I've always felt that this was a very special piece of music. Now "Blood and Fire" will probably end up being the most popular tune on the new album, which could be considered one of the best they've ever put out.
Cease the negativity people. Both takes(Ripley and Blood and Fire) are good in their own special ways. The instrumental is lighter and pleasing but with Dave's vocals some penache is added.
"I just didn't know what I was going to do. And I was nervous. I was insecure. I'm going, "Man, they got Roth back, man that's gonna, the fans are going to be happy, and I'm gonna just be, you know, be, I'm gonna be like on the out" you know. I really was, it made me real insecure. I was glad to see that thing blow up to be honest with you." - Sammy Hagar, 1996 after the failed Roth Reunion.
What's great about America is if you don't like something, you can easily ignore it and move on. If you happen to love something and want that same thing over and over again, there it is for you to enjoy an endless amounts of times. All you people who claim to know what music is and what Van Halen should've done and shouldn't have done with their latest album should shut up, grow up and get a live. That album is better than anything Chickenfoot has done or will ever do! Van Halen is king!
@theepolishprince While I agree with you on the greatness of Van Halen and the new album and even comparing to Chickenfoot....but, pal...America is going down...its sluggin around like a limp dick at a whore fest, but unlike a spry wake up, USA is gone...its only an instrument for war...and Van Halen is 75% Dutch so don't even bring Jingoistic American sentiment into it. Music isn't political, yet you made it in your 'should shut up' statement (typical American phrase).
this a great instrumental ok.. one of the best ive heard in my opinion.. Blood and fire is just this with lyrics and f*cking great solo attached to it.. the both are really good.. and so what if its just instrumental.. im glad they put it in and they've done a terrific job with it..
What a bunch of dumbasses. If VH never recorded whjat you idiots describe as "demo songs from their club days" we wouldn't have about 1/3 of their songs released on their first six albums.
a musical masterpiece …now ruined by Dave's spoken-word banter. Any karaoke singer would have better care in not butchering these melodies. I will ignore "blood$fire" and enjoy Ripley.
EXACTLY,ersan1970 !! I prefer THIS version. Another one of Ed's STUPID ASS decisions. Here, they took a wonderfully montrous piece of music & let Roth desecrate it with his jargon. Now it sounds like Aerosmith instead of Van Halen. I will stick to this version as fsar as I'm concerned "Blood & Fire" is will ALWAYS BE an INSTRUMENTAL !!!
@blackrockdude1 I refuse to accept blood&fire as a Van Halen song. This one one of the most precious Van Halen songs that was not released to the public, and its ruined forever for the masses. I will continue to enjoy it as Ripley - which is also a brilliant title that matches the magic touch of the melody. If he wants to do anything memorable today Eddie first needs to get his inspiration back—rather than cutting-and-pasting his old riffs.
I totally agree. I like this one a lot better because Ed was still in his prime of creativity. I was hoping the new album would be a new chapter with new music to see what they would be like without Mike. I wasn't real happy when I listened and found out they are mostly demo songs from their club days. I really like all those songs but they should remain the way they were when they recorded them with Mike.
@MrJobu73 Agree. Most VH fans know all of these songs already, so its disappointing that there isn't any new songs in this album. Its been 14 years since the last album. Where is all the new music that Eddie brags about, that he has on hundreds of tapes? Not good enough to release I guess!
@ersan1970 Your clueless they have always used old demos or riffs on new albums throughout their history ,listen to the end of jump and the riff in standing on top,voodoo queen,simple ryhme,house of pain the riff from somebody get me a doctor dates back to 74'.And Blood and Fire is absolutely fantastic!!!
One of my all time favorite EVH riffs that never saw a proper finish . . . until NOW! Bravo! Good for Ed and the boys for digging deep and working up stuff that the FANS wanted to hear. Love Ripley and love Blood and Fire even more. The solo and outro are outta space! Do yourselves a favor and buy this record. Soak it in. It won't last forever.
The full version of "Blood And Fire" is out in the UK. Pretty damn good. Also, "The Trouble With Never" is out in the UK too. That songs pretty damn good too. Its NOT an old ramake. Its all new.........Got both of them on my PC and lovin it.
For 25 years people have been clamoring to hear the unreleased Roth-era stuff. Now we're getting exactly that and they complain that it's not newly-written? Then why did you clamor for it for 25 years? I don't get it! I do like "Blood and Fire" from what I heard though. Nothing is ever gonna hit you again like Van Halen I did when you were a kid. This is some good stuff and the haters are hatin' just because.
People freak about VH using old stuff in their new stuff. Remember that HOUSE OF PAIN on 1984 was a demo from 1976.... Its ok to reuse stuff YOU WROTE!!!!!
