PlanIt Podcast-Eddie Van Halen Live House of Petals

[parisbankscarvey]

I was at the event... This is a horrible recording. Eddie was great, yes not in his best shape, but still the same was a master at his art.

[psan72]

I was at this House party. Eddie was in sad shape that night and was totally wasted. Also there were "paid talent/guests" floating around the property. Made me wonder...does EVH have any real friends?

It was very sad to see my Guitar God like this and a total disappointment! Soon after this party, he went to re-hab.

[COSMICBUM]

There was a video I saw of this party and his house is a fucking palace. It wasn't the best of times for Eddie during this period - he was really fucked-up.

[blasty5150]

If you faggots dont like it, go fuck yourself, why do you watch it?

[happyjoe4ever]

Put a cork in this guy!  I saw them in St. Louis in April and they sounded like SHIT. I was ripped off. Meth fucked him up. Fucking faggot ass motherfucker. He was on a website lying down with a bunch of queers I lost a lot of respect.

[thumperdaddyrabbit]

its an odd time signature for starters. its not gonna sound even. and eddie doesnt play that style. but he is playing something over the top of it. but yes..he looks drunk and sounds it. and, we cant hear the whole song to know how well he played.

[liquidbend]

Man that eddie is so fucking drunk that he cant play worth a shit......thats what sammy was saying that eddie coudnt keep his shit together. His wife said that to Valerie would say that he would stay out till four in the morning drunk out of his mind. Im tired of all his fucking problems......with everyone he plays with. where is the album ? its been ten years what about your fans

[tontocorazon]

This sucks so much. the guitarist blows so much.

[pnutbutrncrackers]

If this footage isn't doctored (& I don't believe it is), it is simply pathetic. I watch this and think of how the two hugest bands of my teenage years were Boston & Van Halen. Brad Delp takes his life, and Eddie's in rehab. A very sad parable -- "How the mighty have fallen".

[swiop]

if this was eddie in 1978 we would would be ripping up the stage shredding

[kburke5150]

Man , I think anyone would suck if they are playing with that crappy keyboard player. But, much love to Ed. I hope he gets out soon.

[Guitarman5150]

This footage was doctored watch close his hands and the garbage that is played don't even match. Neither do the drummers. You Tubers need to get a life.

[evh5150316]

Shows how much you know about Ed;s playing lately. It is not doctored at all. His tone, the sutainer is all there.

[spawnofwheezedog]

probably just out of sync.

[max00k9]

This is the real deal from about a year ago sadly. This is why EVH needs help and is getting it.

[Mr5150]

its not fake. i remember watching it

[199191]

sounds like evh was only experimenting. hes still the best

[humbucker01]

Woever posted this is clearly an asshole;it's obviously doctored up;

[soucy78]

EDDIE VAN HALEN R.I.P

[hdmf]

YIKES!!!!

[bravard5150]

cant anybody tell whoever posted this was playing the out of key{context} part? its so obvious,thats why youtube sucks! this is doctor'd up big time

[guitarist30]

Well you can see he is using his rumored 5150III amp "supposedly" made by fender that "supposedly" will be for sale in the future by fender.

[DoctorRockso]

It looks like he is having trouble playing over the background music. He is lost. He doesn't know what key it is in.

[FLOSSIN5150]

Wow. This sucks. I'm the biggest mark for van halen and this is extremely sad to see. Hope he's cleaned himself up. If this was me, I'd be humiliated.

[masseraty009]

This a really sad time in eddies life and hes pretty depressed so dont watch this video and judge him, watch his live concert videos theyre all amazing

[1000WATS]

Eddie + alcahol= Suck

[Dustinmfd]

not really true. he was drunk like most of his career. lol. but this did suck.

[ackerlaw2004]

gplanet you are a FAG for editing out my comments. Go fuck your mother. Now edit this one out too you pussy.

[bigsnarkleys]

guy was drunk....sad

[fga1020]

Folks, this is what happens when God takes away He gives you. I believe Eddie will never be the same again and he lost the magic but he'll always be the best in my book, bar none.

[LedxZeppelin70]

timing sounds off with the keyboard. VERY OFF. hahah i have no idea what to say ..other than

WTF EDDIE !?!

but then again its only 29 seconds. ide love to see the rest of this in order to really have anything to say.

