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Eddie van Halen dead

  • 06-10-2020 7:51pm
    #1
    Pinch Flat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,769 ✭✭✭


    RIP the sound of my teens. What a guitarist.


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  • #2
    NcdJd
    Closed Accounts Posts: 994 ✭✭✭NcdJd


    RIP Great guitarist and sound bloke.


  • #3
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 4,727 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    No way!!! RIP!


  • #4
    [Deleted User]
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    RIP Eddie :(

    A super-talented musician and writer. He played piano too...



  • #5
    Sheridan81
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,429 ✭✭✭Sheridan81


    Berties_Horse wrote: »
    What a technician. Look no further than the dazzling solo in "Billie Jean".

    Good thing you're not giving the eulogy.


  • #6
    Sheridan81
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,429 ✭✭✭Sheridan81


    Death is sad and all but we might as well jump.


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  • #7
    lee_baby_simms
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,458 ✭✭✭lee_baby_simms


    Absolute legend. Got to see him perform live once and he didn’t disappoint.


  • #8
    mrcheez
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,002 ✭✭✭✭mrcheez


    Nooooo

    Made the best MJ song too: https://youtu.be/oRdxUFDoQe0?t=191


  • #9
    NcdJd
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  • #10
    Giblet
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    Legend.


  • #11
    mrcheez
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,002 ✭✭✭✭mrcheez


    Berties_Horse wrote: »
    What a technician. Look no further than the dazzling solo in "Billie Jean".

    I thought Billie Jean was Van Halen too, but it's David Williams.

    He did the solo on Beat It which I linked earlier


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  • #12
    xxyyzz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,221 ✭✭✭xxyyzz


    Rick Beato's tribute to him https://youtu.be/5MbR2e9J3WY


  • #13
    Gooey Looey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,297 ✭✭✭Gooey Looey


    1984 what an album


  • #14
    NcdJd
    Closed Accounts Posts: 994 ✭✭✭NcdJd


    mrcheez wrote: »
    I thought Billie Jean was Van Halen too, but it's David Williams.

    He did the solo on Beat It which I linked earlier

    I was thinking of the solo in Beat It too. :|

    2020 a year **** year in every respect.


  • #15
    Omackeral
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    Sheridan81 wrote: »
    Death is sad and all but we might as well jump.

    Ha ha like because that was the name of the song he sang wasn't it!?!?!?!?!??! LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL


  • #16
    Rothko
    Registered Users Posts: 12,931 ✭✭✭✭Rothko


    Not usually into that kind of stuff but love Van Halen. R.I.P.


  • #17
    adox
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    RIP. A real innovator.

    Lucky enough to see him with the classic line up at Castle Donnington in 1984.


  • #18
    lee_baby_simms
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,458 ✭✭✭lee_baby_simms


    adox wrote: »
    RIP. A real innovator.

    Lucky enough to see him with the classic line up at Castle Donnington in 1984.

    Wow. They were really at their peak at that point.


  • #19
    JohnnyFlash
    Registered Users Posts: 7,055 ✭✭✭JohnnyFlash


    Any man who could deal with David Lee Roth is worthy of respect.


  • #20
    PropJoe10
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    One of the all time greats. Rest in peace, Eddie.


  • #21
    Harry Palmr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40,061 ✭✭✭✭Harry Palmr


    Just reading the news article, I had no idea about cancer. A sad loss, if a "statement of intent" moment ever existed in rock music it's the opening two tracks on the debut album. Eruption then You Really Got Me.

    Brilliant stuff.


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  • #22
    COVID
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    Omackeral wrote: »
    Ha ha like because that was the name of the song he sang wasn't it!?!?!?!?!??! LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

    No. It was David Lee Roth wot sang it.


  • #23
    irishguitarlad
    Registered Users Posts: 2,856 ✭✭✭irishguitarlad


    Panama is awesome, i love those artificial harmonics he does before going into the main riff.


  • #24
    Gatling
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,291 ✭✭✭✭Gatling


    For eeeefs sake a true legend of rock ,


    Playing Air guitar in the car won't ever be the same


    RIP Eddie
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  • #25
    PTH2009
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    One of the greats of Rock and Guitar

    Seen many bands over the years but sadly never Van Halen

    Panama, ain't talking about love, hot for teacher and of course Jump all great songs. Another gem from a different era of the band 'Why Can't this be love'


  • #26
    artvanderlay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,200 ✭✭✭artvanderlay


    The original and best. RIP Eddie. Probably the most innovative and influential guitarist ever. An incredible rhythm player too: Dirty Movies - Van Halen has been one of my go-to songs during Covid, and Eddie's guitar is just incredible on it.


    I gave up trying to learn Mean Street on guitar years ago, as I couldn't get past the intro! What an imagination this guy had to come up with the sounds he created on the guitar. A true musical genius has left us today. I burst into tears when I heard news of his death, and there's not too many people I'll do that for.







  • #27
    [Deleted User]
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    <<SNIP>>

    This isn't the place to dig up the Michael Anthony files, but it was great that he got to tour with his son Wolfgang before the end. He had already beaten cancer once by the time the reunion tour happened. He had been fighting it 20 years until today.


