Thanks for your comment. Yeah, I have to agree... I grew up a huge Van Halen fan and grew to be very irritated by Dave although I have to admit I always preferred him over Sammy however I loved Sammy with Van Halen I just wanted irritating Dave back too. Lol. but Dave has caused me to realize be very careful how you judge people on the outside and I have come or grown to respect him a great deal and very glad he is part.. A Precious part of Rock and Roll history. RIP Eddie. God, I actually felt & feel grief over his death. Such an amazing smily incredibly cool to us fans person. If there's a heaven he's in a special place there no doubt
To see David Lee Roth treat you as a paramedic would be a dream you would never want to wake up from, and more importantly, hard to believe for years to come. Try convincing your friends that David is the one who saved your life.
for a guy who played the party boy and ultimate playboy in hard rock's biggest band at the time, dave's a very smart, well-read and well-traveled guy. pretty interesting dude and definitely a character.
I truly believe the animosity between DLR and EVH is what made them such a magical combination. They both thrived off each other whether they wanted to admit it or not...pure musical chemistry. Then when they hit that stage they left all that drama behind them and tore the house down together. The Mighty Van Halen!!! 🤘
I never understood how a band behind the scenes could be fighting and barely talking, riding on different busses and airplanes (it happened with both Roth and Hagar while in Van Halen) and then get on stage and look like the love each other and make great music. Of course I was never anywhere close to their level in any of the many bands I have played in, but If bands members I played with didn't get along, someone quit, there was no lets just stay together and play the gig, It didn't matter how tight or good the band was. I guess that some of the differences that being in a band with a contract, or professionalism, or whatever you wanna call the difference between a state or locally touring bar band and a big worldwide huge band like Van Halen. When I first started playing in my first band I was told that the hardest part about being in a band, is keeping the band together, and I can honestly say, I have played hard songs, in front of rough crowds, hard road trips, but all of that was nothing compared to the hard part of keeping the band together.
He had a syndicated radio show for a while. I can't remember the exact dates but I caught the first airing because it was falling into a spot that I normally listened to on my commute (the show I listened to was going away. I can't remember if it was Howard Stern or the Russ Martin show) but they replaced it with the David Lee Roth show. And I really liked it. It wasn't shock jock stuff or anything and the man really had a good voice, tempo, and story telling ability that made me really like to listen to him. If I remember right it didn't last too long though. For some reason it didn't get the ratings they wanted. I think it'd to a lot better today. I think his show was around.. 2006? I think.
Exactly, he had something to say and teach. He was the epitome of a Rock superstar. Walked the walk, talked the talk, and was everything you expected him to be and more.
Simply one of the greatest guitar players in Rock history. He inspired so many players during the 80s and 90s. He made that thing “sing like a bird”. His fingers were a constant blur... We will all miss you great master
U hit the nail on the head there bro-tato chip!! His rhythm playing though is largely over looked and is his greatest asset, it's so light-n-beautiful and full of harmonics and open notes etc..but yes this is revealing.
@Abe Cedeefgee I know, right? There's no way that the singer of Van Halen would have more insight on Eddie's writing techniques then some random ass dude on youtube, that'd be crazy.
@Abe Cedeefgee I agree any search to CZcams can see eddie can play anything at anytime. this discussion is a insult to the greatest guitar player of all time.
John, I mean no disrespect, and Dave's explanation truly DOES sound reasonable. But, please...don't buy one bit of it. That's simply NOT how it was done. Yes, there are cases where more than one track has been manipulated to fix, embellish, or modify something, but the idea that EVH created "trickery" in the studio that he then had to go back and learn is just unadulterated horse crap. It just is. I was a professional guitarist when EVH came on the scene, and I was recording in modern studios then as now, and combining multiple takes to create something entirely new is just not ever done, unless the music style is built around that - which Van Halen's certainly was not. Running faders up and down on a mixer - even by the most adroit and skilled engineers - results in a sound that any listener in the world would recognize as manipulation. You can't hide individual track volumes going up and down. I love Dave, but he's the worlds greatest story teller for a reason: Half of what he says is utter bullshit, lol!!
When DLR was great Van Halen thrived. Then he fell off a cliff and Sammy was the savior. These interviews with him after the fact are a joke. He’s lost and only solidifies the reason he got the boot. In the end though, Sammy is the only gem of the bunch. A real stand up guy.
Van halen was great from their Debut all the way to balance. I wonder what if sammy was the frontman from the beginning and dave replaced him later they might not be so successful but lucky sammy came in after dave.
1984 was (IMO) the best Album,Tho 5150 is close.Dave was a Great Frontman on stage,but Sammy is a way better Singer and Person.Plus Sammy had a Solo career before and after VH while DLR basically became a bald Rasputin.
What's up with everyone saying rest in power all of the sudden? What does it even mean? Rest in peace. Power has been depleted. It sucks, but it's true bro. 🔋
“Guys would come in and just wing it” - exactly what Eddie did on Beat It and it came out amazingly well. He didn’t pre write it and he said it took him all of 20 minutes to record.
But they also likely recorded. Ton of versions of the solo before either making a composite of all of the tracks or picking one out of many solos that were recorded. There's an interview with Steve Stevens about the solo he played for Dirty Diana and he detailed that he recorded a ton of solos, with input from MJ who was there and then they took the tracks he laid down and mixed and mashed to create the two solos in the song.
@@krymsix574 Eddie did actually comp some of his work, but this was done more later on, late 80s & 90s, the earlier stuff was not comp’d and neither was the Beat It solo
I think he did two takes and that was it, nailed it on #2. He also requested to solo over the same chord progression as the chorus, instead of just the monotone _du-du-dum_ E chord thing that precedes the solo. So Eddie had a hand in arranging and thus improving the biggest hit MJ ever had... an outside contribution he had hoped Dave and the others would never find out about, it created tensions.
and he doesn't even know all that much about MMA either, he just jumps in, states the obvious, repeats it and tries tirelessly not to get caught about not knowing what he's talking about. he's about running a business, any business, and if he has to start analysing stocks and securities next week, he'll just read a bit (maybe), watch some financial shows and he's a stock analyst and the funny thing is nobody realises this. there are MANY people like that, but this guy is their president. there's no passion, there's just an insane amount of support and promotion in his favour. i think maybe i'll publish this PhD thesis next year, just need to get myself a good Jewish publisher, maybe Joe knows a few
Eh, I think hes a pretty avid music fan. He's just not an aficionado of the technical details. Not a lot of people who aren't diehards know what DLR is talking about here.
Yeah! Break! Care! Break! - He's talking about Eddie comping a few solos to avoid talking about himself and all the punch ins you can clearly hear on his vocal tracks. It's OK Dave, at least you sang the actual notes unlike, uh less good music now. Love you man.
Not much in this crazy world can make you believe for a second in a higher power but what are the chances of van halen finding DLR and lets face it, he was the perfect guy. Then the 2nd perfect guy falls into place a few years later. That feels like the hand of god. Sammy says fate and destination. I agree. And damn glad it happened exactly that way.
@Matt G - Dave is smarter than you want to portray him as being. He may not be a "genius", but give him credit for tapping into the public consciousness for about a decade between 1978-88 that is still being felt today.
I love when Joe does that “Wowwwwwww” comment. That basically means “What you’re saying sounds really incredible, but I don’t really understand what you’re talking about.”
Eddie Van Halen's creative process may have been mechanical but his end product was completely organic and super human. I watched a video of Eddie talking in an interview on a stage when he simply got up and dropped those stunning runs on a guitar,with him so sick it was clear he was suffering very much. Eddie Van Halen and all the guys,including David Lee Roth made history. But Eddie was incredible. Rest In Peace Eddie,and Thank You.
In my opinion, the weight and influence of Edward Van Halens' guitar playing cannot be overstated. He single handedly changed the way rock guitar was approached and played. In my lifetime, there is only one other artist who achieved similar status and that was Jimi Hendrix. We won't see another like him. Rest in Peace, Edward Van Halen for you surely have earned it.