The Ripley guitar is a guitar with one output per string so you can spread the strings in the stereo field. It's one guitar playing but the sounds jumps from speaker to speaker depending on which sting is being played. It was used on Top Jimmy on 1984 as well :)
Nice upload. I was aware of EVH using unused ideas for the 'Wild Life' soundtrack. But I never got to hear them like this. Even without the images I will always associate this with the scene of Chris Penn driving recklessly and discarding empty beer cans in the back of his convertable.
Great song that should have words to it and released on a VH album! Eddie has alot of cool riffs just sitting around gathering dust (Thankfully some of them will finally see the light of day on "A Different Kind Of Truth" album here in 2012!)
Notice the notes moving around from left to right in the mix? He's was using the "Ripley" guitar. It was a guitar with separate pickups for each string so you can send each string to a different spot in the stereo image. He uses it beautifully. I wonder why this concept didn't really take off. It sounds really alive compared to s standard mono guitar output.
@Issicra With the growing development of surround sound in home stereo systems, you'd think one of the "virtuoso" guitarists out there would take advantage of the processing and mixing potential of this guitar. Imagine this guitar in the hands of Satriani or Vai or John Petrucci. Those guys could open up a whole new generation of guitar effects if they team up with the right company.
@mindstormsabrewin Agreed on that. I looked up the Ripley on the Vintage Kramer site, and an article said that Steve Vai, in fact, had a custom one made for him, as well Rick Vito who played with Bob Seger and Fleetwood Mac. I remember when I was a kid reading about EVH promoting these guitars; it's a shame that technology never really caught on.
The Ripley guitar is very interesting, look it up! It has a unique way of panning each string's sound to left or right. For gear geeks like me it's awesome!
This would be great for the new CD, though I doubt they'd go this pop on it. Still, it has everything that a great VH tune has. Can't imagine how awesome this would be with Dave on vocals!
The movie was only released on VHS - never on DVD, unfortunately.
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I have the movie -- had to convert it to DVD. Looks like shit, it was even hard to find an old rental tape of it. I wouldn't be surprised if this wasn't released to DVD due to music related licensing issues or some such silly shit. There have been changes in songs on this movie when played on TV in years past (it was the Little Richard songs, tho, not the VH soundtrack).
al is the king of RR drumming. where have you heard that before? thats right, from me, i said it. a long while back. neil peart is a close second, two totally different styles. i love them both, music, pure music. you just have to listen to all of there songs i guess.....
Was 18 when The Wild Life came out and heard bits and pieces of EVH in there. For years I tried to find some unreleased material from the movie, but all I could get was Donut City from the soundtrack. Can't believe it's been on YouTube for more than a year and I only just now found it. *face/palm* Thanks for uploading.
This is proof the the VH bros. DON'T NEED A SINGER, PERIOD !!. YES...the man on the drums is THE BIG REV. AL VAN HALEN. NO ONE locks into a groove like the Reverend Al. The greatest One-Two Punch In Rock: REV. AL & EDWARD VAN HALEN & DON'T YOU DARE FORGET IT !!!!
@jamo387,. What's your problem with the Reverend Al Van Halen. It's his name & one of his MANY titles: The Sonic Boom Beatmaster; The Greatest Rock 'N' Roll Drummer On The Planet; The Enforcer, etc., appointed by GOD ( u hear me?, GOD) to rock you & to spread the gospel of JESUS & Rock 'N' Roll. DO NOT DISRESPECT THE GOOD BIG REVEREND AL VAN HALEN...u will be DAMNED !!
Where did all of these so-called "titles" come from? Maybe you created them and thought many others would share in your fantasies? Alex Van Halen may be a really great drummer but he certainly is NOT the "great rock and roll drummer on the planet"-dead or alive). Just listen to the music, appreciate it and stop trying to make something out of nothing, okay? There are enough illiterate people on youtube to write comments that are either stupid, lame or have no value, worth or meaning to them!
I'm not trying to make something out of nothing. I'm a VH fan of 29 yrs.. I love the music like any other fan. I read & comprehend information from well known sources,@polishprince Also I've read "Everybody Wants Some" (bio),"Losing It" (autobio) & "RED" (autobio), bought every album & wore 'em out. etc. Well, he is the Sonic Boom Beatmaster. Listen to all the albums. He makes the songs crack,snap.bump,swing & groove. From "Runnin' With The Devil" to "Learning To See". BIG REV. AL is AWESOME !!
@jamo387 Alex Van Halen is actually an official ordained minister, brother to Eddie Van Halen, Co-founder of Van Halen, Drummer of Van Halen and has been in Van Halen since it began. Oh and his surname is Van Halen. He as well as Eddie are the heart and soul of Van Halen. On top of all that he is classed among the greats as one of the Kings of rock drumming. Why exactly does having his name in the same sentence as Van Halen hurt your brain?
@jamo387 Amen to that. Al is the reason I started playing as a kid and for my money, he and Buddy Rich will always be the greatest to sit behind a drumkit!
