How can you miss a Man so much that you never met or knew? Eddie Van Halen Is That Man. You'll be in the hearts and minds of millions forever. God blessed us with Eddie Van Halen.
I think because us who play or love music can remember when EDDIE 1st touched our souls. A genuine soul, kind, funny and absolutely loved his life. Always smiling when he performs. I look at my 5150 original amps, and have been chasing his tone for years. Ed carries on in Wolfgang and his music. RIP EVH, you are one of a kind
@@kenmanor5476 he certainly turned the guitar world upside down on their ears everybody was racing trying to do what he could do. He just always was an upbeat friendly guy and loved what he did and we felt that. He left a mark that can never be erased.
As did I cry and I didn’t realize how much I’d miss seeing Van Halen in concert - I’m 54 and my first tour watching them was in ‘81 on the fair warning WDFA tour ( I was 12 years old) and never missed a tour since ( eveb the Us Festival in’83) all the way to 2015 in October at the Hollywood Bowl - RIP Edward Van Halen
I think the more time passes we will all really realize even more just how special this cat was. The ripple effect is infinite. He has touched millions and millions of people. God could come down n say I'll make you 15 years old again but your life at 15 would start at 2008. I would say get lost. Keep your flying cars, phones n technology. I saw Van Halen from their earliest days all the way through. I win big-time. There's no comparison.
From his smirk and his iconic jump to his guitar. We have all wanted to be him and play like him. We til this day hear the songs on the radio and it doesn't matter if it's Dave or Sammy. We still sing to the songs and play air guitar and dream we are part of the band. Thank you Mr. Eddie Van Halen aka Guitar God for your talent.
I may be old, but I got to see the best bands ever! I'm 59, and I've seen so many great concerts in my life, and Van Halen was one of my favorites. I remember when their first album was released and eruption blew everyone away, I saw Van Halan from David Lee to Sammy Eddie did a solo like no one else you never knew what he would come up with not to be a depressing but with all of his addictions cigarettes was the one he could not kick and during his concerts he would blow smoke rings and always have one lit and that is what caused his death he's sadly missed, but he gave us so much he was a legend.
Damn, I don’t know the right phrasing to say but I miss him being alive?! Never met him. Can watch vids of him. Can listen to him. Just wish he wasn’t gone. R.I.P. EVH! 🎸
Thankyou very much for this. Of all the greats weve lost, his sound, his technique, his writing and his wonderful smile, Eddie you are a KING amongst the greats.
He had the whole package. There's blisteringly fast players out there, that can't write a decent song. Ed's riffs, his rhythmic sensibilities, and of course his soloing....man, he had it all!
I have been a fan of Van Halen since I heard the first few notes of jump... I was hooked and a Van Halen fan for life!! I'm 53 years old and Eddie has always been my favorite guitar player. He influenced so many others to pick up and play. You ask some in the business today who were their influences growing up and I guarantee Eddie is at the top of their list!! Who else could play with a cordless drill and make it sound absolutely incredible!!! He really was a God and a guitar hero to millions of fans... Sadly I only saw Van Halen once live but it's a concert I'll never forget!! Listening to him give this speech makes me miss him that much more!! He had a huge heart and he really loved his son and family.... Eddie Van Halen will be forever missed from his lyrics, to his undeniable stage presence to his ridiculous talent on the guitar not to Mention changing the way it's played to his own line of guitars and amps.... Many guitar players have come and gone, but there will never be another Hendrix, Clapton or Edward Ludwig Van Halen.... It is still so difficult to believe he's been gone for over 2 years.... Seems like a really bad dream I can't wake up from.... Thank you sir for the theme songs to lives of loyal fans such as myself that will live on forever!!! You're gone Eddie but you will NEVER be forgotten..... RIP......