[afortyandoldstrings]

Both keyboard and guitar sucked. I never thought I'd ever be covering my ears with Eddie on the guitar.

[Mainegoose]

I'm a big fan of Eddie the V. This clip just saddens me. His divorce, his battle with cancer, and alcoholism have taken so much out of him. I hope he can get it back....

[Musicmancometh]

This is a sad day. Eddie is an all time favorite player of mine and this clip is horrible. I hope the whole performance wasn't this bad.

[Bruceta]

Aren't those just few seconds of badly chosen guitar phrases in this piece of song?

The song itself is very odd too.

I'd like to see the rest of this video. For me those 29 seconds are not conclusive.

[Ednerd]

I'm one of the biggest EVH fans there is. In my opinion he was the best ever, but I have to admit that clip sounds horrible. Sounds out of tune. It's a shame!

[blu9889]

even out of tune eddie sounds better than everyone else!

[no1special2]

You obviously are a retard dude. It is better to keep your mouth shut and let everyone think you are smart, than to open your mouth and let us hear the obvious.

Eddie needs to take lessons. Joe Satriani will now take his calls.

[AT1967]

Nice outfit---

[swiop]

well its not a big concert so hes not using big ass amps or anything and every thing else he uses. he still sounds kick ass. zeriton bucket head is a fag and is a wanabe of slash eddie could kick shit heads ass and any other fucker that messes with him.

[luckynumberse7en]

I think it is safe to say that Edward Van Halen is out of gas.

[Zeriton]

"the self proclaimed greatest tapper of all time"

Well yes, he does say it himself then. I won't agree. There are alot better ones out there (Buckethead for example... Stanley Jordan? :P)

I'm sorry, but he's not as good as he was.

[erohm]

He may not be playing as well as he used to 25 years ago, but he is still a living legend. Laugh at his pictures, criticize all you want, this man made some of the best rock and roll in history.

Vai, Satriani? Eddie was doing this shit before these guys knew what a guitar was.

[Parabola614]

You're a moron. By '78 (when Van Halen's first record came out), Vai was already at Berklee, so I'm pretty damn sure he knew what a guitar was. And before that He had taken lessons from Satriani, so I'm pretty sure Satriani knew what a guitar was too.

[iamprov]

He's not doing well these days. He seems drunk, frankly, evident by the way he has to pause for a few seconds before he puts his fingers on the fretboard. BTW, aromicdevil, watch your fucking language.

[aromicdevil]

That Keyboardest sucks. HOw would you niggers sound playing over that???

[shreddingjoris]

lets just face it evh sucks now.....

[younoobs]

Van Halen is so great man.

That playing is very ace,

besides, he is the self proclaimed greatest tapper of all time.

Unlike those jokes (Becker, Satirani, Vai.)

joke

[elchicogordo]

No wonder why Eddie sounds so bad on that clip! Ever try to tap dance and try to play guitar at the same time?

[ManAndAHalf]

I like EVH just as much as anyone else. VH with David Lee Roth is my absolute favorite band, but this stuff is awful. As great as he is, maybe Eddie has run out of gas creativity-wise. His bout with alcoholism hasn't helped either.

[screwallspam]

This sucks... As evident by the person in the crowd getting up and leaving in this video. Why would "gplanet" post this... Surely there was something better during this "Jam session". "Gplanet" should be ashamed for chosing this crappy clip to post.

[banditt11]

Sounds like the voice of experience.

[byron35]

I love ed just like millions of other Vh fans, but its odvious to me that the guitar isnt his passion anymore.His playing as of late has been horrible.

[iownallnoobs]

not to mention its only 29 seconds long, i thought it actually sounded good.

[iownallnoobs]

its not overdubbed, he used that feedback riff before and its hard to imitate. and as for the brown sound, it changed about 16 years ago

[skunkyfunk]

The Brown sound got lost since he switched to Peavey. Marshall Plexis rule!

[DoctorRockso]

Its not hard to imitate the feedback with a fernandez sustainer which he is using. As far as the brown sound.. That sounded like shit. Hey is playing out of key.

[hailthroneum]

thats BS, no brown sound, its overdubbed, dumbasses

[EOHRyan]

Eddie is my fav player, but his guitar isnt in tune with that keyboard, the keyboard is playing rubbish and eddies playing isnt too clever.. its a shame... i really do hope he isnt this bad most of the time, back in the day he was the best of the best.