You didn’t mention Tony Iommi. Not a name everyone would immediately recognize but the was the guitarist behind the band that gave birth to heavy metal
As a musician who's studied Eddie Van Halen since 1978, I can assure you that this is not the "secret" to EVH solos. What Dave's talking about occurred occasionally but not as a rule. The secret is EVH is a guitar genius. He also is extremely methodical about writing instrumentation. He worked very hard at what you hear on a VH record.
as a guitar player I always wondered about the construction of guitar solos, and this actually explains several crazy solos I had to learn over the years. lol
There really is no single way to create the solo. You basically just gotta go with how your feeling goes. Your knowledge goes from there. After a while it will just come naturally. Check out a video of Steve Vai demonstrating Freak Show Excess. He really breaks it down.
kevin w Holy cow! Crazy story! I’ve been right where you’re saying and on Sunset. I remember the Custom Guitar shop there where Kirk Hammett would pick up some of his guitars. Too bad it isn’t there. That must have been crazy what you saw there. Awesome.
If you want the golden key to solos, master your scales. Once you know how to play scales in different keys, you can begin to create without worry of being out of key. Just play scales in the key the song is in at any given time and sooner or later those scales will turn into solo ideas. And you begin learning writing tricks and habits. But scales and knowing the key changes in the song is key
There’s guitar faces...and then there’s Eddies smile. I love ya Eddie, not a day goes by that I don’t listen to your playing. I hope you have found your peace
foggyblues13 You are dead wrong. Point me to one pointless or confusing tangent in this 3 hour conversation. If you can't follow this you're just not up to speed.
The beautiful thing about music is it a time machine. Eddies music will bring us back to the past when Eddie was playing in this human form. He left us some spiritual gifts.
Breakes my heart......just watcing....love Van Halen so much. Eddie was something special. From the album "Woman and children first".....im in. Love you. Thank you.
I’ve watched the majority of this interview and have concluded that with each topic David Lee Roth begins to say something insightful that I want to hear then he just starts making faces, noises, hand gestures, and begins to laugh. It’s really quite a tease
Bombastic producing and engineering advice. I always knew my ears were being hoodwinked into having to perform the impossible ...just in terms of pitch and accuracy...but DLR just summed it all up in less than 2:46
As a 17 year old guitarist, Van Halen, James hetfield, Bryan May, slash, jimmy page and so many more, had the most influence on me wanting to start, these guys and so many more are so important to me. Eruption and the stairway to heaven solo are my favorite pieces of music out there. (And yeah I know these are pretty well known guitarists and it’s kinda cliche to say they inspired you to play, but whatever, it’s true)
You're generation is the most coddled, entitled, privileged in the history of the world. You can't take anything from your own time period as inspirational, that's why you have to go back to the past.
you're right. wait another 10 years and everythings gonna be more fucked and so forth. The internet and social media is fucking these kids minds up without the parents even realizing it cause they are addicted too now. and people saying ok "dad" or "old man" are part of the problem. This world just doesn't deserve greatness anymore and it's sad
Ja ka No I agree, most music today isn’t good. But why get mad that someone from my generation appreciates the absolute greatness of artists from the past?
RIP Eddie. Your playing style really made me love rock music. You are such an inspiration in the community and will forever be remembered... Wow so sad.
I remember as a kid, we couldn't get MTV in my area of Chicago so I had to wait till Friday night video show on T.V and everytime I always waited for jump to come on so I could watch Eddie play that solo with that grin. Was always one of my fondest memories of Eddie. We have truly lost a legend, mentor, teacher and inspiration to millions of guitar players and musicians from all around the world. R.I.P EDDIE, YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN!!!
Eddie Van Halen was sampling himself in the 70’s. I can’t believe I learned this on the day he passed. What a legend. So ahead of his time and always gonna be my idol and #1 on the all time list. Rest in Power.
@Barney Fife I've seen many things happen to these performers. Good and Horrific. That's Show biz. Dave once broke his leg jumping off the Drum riser and wore a cast for awile onstage. Shit happens more than you realize.. haha.
I would pay him just to come to my house and host parties. Dude is completely timeless and the ultimate classic performer. He always understood it's show business people!!!
Nathan Walsh - I think Diamond Dave is the best front man in rock. Maybe not the best vocalist, but he knew how to entertain a crowd. Look at his solo career after VanHalen. He had some of the wildest videos out at that time from “Eat Em And Smile”.
@@chesterswingjr9796 People always say that: "best front man." What does that even mean? Runs around? Does splits off the drum riser? Whips his hair? Gyrates? Poses? Who cares about that? I want to see someone sing well, and enjoy him/herself. The rest is just foolishness.
No question about it, Dave is a different dude. This being said there is some serious sage he has under his belt and I could listen to his interviews all day.
DLR is like that guy you start casual conversation with and he just tells you a whole story with such passion you can't walk away... You want to but can't
I could sit and talk, (well that is LISTEN) with this majestic man for days. Grew up on Van Halen. Still listen to them. But hearing the soul of the man behind the music is riveting.
That's the best way to create a solo! Improvise multiple takes on separate tracks. All you need nowadays is two tracks for soloing because it's so easy to split, crop, copy, paste, and delete licks or even punch in and out. Choose the best sounding licks and edit them together. Learn the solo and record it in one take for a smoother feel instead of using the pieces as the final product, unless you want to.
I remember a quote from David Briggs, he was Neil Young's producer, "in the old days, everyone got hard, went in and stood in front a mic and put it down". Just my opinion, but I think when you digitally manipulate the music it loses it's soul. Isn't that why live music is so good?
Best way to do it for me is to live track it with the band. Essentially what Dave is saying here but with the band together so you can work off each other. Depends on the recording. Nice to start with that authentic inspired take and then fix any flubs.
Also I heard Gilmour say that more than three takes in a day (on a solo) for him was overthinking it. Gonna nail that true inspiration somewhere up front. After a point your just trying to duplicate an idea you already had
I hired a sax player for a solo; he did several takes, and after he was gone the engineer and I did the same thing. When the CD came out, the sax player had no idea what we had done and thought that in one of his takes nailed it.
the method he's talking about is called ''comping''. they do the same thing with vocals. they do that on just about every record that's been released for like the past 50/60 years. it used to be much more difficult in the old days, but nowadays it's a LOT easier. still a pain in the neck though depending on how many takes you gotta sift through
Diamond Dave, the ultimate Rock Star. He may be high-milage, but like a vehicle, they were freeway miles. Better to burn a little bit, than rust. Good show Joe.
@@bonjovisleftnut8954 I'm a guitarplayer myself, sorry but it's the truth. I know of at least one famous guitarist that confirmed this is the way they do indeed record guitarsolos these days. Nile Rodgers, look it up yourself if you don't believe me. I don't think he is bashing. It's just funny, cause it's the truth. Jumping all over the neck if you try to learn those cut & paste solos.
Andreas J Black I’m a guitar player also I don’t see why that matters but I’m sure there are many people who record that way. But to think that this is just the way of doing things now is pretty ridiculous.
A part of so many of us who grew up living in a world created by Eddie V. by his music. A icon is gone! rip Friend. You were a big part of my life still are . TY
it's been over 8 months since EVH's passing and i'm STILL bummed the fuck out about it. he was my fave musician from my fave band for nearly the past 40 yrs of my life. the king is dead, long live the king.
One thing I've learned over my years...You can gauge how intelligent a person is by how easily they coherently explain a complicated process into layman's terms... And keep you hanging on every word. David Lee Roth- *GENIUS*
This actually makes perfect sense. Because the solo for "Hot For Teacher" is so dynamic, I thought he was an alien, but come to find, it was just a "Mix" of lots of takes. And by no means does that make the _playing_ any less great, it just shows that the dynamics were "Stitched" together, as opposed to one fluid thought, first time through. This may be the best guitar lesson ever said, and I am not kidding. In a weird way, it actually teaches you to "Play like yourself". Meaning we are dynamic creatures, and if you met me for 5 seconds, you could never know everything about me. In 20 years, you would start to get the idea. Like seeing a "Highlight reel" of all I have done before meeting me, it would give you a much better sense of all I am. Maybe this is one of the best ways to approach a solo, having to actually LEARN more about ourselves, and what is possible if we were to have many takes at any situation in life. Like the movie "Groundhog day". The _first_ approach at something is not always the best. Nor the second or third, etc. But there may also be a few good ideas to remember from each approach. Maybe it is the culmination of all we have to offer. If we saw our everyday life like that, maybe we would not be so hard on ourselves about one stupid choice we made, one single huge mistake, and instead see ourselves as mix of all the _RIGHT_ choices we have made. Maybe that is a way to forgive ourselves about bad choices, and be proud of the good ones. Mix all our best moments together, and try our very best to be our best each day, knowing every day is just another "Take" and that we have more chances to get it right. But always searching for that moment that makes us feel... "Worthy". Just a perspective. Rock on. - Kevin Venture
Its easy for you isnt it! You inhereted billions from your super-scientist father, Dr. Jonas Venture! Granted, you had to split it with Rusty, but there was still much left over... You probably even got to spend time in the massive space station, Gargantua 1. But at least you dont have to worry about being arched by The Monarch though...
