There were a few deeper cuts that held a special place in his heart as well. It wasn’t just the hits that Eddie gravitated towards, however. Speaking to CNN in 2012, Eddie Van Halen remembered being in a record store in the early ’80s and hearing a group of kids gripe about the guitar solo for Michael Jackson’s Beat Itan uncredited interlude Van Halen himself had played in exchange either for some beer or for nothing at all, depending on who’s telling the tale. “To the day I die, we’ll have to play that because that’s what people want to hear, and ‘Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love’, ‘Unchained’, and ‘Jump’. Speaking to CNN in 2012, Eddie Van Halen remembered being in a record store in the early 80s and hearing a group of kids gripe about the guitar solo for.
“To pick songs, I can only go by what the audience response is, like say ‘Runnin’ with the Devil’,” Van Halen observed. The cheers, the shouts, and the sing-alongs were infectious, so that’s what Eddie highlighted next. Being the major entertainer that he was, Eddie fed off the crowd’s energy at every single Van Halen show. Eddie Van Halen's ex-wife Valerie Bertinelli discussed her new book, 'Enough Already: Learning To Love The Way I Am Today', during a recent appearance on QFM96's 'Torg & Elliott' radio show. I had no idea it would trip people out to the point that it did.”įrom there, Eddie has a harder time narrowing things down. ‘Spanish Fly’, just because it’s the same thing except it sounds like Segovia doing something, it’s on a Flamenco guitar,” Van Halen explained.” I wish somebody would take that technique and do something with it.