Eddie Van Halen "Beat it" solo

[HEAVYMETALGODS86feb9]

MICHAEL IS AND WAS A FUCKING FREAK and a FAG the reason why lets just say its all his dads fault and the extreme fucked up abuse MICHAEL got from his dad and many other thing that is just fucked up

[LukeCampion]

so original.

[FREEBIRD6111]

best part of the whole song!

[SilentSniper257]

Haha it says "beat it solo"

[evh7775150]

Classic Ed, you can't beat him man. Vai is great, but no one can touch what Ed wrote for all those years. What a fuckin library of killer writing! Vai's Eat 'em smile was a fantastic answer to Ed. I love that album still. But they shit the pot with Skyscraper and fell apart. lol Ed is still the fuckin man. This song would have been shit without his touch too.

[p0rkjell0]

It just amazes me that EVH showed up and did this in 2 takes... FOR FUCKING FREE!!!

[phailandaids]

@p0rkjell0 yeh, EVH initially though the phone call from Quincy was a joke and hung up, when he found out his pisser wasnt being pulled he showed up and done the solo for free....Eddie IS the fucking man, no doubt there.

[cantbefooled]

This solo has withstood the test, of time

Quincy, Michael and Eddie i.e master producer,

master performer and master guitarist. wow.

That's why the response was gobal ...

[SmallWondersPro]

What color is micheal jackson? ummm black. OMG!!! I GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE!!! hahaha xD

[TheJuanes92]

AMAZING SOLO!!!!!!!!!!!!

[joeyxExpertHero]

EVH is my favorite Guitarist

[Shabaka87]

Eddie was other wordly.

[doh60]

badass

[SuperJD96]

And along with Stevie Vai

[phailandaids]

personally I cannot stand Vai

[515OVanHalen515O]

@phailandaids i liked vai with roth, but hes just a copy of EVH, he and joe satriani were taught to play like him, eddie taught himself

[phailandaids]

Yeh, you can listen to nearly any other shredder and not really be able to tell them apart....you only gotta hear about the first 3 notes of this solo and you're like "thats EVH man"

[guitarfreakeddd]

i bet i did

[phailandaids]

I did know that...toto guitarist

[Jake8549]

Lol sweet solo but pretty gay fight :P

[slayerinmypants]

KIRK HAMMETT all the way

[phailandaids]

Hammett is a fag

[needabassist]

amen brother.

[SuperJD96]

Kirk Hammett is one of the best guitarist along with Joe Satriani and Eddie Van Halen.

[pissed7off]

@SuperJD96

Hammett is overrated.

[XerxesOmicron]

lol...you've got to be a troll. Nobody can possibly say that anybody is better than Eddie. His style is too unique.

[KevinJbwkz]

joe satriani is best...but not as revolutionaery as him

i think steve howe is goo too

[phailandaids]

Satriani is good, but he looks gayer than gay in some of the shit he wears.

[Champane97]

With regards to some people saying Satriani is better than EVH. Satch might be able to play (not everything I might add!) anything EVH dishes out, but he cannot write what EVH does!! Which means EVH is a far superior guitarist than Satriani can ever dream to be!! After all it was EVH that MJ & Quincy Jones sought to get to play on the Beat It solo and nobody else!! EVH is the KING!!! Enuff said!!

[PRPWR]

I dunno, I think Jennifer Batton is better than Eddie imo. Listen to Voodoo by her! It is so siiick!

[phailandaids]

please tell me you're fucking joking?

[chaseawaychance]

Yeah, you sure dunno. You don't have a clue what you're talking about.

[FabioDGS]

see my video is best

[RGHTre]

Lmao look at the retards fighting... I would stab him in the eye then rip it out of his ear.

Go Eddie!

[bonham4evr]

adjrm- Thats what I always thought was why he was never shown in the vid. oh well. I just think its funny how he knocks on his guitar before the solo.

[burndownthecity1324]

damn the gotta learn how to fight with a knife i probabally would have thrown it at him anyway 5  *'s eddie is beast

[NyctricProudmoore]

All you have to do is hear the tapping and say Eddie.

[adjrm]

it would be great if eddie appeared in the video :/

[phailandaids]

yeh, Eddie is a god....I love this solo so much, the way it comes in with a sort of dive and then goes to the harmonics, its pure Eddie tone the whole way, you don't even have to see him play it to know its him.

