his home" for. You're an obsessive/compulsive halfwit! If you need attention THIS BAD, get a fucking dog or something.

[Adnoydall]

@HOC666 Still no response to this video from you as to why you like this wank of Ed's and where/what it might be a fitting soundtrack to in your life? Again, thats the simple task here. How is "defending" a video you like with insipid vulgaraties rational adult behavior?

I don't lurk around videos I do like cussing any critics, because freedom of speech is precious. You signed your name, agreeing to abide by TOS, but when it come to Ed's wank all is fair, eh. So was 9/11 say "fans" of Allah.

[HOC666]

@Adnoydall

No response to this video, because I don't give a fuck about this video! Never have, never will! Why in the hell are you bringing up 9/11, anyway? You're retarded!

Do you seriously think stalking someone on youtube or this month long bicker-fest is "rational adult behavior?"

[Adnoydall]

@HOC666 I'm watching videos and responding to them as youtube invites "I like/dislike this video because__" to which others are in turn invited to reply "I agree/disagree because__" in a sane, rational voice.

I've opined that Eruption is stale wank, to which "fans" of it lapse into rote, vulgar religious fervor "STFU fag nigger ED IS GOD cock anus" promising to find and kill me for the glory of Ed, who is God. Fuck laws, freedom of speech, Ed is God. Achmed in his cave says the same about Allah.

[HOC666]

@Adnoydall

Here's some attention for you! I hope this holds you over until next times. HUGZ AND KISSEZ

[Adnoydall]

@HOC666 I'm looking for fans of this stale wank to actually describe whats so hot about it, but get nothing beyond off-topic, badly spelled, generic, celebrity ass-kissing drivel

[HOC666]

@Adnoydall

Well, maybe you should check out one of the many "Van Halen Fan Forums," because it's obvious that no one posting on this video cares!!! Oh wait, I've already said that about 75 times!!!

[Adnoydall]

@HOC666 fans care enough to post asinine, self-centered, vulgar drivel in Ed's name instead of rational, sane responses to videos, they make videos depicting EVH defecating on non-fans, hack accounts, issue death threats, etc. What they don't care about is to abide by the Terms of Service they signed their worthless names under. Ed cares to keep them out of his life for those reasons.

I don't lurk under videos I like, crying that critics are spoiling them for me "wah anus penis". Thats asinine.

[HOC666]

@Adnoydall

You've said all that about 50 times now. No one cares! You AND Terms of Service can GET FUCKED.

[Adnoydall]

@HOC666 sure, fuck freedom of speech unless it suits you, generic white boy Yank in love with stale wanker Ed.

[HOC666]

@Adnoydall

Freedom of speech? That's twice you've managed to drag "political sloganeering" into a discussion that is supposedly about your hero, EVH. Instead of calling me a "generic white boy yank," why didn't you just go for the through and call me a HONKY, like you REALLY wanted to. Way to reveal your true colors. RACIST.

[Adnoydall]

@HOC666 au contraire, Eds not God and I'm talking about the video where youtube implicitly invites to: "Respond to this Video" I thought wankery like Eruption was novel at first but after I learned to play it never really found the mood to use this as a soundtrack to anything in my life. Musically its like owning a ricer car, parking it at Walmart where your friends/peers are and making the fart pipes toot, cranking the stereo to 11, burning rubber Watch this! And this! Now this! Its tedious

[Adnoydall]

@HOC666 so back on topic, I'd say guitar wankery is like bodybuilding vs. gobbling steroids, or bloated oafish loudmouthed WWE opposed to real MMA, etc.

Musically its adolescent males showing off their ricer cars to one another in a Walmart parking lot LOOKIT THIS!!! OH YEAH WATCH THIS! Fart pipes toot and tires squeal but the show just sits around on the spot at Walmart. and thats why I regard this pretty stale old wank by now. How many times must "real" men park at Walmart and toot hm?

[ericwasedible]

@ritter89 No it isn't. Like one lick is.

[ericwasedible]

@ritter89 A few of the licks are. But the vast majority of the solo is certainly not based on "scales from classical compositions". But ya, it is a bit overdone. I like that he touches on a lot of his classic solos in it, but it would be nice to hear some new stuff as well.

[jroundy1649]

Yeah...definately. Watch the clip of his solo from Dec 07 in vegas, it's just horrible....he even stubles around and seems disorientated.

[jroundy1649]

A sober Eddie is soo much better than a drunk Eddie!  Check out the Vegas solo from Dec 07,before the tour break, when Ed when back to rehab.