One In A Million Since you came into my life I haven't cried a single tear You were the one who showed me love And how to forget my fears It was before you came along I felt sad almost every day You showed me how to laugh And make my pain go away You're One In A Million No one else is quite like you You're One in A Million Love's the only thing you know how to do You're One In A Million You're One-You're One In A Million You're One-You're One In A Million
Wow! Truly amazing...Whoever thought a little Dutch boy could make such a ruckus? I've always (and always will) admire EVH's tone, and his unique style of playing. "Thank you for reinventing the electric guitar"-Frank Zappa
Never said a word about his talent...but, his sound/tone was a accident he stumbled apon using mismatched parts AND that ALONG with his amazing talent... he changed guitar...not just his talent!
@TheKAITEEDID you think that is all?When Ed recorded the album,late in the 70"s great guitar player's everywhere couldn't believe how GREAT he sounded ;how is it that nobody else could get the same GREAT tone as Ed could?What about his AWESOME technique,that changed FOREVER the way guitar is played,...that great guitar players emulate still today?I think somebody is jealous,somebody that wants to be a good guitar player,but doesn't have 1/50 th the talent of the great and allmighty EVH......
Ed will never see my post, but this song has been with me since the movie "The Wild Life" came out. The reason being is the rich tone, beat, and the overall good feel. One time Valerie even responded to me about Wolfgang when he was trying out drums to beat on like uncle Alex.
Gotta love the sound of this. To me Van Halen got to serious and instead of remaning the TOP party-band (which they still are - no music makes me in a better party mood than a Van Halen track). I like "all" Van Halen ever did.. but this just sounds so much more natural for Eddie and the band than much of the later day stuff. While they did maintain good songwritiers with great riffs and such.. a special touch was gone most of the time. But a mix on this and some cool vocals and I buy it!
What was the song where the cop is doing Lea thompson in donut shop? That solo was pretty cool. I just saw the movie not too long ago. I watched to hear the soundtrack. Lifetime EVH fan...
I remember this scene in the movie when they were cruising at night. I wish they would shut up the dialog so I could hear the music. Now I got it! Thanks for posting this...been waiting years to hear it isolated.
This sums up what the Van Halen sound developed into. This sounds similar to "Top Jimmy" and I believe he used the same guitar for the recording of "Top Jimmy"
Just a fucking great jam tune! ;-)
n2motocross 1 day ago
It is great song! I do not understand one thing.. Why they did not releas that song in 1984 ? It could be a great hit , like other songs of 1984
RattleheadMan 2 days ago
@RattleheadMan
Maybe it was this.
'Jump' was going to do alright as an album sale. Why not play this gem into a whole other trans album release tool?
Twice as many sales that way, y'see.
tiktoffG13 1 hour ago
Man everytime i hear this i think of Dave's vocals! Love both versions!
NathanRyanAllen 2 days ago
now thanks to youtube downloader i have a instrumental version of blood and fire! thank you internet! :)
stringslinger88 2 days ago
Blood and fire!
the5zangs 2 days ago
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sexpistolsdaz 3 days ago
@sexpistolsdaz
huh?
johnnybeane 3 days ago
Eddie looks 12 in this photo and I know what this is.
runnersdialzero333 3 days ago
"Now look at all of the people.....here tonight"
TxStorm72 5 days ago
I"M DOING THE VICTORY DANCE!!!!
guitarvirtuoso14762 6 days ago
@MrLeostrauss It is Blood and Fire ya idiot. It's not a ripoff it was part of the soundtrack to The Wild Life
DustinMichael51 1 week ago
This is total ripoff of the song Blood and Fire!
MrLeostrauss 1 week ago
I've always felt that this was a very special piece of music. Now "Blood and Fire" will probably end up being the most popular tune on the new album, which could be considered one of the best they've ever put out.
jus2postcoments 1 week ago
Cease the negativity people. Both takes(Ripley and Blood and Fire) are good in their own special ways. The instrumental is lighter and pleasing but with Dave's vocals some penache is added.
TheGlennster999 1 week ago 4
This is from the movie The Wild Life! Classic 80s movie.
kwalker5150 1 week ago
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"I just didn't know what I was going to do. And I was nervous. I was insecure. I'm going, "Man, they got Roth back, man that's gonna, the fans are going to be happy, and I'm gonna just be, you know, be, I'm gonna be like on the out" you know. I really was, it made me real insecure. I was glad to see that thing blow up to be honest with you." - Sammy Hagar, 1996 after the failed Roth Reunion.
No wonder Sammy is so bitter and full of hate...
MrVHWolf 1 week ago
van halen sounded better on warner brothers.
mireaux7 2 weeks ago
What's great about America is if you don't like something, you can easily ignore it and move on. If you happen to love something and want that same thing over and over again, there it is for you to enjoy an endless amounts of times. All you people who claim to know what music is and what Van Halen should've done and shouldn't have done with their latest album should shut up, grow up and get a live. That album is better than anything Chickenfoot has done or will ever do! Van Halen is king!