That has to be one of the most fantastic tips I’ve possibly heard about how to record a kickass guitar solo. EVH solos are COLLAGES!!! Little pieces pasted together, in a beautiful mashup of melody, explosiveness and acrobatics. That’s why Eddie’s solos always sound so odd and unpredictable. WOW
It’s not just Eddies solos, it’s everything you hear from vocals on down. If you train your ear you can hear edits in music all the way back to the mid 60’s. The 50’s were the last golden era. Elvis, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Eddie Cochran... musicians in those days would go in and do a whole record in one or two days. The sounds and the performances became classics.
If you're susceptible to his shpiel, that's on you. Dave has always amused me. But if he came up to me and tried to sell me something, I'd reply, "I'm just going to turn around now." It's kind of like the guy who uses all the cheesy pickup lines in college. That guy DOES tend to leave with a gal, and other guys will get a little frustrated by that until they eventually learn that the lines only appeared to work bc those gals were inclined to drop their panties for that particular guy to begin with.
This is so true! Dave has some amazing insights! He has been there and walked the walk and so now he can talk the talk with real wisdom. I do exactly this in the recording studio (cut and splice and then relearn the solo) but I never realized it. Dave should have a PHD in rock and roll based on life experience!
I don't care what anyone says- Diamond Dave will always get Diamond Dave to laugh at his jokes. He never fails! RIP Eddie. You will never truly be dead because your efforts in this lifetime have made you immortal
More important --- it was ORGANIC and not contrived by assholes in suits --- just four bad ass dudes from the local neighborhood in Pasadena who had music in their souls and a craving to tour the world
LIGHT UP THE SKY!. It was a quiet Sunday, summer afternoon in 1985. Mum and I were on our way to Toronto's International Airport to pick up my father, who was returning from another one of his trips to Lagos, Nigeria. We drove up Hwy 427 in our 1978 Volvo GL. Mum loved that car, and always made mentioned of how the silver paint had specks of yellow in it. She was a painter and had an acute eye for colour. When we got to the airport, we parked at the departures level so we could avoid traffic. As we crossed the roadway toward the terminal entrance, I flipped on my headphones, and pressed play on my red Sanyo walkman. It was positioned on my favourite track, Van Halen's 'Light Up The Sky'. As we went through the sliding doors and my eyes adjusted to the light, I noticed a man with curly blond hair. He was small and skinny, wore a black t-shirt and jeans. He walked alongside another man of similar size.I suddenly recognized him. He was the guitar player of this well known Canadian band that had a couple of hit songs, known as , Honeymoon Suite. "Lame" I thought to myself. I'm a Van Fuckin Halen fan. Everyone else were just posers. There was another guy with a similar small and slim stature walking beside Blondie Locks . It took me a second or two to realize that the man standing before me was in fact 'Eddie Van -(Fuckin)-Halen!!!' himself. His hair was shorter. He was wearing a sports jacket and baggie pants. Far from the patched jeans and fro-like mane he'd been known for. As I turned back to tell mum who it was, I saw a taller, tanned man, struggling with some large pieces of luggage. His hair was long and he donned a white head-band in matching Miami Vice white suit, accented by a pair of Rey Bans, a tropical pink tee-shirt, white loafers, no socks. "Alex Van -Fuckin' Halen!' It was unbelievable. My very next thought was of my friends abs how fucking jealous they were going to be, and if they'd even believe me. I couldn't let this moment go by without contact. Eddie was leaning against the counter by himself, a few people recognized him and were casually gawking. Mum knew who Eddie was, just like all mother constantly subjected to her children's musical tastes. I was apprehensive about approaching Eddie, but Alex had a big smile on his face, so I went up to him and extended my hand out, and introduced myself. "Hi, Im Kalen" was all i could muster. He smiled large, and shook my hand as vigorously as hits tge cymbals. 'Hey man..Alex.' He was dealing with quite a load of luggage, so I mumbled adulations and then turned back toward Eddie, who was now standing quietly alone at the counter. My mum, sensing my reluctance to disturb him, intervened and quietly approached him. 'Excuse me, my son loves you so much, do you think you could him give him your autograph?" Eddie looked at her and made that famous Eddie Grin, 'Yeah sure.' He took the pen from mum's hand, and signed the back of a photograph she'd dug out of her purse. It was then that I stepped forward and introduced myself. 'Hi I'm Kalen' He shook my hand. 'I'm Eddie' he said, still shyly grinning. "You know it's really crazy," I said, '...cause I'm listening to you guys right now." And I showed him my red Sanyo. Eddie looked down to see his album still spinning, in my walkman. "Its Van Halen ll" I said. 'Light Up The Sky." "That's so cool man!" And chuckled. I thanked him and sadly stepped back into the small group of gawkers as Eddie and Alex were ushered behind the gate's glass barrier. We descended down to the arrivals level. My poor father did not get the usual fanfare he was use to. It was never a good thing to have to follow Van Halen in any event. As we drove home, I day- dreamed of California and Rock Stars and the life only teenagers can conjure. The End "...come see your children as they're lighting up the sky.' I miss you Mum.
I'v played a lot of VH in cover bands over the years and i have to say Eddies style is out of this world. Great guitar lesson for anyone who's been playing for a few years. Say what you will, Eddie is one of the greatest because it's his own sound and style. Guitar players are a dime a dozen these day's.
Yes it is called comping. although that process is usually left tot the producer or engineer. The talent just plays or sings the part multiple times but they almost never get a say as to what gets comped and where. That's why Dave stated "Then you'd have to go learn the part".
Dave is certainly describing the guitar solo in Jump. He can actually hear the splice prior to the hammer on segment. But it’s still an awesome solo !!!
I will say....Dave is a dynamic front man, that clip he spoke eloquently....but most of the time he talks so much without saying anything!! Just likes to hear his own voice! Just sayin!!!
He has a very unique speaking style --- almost like he rehearses all his answers beforehand but you know that's impossible so it just makes you that much more impressed by his quick wit and intelligence "on the fly"
King Brilliant how the hell is allen Collins immobile on the neck? Are you implying that he can’t play fast? Have you actually heard the freebird solo? Allen uses 16th notes in the solo! And everyone has their own style but Allen Collins is one of the best guitarist of all time.
King Brilliant when people improvise with scales they tend to use the root note and the tonic of the scale often. So I don’t see what the problem with that is. And nobody gonna notice that shit unless your a scholar.
Ed played tons of those solos one shot too. Dave’s saying this bc that’s how HE was recorded and he’s jealous. Cause he can’t sing. I still love him, lol, but he’s protecting his rep. One Foot Out the Door is one of Ed’s best solos. Blistering, done last minute as filler.
It is a very easy solo to play technically speaking, not to take away how great it sounds and fits in the song, but as far as hard to play guitar solo's it does not rank.
At first glance, he is just a showboating frontman. But, after watching a few documentaries it is clear that, that guy was heavily involved in the entire process. The attention to detail and dedication that he and the rest of the members put in to every production is astounding.
Dave’s showbiz shtick, ridiculous energy and lyrical inventiveness was a perfect counter to the VH brother’s virtuosity. He’s most certainly insufferable, but our world is the better for him.
Dave always seems to be a bit of a goofball but those original VH albums, man they just hit you in the face, a dirty nasty edge. I went to the edge, I stood and looked down, you know I lost a lot of friends there baby, no time to mess around..
I stopped by Startech studios on Connecticut Ave in DC and stopped by with just my guitar and pedalboard. Verden White ( Earth, Wind and Fire) was next door and the producer asked me to lay down 6 tracks on the fly. Verdeen came in after we recorded the tracks and paid me a compliment. I came back around 2 months later to hear the song and when he played it, I thought he didn't use my track (s). He had edited all 6 into one, but I didn't even know it was me. Very cool editing and mixing. I know exactly what he's saying.