[shamrock118]

was he drunk during that time? I saw him in Dec in Vancouver.

[GaryEddyEdwards]

Maybe so...& heres the but...there are far better players..Michael Angelo Batio(my fav) etc...BUT u know what STARTED me playing all those yrs ago when i was a young kid? Watching "Live without a net" & eddie's20mins solo, which at the time astounded me!! He inspired me to learn to play properly instead of just chords...THATS why he is still 1 of the greats in my book anyday..He was my inspiration, altho now its gambale, angelo, yngwie etc...

[nerdvincent]

Easy licks in basic harmony done by a sloppy guitar player.

More than 30 years after the original stuff (which I admit was daring at the time), it's getting a bit has-been to applaude those same 3-note tapping licks, cheap tremolo picking with pinchies and wammy dives. Get over it.

There has been much more advanced guitar players BEFORE him, like his idol Holdsworth, or J. McLaughlin (whoop!) Wes Montgomery... I think even good ol' Django has been doing better, some 40 years before him...

[jittboy1]

I agree but for one thing Holdsworth gambale?They couldnt write a song that would be played for centuries once you can write something memorable your technical abilities will be short lived and you will play for 200 seaters a night.i ll take the money the legendary status and the sound and style that forever changed generations of guitarist and still does!without halen rock music and shredding might not be were it is at today!you can shred but you better be able to write hooks eddie did both!

[guitarou15]

You are crap man, to say that !!

[mapex7066]

Another moron knocking down somebody who has no reason to be knocked down. Its easy to sit there and call anyone a crappy musician, I can sit here and talk crap about Holdsworth or anyone else, doesnt make it true. Not only is Eddie an incredible musician, he also wrote excellent music, early years anyway. And by the way, the phrase "get over it" is a mindless, meaningless saying used by teenagers when they're losing an argument. Now get lost.

[1pick2sticks]

His right hand was once a Ferrari, now it's Diesel.

[Phil5150rocker]

Hey dude, he's much older now. And don't forget that he has arthritis in his hands.

[1pick2sticks]

So, You don't charge $100 for the cheap seats and then bring the arthritic rhythm and solo's. call it something besides van halen.

[Phil5150rocker]

What are you talking about? Van Halen is still kickin' ass after all these years! If Eddie and Alex are in it, then it is VAN HALEN! Whether you like Wolfgang or not is your preference. And Dave still sings like a champ. Whatever man.........

[1pick2sticks]

It doesn't sound right when he doesn't fan pick it. It isn't as slinky and slippery.

[Ironhead5150]

Been looking for this forever! Eddie kicks so much ass on this one!

[jpcote1]

loving the guy bowing to eddie!!

[thojyout23]

cleaned up his playing! nice!

[guitar4life1493]

I'm just so ubsessed with the way how eddie van halen play eruption now that he had cleaned up

[Hench666Hunter666Jay]

new album soon this year hopefully can't wait eddie is the absoulte shit man he is the best xe shredding in the world!

[guitar4life1493]

i like how the guy is bowing at 0:38 LMAO

[fernetpunker]

this guitar wanking never interested me at =VH=

[guitar4life1493]

SICK!

[fowcircle]

if eddie keeps playing like that,his fingers gonna fucking xplode

[lottabullets54]

You think they would by now eh?

I hate Chuck Norris jokes, we should make them EVH jokes lol.

[fowcircle]

Chuck Norris cant fight and make joke of that.

EVH is like a guitar good, nobody can make a joke to him.

[lottabullets54]

EVH isn't like Moses or something, he isn't untouchable, jeez. The reason Chuck Norris jokes were invented was because of something he did. EVH deserves something big besides licks.

Oh, Randy Rhoads is WAAAAAAAAY better than EVH. Look up Randy Rhoads guitar solo live and it is only one thing: AMAZING

[Phil5150rocker]

Dude, Randy had asked Eddie how he did a lot of his crazy shit back in the day. Randy is amazing but not better than EVH.

[Danneee15]

damn, what has he done to his frankenstrats??

[LoveStarOcean]

He still has them but he only uses them in a few songs like Jump just to make the Van Halen illusion.

[Danneee15]

oh... thanks.

[jonathaniscool531]

not his best on the tour, im just glad he got cleaned up like 2 weeks before to get to play at Tiger Woods thing

[evh5150hawaii]

He's back...good job Ed, good job...