[hazardous1990]

so badass

[SuperSaiyanNaruto]

Van halen's fast, but obviously not the best guitarist

[fuegofreak]

@SuperSaiyanNaruto i agree`

[OzzfestCrazy11]

obviously THE BEST guitarist,

[LazerRazor7]

evh one the best , not my fav ;)

[jabberwock11]

Good thing the white guy is left handed or that scene never would have worked :)

[Tehgoodcrap]

thats the same exact thing i was thinking! lol

[mettalicaisdabest]

lollollollollollolloll

[Eatyournose]

yep, might've been a very bloody scene :)

[juliohammett83]

good point=)

[budubum]

checkmy beat it solo please

[phailandaids]

Hey, for some reason it wont let me accept it as a video response....your solo rocks and id be very interested if you done a tutorial (hint hint)

[budubum]

for some reason its still not working. dont have a clue why. iv done this now a second time

[phailandaids]

I know, youtube is totally gay....it tell me I got a response but when I go to approve it there is nothing there

[budubum]

hehe but i got your video response tho. and its showing

[phailandaids]

yea, youtube is made of fail and aids....hence my username.

[LOZmaster85RB]

pause at 0:07, WAS THAT CHUCK NORRIS!

[BIGROB145]

haha, nah, but it looks like him

[chapplin1306]

watch my version of the solo!

/watch?v=gUIzBnE-fMM

[williamtrevormcneil]

first of all.. theres no such thing as "the world's best guitarist" because no one ca play everything even done on the guitar better than everyone else.

and i dont think melody was Eddie's best friend when he soloed, its all technique.

Listen to Sir James Alan Hetfield solo, now THAT is a solo that will move you, so much feeling in his solos and they just fit so perfectly with the rhythm.

if there was a title for best guitarist i would give it to James Hetfield, but thats just oppinion

[phailandaids]

James Hetfield is a brillaint showman, that much I will say for the guy.....but the fact is he is a self-absorbed big-head who shoots animals for fun, well done to Megadeths Dave Mustaine for punching him in the face (Mustaine is also a far better guitarist, prove me wrong)

[williamtrevormcneil]

way to bring in his personal life which has nothing to do with his guitar playing, i can say that James Hetfield IS a better guitar player seeing that his solos are constructed more fluently and his riffs are so well thought out imo, the first one just flows with the next and so on.

funny how you say James is a self-absorbed big-head and then go on to talk about Dave Mustaine

listen to James' solo in "Orion" or "To Live Is To Die" and tell me you cant feel the emotion he puts in his solos

[phailandaids]

Orion is a good tune and I admit that Hetfield is a good player, but Mustaine beats him every which way (although we know Marty plays the solos...but thats no different to Kirk playinf most of Metallicas solos).

Metallica has been a load of shit for the past 10 years or more, the early stuff was the best

[williamtrevormcneil]

that sir, is a matter of oppinion. i happen to prefer some of there Load/ReLoad era stuff over some of their 80's stuff.

and in actualitity, Hetfield beats Mustaine in the rhythm aspect of guitar, fuck.. Hetfield beats almost anyone at rhythm

[phailandaids]

I will admit that Hetfield is a fukken good rhythm player.

[mario68079]

dude. call hum a self absorbed big-head but had a tough life to get what he has today. and what's the problem of being self-absorved?

[phailandaids]

BAWW BAWW, Hetfield had a tough life...dont get me wrong I think he is a VERY talented man but he is also extremely arrogant and has far too big an opinion of himself.

Metallica USED to be a great band, they are now all commercial and shit...I wouldn't go to see them if you paid me

[mkcip]

FUCKING YES I LOVE YOU DUDE! hahahahahahha and now with chris broderick in megadeth their insane!! he has some insane shredding abilities along with some pretty cool melodic shit too. but either way evh is dirtyyyyy

[phailandaids]

I personally reckon Megadeth is better than Metallica in terms of quality and technicality...Metallicas best quality is/was their consistancy in their earlier years

[dekekyo]

actually, i make that Vai is under-rated on this board.P.S. i am Moon ZAPPA AND YOU CLAIM YOUR fIVE DOLLARS.iF .

[phailandaids]

I cannot stand Vai....not only does he sound like every other shredder but he wears the gayest clothes this side of the blue oyster bar.

[phailandaids]

yeh, lol....he certainly crammed some notes and squeelies in there

[staticxfrk]

eddie van halen isnt the worlds greatest guitarist

[phailandaids]

Maybe not in your opinion....you probably like over-rated knobs like Vai. amirite?