Thank you LP for making the multitrack recordings possible because without that we wouldn't have Eddies perfectly blended solo masterpieces we listen to in our day-to-day lives everyday on the radios, CD, MP4's, etc.
He's most likely the greatest frontman America ever produced --- compare him to lame shits like Steven Tyler and Jon Bon Jovi and it's not even close --- Roth is like a God amongst little pretenders
Yes. Sadly the "we wore out the casting couch" ones have had to go. One he tells about Madonna is my favourite. She asks him backstage after a show and he asks "can I bring a date or are we going to be busy?" And Madonna said "bring a date and we'll be busy!"
The secret to an EVH guitar solo is to have EVH play the guitar solo.
*mind blown*
Dead right. nothing else to it.
Johnny Botts lol!! Yes!!! Thank you. Shut up Daaaaaaave!
And tap.....do a lot of tapping.........
EVH is good but sooooooo overrated. You want to hear EVH x10 listen to Vito Bratta, he is sick.
David Lee Roth is like a saner version of the Joker.
krisj827 I was thinking Fire Marshal Bill on cocaine, but ya...
krisj827 hahaha that's why we love him hahaha
Only a fucking nerd would say that.
I was about to leave that exact comment
Give Dave Ace Frehley's laugh!
As big as his ego is, I respect him for becoming a medic at 50 years old and actually getting his hands dirty. DLR is a soild guy
Dlr is awesome. Hagar is alright but he has a bit to many "yeahhhhhh" moments.
Thanks for your comment. Yeah, I have to agree... I grew up a huge Van Halen fan and grew to be very irritated by Dave although I have to admit I always preferred him over Sammy however I loved Sammy with Van Halen I just wanted irritating Dave back too. Lol. but Dave has caused me to realize be very careful how you judge people on the outside and I have come or grown to respect him a great deal and very glad he is part.. A Precious part of Rock and Roll history.
RIP Eddie. God, I actually felt & feel grief over his death. Such an amazing smily incredibly cool to us fans person. If there's a heaven he's in a special place there no doubt
To see David Lee Roth treat you as a paramedic would be a dream you would never want to wake up from, and more importantly, hard to believe for years to come. Try convincing your friends that David is the one who saved your life.
for a guy who played the party boy and ultimate playboy in hard rock's biggest band at the time, dave's a very smart, well-read and well-traveled guy. pretty interesting dude and definitely a character.
Totally agree with you!
I truly believe the animosity between DLR and EVH is what made them such a magical combination. They both thrived off each other whether they wanted to admit it or not...pure musical chemistry. Then when they hit that stage they left all that drama behind them and tore the house down together. The Mighty Van Halen!!! 🤘
I don't think there was animosity, they just fell out over their respective religious beliefs ............. DLR thought he was God, and EVH didn't.
@@marilyncatterall402 More like it
With combination of that same energy but they were all keeping it to themselves when they were making hits
@@marilyncatterall402 you’re not biased at all 😂
@Marilyn Catterall love Eddie RIP, always have. Though, he definitely had an ego himself. He and Alex both had huge egos too.
I never understood how a band behind the scenes could be fighting and barely talking, riding on different busses and airplanes (it happened with both Roth and Hagar while in Van Halen) and then get on stage and look like the love each other and make great music. Of course I was never anywhere close to their level in any of the many bands I have played in, but If bands members I played with didn't get along, someone quit, there was no lets just stay together and play the gig, It didn't matter how tight or good the band was. I guess that some of the differences that being in a band with a contract, or professionalism, or whatever you wanna call the difference between a state or locally touring bar band and a big worldwide huge band like Van Halen. When I first started playing in my first band I was told that the hardest part about being in a band, is keeping the band together, and I can honestly say, I have played hard songs, in front of rough crowds, hard road trips, but all of that was nothing compared to the hard part of keeping the band together.
The real secret to playing like EVH is to be Eddie Van Halen.
This is just a copy of the top comment
Or Russell Parrish, aka Satchel.
Was that talent show kid possessed by Eddie?
and a ton of coke
That's why wild stallions wanted him. 😃😄
Dave is the funniest guy on the planet. Just ask him. He'll tell you.
Almost sounds like a Graucho Marx quote... Almost
In fact, don't ask him. He'll still tell you.
@@Retroscoop Don Rickles
*Dave-Lee to Joe* : "HAHAHAHHAAA!!! That's too funny! I can't remember when I've heard a funnier anecdote.... Okay, now you tell one".
@@residentraccoon2910 lol now I cant stop reading it in Don Rickles voice
This man knows how to tell a story. No wonder he was the frontman of this huge ass world wide rockband
agree...Daves vocals in 78-79 off the charts...
RIP Eddie
He had a syndicated radio show for a while. I can't remember the exact dates but I caught the first airing because it was falling into a spot that I normally listened to on my commute (the show I listened to was going away. I can't remember if it was Howard Stern or the Russ Martin show) but they replaced it with the David Lee Roth show. And I really liked it. It wasn't shock jock stuff or anything and the man really had a good voice, tempo, and story telling ability that made me really like to listen to him. If I remember right it didn't last too long though. For some reason it didn't get the ratings they wanted. I think it'd to a lot better today. I think his show was around.. 2006? I think.
@@Shane-Singleton Cool. Yeah the man has both a great singing and speaking voice. And he has a certain spark when he talks, he's enthousiastic. Nice.
Exactly, he had something to say and teach. He was the epitome of a Rock superstar. Walked the walk, talked the talk, and was everything you expected him to be and more.
DLR and Zakk Wylde need to get into a story telling contest!
Simply one of the greatest guitar players in Rock history. He inspired so many players during the 80s and 90s. He made that thing “sing like a bird”. His fingers were a constant blur... We will all miss you great master
This is actually a fantastic explanation of why some of the solos we learn as guitarists are inherently complicated
U hit the nail on the head there bro-tato chip!! His rhythm playing though is largely over looked and is his greatest asset, it's so light-n-beautiful and full of harmonics and open notes etc..but yes this is revealing.
@@atomicpunk520 I agree ,most if not all guitarists before him used bar chords
@Abe Cedeefgee I know, right? There's no way that the singer of Van Halen would have more insight on Eddie's writing techniques then some random ass dude on youtube, that'd be crazy.
@Abe Cedeefgee I agree any search to CZcams can see eddie can play anything at anytime. this discussion is a insult to the greatest guitar player of all time.
John, I mean no disrespect, and Dave's explanation truly DOES sound reasonable. But, please...don't buy one bit of it. That's simply NOT how it was done. Yes, there are cases where more than one track has been manipulated to fix, embellish, or modify something, but the idea that EVH created "trickery" in the studio that he then had to go back and learn is just unadulterated horse crap. It just is. I was a professional guitarist when EVH came on the scene, and I was recording in modern studios then as now, and combining multiple takes to create something entirely new is just not ever done, unless the music style is built around that - which Van Halen's certainly was not. Running faders up and down on a mixer - even by the most adroit and skilled engineers - results in a sound that any listener in the world would recognize as manipulation. You can't hide individual track volumes going up and down. I love Dave, but he's the worlds greatest story teller for a reason: Half of what he says is utter bullshit, lol!!
I prefer DLR to Sam but my God I can't imagine working with this guy every day.
I think most people would have strangled him on the tour bus in his sleep with a guitar string
With DLR, they were a cover band with a few killer originals.
The music with Sammy is monumental and epic. Jump, with DLR, is a juggernaut, though.
When DLR was great Van Halen thrived. Then he fell off a cliff and Sammy was the savior. These interviews with him after the fact are a joke. He’s lost and only solidifies the reason he got the boot. In the end though, Sammy is the only gem of the bunch. A real stand up guy.
Van halen was great from their Debut all the way to balance. I wonder what if sammy was the frontman from the beginning and dave replaced him later they might not be so successful but lucky sammy came in after dave.
1984 was (IMO) the best Album,Tho 5150 is close.Dave was a Great Frontman on stage,but Sammy is a way better Singer and Person.Plus Sammy had a Solo career before and after VH while DLR basically became a bald Rasputin.
Who else is doing the Eddie Van Halen tour of CZcams since he passed on? - Rest in Power Maestro.
It's a really really long tour if you're being thorough. Lol
CZcams and Spotify
I'm obsessed. It's all I have been listening to and/or watching for the past few weeks.