🎶🤘God did bless us with Eddie. And Eddie blessed us with Wolfgang. I'm sure he is one proud dad watching Wolfie do what he's doing. Thank you Eddie for years and years of music. Many late nite drives to the music store for either a CD or guitar strings or whatever. Thank you to all of the ladies in his life for keeping him alive enough to receive this award. And many others. He ran a ship that I'm proud to have sailed on for almost 40 yrs. On that ship was liquor and women... Adult party favors. Only in the captains quarters... And always promised.. good times. Scratch that. Great times. Eddie you changed my life. You made me want to listen to music. Play the guitar and associate with people who did the same. I met my girlfriend at your concert. My dog has a women and children 1st sweater. I wear a fair warning hoodie. And I've owned at least 5 eruption inscripted boxer briefs.. It's my duty to inform y'all I don't own any as we speak. But I'm working on it. Eddie .You don't know it.. but you basically adopted me at the age of 15. And never looked back. I miss you. The world misses you. And I wish you a peaceful rest. You deserve it.. I love you Eddie. Hopefully we meet again.. thanks for the time.. Gus Garcia. Pueblo Colorado 🎶🎵
It’s really a shame that some people in the music industry have never heard of EVH. Part of music history for eternity. Thanks for sharing your gift and blessing us with a lifetime of memories. You touched so many lives. Miss you 😢
He deserved this more than anything. He was willing to take chances with his guitar and gave us such music as we never heard. I never knew him but he was a friend to everyone who loves music. Your job is done and done well. Rest well and thank you.
I'm so glad this came into my algorithm it's fantastic. RD Jr is a badass phenomenal actor and like Eddie overcame his addictions. Yes the king is gone but not forgotten.
miss EVH and his smiling face!! Aint nobody can come close, musically, to what he did! Nor any rock star as humble! As some other rockers attest to his signature sound and style, "Eddie would play my guitar through my gear like EVH does, and then he handed me back my guitar, and I sounded nothing like EVH. It was him and his magic!"
What a shooting star of a legend. Literally reinvented what everyone thought was the limits of electric guitar playing in the mid to late 70s, carved the way into the 80s.... And the rest is frankenstrat history. RIP EVH.
Eddie Van Halen would rather get this type of award than some Grammy or some critics award . He loved his CREEM reader's polls or guitar magazine polls .
We miss you Eddie, sorry about the sound quality for this you should not have to have your history explain in such a manner but I’m sure whoever put this together wanted to do their best.
As a recovering alcoholic of almost 23 yrs and Eddie being basically my favorite all time guitar player. I have to say how much I love his speech. God makes us musicians. He made us crazy enough to sit in rooms for hours and play the same thing over and over and over until we got it right and then we would move on to the next riff. I started playing almost 40 yrs ago. I still love to play to this day. I love to sit with my guitar at least once a day and just play. Its therapeutic and I love it.
Why does everyone in recovery HAVE to start off telling us this info? How does any of YOUR problems with alcohol have ANYTHING to do with anything in this video?! Go to a meeting for that particular attention, bud.
@@boofert.washington2499 Bro what in the actual fuck are you talking about. Like half of his speech was him talking about how he has been sober and what has kept him sober. I think its you needs to go to a meeting because are deluded buddy.
I had the same reaction! One of my favorites of ALL time! Being a player for over 5 decades myself he was always one of my heroes next to Mr Les Paul and Jeff Beck ALL innovators and creators of things musically, tonally, and technically that changed the music world! RIP EVH and Lester! Great repost!
Wouldn't that be one hell of a jam session? That would be so hot it start a camp fire like the one on stage behind him, but only bigger. Thank you EVH. Rest in peace my friend rest in peace.🎵🎸🎶
god i feel blessed to have been a teenager from late 70s to 80s this guy when my friend called me and said listen to this it was eddie playing there first album i was like what the f--k! how does he play like that
Eddie had amazing musical abilities, as do many, but he was just as human as you and I. If he weren't human, he'd still be here, right? He is, however, with the ONE and only God that gave him life, both physical and spiritual. Rest in peace Eddie!
