The best Van Halen instrumentals!

[redfire]

First one is going to be tough ain't it. My top 5 are as followed

1. Eruption (I wonder why.... )
2. 316 (Live, its like 10 minutes and its the only one I'd listen to for 10 minutes unless Eruption was 10 minutes long.)
3. Spanish Fly (One of my favorites.)
4. 1984 (One hell of an intro for VH's only number 1 hit, so far.)
5. Neworld (I think its a great combination as an intro for Gary's best VH song.)

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Baluchitherium

[The 5150th Dimension]

1. Eruption (the greatest minute and forty-some seconds of guitar fretwork ever to be recorded)

2. Spanish Fly (this song proves that Eddie can display speed, accuracy and grace on something other than an electric guitar cranked up to 11. Playing like this on a nylon-string guitar pulverized all the Eddie-clones in a tranquil way)

3. Baluchithereum(spelling?)-another superb instrumental from Ed. The guitar rips, and even holds back a bit(which is not always a bad thing). Good bass. Great tune to listen to when driving.

4. 316

5. 1984-so what if it isn't guitar. It's still pretty cool.


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Tim

[Eddie_italian]

My ones are :
-Eruption
-Spanish fly
-New world
-316
-1984

That's all

Eddie_italian from Italy

[Raldo]

Eruption
Little Guitars
Doin' Time
316
1984

[BigBubba]

Eruption
1984
Spanish Fly (i wonder what it would be like on electric...)
316
Little guitars intro
Intruder
balicawhathehellium
Hot For teacher intro
Jump solo
right now solo
concert solo (rhrn video: its actually different than the one on cd. its extended and theres more parts)
summer nights solo (lwan)
unchained solo
etcccccccc etccccc
lol



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[DeanO]

Eruption
Cathedral
Spanish Fly
Mean Street intro
5150 Solo LWAN

[Wolfie3]

In no particular order, my all-time favs would be:

Eruption (goes without saying)
Respect The Wind
Spanish Fly
Balu ... (however you spell it)
The long break in Humans Being
316, 1984, Neworld ... and the list keeps going and going and ...

Of course, Eruption, Spanish Fly and 316 are more Eddie solos rather than "instrumentals". Wasn't really sure what we were counting here, looking at everyone else's posts, but what difference does it make? They all rule.


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"Someone asked me the other day what I thought I had learned about making music after all these years, and I said, 'nothing'." -EVH

[Glenn]

1984
Eruption
Spanish Fly
316
Live solo in LWAN

[Vinnie Velvet]

Eruption
Little Guitars (intro)
Sunday Afternoon in the Park (kinda spooky and dark)
1984
Baluchitherum (can't spell it)

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[dan_halen27]

Eruption
Spanish Fly
316
Cathedral

[Greg]

Intro to Mean Streets
Baluchitherium
Eruption
Intro to Women In Love
316
Intro to Little Guitars
Spanish Fly

[Mario VH]

I love 1984, Eruption, 316, Cathedral and Baluchiterium. 84 has got an extremely cool vibe and serves as a perfect intro to Jump.