[nurserock1]

That was the most horrible bunch of crap I've ever heard. What the hell was that keyboard player playing...

[gplanet]

Keep in mind that this was a jam session. These guys have never played before. The good clips are coming up in my next podcast show. I will agree with many of you Eddie should clean it up., But there are some amazing moments. FYI. I took this with my Sony 8.1 cammera.. I didn't mess with the video or sound.

[banditt11]

That sound is dubbed in. Definite sabbatage. Who would want to do that?

[haywood16]

Eddie needs to stop drinking.

[tiboss2]

Any moron that thinks that isn't real drinks goat piss. Wake up idiots, eddie hasn't blossomed in to a veteran rocker capable leaping tall triads in one leap. He's morphed in to a loser sucking on smoking loon wine. That's right. Eddie's a wino sucking down tons of 7 dollars a bottle crap. Get a grip, THAT"S what's real!

[GuitarChaoscom]

That is too EVH lol! He's awesome no matter what. He's getting a little rusty on his playing, but he'll come around.

www.GuitarChaos.com

[holtinator]

"A little rusty"? I can play better than that. It's a shame what this once great guitarist has become.

[gregoryy2k]

That is Eddie.

Look at the tattoo and the picks positioned on his guitar in this picture and from the video.

http://web.wireimage.com/image­s/Thumbnail/9539184.jpg

[gibsondan]

I'm just wondering what makes you people think this video is real? You all know Eddie can play better than that.

[NukeMTV]

Thats not even EVH. He hasn't had long hair in YEARS, and this was recorded recently.

[Hunt4life]

Go what Eddie here, ya know its EV cuz it does not suck: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v­=s7-JWzX59kk

[mcquestion]

All the blame can't be put on Eddie here. The rest of the band sounded like complete crappola, as well. What the hell was that casio keyboard banging away on two chords in the background? Pure crap. The drummer was also horrible.

Yes, Ed sounded horrible, too, but it's not like the rest of the band was playing Mozart here.

They all sounded like turds being flushed down a bowl.

[pieface122]

I've heard that tune before.

It's called "Magic Turds".

Rad !!

[jbow]

I'm sorry but this is the worst crap I have ever heard. As for those who are defending it... come on... this is a really, really bad trainwreck. Hopefully the rest of the night was better... and I use the word better loosely. Anything would be better, i've heard people tuning guitars that sounded better. The keyboard player was crashing too. That make's me think he was being paid to play the way he was. This is sad...

[become113]

This is horrible. What happened to Eddie?

Oh yeah. That whole ALCOHOL THING.

This is absolutely horrendous.

[evhfire5150]

A enfin le retour de evh ! Quel guitariste!! la classe qu'il a et l'énergie qu'il donne me surprendront toujours. Alors maintenant qu'il s'est manifesté 2 fois ( house of pétal , with chesney) pourrait -il faire une carriere solo ( en se rejoignant pourquoi pas au futur G3 lol ) ou tout simplement reformer le groupe ?? A vivement la réponse de ses rumeurs!

[tiboss2]

The word fusion translates in to "f*cked up son!" Anybody who looks to his past accomplishments is kidding themselves. What he did years ago ain't helping his ability now. Pathetic, a joke and please, you may be EVH, but dress like you made enough money to go to Payless for chrissakes! When eddie said he wasn't on crack I believed him but now I wonder. How can you be so good at crack fashion and not be doing crack??!!

[tbaum101]

OK..I've been listening to this guy for 25 years or so. He is the man who made me pick up a guitar in the first place. BUT I have to ask what the hell was that?? Fusion? I have a hard time buying that. I have seen him play fucked up before and he was still better than nearly anyone on the planet. I'm not sure who that guy was but that couldn't be EVH. It didn't show his face..I'm sticking to that story. I'm going to cry now.

[Hunt4life]

Drop the BS, this sucks and you know it. Someone get him into treatment and save what's left of his life.

[al567]

That flat barf sound you hear is a shity electric piano.But did you here Eddies crunchy full balls on the hood sound at the end.

[watergrass]

listen again , it's the keyboard that made all the bullshit noises. Ed can do anything he wants and still be called a God. You all can play neat and perfect and still be called a dumbass. Before you post ignorant comments look at yourself first.