I give thanks but I was born in error that I got to see Edward Van Halen from the beginning I was career to the end of his life the greatest guitar player to ever strap it up and he rest in peace Eddie
I'm so honored to own a EVH stripe Frankensteinguitar,, just holding it u know the man knew what he was doing,, thanks for sharing ur gift to us all Mr EVH n ur brother Al not bad on the drums either
I've been searching for this clip for so long. Thank you for uploading this video.❤ Eddie really deserves this award. He really revolutionized the way of guitar playing. I miss him so much ❤
Changed the way a guitar is played for the rest of time, RIP Ed...
How can you miss a Man so much that you never met or knew? Eddie Van Halen
Is That Man. You'll be in the hearts and minds of millions forever. God blessed us with Eddie Van Halen.
I can relate. I cried like a baby when John Lennon died in 1980, I was ten.
I think because us who play or love music can remember when EDDIE 1st touched our souls. A genuine soul, kind, funny and absolutely loved his life. Always smiling when he performs. I look at my 5150 original amps, and have been chasing his tone for years. Ed carries on in Wolfgang and his music. RIP EVH, you are one of a kind
Im almost 60 and i cried when he passed away. He was such a big part of my growing up.
@@kenmanor5476 he certainly turned the guitar world upside down on their ears everybody was racing trying to do what he could do. He just always was an upbeat friendly guy and loved what he did and we felt that. He left a mark that can never be erased.
AMEN & RIP Eddie . . .
I still can't believe Eddie's gone and Keith Richards is still breathing.
Doesn't seem possible for sure
Keith died like 25 years ago, he's just a zombie.
Nzinn73 Bill Preston" this may explain why Keef cannot be killed by conventional weapons"
Apparently, heroin acts like vitamins to Keith Richards. The more he does - the longer he lives!
He definitely made a deal with the devil.
That blazing fast ,light picking hand . Will never be another . Long live the greatness of Edward Van Halen ❤️❤️🤟
All of his playing had so much swing to it.
@@mikemc4549 he had a swing and soul that none of the other shredders had.
He was always my #1🎸Guitar🎸Rock🎸GOD🎸Eddie🎸Van🎸Halen🎸!!!!! Will never be another like him ever......
@@alicegorsen1968 Same here
The only celebrity I ever cried for. And still do.
How could a man that I never met become like a brother ?
I miss you and your smile Ed. :(
Man, I remember the day he died.. I cried too 😭
As did I cry and I didn’t realize how much I’d miss seeing Van Halen in concert - I’m 54 and my first tour watching them was in ‘81 on the fair warning WDFA tour ( I was 12 years old) and never missed a tour since ( eveb the Us Festival in’83) all the way to 2015 in October at the Hollywood Bowl - RIP Edward Van Halen
In 50, 100, 200 years, society will look back with the same amount of amazement that we did in 1979.
There are others like him , but none like him. Rest In Peace EVH , Already 2 yrs yet feels like yesterday...
I miss him terribly. Over the decades he becomes part of your family.
The musical intro gave me sweet memories. R.I.P. Edward. You’re still the #1 guitar slinger.
“Ladies and gentlemen, the master of 10 fingers and 6 strings; Mr Edward Van Halen!”
The 1 and only GOAT.
perfectly put.
@@warrenparker8282 Eddie van Halen*
Goat = tu kambing.
@@nizamyusop7157 *Eddie van halen
@@warrenparker8282 Jimmy was a blues man, and a sloppy one, no comparison to EVH
And he made it look like the most fun you could ever have
Hell yes he did! My room was plastered with VH posters and pics. My dad said Eddie always looks like he's having the time of his life on stage
As long as I'm alive, your music will play on!!!!!
The best ever, there will never be another.
There will never be another person to out do the GOD EVH. Still wish I had the chance to see him in concert. R.I.P
The greatest guitarist and my favorite guitarist of all time and the whole wide world Eddie Van Halen.