[staticxfrk]

lol i hate steve vai. To you, eddie is the greatest but there are better. like chris broderick

[phailandaids]

yea, Vai is SO over-rated.....I know Eddie is no longer the most technical or the fastest but the fact is he did pioneer lots of techniques and I just love his style of play, also a great showman too...see my other vids for the extended eruption and watch how he works the crowd.

[iamlulz]

Vai is undeniably one of the most talented guitarists out there at this point... That fact doesn't diminish Van Halen's worth at all... They are both virtuosos and shouldn't be compared

[Snakeman7720]

Im sorry but that doesnt make any sence.. your saying eddie is the greatest but there are better, so he isnt the greatest?

[phailandaids]

lol, quit picking holes....you should be a lawyer with that stuff.

Eddie is the best sounding IMO, there are others who are faster or more technical but IMO don't sound as good.

[guitarist431]

i can play this solo now quite well

[guitarist431]

love this solo

[phailandaids]

you and me both bro

[mihawk1]

why cant real rumbles be like this?

[phailandaids]

visit London....rumbles are worse than this in London

[terrytex2510]

EVH was the world's best guitar player, technically, but he had no soul in his music.

[phailandaids]

Personally I liked most his music...he did show off lots but hey you would too if you were even half that good, amirite?

I actually think Michael Angelo Batio is more technical than Eddie

[element1988]

lol thats because he is lol by far, eddie wasnt that technical he just had some awesome screamers lol love em XD

[phailandaids]

First time I saw Batio on the "speed kills" DVD I was gobsmacked....he makes Ed look slow and sloppy, although Eds music had much more passion and wasn't mindless shredding.

[claudioper2004]

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I disagree with you, Eddie Van Halen music is the best, prestigious rock magazines & critics say it.

[kyopsis]

Yes of course E.Van halen is the best M.Angelo Batio it's just for fun he's not atractive at all for me! I prefer much more Jason Becker or Paul Gilbert.

Van Halen the legend...

[noongar1234]

bullshit listen to the guitar it is passion

way better then the shit coming from eric clapton or carlos santana

[phailandaids]

I think Clapton is good, he is just a very different guitarist to Eddie....I love this Beat it solo, the way it goes from a low dive to high harmonics at the beginning has Eddies tone written all over it, the second you hear it you know who's playing.

[ijfslp01]

a lot of people would disagree with you there

[phailandaids]

well a lot of people are tone deaf

[lennardnijenhuis]

was? hes not dead man.

[theunied4ever]

the best solo

[MATTTCHUUU]

fukin legendary

[JudasPriest9]

when i first saw this video i was pissed that they didnt show EVH playing

[jeremykd33]

Eddie Van Halen is a beast

[B3nwallace]

one of eddies best solos

[phailandaids]

NO U!

[phailandaids]

POOLS CLOSED....this video isn't about MJ its about EVH

[Maki1789]

rip M.J.

[Chanofmp]

rip michael jackson

[chrisinmainz]

RIP, thats my new ringtone...

[crossblades400]

RIP MJ

FOREVER VAN HALEN!

[ThEiNsAnEsIs]

fuckin crazy

check this on our page

we singing BEAT IT

JUST CRAZY XD that why we call ourself TheInsaneSister

[hartmalcolm]

1.-copy and paste

2.-paste it in 2 different videos

3.. hold breath for 10 secs

4.- look at your hand

[phailandaids]

reported for spamming

[chanelmafi]

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im sorry i dnt wnt to die

[phailandaids]

in 2009 a Gook named chanelmafi was on youtube spamming peoples videos until a nigger came and killed him so if ur reading this stop spamming videos or your family will find your bloody body in your closet hanging, and I will kill your family and if u want to stop this just stop being a prick with the spam

[theblackpiglet]

lmfao! nice video btw, love eddies work on this song :-)

[tolkien94]

haha

[st3even]

yeah seriously sick of this spam bullshit if you're 50 cent i'm this if you're this..fucking christ dude..

[cjd623]

dude you can curse all you want but your nothing buit an illitarite redneck who probably jacks off to confederate flag all day. dude tell me whats the exact definition of a wigger. you need to get a life and stop typing bullshit behind the monitor. you know what trailer rat. go back to the trailer house wheret you belong. you are nothing but a traffic cone whering fucktart.