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@theepolishprince While I agree with you on the greatness of Van Halen and the new album and even comparing to Chickenfoot....but, pal...America is going down...its sluggin around like a limp dick at a whore fest, but unlike a spry wake up, USA is gone...its only an instrument for war...and Van Halen is 75% Dutch so don't even bring Jingoistic American sentiment into it. Music isn't political, yet you made it in your 'should shut up' statement (typical American phrase).
swassontelus 1 day ago
Love that sound. Thanks for sprucing it up on the new CD Ed.
hokieguy95 2 weeks ago 2
Im sorry, but the new Blood and Fire version just kills Ripley.
fraroc 2 weeks ago
@fraroc ha ha ha. How are those marshmallows between your ears?
swassontelus 1 day ago
@swassontelus ha ha ha. how you like my fist to your face?
fraroc 1 day ago
sounds better as an instrumental
Pat9201 2 weeks ago 3
It sounds better than new version! It is 100% Van Halen
RattleheadMan 3 weeks ago
this a great instrumental ok.. one of the best ive heard in my opinion.. Blood and fire is just this with lyrics and f*cking great solo attached to it.. the both are really good.. and so what if its just instrumental.. im glad they put it in and they've done a terrific job with it..
PEARO111 3 weeks ago
I think if Ted Templeman would have produced this album, this could have been a GREAT song on the new album. I hate the blood and fire chorus line...
Kiyanati 3 weeks ago
What a bunch of dumbasses. If VH never recorded whjat you idiots describe as "demo songs from their club days" we wouldn't have about 1/3 of their songs released on their first six albums.
Hagar and his dumbshit fans - just go away.
MrVHWolf 3 weeks ago 5
@MrVHWolf Make that all of their albums!
easyc84 1 week ago
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Chickenfoot at Ponderosa Warfield Theatre in SF on Nov.1, 2011:
2,370 tickets were available
1,753 tickets were sold
That's just sad.
No wonder Sammy is so bitter!
Buy-bye, Spammy!
MrVHWolf 3 weeks ago
Sounds like "Little Guitars"
hotrodsniper 4 weeks ago
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MeYouView 4 weeks ago
this needs roth
BassFever74 4 weeks ago 2
a musical masterpiece …now ruined by Dave's spoken-word banter. Any karaoke singer would have better care in not butchering these melodies. I will ignore "blood$fire" and enjoy Ripley.
ersan1970 4 weeks ago
EXACTLY,ersan1970 !! I prefer THIS version. Another one of Ed's STUPID ASS decisions. Here, they took a wonderfully montrous piece of music & let Roth desecrate it with his jargon. Now it sounds like Aerosmith instead of Van Halen. I will stick to this version as fsar as I'm concerned "Blood & Fire" is will ALWAYS BE an INSTRUMENTAL !!!
blackrockdude1 4 weeks ago
@blackrockdude1 I refuse to accept blood&fire as a Van Halen song. This one one of the most precious Van Halen songs that was not released to the public, and its ruined forever for the masses. I will continue to enjoy it as Ripley - which is also a brilliant title that matches the magic touch of the melody. If he wants to do anything memorable today Eddie first needs to get his inspiration back—rather than cutting-and-pasting his old riffs.
ersan1970 3 weeks ago
@ersan1970
I totally agree. I like this one a lot better because Ed was still in his prime of creativity. I was hoping the new album would be a new chapter with new music to see what they would be like without Mike. I wasn't real happy when I listened and found out they are mostly demo songs from their club days. I really like all those songs but they should remain the way they were when they recorded them with Mike.
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@MrJobu73 Agree. Most VH fans know all of these songs already, so its disappointing that there isn't any new songs in this album. Its been 14 years since the last album. Where is all the new music that Eddie brags about, that he has on hundreds of tapes? Not good enough to release I guess!
mrbpis 2 weeks ago
oh piss........ you whiners are all the same. enjoy and hush. youll still steal it from the net.
clutch2571 2 weeks ago
@ersan1970 Your clueless they have always used old demos or riffs on new albums throughout their history ,listen to the end of jump and the riff in standing on top,voodoo queen,simple ryhme,house of pain the riff from somebody get me a doctor dates back to 74'.And Blood and Fire is absolutely fantastic!!!
easyc84 1 week ago 5
@ersan197 go to hell, transsexual.
fraroc 1 week ago
Ed , what are you you doing ?
Why do do you call it ''new album'' ? Please call it compilation and than we will listen it and never have сonfusion about new album
RattleheadMan 4 weeks ago
One of my all time favorite EVH riffs that never saw a proper finish . . . until NOW! Bravo! Good for Ed and the boys for digging deep and working up stuff that the FANS wanted to hear. Love Ripley and love Blood and Fire even more. The solo and outro are outta space! Do yourselves a favor and buy this record. Soak it in. It won't last forever.