I couldn't agree more with your statement 👍100%👍
Missed and never replaced, as a man, as a genious, as a guitar legend and an music engineer.
I think the more time passes we will all really realize even more just how special this cat was. The ripple effect is infinite. He has touched millions and millions of people. God could come down n say I'll make you 15 years old again but your life at 15 would start at 2008. I would say get lost. Keep your flying cars, phones n technology. I saw Van Halen from their earliest days all the way through. I win big-time. There's no comparison.
Never thought I needed to see Iron Man talk about Eddie
Never saw this, and I thought I had seen everything EVH related....thank you!
From his smirk and his iconic jump to his guitar. We have all wanted to be him and play like him. We til this day hear the songs on the radio and it doesn't matter if it's Dave or Sammy. We still sing to the songs and play air guitar and dream we are part of the band. Thank you Mr. Eddie Van Halen aka Guitar God for your talent.
KING Edward!!!
I may be old, but I got to see the best bands ever! I'm 59, and I've seen so many great concerts in my life, and Van Halen was one of my favorites. I remember when their first album was released and eruption blew everyone away, I saw Van Halan from David Lee to Sammy Eddie did a solo like no one else you never knew what he would come up with not to be a depressing but with all of his addictions cigarettes was the one he could not kick and during his concerts he would blow smoke rings and always have one lit and that is what caused his death he's sadly missed, but he gave us so much he was a legend.
Iam. 58, and. Still. Playin, VH music,on my, guitar, this, makes me feel, in the 80ths,for ever young
Damn, I don’t know the right phrasing to say but I miss him being alive?! Never met him. Can watch vids of him. Can listen to him. Just wish he wasn’t gone. R.I.P. EVH! 🎸
I'm 53 and EVH is literally the only hero I ever had --- that alone tells you the impact he had on my life ❤🤟
Thankyou very much for this. Of all the greats weve lost, his sound, his technique, his writing and his wonderful smile, Eddie you are a KING amongst the greats.
Miss you GREAT ONE❤🎸
He looks healthy here. I wish he was still here. 😔
He had the whole package.
There's blisteringly fast players out there, that can't write a decent song.
Ed's riffs, his rhythmic sensibilities, and of course his soloing....man, he had it all!
I have been a fan of Van Halen since I heard the first few notes of jump...
I was hooked and a Van Halen fan for life!!
I'm 53 years old and Eddie has always been my favorite guitar player. He influenced so many others to pick up and play.
You ask some in the business today who were their influences growing up and I guarantee Eddie is at the top of their list!!
Who else could play with a cordless drill and make it sound absolutely incredible!!!
He really was a God and a guitar hero to millions of fans...
Sadly I only saw Van Halen once live but it's a concert I'll never forget!!
Listening to him give this speech makes me miss him that much more!! He had a huge heart and he really loved his son and family....
Eddie Van Halen will be forever missed from his lyrics, to his undeniable stage presence to his ridiculous talent on the guitar not to Mention changing the way it's played to his own line of guitars and amps....
Many guitar players have come and gone, but there will never be another Hendrix, Clapton or Edward Ludwig Van Halen....
It is still so difficult to believe he's been gone for over 2 years....
Seems like a really bad dream I can't wake up from....
Thank you sir for the theme songs to lives of loyal fans such as myself that will live on forever!!!
You're gone Eddie but you will NEVER be forgotten..... RIP......
Love this man!
Miss this man!!
Will never forget this man!!
Long live the king!