[alexthecheese]

"HES PLAYING FUSION SOMETHING MOST OF YOU YOUNG ONES WOULDNT UNDERSTAND,HES MOVED IN A NEW DIRECTION.THIS IS WHY HE IS THE ALL TIME KING AND ALWAYS WILL BE!"

What the fuck are you talking about you utter fucking retard?

He's clearly pissed as a fucking fart and playing like shit.

God hope this is a parody post...

[DirqVan]

The man is having fun

I like to see him having fun

Veel plezier Edward (thats dutch) :)

[Gedster]

maybe this is the reason michael anthony hit the road with sammy.

[littletone]

Wow, that was pretty damn bad....and before you go off saying, "well, look at how many peeps he's influenced," or, "Well, can YOU do better?" He influenced me, and YES, I can....you can't curtail the obvious people...

[pigglesworth]

ED CAN NEVER DO WRONG. If he joined Al Quaida, ran small children down in his car or produced an album with the singer from Queer-Metal band Extreme he would still THE MAN. I would buy an album of Eddie Van Halen fart noises, so long gas it was new material.

[thevial]

this is not fusion. this is abhorrent fecal matter. his playing is wretched here. the man needs serious help. look at the guy!

i'm not trash talking his playing, and you people blindly defending him need to wake up. the guy has problems in his life that he needs to sort out. this playing is horrible.

[jellynuts]

What a tool!

[angelorichetti]

HES PLAYING FUSION SOMETHING MOST OF YOU YOUNG ONES WOULDNT UNDERSTAND,HES MOVED IN A NEW DIRECTION.THIS IS WHY HE IS THE ALL TIME KING AND ALWAYS WILL BE!

[Golem29]

he's playing random out of key notes and is probably hammered

fanboyism is bad

[drumbum25]

oldguitarplayer- how many platinum albums did you say you have? none? that's what i thought.

[dthayer]

i think that could have been a cool piece if the backing track was better,

[oldguitarplayer]

Just as I have always assumed...this guy was and is all hype...so much

that he can't even "jam" with a lousy bar band...this video just proves

again that I am always right...

[Repro]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v­=s7-JWzX59kk&mode=related&sear­ch=

[cabell64]

BS - if you think he's hype, you've never listened, or, have never attempted to play his stuff, or, have never realized how many players he's influenced....

Post some of your hot licks...

[GeoJ]

WTF !?

[KarlChilders]

That was the most horrible piece of shit that Eddie was ever a part of, including having Sammy and that fruit from Extreme singing for him.

Please clean yourself up, Eddie. You were once a God among men, musically speaking.

[KevytheGreat]

He could have played nice if he was backed by something that sounded better than that garbage.

[Guitarwannabee]

I'm fucking Crushed

[tzskateworks]

seriously what the fuck is with that horrible backing? like what in the hell are you suppose to play over that

[TuskerKevin]

Oh Eddie...what happened????

[tzskateworks]

that backing track sounded terrible. how is anyone suppose to sound good over that crap

[johnnybeane]

The high pitch is from him using the sustainer and bending a string with his finger.

No whammy bar.

JB

[gplanet]

There is more video coming. I just wanted to get something up fast. (upload time slow) put me on your favs.. I will have more cool footage.

[19651965]

Uhm...why only 29 sec? Interesting, wierd...

[vanhalenrules]

Hard to judge from just 29 seconds, but it's great to see Eddie jamming again. Hey that amp looks really with the EVH logo and stripes on it.

[guitarslinger213]

EVH's trem bars don't pull up (raise the pitch) this is fake like those yngwie videos.

[vhtribute]

It'a a sustainer pick-up he's using. It's of course real but it does remind me of something..."You are witnesses to the new birth of Spinal Tap, Mach 2!"

[aromicdevil]

??? Yngwie's trem floats I don't see what you mean he can do harmonic screams they might not be up to par with DBDarrell but he can still raise the pitch.

[aromicdevil]

????? Yngwie's trem floats I don't see what you mean? He can get harmonic screams they're no where up to par with DBDarrell but he can still raise the pitch with his trem.

[jpsmith2YT]

You are right of course, because of the D-Tuna. But at what point does he touch the trem bar? vhtribute is dead on in his take of it.

[Moosenukel]

Trust me I'm not defending EVH. But he did a pinch harmonic and was bending the string up and down while fumbling around for the vol. knob with his right hand.  Sad Sad Sad...

[fenrisx]

....egh...what was that?