What's up with everyone saying rest in power all of the sudden? What does it even mean? Rest in peace. Power has been depleted. It sucks, but it's true bro. 🔋
A lot of People, basically anyone who believes he has sth to tell ....
“Guys would come in and just wing it” - exactly what Eddie did on Beat It and it came out amazingly well. He didn’t pre write it and he said it took him all of 20 minutes to record.
Typical alcoholic
@@urkelheimer Eddie wasn’t drinking like that in the early 80s, so no.
But they also likely recorded. Ton of versions of the solo before either making a composite of all of the tracks or picking one out of many solos that were recorded.
There's an interview with Steve Stevens about the solo he played for Dirty Diana and he detailed that he recorded a ton of solos, with input from MJ who was there and then they took the tracks he laid down and mixed and mashed to create the two solos in the song.
@@krymsix574 Eddie did actually comp some of his work, but this was done more later on, late 80s & 90s, the earlier stuff was not comp’d and neither was the Beat It solo
I think he did two takes and that was it, nailed it on #2.
He also requested to solo over the same chord progression as the chorus, instead of just the monotone _du-du-dum_ E chord thing that precedes the solo.
So Eddie had a hand in arranging and thus improving the biggest hit MJ ever had... an outside contribution he had hoped Dave and the others would never find out about, it created tensions.
Hearing Joe Rogan talk music is the equivalent of hearing someone like Morrissey talk MMA.
and he doesn't even know all that much about MMA either, he just jumps in, states the obvious, repeats it and tries tirelessly not to get caught about not knowing what he's talking about. he's about running a business, any business, and if he has to start analysing stocks and securities next week, he'll just read a bit (maybe), watch some financial shows and he's a stock analyst and the funny thing is nobody realises this. there are MANY people like that, but this guy is their president. there's no passion, there's just an insane amount of support and promotion in his favour. i think maybe i'll publish this PhD thesis next year, just need to get myself a good Jewish publisher, maybe Joe knows a few
Eh, I think hes a pretty avid music fan. He's just not an aficionado of the technical details. Not a lot of people who aren't diehards know what DLR is talking about here.
I guess you never heard Morriseys hit song "Girlfriend In A Coma...From A Rear Naked Choke".
@@avidadolares LMFAO
But Dave is qualified to speak on both, as he is an iconic vocalist, as well as a black belt.
Dave looks like he can't decide if he's 60 years old or 80 years old.
I no right. it's sad to realize how old we've all gotte5
or 15
To me he sounds like Ted Nugent. When he forgets to glue up his dentures.
No one can decide how old they are. Time is not subjective
I can’t decide either
DLR: “enough about me, let’s talk about me”
he's not talking about himself but explaining how solos were developed back then.
😅
Yeah! Break! Care! Break! - He's talking about Eddie comping a few solos to avoid talking about himself and all the punch ins you can clearly hear on his vocal tracks.
It's OK Dave, at least you sang the actual notes unlike, uh less good music now. Love you man.
He literally just only talked about someone else, but sure, I suppose if you're insecure that's what you heard.
Dave’s mannerisms where kinda like The Riddler.
Dont you hate when you can’t tell if someone’s a genius or batshit crazy???
@Matt G He's pretty freaking smart, but I agree he doesn't rise to genius status.
The genius in the band was Eddie. The bat shit crazy was Joe Rogans eyes at 18 seconds. David is neither.
@@aaronlovell6026 Eddie was both a genius and crazy (in a good way), his skills were just maaad, good stuff
Not much in this crazy world can make you believe for a second in a higher power but what are the chances of van halen finding DLR and lets face it, he was the perfect guy. Then the 2nd perfect guy falls into place a few years later. That feels like the hand of god. Sammy says fate and destination. I agree. And damn glad it happened exactly that way.
@Matt G - Dave is smarter than you want to portray him as being. He may not be a "genius", but give him credit for tapping into the public consciousness for about a decade between 1978-88 that is still being felt today.
I love when Joe does that “Wowwwwwww” comment. That basically means “What you’re saying sounds really incredible, but I don’t really understand what you’re talking about.”
I also like when he goes "MMMMmmmmmm..."
respect to dave for working as an nyc paramedic. he's a genuine guy all around.
Yes I read that! Does he do a high kick before giving mouth to mouth?
The secret to all of VH still being alive instead of OD in the 80s
Damn, really? That’s cool.
@kuroashi Sanji and also a NYC EMT. He moved.
His Dad was a top surgeon I’m sure that had more to do with it than his ability to pee clean at the time?
Eddie Van Halen's creative process may have been mechanical but his end product was completely organic and super human.
I watched a video of Eddie talking in an interview on a stage when he simply got up and dropped those stunning runs on a guitar,with him so sick it was clear he was suffering very much.
Eddie Van Halen and all the guys,including David Lee Roth made history.
But Eddie was incredible.
Rest In Peace Eddie,and Thank You.
In my opinion, the weight and influence of Edward Van Halens' guitar playing cannot be overstated. He single handedly changed the way rock guitar was approached and played. In my lifetime, there is only one other artist who achieved similar status and that was Jimi Hendrix. We won't see another like him. Rest in Peace, Edward Van Halen for you surely have earned it.
Uh, and Jimmy Page
Stevie Ray Vaughan comes close to that constellation too.
Ever hear of a guy named Randy Rhoads ?
You didn’t mention Tony Iommi. Not a name everyone would immediately recognize but the was the guitarist behind the band that gave birth to heavy metal
Dimebag
As a musician who's studied Eddie Van Halen since 1978, I can assure you that this is not the "secret" to EVH solos. What Dave's talking about occurred occasionally but not as a rule. The secret is EVH is a guitar genius. He also is extremely methodical about writing instrumentation. He worked very hard at what you hear on a VH record.
So true!
Sure, I'll take your word on it. What could this guy know.
@@SlickArmor If you've studied Dave, you'd know.
DLR was there, you weren't.
What would DLR know anyway.
as a guitar player I always wondered about the construction of guitar solos, and this actually explains several crazy solos I had to learn over the years. lol
Same here... I would have never guessed this was how its done
I believe that Rush was doing the same thing years before with Alex Lifeson's solos.
There really is no single way to create the solo. You basically just gotta go with how your feeling goes. Your knowledge goes from there. After a while it will just come naturally. Check out a video of Steve Vai demonstrating Freak Show Excess. He really breaks it down.
kevin w Holy cow! Crazy story! I’ve been right where you’re saying and on Sunset. I remember the Custom Guitar shop there where Kirk Hammett would pick up some of his guitars. Too bad it isn’t there. That must have been crazy what you saw there. Awesome.
If you want the golden key to solos, master your scales. Once you know how to play scales in different keys, you can begin to create without worry of being out of key. Just play scales in the key the song is in at any given time and sooner or later those scales will turn into solo ideas. And you begin learning writing tricks and habits. But scales and knowing the key changes in the song is key
I'm so bummed... My condolences to Eddie's friends and family. We lost an absolute legend today.
There’s guitar faces...and then there’s Eddies smile. I love ya Eddie, not a day goes by that I don’t listen to your playing. I hope you have found your peace
nobody laughs at Dave's jokes more than Dave himself
Relax Dave.
@frankty67 son....take your meds
foggyblues13 You are dead wrong. Point me to one pointless or confusing tangent in this 3 hour conversation. If you can't follow this you're just not up to speed.
Dave loves Dave. A lot.
frankty67 who's the idiot? It's " you're an idiot." You used the possessive your. Now who's the idiot?
REST IN PEACE EDDIE YOU WILL ALWAYS BE LOVED
The beautiful thing about music is it a time machine. Eddies music will bring us back to the past when Eddie was playing in this human form. He left us some spiritual gifts.
💯 %that’s his fingers talking on those strings 🤘⚡️🔥
Breakes
my heart......just watcing....love Van Halen so much. Eddie was something special. From the album "Woman and children first".....im in. Love you. Thank you.
I’ve watched the majority of this interview and have concluded that with each topic David Lee Roth begins to say something insightful that I want to hear then he just starts making faces, noises, hand gestures, and begins to laugh. It’s really quite a tease
Google “David Lee Roth story of no brown m&ms”. One of the best told stories ever.
In a strange twist, he made me realise that's exactly what I do too!!
I love this industry insight, and DLR is so well-spoken. Always loved him.