🎶🤘God did bless us with Eddie. And Eddie blessed us with Wolfgang. I'm sure he is one proud dad watching Wolfie do what he's doing. Thank you Eddie for years and years of music. Many late nite drives to the music store for either a CD or guitar strings or whatever. Thank you to all of the ladies in his life for keeping him alive enough to receive this award. And many others. He ran a ship that I'm proud to have sailed on for almost 40 yrs. On that ship was liquor and women... Adult party favors. Only in the captains quarters... And always promised.. good times. Scratch that. Great times. Eddie you changed my life. You made me want to listen to music. Play the guitar and associate with people who did the same. I met my girlfriend at your concert. My dog has a women and children 1st sweater. I wear a fair warning hoodie. And I've owned at least 5 eruption inscripted boxer briefs.. It's my duty to inform y'all I don't own any as we speak. But I'm working on it. Eddie .You don't know it.. but you basically adopted me at the age of 15. And never looked back. I miss you. The world misses you. And I wish you a peaceful rest. You deserve it.. I love you Eddie. Hopefully we meet again.. thanks for the time.. Gus Garcia. Pueblo Colorado 🎶🎵
It’s really a shame that some people in the music industry have never heard of EVH. Part of music history for eternity. Thanks for sharing your gift and blessing us with a lifetime of memories. You touched so many lives. Miss you 😢
He deserved this more than anything. He was willing to take chances with his guitar and gave us such music as we never heard. I never knew him but he was a friend to everyone who loves music. Your job is done and done well. Rest well and thank you.
He absolutely deserves to be 1st. Love and miss you Eddie
Missed but Never forgotten!! 🙏♥️EVH
I'm so glad this came into my algorithm it's fantastic. RD Jr is a badass phenomenal actor and like Eddie overcame his addictions. Yes the king is gone but not forgotten.
miss EVH and his smiling face!! Aint nobody can come close, musically, to what he did! Nor any rock star as humble! As some other rockers attest to his signature sound and style, "Eddie would play my guitar through my gear like EVH does, and then he handed me back my guitar, and I sounded nothing like EVH. It was him and his magic!"
300 years from now people will still be watching in amazement “The Great EVH!”
Tears.
I still can’t believe he’s gone. Rest In Paradise Eddie! ❤
I'm still bothered by it...
What a shooting star of a legend. Literally reinvented what everyone thought was the limits of electric guitar playing in the mid to late 70s, carved the way into the 80s.... And the rest is frankenstrat history. RIP EVH.
I feel blessed to have been alive from the first album to eagerly waiting for the next album throughout the last 45 years. What a ride!
I miss Eddie he was my first guitar love ❤️
Thank God I got to watch Eddie 2015 this man was special, RIP EDDIE 🙏 forever you will be missed 😢
Eddie Van Halen would rather get this type of award than some Grammy or some critics award . He loved his CREEM reader's polls or guitar magazine polls .
He was something else!
We miss you Eddie, sorry about the sound quality for this you should not have to have your history explain in such a manner but I’m sure whoever put this together wanted to do their best.
EVH The King.
..one and only..King EVH..my music man forever...👍👍👍
When this first aired, I made sure I got home and turned the phone off! Thank you so much for posting this. It was great to see it again.
I really love this man
That was some introduction! Thanks for this clip!
As a recovering alcoholic of almost 23 yrs and Eddie being basically my favorite all time guitar player. I have to say how much I love his speech.
God makes us musicians. He made us crazy enough to sit in rooms for hours and play the same thing over and over and over until we got it right and then we would move on to the next riff. I started playing almost 40 yrs ago. I still love to play to this day. I love to sit with my guitar at least once a day and just play. Its therapeutic and I love it.
Why does everyone in recovery HAVE to start off telling us this info? How does any of YOUR problems with alcohol have ANYTHING to do with anything in this video?! Go to a meeting for that particular attention, bud.
@@boofert.washington2499 That's what he wanted to say and share with all of us. You can go stand in the corner now LIL FELLA....
@@boofert.washington2499 Bro what in the actual fuck are you talking about. Like half of his speech was him talking about how he has been sober and what has kept him sober. I think its you needs to go to a meeting because are deluded buddy.