[phailandaids]

HAHAHAHAH, you spelled "illiterate" wrong...oh the fucking irony, im not even gonna justify any of my other actions on the grounds that you are clearly too much of a fucking inbred mongrel to understand. Consider yourself blocked for your desperate inability to even complete a basic sentence or hold yourself in an argument...my time is too valuable to waste on a fag like you.

[thojyout23]

nice spam comeback LOL!

[scarylu]

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[phailandaids]

in 2009 an illiterate nigger named scarylu was posting bullshit copypasta on youtube until another user came by and killed him. The next morning scarylu was nowhere to be seen because he was packed on a banana boat straight back to africa.

You can make sure he stays there by posting this on 5 other videos by midnight

[esten728]

hahaha have yall heard fall out boy/ john mayers solo????? it sux so bad haha ediies is a million times better

[phailandaids]

There is only one EVH....I didnt even need to ask who played this solo, it has Ed's tone written all over it.

Fall Out Boy are just emo pricks that nobody cares about

[hogger129]

totally agree with phailandaids there... there is only one EVH. Fall Out Boy's version of this song is horrible. I didn't know John Mayer played the solo either, but man they just massacred the song. I know several local bands here in Madison, WI that are twice as good as Fall Out Boy.

[randyrhoads031]

john mayer prolly played the solo

he may play top 40 stuff

but u should see his blues solos

they are incredible

[combo12340]

yea he was fool!

[1992Fireblade]

Cancer

[RScytha]

Eddie can make that guitar scream!

[pulikayah]

Nice solo Eddie Van Halen Ftw!

(Chuck Norris at 0:07 lol)

[kajukenbo12321]

haha nice

[qrrbrbirbel2]

with chuck norris (or as i call him "the lean mean round house kickin' killin' machine") on their side they cant lose!

[MickMars4Life]

evh played in this song?!

[phailandaids]

yes, and +1 internets if you can spot him in the gang

[MickMars4Life]

that's why i asked! i didn't read the title!

i am dummm

[cauberallies]

At 0:18 over the guy in the white jacket's left(our right) shoulder, on that platform. Am I right?

[Chequelito14]

were is he!??

[andrewd556]

eddie and randy are the best guitarists

[combo12340]

too bad randy had to leave us R.I.P

he was gunna be better than eddie :(

[ro551982]

was he fuck keep dreaming

[hogger129]

Rhandy would have heard Eruption, Hot For Teacher, Mean Streets and Beat It and nodded his head.

[cauberallies]

This solo haunts me. For the past month, it has been all I have been able to play. I didn't want to move on until I could do it perfectly. I still can't do it PERFECTLY, but I got pretty damn close. I put a sloppy quick take up on my soundclick if anyone cares to check it out.

soundclick . com / marcustoroian

[cauberallies]

I should have a better take up within an hour or two.

[Advicedog]

I listened to the one on the Kramer

[popgoiuuod]

thats fantastic. I learned to play entire based on Eddie, Randy Rhoads and a of course the older legends like Clapton, Hendrix.. the word haunt is perfect because the sound stays in my head and once you learn it you start to expand off it all the while not realizing its teaching you so much more.. I find myself now composing things on my own and you can see 20 years of mooching has paid off as I now add my own touch, feeling, and riffs and tricks..

music biz is all marketing now. Sucks..

[GravesMetal]

its a pretty good cover you did, i checked out the selkies sweeping too, it wasnt that bad in my oppinion...

[cauberallies]

Thank you, but I really need to replace those recordings. I have a tendency of recording/posting something as soon as I learn it out of excitement, and forgetting to redo once I am proficient at it. I am going to redo both of these solos tonight, and I will send you a link so you can see the difference.

[phailandaids]

yeh, I have days where I can nail the jump solo and other days I suck at it.......Eddie is a fucker for being tricky

[GravesMetal]

yeah man, lemme hear it when you got it recorded.

[cauberallies]

soundclick . com / marcustoroian

It won't let me post a comment with a link in it. It is the first recording at the top.

[cauberallies]

I forgot to say what it is haha. I re-did the solo, and it sounds much better now.

[phailandaids]

dude, that was pretty sick, I love the tone you got....I use a Wolfgang (korean) with a Marshall 5275 (very rare) and Monte allums DS1, SD1, BF2, DD3, CH3. I got some Kent Armstrong PAF pups on the way (8.6k and 8.9k)

Check out a guy called judaspriestrock, his beat it awesome.

[neoclassicool]

the masterpiece....