Bombastic producing and engineering advice. I always knew my ears were being hoodwinked into having to perform the impossible ...just in terms of pitch and accuracy...but DLR just summed it all up in less than 2:46
A year later and I still cry. God bless all of van Halen for giving up the most fun music ever
As a 17 year old guitarist, Van Halen, James hetfield, Bryan May, slash, jimmy page and so many more, had the most influence on me wanting to start, these guys and so many more are so important to me. Eruption and the stairway to heaven solo are my favorite pieces of music out there. (And yeah I know these are pretty well known guitarists and it’s kinda cliche to say they inspired you to play, but whatever, it’s true)
You're generation is the most coddled, entitled, privileged in the history of the world. You can't take anything from your own time period as inspirational, that's why you have to go back to the past.
Ja ka Ok dad lol, it’s time for your medicine
@@Digressor666 Hahahaha... the funny part is you getting triggered.
you're right. wait another 10 years and everythings gonna be more fucked and so forth. The internet and social media is fucking these kids minds up without the parents even realizing it cause they are addicted too now. and people saying ok "dad" or "old man" are part of the problem. This world just doesn't deserve greatness anymore and it's sad
Ja ka No I agree, most music today isn’t good. But why get mad that someone from my generation appreciates the absolute greatness of artists from the past?
Just found out Eddie has passed, RIP Eddie 😔
Eddie Guerrero 😳🤔😿😿😿😿
Eddie van halen rip
RIP Eddie. You were one of the reasons I picked up the guitar decades ago. Forever a king.
RIP Eddie. Your playing style really made me love rock music. You are such an inspiration in the community and will forever be remembered... Wow so sad.
This dude is insanely charasmatic. All these years and he's still a blast to watch!
LIKE SAMMY SAID ......... WEIRD GUY !!!!
I remember as a kid, we couldn't get MTV in my area of Chicago so I had to wait till Friday night video show on T.V and everytime I always waited for jump to come on so I could watch Eddie play that solo with that grin. Was always one of my fondest memories of Eddie. We have truly lost a legend, mentor, teacher and inspiration to millions of guitar players and musicians from all around the world. R.I.P EDDIE, YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN!!!
He was always smiling when he was playing. I've been watching a whole bunch of VH videos since I got the news and that really stood out to me.
Always seemed to be having more fun than anybody else at a concert. Loved what he was doing and kicked ass at it.
Always loved VH and Eddie,started listening in 1978, saw them twice Cleveland Coliseum, 1983, 1988 R.I.P. Eddie
Eddie Van Halen was sampling himself in the 70’s. I can’t believe I learned this on the day he passed. What a legend. So ahead of his time and always gonna be my idol and #1 on the all time list. Rest in Power.
Everyone loves a winner, until they fall off the pedestal and then everyone is ruthlessly hateful.
Wooley689 the dark side of success
Or hits themselves in the face with a mike stand.
Well said, and How true that people see them that way.
@Barney Fife I've seen many things happen to these performers. Good and Horrific. That's Show biz. Dave once broke his leg jumping off the Drum riser and wore a cast for awile onstage. Shit happens more than you realize.. haha.
I would pay him just to come to my house and host parties. Dude is completely timeless and the ultimate classic performer. He always understood it's show business people!!!
If I remember correctly Dave said, When he'd host a party, no chairs in insight, Its a party not a sitdown.
Nathan Walsh - I think Diamond Dave is the best front man in rock. Maybe not the best vocalist, but he knew how to entertain a crowd. Look at his solo career after VanHalen. He had some of the wildest videos out at that time from “Eat Em And Smile”.
Chester Swing Jr Yes best front man to worst vocal chords ratio in history...
@@chesterswingjr9796 Great times; amazing records!
@@chesterswingjr9796 People always say that: "best front man." What does that even mean? Runs around? Does splits off the drum riser? Whips his hair? Gyrates? Poses?
Who cares about that? I want to see someone sing well, and enjoy him/herself. The rest is just foolishness.
Haha, the ego has landed - gotta love Diamond Dave. VH was never the same without him.
I can only take a few minutes of this guy. C'mon Dave give me a break.
@@tylerstimpson2610 I had to scroll through way too many threads before I saw that reference, thank you.
Truth 100&
It was better.
True story. Never the same but also made great music afterwards. Balance.
Dave is such a great story teller.
No question about it, Dave is a different dude. This being said there is some serious sage he has under his belt and I could listen to his interviews all day.
Jim Doyle spot on
Dave’s mannerisms where kinda like The Riddler.
He would be an interesting Joker
Never saw it until now. DLR is fantastic, but could easily be a Batman villain!
EVH, Stevey Ray Vaughn and Jimi Hendrix are all jamming out together now. RIP
And I'm rather sure Malcolm Young is over there on bass...seeing it....
@@jedclampett7705 Malcolm holding down the Rhythm for them on Rhythm Guitar 🎸 🤘🏻
Why would they be jamming? You can read this same stupid line on every VH clip. EVH was not influenced in the slightest by Hendrix.
Don't forget Randy Rhoads and Dime Bag
Back in the day. Nobody could touch Dave period. Dude had it all. And the best guitar player on the planet.
DLR is like that guy you start casual conversation with and he just tells you a whole story with such passion you can't walk away... You want to but can't
Earthquakes in Los Angeles aren’t always natural. Sometimes it was just Eddie Van Halen jamming up at his house.
I could sit and talk, (well that is LISTEN) with this majestic man for days. Grew up on Van Halen. Still listen to them. But hearing the soul of the man behind the music is riveting.
Love how Diamond Dave morphs into Steve Martin when he laughs.
Really?? Fuckin bugs the shit outta me. I can't stand him
Yes. He and Henry Rollins are having a race to see who can become Steve Martin First. They probably take banjo lessons too.
Was just going to type this. Great eye!
Woah he really does!
Dr. Smith Lost in Space
That's the best way to create a solo! Improvise multiple takes on separate tracks.
All you need nowadays is two tracks for soloing because it's so easy to split, crop, copy, paste, and delete licks or even punch in and out.
Choose the best sounding licks and edit them together. Learn the solo and record it in one take for a smoother feel instead of using the pieces as the final product, unless you want to.
David Gilmore specifically said he has used this technique in the studio many times, especially Comfortably Numb
I remember a quote from David Briggs, he was Neil Young's producer, "in the old days, everyone got hard, went in and stood in front a mic and put it down". Just my opinion, but I think when you digitally manipulate the music it loses it's soul. Isn't that why live music is so good?
Best way to do it for me is to live track it with the band. Essentially what Dave is saying here but with the band together so you can work off each other. Depends on the recording. Nice to start with that authentic inspired take and then fix any flubs.
Also I heard Gilmour say that more than three takes in a day (on a solo) for him was overthinking it. Gonna nail that true inspiration somewhere up front. After a point your just trying to duplicate an idea you already had
It's kind of the natural way of doing things when you have pro tools.
I hired a sax player for a solo; he did several takes, and after he was gone the engineer and I did the same thing. When the CD came out, the sax player had no idea what we had done and thought that in one of his takes nailed it.
Very cool..that's how I write songs...5 takes...mix n match...he was so ahead of his time...freakin incredible mind and talent
the most coherent DLR I have ever seen, wow!
I feel so lucky to have witnessed the final VH show with DLR in the Hollywood Bowl in 2015.
the method he's talking about is called ''comping''. they do the same thing with vocals. they do that on just about every record that's been released for like the past 50/60 years. it used to be much more difficult in the old days, but nowadays it's a LOT easier. still a pain in the neck though depending on how many takes you gotta sift through
Diamond Dave, the ultimate Rock Star. He may be high-milage, but like a vehicle, they were freeway miles. Better to burn a little bit, than rust. Good show Joe.
William Blair Accordong to his band mates he was an asshole,a big one.
Ha
Nope just booze and the cocaine mountain
I love how 40 years later and all the Roth-haters are still jealous of all the Grade A pussy and cocaine he enjoyed during the 80's
@@billbelzek6748 80's, 90's, 00's, 10's, and even now.
DLR loves storytelling and the layers are always embedded with truth and insight.
JP Pestana except this one cause it’s kinda bullshit
This "story" is a veiled attempt to take a jab at Eddie.
And sprinkled with a dash of cocaine...