@@boofert.washington2499 It actually has a lot to do with this video, as the majority of Eddie's speech was about his sobriety.
I saw Eddie play many times live what a true masterpiece of a real talent to witness thank you 🙏 Eddie Van Halen.
RIP GODSPEED!!!
Such a class act
Too bad he didn't quit smoking years ago. RIP Eddie.
Greatest ever...we all learned loved and copied him.
Will always be my all time favorite. I so do miss him.
"I don't do what i do for this" most Eddie's thing to say 😂
ONE OF THE GREATEST MASTERS OF GUITAR, NO ONE CAN EVER TOUCH WHAT EVH DID.
A hug and a kiss. He always greeted people with a hug and a kiss. A genuinely kind sole. RIP EVH
Gee thanks for bringing a tear to my eyes.
I had the same reaction! One of my favorites of ALL time! Being a player for over 5 decades myself he was always one of my heroes next to Mr Les Paul and Jeff Beck ALL innovators and creators of things musically, tonally, and technically that changed the music world! RIP EVH and Lester! Great repost!
God we miss you Eddie!
Imagine Eddie,Jimmy,Randy,Dime,and Stevie sitting around sharing their secrets with each other.
Wouldn't that be one hell of a jam session? That would be so hot it start a camp fire like the one on stage behind him, but only bigger. Thank you EVH. Rest in peace my friend rest in peace.🎵🎸🎶
@@tfjack97 sure would.speaking of fire,I forgot Prince
Rock the Galaxy EVH
His phrasing was what did it for me..
Truly the King!! I am in tears again!
Brought tears to my eyes 😢
Eddie is the one that made me want to play guitar along with millions of others rest in peace Eddie you are missed 🎸
曲作りの妙。誰もマネできないスタイル！エドは永遠に！
My Guitar Hero.
Fantastic what a great person
After many years of stage, he always was emotioned in front of the public, interviews or awards. Very humble and genuine here.
Rip King of guitar
god i feel blessed to have been a teenager from late 70s to 80s this guy when my friend called me and said listen to this it was eddie playing there first album i was like what the f--k! how does he play like that
The king the goat!!!
RIP EVH the well deserved world's very first guitar GOD!!!!!! There will never be another MAN like you!!!!!
That shot of the military guy with his fist cracked me up! 😂
Eddie had amazing musical abilities, as do many, but he was just as human as you and I. If he weren't human, he'd still be here, right? He is, however, with the ONE and only God that gave him life, both physical and spiritual. Rest in peace Eddie!
That picture on the front shows the two greatest guitar players of all time
love & miss you so much Eddie
Miss ya Ed...
Rest in Peace sir. 🕯️
Absolute legend.
I’m so sorry he’s gone! He’s legend & even more than that for his humility & love for his fans.
Thanks Robert, well spoken..
Rip Eddie
Thank you Eddie! For inspiring my idol, Dimebag Darrell🤘. Rock on eternally.
God bless you Ed for everything you gave us. Rest in peace meastro. 🙏✌
Ed was the most humbled goat of anything ever!
He was actually very arrogant
EVHは世界一です。。。
The master, the genius, the God of Guitar.
I just broke down in tears.
The Man is so genuinely humble, modest and classy. Rest in Paradise Edward. I feel pretty certain he's playing for the Almighty.
I give thanks but I was born in error that I got to see Edward Van Halen from the beginning I was career to the end of his life the greatest guitar player to ever strap it up and he rest in peace Eddie
miss this guy so much
Eddie looks uncomfy af lol. That’s how down to earth he was. True legend.
All hail King Edward.
I'm so honored to own a EVH stripe Frankensteinguitar,, just holding it u know the man knew what he was doing,, thanks for sharing ur gift to us all Mr EVH n ur brother Al not bad on the drums either
I've been searching for this clip for so long. Thank you for uploading this video.❤
Eddie really deserves this award. He really revolutionized the way of guitar playing. I miss him so much ❤