Best EVH guitar solo!!!

[guitarslinger]

and i dont mean his unaccompanied one either.

[PHOENIX]

This is in the wrong forum dude.

[degüello]

Well, it's hard to pick, but some current favourite solos that come to mind are: Drop Dead Legs, Sinner's Swing, Push Comes to Shove, and I'll Wait.

[tjvhou812]

ice cream man

[Big Troubles]

I'll Wait? Nah....Older shit was better. Tuned downed for the best solos. Im going with "Outta Love Again", "Bottoms Up" "Push Comes to Shove" and "So this is Love?"

[hamlet31]

"Push Comes to Shove"
Easily the most honest solo Eddie ever played.

[degüello]

Originally posted by Big Troubles
I'll Wait? Nah....Older shit was better...

Ha, knew I'd get some remarks with that one.

Give it a listen. It's some of Ed's tastiest string-squeezing melodic blues playing. Very soulful, meaty stuff.

[degüello]

Well structured, too, and moody.

[degüello]

Originally posted by Big Troubles
"So this is Love?"

YES! How could I have forgotten that one. Fuck, I love that solo, especially the opening phrases. So perfect and memorable.

I get the whole first few bars of that solo in my head all the time. Fucking love it.

[guitarslinger]

Originally posted by degüello
YES! How could I have forgotten that one. Fuck, I love that solo, especially the opening phrases. So perfect and memorable.

I get the whole first few bars of that solo in my head all the time. Fucking love it.

did you know that solo was cut and pasted by ted templeman?
still kicks fuckin ass though!!

[degüello]

Originally posted by guitarslinger
did you know that solo was cut and pasted by ted templeman?
still kicks fuckin ass though!!

Weren't they all?

[guitarslinger]

i dont think so but then again i wasnt there either

[tjvhou812]

listen to the first lick in the ice cream man solo, its just incredible

[tjvhou812]

and as far as other solo's go, here's some kickass ones

i'm the one
5150
summer nights
atomic punk
judgement day

[SilvioDante]

Originally posted by tjvhou812
5150
summer nights
judgement day

You forgot "Can't Stop Loving You"

[Bob_R]

All of 'em!

[DavidLeeNatra]

well, as far as some "opinions" here go...and as far as the last baby steps of the mighty =VH= go...I think the most memorable and classic solo must be the one in "why can't this be love" with sammy screeching over it...get back to the keyboard, edwina...

[DavidLeeNatra]

Originally posted by SilvioDante
You forgot "Can't Stop Loving You"

didn't you want to say: "you can also forget 'can't stop loving you' "? just my opinion...

[tjvhou812]

maybe you for got cant stop loving you..... closet sammy fan

[Big Troubles]

Originally posted by DavidLeeNatra
well, as far as some "opinions" here go...and as far as the last baby steps of the mighty =VH= go...I think the most memorable and classic solo must be the one in "why can't this be love" with sammy screeching over it...get back to the keyboard, edwina...

That was the most stupid remark Ive read in quite some time. Why Cant this be Love????

[DavidLeeNatra]

Originally posted by Big Troubles
That was the most stupid remark Ive read in quite some time. Why Cant this be Love????

maybe you didn't get all of the irony in my remark, this was just a little sidekick for my friends L.S.D. or general hina...never mind, bro...

:bottle:

[Sarge]

I liked the solo off of Hot For Teacher..

[FORD]

Originally posted by tjvhou812
and as far as other solo's go, here's some kickass ones


5150
summer nights
judgement day

5150 and Summer Nights were two of the best tracks on that album, so obviously they must have been from the half of the record that was written when Dave was in the band.

And I will have to admit that Judgment Day is probably the best piece of music Van Hagar ever came up with. With a real singer and a decent set of lyrics, it could have been a VH classic.

[FORD]

Originally posted by SilvioDante
You forgot "Can't Stop Loving You"

Does that piece of shit even have a solo? Even when I had the Balance CD in my car for a while in 1995, I always skipped over that one, so I honestly don't remember :confused:

[tjvhou812]

well at least you support vh w/sam

[tjvhou812]

Originally posted by FORD
Does that piece of shit even have a solo? Even when I had the Balance CD in my car for a while in 1995, I always skipped over that one, so I honestly don't remember :confused:

yea i think its like a ten second solo... ed just wanted to get the song over with

[pardo]

Just mentioning these cause they haven't been mentioned yet:

One Foot Out the Door (waaay over the top)
Loss of Control (different side of Ed)
Hang Em High (fuckin cool!)

Fuck, I could list way more, but I don't wanna hog.

[FORD]

Originally posted by tjvhou812
well at least you support vh w/sam

Well, it's true I own all 4 of the Van Hagar albums. But 5150's the only one I paid full price for. And Balance had probably been out a full 6 months or more before I had it. Never would have said that about a Van HALEN album.

[degüello]

Originally posted by Sarge
I liked the solo off of Hot For Teacher..

Yes, that's a killer one. Always brings to mind the video, with Eddie walking across the library tables... fucking great.

[Catfish]

Originally posted by degüello
Yes, that's a killer one. Always brings to mind the video, with Eddie walking across the library tables... fucking great.

I know, dude. Wasn't that cool when Eddie used to act like a rock star?

[Chong Li]

Get up.

[degüello]

Originally posted by pardo
Just mentioning these cause they haven't been mentioned yet:

One Foot Out the Door (waaay over the top)
Loss of Control (different side of Ed)
Hang Em High (fuckin cool!)

YES! OFOTD is a smoking goddamn outro of a solo, a very underrated EVH wail fest.

I'd forgotten about HEH's solo. I love that shit, especially the main hooky, melodic muted riff it keeps going back to. FUCK YEAH.

[pardo]

The Hang Em High solo is freakin amazing. You see the '82 Largo footage of him playin it all up close and personal? I saw that and rewound it 20 times probably. Untouchable!

[John Ashcroft]

Ice Cream Man kicks absolute ass (as do most early VH solos), but I don't know. There's just something about the "So this is Love" solo that hits me. I think the opening riff has perfect phrasing and feel (something missing from all solos, 5150 on).

Oh, wait a minute, the solo from "Feel your love tonight" is fucking awesome too. Same type of "feel" to it. I tried like hell to play it, but can't get Eddie's phrasing quite right on this one (I suppose that's why I'm the AG, and not a rock star...)

I don't know actually, I suppose it also depends on my mood when listening. All the early shit is just fucking full of great, great guitar work. Inspirational shit, even to non-guitarists. Does anyone actually get that from the VanHagar stuff? I know I don't. The guitar work is just lacking IMHO in VanHagar.

[Dr. Love]

I like the "Girl Gone Bad" solo.

[pardo]

Girl Gone Bad solo is fuckin bad. Very cool! Love when the drums switch over to that beat with the ride half way through. That band was fucking ferocious!

[ALMOSTsaved]

I'm kinda partial to "Somebody Get Me A Doctor."

[Warham]

Even though it's not on most people's lists of favorite VH song, I always though "Dancing In The Street" had a kickin' solo.

[beto]

i would say i'm the one. 2 great solo's in that song

[ZahZoo]

Bluesey... Take Your Whiskey Home
Shreddage... Hot For Teacher
Rockage... Fools & Ballot or the Bullet(yes I know it's a III song)
Soulful... Don't Tell Me(What Love Can Do)