@@bonjovisleftnut8954 I'm a guitarplayer myself, sorry but it's the truth. I know of at least one famous guitarist that confirmed this is the way they do indeed record guitarsolos these days. Nile Rodgers, look it up yourself if you don't believe me. I don't think he is bashing. It's just funny, cause it's the truth. Jumping all over the neck if you try to learn those cut & paste solos.
Andreas J Black I’m a guitar player also I don’t see why that matters but I’m sure there are many people who record that way. But to think that this is just the way of doing things now is pretty ridiculous.
A part of so many of us who grew up living in a world created by Eddie V. by his music. A icon is gone! rip Friend. You were a big part of my life still are . TY
it's been over 8 months since EVH's passing and i'm STILL bummed the fuck out about it. he was my fave musician from my fave band for nearly the past 40 yrs of my life. the king is dead, long live the king.
Let’s get Steve Vai on the Joe Rogan show. Would be absolutely epic!!
Doubt he knows who Vai is lol.
@@jpm7049 dont matter, steve is so well spoken and full of insight that non musicians and even bass players get something out of it
@@clicheguevara9917 even bass players hahahaha
Yo imagine Jacob collier being on the podcast...
Cliché Guevara should get dee snider too, intelligent guy
David Lee Roth lookin' like that Heaven's Gate cult leader guy!
🤣
Hahaha thats true
He kind of looks like steve martins skinny brother
Annie Lennox on a 4 day crack binge
Sign me up to the Van Halen cult.
Rest In Peace Eddie! There will never be another guitar player to change the world like you did
I did
Thank you for the music Van Halen.
Thank you Eddie.
Rest in Peace.
I've always considered Dave as the happy rocker. Always looked like he was having fun in concert.
TheMagnificentPower yeah like doing a Russian off the Drum riser.
This was one of my favorite rogan interviews honestly
RIP Eddie.
Forever in our hearts
❤️🤍🖤
Eddie is like a prototype of Superhero, playing guitar and killing it every time.
One thing I've learned over my years...You can gauge how intelligent a person is by how easily they coherently explain a complicated process into layman's terms...
And keep you hanging on every word.
David Lee Roth-
*GENIUS*
This actually makes perfect sense. Because the solo for "Hot For Teacher" is so dynamic, I thought he was an alien, but come to find, it was just a "Mix" of lots of takes. And by no means does that make the _playing_ any less great, it just shows that the dynamics were "Stitched" together, as opposed to one fluid thought, first time through. This may be the best guitar lesson ever said, and I am not kidding. In a weird way, it actually teaches you to "Play like yourself". Meaning we are dynamic creatures, and if you met me for 5 seconds, you could never know everything about me. In 20 years, you would start to get the idea. Like seeing a "Highlight reel" of all I have done before meeting me, it would give you a much better sense of all I am. Maybe this is one of the best ways to approach a solo, having to actually LEARN more about ourselves, and what is possible if we were to have many takes at any situation in life. Like the movie "Groundhog day". The _first_ approach at something is not always the best. Nor the second or third, etc. But there may also be a few good ideas to remember from each approach. Maybe it is the culmination of all we have to offer. If we saw our everyday life like that, maybe we would not be so hard on ourselves about one stupid choice we made, one single huge mistake, and instead see ourselves as mix of all the _RIGHT_ choices we have made. Maybe that is a way to forgive ourselves about bad choices, and be proud of the good ones. Mix all our best moments together, and try our very best to be our best each day, knowing every day is just another "Take" and that we have more chances to get it right. But always searching for that moment that makes us feel... "Worthy". Just a perspective. Rock on. - Kevin Venture
Its easy for you isnt it! You inhereted billions from your super-scientist father, Dr. Jonas Venture! Granted, you had to split it with Rusty, but there was still much left over... You probably even got to spend time in the massive space station, Gargantua 1. But at least you dont have to worry about being arched by The Monarch though...
Well said, and don't listen to Highlander, he's jealous and from the planet Phartonmi.
Amazing story. EVH leads sounded pretty organic to me. Full credit to the master to make it look effortless.
Who is here after hearing about Eddie Van Halen's passing?
We all are.
🙋♂️
Why do you think the algorithm recommends it?
Im here .....for casuality
Great edi
That has to be one of the most fantastic tips I’ve possibly heard about how to record a kickass guitar solo. EVH solos are COLLAGES!!! Little pieces pasted together, in a beautiful mashup of melody, explosiveness and acrobatics. That’s why Eddie’s solos always sound so odd and unpredictable. WOW
It’s not just Eddies solos, it’s everything you hear from vocals on down. If you train your ear you can hear edits in music all the way back to the mid 60’s. The 50’s were the last golden era. Elvis, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Eddie Cochran... musicians in those days would go in and do a whole record in one or two days. The sounds and the performances became classics.
I think Page did the same thing.
@@robsgarage4746 definitely read Rush did the same on some of their guitar solo's
You can hear it in the solo for Jump clearly. There's a version on CZcams of just the solo, and you can hear where he patched in the tapping part.
@@matts8708 Exactly! and also in Beat It.
Can you imagine if DLR directed his charisma into the selling of cars? I’d buy 2 cars from him and go away mad cuz I couldn’t afford a third.
I think I would buy the car just to get rid of him.
😂😂😂
If you're susceptible to his shpiel, that's on you. Dave has always amused me. But if he came up to me and tried to sell me something, I'd reply, "I'm just going to turn around now."
It's kind of like the guy who uses all the cheesy pickup lines in college. That guy DOES tend to leave with a gal, and other guys will get a little frustrated by that until they eventually learn that the lines only appeared to work bc those gals were inclined to drop their panties for that particular guy to begin with.
@@AJHart-eg1ys I would never turn my back on DLR for fear of his flying kick; cautiously backing away seems a better approach.
@@greenkorn69 At this point, if he tried a flying kick he'd probably snap his hip and his leg would go flying off in some random direction.
This is so true! Dave has some amazing insights! He has been there and walked the walk and so now he can talk the talk with real wisdom. I do exactly this in the recording studio (cut and splice and then relearn the solo) but I never realized it. Dave should have a PHD in rock and roll based on life experience!
I don't care what anyone says-
Diamond Dave will always get Diamond Dave to laugh at his jokes. He never fails!
RIP Eddie. You will never truly be dead because your efforts in this lifetime have made you immortal
He was quite the showman in his day, credit to him. But if he sat down next to me on a bus I would find another empty seat.
@National Trolliosis Foundation I call next.
He can afford a car
Lol nice
Sure you would free! Besides I doubt Dave takes buses much anymore!
@Alysandir You would be too if your Father was one of the top psychologists in his field at the time lol
The REAL Van Halen was a carefully planned and crafted train wreck. AND WE LOVED IT!!!!!!
“Like falling off the stairs and landing on your feet”
@@DiegoPujolTWith four bags of groceries and two back flips along the way.
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More important --- it was ORGANIC and not contrived by assholes in suits --- just four bad ass dudes from the local neighborhood in Pasadena who had music in their souls and a craving to tour the world
Project Mockingbird ?
LIGHT UP THE SKY!.
It was a quiet Sunday, summer afternoon in 1985.
Mum and I were on our way to Toronto's International Airport to pick up my father, who was returning from another one of his trips to Lagos, Nigeria.
We drove up Hwy 427 in our 1978 Volvo GL. Mum loved that car, and always made mentioned of how the silver paint had specks of yellow in it.
She was a painter and had an acute eye for colour.
When we got to the airport, we parked at the departures level so we could avoid traffic.
As we crossed the roadway toward the terminal entrance, I flipped on my headphones, and pressed play on my red Sanyo walkman. It was positioned on my favourite track, Van Halen's 'Light Up The Sky'.
As we went through the sliding doors and my eyes adjusted to the light, I noticed a man with curly blond hair. He was small and skinny, wore a black t-shirt and jeans. He walked alongside another man of similar size.I suddenly recognized him. He was the guitar player of this well known Canadian band that had a couple of hit songs, known as , Honeymoon Suite.
"Lame" I thought to myself. I'm a Van Fuckin Halen fan. Everyone else were just posers.
There was another guy with a similar small and slim stature walking beside Blondie Locks . It took me a second or two to realize that the man standing before me was in fact 'Eddie Van -(Fuckin)-Halen!!!' himself.
His hair was shorter. He was wearing a sports jacket and baggie pants. Far from the patched jeans and fro-like mane he'd been known for.
