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Mathijs
With rock bands, I think American bands are more flash, more theatrics, more 'good fun', whereas European bands tend to be more serious and self conscious. The difference between Stones and Aerosmith. American bands more often have this entertainment, or Las vegas aspect to them.
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Rocknroll1969
Eddie Van Halen invented that style of playing. When I first heard his playing it was incredible. Nobody did the string tapping before him. What others did does not come close to what Van Halen did.
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Rocknroll1969
Eddie Van Halen invented that style of playing. When I first heard his playing it was incredible. Nobody did the string tapping before him. What others did does not come close to what Van Halen did.
People did string tapping before Eddie was born. However, he adapted it to his genre. Some love it, others can't stand it. Nobody's indifferent. Art mission completed.
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Rocknroll1969
Who did that before him? I think jimmy page did a little but nothing Van Halen.
We know in the 1980’s it became more common.
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Rocknroll1969
Eddie Van Halen invented that style of playing. When I first heard his playing it was incredible. Nobody did the string tapping before him. What others did does not come close to what Van Halen did.
People did string tapping before Eddie was born. However, he adapted it to his genre. Some love it, others can't stand it. Nobody's indifferent. Art mission completed.
Who did that before him? I think jimmy page did a little but nothing Van Halen.
We know in the 1980’s it became more common.
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rattler2004
Randy was great no doubt about it, but he was nowhere near the player Eddie Van Halen was...nowhere near...the man even admitted it himself in an interview or two before he died.
If you think Randy was greater then either you don’t know Eddie Van Halen’s music well, or you don’t know much about music. This is taking personal taste out of the equation.
Yes Van Halen played with a sense of fun, loud music, good times fast cars, and girls. If that’s unabashedly American and you’re offended or turn your nose up...then you have brought a smile to my face today.
One of the dumbest comments on the internet. Right up there with hating on Motzart for being too European.
In my opinion...
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Rocknroll1969
Eddie Van Halen invented that style of playing. When I first heard his playing it was incredible. Nobody did the string tapping before him. What others did does not come close to what Van Halen did.
People did string tapping before Eddie was born. However, he adapted it to his genre. Some love it, others can't stand it. Nobody's indifferent. Art mission completed.
Who did that before him? I think jimmy page did a little but nothing Van Halen.
We know in the 1980’s it became more common.
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Elmo Lewis
I wouldn't say Eddie invented finger tapping - like Frampton didn't invent using the voice box - but he was the first to use it with widespread popularity.
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RollingFreak
Listened to Van Halen I, II, Women and Children First and 1984 today. Those albums still kick as much as they ever have. Always funny when I relisten to 1984. The backlash about keyboards. Its basically an 8 song record, and only 2 have prominent keyboards. So sure its 1/4, but the other 3/4 is awesome hard rock. Top Jimmy, Drop Dead Legs, Hot For Teacher, Girl Gone Bad. Panama. I've always contended its as great an album as all their others. I never loved Fair Warning but I know many others do. Diver Down is really the only stinker in their catalogue and even half that album is insanely solid.
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rattler2004
Yes Van Halen played with a sense of fun, loud music, good times fast cars, and girls. If that’s unabashedly American and you’re offended or turn your nose up...
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DGA35
Wow, not many would rank WACF and DD over VH1, 2 and 1984!
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Elmo Lewis
I wouldn't say Eddie invented finger tapping - like Frampton didn't invent using the voice box - but he was the first to use it with widespread popularity.
ummm...its called a talk box. Adam and Eve I believe used their voice box first..
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Mathijs
With rock bands, I think American bands are more flash, more theatrics, more 'good fun', whereas European bands tend to be more serious and self conscious. The difference between Stones and Aerosmith. American bands more often have this entertainment, or Las vegas aspect to them.
Wow! My view is exactly the opposite. So many European (often British) artists are/were "theatrical": The Stones, Elton John, Queen, U2, Gary Glitter, David Bowie, Sex Pistols, Rod Stewart, Roxy Music, Black Sabbath, the Who, Genesis, the Cure ... the list goes on and on. There is a wonderful embrace of overt sexual ambiguity with many (not all) of these artists.
In contrast to so many "non-theatrical" American/Canadian artists who have focused more "seriously" on their music: Neil Young, Tom Petty, REM, the Cars, Grateful Dead, the Eagles, CCR, the Allman Brothers, Crosby Stills & Nash ...
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Doxa
RIP Eddie Van Halen. Not any personal favourite in guitar department but that is just my personal opinion and tells more about my ancient taste and unability to follow the evolution of guitar rock idiom. But not so stupid I am not that I don't recognize a genius when I see it (like in the case of Paul McCartney that I for some odd idiosyncratic reasons can't stand...). And that was Eddie was. One cannot underestimate his influence. Yeah, up there with Hendrix.
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Funny...I actually can't stand the playing of him, and that off all the followers he created. And I can't stand the band Van Halen, which to me was so epic fake American cliche of a rock band, also which has spawned many followers. I am sooooo glad the 1980's are over!
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