AtomicPunk35 4 weeks ago 2
The full version of "Blood And Fire" is out in the UK. Pretty damn good. Also, "The Trouble With Never" is out in the UK too. That songs pretty damn good too. Its NOT an old ramake. Its all new.........Got both of them on my PC and lovin it.
SRT8Tech 1 month ago
For 25 years people have been clamoring to hear the unreleased Roth-era stuff. Now we're getting exactly that and they complain that it's not newly-written? Then why did you clamor for it for 25 years? I don't get it! I do like "Blood and Fire" from what I heard though. Nothing is ever gonna hit you again like Van Halen I did when you were a kid. This is some good stuff and the haters are hatin' just because.
RichardScott1958 1 month ago
I don't really think of Blood and Fire when I hear this masterpiece.
1984rockcity 1 month ago 2
looks like someone cut out a picture of eddie and put it on graph paper
Truccodinho10 1 month ago
This was always one of my favorite VH tracks. I am stoked with the Roth vocal addition. It sounds like the classic days. Very appropriate!
colourtones 1 month ago
This is Awesome Dave isn't singing
judodude96 1 month ago
BLOOD AND FIRE!
joshkosh95 1 month ago
People freak about VH using old stuff in their new stuff. Remember that HOUSE OF PAIN on 1984 was a demo from 1976.... Its ok to reuse stuff YOU WROTE!!!!!
1984rockcity 1 month ago 2
I am in love but what? after three minutes I couldn't listen anymore.
zwaqster 1 month ago
@zwaqster It's just not finished yet and unfair
zwaqster 1 month ago
steve ripley? who built eddie guitars?
crazysteve1967 1 month ago
@crazysteve1967
The Ripley guitar is a guitar with one output per string so you can spread the strings in the stereo field. It's one guitar playing but the sounds jumps from speaker to speaker depending on which sting is being played. It was used on Top Jimmy on 1984 as well :)
aNdYmAtTeR 1 month ago
LOL ! BLOOD AND FIRE!!! Awesome with Roth's new melodies/vocals!
William5150vh 1 month ago
@William5150vh you mean awesomely raped by Dave's banter
ersan1970 4 weeks ago
I love that they're resurrecting this.
yourtenderwarrior 1 month ago
It's official. We can now call this song "Blood And Fire." What an awesome album this is gonna be!
Jwestcott5000 1 month ago
Ripley has been reborn as Blood And Fire!!! Ripley, meet David Lee Roth.
rags847 1 month ago
BLOOD AND FIRE
ajaxrules1975 1 month ago
This is song has been redone with Roth's vocals on the new album its called blood and fire.
yngwie503 1 month ago 25
@yngwie503 yeah!!! great news!
rlc2405 1 month ago
I'm a huge Van Halen fan (DLR-era only) but this is garbage. I mean c'mon, it has NO BALLS, its like Mall music with distortion.
MrBooBooCat 1 month ago
@MrBooBooCat thats why this is on the new vh album
TheSupersabby 1 month ago
I had this movie taped off cable on VHS, the girl... Jenny Wright?
AetroyayorteA 1 month ago
still better than tattoo...
skrewflanders 1 month ago
Wasn't this used in the movie "The wild life" which came out in 1984 Starring Eric Stoltz, Chris Penn?
ipwinyou 1 month ago
@ipwinyou yeah, it says that in the description box
samnanguitar727 1 month ago
COOL.
sonicfuker 1 month ago
I really hope this has been reworked for the new album, it's awesome!
TheCGVtv 1 month ago
@TheCGVtv hey guess what its on the new album! haha
evh4450 1 month ago
Wow I Love This!!!!!! ;-)
jghunlimited 1 month ago
@jghunlimited How could you not??? dayum.
42lynchmob 1 month ago
@42lynchmob Yep true ;-)
jghunlimited 1 month ago
Nice upload. I was aware of EVH using unused ideas for the 'Wild Life' soundtrack. But I never got to hear them like this. Even without the images I will always associate this with the scene of Chris Penn driving recklessly and discarding empty beer cans in the back of his convertable.
tudgefunnel 1 month ago
I would love to hear this song with lyrics put into it on the new album. This is a great song to built on. It sounds a lot better than tattoo to me.
MsBetra 1 month ago
@MsBetra So true, this music sounds amazing!
cbr1000drummer 1 month ago
I always wante to hear an albums length of music of just Eddie & Alex ripping it up. -Wolfie too!!!
328turbo 1 month ago
Great song that should have words to it and released on a VH album! Eddie has alot of cool riffs just sitting around gathering dust (Thankfully some of them will finally see the light of day on "A Different Kind Of Truth" album here in 2012!)