As I turned back to tell mum who it was, I saw a taller, tanned man, struggling with some large pieces of luggage.
His hair was long and he donned a white head-band in matching Miami Vice white suit, accented by a pair of Rey Bans, a tropical pink tee-shirt, white loafers, no socks.
"Alex Van -Fuckin' Halen!'
It was unbelievable.
My very next thought was of my friends abs how fucking jealous they were going to be, and if they'd even believe me.
I couldn't let this moment go by without contact.
Eddie was leaning against the counter by himself, a few people recognized him and were casually gawking.
Mum knew who Eddie was, just like all mother constantly subjected to her children's musical tastes.
I was apprehensive about approaching Eddie, but Alex had a big smile on his face, so I went up to him and extended my hand out, and introduced myself.
"Hi, Im Kalen" was all i could muster.
He smiled large, and shook my hand as vigorously as hits tge cymbals.
'Hey man..Alex.'
He was dealing with quite a load of luggage, so I mumbled adulations and then turned back toward Eddie, who was now standing quietly alone at the counter.
My mum, sensing my reluctance to disturb him, intervened and quietly approached him.
'Excuse me, my son loves you so much, do you think you could him give him your autograph?"
Eddie looked at her and made that famous Eddie Grin,
'Yeah sure.'
He took the pen from mum's hand, and signed the back of a photograph she'd dug out of her purse.
It was then that I stepped forward and introduced myself.
'Hi I'm Kalen'
He shook my hand.
'I'm Eddie' he said, still shyly grinning.
"You know it's really crazy," I said, '...cause I'm listening to you guys right now."
And I showed him my red Sanyo.
Eddie looked down to see his album still spinning, in my walkman.
"Its Van Halen ll" I said. 'Light Up The Sky."
"That's so cool man!" And chuckled.
I thanked him and sadly stepped back into the small group of gawkers as Eddie and Alex were ushered behind the gate's glass barrier.
We descended down to the arrivals level. My poor father did not get the usual fanfare he was use to. It was never a good thing to have to follow Van Halen in any event.
As we drove home, I day- dreamed of California and Rock Stars and the life only teenagers can conjure.
The End
"...come see your children as they're lighting up the sky.'
I miss you Mum.
RIP EVH. You were one of the reasons I decided to hit the books decades ago. :)
I'v played a lot of VH in cover bands over the years and i have to say Eddies style is out of this world. Great guitar lesson for anyone who's been playing for a few years. Say what you will, Eddie is one of the greatest because it's his own sound and style. Guitar players are a dime a dozen these day's.
He's an engineer of many disciplines.
In your eyes what would make a guitarist stand out in today's world
Even GOOD players are a dime a dozen
@@APolishPlayer Extreme talent with a lot money promoting the product.
Maybe a flying cyborg that breaths fire with pyrotechs !
Speak for yourself mate
I reckon I’m worth a dime all on me onesies
Lmao wtf Joe's face @ 0:20 seconds
Lmfao
Joe "crescendo" Rogan
Rogan the Phycophath look. 😆😆😆
Eddie Bravo must have been sitting under Joe's desk..
laced weed?
For those who care this technique is now called “comping” or “compiling” and is done with the musician and producer sitting down together
Yes it is called comping. although that process is usually left tot the producer or engineer. The talent just plays or sings the part multiple times but they almost never get a say as to what gets comped and where. That's why Dave stated "Then you'd have to go learn the part".
Dave is certainly describing the guitar solo in Jump. He can actually hear the splice prior to the hammer on segment. But it’s still an awesome solo !!!
I'll say one thing Dave's a good speaker you can see he has a lot of charisma
I agree. He speaks in a methodical manner.
Always was and so very articulate as well.
He's a regular P.T. Barnum.
I will say....Dave is a dynamic front man, that clip he spoke eloquently....but most of the time he talks so much without saying anything!! Just likes to hear his own voice! Just sayin!!!
He has a very unique speaking style --- almost like he rehearses all his answers beforehand but you know that's impossible so it just makes you that much more impressed by his quick wit and intelligence "on the fly"
Allen Collins did that Free Bird solo in one take. One take!
King Brilliant how the hell is allen Collins immobile on the neck? Are you implying that he can’t play fast? Have you actually heard the freebird solo? Allen uses 16th notes in the solo! And everyone has their own style but Allen Collins is one of the best guitarist of all time.
King Brilliant when people improvise with scales they tend to use the root note and the tonic of the scale often. So I don’t see what the problem with that is. And nobody gonna notice that shit unless your a scholar.
Ed played tons of those solos one shot too. Dave’s saying this bc that’s how HE was recorded and he’s jealous. Cause he can’t sing. I still love him, lol, but he’s protecting his rep.
One Foot Out the Door is one of Ed’s best solos. Blistering, done last minute as filler.
Queen Imbecile stfu
It is a very easy solo to play technically speaking, not to take away how great it sounds and fits in the song, but as far as hard to play guitar solo's it does not rank.
David seems like the happiest dude on this show I've ever seen.
No one loves the sound of David Lee Roth’s voice like David Lee Roth does. He is his own biggest fan.
@David LoPan you and Dave have that in common.
@David LoPan Wonderful human being? LOL! Some people were born to worship and adore.
Very smart man with still a ton of enthusiasm and energy
At first glance, he is just a showboating frontman. But, after watching a few documentaries it is clear that, that guy was heavily involved in the entire process. The attention to detail and dedication that he and the rest of the members put in to every production is astounding.
Dave’s showbiz shtick, ridiculous energy and lyrical inventiveness was a perfect counter to the VH brother’s virtuosity. He’s most certainly insufferable, but our world is the better for him.
Dave always seems to be a bit of a goofball but those original VH albums, man they just hit you in the face, a dirty nasty edge.
I went to the edge, I stood and looked down, you know I lost a lot of friends there baby, no time to mess around..
Ooooo..... if ya want it, ya gotta plead for it baby !
Just like i told you before
@@jamesgonzales3808 Bleed for me baby
I stopped by Startech studios on Connecticut Ave in DC and stopped by with just my guitar and pedalboard. Verden White ( Earth, Wind and Fire) was next door and the producer asked me to lay down 6 tracks on the fly. Verdeen came in after we recorded the tracks and paid me a compliment. I came back around 2 months later to hear the song and when he played it, I thought he didn't use my track (s). He had edited all 6 into one, but I didn't even know it was me. Very cool editing and mixing. I know exactly what he's saying.
Thank you LP for making the multitrack recordings possible because without that we wouldn't have Eddies perfectly blended solo masterpieces we listen to in our day-to-day lives everyday on the radios, CD, MP4's, etc.
A total living Rock legend David Lee Roth ( Diamond Dave)
I agree, no one like diamond Dave, they’ll never be another front man like that. Great singer too in his day.
He's most likely the greatest frontman America ever produced --- compare him to lame shits like Steven Tyler and Jon Bon Jovi and it's not even close --- Roth is like a God amongst little pretenders
@S S and where can we hear your masterpieces?
Oh expert of the internet.
@S S as the ass clown laughs and counts his money and awards.
@@petrkarv . . . " expert of the internet " . . . LMAO , that's good man . real good .
Every year that goes by Dave looks more and more like Mr. Burns from the Simpsons. “Smitheeerrrs!”
Excellent!
“Release the hounds”
RIP To the Mighty EVH ⭐1955-2020 😞 🎶🎵🎸.Eddie did Eruption in one take ☝🎬 1 -minute 42 -seconds out this world. Salute Eddie
I seriously not only never missed a van halen concert, but ive never seen a bad Eddie performance. Ever.
DLR is on my list of a guy I would love to have a beer with.
Dave do the shot and pass the joint. And for ducks sake shut the fuck up! Haha. Pass the joint Dave tv
No no. A cigar? Yes!!
@@truthwarrior7826 A cigar and a single malt....yes!
I've heard from numerous people over the years that Dave is somewhere around 5'11" --- 5'8" is more like Charlie Sheen or Tom Cruise short LOL
Lol I’m sure you’re on his same list!
Interesting. Roth's always been one of the best raconteurs in music.
Yes. Sadly the "we wore out the casting couch" ones have had to go. One he tells about Madonna is my favourite. She asks him backstage after a show and he asks "can I bring a date or are we going to be busy?" And Madonna said "bring a date and we'll be busy!"
@@SirPeter6464 😁