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[Jesus H Christ]

I love watching first time listening to Van Halen YouTube reaction videos made by Black people.

[YankeeRose]

Does anyone else remember the story of Alex Van Halen having a Cream poster in his bedroom and Eddie Van Halen wanting it? I remember he said Eddie could cut out part of it, like the picture of Clapton? I can't find the video where I heard it from. I think it was from a 2012 videos.

[Ashe]

Does anyone else remember the story of Alex Van Halen having a Cream poster in his bedroom and Eddie Van Halen wanting it? I remember he said Eddie could cut out part of it, like the picture of Clapton? I can't find the video where I heard it from. I think it was from a 2012 videos.

The Cream poster story is at 5:20.

[YankeeRose]

The Cream poster story is at 5:20.

Thanks Ashe!

[Ashe]

Thanks Ashe!

You're welcome!

[James in New York]

New Steve Vai album coming out, he talked about Eddie:

What was it like working up the Van Halen songs you were playing on tour with David Lee Roth? What sticks with you from that whole experience?

Well, just how great they were. As a guitar player, playing Edward’s parts, it’s a joy because they’re perfectly orchestrated.

They fall on your hands beautifully. They’re just engineered so beautifully. Now, you can learn how to play them, but it’s not going to sound like Edward.

You know, it will always sound like you. They sounded like me playing Edward’s parts. I did my best to pay respect to them, because they’re great fun to play.

It was nice. It was such an incredible opportunity and a joy to play those songs in front of 25,000 people a night.

What was the most challenging one?

[Vai pauses.] The challenging aspect for me in playing those tracks was also the educational aspect, and that was how Edward quantified his parts.

They had no sharp edges – this is hard to explain, but they’re well rounded edges. His ability to sync to his brother was magical. Finding that groove was interesting because his brother didn’t play straight like a drum machine, but the way that they locked was remarkable.

That’s something that you can’t really learn by learning where to put your fingers. That’s an internal thing. You’d have to be playing with Alex Van Halen to understand how you would navigate those parts the way Edward did.

I played them with Gregg Bissonette, who is a fabulous drummer. He’s a little more straight ahead in the groove. It’s like, Alex flows more; Gregg is locked. So I was playing to Gregg, so that was a bit different.

Read More: Steve Vai: Eddie Van Halen's Parts Were 'Perfectly Orchestrated' | https://ultimateclassicrock.com/stev...edium=referral

[JMJ]

Interesting


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[James in New York]

[Raldo]

Mike is such a cool dude.

[I Coulda Hada VH]

I heard the following song on KLOS this morning while I was driving. I don't recall ever hearing it on the radio before, and it totally made my day ...

[YankeeRose]

[I Coulda Hada VH]

Where did the last 40 years go?

[Bad to the Bone]

That's actually from my YouTube channel. You're welcome.

I didn't record it originally, but I bought a VHS copy at a record convention just outside of Chicago back in the late 80s. It started my bootleg collection.

tons of great stuff on your youtube channel. thank you!!

[YankeeRose]

I haven't seen this photo before, awesome!

[Dave's Dreidel]

A Balance era smile...a rare sight indeed.