MeYouView 1 month ago
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MeYouView 1 month ago
Notice the notes moving around from left to right in the mix? He's was using the "Ripley" guitar. It was a guitar with separate pickups for each string so you can send each string to a different spot in the stereo image. He uses it beautifully. I wonder why this concept didn't really take off. It sounds really alive compared to s standard mono guitar output.
mindstormsabrewin 1 month ago
@mindstormsabrewin
Yep, that's right, and if you don't mind me adding, the Ripley guitar was also what was used for the song "Top Jimmy" on 1984.
Issicra 1 month ago
@Issicra With the growing development of surround sound in home stereo systems, you'd think one of the "virtuoso" guitarists out there would take advantage of the processing and mixing potential of this guitar. Imagine this guitar in the hands of Satriani or Vai or John Petrucci. Those guys could open up a whole new generation of guitar effects if they team up with the right company.
mindstormsabrewin 1 month ago
@mindstormsabrewin Agreed on that. I looked up the Ripley on the Vintage Kramer site, and an article said that Steve Vai, in fact, had a custom one made for him, as well Rick Vito who played with Bob Seger and Fleetwood Mac. I remember when I was a kid reading about EVH promoting these guitars; it's a shame that technology never really caught on.
Issicra 1 month ago
This song captured the magic of Eddie better than most of the songs on his albums.
I remember renting "The Wild Life" video just to hear parts of this song. Thank you so much
for posting it...and of course, thanks to Eddie Van Halen for creating it.
z28sedan 1 month ago
Dude this is greeaat!
I wonder if this will ever be released, mastered from the original tapes and given a proper release (ahem, lossless)?
I WANT IT!
.::g
wendileona 2 months ago
@chad00023 That's a good joke. You should become a comedian. Vai? Gimme a break.
Wilkster5150 2 months ago
steve vai has supassed the magical eddie of yesteryear many moons ago. i still like a few of the tunes off the fair warning lp. so just sayin!
chad00023 2 months ago
@chad00023 True, but Steve cant write a good tune to save his ass.
42lynchmob 1 month ago
EVH was the coolest. Takes me back to a place and a time! One of the BEST!
littleOzzy100 2 months ago
God I love this. It reminds me how exciting it would be when VH had new music coming out.
MegaPJ71 2 months ago
ok obviously this is Ed on guitar....who is on drums????....Is it alex or not.....it sounds like him but at the same time it does not...ya know
fluffheadify 2 months ago
@fluffheadify It's Al. Simple as that.
Wilkster5150 2 months ago
This is AL on drums.
All the rest of the Wild life songs are Eddie and a drum machine.
johnnybeane 2 months ago
The Ripley guitar is very interesting, look it up! It has a unique way of panning each string's sound to left or right. For gear geeks like me it's awesome!
jhop5150 2 months ago
This would be great for the new CD, though I doubt they'd go this pop on it. Still, it has everything that a great VH tune has. Can't imagine how awesome this would be with Dave on vocals!
petrimusic 2 months ago
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Wish granted.
0MEGA3NTERTAINMENT 1 month ago
@0MEGA3NTERTAINMENT Pretty awesome, as it turns out! Really digging the tunes that have started leaking... Hope you're enjoying it, too! :D
petrimusic 1 month ago
I think this was used in the soundtrack for the movie The Wild Life with Chris Penn.
tommyj1031 3 months ago
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i think he may be gay
shannonandsheila1 3 months ago
The movie was only released on VHS - never on DVD, unfortunately.
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I have the movie -- had to convert it to DVD. Looks like shit, it was even hard to find an old rental tape of it. I wouldn't be surprised if this wasn't released to DVD due to music related licensing issues or some such silly shit. There have been changes in songs on this movie when played on TV in years past (it was the Little Richard songs, tho, not the VH soundtrack).
nonplayerzealot4 3 months ago
Those Van Halen brothers sure know how to jam!! Thanks for posting this. Cool tune. EVH rocks!!
gaussalmighty 4 months ago
al is the king of RR drumming. where have you heard that before? thats right, from me, i said it. a long while back. neil peart is a close second, two totally different styles. i love them both, music, pure music. you just have to listen to all of there songs i guess.....
TheTheratfarmer 4 months ago
@TheTheratfarmer Agreed. Al will always be underrated, unfortunately.
Wilkster5150 4 months ago
Was 18 when The Wild Life came out and heard bits and pieces of EVH in there. For years I tried to find some unreleased material from the movie, but all I could get was Donut City from the soundtrack. Can't believe it's been on YouTube for more than a year and I only just now found it. *face/palm* Thanks for uploading.
vh602 4 months ago
I love this, I listen to it every morning
jjdavis699 5 months ago
is that a pic of eddie in the video?
MetalGuy5150 5 months ago
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@MetalGuy5150 "is that a pic of eddie in the video?"
Yes.
hitssquad 4 months ago
i burrrpppp.