  • #28
    rapul
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    Ah R.I.P Eddie oul son, dance the night away


  • #29
    Roanmore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,801 ✭✭✭Roanmore


    artvanderlay wrote: »
    The original and best. RIP Eddie. Probably the most innovative and influential guitarist ever. An incredible rhythm player too: Dirty Movies - Van Halen has been one of my go-to songs during Covid, and Eddie's guitar is just incredible on it.


    I gave up trying to learn Mean Street on guitar years ago, as I couldn't get past the intro! What an imagination this guy had to come up with the sounds he created on the guitar. A true musical genius has left us today. I burst into tears when I heard news of his death, and there's not too many people I'll do that for.








    A great album, darker than any of their others. Eddie wanted them to go more in that direction but DLR and Warner’s wanted more commercial.
    Diver Down was the result


  • #30
    Thelonious Monk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,597 ✭✭✭✭Thelonious Monk


    God that sucks, I didn't realise he was sick. Hope he's slamming a few highballs and lines with Lemmy in the Great Sunset Strip Dive Bar in the Sky right now!


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  • #31
    dasdog
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    irishguitarlad wrote: »
    Panama is awesome, i love those artificial harmonics he does before going into the main riff.
    Girl Gone Bad from the same album was the track which grew on me over the years for similar reasons. I knew he was sick but its still sad news - he invented in ways so few have the talent to do.


  • #32
    bazz26
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    Damn you 2020...


  • #33
    AllGunsBlazing
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    I remember seeing the video for 'jump' on MT-USA way back in the mid 80's. My sister used to record the best songs onto vhs and we'd play them back at our leisure. Van Halen were like nothing we'd seen or heard before - and pretty much encapsulated our notion of what living in a place like California would be like.

    Rest in peace, EVH.


  • #34
    Arghus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,716 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    Never got into them really, but there was no denying that Eddie could guitar real good.


  • #35
    -=al=-
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,291 ✭✭✭-=al=-


    Sad news. He really was a proper guitar hero and a game changer :-(

    Rip EvH


  • #36
    TuringBot47
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    Gooey Looey wrote: »
    1984 what an album

    Absolutely.
    Although the album cover had a child angel smoking on the cover and Eddie died from throat
    cancer so there's a certain prophecy there.


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  • #37
    bodhrandude
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,691 ✭✭✭✭bodhrandude


    Was lucky to see Van Halen on their only British date during an American tour, subbing AC/DC at Castle Donnington 1984, twas some gig. RIP Eddie.

    If you want to get into it, you got to get out of it. (Hawkwind 1982)



  • #38
    BeepBeep67
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    Another +1 for the Donnington gig, despite missing the last train from Derby and sleeping in a photo booth overnight, fun times. RIP EVH


  • #39
    mrcheez
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    Van Halen was the king of harmonics


  • #40
    Lewis_Benson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,208 ✭✭✭Lewis_Benson


    The greatest rock guitarist of all time, an innovator, a pioneer of his craft.

    He was a massive influence on me as a guitarist.

    Rest easy Ed.


  • #41
    Your Face
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,275 ✭✭✭Your Face


    R.I.P.
    Sad news.
    He had that rare mix of feeling and technical virtuosity.
    A huge influence on guitar that is still heard in music today.



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  • #42
    Alejandro68
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    Very sad to hear a legend has passed. Also Johnny Nash has died.2020 has bit pure ****.


  • #43
    Mad_maxx
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    couldnt name a single song by Van Halen bar " jump " which is garbage , one of those bands ( like KISS ) which were huge in america but not really outside it

    guitar solo is cool in " beat it " though


  • #44
    Rothko
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    Mad_maxx wrote: »
    couldnt name a single song by Van Halen bar " jump " which is garbage , one of those bands ( like KISS ) which were huge in america but not really outside it

    guitar solo is cool in " beat it " though

    Not really. They've sold well over 70 million albums worldwide.


  • #45
    mehico
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    RIP Eddie. He looked to always have enjoyed just playing his guitar and made it look effortless and he always seemed so laid back.

    His guitar riffs from Ain't Talkin' Bout Love have been in my head all day and to me it seems so modern, but the actual song is over 40 years old!


  • #46
    IrishHomer
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    Always loved Van Halen, in the late 80s early 90s I drank a lot in a classic rock bar in Dublin Bruxelles, I played Van Halen every day on the jukebox nobody else seemed to ever play them but me :)


  • #47
    rapul
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    Mad_maxx wrote: »
    couldnt name a single song by Van Halen bar " jump " which is garbage , one of those bands ( like KISS ) which were huge in america but not really outside it

    guitar solo is cool in " beat it " though

    Blasphemy!

    Educate yourself


  • #48
    TP_CM
    Registered Users Posts: 443 ✭✭TP_CM


    Did Van Halen ever play in Ireland, or was the UK the closest he got? I can't find any info about Irish gigs online


  • #49
    lee_baby_simms
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,458 ✭✭✭lee_baby_simms


    Mad_maxx wrote: »
    couldnt name a single song by Van Halen bar " jump " which is garbage , one of those bands ( like KISS ) which were huge in america but not really outside it

    guitar solo is cool in " beat it " though

    Maybe you’re just a ****ing idiot? It’s entirely possible.

    RIP Eddie.


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