TheTheratfarmer 5 months ago
This is proof the the VH bros. DON'T NEED A SINGER, PERIOD !!. YES...the man on the drums is THE BIG REV. AL VAN HALEN. NO ONE locks into a groove like the Reverend Al. The greatest One-Two Punch In Rock: REV. AL & EDWARD VAN HALEN & DON'T YOU DARE FORGET IT !!!!
blackrockdude1 5 months ago 13
@blackrockdude1 Well said! All others are just pretenders compared to Ed an Al.
Wilkster5150 4 months ago in playlist Wilkster5150's Favorited Videos
@blackrockdude1 Please never put an a**hole like rev all in the same sentence as van halen. It hurts my brain.
jamo387 4 months ago
@jamo387,. What's your problem with the Reverend Al Van Halen. It's his name & one of his MANY titles: The Sonic Boom Beatmaster; The Greatest Rock 'N' Roll Drummer On The Planet; The Enforcer, etc., appointed by GOD ( u hear me?, GOD) to rock you & to spread the gospel of JESUS & Rock 'N' Roll. DO NOT DISRESPECT THE GOOD BIG REVEREND AL VAN HALEN...u will be DAMNED !!
blackrockdude1 4 months ago
Where did all of these so-called "titles" come from? Maybe you created them and thought many others would share in your fantasies? Alex Van Halen may be a really great drummer but he certainly is NOT the "great rock and roll drummer on the planet"-dead or alive). Just listen to the music, appreciate it and stop trying to make something out of nothing, okay? There are enough illiterate people on youtube to write comments that are either stupid, lame or have no value, worth or meaning to them!
theepolishprince 4 months ago
I'm not trying to make something out of nothing. I'm a VH fan of 29 yrs.. I love the music like any other fan. I read & comprehend information from well known sources,@polishprince Also I've read "Everybody Wants Some" (bio),"Losing It" (autobio) & "RED" (autobio), bought every album & wore 'em out. etc. Well, he is the Sonic Boom Beatmaster. Listen to all the albums. He makes the songs crack,snap.bump,swing & groove. From "Runnin' With The Devil" to "Learning To See". BIG REV. AL is AWESOME !!
blackrockdude1 4 months ago
@theepolishprince The comments on Youtube are for people's opinions and thoughts not what you want to read or hear bub
motleycrue24 4 months ago
@jamo387 Alex Van Halen is actually an official ordained minister, brother to Eddie Van Halen, Co-founder of Van Halen, Drummer of Van Halen and has been in Van Halen since it began. Oh and his surname is Van Halen. He as well as Eddie are the heart and soul of Van Halen. On top of all that he is classed among the greats as one of the Kings of rock drumming. Why exactly does having his name in the same sentence as Van Halen hurt your brain?
joshkosh95 4 months ago
Tell 'im, joshkosh95. I agree wholeheartedly !
blackrockdude1 4 months ago
@jamo387 It reminds me of Sharpton. Like Alex VH, Hate Sharpton.
jamo387 4 months ago
@jamo387 Yes, Sharpton is a race baiting liberal douchebag.
Wilkster5150 4 months ago
@Wilkster5150 Rock on brother.
jamo387 4 months ago
@jamo387 Amen to that. Al is the reason I started playing as a kid and for my money, he and Buddy Rich will always be the greatest to sit behind a drumkit!
Wilkster5150 4 months ago
@blackrockdude1 You're right...no one grooves like Al.
Except this isn't Al playing drums.
TheHockeyCentral 3 months ago
@TheHockeyCentral Yeah it is. If you don't think this is Al, you need to listen to more Van Halen. Which can only be a good thing.
bb3383 3 months ago
@bb3383 Um...This isn't Van Halen. Get your facts straight. Al didn't play on The Wild Life tracks Ed recorded.
TheHockeyCentral 3 months ago
@TheHockeyCentral This is Al. This is the ONLY song off the Wild Life Soundtrack that Ed did where the drums sound like Alex.
Wilkster5150 3 months ago
@TheHockeyCentral Straight from VH news desk, look it up. This is definitely Al; just by ear it sounds like Al.
bb3383 3 months ago
I wish Eddie would come out with an instrumental album.
electrickithara 5 months ago in playlist electrickithara's Favorited Videos
Man, this is beautiful. It sounds so simple for Eddie to play it, so natural. I can only think of great things while listening to this.
StuffedGames 5 months ago
well diamond dave is back! and the solo wishes we all want may not be that far off.
stratdem 5 months ago
thx to eddie and his uniqe guitar playing.... he changed the guitar world...
The way to play it and feel it...
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theepolishprince 5 months ago
Eddie is The Greatest of All Guitarist . hands down.
ENEMENCIO123VISION 5 months ago
Wow! Truly amazing...Whoever thought a little Dutch boy could make such a ruckus? I've always (and always will) admire EVH's tone, and his unique style of playing. "Thank you for reinventing the electric guitar"-Frank Zappa
MNalbs 5 months ago
This sounds so mid 80's.....I love it. You can just feel the good mood.
ELNINO10 6 months ago
Never said a word about his talent...but, his sound/tone was a accident he stumbled apon using mismatched parts AND that ALONG with his amazing talent... he changed guitar...not just his talent!
TheKAITEEDID 6 months ago
@TheKAITEEDID he changed the whole world of guitar.
ENEMENCIO123VISION 5 months ago
I wish someone actually made a guitar TAB for this! I really wanna play this!
YodaVanGrindey95 6 months ago
I could listen to this God play all f***** week....love his tone, so clean, and he plays effortlessly, a true Guitar God...Cheers
Lucicsux 6 months ago
@Lucicsux Cheers to you!!! Long live the Mighty Van Halen!
Wilkster5150 6 months ago
@2:04 to about 2:11. It's only a handful of notes, but it's there.
tylerdurden3891 6 months ago
he wrote this song for Sigourney Weaver of Alien fame.
TheMireaux7 6 months ago
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hikarateboy 6 months ago
@TheMireaux7 I think that is was ode to his Ripley Kramer guitar that allowed you to pan strings independantly not Sigourney.
hikarateboy 6 months ago
@hikarateboy And his favorite show at the time was Ripley's Believe It Or Not. Jack Palace was the host back then.
nonplayerzealot4 3 months ago
King of the Stumbled apon ash/maple tonewoods Mismatched Fender/Gibson Paf spacing pup = Sig. string fade tone!......That is all!!
TheKAITEEDID 6 months ago
@TheKAITEEDID you think that is all?When Ed recorded the album,late in the 70"s great guitar player's everywhere couldn't believe how GREAT he sounded ;how is it that nobody else could get the same GREAT tone as Ed could?What about his AWESOME technique,that changed FOREVER the way guitar is played,...that great guitar players emulate still today?I think somebody is jealous,somebody that wants to be a good guitar player,but doesn't have 1/50 th the talent of the great and allmighty EVH......
humbucker01 6 months ago
Cant get enough of this track!
Wilkster5150 7 months ago 4
Ed will never see my post, but this song has been with me since the movie "The Wild Life" came out. The reason being is the rich tone, beat, and the overall good feel. One time Valerie even responded to me about Wolfgang when he was trying out drums to beat on like uncle Alex.
Meatwhistletoo 7 months ago
Look at him, he looks so young, " Would you like some fries and some Musical Genius with that" O so nice.......
rd80schild 7 months ago
Oh Please put this on the new album what a waste not to share this!
rd80schild 7 months ago
Put this on the new album. Brilliant!
Wilkster5150 7 months ago 2
I loved this song and this is the first time I've heard the full version. Awesome!
demanton 7 months ago
EVH is and always will be the SIX STRING KING
HillaryHitler 7 months ago 9
Gotta love the sound of this. To me Van Halen got to serious and instead of remaning the TOP party-band (which they still are - no music makes me in a better party mood than a Van Halen track). I like "all" Van Halen ever did.. but this just sounds so much more natural for Eddie and the band than much of the later day stuff. While they did maintain good songwritiers with great riffs and such.. a special touch was gone most of the time. But a mix on this and some cool vocals and I buy it!
GeorgVanHalen 7 months ago
That sound from the toms and snare.... you know straight away who's playing drums. The one and only!
PutItAway101 7 months ago
Awesome and makes me feel good! ^5
Charlesrocks 7 months ago
What was the song where the cop is doing Lea thompson in donut shop? That solo was pretty cool. I just saw the movie not too long ago. I watched to hear the soundtrack. Lifetime EVH fan...
Gretschdrums75 7 months ago
@Gretschdrums75 donut city it's on the soundtrack- sadly this was not
bonscott55 6 months ago
The sound of a great time in life for me :-)
MenaceDemENACE 8 months ago
"Ripley" reffers to the (Steve ?) Reply stereo Kramer he often used at that time....each string was "pannable" left or right of stereo.....
TheTwelvestringer 8 months ago
I remember this scene in the movie when they were cruising at night. I wish they would shut up the dialog so I could hear the music. Now I got it! Thanks for posting this...been waiting years to hear it isolated.
timaustex1 8 months ago 2
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there's good reason these songs werenn't released. they suck.
cciemail 8 months ago
How freakin' sweet is that sound!!! I wish he'd produce his own instrumental album like Satriani used to do.
5150Ripley 8 months ago
Suspended chords, clever riff syncopation, aggressive attack=Van Halen's sound
theShowStopper321 8 months ago
This sums up what the Van Halen sound developed into. This sounds similar to "Top Jimmy" and I believe he used the same guitar for the recording of "Top Jimmy"
theShowStopper321 8 months ago
this is awsome if only they put this on their album
Lovelyman5150 9 months ago